Golden Field Turned Red

[Songwitch 1832]

Hera de Rosius wishes she were older to participate in the war.

[valecu 2128]

Valent would be idly wandering around the streets of Providence, doing tasks until the Imperial State Army arrived into the city with few prisoners. A smile would rise on his face. "OREN AUT MORTEM!"

[rukio 8924]

"I suppose the peace and quiet of Elysium couldn't last forever..." Aobh would murmur softly, holding her infant son close, thankful he was unharmed. Later, quietly and in private, she would weep for those who had been injured, killed, and taken hostage. While those of Elysium did not always see eye to eye with her, she was first and foremost a medic, and she had grown to love the people there. 

[Charbi 398]

“Ah yes indeed,” Aylin de Astrea said coolly, “how brave the Orenians were to cut down innocent civilians as they ran for their lives.” She crumpled the note and threw it in the fire before continuing her work to tend to the wounded and bury the dead.
Eugeo’s daughter often buried herself in work to handle the grief she felt. In fact, when this task was done, she had a few well-chosen words for Mr. Basrid.
 

[Minuvas 3193]

Minuvas would later write in his memorials of the war. 

 

"Although the Nordlanders would decry the action, Oren struck an early operational blow with the capture of the Duke of Elysium; the early capitulation and secession of the Duchy struck thrice fold at the heart of their war effort. 

 

Firstly, it removed an important Ducal level leader from the fight - and rightly respected leader of the Rangers denouncing their King, and the Duke leaving the Kingdom of Nordlan publicly was a morale shock to the people of Nordland. 

 

Second, it made the war real for both sides. The Nordlanders, seeking answers  for the defeat and suddenly pointing fingers everywhere but themselves, had been outmaneuvered early in their offensive campaign - finding themselves on the defense. They were suddenly aware that war had real outcomes. That one cannot threaten violence on others and expect no violence in return. Conversely, for Imperials, it would reassure them of the superiority of Imperial decision making in matters of war. That the Imperials completed the precision of their strike without Imperial blood loss, or the wanton slaughter of innocents while bagging an important leader of Nordland was highly commendable  - would this prove to be a cause for hubris  in the future? It is important to note that the ISA had yet to test themselves against the full weight of the Nordland military, but a sound strategist rarely smashes his head directly on the wall - he finds the cracks and chips away until the whole structure crumbles. 

 

Lastly,it sent a message to the other nations watching the war. Nordland was an underdog and yet it chose aggression, and in doing so failed to secure it's hinterlands or apply defensive tactics more advanced states had learned over time. It highlighted the infancy of Nordland as a nation, and that it had much to learn of international affairs and making war beyond its tribal borders. The organized Imperial State Military was brilliant not because of ts size, but because of its ability to rapidly deploy, mobilize, and mass it's force for prolonged, or short lived, decisive action. Nations deciding whether to sit this fight out were sent an early shock that the Empire was a sleeping, mostly dormant giant, that had been goaded into action. 

 

We would wonder for some time whether this was the decisive action of the early defense of the Empire...."

[MunaZaldrizoti 8037]

From within the confines of Montfort House, only a few dimming candles shone the form of Charlotte Augusta as she read the report, brought to her in the middle of the night by her maid Suzette. How fitting this news was, given yet another night of throbbing migraines that had plagued her since those brigands had tried to claim her as hostage in the previous war.

 

"They're all the same, Suzette, in their wartime motivations. Rich or poor, they're capable of  claiming no role in the battles to come. If they choose not to, making no public damnation of Norland's false righteousness...it is not peace or retribution they want, but blood." She'd nod, firm in her notions. A wince flashed across her features as the maid went off to fetch her some warm milk that might calm the pain.

 

A mutter emitted itself from the Princess' lips, "It is what they deserve...all of them."

 

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Disclaimer: This isn't any public remark, so please don't @ or quote me. My character was injured in the Sedan Rebellion and it has left her with chronic migraines which have slowly been affecting her personality. This is meant more as flavor for her development, and how she views any wartime enemy with this chronic injury.

 

[Burnsider 4566]

A short letter was found hanging from the gates of Providence.

 

"Lo, though I am but a Voice in the Wilderness, I proclaim a time of illicity and sin for there is no longer a difference between the actions of the pagan and the Prince. When the Prince refuses a final confession or even ablution in extremist to a condemned prisoner, does he act as a Man of GOD or as a pagan? When the Prince goes against the laws of the Canon in the conduct of a war, does he act as a Man of GOD or as a pagan? 

 

For the law doth state that it is desirable that Canonist princes should resolve violent conflicts with as few casualties as possible, assaulting such targets as are absolutely necessary for a speedy and virtuous peace. Thus it is desirable that war be prevented through the use of personal combat, or small, limited combats among appointed representatives.

 

Instead, does the Prince assault a civilian holding and brags about the slaughter. 

 

Lo, though I am but a Voice in the Wilderness, I declare woe be to the pagan for they should unite with the other Sons of Horen, but woe also to canonists who revel in blood and carnage.

[ARCHITECUS 4788]

6 minutes ago, Burnsider said:

A short letter was found hanging from the gates of Providence.

