>>5680821Jazkarmel’s eyes widen, and for a moment you fear you overstepped… But then she laughs, and reaches out to squeeze your shoulder.
“Dragons are so direct!” she teases you. “I like the way you think… But you want Wevenore stable, do you not? Civil war will get in the way of us sending you allies… Aside from all the reasons we’d dislike it. Solinsyr might not even win… And definitely not quickly, and without cost.”
You get her meaning. King Solinsyr lacks the support of enough of his people’s elite class to direct Wevenore as a unified political entity and make real gains. Overthrowing this shared power dynamic would ALSO take unification—of the soldier class, whoa re distributed among private militias of the various noble-houses. A frustrating circumstance, you imagine—or don’t need to imagine, as it frustrates your vision for how Wevenore might be integrated into your new Dark Empire as a vassal state as well. Ah, the flightiness of elves…
What will you do?
>Pledge to stabilize Bloodrise forthwith, and send invitation for the excess population of Wevenore to begin moving to the Drow-delineated territories therein>Promise that you will send war-spoils and trade-goods back to Wevenore upon your return—ample enough to lend legitimacy to the neophyte King of Elves you there installed>Offer military aid in imposing the new king’s new law—when the war in Bloodrise is finished, as you hope it soon will be—you will send your forces to help subjugate the rebellious elf-princes>Write-in 