We're actually in a much better form than we're going to be in the future. Right now Urth's rule is shaky, his forces depleted, and his infrastructure ruined. The forluc have not yet recovered their forces, and Urth hasn't had time to build up legitimacy yet.
Are you freaking kidding me!? We're more ready than we've ever been! We have no pressing issues or crises taking our attention, our army's veteran and in very good shape due to its victories, and Urth and the Forluc are weaker than they've ever been! Your plan is nothing more than letting our enemy recover from their weakest point while we come down from our highest point!
Then for goodness sake vote for the option that does that! That's what the Forden/Fornn option is for!
Why would they help us?
Urth is the Big Guy in the Lowlands now and Zarannist doctrine is basically "kill the Big Guy in charge so that you can become the Big Guy in charge". Remember the Zarannists slave uprisings in the last thread? It's not so much "helping us" as it's pressing their buttons in order to get them to go after Urth instead of us this time.
No, we're the big guy seeing as we just kicked his ass. More over the more time we spend looking for maybe allies the more time we give Urth to recover from the weakest point he's ever been. We're ready to go and they're completely unprepared for an invasion. Strike while the iron is hot.
We know that. But what view does the rest of the Lowlands have on the conflict, hmm? How much do they even know about what's going on? We're still very much "those guys in the north", while the Forluc are still seen as the dominant power in the Lowlands. Or is that the Caradysh now? Well in any case, it's not us.
He's not going to be courting Zarannists when he's only just become ruler of a war-wracked country. He's going to consolidate and we have to disrupt that, and the best way of doing so is by getting his vassals to rebel.
The Caradysh are dead! We wiped them out! The final thing we have to do is beat Urth, who's currently king of the Forluc. It's the final thing we have to do and we never have to fight Urth or the Caradysh again! There's a time and place to expand and prepare but this is not that time or place. We need to attack NOW. We're in the best possible situation to attack and Urth is in the worst possible position to defend. There's not gonna be a better time to attack and end this conflict forever.
Let me direct you to another quest:
If we finish the Sacred Forest now, the Infrastructure passive will make more forest instead of a palisade next turn. That means if we want a free innovation, we have to spend a Secondary action building a palisade. The best thing to do is wait for a little bit. Our Megaproject policy will finish the Sacred Forest next turn automatically. Everything will be fine, all we need is a little patience.
@Oshha shouldn't this be 2 (3)? Our passive policy sent a Trade Expedition, which is +1 temp diplo.
