I'm pretty sure the Asur's main concern with the Old World is protecting the Waystones within it, and backing Marienburg against the Empire really doesn't help that.
Presumably any Dwarf Grudges in response are on the level of individuals or clans rather than the wider polity.
Oh they absolutely care about the Waystones, but as far as diplomacy goes it doesn't really matter. The Empire aren't going to start messing with the Waystones no matter how angry they are with the Asur, they don't want to be drowning in demons. The Empire could hypothetically go to war with Ulthuan and still wouldn't break them, unless they'd fallen to Chaos. (NOTE: Do not get into a war with a global superpower.)
It does kind of matter, though, because the Empire cannot use Waystones, but it is in their interests to defend them from Greenskins and Chaos and Skaven, who all can.
It doesn't actually outright say he's intending to stay, although it strongly implies it. It's also a letter written to Teclis' boss, so I'm not sure how truthful it's supposed to be.
You want to get teh Druchii to perform a raid on an enemy that is actually capable of fighting back, to retrieve an artifact Mathilde doesn't know exists and has no way of knowing the location of?
1. I think that's petty and a poor use of time/effort.
Whilst technically true, to the best of my knowledge they have defended the Empire from Greenskins and Skaven exactly zero times, and sent 3 wizards to defend against Chaos once - and it's a matter of open debate if they sent them at all, or if Teclis went on his own initiative. Either way, it clearly doesn't seem to be affecting their decision making.
So they are real politicking, incompetently.
Okay, holy shit which one is that.
It's really the bit where they had Wizards throwing spells at Empire troops trying to retake it, and the threat of them doing so again. It's locked the Empire out of the naval game entirely, because even when they tried to build replacement ports elsewhere Marienburg went and put a stop to that right quick.
They do refuse to say whether they'd send military to help Marienburg fight against the Empire if it came down to it.
Only bits on Tiranoc is that they use chariots, which is the most notable thing about them, and that they had a lovely kingdom that was heavily scarred by the Sundering, second only to Nagarythe in terms of damage. They're also dark and bitter, but since the Nagarythians take the cake on that concept they're left in the dust and all they have are Chariots.
Nuh...no? Like.
Or they make sure to fight the sort of people that even the Karaz Ankor has ample reason not to care if they should just so happen to disappear. I imagine they must exist, though what they'd look like I can't say.
If an Elf came by with it and it resulted in the destruction of an Anvil of Doom they'd probably be downright furious, but I don't think the existence of it would be as much of an afront as the Cloak of Beards.
This is actually the bit I'm most curious about. Norsca was another prison? Who were the wardens? The prisoners?
Well, if they thought the south had fallen ...... maybe they crossed the ocean to follow the Dawi who went to Lustria?
Mathilde has talked to two Asur ever. The Cloak never came up. As far as I can tell you've come up with them boasting about the Cloak. That's not mentioned in any of the descriptions of it, and I can't find a Boney quote saying they do so.
Tiranoc is best characterised as the land of faded glory IMO. Where Nagarythe wants vengeance and will go to any lengths in pursuit of that vengeance, Tiranoc wants to return to a time when they were powerful and respected. They also want vengeance, but like, half of Ulthuan wants vengeance. Nagarythe is characterised by the horrible things they do for that goal, not by having it.
According to Blood of Aenarion, the Elves built the Shrine after the patterns of the Slann. It even throws in speculation that the Slann were the ones who contacted Asuryan first and then taught his worship to the Elves. Which might be a hint towards End Times stuff actually.
What do you mean by that?
Same for me. But tricking them? If it's safe enough, I'd vote for it. Especially if we sell them to the Asurs.
They don't see as people at all, so I don't think it would be possible. They're also sadistical slavers who worship a god of murder, so personally I hate the idea of allying with them.
Even if they're mostly guérilla fighters, there's definitely a few assassins in the bunch. That said, I doubt the PK would try to assassinate us outright.
What's that?
Well, yeah. Smaller than the Asurs, but very much a shield.
Concerning Choas, it's not paranoia if there's really evil gods spreading memetic hazards around and trying to destroy the world.
Yvresse is the kingdom. Nightfall is both an album and a song by the band Blind Guardian. It's about the Silmarillion and is fantastic.
People who venerate Khaine in particular tend to not be some of the more well adjusted individuals. He uses murder instead of kill and explicitly mentions the fun factor when it comes to killing. He enjoys murder. I don't think I need to clarify more than that to give you the idea of why Marrisith, a political leader, wouldn't like that.
