>>5713023The claim itself is small time until you factor in the compounding of a Crusade and the potential for Emille to be a key mover in it.The house of Ardenne is effectively dead so ducal rights are up for grabs for anyone with clout to take it and Emilles potential sainthood and cult could factor immensely in strengthening any gains therein. Marrying Vancewell and achieving her ambition with the circumstances could mean a serious chance at claiming a powerful lordship if not the duchy itself with both the manpower and adjacent political power to enforce it and frankly I think the divisions in the crown are severe enough to be exploitable by as you say throwing a wrench into the gearbox of their politics.
Not to mention Ardenne returning to the fold is a direct challenge to Romanie authority in the region, particularly if there is a strong revachism to pivot to Ardeene's restoration like so many Romanie lords and knights dream of. Under peak ambition conditions we'd have basically the foundation of an effective control over a large share of the western hemisphere of Canton, access if not control of a major port to the Cathaggi trade that would disrupt Pascae trade power, probable monopoly over mining extraction in Canton and any western trade which could occur in Canton including wastelander horses.
Pic related, red is theoretically montbruns extent, blue Ardenne's, green is Romanie.
>we've got no real idea the lengths of The Faction or where its going and Vancewell is smack dab in the middle of it.While true I think that Hast had sided with the kingsmen for reasons that aren't clear but the Vancewells cleary have a extraction relationship with the Duke of montbrun that is in its waning benifits for them and has clearly built up benificial relationships with the crown/kingsmen.
Where Frida stands on this I can't say but I doubt shes strongly invested in the faction outside of her own benifits which I imagine we could try to sway to our own ends, at least if we succed in courting her.
>Seperately, I'd love to get a cape made out of something incredibly dangerous also I don't think our sword actually has a Scabbard and making one out of a Turtlewolf could be nice.Turtlewolf shield when? 