 

"Lo, though I am but a Voice in the Wilderness, I proclaim a time of illicity and sin for there is no longer a difference between the actions of the pagan and the Prince. When the Prince refuses a final confession or even ablution in extremist to a condemned prisoner, does he act as a Man of GOD or as a pagan? When the Prince goes against the laws of the Canon in the conduct of a war, does he act as a Man of GOD or as a pagan? 

 

For the law doth state that it is desirable that Canonist princes should resolve violent conflicts with as few casualties as possible, assaulting such targets as are absolutely necessary for a speedy and virtuous peace. Thus it is desirable that war be prevented through the use of personal combat, or small, limited combats among appointed representatives.

 

Instead, does the Prince assault a civilian holding and brags about the slaughter. 

 

Lo, though I am but a Voice in the Wilderness, I declare woe be to the pagan for they should unite with the other Sons of Horen, but woe also to canonists who revel in blood and carnage.

„A privately owned feudal domain, the owner of which maintains and employs a private army at the wishes of his liege lord, is not civillian. The only harmed individuals were those who willingly and eagerly entered combat as part of that private armed force.“

 

So corrects geopolitical analyst and economist J. Fitzpeter.

[Luciloo 2680]

"Only uh Umri could raid uh farmin' village, kill some workers an' tavern staff, then call't brave." Lulu rolls her eyes, "Dickless."

[grnappa 1230]

"The Norlandic children and women waltz about with full chainmail and heavy weaponry regularly?!" Sir Erik Othaman gasps as he heard a drunken Norlander rage at him.

 

"We offered them multiple chances to lay down their arms and sit on the sidelines if they did nie wish to fight. Instead, they all drew their swords and joined in. All those who were killed had charged against Imperial Forces."

 

"We offered peace over and over again to the foolish Chieftain of Norland. Instead of thinking for his people, he plunged his nation into war. He is young and naive, for he knows nie the immense suffering that war causes for all. Yet the attacks against his people rest entirely on his shoulders."

 

"We asked for peace." 

[Arashiha 294]

Lunah reads of this before sighing and shaking her head and tossing it into the trash beside the other two missive she'd read this night. "They really do like there falsiefied missives."

[Minuvas 3193]

50 minutes ago, Burnsider said:

A short letter was found hanging from the gates of Providence.

 

"Lo, though I am but a Voice in the Wilderness, I proclaim a time of illicity and sin for there is no longer a difference between the actions of the pagan and the Prince. When the Prince refuses a final confession or even ablution in extremist to a condemned prisoner, does he act as a Man of GOD or as a pagan? When the Prince goes against the laws of the Canon in the conduct of a war, does he act as a Man of GOD or as a pagan? 

 

For the law doth state that it is desirable that Canonist princes should resolve violent conflicts with as few casualties as possible, assaulting such targets as are absolutely necessary for a speedy and virtuous peace. Thus it is desirable that war be prevented through the use of personal combat, or small, limited combats among appointed representatives.

 

Instead, does the Prince assault a civilian holding and brags about the slaughter. 

 

Lo, though I am but a Voice in the Wilderness, I declare woe be to the pagan for they should unite with the other Sons of Horen, but woe also to canonists who revel in blood and carnage.

 

The revelry is not in carnage, but the early and tactical defeat of a standing Army of a nation which has declared war on another. The Duke and his Army were not innocent bystanders, and we should not afford such a false status to combatants. Thus we can determine the Elysium dukedom was neccesary military target. That the offer to spare combat to those who did not raise arms reinforces that it was with as few casualties as possible. Are there now 'Civilian' Duchies and 'military' ones? Thisi would be a new style of peerage unbeknownst to us historians. For most peers swear an oath to fight on behalf of their liege.  This label is propesterous, being casually thrown about to win some sort of sympathy.  

 

While there are many attempts to paint this as something other than what it is, the outcome was clear. War was declared, the Empire struck at an enemy vassal Duke and achieved an immediate cessation of hostilities from that Duchy after the infliction of a proportional amount of casualties. There can be no cleaner outcome of war than this, unless we are to believe a protracted war of attrition was the preferable method to impoverish two nations and send thricerfold it's sons and daughters to an early grave. 

 

The revelry is in the fact that Oren has achieved what may start as an early, and devastating, blow to a Nordland Army and we might see a return to a lasting peace. 

[TheNunnery 1853]

An ‘aheral would clutch her left fist as she punched the door of her room with passion and anger, the woman clearly upset after reading the news. “This isn’t war, this is straight up starvation. They are brutal, the Norlandic people. But their children and mothers do not deserve to starve. The orenians are not gods, their emperor is mortal and will die painfully for his sins, not by blood but by whatever deity of the world.” Alyssa commented while trembling, her expression enraged. She knew she had do to something, and with that, they went to their vanity and started to write.

 

[libertyybelle 6187]

The Governess of the Augustine sighed at the war time news and then frowned.

 

”My heart goes out for the children- yet the Nordling leaders insisted on a war out of blatant greed and nasty pride.” Her eyes traveled to the skyline’s sunset while she spoke to her eldest son in the private of their estate.  “They would do the same to our own for war sees no age, gender or difference.” Anna almost reassured herself and Wilhelm before returning to her book. 
 

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[NLThomas 1225]

"They invade their homes and expect not the civilians to defend themselves? Tonight I shall join this hunt..." a elf with pale hair mutters out while drawing his halberd from his back. deciding it was time for him to return home once more.