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>>31689669
>Reposted from last thread

To say the next fortnight went poorly was an understatement. Probably the only good news was that your shipment of weaponry arrived from Worremburg and you successfully recruited 3000 more soldiers. Everything else, well…

Parras’ raids went poorly and you inwardly thank Undine for pushing you into getting Mercenie to block the shipment of mage-knight plate. It seems that General Volante responded rapidly to the raids into Deodain and later Forfdain – losses were limited to the hundreds but Gnome took a heavy injury that has prevented her from building new fortifications in Raupe. In response, the Taouran forces on the border appear to be massing for a counter-offensive though your spies report that Volante has retreated back within the capital.


The situation in Darlesia isn’t much better. Somebody is actively moving against you within the city and you have a suspicion that it may be RSK spies provoking the citizens. The real issue is that if you flush them out Falwick may use that as an excuse to attack. You don’t want to rely on League help at this juncture but if he was to assault you then either Mercenie bails you out or you retreat. The citizens haven’t turned on you but you’ve had to temporarily cease recruitment after one of your captains flew into a rage after being attacked by a gang of toughs. Not a problem, except when the local news reports your soldiers assaulting innocent civilians.

You stand in the war room as your aide grimly informs you that a Taouran raiding party of two thousand has moved into Raupe. Not an invasion force, but an attempt to probe your reaction and do some damage to your new province.

The question is, do you leave it to Parras, with Gnome out of action, or stay in Darlesia in an attempt to salvage the city?

>continued

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>>31689684
FORCES IN RAUPE
5250
110 Flying Mage-Knights
140 Heavy Mage-Knights
920 Medium Mage-Knights
160 Arcane Archers
1220 Archers
550 Heavy Men-at-arms
2100 Men-at-arms
50 Battlemages

FORCES IN DARLESIA
5016
185 Flying Mage-Knights
488 Medium Mage-Knights
90 Arcane Archers
625 Archers
3605 Men-at-arms
23 Battlemages

>Note that your new recruits at both Hiien and Darlesia are untrained conscripts. They’ll need 2 months of training or some battle experience to bump up to Green.

>Discussion time

Few notes:

Although Tsucchi teleported Vad to Darlesia, you don’t know how she did it. I forgot to write the scene (between all the silliness) where Vad refuses to tell you how he got to Darlesia. Remember that she played coy when you asked her how she got to Darlesia before you.

Aladria’s messenger (the independent vampire in Raupe) didn’t negotiate. You were basically offered tax revenue in exchange for not troubling her.

Gnome will take a week to heal without Undine helping her.

Taour has 4k troops in garrison at Taour, 4k troops at Crece and 2k troops attacking you. Mostly veterans but lacking good equipment.

>>31689669
>Tsucchi can teleport herself
>Tsucchi can teleport vad
who else can she teleport? because it would be amazing for us if she could.

>>31689708
How long till Taour arrives in Raupe?

>>31689781
We don't know she can but she can teloport up to I think 100 kilometers or so? It's on her sheet though I don't know how much her champion form would have degraded.

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>>31689814
Within two days though their raid might keep them around for longer. It takes Sala five days to fly you up there.

>>31689781
See:
>Although Tsucchi teleported Vad to Darlesia, you don’t know how she did it. I forgot to write the scene (between all the silliness) where Vad refuses to tell you how he got to Darlesia. Remember that she played coy when you asked her how she got to Darlesia before you.

>>31689708
IF the vampire wants to sit out then let her for now, we shall deal with her when taour is under our control.

We need to do counter spy ops in Darlesia, some public work would boost moral, but we are needed back at the front lines, so the real question is: who can we assing to stay and carry it out?

>>31689891
Honestly a bigger issue right now is we only have 2 days and it takes 5 to get there. By the time we get there the battle should be mostly over. Though if Salamander was there I would feel a whole lot safer here.

>>31689883
ah, ok. so in character we don't actually know that she teleported...
mmm, this is tough, we can't actually ask her outright even though we had guesses since that would be OOC.
>Remember that she played coy when you asked her how she got to Darlesia before you.
wasn't that before we signed the treaty though? maybe now that we are allied she will be willing to tell us?

>>31689935
Yeah honestly this is a situation where I would love for him not to have posted the Champion sheet for the foxes. Because then we could guess IC she teloported.

>>31689883
We need to be sure to send the info on the daywalkers we do know about to the other front.

>>31689931
were just going to have to suck up to madam fox to take us quickly.

And its gonna cost us, but we don't know what yet.

>>31689708
Alright so, yes, things went kinda a mess last thread, but we don't need to change up too much. Here's my thoughts

>Tsucchi playing hard ball
Fine, we won't be able to move too many people (aka anyone but Vad, I guess) for now, but at least they can move quickly.
>Aladria
That is not acceptable. Those are our lands, and she will negotiate, or be put down. We can not have a wild vampire feeding on our citizens, no matter how nonhostile they try to appear to be. But we are not in a position to push her yet, so just let her think we'll agree for now by not answering. That comes later.
>Gnome
Wish her best, since Undine can't get to Darlessia in time to help.
>Taour's attack
Dangerous, but Talon's charisma is needed here in Darlessia I think. Have our troops at Raupe dig in and prepare for them as best they can. Use Bartom to rebuild whatever they can, that's part of why we moved him there. We need to try and fix Darlessia and move there to assist quickly.
>New troops
Train them for now. We'd do no good throwing them all to the fire and we're not hurting for forces that badly yet.

>>31689708
>2k troops attacking you. Mostly veterans but lacking good equipment.
those troops are outnumbered 3 to 1. unless they have some daywalkers with them we could crush them at minimal losses and it would really help our situation there.

Gnome being injured is a problem... did vad return back to the front though or is he still with us in darlesia?

We need to get Neir on the case of whomever is undermining us in darlesia. we need to get undine to use her invisibility to investigate (the news reports slated stuff against us, spy on them, see whom they are in contact with, follow contacts).
Ask tsucchi if she has any suggestions, or abilities she is willing to lend to such a thing

there was mention of us being able to flush out the suboteurs but that being possible "cause" for the RSK general to attack us... if he is that openly hostile against us that he not only sends saboteurs against us but also outright invades us in retaliation for flushing them out (especially if we aim to capture them alive where possible) then I would rather we just ally with magi league and be done with it.
I suspect he would not attack us for such an act though and we would finally get the city under control.

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>>31689935
>wasn't that before we signed the treaty though? maybe now that we are allied she will be willing to tell us?
You can always try that tactic.

I'll do a scene where you try to convince Tsucchi to tell you how she moves around so fast. Unless people don't want to push her?

>>31689880
That's Taira, the nine-tailed fox who vanished a century ago. Tsucchi is the sister of another Champion candidate, Ren, but not a Champion candidate herself.

>>31689988
>We need to be sure to send the info on the daywalkers we do know about to the other front.
You can assume something that important has already been done.

>>31689708
Couple of questions:
1. Why did we recruit 3000 men at arms and not a mix of them and archers? I think we just asked for mundane equipment
2. Our Arcane Archer factory came online about a week ago. How goes its output.
3. As for the spies I think we should use Nier to convince the RSK to back off. Basically, Nier reports that a new military magitec factory has come online, and its pumping out some strange stuff (exact details vary based on what we're pretty sure the RSK already knows). And basically prototypes apparently did really well in battle, so she's trying to figure out how to get the designs through means both overt and covert. And the league of course is doing the same. And she basically recommends that the RSK hold off on the spy stuff until the knowledge is no longer exclusive lest the Magi League gain a military edge.
4. How goes the search for someone with legitimacy and competence to be placed on the Archduke roll for Darlesia?

>>31690027
>I'll do a scene where you try to convince Tsucchi to tell you how she moves around so fast. Unless people don't want to push her?
It can not hurt to try and ask, can it? She should understand we find ourselves in a bad position and we can't just ignore her ability to move so fast without at least asking.

If it's truly so dire a secret, then fine.

>>31689997
She won't reveal her secrets that easy.

>>31689998

>That is not acceptable
Pretty acceptable for me anyway. She is out of the way at the moment and we can always just send her a message that says something like "Don't damage my citizens. I'll have to respond in that case. Otherwise everything is as agreed."

Not like we really care much what she does as long as she leaves us alone.

>>31690027
Derp. Was thinking she was the 9 Tails for a second.

>I'll do a scene where you try to convince Tsucchi to tell you how she moves around so fast. Unless people don't want to push her?

I think we should ask since the alliance was official. No need to put a strain on our relationship though.

>>31689998
>Aladria
Actually this is our fault
Aladria said she will be a LOYAL VASSAL, but if its not acceptable because she is a vampire that before we put her down PLEASE let her discuss things in private. Now she is reasonably chickening out since it sounds like we want to exterminate her for being a vampire.

we should have clarified that what we want to talk to her about is vampires in general, we need information if we are going to make an informed decision.

Regardless, we should not provoke her into open warfare until we are done with taour

then again... she is supposedly the lover of one of the top tier daywalkers, so if we capture her alive we get a HUGE leverage over him.

>>31690109
>As long as she leaves our citizens alone
But she won't, and actually can't anon, last thread it was confirmed that Vampires can not feed on animal blood, so she will be needing humans to feed on as long as she exists.

At the very least, she has to let us negotiate that much (on where she gets her food). But that's a side issue for now anyway, so we can ignore it till Taour is more under control.

