Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20170707041037/@comment-29984007-20170809201231

2001:4C4C:244C:A100:D9EB:E8D3:E827:46AA wrote: My opinion of the topics that came up so far in this thread: @Nomixam - on the nature of corruption and corruption seeds: I don't think corruption is a byproduct of IK magic. In my opinion it is a type of weapon used only by IKs and succubi. The corruption seeds are essentially artificial, semi-intelligent, slowly spreading nukes that can be countered. When the Incubus King/Emperor/Duke/Whatever invaded Arclent, he essentially carpet bombed the northern side of the continent to create a stable foothold. The natives (elves, humans, Vinario, Givini, etc.) had no experience fighting against that kind of magic, so the seeds spread unopposed for a while - almost to the current borders of the Incubus King's kingdom. Then the Church of Ivala stepped in; with the help of some holy magic they could stop the spreading and fought the orcs and succubi to a standstill. The human armies might have been stronger than the initial orcs, but they suffered attrition from the corruption, so they could not initiate a counterattack. The Church’s magic can destroy seeds and stop the spreading, but cleansing corrupted lands might not be economically viable, or too taxing on the mages – whatever the case, the IK’s domain is still mostly a „wasteland”. Orcs live scattered in caves and burrows, hunt or raid to get their food – doing that on corrupted soil is no problem for them. As I understand it, succubi prefer to live more concentrated but hidden – remote valleys like Gasm Falls might even be kept free of corruption, if only to allow for agriculture to the remaining human populace. the corruption cache are made by an IK, he can use the power stored latter like a restorative item (Robin: "it's like free mana for them") or another option use to 'upgrade' his army. simon actualy had some power up absorbing corruption (artifact deep imbued by corruption magic works too), the soul shard is a perfect corruption object, the power of divine (ivala, the mother, etc...) is exactly the magic opposite of the shard's power. sarai is pretty explicit in this regard. in the stineford's mine the corruption spreaded by a small seed leave a taint for years, in the war the fight drain a huge amount of 'life force' from the soil, and divine magic can do nothing to restore this. even the aram desert slowly recover from the damage of the IK invasion. orcs and succubi need to eat, a small band can live raiding, but a whole country? if no one grow anything the raider cannot find anything, the option to sabotage the chalice hinder the supply line of the IK army, and the chalice grow food, don't forge weapons. gasm fall isn't a remote village, i think is a major point in the manage of the last fertile land, because we have a tower of mist (an important piece in the defensive fortification of the IKD), and a succubus elitè in the riala enturage is a powerfull succubus, and iris isn't a fool, don't waste his best men for trivial task. When the Doom King corrupted her purity, she was removed from her position of power in an instant, losing her previous „followers” loyalty and encouragement as well. From this point on, her thought process mirrored any narrow minded individual’s: she radicalized. She found herself an archenemy, and to better combat them, she went to illegality. I see 3 possible people qualifying for archnemesis: Simon, Janine and Sarai. Andra don't know simon, they meet briefly a couple of time and never speak directly, after the war the adran council will widespread dragai = simon, but still nothing link simon to the action of the Doom king, i don't see how andra can make the link. Sarai, publicly, stand to defend the church and Andra itself (sarai: "No, I'm actually getting praise for standing up for Andra. Not what I wanted, but it helps avoid suspicion."), obiouvsly andra can think a backroom scheme to trow her out (and sarai stop her to rally the church againt the DK during the BoY), but how many can convince? and how many can rally against a king how 'win' a direct fight against the AoA and destroy the last coup attemp? perhaps only the unpeople can join her cause, and inside yhilin there are only a few (even if the unpeople motion pass), if andra try a military attack against the DK it will end pathetically, in the regard of Janine: many priestess can test the purity of the queen and her free will. very few noble can see how janine is tied to the doom king (the noble liason, after she saw the list of the killed noble can make some guess), but even if andra can sniff the true beyond the doomed king plan the question is the same, how and many can rally andra?

PS: English is not my first language, I don’t know why I even attempt to make these complicated sentences. If some of my points got lost in the mess, just ask. i kown the feel