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Tigra

5 (31.3%)

Wei He

9 (56.3%)

Sindhu

2 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 16

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

[birdy51]

C.

#KilltheTreasurer.

[crazyabe]

C.

[Prophet]

C Deus Vult!

[NUKE9.13]

Huh. 6-7 thousand is a lot less than I expected. Perhaps we are not as doomed as I thought.

We have the favour of the pantheon already, what with our title and all. We can spend it here, rather than cash.

B

[Puppyguard]

B

[Taricus]

Best not to push our favour with the priests, we need all the help we can get.

[Criptfeind]

I'm wondering if praying would actually help in some way. I don't think it has so far? But, idk.

[heydude6]

C

[Tiruin]

You send a messenger under flag of truce and offer negotiations to the Damdamians in the south.

891 AD, Late Autumn

After almost two weeks, a group of fifty Damdamians approaches the capital city; an envoy and his guards. He is taken to a tower at the outer walls of the city, where you meet with him in a small chamber.

"May Damed provide you with long live and prosperity, Queen Elana. I am Caus Ticus, Senator of the Militari, by the will of the Senate and People of Damdamia, representative in power to conduct negotiations with you." He wears some peculiar jewellery, all of which bearing the marks of the Cult of Damed. You briefly touch your dwarven necklace, as it feels as if its vibrating slightly which seem to indicate trouble with its magic. Its only vibrations, so the Damed trinkets might be only partially affecting your necklace.

OKAY, SEE THIS.
BLOODY CULT MAGIC.
WE ARE WEARING FORMORIAN (unless I forgot what happened to Murder Time Reforged?) and DWARVEN MAGIC.

WE SHOULD WORK WITH PANTHEON MAGIC LATER ON FELLOW THOUGHTS. Boost the priesthood D:<

And we've already got titles for us, and our son!
And then Tiruin catches up in reading with stuff
HOOOOLY CHEESE I KNEW THAT THE SEVERAL AREAS OF THE PANTHEON HAD SOMETHING TO THEM.

C.

#KilltheTreasurer.

Hug the treasurer! :I
Also for formality; +1, I'm voting C.

Huh. 6-7 thousand is a lot less than I expected. Perhaps we are not as doomed as I thought.

We have the favour of the pantheon already, what with our title and all. We can spend it here, rather than cash.

B

Ok, skeptical boop from me, but I've to mention that while the Archpriest may have requested such--it's more of a 'please do this as affirmation' rather than an 'optional' note. This is us supporting our locals, AND our local religion (if it can be called as such); the Harvest festivals, to remind, have been the heart of our tradition and our people's happiness (and food. Y'know, that whole 'before Winter where everyone panics and imports food' deal)

While we're still in the vague about how...placeable our Pantheon gods are--there is a first step: Magic is bloody real
Or at least the [whatevers], brush my blunt tongue with soap, placed on those charms and relics alongside Dwarven artifacts do prove something to stand on. The Pantheon, also, in subtle cases (eg Healing our sick) have been existent enough to be real.

That or Haspen is really good at storytelling outside of specific details But I doubt it hard, and say that he's storytelling very well with these specific details.

But if I were to zealot this guy's response, let's do it in Damdamian Roman Latin!
Caedite eos. Nam Pantheon scit ea quae sunt sua.
We're going to rain Elven fire, and charge in defense of our faith!

Everyone please note that compared to all other War Negotiations, these are our people. If we gain victory and get them ALIVE, they'll be better off than with an uncertain answer. We need morale up (even if there doesn't seem to technically be one post-choice in this matter), it's nice to think about.

[Haspen]

//You have absurd luck sometimes.

You promise money and piety on top of that, and the zealots enter the palace to join its garrison.

Within two weeks, the Dahnians should arrive with their fiery throwing stones of elven design.

891 AD, Four days later

The siege begins! The city is surrounded by part of the Damdamian army while most of it navigates around it and lays siege to your palace. But look! The siege becomes an assault with trebuchets, siege towers and catapults!

6*

But the mighty walls are mighty and the dwarven runemasters recharged their powers. The ground under the siege engines cracks open and the machines crash and topple about. The Damdamians, undeterred, try with siege towers and the battering ram.

5*

But the crossbowmen and archers and the ballista on your walls and towers rain hell upon them, and the assault force thins out within hours, till the attack is broken!

891 AD, One week into the siege

The city and palace are cut off from the rest of the country. Except sporadic pelting of the palace's walls or the capital city, Damdamians believe they can starve you out.

Your son Ceodwell arrives to speak with you.

"Dear mother! I am a powerful warrior and good tactician, so let me go and conquer our enemy outside, yes!" The few militarily-inclined nobles accompanying him nod and murmur with approval.

A) "Fine, take our garrison and rout the Damdamians!"
B) "No, we stay in here and wait them out."
C) "If you must, then take some horsemen and harass the enemy's camps."

[TheBiggerFish]

Why is he stuttering?

[somemildmanneredidiot]

It's a coup attempt.

[Haspen]

Y'all paranoid v;

There fixed.

[Harry Baldman]

I assumed it was mostly because he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but paranoia is also an answer!

That said, will those elven fire stones be arriving along with the 2000 Dahnians? If so, we may want to let him raid their camps before massing an attempt to break free a week from now. So I'll go for C.

[Puppyguard]

C
If he takes our whole garrison and our luck runs out...
Rip us.
So I'm voting C.