Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-32073823-20170528065355/@comment-31340684-20170608062901

Again looking at game mechanics, there were a few opportunities to make note of investments in elven kingdoms, the sort that we werent given time to do in Zirantia or Aram/Eustrin. So logically we will be returning there during or after the war. We still have Queen Fheliels visit to Yhilin, which given that Esthera will be present then will NOT be an ideal time for IncEmp to attack, but may be spoiled by a Noble coup v3. Or Ginasta, she might target Orgasmic Empress as a tyrant. I wonder if the site we chose will turn out to matter based more on defensibility rather than accessibility. This chapter had very little dealings with human military forces though I expect Yhilin still has some amount of soldiers available. I feel this war will occur over three distinct phases. (Probably separated by update.)

Opening Strike, initial attack wave, wider troop deployments into additional areas.- I think this is Iris's plan more or less, hit major troop clusters with seeds, and overrun remnants with large numbers of orcs. Then send better trained forces to hit strategic targets as oppotunities exist. Dargai(Simon) will be doing moslty politics and strategy here.

Counter-attack/Nasty surprises- at this point the initial battles will be organized into battlelines as news spreads and the alliance formed at the summit joins together to fend off invasion and drive IncEmp back into wasteland. This will be when IncEmp himself decides to take action and likely also the point where nobles planning coup will feel confident enough in eventual victory to try thier hand again, (for both Yhilin and Aram nobles). Here Simon and Friends will be more active in putting out the biggest fires and protecting allied interests.

Final push, Grand Finale- The war has gone either great or terrible by this point but the gathered allies have driven IncEmp back to his own territory. Stronger armies might push further but weaker ones are just happy to have regained status quo. Simon is unhappy with a stalemate and considers a further attack against IncEmp. Allied support and Friends in Many Places make it easier to reach him and cleaner to finish him off. Whereas having simon kill him otherwise leaves his hordes completely uncontrolled (simon hasnt fully embraced his shard and cannot dominate an entire realm by himself) and free to wreak havok on the continent.

Powerfull well prepared DK(Simon) will be able to handle most problems with his own resources still be able to bolster allies when needed. He gets some outside support like the dwarves, elves, zirantians, Mestan, and possibly even Ginasta

Unprepared Weak Simon may forgo his disguise during the battles and rely on church support and old friends and trust to be able to handle the challenges being faced and to finish the war once and for all. He will almost certainly be able to scrounge together what he needs to succeed but probably wont be able to keep everyone alive at the wars end.