>>31690179
>I think we should ask since the alliance was official. No need to put a strain on our relationship though.
Well, the way I see it playing it

>Say tsucchi, now that we are allied can you tell me how you move around so fast?
if she refuses we would probably get an option to press her, and I would vote we don't at that point.

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>>31690092
>2. Our Arcane Archer factory came online about a week ago. How goes its output.
Oh, right, foundry stuff. Forgot about that with everything going awry. Basically it can produce equipment for 500 AAs every four weeks (ro 125 per week). Alistair has enough funds to keep it running for a month, after which it will be an 'on-demand' thing.
>1. Why did we recruit 3000 men at arms and not a mix of them and archers? I think we just asked for mundane equipment
Propose a mix and I'll use it. I chose MAAs because you'll be pumping out AA equipment now.

>Aladria said she will be a LOYAL VASSAL, but if its not acceptable because she is a vampire that before we put her down PLEASE let her discuss things in private.
Actually, she said she would send a messenger to discuss things. She doesn't want you in her castle.

Anyway, writing Tsucchi scene now.

>>31690209
She has her own land, just under us as province owners.

She will be feeding on her own tenants.

>>31690209
>But she won't, and actually can't anon, last thread it was confirmed that Vampires can not feed on animal blood, so she will be needing humans to feed on as long as she exists.
but she doesn't need to harm them to do so. its just more efficient to treat people like cattle then it is to pay poor people large sums for regular blood donations.

also, we haven't actually conquered her town yet, and we can always do it later. we don't want her spooked so that we can either kill her, or capture her alive as leverage over her lover (one of the top daywalkers)

>>31690229
I am betting the reason her messenger didn't come is our abysmal performance after conquering raupe

>>31690209
Honestly I don't really mind if he she has to feed on humans. Though we probably will need to renegotiate once Taour is removed. She'd be a possible useful ally later though since it seems she may hate perin.

>>31690229
have we managed to recruit any more mages for our army from the mage towers in vitria?
IIRC part of the deal of them getting nobility was that it was granted on a case by case basis to towers who pledge service to the nation. was it not?

>>31690250
That lover is deader then disco right now.

Pretty content with the pile of MAA. With the AA stuff going we will be able to phase out regular archers in no time.

My preference when creating new AA units after exhausting our current mundane Archers will be to take from the new conscripts. Alternatively if that would cause their Conscript status to reset, let's do a 2000 MMA:1000 Archers so they can get some experience using a regular bow.

We can just sell off the mundane gear later.

>>31690313
>Honestly I don't really mind if he she has to feed on humans.
it would be devastating for morale and our cause

I would like to remind you that we were willing to let a LOT of civilians die in taour for a tactical advantage (taking out blood farms, and raids). So even if there are vampires who aren't total monsters I am not inclined to show them mercy...
ESPECIALLY the taour vampires who have been part of some truly atrocious stuff.

>>31690342
what is MMA?

>We can just sell off the mundane gear later.
why? we will keep on recruiting soldiers for the foreseeable future.

Course to be honest I think we need to as soon as Taour is done start researching HMK and LMK as well as FMK just so we can have the basic design for a army.

>>31690209
Leave it be.
>>31690229
Move the AA equipment to the Northern front more or less as it comes out the factory floor. Also, have archers crosstrain with AA gear when circumstances at the front permit. Same with men at arms and Mage-knight gear. How many can reach the front in time to effect the raid.
>>31690342
Or we can move it to the Dalesean home guard as it forms.

>>31690362

I think at present we'll have to tolerate her existence and present situation.

If anything we can post a perimeter guard to make people feel better about her being there, lower morale hit due to a vampire being allowed to live. I mean we're at wartime here, so I wouldn't exactly support it, but if we can give up a few men for it. Sure, why not.

We will have to come back to it post Taour. As a few other things. There's still a Province that we've allowed serfdom to continue in as well. There are a lot of things we have to deal with come peacetime.

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Next scene is a flashback to Aladria's messenger visiting you before you went to Darlesia, because leaving it out is causing tons of confusion. Sorry about messing that up, guys.

>Asking Tsucchi about her fast travel

You manage to catch Tsucchi having her own breakfast in a private parlour. Despite your repeated invitations she has always kept herself separate for breakfast, though she joins you for any communal lunches and dinners. You thought it might have been something spiritual, but she’s just sitting at a table in her normal clothes and eating some fish and rice.

What a terrible breakfast, especially mid-winter.

Knocking on the door to the parlour, you enter and greet Tsucchi. She gives you a smile in return as she picks apart her fish with some chopsticks – you don’t remember having any of those so she must have made or brought her own. You take a seat next to her and try to pay attention to her and not her idly waving tails.

“So, Vad somehow managed to get all the way here from Raupe and back again in no time at all. He wouldn’t tell me why but I have my suspicions,” you say to her.

“And those suspicions point at me, do they?” she asks you, giving you a sly smile.

“They do,” you say. “You mentioned having to tell me any important information. Wouldn’t this count?”

“My abilities aren’t a threat to you. Furthermore, I don’t serve you, Talon,” she says, pointing her chopsticks at you. “I’m a liaison but anything I do for you is out of the kindness of my heart.”

You sigh. Part of you expected this.

>How do you want to try to convince Tsucchi? Anything particularly good will either abrogate the need to roll Charisma or at least lower the DC.

>>31690385
>MMA
Correction, MAA, Men-At-Arms.
Typical mundane foot solders.

>why? we will keep on recruiting soldiers for the foreseeable future.
Bulk of an effect force would be MMK, we have a foundry for that now. And the AAs are superior in literally every way to mundane Archers now that we have an effective way to produce them there is little cause to have a mundane Archer corps at all. So get rid of that mundane gear. Sure keep mundane MAA stuff if need be.

>>31690362
I'm more thinking of her on lens of possible use. I mean we are human so for that we just need to bring it up it would be devastating for her if people got word of her hurting people. Since that would mean we would have to do something. I'm sure She'll understand that just because you don't last as long as she did so far not knowing the politics. On the other hand so long as that doesn't happen I wouldn't mind if she even raised a undead horde or something. Long as she pays the taxes and stays out of our way I don't see many issues.

Rolled 7

>>31690189
>then again... she is supposedly the lover of one of the top tier daywalkers, so if we capture her alive we get a HUGE leverage over him.
He was the daywalker Talon we killed prequest

>>31690416
>I think at present we'll have to tolerate her existence and present situation.
oh, I 100% agree about tolerating her for now and even said so in other posts. I am just saying that this whole "boohoo vampire genocide" thing...
Talon isn't a racist but he is willing to do what it takes, and for taour what it takes is a purge of vampires... now, vampires found elsewhere in the world can get their fair chance. Or vampires that really help us and we deem to not be monsters (like the guy who set up the blood farms, bastard has to die) can be allowed to escape under the condition they go really far from taour and stay low. But for the sake of keeping our promises to the people taour has to be purged of bloodsuckers.

>>31689708
>Aladria’s messenger (the independent vampire in Raupe) didn’t negotiate. You were basically offered tax revenue in exchange for not troubling her.
why did we skip this?

>>31690250
That's all well and true reasonable to us, but do you think a bunch of peasants are going to be so accepting of it? With all the fear and stigma against vampires? It's going to rocket public approval into the toilet, man.

And yeah, that's what I meant about it not being an issue right now. We hold Raupe, not her land yet. We can deal with her later.
It would be nice to have a hostage, though.

>>31690248
It's still in our land, even if it's private lands within them. And I doubt many people would care about such specifics if they heard we let a vampire live. News has a funny way of getting out about this type of thing, sadly and we would not do well starting trying to have national secrets when we're not even a blip on the radar yet.

>>31690470
>Bulk of an effect force would be MMK
I know, I am saying that as we grow we will eventually have an army at least 10 times larger than we do now. even if bulk is MMK we would have use for all the mundane arms

>>31690487
>Long as she pays the taxes and stays out of our way I don't see many issues.
they have newspapers here.
>Extra extra, talon reneges on promise to stop bloodsucker menance, appoints vampire vassal to rule county. blood farming continues
yea, fuck that

>>31690532
>That's all well and true reasonable to us, but do you think a bunch of peasants are going to be so accepting of it?
I think a bunch of peasants are certainly going to be accepting of the fact that our army was fighting taour instead of her. with the exception of the peasants serving under her

>>31690441
"Actually, the capabilities of foxes in general are most certainly of interest to me. After all, I did agree to help defend you against your enemies, including your wayward kin. So while you're abilities aren't a threat to me, those in the Magi League certainly are."

>>31690529

Because Aspirational made a mild mistake and forgot to include it. It happens with so much going on.

>>31690491
Ah alright good. I was just more or less saying that to focus discussion again. Things to be dealt with in the future can be dealt with then and all that.

>>31690398
I'm fine with converting our mundane Archers that are already within our army. But would rather start out a mass of Conscripts out as mundane Archers than cross train our current established soldiers(thus resetting their training to Green if my assumption is correct).

My first thought would be to also move the first shipment of AA gear to Darlesia. We'll need it there.

>>31690441
Not sure if it would be worth it to go all the way. We might get her to do it if we say we will owe her a favor. On the other hand I'm not sure how the Battle in the other front will do without one of us.

>>31690441
Fair enough.
So, how could I convince you to part with such a juicy secret then?

>>31689998
>That is not acceptable. Those are our lands, and she will negotiate, or be put down. We can not have a wild vampire feeding on our citizens, no matter how nonhostile they try to appear to be. But we are not in a position to push her yet, so just let her think we'll agree for now by not answering. That comes later.
any reason why you are so hostile?
She seemed to be ok considering she sent a normal servant instead of a thrall.

