Joerg Baumgartner wrote replying to Light Castle:
> >> I have a theory. The old city of Karse had been an impregnable =
fortress
> >> which fought off all manner of Greater Darkness foes.
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> >> I think that New Karse was protected by the old deity, and any =
attacks
> >> which were deflected at Old Karse during Storm Age and Greater =
Darkness
> >> were at a huge magical disadvantage. So Fazzur had to find attack =
forms
> >> which had not occurred at Old Karse. Hence dragonewts and naval
assault.
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I do like this myself.
Whatever defences that Karse may have would be easily overcome by the =
dragonewts.
It does seem that they can scale the walls and are effective at fighting =
the defenders and attacking the magical guardians as well according to =
KoS 142.
=20
> > I was
> > more wondering why the Dragonnewts agreed to be mercenaries for the
Lunars. I know
> > you can never predict what Dragonnewts will do, but hiring out as a
siege gang seems
> > rather odd. What was in it for them? Especially since they didn't =
stay?
> That's an older theory of mine: he who gets acknowledged as King of =
Dragon
> Pass by the Inhuman King gets the option to hire the dragonewts =
(usually
> at inhuman prices, but Tarsh is extremely rich).
Being King of Dragon Pass would help in securing the help of dragonewts = but still wouldn't guarantee it. Hiring out at *inhuman* cost isn't = wealth. It is not going to cost you X amount of gold pieces and a few = gems thrown in. No, the inhuman cost is the ritual sacrifice/suicide of = these sent to be negotiators on behalf of whichever side wants to hire = them. The heroes getting the help from the dragonewts pay with their = very lives, blood and souls as they commit *Utuma*.
This has just occurred in my game as both sides tried to gain the aid of =
the dragonewts for what has become the Battle of Dwarf Ford. The heroes =
had beaten the Lunars to the punch and had to sacrifice their Lunar =
captives and themselves to gain the help of the dragonewts. The heroes =
managed to come back [reborn?] from the Utuma as they had preformed a =
dragonewt heroquest that the dragonewts themselves were either unwilling =
or unable to do.=20
The dragonewts did gain a benefit from this as the heroquest 'seemed' =
successful but what it was the heroes didn't find out. The motives of =
the dragonewts still evaded the heroes even though they had gained an =
insight into dragonewt customs and ways.=20
The bottom line is they got the help from the dragonewts [the battle is =
the next part of the game] but was the price too high?
Cheers
Darran.
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