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9 (56.3%)

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2 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 16

Voting closed: November 05, 2016, 04:00:47 pm

[somemildmanneredidiot]

C

Let's combat the rebel Prince and draw more concessions from Parsia.

Also we should send a diplomatic envoy to say hello to the new Head of State for the Khanate.

[ZBridges]

A

[Lucus Casius]

C.  We need to stop wasting the opportunities that present themselves.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

A

[flazeo25]

C.

[Haspen]

You order part of the Army to strengthen Augas and camp around the valley leading into northern Parsia just in case.

867 AD, Winter

An envoy from Tomyra, Queen of Khanate, have arrived at your court.

"Greetings, King of Luathbas, land of prosperity and gold! She Who Makes The Earth Tremble, Queen Tomyra, knows well how much your people prefer peace over war and therefore is willing to keep her eyes away from the borders of your kingdom in exchange for a large gift of money and valuables. Consider this well, eastern king!"

A) Tribute is a sign of weakness... but tribute is better than getting stomped by horsemen hordes - the Queen shall have her valuables.
B) Throw him into the dungeon and send a letter to Queen Tomyra in which you invite her to take Luathbas gold by herself, if she dares.

[Swordstar]

B

Giving tribute will just be forced to get worse. Better to force the issue now

[Lucus Casius]

Well, abusing envoys never played well in these situations in the real world, so I'd really prefer giving him a blunt "no" to throwing him in the dungeon.  That being said, Swordstar is quite right--tribute is indeed a sign of weakness, and would in the end destroy us.

B.

[flazeo25]

B, so it's either give them money regularly or go to war.

[Prophet]

B

[crazyabe]

B

[Criptfeind]

Why are these the only two options? What about reminding her of our deal with her father and asking where that went. Got damn.

[Tiruin]

Why are these the only two options? What about reminding her of our deal with her father and asking where that went. Got damn.

This.

Also the option of asking why or inviting them to talk over it (I mean given our Title, that's a very limited choice range--even less than when we diplomacied with Parsia and the rest )

[Haspen]

Why are these the only two options? What about reminding her of our deal with her father and asking where that went. Got damn.

Yeh, her father and her brothers signed the deal.

She didn't

[Haspen]

You tell the envoy to go back home as there will be no tribute. You hoped to kick him into the dungeon but your advisors said it would be unwise.

867, End of the Year

The advisor brings you the Scrolls of Kingdom Status.

Happiness: 6
Population: 6
Economy: 4
Army: 7

"Sire, I have to report that for few days now, Luathbas people dwelling in extreme west of our country either sighted or were accosted by occassional Khanate horseman. There were no deaths or instances of house raiding, however. The Marshal heard of this and asked me to query you about possible emergency mobilization for next six months."

A) Yeh, let's, another war's about to begin.
B) Nay, I'm sure we can solve this without war.