>>31690604
>Conscripts
I don't think talon ever conscripted anyone yet.
We have a volunteer army. conscripts have extra low morale, starting out one level lower then a volunteer.

>>31690624
And she was also independent of taour. So it is possible that she is just a nicer, gentler vampire

>>31690640
Taken from >>31689708
>>Note that your new recruits at both Hiien and Darlesia are untrained conscripts. They’ll need 2 months of training or some battle experience to bump up to Green.

In a later post it was offered for us to offer a possible mixture of Mundane Conscripts. Thus my 1000 Archers and 2000 MAA suggestion.

>>31690441
"Then perhaps you'd find it in the kindness of your heart to assist an elemental in such a way? They are certainly excellent secret keepers-after all, they still do not tell me things they've done in the past. With such a failure on my generals part, it would do me a great favor to be able to help Gnome before the battle at Raupe. Sadly, I can not do that with Undine being 5 days away..."

Hinting she help that way.

>>31690487
Anon, you're being short sighted. You can't just ignore a vampire like that and expect people to just be cool with it. There will be angry mobs over this shit. We literally pulled people out of blood pits like they were cattle. Do you really think they'll just let it lie? Because I don't.

>>31690557
If they say anything just say she proved different then the others. If they have a problem with it they can head to the imperators home and bring it up.

>>31690604
>AA gear to Darlesia

Why Darlesia? They aren't the ones under attack right now.

>>31690690
WE barely own that province, were currently at war and none of our subjects live there as of current, even if her realm counts as our subjects.

By time anyone knows about it we will have already resolved the damn issue.

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>>31690398
>How many can reach the front in time to effect the raid.
It takes five days for equipment to get from Vitria to Hiien. 12 days for equipment to get from Vitria to Darlesia.

>>31690332
Asking the mage towers of Vitria to lend to the war effort temporarily is possible. Note that they'll never truly join your army - they'll just add to your battle-mages on battlefronts for a while (depending on how convincing/imperious you are). They also won't appreciate being asked to do this too often.

>>31690529
I missed it with the extra stuff coming up while moving to Darlesia - the timeframe thing threw me into a bit of tizzy. Doing a flashback scene next as it just confused people to leave it out.

>>31690640
Conscript basically just means untrained. I use Green for trained but inexperienced.

TSUCCHI VOTE
>1. Offer her a favor to get her to explain her power and use it for you.
>2. Try to get her to help Gnome herself.
>3. Try to convince her that telling you helps you against your enemies.
>4. Custom

>>31690700
well, it could be that the moves on the north are to distract us to leave darlesia open, but i doubt it. they actually abandoned darlesia entirely.
I think we should send all the AA to raupe

>>31690722
2

It's not for us, it's for her. Parras can't hold his ground without mone of our elites there.

>>31690722
>It takes five days for equipment to get from Vitria to Hiien. 12 days for equipment to get from Vitria to Darlesia.
Yes, but you said it was 14 days from completion before we went to Darlesia. Its been active for about a week.

>>31690700

But have the weakest defenses at present. And our mass of Conscripts.

The AA gear would surely help fortify our position. And there is a good chance it will be under attack at some point.

That gear isn't going to help our forces within Hiien very much at all given they have an army at 2 days out and it takes ~4weeks to produce 500 units of AA gear. Long term thinking here.

>>31690690
All you really need to do is give the Imperator seal of approval after killing all of Taour. If someone gives lip then just say we just burned down the vampire capital and massacred pretty much all of them and if we say this chick is cool after all we did then why don't they trust us? Course this requires we actually look into her later so we can actually say this.

But this is going on a tangent right now and not really important compared to the 2000 men invading the horizons.

>>31690722
I love how absolutely everybody is ignoring the vote to talk tactics and logistics. this is hilarious.

>>31690763
On the other hand, building up our arcane Archery force will force Taour to concentrate on them.

>>31690722
>1. Offer her a favor to get her to explain her power and use it for you.
The reason I think we should go with this, is because if we do something for her in exchange then we get it for the future BEYOND just our battle with taour.

If she doesn't want to do that, we can appeal to her both with gnome's state AND the fact we need any help we can get against the taour vampires which she has a personal agenda against. The reason I think this should be secondary is because such a method means she only helps us until taour topples

>>31690722
>1. Offer her a favor to get her to explain her power and use it for you.
>2. Try to get her to help Gnome herself.
They aren't exactly exclusive.

>>31690722
>2

>>31690800

A valid point. I counter with leaving the area without any of our major heavy hitters(AA, HMK, Battlemages) en masse trained or not would leave Darlesia under guarded.

>>31690722
>1. Offer her a favor to get her to explain her power and use it for you.

>>31690830
Against a lesser threat.t

>>31690763
True. But for that we need more bodies so it would be rather nice to take that 2000 down. If anything what we would be fucked by is lack of mages. We got like 21 hahaha.

Though I see the benefits either way. It would be great though if we could route the 2K army though just to keep them from getting the idea to march into were we are now.

>>31690722
>1
If that fails then try
>2

>>31690713
That's fine. We can handle it later. I am just saying, ignoring it after the mess is over is pretty much going to be impossible.

>>31690624
Only because the potential threat against morale. I don't have anything against her in particular, but once we have control of things, I see her as nothing but a liability, and she either will need to leave, or die. Not worth the security risk, the public order hit, or any of the headaches she will bring.

But like I said that can come later.

>>31690785
>Barely escape blood farm alive
>Tell all citizens about how horrible it was and how evil the vampires are
>But our glorious leader had no mercy for the vampire scum!
>News rolls in: No, really guys, this vampire is okay, I checked, totally.

I just don't see it happening anon. Mobs and riots. That's all I see.

>>31690722
>2

>>31690861
yea, not only that... crece is a natural wall with the only two pathes being heavily fortified, and is occupied by 4000 veterans of a mage heavy nation, probably good number of mages and maybe vampires in that force.

Meanwhile darlesia has 2000 troops right now. and under 30 mages who are under trained. (we should REALLY up the ante on recruitment of mages from the vitria towers... or anywhere else if they are willing to come).
If we add 2000 fresh conscript with mundane gear we would not be a threat to crece, at all.

>>31690854

A possibly lesser threat. I do remember the idea of a pincer attack was brought up, would be easier with a corps. of AAs. In my view. That and training conscripts IMMEDIATELY into AA status would speed up the process of converting and crosstraining.

Note I'm fine with sending them to Raupe as well, completely reequiping our mundanes there and having a huge force of AAs would be very useful.

Honestly I think it should be a vote. With all the information necessary and if we got a split in our new conscript mass.

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>>31690749
Production is weekly so that I don't need to track every single day. It's been active for five days so it will ship to wherever in two days plus travel time. If you really want to push it, you'd have no more than 40 more AAs in Raupe by the time the raid starts.

>>31690787
Such is life in this sort of quest.

>>31690896
>I just don't see it happening anon. Mobs and riots. That's all I see.
Basically this.
If we absolutely must show a vampire mercy, it would be to tell them to hide and lie low for 50 years FAR FAR from us. And to avoid committing any atrocities in the meanwhile. then we can take them in when the memories have faded (what with generations passing).

and really, that vampire needs to be a saint, because I wouldn't trust most as far as I could throw them.

>>31690938
That does sound useful.

>>31690938
40 is better than nothing.

>>31690896
>I just don't see it happening anon. Mobs and riots. That's all I see.
hearts and minds attempt to quell this.
On another thought i do think we should discuss on how to handle the vampires.
You also have to remember that a good portion of vampires that are neutral will exist in taour(potential political help/backstabbing if we can infiltrate), and i have a feeling recruiting them in the army is a better idea than killing them off.(only really possible if thralldom can be cured though, if not they get booted out.)

>>31690956
Basically, if she tries to bargain with us, we need to basically say, 'i'm not the one you need to convince you're safe to deal with, vampire. You need to convince the rest of the Empire.'

>>31690956
well considering we only met bad vampires i think our view of them is a bit skewered, it also doesn't hurt that aspirational said that they aren't evil, just feed differently than we do.

>>31690722
rephrasing my earlier post >>31690809
Start off actually with
>2
>4: We heard she has a crusade against vampires... Taour is really difficult for us right now. It will help us defeat them, it will help save many innocent livess too.
and then finish up with
>1. Offer her a favor to get her to explain her power and use it for you.
the reason for that if we compensate her for it then it would be not just for the duration of our war with taour, but an ongoing thing in the future.

>>31691027

One of those grey decisions.

I understand the multiple points of views.

But I think it's something we need to focus on later post Taour. Right now we're just getting bogged down by an argument when we have more important things at present to deal with.

>>31690896
>Riots
>Against the God emperor that freed them.

Possible. Just depends on how we do it. I mean honestly even if I was in a hellhole if the guy who started glowing said this chick is all right and she didn't help Taour I wouldn't really hold that against her. Just because the same guy who broke me out said so. Getting ahead of ourselves though.

>>31690915
Numbers are useful and they do need to get some experience in. On the other hand actually taking the walls would be awful and impossible.

