To do some devil's advocating of my own, Foment Rebellion plays to Hunger's historical strengths as a rabble-rousing hero. It's nothing he's not done before and with Vigor Incarnate or Ennobling he'd be very good at it here. Plus, we improved Aeira's facility for Combat and Gisena's just about to emerge from her metaphorical chrysalis! Are we such Rank-hungry glory hounds that we can't share the victory, even when waiting increases our overall odds of achieving it? Cutting Through has its memetic appeal and there is something to be said for seizing the day, but slow and steady wins the race for a reason.
It's another piece of damningly reckless characterization, relying on rushing into the unknown and hoping that pulling the plug will cripple the Immortals. The available intelligence we have indicates it will, but Temple society is not exactly a bastion of transparency! They've probably been mining the moon and hoarding the proceeds to empower the inner circle, who knows what trump cards they have tucked away for when their own rains come? There are two other High Marshalls on alert. Every victory feeds Hunger's power, but would he have won against two Avecarns? Capacitor and Wyvernford are still out there, and they're just the tip of the iceberg.
Why not harness the many justified grievances that people have with the Inners? The Call's gone, the Encampment may disperse if we don't act now to recruit whatever relevant combatants we can sift from the greedy rabble. The oldest and strongest non-Immortal members of the Temple, the ones who are running up against the thousand-year limit? They can be turned. We took Guile-Defeating Stance, now we can take an option that exploits it. Blood's Ringbearer shouldn't triumph in a single gaudy burst of power. Bleed them, slowly and shamelessly.
It's another piece of damningly reckless characterization, relying on rushing into the unknown and hoping that pulling the plug will cripple the Immortals. The available intelligence we have indicates it will, but Temple society is not exactly a bastion of transparency! They've probably been mining the moon and hoarding the proceeds to empower the inner circle, who knows what trump cards they have tucked away for when their own rains come? There are two other High Marshalls on alert. Every victory feeds Hunger's power, but would he have won against two Avecarns? Capacitor and Wyvernford are still out there, and they're just the tip of the iceberg.
Why not harness the many justified grievances that people have with the Inners? The Call's gone, the Encampment may disperse if we don't act now to recruit whatever relevant combatants we can sift from the greedy rabble. The oldest and strongest non-Immortal members of the Temple, the ones who are running up against the thousand-year limit? They can be turned. We took Guile-Defeating Stance, now we can take an option that exploits it. Blood's Ringbearer shouldn't triumph in a single gaudy burst of power. Bleed them, slowly and shamelessly.
