Just curious, is this more or less pissed off than people were at Merlin with the founding of Silnaria? (Throwback Thursday for me)
More.
I can only explain it from Suville's point of view. Someone fro Strombran can explain it from their PoV.
- Suville is allied to Strombran. Strombran is federated to Tara. Tara is allied to Caergoth. Caergoth declares war on Suville.
- Suville and Strombran go after Caergoth. Caergoth and Tara go after Suville. So Tara and Strombran are both allied and federated to realms on both sides of the war. (Gotta love Atamaran diplomacy.)
- Strombran and Tara both refuse to drop their alliances or federated status. That means Suville can't declare on Tara, and Strombran can't declare on Caergoth. This makes Suville unhappy. Nothing we can do about it.
- This means that Tara can just walk through Suville land while Suville can't stop them. Likewise Strombran can walk through Caergoth lands while Caergoth can't stop them. This makes Suville really unhappy. strombran come sup with some plan to "escort" the Tarans while they are in Suville land, so they can't attack, or something like that. It doesn't work, and some Strombran troops end up attacking Suville along with the Tarans. Suville is unhappy about this. Strombran blows it off.
- Both Strombran and Tara take advantage of this to be completely untouchable while still burning and looting Suville and Caergoth. Suville (mainly my character, I think...) accuse Strombran of dishonest and cowardly diplomacy. Caergoth starts complaining about the Strombran attacks being against what Strombran said they would do, that being only to defend Suville.
- Due to the federation status, Taran and Strombran nobles occasionally take the wrong side in battles, meaning Tara fights against Caergoth, and Strombran fights against Suville. This really pisses off Suville.
- Tara uses their federation status to travel through Strombran lands to attack Suville. Despite Suville's complaints, Strombran refuses to stop Tara, and also refuses to let Suville travel through to attack Tara. This really pisses of Suville, who is now getting attacked from two fronts, and their "ally" refuses to actually be an ally and stop their enemies. Strombran makes excuses about not being able to refuse Tarans passage because they're both part of the League, and it wouldn't be right to not allow them to do it. Besides, Strombran can use Tara's lands to attack Caergoth, too. Suville is underwhelmed.
- Multiple Suville regions get burned and looted to shreds, without Suville being able to do anything about it. Tara controls their encounter settings to have battles only when they want to fight, and then always when they have overwhelming odds. A couple times, Strombran nobles end up fighting alongside Tara, against Suville. Suville gets mad, but Strombran brushes it off. Strombran counsels Suville to just put with the looting, and endure as best they can. Eventually, they say, Caergoth will give up, because Strombran is looting them, too. Suville is mad. Our complaints are ignored.
- Riverholm swaps from Suville to Strombran to protect the duchy from Caergoth and Tara. Since Caergoth wants Riverholm, Suville hopes that this will stop the war. (Ha! Stupid idea on suville's part.)
- This really pisses off both Tara and Caergoth.
- Unbeknownst to Suville, a discussion in the League results in Strombran claiming the duchy for themselvs, promises to never give it back, and never let Caergoth have it, either. Strombran neglects to actually tell Suville about this. (We don't know about this, so we're not pissed about it yet. But we will be later, when we find out about it.)
- When planning a big battle in Wynford, Strombran plans to hit the region first, then promises to have everyone out so Suville can hit the next turn.
- They don't have everyone out. Four people move out. Like 8 or 9 stay behind. They join in the battle against Suville, resulting in Suville getting massacred, and a Suville noble dying. Suville is really, really, really, really pissed!
- Suville says they're sick of being !@#$ on by Strombran, and cancels the alliance with strombran. Strombran doesn't understand why, because everything was going so well for them.
- Tara immediately declares war on Suville.
- Suville and Caergoth sign peace. Strombran tries again to get Suville to go back to war with Caergoth.
- After much argument, Strombran reveals that they have permanently claimed Riverholm, and if anyone else tries to take it, even if the lord switches allegiance, they will declare war and take it back. Suville goes nuts, viewing it as a betrayal. Tara gets mad because they were fighting to get Riverholm for Caergoth. Caergoth is pissed because they still want it. They feel betrayed by the League.
- Caergoth, Suville, and Tara all stop fighting, and go after Strombran. Tara drops out of the federation to go after Strombran. CE declares emotional support for Strombran, but says they're too busy i the north to actually send troops right now.
- Ser'quea realigns from Caergoth to Strombran. Strombran declares that, like Riverholm, Ser'quea now belongs to them forevermore, and no one else can have it. This really pisses of Caergoth even more. Suville snickers behind Caergoth's back.
So... yeah. Strombran managed to piss off just about everyone.