>>31691027
>well considering we only met bad vampires i think our view of them is a bit skewered
No it isn't, did you miss the part where not a single person is arguing that 100% of vampires are evil, but everyone is arguing that we will have a rebellion on our hands if we show the taour vampires mercy in the open? And that even if they aren't INHERENTLY evil, those specific vampires have been part of a vampire nation guilty of horrific crimes?
If they were really so much against the blood farms they would have run away in a random direction. not served in the nation

>>31690991
>Hearts and Minds
That shit would need to be natural 20 to successfully not make us look like pricks, not only to our own people, but the Magi League, and...well, honestly every other faction out there man.
>Recruit Vampires
And THAT is even worse!
I mean, I get it, the idea of having super rad Daywalker allies is sweet (If we played evil Talon, we could have totally done it), but I mean...just
Any place they take over they'd likely need to feed. We'd have to pay them in the blood of our people (or enemies people) which isn't good for any non vampire recruit. So discounting possible betrayals, uproar at such a practice, and possibly getting shit on by the largest factions because of it...

I dunno anon. It just doesn't seem worth it in the end.
I admit though, I do wonder what Talon would be like if we tried to go Daywalker Talon.
Immortality is a sweet boon

>>31691063
See now, I wish every peasant was that reasonable. Because this wouldn't worry me so much if they were. The thing about people is they're xenophobic. Not only that, they're also very easily scared. It doesn't help that Taour has pretty much ruined their reputation for the future.

An anon above said "if we did let her live, she would need to fuck off for like 50 years in hiding away from us". That would be totally fine by me, we don't need to kill her, but keeping her around is going to cause way more headaches then information, or usefulness it will bring.

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>>31690970
>>31690980
Not really, but sure.

I'm just doing weekly production from now on to save headaches.

>1.

“Well, if you’ll give me the kindness of your heart I’ll owe you a personal favour. Does that work,” you ask.

Tsucchi stops eating for a second and gives you an odd look. “Really? Things are so serious you’ll offer me a personal favour? A favour from the ruler of a nation? What exactly pushed you this far?”

“My familiar is badly injured in a northern province. She’s five days away and the enemy is two days out. Can you help me, Tsucchi?” you ask, not bothering to hide anything.

She gives you a level gaze, then sighs and lays her chopsticks down. “Very well. Foxes with six or more tails can use a form of teleportation. I’m not very good at it, only able to take up to one person with me at a time, but I can travel a few hundred miles each day. Where do you need to go?”

“Hiien. UP north,” you say.

“Where Vad is. Fair enough. Just remember that you’ll owe me one, Talon,” she says, giving you a serious look. “I’ll help as necessary with movement so long as you don’t trouble me too much with it. Just remember that this is personal.”

>Aladria’s Messenger scene next

>>31691087
Talon is already immortal.

But yea, if we were playing a daywalker evil overlord we totally would, I have voted for such in quests before.

But as you said, it would make us look like huge giant pricks to everyone, both inside and outside the nation. Heck we know of several named characters in our upper echelons who will likely rebel if we did it.

such a decision would cost us the empire. And rebellions are a bitch, the magi league started off as a rebellion against the RSK, the RSK's archmage is now also rebelling but not as part of the magi league carving up his own empire. Several factions within RSK are likely to break apart.
The magi league itself is reported on the cusp of breaking apart into warring kingdoms.

>>31691157
Well, that is a bit unnerving...but at least she seems to understand.

Looking forward to whatever sidequest that is.

>>31691146
I mainly think it would work decently just due to it being only one which lets us play things a bit. If we started recruiting nightwalkers or some shit that's a different story. I mainly would just get daywalkers on our side. Nightwalkers in my mind could rot in hell because their expense isn't worth it.

>>31691087
In an alternative world Daywalker Talon picked up Sareeg or something crazy and has gone on a rampage of blood, shadow, and sheer unstoppable power.

Jesus christ how horrifying.

>>31691157

>owing foxes favors
>personal favors

Sounds sexy.

>>31691236
>Sareeg

If I got a decent idea of his personality he would abhor them.

>>31691236
... when this quest ends, can we do that?
But not as Talon, as a different character

>>31691175
I am glad to see you understand so well what I am trying to get across.

I admit part of me looks back at thread one and thinks 'what if we just played the worlds evilest Mage?' and I giggle at the thought.

Ah it sucks this quest only gets the one play through.

Oh also
>Talon is immortal
He is? I was under the impression he just didn't age, and that he'd still die 'when his time came'

>>31691295
Nothing is truly immortal in this world. Not even the archangels can be immune to death.

>>31690999
>>31690956
>>31690896
How about a campaign or way to have the hatred for them to be not as strong?
This is a grey area to deal with, i do think all the nobility should die though.
>>31691056
True it is a grey area think about.
>>31691087
>but the Magi League, and...well, honestly every other faction out there man.
they are actually neutral about them.
>>31691087
>rad Daywalker allies
i was thinking of night walkers, all the day walkers can die as far as i care, since their thralling is the only dangerous version while night crawlers just makes zombies.
Yeah i understand where you guys are talking about the people, but i do think we should talk to this with our cabinet and get their thoughts on it and see where they stand.

>>31691295
>He is? I was under the impression he just didn't age, and that he'd still die 'when his time came'
Oh. I didn't even cosider the possibility since "die when his time comes" is nonsense invented by dnd.
IRL there is no such thing. Dying form "old age" is always dying from a chronic disease, be it heart failure or brain failure or what not. Talon is immune to the effects of aging which should make him immune to dying from old age

However, even if "when your time comes" thing is real, it probably only applies to people who aren't gods.

>>31691334
We're not campaigning for Vampire rights. They are literal bloodsuckers and mental slavers. Fuck off with your 'muh magical creatures' bullshit. I will samefag as hard as I possibly can if that ever comes up for a decision. She bends to us, we don't bend to her.

>>31691334
Thing there is day walkers can only make a Thrall like. Once a year vs a night which makes one once a month and their only zombies at night.

>>31691334
>they are actually neutral about them.
actually, the magi league wants them dead and is secretly helping us do so. But they are officially netural towards them because they are too busy with their RSK war.

>>31691076
I thought we were arguing about Aladria, who is not in fact part of Taour.

>>31691382
You are confusing childe with thrall
A nightwalker can create a new nightwalker every month.
A daywalker can make a new daywalker every year.
Making thralls is a lot quicker though. Remember that city where mal encountered a daywalker? he thralled the entire city guard and the entire administration in a few weeks. And tried to enthrall both mal and lynn at the same time.

>>31691334
>How about a campaign or way to have the hatred for them to be not as strong?
The problem is that Taour has ruined their reputation so thoroughly, if we even speak 'maybe they're not SO bad' even about one vampire, people scoff and shake their head at us like we're stepping on babyheads.

It's damn near an untouchable issue, which sucks, but...well that's the nature of empire politics, ya know?

>Magi League: they are actually neutral about them.
I...am almost certain they're not, but someone tell me if Aspir said otherwise. I was almost positive they hated Taour and wanted them gone without doing it themselves.

>i do think we should talk to this with our cabinet and get their thoughts on it and see where they stand.
I...I can't advocate it, anon. I mean, merely mentioning it will make people mad, don't you think? Especially people like Undine, or Felix.

>>31691379
No need to be so hostile anon. I agree that it's ridiculous to even consider, but we're all just speaking our mind n' shit.

>>31691432
she is technically independent from taur but a vassal of them. Her sire and husband was on taurs ruling council before his death, and she is geographically too close to them

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>>31691432
Do you think that people will make a distinction? Darlesia was just about destroyed by a nation of Vampires. Taour had entire bloodfarms dedicated to sucking humans dry for vampire hunger. We have declared in front of thousands of people that we are going to wipe the bloodsucker menace off the face of the continent. and you want to make an exception because 'oh, she's not actually part of Taour'?

>>31691456

Undine, Felix, Parras, that one super patriotic Darlesian Captain we've had forever that hates everything involving vampires.

Fuck they blew up when someone mentioned using the dwarf with infernal powers as a diplomat. I could see this going much worse.

>>31691334
several in our cabinet are EXTREMELY anti vampire.
Only our inner circle can be trusted with this and even then I see no reason to raise it. why are you so insistent on this anyways?
If we absolutely have to show mercy we tell them to hide on the other side of the continent for 50 years.
If you want vampires openly serving our military then the answer to that is "not in a hundred years"

>>31691507
>Undine, Felix, Parras, that one super patriotic Darlesian Captain we've had forever that hates everything involving vampires.
don't forget tsucchi being on a crusade against them, and she is our ambassador for the 6SA and sister of one of their 5 ruling chiefs

guys, can we shut up about this? christ

>>31691558
Nothing wrong with discussing empire politics anon.

>>31691558

Seconding. Kind of want to focus on the tasks at hand.

Not an argument that can't even be dealt with now. This is as bad as the Sala/Gnome summoning nonsense.

>>31691408
Ah ok, i thought they were neutral since Taour was acting like the magi league wasn't a threat.
>>31691382
I thought the once a year thing was for making another daywalker, but they can make as many thralls as they like.
Remember how there is a daywalker that can make thralls with her voice.
>>31691379
No need to be so hostile, just talking about this subject and how we should handle the vampire citizens once we take over tauron.(i suggested killing all daywalkers and the nobles).
>>31691456
>well that's the nature of empire politics, ya know?
True, here is hoping that fades in a generation.
>>31691507
>>31691456
Aspirational said there are no consequences for asking this stuff, but would had been for implementing it.
>>31691507
>>31691534
>don't forget tsucchi being on a crusade against them
>Undine, Felix, Parras, that one super patriotic Darlesian Captain
I get felix and the patriot guy, but why does udine and para hate vampires?
Wasn't she looking for a cure?
>>31691508
Just voicing my thoughts and see if they can have merit, also not so persistent just replying to people.

