Author Topic: Invasion of Mercinae 1237 – A knife in the back  (Read 406 times)

Offline India

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Invasion of Mercinae 1237 – A knife in the back
« on: August 10, 2010, 10:16:03 AM »
Attached is part one of a memoir of the first Parrian invasion of Mercinae using New Warfare and the immediate aftermath.
 
This was to be a two part memoir completing in 1265 at the treaty end, but events have overtaken me and there will no doubt be further installments.
 
Take some time out of your busy day, find a quiet spot in front of a warm fire, pour yourself a tankard of ale and heed my tale...
 
 
 
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Offline Furion

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Re: Invasion of Mercinae 1237 – A knife in the back
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2010, 07:47:26 PM »
Reading that actually makes me angry, to be honest. I hadn't realised that people in the Parrian leadership were so...cuntish about it.
« Last Edit: August 11, 2010, 03:10:29 PM by Furion »
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Offline Rajj

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Re: Invasion of Mercinae 1237 – A knife in the back
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 10:02:46 AM »
Is there going to be one for the latest conquest? I'd like to read that one.

There is an on-going theme though, isn't there India?

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Re: Invasion of Mercinae 1237 – A knife in the back
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2010, 11:00:05 AM »
unfortunately India... 


tldr!

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Re: Invasion of Mercinae 1237 – A knife in the back
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2010, 06:25:33 PM »
That whole situation is what finally broke me, methinks. I didn't mind the invasion, or Dunccan's regency, to be quite honest. Sure, he was difficult to deal with, it always sucks losing, etc, etc, so on and so forth. The breaker was how so few of us actually pulled through, sucked it up, and tried to make Mercinae work. I'll tell you, it sucks being one of like three or four people out of 10+ active cits doing anything beneficial towards unity and activity. How people who busted their humps managed to hold out as long as they did, I'll forever marvel over. Of course, Mercinae was my second flop city. Springdale, when I was a cit, was no walk in the park, either.

Dah well. What's done is done. I'm not surprised Mercinae was invaded a second time. It's the misfortune of being the weakest, least organized, most apathetic city in Avalon. Hopefully this time, people will wake up and actually make a city out of that good ol' southern bastion of all that is Good.