[Discuss] Beluaterra's unending Daimon invasion.

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 1 Jul 2008 at 7:25, Dominic wrote:

> To be fair, I believe Sint killed Ashborn before being with the
> daimons.

Nope. I remember messages about the daimons calling for rivers of Ashborn 
blood. And don't forget Bocephus complaining vehemently: "It was *not* *Sint* 
breaking their non-aggression treaty with Ashborn, it was a bunch of daimons, 
and the fact that the daimons had Sint banners really meant nothing, because, 
you see, they weren't really Sint. They were daimons. Can't you see the 
difference?" That was around the time my character started calling Bocephus a 
liar and a coward.

> I'm not sure Avalon really used them much, as it turned on
> them not long after, and I don't think they used it.

I do remember the Avalon daimon going on several looting and killing sprees. If 
I remember correctly it happened to be in areas that were beneficial to Avalon. 
My memory on the specifics of that is kinda fuzzy.

> As for RoF, as
> for a few realms, they never asked for them.

"Did not ask" != "Did not use"

> First they got Silent
> who, obviously, was rather silent. When the king said "No, we aren't
> fighting anyone", he pretty much left, despite how his political
> oppenents secretly attempled to manipulate the daimon into doing their
> deeds for them. Later, Rampaging joined, I can't even remember
> (selective memory, perhaps), but I think he might have been the one
> who torched Fwuvoghor down to the ground. RoF was cripled when I took
> power, its capital sieged by daimons immediatly after a successful
> rebellion (hell, they killed all the loyalist forces which made the
> rebels succeed). Melegra was lost, and RoF was on the danger line for
> a long time, overthrowing the TO many times, neighbours unwilling to
> help and Summoner's undead valiently slain using the wrong settings
> and therefore causing no damage. Then, a daimon joined, he rallied the
> daimons and did civil work, helped repair. None knew what he wanted,
> but he sure made things interesting. Most of RoF hated the thing
> though, especially its ruler, but since he couldn't kill it himself,
> he sent it against Avalon, who had wanted it to die, and who had
> insulted him just a few days before. He would have killed Avalon with
> it, and then attacked Riombara (if the daimon would have stayed that
> long), but never did he want the daimons to remain, so RoF never acted
> to prolonge the daimons as far as I know (can't say for the republican
> forces). JO also shared almost everything he knew with the other
> rulers (and unlike most, with his realm-mates, all of them), he simply
> didn't give his sources so he was labelled as a raving madman.

RoF, like several other realms, used the daimons for it's own purposes. True, 
you may not have personally wanted the daimons to stay in power for ever, but 
you did actively use the daimons for your benefit, when the opportunity 
presented itself.

> Another thing that probably made people shy of sharing is the fear of
> being cut-off, the fear that if the inhuman factions learned than an
> individual was spreading their words to the whole word, they'd stop
> telling them things, and they'd be left in to dark with the ignorant
> mass. That's why JO never gave quotes, anyways, and recapitulated what
> he was told (well, to foreigners, I think he simply copied the
> messages for his realm-mates).

That's quite possible.

> Also, I don't think I ever heard of the League of Champions... what is
> this?

I've heard the name, but don't know anything about it.

> As for the daimon worship closing down... Why did it, anyways?

I have no idea. That was one of the more terrifying weapons the daimons had, 
though. You can fight and kill daimon armies. You can't fight the daimon 
worshipers.


-- 
Rob

Yes, it does kill brain cells - but only the weak ones.




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