>>31691558
I kind of agree, but we're also waiting on Aspie to get back to us with the story, so there's no point in shutting down conversation. I just wish whichever anon is shilling for Vampire Rights shit would go away, because almost everybody agrees it's a bad idea.

>>31691585
>Kind of want to focus on the tasks at hand.
we are waiting for aspir to post the dialog with the messenger

>>31691534
She herself said she didn't consider them all monsters. Depending on how you define monster. Course I want to get the whole picture here. Mainly because I wonder if she would help us vs Taour do to that one guy dying or if she hates us due to us killing that guy.

>>31691432
Well my argument with the started out as that, but we got off topic a bit.

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>Note that this scene takes place before travelling to Darlesia from Hiien

“Greetings Imperator Talon,” says the messenger. “Lady Serat sends her regrets that she could not meet with you personally.”

“Does she meet with anybody personally?” you ask, gesturing to the man to take a seat.

You glance sideways at Vad who gives you a shake of his head, indicating the man’s not a thrall. Surprising. You would have assumed somebody sent for negotiations would have been thralled.

The messenger laughs lightly as he takes his seat. “No. No she does not. There are only one or two trusted servants who ever enter her castle and I’ve never heard of or seen her leave herself.”

“How long have you been serving her? Maybe you just missed her slipping out,” you ask.

“Ten years. It’s a family position, actually, though my father served Lord Dalrec rather than Lady Serat. When he handed the castle over to his daughter she removed most of the staff from the castle and assigned us to a manor outside her estate. My father thought he had been dismissed and fell gravely ill,” he explains.

You just stare at the man for a moment, finding this situation to be profoundly odd.

“You don’t seem to hold it against her?” you ask him slowly.

>continued

>>31691612
Agreed. We need to rid ourselves of all the beings other then humans as well. I don't trust them either.

>>31691585
Which is negotiating with a vampire.
Right now we are trying to see what to do with the female vampire.

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>>31691653
“My Lady is the perfect employer, especially in Taour,” he explains, spreading his arms. “She pays us on time, we don’t need to do that much work and, unlike just about every other lord and lady in the country – old country, sorry, this is your country now – she doesn’t cut out necks open.”

“She’s reliant on deliveries from Hiien, then?” you ask, thinking you’ve sussed this out.

“Possibly. She gets a covered and guarded delivery once per year, I‘m not sure from where – the last was just after harvest in April,” he says.

So that means she has about 8-9 months of blood left before she needs to start feeding on people, assuming that shipment was from Hiien and was of blood.

“So, uh, about negotiations,” he starts, looking a bit sheepish. “Not that I’d call them as such. It’s basically ‘let Lady Serat do what she wants in her castle in exchange for taxes’. I don’t actually have any leeway to offer more. I can relay any problems you have with her by letter, though. I doubt she’ll pay much attention. I gave her a lot of strongly worded letters from the lords and ladies in Taour, including from Lord Dalrec. Never handed any back to them, though.”

You scratch your head. This really isn’t going how you expected.

>What do you want to relay back to Lady Aladria Serat? It could just be ‘I agree to let you be independent.’ or could be threats

>>31691659
I never said that. Stop putting words in my mouth. The only Magical Beings I have a problem with so far are Vampires, because they have more red in their ledger than any other race we know of so far, barring the Always-Chaotic-Evil Shadow Beasts and the Astral Adepts/Infernals/Angels.

>>31691608
>Wasn't she looking for a cure?
cure for thralls, not cure for vamparism... (at least, not that I know of. we can ask)

>para
he is an idealist and was up in arms about the vamps. however I am not sure about him, he might or might not accept that a "good" vampire can exist

>udine
Not him, but I also vaguely recall she not liking them. I guess we can always ask. Although considering the senses we are having maybe its because she is an elemental and vampire magic is corruptive.
Although, this reminds me the thing where we were speaking in God-Voice to ourselves and said the foxes are proof that the corrupt can be assimilated or some such. So maybe it is possible to do something similar to what happened with foxes, but with vampires... to gentle them somehow. Not sure if it is worth pursuing though

>>31691704
No that's just my opinion there. No words being put there. But I'm insanely paranoid and know it won't ever happen.

>>31691680
lets meet in person, and hash things out.

>>31691680
"I will deal with you in person once Taour is under my thumb. There are too many problems to be discussed here than to play cat-and-mouse through a messenger boy."

>>31691680
I've got nothing.
>>31691704
You just incluided about 3/4ths of the sentient races besides humans.

>>31691680

I mean we can't really do much huh? Unless it's something ridiculously over the top like sending the messengers head back.

Strongly worded things will do little even coming from Talon. He's always been more of a face to face anyway, and she deliberately inhibits that.

Really I can only see going with I'll allow it for now. But we will be talking again in the future. What the hell else are we going to do? Steam roll the place for shits and giggles during war time?

>>31691680
Send a message that that's not even remotely practical and that our populace would massively revolt and that that's just not worth it.

>>31691680
How much land does she really have? Are we talking like a single castle with maybe a mile of land? Or something bigger here?

>>31691714
>cure for thralls
She was surprised when we said we were gonna try to cure that so i figured she was studying how to cure vampires.
>>31691714
>>para
That makes sense, my only problem with him is that he has morals and is against tactics that kill people.
>>31691714
>udine
Well that is some new info.
>>udine

>>31691766
Half, actually, and that's of the races we know of. Aspie will certainly include more in the coming days. The ones we've met so far have given us no reason as a whole to trust them farther than we can throw them.

>>31691680
We need to basically stall with her while milking her for as much info about vampires as possible.
Anything we want to do with her should wait until after we conquer taour.

I am thinking
>The real reason I asked for a meeting is not that I find those terms unacceptable, but that I am very much in need of more information about vampires. There is very little public knowledge about them.

Also
>I am surprised taour never bothered to conquer her lands if she simply ignores their demands. I can understand that she would be protected by her paramor on the council, but he has been gone for some time now.

>>31691813
>than we can throw them.
we can throw pretty far.

>>31691743
but she never meets anyone in person...

>>31691818
>Also
well it could be that she is a strong day walker, and it looks like she is a recluse and has no thralls.

>>31691680
How to word this...

"Dear Lady Aladria,
I am certain you realize that empire politics and all manner of duties that I find myself under are not always as clear cut, or simple as I would like them to be. In that light, you certainly must realize why I am concerned with your presece, due to the reputation vampires have acquired thanks to Taour. In light of this, I am afraid I can offer little leeway. Once I have control of the providence, you will need to relocate, and estracate yourself from my territory for a number of years at the least. I simply can not risk a rebellion if the knowledge that a vampire such as you were allowed to live in my lands.
As I understand it your blood shipments are not from here. If that is the case, and you do have enough blood to last you for several months, then you have until then to find somewhere to go into hiding.

I deeply apologize if this is inconvenient, or harsh in your light, but please try to understand my position, especially with your nonwillingness to negotiate with me.

A reply is expect, or else I will need to come see you personally once I have conquered Taour.

Imperator Talon York

>>31691863
She is a daywalker with high strength in blood and shadow magic.

>>31691852
I meant in that we come to her.

>>31691818
to expand on this. we want info on vampires AND any info she has on taour, in particular the surviving daywalker council

>>31691863
She is supposedly only 50... but she could be a prodigy, she is older than talon after all

>>31691852
Right. which is why, in my opinion, we need to force the issue on this. Refuse her request for independance unless she meets in person, because we have too many problems with her kind to allow one free reign on our lands without judging her personal character.

>>31691879
>Lets send a neutral party a message that pretty much guarantees they side with our enemies
how about we don't?
if this is how you want to play it then we let her play the vassal... then conquer taur, THEN AND ONLY THEN when taour is conquered we go visiting her castle for a chat.

>>31691879
ooooh. Throw in something about how she is free to try to negotiate with us on the terms if she meets with us personally, and this is fantastic. well done, anon.

>>31691879
no

>>31691879
so basically lets threaten a strong daywalker that won't attack us into siding with tauor.

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>>31691785
>How much land does she really have? Are we talking like a single castle with maybe a mile of land? Or something bigger here?
"The castle isn't that large. It has a small courtyard and keep. The manor outside the estate only houses about forty people. There are a few square miles of farmland that we administer on her behalf."

So, perhaps 3sqm - maybe one percent of the entire province.

>>31691743
>>31691759
>>31691879
"I sincerely doubt that will happen. The last person who attempted to enter the castle without her permission disintegrated when they touched the front gate. I will still relay your wishes to her, but please don't expect much, your majesty."

>>31691818
"Well, I'll ask her if she's willing to share with you any information on her own kind. I don't think I've been asked that before - but then I imagine most vampires know about themselves.

"As for why they ignore her - I believe that she is widely feared in Taour. Killing messengers is something of a national sport, yet they fear to so much as touch me when I speak with them."

>>31691893
>She is supposedly only 50
Did I actually say that? I hope I didn't.

>>31691879
>actively creating a martyr in a land we'll have to conquer someday across the continent that many displaced vampires have rallied behind

How about we don't.

>>31691903
>You are at war
>Someone wants to be neutral
>Openly refuse to allow them neutrality, even if only while you are busy elsewhere instead of ignoring them for the time being and letting them be neutral?
can you please, please explain why we would do that?

Oh, also, it occurs to me that she might just be CERTAIN that we will die when we fight taour and is merely trying to minimize the damage to her lands. letting us fight them and lose to the supposedly immortal uber daywalkers on the council or maybe even get enthralled by the one with the super enchanting voice.

