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<blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 3992778" data-attributes="member: 5656"><p>Here's my example: There's a pass through some mountains that separate the aggresive empire of A from the peaceful (if rich) kingdom of B, which is a fat ready target for A. </p><p></p><p>Dragon lands on the pass, and declares the region his. He'll impose a reasonable tribute on trade, and won't tolerate armed forces on it (he divuges those news through merchants he found on the pass)</p><p></p><p>If a bit worried by having a dragon so close, the king of B can't believe his luck. As long th dragon is there, he can't be invaded, and the dragon tax isn't too large to damage his economy. His spies in the court of A inform him that the emperor of A is forming a team of his best men to hunt the dragon down, and sends messengers to the dragon to warn him, with specific details about the team's plans.</p><p></p><p>The dragon was already quite aware of that, having taken already precautions about that, and allows himself to be "found" by the messengers. He thanks the king of B, via the messengers sent, and informs that, in gratitude, he's amenable to defend the country against further threats. </p><p></p><p>The mutual benefit between the kingdom and the dragon continues: the kingdom provides money and intelligence, and the dragon provides military force, until at some point, a couple generations after that (a mere blink in a dragon's life), people are used to <em>their</em> dragon protecting them and the dragon becomes the kingdom's <em>only</em> standing army, once you discount militias doing police work. At that point, organizing a cup de etat is trivially easy. Long live Dragon I.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Someone, post: 3992778, member: 5656"] Here's my example: There's a pass through some mountains that separate the aggresive empire of A from the peaceful (if rich) kingdom of B, which is a fat ready target for A. Dragon lands on the pass, and declares the region his. He'll impose a reasonable tribute on trade, and won't tolerate armed forces on it (he divuges those news through merchants he found on the pass) If a bit worried by having a dragon so close, the king of B can't believe his luck. As long th dragon is there, he can't be invaded, and the dragon tax isn't too large to damage his economy. His spies in the court of A inform him that the emperor of A is forming a team of his best men to hunt the dragon down, and sends messengers to the dragon to warn him, with specific details about the team's plans. The dragon was already quite aware of that, having taken already precautions about that, and allows himself to be "found" by the messengers. He thanks the king of B, via the messengers sent, and informs that, in gratitude, he's amenable to defend the country against further threats. The mutual benefit between the kingdom and the dragon continues: the kingdom provides money and intelligence, and the dragon provides military force, until at some point, a couple generations after that (a mere blink in a dragon's life), people are used to [i]their[/i] dragon protecting them and the dragon becomes the kingdom's [i]only[/i] standing army, once you discount militias doing police work. At that point, organizing a cup de etat is trivially easy. Long live Dragon I. [/QUOTE]
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