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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 332180" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Zenon wrote:____________________________________________________Quote:"Can we focus on any faults of the Valloreans and use them to our advantage? One I can think of is their pride (and you know what they say about pride, it goes before the fall). Another is their zealousness. Can we get them to over-extend? Make them "see" what we want them to believe and they will because they expect it?" ____________________________________________________End Quote.Yes to everything Zenon!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Indeed, the Valloreans are very powerful--after all, they are the greatest empire in the West--and they have been successful at maintaining their empire for some two thousand years now. They have a magical standard for every legion. They have harnessed their resources for war, and they are very, very good at it. They are specially trained in the legions to love the Vallorean Empire, to believe in it, to live and die for it. This is reinforced when they suffer from death and struggle with the enemy--since Vallorea was *invaded* they have seen first hand, with their own eyes, what will happen to their families if they are not successful. Thus, that adds to their determination even more. Then, according to the Vallorean Pantheon, their religion that they have regular services with every week--the Vallorean Empire is righteous, holy, and blessed by the gods for their divine mission. Thus, their religious instruction reinforces their confidence and their zeal.Having said all that--indeed, pride and zeal can be manipulated against them. Notice that while throughout history, they have lost battles before--they just have never lost a war. Thus, one can imagine how manipulating their pride and their zealousness could result in some significant advantages and gains--if you can craft such a scheme carefully enough!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I love it Zenon!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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