Talk:Events of the year 3 DY

Under the section Demesne of the Damned(11/17) it was stated that: On the mainland, Erzoth, buttressed by heavily armored allies and mercenaries from Mardur, again sallied forth against the warriors to their south-east. Despite displaying the colors of Alliance, Erzoth claimed them to be little more than bandits, and set upon them in short order. However in the chaotic melee the lightly armored skirmishers were again able to rebuke those that trespassed against them, without taking casualty. When one of the warriors questioned Thorne, before he fell, as to why he led his country against those defending their sovereign territory, Thorne replied: "Because we're being paid good gold.".

I have conferred with people who were there at the event and they said that they did not recall Erzoth claiming them to be little more then bandits so I would inquire to the source of this information? I was not there this event and as this slanders on my countries good name I figured it would be best to look into it.

-Alaric

On the FB group members of Erzoth have referred to them as bandits on several occasions. That bit is just me reconciling what has been said with what has happened in game.

If you guys don't care for that, it's easily amended; it can be hard to differentiate what is meant to be said strictly OOC. After all, mechanically (on the encounter chart), they are "bandits." However encounters are often re-skinned*, and the "bandits" have never given any indication they are anything except survivors of Alliance.
*(it would be redundant to have four encounters that are exactly the same, except with different names)

I try to keep things unbiased in the log, but if Mardur kills orcs/goblyns, the Explorers kill "pinkie" members of defunct contries, or Legion kills peaceful intelligent Dargarth denizens, I'm not going to ignore it. And since the stated mission of Erzoth (on the wiki and multiple times in person) is to protect the people of Alliance, and twice now Erzoth has attacked the same group of Alliance citizens, that might need to be reconciled. ;)

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~ Rasheab (talk) 01:41, 12 December 2013 (PST)

I believe on the FB group the people who referred to them as bandits were more referring to what they were in the encounter not stating they were bandits. I don't feel as if the facebook group is the best place to get IC statements from. I understand that reskinning encounters is a good way to keep things interesting but reskinning brigands as either brigands disguised as Alliance men or just actually Alliance men(I was never really sure if it was one or the other), and then having them fight the country who is trying to protect the former citizens and having them refuse all forms of negotiation(lets be real nothing we could've said would've convinced you guys not to attack us) feels a bit gamey to me. Its a good way for countries to mess with each other by NPCing as other peoples encounters and being like "Hey guys I'm from this thing you promised to do but now I'm going to attack you". Just saying my opinion on the matter there and if I'm misinformed about anything sorry.

-Vaiird (talk)11:29, 16 December 2013 (PST)

P.S. I remembered this time