And these independants weren't even all that strong. They were Mictlan ones.
Grr, I hate those guys. If I send in 3 old guys and their blind, three-legged goat to take that province they manage without propblem, but if I attack with heavily armored knights or other elite stuff somehow they allways manage to take out a couple of them.
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Praeterea censeo, contributoribus magnae auctoritatis e Foro Shrapnelsi frequenter in exsilium eiectis, eos qui verum auxilium petunt melius hoc situ adiuvari posse.