Choice of Rebels: Uprising — Lead the revolt against a bloodthirsty empire!

[Norilinde]

@idonotlikeusernames

Also keep in mind that if there’s anyone with valid territorial claims against us/the Hegemony it would be them on account of theurges constantly trying to push the border further into their lands. I think the original goal would have been to drive them into the sea eventually.

So that may need to be addressed regardless of their propaganda as it would actually be a very valid grievance.

Good point. My MC would probably be willing to extradite captured senior Hegemony leaders for trial and punishment by Broracha. Junior Hegemony officials and other enemies of the rebellion could be extradited for hard labor in construction projects or the like. It is hard to imagine the new state being able to afford or willing to pay reparations. Maybe in addition to extraditions, rebellion wisards could be sent for a time as an act of good will to help with civilian construction projects or medical wisardry. Both would also serve as good practice for the rebellion’s wisards.

@idonotlikeusernames

Yes there are, I believe the Hegemony has even mapped some of them with their theurges and have knowledge of more. I think there’s a throwaway line about it either in game or in one of @Havenstone 's comments on the old thread.

@idonotlikeusernames Thanks for mentioning that. I think I found the post you meant or something like it anyway.

@idonotlikeusernames

That’s a slight difference with my mc too, while mine would tolerate regional languages fluency in Koine would always come first in the new education system. Besides that he would of course promote foreign languages. While the regions are certainly allowed to teach their own language in addition to that they would need to find the time and money for it by themselves as it’s not really going to be promoted by the central government.

My MC would be fine with regional languages holding equal status and funding with the federal lingua franca (which currently seems likely to be Koine) as long as people are fluent in Koine or whatever takes its place. If regional governments wanted official documents and signs in their regional languages, that would be acceptable as long as the same text was also present in Koine or its replacement.

@idonotlikeusernames

You know we already know the helot mc has lots of “family” in the camps, so I always thought the Hegemony might have tracked one of them down and used them for the plektoi.

Quite possibly. My point though is that with the MC in the Xaos-lands, I am aware of no plot reason why the Hegemony could not use their tracking technique on some other rebel who is still with the band.