[GP] A Game of Politics

[Ringmereth]

Seguith nods, impressed at Anguis's thinking, despite a few suspicions. "I applaud the Deacon's strategy. Justice will be brought to those who have betrayed us, allies will be found amongst the dwarves, and the Kalurian leadership will gain nothing but a show of our solidarity. Other minorities will be encouraged to bring their grievances to attention via the courts, lest their leaders be found guilty for the crimes they commit. Even should this information prove faulty, the plan will still gauge Lukar's devotion to his cause and bring fair compensation to the dwarves," he concludes. "Let us decide on specific terms for our proposition. Our bid should obviously include a generous pool of funds with which they may rebuild their homes, as well as a trial for both the captain they condemn and Lukar, and an investigation to redress any other crimes committed against the dwarves. Are there any additional measures that should be included?" the wizard asks.

 

[Nephtys]

"It is a fine plan," Alessa agrees. "But it does not quite adress the main issue, the attack of Kalur on our nation. Certainly, some evidence of their involvement will be revealed when we put Lukar to court. But unless we force them to show their hand they will still have reasonable grounds to deny any knowlege of their meddling. Allowing them to get away unpunished will only encourage further attacks in the future."

 

[Ringmereth]

The wizard turns to the chairwoman. "Indisputably. I neglected to mention that the investigation would have the dual purpose of seeking out evidence of crimes committed by dwarves-spying for hostile powers, for instance-as well as to them. An inquisition with the stated purpose of seeking grounds to charge those who have wronged dwarves will have the freedom to discretely search for evidence of Kalur's aggression. We shall feign ignorance of their involvement until we can find suitable evidence, and then launch an offensive of our own through diplomacy or force."

 

[Timothy]

OOC: Sorry I wasn't here. I got swamped with work. Thankfully the event is now over and I just had job interviews with people who are going to help me with future events.

I'll read and post an update tomorrow (hopefully)

 

[Lord_Raven88]

"It is a fine plan," Alessa agrees. "But it does not quite adress the main issue, the attack of Kalur on our nation. Certainly, some evidence of their involvement will be revealed when we put Lukar to court. But unless we force them to show their hand they will still have reasonable grounds to deny any knowlege of their meddling. Allowing them to get away unpunished will only encourage further attacks in the future."

Julius listens thoughtfully to the comments of the other councillors This is going better than I ever thought possible, perhaps a little too well
"In regards to evidence of a Kalur plot, the letter that the military intelligence came across, was written in a known Kalurian cipher, also in the upper right hand corner there is an invisible mark which signifies that the letter is authentic and from the Kalurian Intelligence service" Julius begins to pace back and forwards

"Normally if a document like this had been found we would have passed this on to the regular military channels who would then enter a heightened state of alert, to try and prevent this very thing from happening" stopping to look around the assembled group

"In regards to other evidence I'm not sure what you're going to find, as if this message hadn't been intercepted then it would have been destroyed by the agent in question."

"Saying that, the way Lukar has been acting certainly does lend credence to the evidence we already have." Perhaps he really is a Kalurian agent Julius smiles in pleasure

"Our main priority should be to ensure a speedy close to this rebellion, if that means we need to sacrifice the life of the Captain and his family, that is a small price to pay to avert outright rebellion throughout our grand nation" Julius begins to pace back and forward again

"Once this rebellion has been squashed we can look into these claims of unfair treatment by this Dwarven minority, and ensure that a suitable settlement is reached"

 

[Rhialto]

"I suspect Lukar has kept some evidence of his involvement," notes the Deacon. "Operations of this size tend to leave far more loose ends then their originators hope for. As for Kalur--even without this case, we have a centuries-old tradition of their spying, their warbands, and their rapine to consider. I care not what they claim about this incident--even if we had NO proof in this case, they've left us such an abundance of just cause, it would be foolish of us to leave them alone."

"And I agree with Lord Julius--the rioters are our present concern. We can deal with Kalur after we've dealt with them--if we are quick about it. Handle Tarsur tomorrow, Kalur the day after--that's my opinion of the matter. Otherwise, we risk tipping them off as to our plan."

 

[Nephtys]

"There may be little we can do to save the Captain's life," Alessa nods at Julius, "And either way he doesn't deserve much concern, considering his near-treacherous incompetence. But his family doesn't deserve to share his fate. We should at least be able to persuade the Dwarves to release the children. Their deaths would be tragical."

 

[Ranger Rick]

Yes let us convince them to let the children and females go.

 

[Timothy]

OOC: this is really going great guys. I'll ask Twinswords and Rino to put forth their opinion.

IC:

A letter from the barricades. is brought to you. It is short but the handwriting does not seem rough or hasty.

Dear Committee,

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. To ease the negotiations we have set up a negotiating room in the captain's house. Two dwarves will be placed in your custody furing the negotiations and we will release one soldier as proof of our good intentions.

Greetings.

 

[Twinswords]

Julius, I thank you that you have come forward with this information, but why have you done this so late. You have carried this essential piece for quite some time. Why have you not come sooner with this information?

Also if i see the information, the agent might not be Lukarn, the agent is not named. He is only the leader of the council. If i was a spy i would never become a leader, they catch too much attention. If the operation goes south you cannot longer flee. There for we still need to investigate who the real agent is.

Also i cannot belief that dwarfs with family in area would willingly let them be in danger, when commiting a military action. So i do believe that most dwarfs have been simply caught up in this. Offcourse the harden core of this must be taken care of. But we cannot let inoccent childern die because of the actions of a few evil persons.

There for i still stand behind my proposal. After this we can order an extensive investigation in this spy and the involvement of the kalur government. Rash actions would only give our enemies an advantage. And with a dwarf on the judge`s table the dwarfs will see that we have a fair and just government.