Re: Fame and Riches - game started, AR-s coming in.
Lord Aguadillas,
I deliberated recently with the Deep Council about the latest developments in provinces neighboring our well protected domains. In particular, the fact that you leave your water domains may mean that you become a civilized nation, behaving as such and accepting the responsibilities which come with such a status.
To be totally honest, Ancient Oracles are uneasy about your expansion in a move surrounding us from all directions, considering your past behavior and public declarations. They noted that we are still technically at war with each other, considering that your latest retreat from our Northern provinces was done under cover of a kind of local truce, no more. They reminded how you attacked us several times without prior notice, and how one such sneak attack was done after words of friendly apologies from the very Lord Aguadillas Himself.
Sang-i Khateratha, our Master Keeper of Memories, also took the floor. He noted how you more or less warned us that a new attack would come soon, when we made our last truce, R'lyeh being a "prideful nation". Sang-i Khateratha also presented the debt your nation still owes to us because of havoc inflicted on our Holy Mountain and several provinces for several long months. He reminded the assembly that we did not cross the Robber Home bridge because of a treaty with Ermor, not with R'lyeh, the nation who attacked us by surprise several times and refuses to sign a peace treaty. Our self-imposed moderation in the Robber Home area was valid as long as Ermor, or another friendly nation, would participate to the bridge ceremony - it was not intended to give room for our enemy to prepare one more attack, and it is not binding to us in this context.
I promised the Ancient Oracles, who are sometimes a little too vengeful and do not understand all the intricacies of realpolitik, that the new Lord Aguadillas would prove reasonable and that a permanent peace agreement could be reached with Him. They agreed to let me try to negotiate directly with you, as long as I would not betray the legitimate interests of the Agarthan nation. So I propose the following treaty:
- we transfer the rights on the Robber Home region we had originally granted to Ermor to your nation, in the event that you can keep these provinces, and give up any claims in the area;
- we receive the Sea of Plenty as a guarantee against attacks on our Holy Mountains in the future;
- we cancel all debts you nation still has toward us because of war devastations inflicted on us;
- we organize a bridge ceremony sealing peace between our nations on the Robber Home bridge [NAP3].
Refusal to enter negotiations will be considered as a continuation of the state of war you imposed on us, and you know that you are becoming much more of a threat now. But I hope I can bring a proof of your peaceful intentions to the Deep Council and get a positive answer to this treaty. That would definitely eliminate all sources of tensions between our nations, probably the two oldest (and wisest?) nations in this world. We are also ready to listen to your counter-proposals, if any, and analyze them with cold blood.
May the mountains' wisdom reflect on our decisions,
Nur-i Tagh, the Mountain Light
Holder of a full accreditation from the Deep Council
Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Jörmungandr, the Councilor of Gods
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