RE: Spheres of Influence: Alliance
08-28-2019, 12:47 AM
Exiro looked a bit worried, and fiddled at his clothing a bit. Things probably would continue to be... Well, not fine, but getting worse at a stable and acceptable decline. He hadn't been the one to make contact with the Khan, so hopefully his partner had left a good impression there and hadn't accidentally given the impression they were all assassins or traitors or something.
"Anyway, I am unaware of how the investigation went in Praterre, but even the existence of bounties for information may help. It could convince adventurers and other unique individuals to keep an eye out on other jobs, it could attract a traitor to this organisation, and it wouldn't cost us anything except the dividends of putting the money to more immediate use. If we have found nothing by the next general Alliance meeting, then I would move for general repairs and infrastructure, roads between our lands, etc. It would at the very least, encourage our unknown enemies to lie low, knowing that their actions will garner more attention, as would actually hiring a force to look into it actively, but this way the money will only be spent in the case of results."
"That is all I have to say on this matter, and perhaps now we should consider what else there is to say on the matter of the elves. I would say that... Perhaps the greatest threat of the elven empire, is their anonymity. The only country that survived standing against them, has only recently begun to reclaim it's former glory, a recent accomplishment we can all support and congratulate. Well done, to the High Kingdom Representative Durgan Alardhun." Cregit Exiro raised a salute to Durgan, paused for any other congratulations or applause offered, then continued.
"I believe, that we should use, at least some, of the reward money to look into reverse engineering these magical trinkets they are supplying us with, or to look into ancient elven remains or knowledge or artifacts. We know that their presence happened to expand to dwarven holds at some point. The more we know about their magical crafts and history, the better I feel, yes? No one can totally remove their presence from the world. I am certainly not suggesting any more expeditions into elven cities. Kor Vurneus will pay the price for that and I wouldn't wish that sword hanging above anyone here. But the world is large, and the elves ancient, and so maybe other enemies of theirs exist or memories of their ways and the tools they use. Scars or remnants or ruins of their actions and long lives. So little is known about them and even now, they threaten the Alliance to limit any potential to gain more knowledge of them. Why? Because they know that many times, the fear of a thing is greater than the thing itself, and the greatest fears come from that of the unknown."
"Make no mistake, maybe not now, but one day, we will need to face them. What rises, will fall, it is the way of things. But what the return of the Dwarven High Kingdom can commit to, is that what has fallen may rise again. And I don't believe anyone here would be joyful to see what comes of their worlds when the Elven star rises again." Cregit Exiro sat down, and took a drink, shaking slightly. Yes, he was motivated by fear, he wouldn't deny that if asked. He had a lot to fear, and so he would use it as nourishment for his life and goals.
"Anyway, I am unaware of how the investigation went in Praterre, but even the existence of bounties for information may help. It could convince adventurers and other unique individuals to keep an eye out on other jobs, it could attract a traitor to this organisation, and it wouldn't cost us anything except the dividends of putting the money to more immediate use. If we have found nothing by the next general Alliance meeting, then I would move for general repairs and infrastructure, roads between our lands, etc. It would at the very least, encourage our unknown enemies to lie low, knowing that their actions will garner more attention, as would actually hiring a force to look into it actively, but this way the money will only be spent in the case of results."
"That is all I have to say on this matter, and perhaps now we should consider what else there is to say on the matter of the elves. I would say that... Perhaps the greatest threat of the elven empire, is their anonymity. The only country that survived standing against them, has only recently begun to reclaim it's former glory, a recent accomplishment we can all support and congratulate. Well done, to the High Kingdom Representative Durgan Alardhun." Cregit Exiro raised a salute to Durgan, paused for any other congratulations or applause offered, then continued.
"I believe, that we should use, at least some, of the reward money to look into reverse engineering these magical trinkets they are supplying us with, or to look into ancient elven remains or knowledge or artifacts. We know that their presence happened to expand to dwarven holds at some point. The more we know about their magical crafts and history, the better I feel, yes? No one can totally remove their presence from the world. I am certainly not suggesting any more expeditions into elven cities. Kor Vurneus will pay the price for that and I wouldn't wish that sword hanging above anyone here. But the world is large, and the elves ancient, and so maybe other enemies of theirs exist or memories of their ways and the tools they use. Scars or remnants or ruins of their actions and long lives. So little is known about them and even now, they threaten the Alliance to limit any potential to gain more knowledge of them. Why? Because they know that many times, the fear of a thing is greater than the thing itself, and the greatest fears come from that of the unknown."
"Make no mistake, maybe not now, but one day, we will need to face them. What rises, will fall, it is the way of things. But what the return of the Dwarven High Kingdom can commit to, is that what has fallen may rise again. And I don't believe anyone here would be joyful to see what comes of their worlds when the Elven star rises again." Cregit Exiro sat down, and took a drink, shaking slightly. Yes, he was motivated by fear, he wouldn't deny that if asked. He had a lot to fear, and so he would use it as nourishment for his life and goals.
"Don't get me started on Henchmen."