I guess the vote is over anyway, but the Church of Eden is not going to stop discriminating Mutated and Pilgrim. There is also the fact that there will be conflict if we marry Selene.
And I don't think it matters too much if we have a few militia units, a veteran scout unit, or a functioning Knight. If there is open violence the Military will come down on both sides like a ton of bricks anyway. I would just like to do the wedding while everyone is still distracted by the Butcher.
The explicitly worst reaction we can get from marrying Selene is that the Church of Eden tries to cause a Purge, which should be more difficult if everyone worries about the Butcher literally looming over them and the Military is gathering their forces in preparation for a fight.
If we do the wedding without a super threat like the Butcher around, it will be politicized and everyone will try to use it for their advantage. Of course, we could simply not marry Selene but that will cause it's own problems if there is a kid.
yeah i know,but we should fuck them over when we can win
that means
1) gain allies across elites and other religious organizations
2) develop our militar doctrine
3) improve tech
4) gain the emperor favor
then we can declare them evil,but if we declare them evil now we will outgunned,outnumbered,with no allies etc,no soldiers etc
play the long game even if it means allowing pain and segregation to conitnue for a few decades
I would like to weigh in on that by saying that even
if you declare the COE heretical, the
open conflict would be minimal, mostly focused on
deniable sabotage acts and them sharply increasing their anti-pilgrim rhetoric.
Getting the COE to a -3 would result in them going "
Deus Vult" on you, but would require a more concentrated effort than marrying a single Mutated. A -2 will result in them being very angry, trying to obstruct your actions, and stabbing at you in the dark. There is also a good chance that their Pope will tell the local Bishop to shut it and stop shooting themselves in the foot,
should you start hurting them too much. They are Powerlevel 27; you are Powerlevel 1,3. Big enough to keep an eye on, small enough to not be worth the effort needed to evict you.
They are geared for "Repent Sinner!" you are focused on "Feed the poor, heal the sick, ease all burdens." If you play to your strength, you could chuck them out of Tessen, even without escalating to open fighting. When you are (almost) allies with the Common People, fucking with you is seen as more antagonistic than usual.
And you
do have that
favor...
