Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-32073823-20170528065355/@comment-73.46.12.10-20170602064013

I have the feeling that Feroholm is but a stepping stone to striking at Stineford (whose defenses are lackluster due to the rather narrow-minded prostitute hating high-priestess), which is itself simply a means to sever Yhillin access to Ardoheim. If we've failed to prep the Ardoheim border I'm guessing Stineford will suffer significant damages in the early stages of the war, and might even allow Iris to strike at Yhillin itself.

Going off of what another said, I'm guessing the seeds will be aimed more at large army concentrations as opposed to cities. Which might be why Sierra has hinted that having armies above 200 is not entirely a good thing, with the Yhillin and Aram armies being the two likeliest targets for the seads.

Oh and I just had a thought, Zirantia's survival might very well depend on if we bothered getting the Ardoheim navy in our pockets, since the Incubus Emperor might re-try the naval invasion once more. I mean think about it, Zirantia is very unstable right now, a strike on an un-suspecting Zirantia could easily topple them and if the assault of Feroholm and Stineford go well would leave Ardoheim surrounded.

As such I believe Iris plan is thus: use seeds to corrupt the armies of Aram and Yhillin as a debilitating distraction, then try to quickly knock Ardoheim out of the war (and maybe Zirantia too). In effect Iris would be pulling off Germany's plan in WWI, with Ardoheim being France, Zirantia is Belgium, Aram is Russia, and Yhillin the United Kingdom. Thus if it succeads, the Incubus Emperor's forces can fight a war on two-fronts. Of course the wild card is Yhillin, if the Doom King saves it's neighbors bacon the war is in effect going to grind down into the same morass that WWI did.