>>31691970
>The manor outside the estate only houses about forty people
wait, 40 people? that is it? damn... you know what, maybe taour just never bothered conquering her because killing a daywalker like her would cost them more than they gain. And each daywalker feared she would side with their enemies (what with their internal warring for power)

>>31691970
sheeeeeeit. she's a monster even to the monsters. I take back everything I said about provoking her. I think we might need to let this sleeping dog lie.

>>31691970
>"I sincerely doubt that will happen. The last person who attempted to enter the castle without her permission disintegrated when they touched the front gate. I will still relay your wishes to her, but please don't expect much, your majesty."
GODDAMMIT! we actually went total retard and actually said this to her... WHY!

>>31691930
Pretty under handed, but I don't disagree with just ignoring her until we take over and wreck her house anyway.

>>31691970
Huh. Wait, is Blackwater afraid of this bitch?

>>31692048
All we said was we wanted to meet with her in person anon, calm down.

>>31692050
yup

>>31692048
I honestly assume that is more IC commentary on the idea. I don't think without a vote it would really be sent back or effect much of anything.

>>31691970
Can we go tit-for-tat with her? If she helps us eliminate Blackwater when the time comes, we let her keep her manor and lands. would that work?

Quick question does the public even have to know she is a vampire or that there is one in the land?
Its seems like she doesn't own that much land and the people who serve her think highly of her.

>>31692075
Maybe? Need to ask if Blackwater was the same way.

>>31692082
lets not, really. ignore the sleeping lion for now.
she is content to live out her unlife with her 40 loyal NON thrall servants (although, actually that just indicates intelligence on her part. think about it, enthrall people, then raise their children to be cultist level loyal. give it a few generations and they will die for the master without being thralls)

>>31692126 oops, rest of post
she is content to live her unlife in seclusion with 40 servants and one mannor, not even a city.
She is not worth our time at the moment and won't be for quite a while

>all those arguments
>consensus rolling towards "fuck it just leave it lie for now"

Boy called that awhile ago.

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>>31692048
I just took it as a 'I want to meet in person as this meeting is not acceptable.'

>>31692050
>Huh. Wait, is Blackwater afraid of this bitch?
"I have never had any dealings with Lord Blackwater on my Lady's behalf."

>>31692101
>Quick question does the public even have to know she is a vampire or that there is one in the land?
"Well, most people in the village we collect taxes from seem to think the castle is derelict and we're just bullies who serve the capital. So probably not. We've tried to convince them otherwise, but the her reclusive state makes it difficult."

>Any last things to say? Otherwise I'll call some tactics votes for the present situation.

>>31692126
>>31692148

I just want proof that we're not leaving a live pipebomb in the middle of our lands to go off at any point because we were too scared to provoke her. If she was able to compromise on absolutely anything at all I'd take that as a good sign.

>>31691970
Lets just leave her alone.

>>31692126
I take back my letter I wrote for now. I agree she's more of a sleeping lion then I expected (I figured we've already killed Daywalkers stronger then her, and she was just being a bitch about this)

But in light of this, we'll let her stay neutral until Taour is taken over. Then, once things are under control, we surround her mansion and start to really negotiate.

>>31692163
>I just took it as a 'I want to meet in person as this meeting is not acceptable.'
ah, ok. that is fine then.

>>31692163
>Blackwater hasn't had dealings
>Aka they're top dog
Hm...that is alarming.
Yeah, we'll just deal with her later.

>>31692197
there seems like no need to be overtly hostile since it seems that the people under her rule don't even know she is a vampire, and it has been said before that there are human nobles in Taour

>>31692164
that is a good point, she might rush to taours aid. in which point it might behoove us to slay her when she is alone before moving on taour.

...
>MFW she is the mother of taour and the first daywalker vampire
>MFW she sired the other daywalkers and then sent them to conquer when they were old enough
>MFW she will do so again in a few hundred years if we take taour
>MFW I am letting my imagination run wild for no reason

>>31692163
>All these people screaming about rebellions would instantly go throughout the entire empire from one chick.
>The village next door doesn't even think there is a vampire there.

How the hell did we know there was a vampire there if she is that reclusive?

>>31692269

I'm now glad we did the scene simply to cull that. It was a bit ridiculous.

I think it was sensitive information we gathered from someone at some point. I cannot be certain.

>>31692269
spies

>>31692235
>there seems like no need to be overtly hostile since it seems that the people under her rule don't even know she is a vampire
she rules a grant total of 40 people and they know she is a vampire, are not thralls, and are her devoted servants who would die for her anyways.

>and it has been said before that there are human nobles in Taour
unsurprising, i bet those who are really successful in the nation are granted the "boon" of vampirism. Somehing all nobles strive for.
Their non thrall mages were the ones sacrificing all those humans in hiien even after we crushed the military and killed darious. they could have easily surrendered to us, but chose to do human sacrifice summoning instead

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>>31692269
Cormann knew about her. Presumably Darlesian spies in Taour had sussed it out during the war.

>>31692235
For now, no. That was just future talk. No need to worry about it now.

>>31692269
Honestly, if it ever becomes public knowledge we can spin it as
>Thank you for informing us.
>Investigating these reports we have found that a lone vampire has secluded herself in a country mannor to hide after our conquest of taour.
>We are mobilizing to deal with the threat now.
or some such

>>31692323
>she rules a grant total of 40 people and they know she is a vampire, are not thralls, and are her devoted servants who would die for her anyways.
look at
>>31692163
>"Well, most people in the village we collect taxes from seem to think the castle is derelict and we're just bullies who serve the capital. So probably not. We've tried to convince them otherwise, but the her reclusive state makes it difficult."
She rules over a village.
>>31692323
I'm still up for going to visit her, but showing up in such a large force will tip people off in what she is, instead i rather go in a group with our strongest.

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“Imperator Talon? General Arail is waiting for you in the war room,” comes a voice from nearby and you open your eyes.

You gesture to the soldier to leave and rise to your feet. You’d be thinking back to that messenger – he went back and relayed your message but you think for the time being you’ll let her lie. Something to deal with when things aren’t so pressing on the warfront.

Showing up at the war room, you gather your thoughts as to what you’ll do in the current situation.

ARCANE ARCHER VOTE
>1. Send weekly shipments of AA gear to Darlesia
>2. Send weekly shipments of AA gear to Raupe

MUNDANE EQUIPMENT VOTE (3000 new recruits at Darlesia)
>1. All Men-at-arms
>2. 2000MAA, 1000 Archers
>3. 1000MAA, 2000 Archers
>4. All archers

TALON POSITION (Tsucchi can move you between Raupe and Darlesia once per day)
>1. Raupe to help Parras with the Taouran raiding party
>2. Darlesia to build support and counter the RSK spies
>3. Vitria to handle other matters of state

Note that getting Neir to try to counter RSK spies as well as find out more from the RSK is assumed (unless there’s opposition).

There was a ton of talk earlier, so if I’ve missed something feel free to pipe up.

>>31692264
Actually anon, I was definitely suspecting the
>She sired all the other Daywalkers
Part. Blackwater is her oldest, and perhaps lead a rebellion with all her children?

Speculation, but interesting. I wish she wasn't so anti-social

>>31692374
showing up in force would ensure no foul play, though. talon doesn't come out in the set amount of time, flaming catapults. Talon uses the wrong code signs when signalling his continued mental health, flaming catapults. they hear fighting from the house? flaming catapults. it's just a precaution, though.

>>31692419

2
1
1

>>31692419
>1. Send weekly shipments of AA gear to Darlesia

>2. 2000MAA, 1000 Archers

>2. Darlesia to build support and counter the RSK spies
Send Undine to heal Gnome and those two will together will be able to help Parras repel that probing army.

Rolled 11

>>31692419

>1 [Need a stronger force in Darlesia, Raupe is fine]
>2
>1

(Contingent upon us being available to move back ASAP to Darlesia. Also contingent upon us teleporting with Undine so she can heal Gnome.

>>31692419
>Arcane Archer
>2
They need it more
>Mundane Equipment
>2
Melee is more important right now.
>Talon
>2
We need to be there for charisma.

>>31692419
>1
>2
>1

>>31692488
It's only one person that's able to travel with her. So, I change >>31692473

to staying in Darlesia and sending Undine to Raupe and healing Gnome.

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>>31692419
Oh, and a quick note on Tsucchi's teleportation:

She can teleport with up to one other person once per day for a distance of up to three provinces (e.g. you could teleport to Raupe from Darlesia but not to Illin).

Rolled 6

>>31692488

To clarify this vote, if we can teleport WITH Undine and teleport back immediately after leading an attack on the radiers, then I vote 1.

Otherwise 2.

It would be a nasty surprise to the vampires as well, since they probably aren't expecting us to be 2.

>>31692419
>2. 2000MAA, 1000 Archers
>2. Send weekly shipments of AA gear to Raupe
>2. Darlesia to build support and counter the RSK spies

What about the search for someone to put in the Archduke chair. Or at least someone of linage to be appointed mayor of the city.

>>31692419
ARCANE ARCHER VOTE
>2. Send weekly shipments of AA gear to Raupe

MUNDANE EQUIPMENT VOTE (3000 new recruits at Darlesia)
>2. 2000MAA, 1000 Archers

TALON POSITION
>1. Raupe to help Parras with the Taouran raiding party
Undine should be ferried there first to heal gnome ASAP.
Then Talon
If there is time then also Sala (I don't see sala helping in darlesia, if they try to attack on that front we should fall back temporarily)

>>31692544
we most certainly aren't abandoning that city.

