Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180114010136/@comment-33915278-20180122221957

DukeLeto7 wrote: Sieges and assaults are different things. If he were to try a siege, he'd have already lost, because the fully mobilized Doom King military would take him to bits. So an assault might be contemplated if he were certain that he would get two shards if he killed Simon, and that the Doom King's realm would tear itself to bits afterwards.

As to intelligence gathering, remember that a spy network isn't necessary to get an intelligence windfall, you only need to have a mistake in the on the part of those keeping the secret. There are now a LOT of people who know Simon is the Doom King. An Unsuccubi saying something to a succubi or orc that has taken advantage of the right to immigrate to Yhilin or Tak'Kan while in actuality being an agent of the Lord of Blood who has come to infiltrate the place. Or someone else could see to it that he gets the information in order to make trouble for Simon. Someone like Xestris, for example.

As to your argument from rationality, while you may doubt he is capabie of launching such an attack, you should remember Simon's words to Megail in Ch 1: "I'd never count on people not making stupid decisions." You know you might be right, but the inqusition lead by Andra might just be a bit more crasy. And it would be fitting if they attark Simon, when Sarai join the harem, as they made/founde it. Now there a the Monster attack it creator joke. A horde of chosen storming the castle.... lead by a crasy woman sounds about right. Simon wil of course influens Andra like he dit with Sarai (in a way so that the spells of the church cant detect it) and then gets the church to stop its fanatic. But the realy intristing next step is that Simon goner start to manipulate the golden shards, first to extend the lives of the succubus (Iris is 35+, and she needs its fast) Secound influents ppl like Ginasta and Antiala (i dought shes a goddess)

And if Simon get Antiala in the Harem, the lord of blood is a comic releave, to be brust aside by true powers before they try to take on Simon