One Day They Shall Pay

[Vege 4804]

 

“One day they shall pay.” - Duke Aleksander Staunton, as he and his entourage flee the burning city of Riga.

 

 

The victorious Courlandic forces at the battle of Westmark, circa. 1563.

 

Forty years had passed since the Riga War, when the North broke out in civil war, and the righteous Courlanders capitalized upon their right to freedom and seceded from the Empire. In all that time, the fire of Courland remained bright, vibrant, and alight. Though the ruins of Riga may fade, the name of Staunton shall never.

 

Carnatia, and it’s Hanseti successor state, had defeated the Courlandic people so decisively, it thought that no threat could ever arise from there again. Their genocides; their slaughters; their brutal and ruthless tricks; all failed in the face of true bravery and courage when the Courlandic peoples revolted, driving out their oppressors and establishing their mighty nation once more.

 

Haense thought they could escape the righteous vengeance of their long-forgotten rival. Courland has not forgotten. Courland will not forget, until the Hansetii perish in the thousands; until their homes burn like great pyres, as Riga did; and until the orchestrators of the massacres in the Curon Forest, in the Kraken’s Watch and in Courland paid for their extermination with their houses’s death.

 

One day they would pay, the Duke Aleksander once said.

That day had come.

 

 

 

WARCLAIM

 

Tier Chosen (This cannot be changed after the first warclaim is held): 1

 

Type of battle: Skirmish

 

Date And Time: 3PM EST,  SAT 18th of March 2017

 

Side A: [Initiators] Kingdom of Courland + Allies

 

Side B: [Receivers] Kingdom of Haense + Allies

 

Location and boundaries:

Direct Area: http://imgur.com/a/NHmDk

 

Surrounding area of battlefield for reference to location: http://imgur.com/a/V9Jhp

 

 

Terms of Victory

Victory for the Attackers: All Haensetian forces are killed or driven from the battlefield.

 

Victory for the Defenders: All Courlandic forces are killed or driven from the battlefield.

 

Upon Victory For…

Side A: The Kingdom of Courland has the right to establish a siege camp outside the Barony to the north of the skirmish location and may siege the following week.

 

Side B: The Kingdom of Courland may not warclaim the Kingdom of Haense for two weeks.

 

 

Rules

- No status switching.

 

- All LoTC Rules

 

- No TNT

 

-Only the addition of sensible defenses that are moderator approved may be added.

 

- Items may not be removed, starting from the posting of this warclaim.

 

- If Haense does not attend, the Barony is forfeit to the Kingdom of Courland.

 

-No Golden Apples

 

- Rolling to capture leaders allowed

 

- No alts or one day alts.

 

[6xdestroyer 1610]

Andrei Kovachev stares at a painting in the Carnatian hall as he states to his nephew "Ready your lances, it is time for the second coming of the Curon Forest."

 Carnatian and Gold Corps forces slaughtering Courlandic dogs at the battle of Curon Forest.

[Birdnerdy 1539]

19 minutes ago, Thomas said:

Stop posting unless you are a direct affiliated party.

 

To those stating "It's the same as the other Warclaim!" It isn't. While it wasn't updated on the Warclaim thread, the Warclaim was intent to be moved to Asul instead of Tahn. That is why. The location was changed (While not updated on the post) and due to this is pushed back. It was discussed by the War Team to have the initial battle on neutral ground as to establish initiative. 

 

I have issued verbal warnings to all who have posted without approval, any further posting will receive warning points. 

Keyword: Intent. If the thread was never updated, and nobody outside of the war chat knew about this attempted change, it seems like this was something that was actively being debated omly within the war chat. 

 

Using something hazy like that is a lazy a cop out, Tahmas. If the warclaim thread, the public documentation of the battle, not the private skype chat, said something about the location, it was what all but 2 warclaim attendees from each side assumed to be true. 

 

So yes, this is the exact same warclaim that was posted by the Kingdom of Haense account. The location is the same, the terms of victory are the same, and the outcome will be the same. 

[Birdnerdy 1539]

 

If the time and place remain the same, my concerns are met. Being a staff bureaucrat I don't expect you to understand how much work goes into a warclaim and how time changes can rock preparations, but I can assure you, having the time moved back a week severely shafts a group if they're not told beforehand. Thank you for opening the possibility. 

[L0rdLawyer 2272]

7 minutes ago, Thomas said:

Very few times in the past has the thread served as actual reference for the battle until the very last day, and everything said in War Chat is official. There is no cop-out, this is simply how precedent has been in the past.

 

The last thread was denied for documentation sake, so we are able to establish "This did not occur on this date" and a new thread is posted. It does not matter who posted the thread, as the location and all else remains the same outside of the discussion in War Chat. If all parties, including Courland @Vege are comfortable with holding this tomorrow, we can indeed do so, as all other parties were under the direct impression that the location  had been changed, as was stated in War Leader chat and in War Team chat itself.

If this was  war chat issue, why didn't you post this warclaim and explain everything. From what it seems here, you bent over and took it from Vege and in exchange you gave the momentum to Vege. Please be more open to the playerbase. Because these warclaims are made up out of players, not GM's. The players should be informed.

[Harri 4815]

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

If you feel this is a mistake, please contact myself or any FM and we'll restore it.