The Heir of the Dragon: A Rhaenyra Targaryen Quest

[hailcapital]

Are the Welsh the example you really want to use here? Since, like, there was a whole conquest and oppression thing that went on for a while. It's not relevant now, but then Westeros is not exactly some hypothetical "modern Westeros" either.

Like, there was a period of time when the Welsh were kinda not on great terms with the English. Then they got conquered and eventually a bunch of other stuff happened which is beyond the scope of this vaguely medieval-esque setting, as it were.

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Yeah, I mean I do think this kinda fits? Like I'm not at all intending to imply that any war of aggression and expansion isn't wrong when it happens. And I don't doubt forced conversions etc. happened, especially in the Vale where it was actually a war rather than in the rest of the seven kingdoms where it seems like the ruling FM families just adopted the seven and married their sons to their Andal vassal's daughter or something.

But even in cases like the Vale, as time goes by, people are born to the invading people on the conquered land and then that's the only home they've ever known, and it's not so simple IMO. Not that we have the perspective (or the power) to do it, but the right answer here would be some sort of land settlement where the mountain clans get a reasonable amount of arable land in return for not raiding anymore and swearing fealty with their chiefs becoming essentially petty vassals (the same way that the Northern hill tribes operate). Although even then - I'm sure not all of them would accept and then what do you do.

 

[Lord of Sturgia]

Hey QM, a question came to mind.

Any exclusive things we could have done had we gone the Realm's Delight route that we wouldn't have in Viseyna Reborn or Scholar?