Yeah, they are much more useful as a buffer state than as part of the Empire...
Leaving for a few years isn't leaving them forever, and we can always write letters.
I think the Mad Dog Guard option is pretty boring and being overvalued because people forget that being anywhere in the Empire makes popping over to K8P approximately as easy as going from there because Mathilde can travel very fast... but it's explicitly talking about that much more defensible pass, and not the nigh-indefensible border princes area.
But boney has confirmed that the thing that will need to change is our job, not the place where we live...
... Is this supposed to bring to mind a certain "dog at computer" meme?
People do think the conquering is the issue, just not as the conqueror.
If we do that, we help Handrich push Ranald out of Marienburg.
That sounds like a mess I want nothing to do with.
Uh, Grey Wizard. Kind of too late for that.
Again, Grey Wizard. That comes baked in.
This... Is probably true. And we've seen in Vlag that it can communicate supernaturally directly to people, no rumor mill required.
We do have the Libre Mortis...
Again, again, Grey Wizard. A chunk of our soul has already been permanently replaced with ulgu, and every time we get an arcane mark it happens again. That's just our lifestyle.
"Stop having fun."
Adding onto this, a large part of our job as High Priest would be maintaining a good reputation and relationship with the various factions. Burning bridges with the Empire would be actively detrimental to our job, and so Ranald wouldn't do it because that would screw himself over.
That it's happening doesn't mean we should accelerate the process. I mean come on man, this is so similar to something else; everyone will die eventually, but it's not good or even neutral to accelerate people's deaths.
Yes of course someone called "Lupercal" is not interested in Empire-building....
Plus, would definitely improve the Ulrican opinion of Mandred. With us and Heidi getting him in good with Ranald and Shallya the Sigmarites would have to do a lot of favors for him just to keep up, or risk losing influence with the next probably Emperor entirely.I mean, Wolf's technically a part of us, can talk if necessary, and likes kids more than Mathilde with a fair experience in raising them. It makes a fair amount of sense.
...None? We have literally no offers pertaining to that. Every "build a fiefdom" offer we've gotten is off the canal's waterway.
The position being offered does not directly block the access of any prospective Waaaghs to the Empire. They might attack us on the way if it looks like fun, sure. Which... if they're large enough of a Waaagh to potentially be able to punch through the defenses on Black Fire Pass that have been built up over generations by a well-established full Elector County that has had access to both dwarves and wizards for commissions when desired (and can potentially call on the rest of the Empire for backup if necessary), means they could roll over anything we could plausibly build like it's no more than a minor speedbump. Which is, historically, exactly what happens to anything of substance that gets built in the Border Princes in between Waaaghs. Which is the main reason nobody with power is particularly interested in trying to build anything in the Border Princes; they'd rather do any new building behind their fortifications rather than in front of them. Especially since the Border Princes have nothing of particular value in them, given that the farmland is mediocre at best and the mineral deposits are unexceptional levels of common materials.
Maybe? But honestly, since literally neither of us is particularly interested in this one at present it feels a bit pointless to argue over this point any further, so I think I'll just drop it instead; hopefully that's alright by you.
Yes, you're likely more or less correct. Which frankly only makes the option sound even more boring to me.
Actually, we could take the position of High Priestess under a cover identity, using the Protector side of the coin. It would give us a huge advantage in that our enemies won't expect us to be a Lord Magister, and it'll let us do other things without political baggage after we finish the job up in Kislev.
If we want to be the next best thing since
At what point do you stop being Governor-General of a place that will never be secure and will never stop having problems to solve?
