Octavius Family/Immanuel

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Letter from Immanuel Octavius

Would I be correct in assuming that you have received the same letter from Dorothea that I did a few days ago? Naturally I am taking a risk by revealing this to you but I informed her that, while I do not wish to see the damage that civil war would cause, I would certainly do all I can to keep us out of the war and might be prepared to take more decisive action if there was no other alternative. As I know that both of you oppose a war with Fronen, while our Queen seems determined to agree to Thalmarkin's demands for one, I was curious if the pair of you have come up with any... alternative options... for the current situation. If you have then I may be interested in supporting them in any way I can.

Immanuel Octavius (Knight of Fronepu, Marshal of the Rising Sun)

Letter from Thefal Tezokian

I have regular correspondence with her. I think we're on the same page.

Thefal Tezokian (Imperator of Melhed, Count of Xhahgus)

Letter from Immanuel Octavius

Good to know that I am not alone. I cannot pretend to particularly like you but I do not see that's any reason why we could not work together for the good of the realm. Obviously my first priority is to try and prevent us being dragged into war. If, as I expect, this does not work, then we would need an alternative. Do you have anything in mind on that front? If not then I am sure we can develop something to ensure that the good of the realm comes first even if it must come at the expense of Queen Maya.

Immanuel Octavius (Knight of Fronepu, Marshal of the Rising Sun)

Letter from Thefal Tezokian

I think our positions give us a substantial advantage, but I'm clearly on thin ice, while you seem very safe. I don't know how many supporters we would have. I am not well-liked, and I don't really care particularly, but we've made far too many stupid decisions... or rather far too many stupid decisions have been decided for us. I can disband the capital militia, but it'll require a substantial amount of time. Too many are loyal to Maya for no reason, and if we force it, we may very well be ridding Melhed of half of it's nobles if not more. I don't think there is an easy decision to be had. But the continent slowly aligns against the lot we were forced to throw in with, and we find ourselves on the wrong side of things as I suspected we would from the beginning.

Thefal Tezokian (Imperator of Melhed, Count of Xhahgus)

Letter from Thefal Tezokian

It seems Fronen wants us on their side sooner rather than later so we can take AA. What do you think? Is it a good idea to make a move?

Thefal Tezokian (Imperator of Melhed, Count of Xhahgus)

Letter from Immanuel Octavius

My feeling is that we should orchestrate it so that the Riombaran army lands in Mhed just after we join with Fronen. That way our armies can march north into Ar Agyr while the Riombaran army crosses the river to loot Thalmarkin's heartland.

Immanuel Octavius (Knight of Fronepu, Marshal of the Rising Sun)

Letter from Immanuel Octavius

I have confirmed that Saenko is willing to work with us on this. Perhaps we may be able to move quickly.

Immanuel Octavius (Knight of Fronepu, Marshal of the Rising Sun)

Letter from Thefal Tezokian

Three people are not really enough to change a realm though. There's a chance, but it's a small one. I can call upon my lineage to the throne of Melhed through my father's line if necessary for legitimacy, but it's an ancient claim that lay abandoned for a lifetime. I don't know that the people would accept it, and we don't do ourselves any good by removing one regime only to have a built-in insurgency from remnants of supporters to the last. And then we put ourselves into a war immediately that the south won't be able to defend us against given their inability to do so thus far. What are your thoughts?

Thefal Tezokian (Imperator of Melhed, Count of Xhahgus)

Letter from Immanuel Octavius

I believe our best approach might be to force Maya to resign via ultimatum - ideally without rebellion. In the absence of Maya then a more sensible ruler can be elected. We need not fear an insurgency if we do this in such a way that it is clear our only goal is the prosperity of the realm - and we should be careful to make it clear that it is only Queen Maya's policy, and nothing else, which we object too in order to assuage her supporters. The other option is a military one. Either we could open the doors to Fronen or Riombara so that they can move an army to our capital and force the abdication of Maya or we organise a rebellion. My preference might be for the former.

Immanuel Octavius (Knight of Fronepu, Marshal of the Rising Sun)

Letter from Thefal Tezokian

We can try, but from appearance, the Judge is the Queen's lapdog. Any proposal, however neutral and non-threatening, I suspect will warrant an immediate ban. There would be a great risk to whoever did it, and then we risk losing a vital supporter to the effort whoever it is. The other problem is most of Maya's followers do so because of her policies or blindly out of undeserved loyalty. Fronen remains a viable option, but not an ideal one I think. Rebellion is harsh, but may be a last resort depending on how things go.

Thefal Tezokian (Imperator of Melhed, Count of Xhahgus)

Letter from Immanuel Octavius

I think we should make contingency plans no matter what. Fronen would seem to be relatively simple, if not ideal (have you been in contact with them at all?), while a rebellion could be accomplished easily assuming we were to move the army to a distant part of the realm and disband the militia in the capital to allow a rapid rebellion to succeed. Could I ask for your thoughts on these?

Immanuel Octavius (Knight of Fronepu, Marshal of the Rising Sun)

Letter from Thefal Tezokian

Those are good options. I was in contact with Fronen and Nothoi's General. I believe Nothoi's General is gone, but was very supportive. Fronen's General is also still on board, but when I was going to join them, he urged me to remain for the time being until they were ready. It's certainly a viable option that they would be behind if the timing were right. I've been thinking about the diversion as well... we could do a military drill and have everyone move somewhere while we disband the militia. Between myself and Duke Saeneko, we could disband them in a single turn and launch a move if we needed to. Too many people hanging back could spur suspicion though.

Thefal Tezokian (Imperator of Melhed, Count of Xhahgus)

Letter from Immanuel Octavius

This is very true - a military drill would be all that we required to move the army away. We would not need many people to stay behind, however. Merely myself, yourself and Duke Saenko. Since we are the military commanders I doubt anyone would notice our absence until it was too late. The main requirement, in fact, is for enough people to join the underground to make a rebellion possible.

Immanuel Octavius (Knight of Fronepu, Marshal of the Rising Sun)