Caught up. I was actually going to make a more balanced post initially, but the extremes to which people jump are just too unbelievable to me. Some posts seem to jump to the worst possible consequences and then take that one as inevitable.
Some counterpoints to arguments.
1) There is no reward.
-- Mathilde is not a mercenary.
2) What would Belegar even do with that information?
-- You are looking too small. Even if there is no immediate consequence for the next few decades, or even the rest of Belegar's life, this is general information to add to their lore. Information does not have to pay off immediately.
3) We don't know what will happen.
As I recall, BoneyM's word was that Mathilde would need to be a foremost expert in godstuffs to even begin estimating what the long-term consequences are. Kragg is one of the foremost experts in godstuffs. We should tell him.
4) Ranald
I encourage every single one not versed in WHF to look at some wiki pages of Ranald. The amount of persistent misinformation is staggering and I think the entire thread would benefit from people knowing more about him.
5) Chaos Dwarfs are taboo.
a) Mathilde does not know. b) They might shut the discussion up, so what? They won't immediately jump to killing her or something extreme like that.
Again, infinite series of possibilities. We cannot possibly infer what might happen from this when we don't know anything about the subject, especially when the subject effects an already somewhat random, chaotic, violent race
They don't care about human secrets unless they effect Dawi, and this does not affect Dawi because it does not cause anything that can be predicted or prepared for or that isn't already known.
"Mathilde cannot predict it" !="it cannot be predicted."
"We cannot predict what specifically will happen." != "It will not affect them."
Seriously, just because Mathilde does not know, and you don't see an immediately actionable consequence does not mean no one can know and none exist.
What would Belebro do without us to tell him he should watch out for WAAAGHs?
A parallel scenario: "We have reason to believe that Terrorists are targeting this airport." Yes, Waaghs are always a possible consequence. Waaghs aimed at a specific thing or person are different.
True, but whether it happens or not the dwarfs can't impact it in the slightest. It's not like they can inflitrate the orks and encourage the flames of Only Gork.
Yes, but they might recognize forming schisms (like the one that
just happened) and then take advantage of the infighting, or even incite it by leading opposing groups to each other or something like that. That's just an example as an outsider. I could not even begin to imagine all the possible scenarios where this information might help.
Mathilde is, in effect, a scout who found to extremely secret information about the enemy and then refuses to share it. Just because she, as a scout, does not see the wider strategic implication.
You're underestimating the fundamentally alien mindset of the Dawi here. Yes, it seems ridiculous from our point of view. Yes, they will be furious with us if we bring up the Dawi Zharr.
You are jumping to an extreme. So what if they get upset at the mention? If so, they will probably just shut up the discussion once it gets near to the topic.
Mathilde: "And then I had a vision of the origin of the black orcs."
Kragg: "DON'T SPEAK OF THAT TOPIC NOW OR EVER AGAIN!!!"
Mathilde: "
okay…"
This is how I expect that part to go if they don't want her to talk about it. Shut it down before it even happens. Maybe some extra warnings afterwards.
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