You decide that shooting things should take priority - what's point in burning people down along with their riches if you want to conquer them instead? Of course, incendiary weapons will be used as auxiliary or special task weapons, too.
1142 AD, Mid-Spring
You have a visit from your sister - Gea!
It's been decades since she moved to seclusion in eastern Felonsein and years since you saw her - oh when was it? Ah yes, during your proclamation of Empire of Methiant. Usually reserved and keeping away from the capital and politics, she asks for private audience and is given one.
You meet with her in your chambers and compliment her looks; while you're getting wrinkles, she looks at least decade younger than you. After pleasant chit-chat, you decide to move on to what brings her here.
From her traveling bag, she pulls out a large bottle of milky-silvery liquid, and two small cups made of what seems to be... nettle and acorns? Or at least wood, stylized and dyed to resemble a giant acorn wrapped up in nettle stalks.
"It's a special mixture made by herbal women of the Rainbow Lizard Mountains. They say they've learned this art and this recipe from the long-lived elves of Tisilenteliya themselves. It has quite an effect, I must say!" She speaks calmly and happily, and smiles at you.
"Want a sip, dear brother?"
A) "Elves and herbal women? Sorry, I saw what mystical intoxication looks like with Leath, thank you very much.
B) "A sip won't hurt, I guess, and maybe it will help me relax. Pour one for me, sister!"
C) "Tell me about those herbal women and the recipe and the elves first, I rarely hear of such things nowadays."