>>5711876>>5711945>>5712081It is optimistic good sir.
>>5712228>>5712290>>5712514To be sincere, as much as I admire the Emperor (even if I am more of a Royalist of course), Napoleon lost more men in the summer of the Russian campaign than in winter and it was more distances, bad protection of the flanks by his subordinates (Schwarzenberg being too prudent with his austrians on the south and Oudinot and Gouvion Saint-Cyr being beaten by Wittgenstein on the north) while choosing to pursue towards Moscow in a gamble instead of waiting at Smolensk, Vitebsk on in Wilno. In my humble opinion it was more Napoleon's ambition and hubris that lead him to defeat than the cold.
>>5712329>>5712424Despite the fact that you wanted to march on the Darkplace lands and kill everyone there you understood that it was not the best time to do it. Winter was near and the castle would be full of provisions while the food will be more and more scarce in the campaigns around. If you had to raise some hundred levies they would, without good provisions, starve and a siege would be impossible, the defender's supplies outlasting yours many times.
So you told your brave councillor.
-A military expedition, especially near winter, is perilous, we should find a better way to avenge ourselves.
Oldfossil agreed, telling you.
-Of course, I can only agree.
-Yes, plus, if some assassin's try to kill me we can turn them around if God gives them back their souls, I have thought about the sign and maybe it was what that meant. That redemption was possible.
The old man looked not convinced and answered.
-I disagree my lord. If I may explain myself, you were very lucky, first lucky to not be poisoned. If an assassin kills you before you could offer him redemption how could you offer him redemption at all ? Secondly we had a girl who was not into killing, and, as she said herself, most of them become accustomed to kill and like their lives, they would not understand the importance of the salvation of their souls. Or only get them back to betray us later, such is the ingratitude of the people with an evil alignment. Thirdly, if we talk too loudly about this, and denounce the disgusting soul practices of the assassin's guild we risk to face not the students but the masters of this powerful guild and that would be very detrimental on your life span my lord. Of course they would, as per custom, send their weaker minions first before sending higher ranked ones but even the weakest are more dangerous than the girl that they have sent.
