Peter Metcalfe
> Except that there's far too few Rokari to actually make a stab
> at conquering anything in Heortland and so the oppressive crusading
> theory doesn't ring true.
Rikard takes the Heortland crown. That's a given. So it must be
possible. William the Conqueror only needed 15,000 troops to control
Anglo-Saxon England. Heortland has a smaller population and could be
controlled with substantially less troops. Rikard's assumption of
the throne, and his role as a Rokari crusader are established facts
since G:CoHW.
>Moreover the only Rokari that can provide support to the
>Heortlanders are the unfanatical and corrupt Quinpolic
>league.
Why? HQ Voices or the Homeland write up, I forget which suggests
that crusading in Heortland is as viable as Europeans heading to
Outremer.
> Moreover the Lunars are explicitly appointing Malkioni sherifs in
> many parts of Heortland (Baron Sanuel for example was a Trader
> Prince) so the whole picture is extremely confused.
Agreed, but that is the point. Following Rikard's overthrew the
alliance of former enemies forged between the Esvulari and Broyan
against may decay, leading to tensions within the citadel. This is
possible given the background and provides tension that creates MGF
opportunities within the keep.
And I'm just letting everyone know that the SR cylce identifies the AoT as being among the defenders at Whitewall. So tying this in with the Melisande as an Esvulari presence by suggesting that the defenders include those who originally joined Broyan to resist Rikard works for me.
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> --Peter Metcalfe
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