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( Letter to the Editor )
Hate to break the news to you, but a substantial Protectorate of Magnus force attacked Eagle's Glen after being given passage through Falasan. Ignorance of this just makes your realm look stupid. That was the reason why Talerium attacked Falasan. First they got revenge on PoM, then they got revenge on ASI, then they got revenge on Falasan.
-- Torsaan Kargnchha I
- Tell yourself that if you wish. There is little you can do to prevent someone from passing through your realm if you don't know they are planning it beforehand. Your willful ignorance of that simple reality is pathetically transparent. I am sure that tiny, unsanctioned PoM expedition is Talerium's official casus belli but the reality is, Talerium attacked Falasan because the Cagilan Empire willed it. - Rhys
- A further observation on the nature of Talerium's, 'revenge,' is that it lacks any concept of proportion. What was your grievance? About 2-3k PoM forces sneaked across our border and looted Eagles Glen for a few turns, yes? Talerium has, in the time this war has gone on, looted in Picnu, Cori, Chato, Corniel, Nazia and Nazgorn. Perhaps a few other regions, though I am not sure at the moment. Most of them on more than one occasion. Additionally, Talerium aided the Cagilan Empire in destroying the fortifications in Nazia and Nazgorn. If, truly, your motive is to hold us accountable to the incursion you suffered at the hands of Protectorate of Magnus and serve Falasan a reprisal for what they did, then you have more than evened the score.
- Instead, you have chosen to amend your purpose to helping the Cagilan Empire win a war against us. The truth is that Talerium is, once again, doing the Cagilan Empire's work for them. If you wish to go on as the attack dogs of CE, then there is nothing anyone can do to stop you, but this attempt to put the blame on your victims for what you do is offensively stupid and weak. - Rhys
- And Taleriums timing on punishing us... Was.. Most convenient given Caligan Empire's massive losses... - Tenebrioun
- Though I was not in power at the time of the PoM incident, I can offer some hindsight from knowledge gained in the guild. The time this happened was largely a time of peace ( apart from the MI-Norland war ). There are two points I am uncerten about, which I will be honest with. The first is whether PoM declared war after reaching Talerium, the second is the route taken to get to Talerium.
- As I said, it was a time of peace and scout reports were not made, and no requests were made by PoM and no permission was given. You say we were oblivious to the PoM presence, that is simply correct. We were made aware of a few PoM troops, but did not ask them of their intentions ( we were allies after all ).
- The route taken by PoM to Talerium is largely assumed. Obviously PoM would have gone through ASI and Falasan. But not directly, I have seen a report of Nazia, and there are absolutely no PoM troops there. The only places PoM's troops were seen was the Chato and Corniel regions. I can quite confidentely say PoM did not take the route over the mountains, but travelled round them via CE regions. I have been told my my guild that CE DID give permission for PoM troops to travel through. I don't know whether CE knew PoM's intentions or not.
- But what is clear, The incident was embarrassing for Falasan, which may have been taken slightly out of proportion by Talerium. Or a perfectly good reason for the continued attack against the Eastern Alliance. ( From Telerium's point of view ) -- Jambo Lamonte
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There can be nothing more perfect than Tenebrioun's observations in his May article. The answer to anyone wondering why the western realms always wish pile on their opponents in ridiculous numbers is that, obviously, they need to.
They pay a cost in spirit for this luxury, however. The Cagilan Empire army has been a rank embarrassment for a long time. But now, observe the recent decline in Talerium's efficacy. I remember a day when they marched as far as Wayburg and beyond with an army of twenty thousand. Now they seem to struggle with raising ten-thousand. Precisely the same can be said of Darka. The reason is obvious. Their nobles know they are only fighting the wars others. They see that it is always on behalf of the same party and realize, if only subconsciously, that they are servants and another, foreign people their master. Their spirits wilt in a life without risk, without freedom, without glory, without dignity. They have no reason to fight. They are reduced to mindless drones serving the tyrant of an endless swarm of men and lands without virtue. I say to you I know this because I lived through it myself.
All going back to prove the Cagilan Empire is but a paper lion. A nation that has been for long in decline and survives only be leaning heavily on many other realms to prop them up under the weight of their hubris. I wonder what would happen if the Cagilan Empire fought it's own war for once? It's a stupid question, of course, because it is impossible to answer. That will never happen. - Rhys
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