| *grunts up at the yellow orb, high in the sky*
Interesting. Will I ever fully understand the workings of the human mind? Seems this fabled "Trinsic Alliance" sort of exists after all. But knowing that it does poses more questions than answers..
Firstly, there had been the strange occurrence of various elemental monsters pouring from a crater in the centre of the city. This attracted all sorts of mercenaries and glory seekers to the cities defence. Poor fools. Most never stood a chance. Still it was amusing to watch humans die in a futile cause. This is where I and my race had the advantage. Elementals are not unknown below ground, in fact that is where they come from. But they cannot exist too long. Unless they can feed from the bodies of those which they destroy, they eventually crumble and die. So they are best avoided, that way you defeat them. It took the humans a while to realise this. Now the city is clear.
It is the second occurrence that bemused me more. The zealots of Yew decided to mount an attack on Trinsic. It made me smile to hear their leader call the town the City of Dishonour. This is something I have been calling it ever since I came to the surface. I have watched various factions from the sidelines, accessing strengths and weaknesses. The ongoing Rebel versus Loyalist war has given me ample opportunities to do this. By far the Yewians are the strongest single group. At first I thought that this was an escalation of the Loyalist/Rebel war, since it is now common knowledge that the Duke has been financing the Rebels for some time. He has also been supporting the Rebels in other ways. Funny that, him being a Duke, you would think he was on the side of the absentee king. But no. He supports the Rebels whilst appearing neutral.
There is no doubt Trinsic is weak. It can barely raise enough strength from within its own walls to defend its self, so it relies on help from other areas. It is this support that totally bemuses me.
Always first is Kaldor. The army of an alien power which claims to be the rightful rulers of the land it has invaded. But what does it do? It sits on its hands in complete inertia until Trinsic cries help. Now any real leader with ambition would seize the opportunity and grab the town for itself. But what does Kaldor do? Sheds blood for a people it has sworn to take over! *shakes head*
Next the archer army. In the ongoing Rebel/Loyalist war they were staunch allies of the people of Yew and sworn enemies of Kaldor whom they see as a rebel force. They were also suspicious of Trinsic?s motives and the fact that Trinsic and Kaldor are allied. Yet as soon as Yew made a move against the Duke, what does the archermen do? *shakes head in complete bemusement* Their leader, Devante changes sides! Suddenly Kaldor and the archers are friends, suddenly the Duke and the archers are friends, suddenly Devante and Klion are enemies! It is totally illogical.
Then there are all the brigand and riff raff gangs. The ones the Duke reckons he does not want around. Suddenly all is forgiven and they rally to defend his city. And the brigands? Oh yes dear Duke, despite all the grief you have caused us in the past putting paid to our criminality, we will come to your aid! *laughs* What utter stupidity. What utter senselessness. There they all go shedding blood for a city that despises them. *laughs* And the rulers of the city? The Duke and the fragrant Baroness? No where to be seen. What fools you all are!
I watch, I assess, I report.
Vel'drav l' sil'in qu'ellar d'Hun?ett zotrethen??Jal zhal sha-rasa!!!
Lloth tlu laoles, dosst handmaiden orn naut hojh dos!!!! |