>>5868099>>5868179>>5868342>"You will support me in recruiting an army from the population of the province and finance it with taxes from the commoners. Besides that, you will assist in any administrative matters that may be necessary, like providing equipment for soldiers, organizing supply and the construction of golems. In exchange, I will leave your family treasures - your artifacts and whatnot - alone. You will also be provided enough wealth to live comfortably.">Do not meet them individually>have them elect a liaison to interface with usExcerpt from the diary of Kaledorn Noltec dated 17th of Mercy.
"We met Mephaestus Ferro today. It was a day to remember. After crushing the head of Corel in front of us to punish him for providing equipment to the militia, he requested our services as lords under him.
We agreed, naturally. Not like we had any choice.
The war has taken many men from us. More have died at the hands of the golems. But we will need to raise yet more for our new lord. May Mercy, Love and Hope look over them.
The others have elected me as their liaison with lord Ferro. I suppose it makes sense, since I was the leader of the province before. I am sure it will be hard to work with him. He tried not to show it, but... his eyes when he killed Corel. Full of glee and a sense of superiority. He scares me. But as the lord of Acen, I will have to guide it through these dark times, like my father, and before him, my grandfather in the time of the Lords' War.
At least he did not take Lorntan. The sword remains in the vaults of our mansion. I do not know whether to feel grateful for this benevolence or horrified at being at the mercy of this man.
We have also discussed the methods of recruitment. I stated openly that the men were tired from war and all the volunteers had already marched off back when King Astra himself gathered the armies from the lands. We will have to convince the remaining ones to take up arms somehow..."
>"...In spite of my advice about offering an extra reward for soldiers, lord Ferro decided to use force of arms as an argument in favour of conscription. "I will give them a choice: to serve or to die." He said. This may lead to a rebellion, where I'll have to be careful which side to pick... But perhaps Mephaestus's golems will keep the men-at-arms in check. He ordered the construction of hundreds of new ones, after all.">"...Lord Ferro agreed to use the taxes and the wealth he has accumulated while preparing his conquest for providing extra pay for the soldiers. This should yield us a thousand recruits, maybe more. Greedy ones, but recruits nonetheless. In addition to the golems being constructed, they will make a fine army.">Write-in approach to conscripting new recruits 