Metro voters note this!
@Rihaku, was this random musing or is creating a titan something that grows out naturally from the notion of having an army of DB sorcerers?
Well, more murder in an ally is always welcome, I guess I'll go with the Lily, considering her chivalrous nature she might not be so onerous to work it.
The soul-stealing monsters or a heart-stealing monster? Both options are supremely unappealing; I'd really have preferred the Seeds, for his ideals and utility. I suppose taking the third option and killing all the abominations isn't actually on the table, so let's go with the Fae. I'm curious about their views on Samapta and perhaps they can provide us with access to unique abilities. The Lily has murder and charisma, but we're the better killer, and Nilul provides less... indiscriminate subversion.
I feel the urge to clarify that being a soul-stealing monster isn't necessarily the case for the Lily, anymore than it was the case for Seeds. Indeed, her actions point to something we can potentially work with. Of course, deception is also a possibility, but I doubt Rihaku would consider an alliance so strong a possibility if that was the case.
Why do you have all of the enemies of creation be of use to us?
With a name like Empress Slay, I'd assumed she would be competing with the Lily for the honor of being the greatest murderhobo. Though that Freehold has stood for long enough that she probably can't be called a hobo of any sort, come to think of it.
The Raksha were the soul-stealing monsters in that particular statement, not the Lily. Her actions include mercilessly slaughtering our legions with a smile on her face, a far cry from the protector she purportedly claims to be. That dissonance and unpredictability is what makes me so leery of allying with her, and the fact that her Presence Charms convince anyone who spends any amount of time with her of the righteousness of her cause just makes me more determined not to let her get her foot in the door.
Might be worth nabbing more Integrity/Evocations. It'd better be a damned reasonable offer, otherwise I'm just going to say we should make with the murder and add slaying another Anathema/legion of Fair Folk to our reputation.
I disagree with the notion that truly rules her out as a protector. She has not laid a finger on her allies for instance, and all evidence supports the claim that she treats them very well. I think you are being rather too hasty in judging her with what is at best second-hand information, after all would we have ever considered allying with Seeds if we weren't given an update going into his viewpoint in detail? I rather doubt that we would've hesitated to slaughter him without the benefit of that view point, given the descriptions we were given of the horrors inside his lair.