>>31692419
>2
>2
>1

>>31692539
I don't care for lineage at all. I care only for ability.
With the darlesian royal line dead, talon can assume direct control over it anyways. Not every province has to have a sub manager
Or we can award it to our general. Arail as archduke of Darlesia. Maloric as Archduke of Taour once conquered

>>31692535

Okay, then changing my vote to 2, and sending Undine instead.

>>31692457
I think you guys are overestimating her a bit. I mean that one council member did die and was called her beloved. Though that just makes me wonder why she hasn't wandered out due to that. She is also known by the foxy waifu as strong as hell in blood and shadow but she didn't seem to think she was a large deal. Though her info was incomplete paranoid incoming.

>>31692419
>1. Send weekly shipments of AA gear to Darlesia
>2. 2000MAA, 1000 Archers
>1. Raupe to help Parras with the Taouran raiding party

I'd honestly rather be there for FR points and Gnome healing. Neir and the others can handle things pretty well here.

>>31692601
I mainly want them for the public relations bonus. Maybe they'll shut up if we manage to put a cousin on the throne. Plus, Arail is too young for that.

>>31692535
>if we can teleport WITH Undine and teleport back immediately after leading an attack on the radiers, then I vote 1.
What do you mean teleport with undine
Tsucchi can teleport 1 person a day besides herself. Talon + Undine = 2 persons besides herself = she can't do it.

>>31692539

Frankly, anyone with royal lineage is a threat to us in the long run.

We have no business granting anyone with royal lineage from an old regime into a position of influence and power.

I'm also reluctant to empower military leaders into a high civilian position in a long run.

You need a capable civilian administrator, not a general.

>>31692628
Not the poster you are replying to, but I am the guy who came up with the idea she sired the other daywalkers... I don't know about the others, but I was mostly joking about that

>>31692601
We need something to get the city under control. Plus, we should at least start looking for someone legitimate since we don't have any candidates for rulership. Also, I seriously doubt Mal wants the job.

>>31692642
>>31692607

That's why I changed my vote to 2 on that matter.

>>31692628
>"I have never had any dealings with Lord Blackwater on my Lady's behalf."
Sounds like she is stronger than him, and has stayed outside of the conflict.

>>31692659
>We have no business granting anyone with royal lineage from an old regime into a position of influence and power.
We did that will all the ruling houses in Vitria. And we flat out conquered that place.

>>31691970
>Did I actually say that? I hope I didn't.
You didn't, it took me some time but I found the segment
>She frowns and then picks out several notes, hiding a smile poorly. “He sired a vampire less than fifty years ago – one Lady Marianne. That woman does not appear in any records or notes on Blackwater. I think she’s important as no other vampire can say this.”
I confused Aldaria with Marianna

>>31692659

Well I can kind of see the reasoning behind it.

Sarah is at moment handling our more social and noble affairs, no military, at all.

We actually lack a higher ranking military leader.

Personally I'd give it to Glynn he loves the city so and I honestly don't think he'll be of much use going forward.

>>31692539
Sounds like a good idea to me. We've been discussing that possibility off and on for ages. If not a member of the royal household, maybe a competent noble who got disenfranchised by Taour.

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Vote looks to be 2 & 2 & 1 but with sending Undine to Raupe, too.

>>31692539
>What about the search for someone to put in the Archduke chair. Or at least someone of linage to be appointed mayor of the city.
The mages will be your best bet if you can find some. Otherwise, you can have Neir have her contacts see if they can find any Darlesian nobles that fled to the RSK. Of course, restoring Darlesia's royal lineage, even under you, brings up the royalist issue that the RSK and League are warring over.

>>31692763
Actually, Aspie, I'd recount all the changed votes. by my count, it's 2 and 2 and 2.

>>31692702

Vitria was more akin to annexation. The rulings house there had power and were likely to be loyal allies. There were also more than 1 ruling house, which at least served as a check on their ambitions. Sarah is also an exception in many ways.

Darlesia is a distinct story. There is no existing leadership structure there. Our whole rise to power was made possible in part because the leadership structure was decimated.

The last thing we need is a RSK lead intervention saying that one shmuck with the right last name is the true ruler of Darlesia.

We are just opening ourselves to a threat by putting royal lineage in power in Darlesia.

>>31692681
Giving fiefs based on military service will give us extremely loyal nobles, who are competent, and serve as a HUGE beacon for recruitment as well as for morale among the troops. (Uncle Talon wants YOU to serve in the military. Defend your country well and one day you can be a duke, Enlist Today!")

Also, as far as legitimacy goes, all the legitimate heirs are dead and NOT by our hands. You would have to go for lesser nobles or some such and I don't see how they are going to seem more legitimate to the populace. MAYBE to the RSK, not the populace.

>>31692763
True. Lets see what our options are first.

>>31692697
That could also be her being very powerful but reclusive. So she really wouldn't have a reason to talk to him. I mean it could be read the other way to.

>>31692763
>The mages will be your best bet if you can find some
which mages? why would they care that there is an archduke?

>>31692818
they hate royalty.

>>31692795
>The last thing we need is a RSK lead intervention saying that one shmuck with the right last name is the true ruler of Darlesia.
They can do that without us. They can't do that effectively if the person swears loyalty to us and renounces all previous titles. Well, I mean they could, but they'd look really really dumb.

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>>31692783
Ah, you're right. Two votes changed. >>31692488 and >>31692473.

Calling votes here for 2 & 2 & 2.

>>31692818
The Darlesian mages likely in hiding. They may be protecting a noble or some of them may also be nobles or connected to the royal line.

>>31692796

Seems like Glynn would be the man for the job then. Giving him back his city and saying make it so, I know you can. Will perhaps give us the best basis within the area we can manage. The Archduchery idea works as well. Might as well use it.

>>31692796
Another point, the dukedom of Taour and Darlesia is a huge bargaining chip. We could probably get more troops (say, from some house or another who is currently holding back)

>>31692846
And? he said appoint an archduke, not appoint a NON royal archduke.
Restoring the royal family under us would make them archdukes. And the mages would NOT like that. I think he messed up the senteance

>>31692881
>say, from some house or another who is currently holding back
actually, how much of their troops did the various houses of vitria send with us?

>>31692847

I don't see why we would trust someone we've never met based on their last name.

I personally think it would be dangerous to empower old leaders. But we can save judgment on that issue until we actually met potential candidates and ascertained their trustworthiness and capability ourselves.

We can't just hand over the keys to our brand new car until we know who's driving it.

>>31692850

>hiding a noble
>some last son of Darlesia pops up from them

Boy that can either go really well or really poorly.

>>31692862

I like Glynn, but is he going to be a capable administrator and politician?

We should probably find out whether he can do the job first

>>31692934
That's a kill it with fire moment. Unless the guy is like really young. Then it's a squire time moment.

>>31692956
Honestly we really shouldn't decide until we see the place. Well get things set up right.

>>31692956

Valid points. If nothing else he'd serve as an incredibly loyal liaison between whomever we put in place as Archduke(especially if it's some young last son type of ordeal) and ourselves.

We certainly can surround someone with the right people.

>>31692927
>I don't see why we would trust someone we've never met based on their last name.
Nor should we. On the other hand, who would you put in the position? Glynn? Has shown no talent for admin, very limited worldview.
Various Vitrian nobles? Who? I don't trust house Roreck, and we've never met the other guy.

>>31692927
>I don't see why we would trust someone we've never met based on their last name.
>I personally think it would be dangerous to empower old leaders.
I agree with both. I want our core territories controlled by our most loyal.

Taour is a mage city, I want maloric as its archduke.
Darlesia should have arail, our extremely loyal and competent general who is darlesian as an arch duke. Feeder provinces around it whose leadership was devastated by the recent wars can have our captains as their lords. Basically, our top allies should be rewarded handsomly with fiefs. This is THE ENTIRE POINT of feudalism.

Even with the above, we will still have a lot of towns bereft of leadership by virtue of the purges (we killed some robber barons and enthralled rulers in mier and olmm. Taour slew the leadership in darlesia. And taour's own territories will suffer from lack of leaderships when we oust the vampires). Tons of free slots to award.

>>31693040
>maloric

Would kill us if we tried. He wants to research and he seems to really dislike mage politics which he would have to deal with daily in that situation.

>>31693002
Uh, Glynn is a Darlesian patriot. Putting him in charge after offing the last of the royal line would be really, really dumb.

>>31693040

The idea of creating an Archduchery of Harrowmont was thrown around once. As was the idea of making Harrowmont the capital province with no direct ties and rewarding out the other provinces with no particular claim.

I think that's a peace time rearrangment set up.

Also Mal is going to be our Arch Magister of the mage's tower in Harrowmont someday. And he loathes mage politics why would he want to deal with normal ones? He probably wouldn't be down for it.

>>31693022
Having a fief doesn't mean being an administrator, you can HIRE administrators as well as following national policy. It is mostly about being a middle manager, someone trusted to not abuse his position and to keep things fair.

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>>31693079
Agreed i don't see why people think doing that will help, when in the first place all he wanted was a tower maybe, and to just research.we need to edit that picture that has an anon being dragged as mal, and have the bot say talon on it

>>31693081

I have literally no idea how you got
>kill last Darlesian royality
>put Glynn in charge
Out of that post.

>>31693081
>Putting him in charge after offing the last of the royal line would be really, really dumb.
we didn't off them, we served them loyally.
the last member of the royal family sent us to harrowmont and was then assassinated just afterwards.

