And what assurances/gestures/concessions would you give to the other nations, in order to assure them that Eclect-influenced Shayard would not rise to become the next Hegemony (to replace the current Karagond regime)?
@poison_mara Which endgame CHA/INT distribution did you have in mind? (and do you skew more towards CHA, or towards INT, or a near-perfect balance?)
@Havenstone @Ramidel Does anybody have screenshots/links describing the game interface’s “power level descriptions” of increasing INT/CHA stats?
I vaguely remember that INT 5 was the equivalent of an Ennearch, and that INT 6 “speaks as if they embodied the voice of the Angels.”
To quote Havie from the previous Uprising thread: “There will definitely be the option for very close ties to the Abhuman Federation, including potentially some form of union with it as and when the southern Wards fall.”
Boss Baby: Theurgic Edition
Case in point: a CHA-specializing aristo MC who tries advocating for a “the helots should be treated as our equals” agenda ends up ruining his/her plan to get on Ismene de Galis’ good side (during G1’s Architelone subplot).
Will an anti-imperialist Homelander MC (who wishes to restore Shayard to its original borders or at least maintain the current archonty-era borders) be potentially called out for hypocrisy? (By the Shayardene cities who enjoyed independence prior to being absorbed/conquered into the pre-Hegemony Shayardene Empire)
I’m very curious to find out what dialogue options will be available to those of us who will want to reconcile a “no more empires” message with a “Shayard must stay whole” message. E.g. “the post-Hegemony, Shayardene koinon will give all Shayardenes a voice/seat at the table!”
@Havenstone, I was recently moved/inspired by a “GoT Season 8 fix-it” fanfic named Dreams of Spring (in which Jon and Daenerys found a compromise between the North’s desire for autonomy and Jon/Daenerys’ respective claims to the Iron Throne, thus making meaningful steps towards achieving “Pax Targaryena… the Targaryen peace”).
Without going into too much details/spoilers, I feel as that Jon and Dany’s newly created faction (the High Kingdom) might embody the idealized monarchical koinon I’d like for some of my MCs to eventually create.
Could a monarchical koinon’s power-sharing boundary be established as suggested: “The rest of the koinon’s members will be required/expected to follow (militarily superior) Shayard’s lead in mutual defense/maintaining territorial integrity, but maintain independence with regards to handling their own domestic matters.”
I also think that the following quoted fanfic reader comments (about the component nations of the High Kingdom) may be equally applicable to monarchical koinon MC’s plans on negotiating with the ex-Hegemony archonties:
1- “these “independent” kingdoms would have to pay more for their privileges, likely through additional taxes or services not levied on their other realms.”
2- “A trade-off between political privilege and financial responsibility sounds good. If you wanted to expand on that a little with the hint that some regions might renegotiate their status in the near future then that should be good enough.”