Why can't we do it with political? Nobody knows what we actually look like, hell we could even say we were king of some other place than the sovereignty, it's not like they have time to check our claims.
Rihaku implied that those magic systems that are empowered here inside the Walls of Myth could still be strong enough compared to those found outside. Their issue of retaliating lies whether they will actually bother conquering outside what with the long distance between Nifel and Elixir Sovereignity.
Who said that we are going to kill Royalist? They are already been sidelined and only exist in the fringe of society, that's why Compact of Kings is the harder path. The more likely jobs in Martial Way we will receive are helping in conquering other nations or killing monsters.
Pillars for those sweet EFB unlock and discount advancements.
Accursed favor?
Wait they might have unbound scrying?
Dispelling Hunger's disguise/peeking past Skyveil isn't the same thing as scrying him, I think, so it won't get Accursedstomped.
While Hunger may have Cursebearer level protection, remember that mundane tracking, albeit with superhuman skill, can still work. And our companions sure don't have the blessing of the Accursed.
It sounds like if we side with Royalist's we'll be killing the tyrant's people and if we side with the tyrant we'll be invading neighboring nations which is hardly going to endear us to anyone.
I mean if they have that kind of information gathering capacity and the Tyrant is competent why wouldn't he background check his mercs? I could see the Royalists not doing it because they're desperate but the Tyrant already has the upper hand.
I was more surprised that they have the scrying capability to just search for places they've never been without any description. Although I guess if we gave a false description and their magic threw up errors or whatever that'd be suspicious in itself.
That is why I'm voting for us to work for the Lord Protector. It may not endear us to the Royalist later on when we switch sides but it will probably not offend them too much.
Anything that stays away from shiny magics, that'll be the big Arete hog. So probably siding with LP for a quick smashup and leaving?
You can't put a shirt on that bod, that's sacrilege or something. /s
Hm, the least expensive route is probably Work From Within + Political? The former avoids entanglement in Nilfel. We do what we came here to do and leave as soon possible, without getting caught up in efforts to depose the Lord Protector and Hunger reprising his role as a revolutionary. It's easier, less danger means less pressure to generate Arete. Politics leans on our status for access; tricky, but not in a life-risking way. We might get a pick or two for challenges there, but less opportunities for Arete expenditure than the Martial or Esoteric Ways.
Well pretty much every artwork shows him shirtless so I assumed so. Maybe it helps with Rank Fame gain.
Priest and I just really like drawing him shirtless and will make any excuse to continue doing so, that's literally all it is lmao