>>31693129
you are right, I rescind my comment about having him there. He can just head one of the towers in our capital. Heck he already does.

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>2 & 2 & 2

You step inside the war room and begin to go through the basics while some men set up a sending device to allow Neir to communicate with you from Vitria. You’ve got arcane archer gear being produced at the new factory Magister Farrell recently set up and are having it shipped to Raupe. With daily shipments, you’ll only have a forty or so at Hiien by the time Parras needs to take action. Meanwhile, you assigned Lt General to getting the three thousand new recruits, two thousand of whom are melee soldiers the rest archers, up to speed. You plan to stay in Darlesia for now, but send Undine to Raupe to heal Gnome and help Parras.

You just hope Tsucchi’s favour isn’t large enough to make you regret getting her help with that.

The sending device comes online and Neir’s voice crackles through. Apparently the military build-up on your border is old news and already being peeled back, but there are definitely agitators within the city. Now she just needs to find out who they are and why they’re here.

“What do we do if Falwick changes his mind, sir?” Arail asks you, looking grim as he looks at the figure symbolising ten thousand plus RSK soldiers in neighbouring Arrece.

“He won’t. Falwick is no mad dog, he’s a trained and vicious hound,” you say. “Old Fenix won’t let him break covenant with us and invade our territory without a damned good reason.”

“Any particular orders I should relay to Parras, Talon?” Undine asks you.

>Are there any orders you want to relay to Parras in handling the raiding party?

>>31693121
>Also Mal is going to be our Arch Magister of the mage's tower in Harrowmont someday. And he loathes mage politics why would he want to deal with normal ones? He probably wouldn't be down for it.
You are right, that was silly of me. I rescind the idea.
We are just so strapped for candidates... maybe vad?

>>31693129
>Jacks look
Either he thinks the monkey is Aku or it's a nod to him looking like the professor.

>>31693040

Wouldn't this deplete us of our military leadership?

I'd be happier showering Arail and other leaders with land holdings and wealth but keeping them focused full time on our military efforts.

Getting them distracted with taxes and other civilian matters seem like a recipe for disasters.

I suppose we could surround them with capable civilian administrators and make our subordinates Archdukes in name, but we need to find those administrators first.

>>31693190
>Wouldn't this deplete us of our military leadership?
No, they will each assign a steward/majordomo to handle their household in their absence.

>>31693182

Well I wouldn't say Vad specifically.

But that is an idea. We did sign the deal to let the foxes in. Possibility one of a more political mind comes along? Give them a decent set up? More fluffytails come? Might work. Decision for another time though.

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>>31693183
Heh i didn't notice that.
>>31693166
Make sure they regret prodding us.

>>31693166

Don't overextend yourself and fall into a trap, the raiding party should be repulsed if possible but preserving the strength of your army is the top priority.

Be careful about Daywalkers, and keep an eye out on our "neutral friend" just in case.

>>31693166
"Do what you do best. I tried to force you into tactical situations you aren't expert in, and I paid for it. Use your expertise as best you know how. Drive them away from Hiien, and kill as many as are viable. Loot equipment whenever possible."

>>31693182

Pretty sure the dude who went rabid because his boss was fucking his sister might not be the best fit as a politician

>>31693244
>that picture

jesus, what kind of deviant made such a thing?

and where can I buy from them?

>>31693166

>Make good use of Gnome and Undine. You saw how I used them, build on it with your own ideas. Expect them both to be incredibly capable of helping as well. Team effort.

>Don't openly engage in the field. Defend. Unless wild circumstances of complete and under defeat of the enemy occur.

>>31693190
>I suppose we could surround them with capable civilian administrators and make our subordinates Archdukes in name, but we need to find those administrators first.
I should have made it clear, that this was my intent all along.
Also, at the MOMENT its just them, but one day they will retire or have kids or something. We are basically making them nobles. Imagine 50 years in the future. do you want all the nobles to be random people? or "Hi uncle talon, grandad arail was telling me stories of when he was your general way back in the day"? the latter sound like far better choices for noble houses

>>31693282
Ok, you are right there. damn. that pretty much leaves importing vitria nobles or RSK ones...
Actually, RSK ones might be a good plan.
We hear the RSK might fall into warring nations soon, yes? Well, if we get relatives of the nobles who own the fiefs near our border to be given fiefs in our land... it would be good leverage for them to join us without a fight when that happens.

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PARRAS TACTICS VOTE
>1. Prioritise destroying the Taouran invaders, even if it means open battle.
>2. Prioritise defending towns and villages and don't engage openly.
>3. Leave him to his own devices to drive them out of Raupe.
>4. Custom

Note that Parras has about 5.5k soldiers vs Taour's 2k. He can crush them in an open-field barring nasty surprises but they'll be moving fast and light with the intention of causing as much damage to towns and villages as possible.

>>31693309
>Make good use of Gnome and Undine. You saw how I used them
Oh everyone is well aware how talon uses them... I don't want other men doing that

>>31693166
is it too late to get sala there too via teleport? I am thinking more fire geyser traps would be glorious!

>>31693385

>3

I'm not a big fan of being kept on the defense against a highly mobile army, but I'll defer to Parras

>>31693299
http://www.comiczin.jp/info/comic/index.cgi?no=678
have fun

>>31693385
>>3. Leave him to his own devices to drive them out of Raupe

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>>31693410
With Talon in Darlesia, sure. Anybody opposed to sending Sala to Raupe?

>>31693385
>3. Leave him to his own devices to drive them out of Raupe.

>>31693410
Lets not indebted ourselves to a fox too much.

>>31693385
He honestly works best in siege battles. But I think he should try to entrap them.

>>31693385
>3
He knows what he is capable of more then us.

>>31693459

Who would we have left in Darlesia besides Talon?

Lynn and anyone else?

Guess we're going with 3.

Makes me a bit nervous. But hopefully it goes well.

>>31693385
3

>>31693459
That depends. Would fox consider it part of the package or would that add on?

That and I"m paranoid of an attack here with no Salamander to be hardcore. Since that would leave us pretty low on hero units.

>>31693166
>Are there any orders you want to relay to Parras in handling the raiding party?
Use his discretion, priority is to keep our troops safe while inflicting losses on their troops, we want to cause a size disparity in military.
Holding raupe is less important than maximizing our troop count and minimizing their's. If they have a daywalker withdraw and inform us immediately (talon would teleport in to deal with that one personally if its only one daywalker, if multiple then we fortify instead).

>>31693467
>Lets not indebted ourselves to a fox too much.
it was one favor for 1 teleport a day. not 1 favor for each teleport.

>>31693385
>3. Leave him to his own devices to drive them out of Raupe.

>>31693385
>3. Leave him to his own devices to drive them out of Raupe. But tell him to give them as many causalities as he can.

Given his idealism he might go fo the people more which is fine but he should kill as many foes as he can.

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>>31693484
It would just be Lynn, Talon and Tsucchi. Not that Tsucchi will help you fight against most enemies.

Might as well call a Sala move vote with the tactics vote largely decided.

>>31693505
Tsucchi said that it would be one favour for her to help you with teleportation for the foreseeable future. Naturally, it'll be a big favour.

SALA MOVE VOTE
>1. Send Sala to Raupe to join Gnome, Undine and Vad with Parras.
>2. Keep Sala in Raupe with Lynn and Talon.
>3. Custom

>>31693570
1

also, i think you mean "keep in darlesia" not keep in raupe

>>31693570
>2

>>31693570
>1. Send Sala to Raupe to join Gnome, Undine and Vad with Parras.

She would be best served there anyway. Causing max causalities is her shtick not defending.

We'll just need to get Undine back ASAP.

>>31693570
Remember that enemy has 10,000 troops total.
Our total troop count is ALSO 10,000.
Depending on how this battle goes they will either outnumber or, or be outnumbered. And sala is anti army specialist. Also, sala undine and gnome combo is capable of doing the tar geyser trap, which requires all 3 but is extremely devastating trap

>>31693570
>1. Send Sala to Raupe to join Gnome, Undine and Vad with Parras.

>>31693570
2

>>31693570
1

>>31693570
Make sure to inform our generals and captains about taur's use of vampires wearing HMK and that if HMK is moving exceptionally fast it must be vampires. But to not spread that info to every soldier since if taour figures out this is how we can tell they can pretend to be slower until actually engaging

>>31693570
is this a contentious vote? it doesn't say contentious so i didn't vote "properly"... namely I pointed out your error (you called both provinces raupe)

>>31693570
Question how long would it take for Taour to invade Darlesia? And how long would it take Mal to get here?

>>31693746
its been a few days since we sent for him, hasn't it?
and he has those terrifying metal flaming horses summon he uses for long range transport...

>>31693719
Normally he places all the rules out for that.

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For reference, I love this new spreadsheet I have for calculating battle probabilities. Makes my life so damn easy now.

>>31693618
Yes. Yes I did.

>>31693690
Okay.

>>31693719
Contentious votes always state they are contentious and state the rules of voting. Plus, I don't greentext choices for contentious votes. So no, it's not contentious.

>>31693746
About 3 days to get to Darlesia from the Wall of Lesia in Crece.

>>31693755
Mal was voted to stay in Vitria IIRC.

Was there anything more you guys wanted to decide on or do? Darlesia stuff is more hearts and mind jazz as well as flushing out spies.

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>>31693772
>Mal was voted to stay in Vitria IIRC.

Actually, no he wasn't. Whoops. He would have gotten to Raupe while Parras was doing his raids, so he's currently there now.