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“Indeed. But dealing with the Secret Families as well as Halmeggia may become inevitable later, to subvert the Duke. It is only an option. The other obvious approach is to aid the Police Chief in stomping out the criminal family and Halmeggian influence. To besiege the Mayoral Hall and treat it as a war for Vitelia. Such open rioting and violence would probably bring quite a lot of attention, on the other hand.”
“Then the more subtle option,” you said, “The election coming up. The Magistrate would rather keep his seat than be forced out, wouldn’t he? We have enough potential demonstrators to sway public opinion. Even the Secret Families cannot falsify an election that is guarded by the Aurora Legion. We can either threaten him with that fact, perhaps sweeten the deal with some motivational money, or we can bypass him and just support his opposition, and then with the new Mayor, aid the police in bringing down the criminal underworld.”
Antonia raised an eyebrow and sniffed. “That would be elegant, but the one problem is the time needed.”
She referred to the fact that the county mayoral elections (for those which were free cities and counties, at least) were rippled in timing from south to north, and even though the south’s affairs were handled first, Halmaluce’s elections would only come in the midst of March. You could be spending much time waiting, perhaps riskily. Also, while you didn’t have a hard time limit to take over the Province, it would do no favors to anybody, yourself least of all, to be slow and ineffective at doing so.
The time to decide had come, however…
>Meet with the Chief of Police. You were once a constable yourself. Even if it made Halmaluce a battleground, was it not proper for Vitelia to restore its ownership of its own city? To free its own citizens? Perhaps the Duke would even appreciate the support, though it was certainly not requested.
>Act with pragmatism in mind. A quick meeting with the Halmeggians and the Secret Family could see any puppet you like placed in charge of the county, potentially, so long as you were their steadfast ally. It would be a good prelude to working with them further, as well.
>Try to negotiate with the Duke’s Magistrate of Halmaluce to fortify his election. As a civil servant, he had to know how well a hostile populace could be motivated against its leaders in a democratic selection…and it would be a fair one…
>Was this not a Revolution by the people? There was little need to work with anybody or make any wars. Find the opposition to the Halmeggians and the Secret Family and do your part to make sure they win. Even if it would take time, you would not owe anything to anybody.
>Other?
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>Raise any Revolutionary Leagues, Arm/Train any? Other movements or actions to take?
