That is very true however if you can offer success and prosperity then that’s all you need your people to see. Essentially every civilization ever that’s fallen to rebellion usually falls because the people’s lot in life is so low that risking death is more bearable than living under the current government. There will be people who feel that way all the time however they are the minority. The natural instigators, it’s only when this becomes the mass consensus that you’re in for trouble.
If only i could find a way to destroy every hope that they would ever be free! Doesn’t matter! I will have the army by my side! They will learn that to rebel against me is a terrifying idea! And a quick death is a mercy i am not willing to give to those who defy me!
I will destroy the rest of the world so people in my city have no where to run (mwahahaha)
@SheaMcD As sadistic as that sounds… that’s actually a pretty soundly (although unreasonable) way to rule the world 
With no where else to go, people would have no where else to go but to turn toy ou.
Though, I doubt the economy could handle the strain from knocking out foreign trade.
@TheCorrupted 100% Tyranny, I wish you luck on your endeavors. Although beware, conquering others might not be as easy as you think with the people fearing to have you rule over them 
@Razgriz Course there’s always the means of keeping your people distracted. Place the blame elsewhere and all eyes will turn there. Be it a gladiatorial arena or a neighboring country to lust after.
@Dark_Stalker That my friend… is disturbing.
They were dignataries or ambassadors and refused to remove their turbans as a sign of respect to him saying it was part of their culture, he made it so the turbans would never come off…
I now want Vlad the impaler decorations Round up the prisoners and peasants. They will serve their country as fear tactics or soldiers!
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You learn something new every day, I gotta say that is one thing I hadn’t known before… how intriguing.
If only he existed in out world 
Sadly, or in some cases, gladly, the following chapter (After halloween special) Comes meeting your fellow nobles (mostly ruining your reputation and incoming wars and a bit of conquest).
Even tyrants have a sense of things, but just how far would you be willing to go in corruption? Would you cover up the murder of a street urchin by the hands of a powerful noble for the sake of honor and saving face, against the odds of the wealth and influence of said noble?
Would you welcome your guest with open hospitality to show that you are prepared for war if they so much as consider trouble, welcome them with open arms as is customary, or betray the laws of hospitality and kill them within your own halls.
Oh yes it’s extremely popular tactic by many governments in our world and in this one. After all why have people looking at you and criticizing your style of governing when you can distract them with something petty?
It really is a matter of what opportunities I’m given. If I’m given the option to invade another country,suffer relatively low casualties and manage to expand my land and my coffers I will. See the trick is to offer a better quality of life than they had before. Or at the least keep that quality of life at an even tilt. After all kings and titles mean nothing to the man working the fields. Only that the man with the crown and titles doesn’t take the very last coin he has left.
Remember to always pay assassins to wear colors and emblems the target has a known problem with
That’s very much true isn’t it. I’ll have to investigate more into opportunities.
Haha, a smart way to go isn’t it. Be careful you don’t become fooled by the same trick 
As for the guest option that you made. It would certainly depend on what exactly his/her country meant to mine o a political stage. If they had their armies on my borders and prepare for war then I’d have him killed so that I could make it look like he tried to assassinate me so that my armies are leaderless. Or I’d take him hostage and threaten him with torture and death should they not make their armies stand down.
However were it any other circumstance I would be kind and courteous to my guests
That’s why you keep the assassin until you know who did it.
An army preparing to march upon your hold, yet the leader, with only a couple guards, intends to assassinate you? I doubt the story will hold with the rest of the world. Rumors will spread and although victory may be easier if not end the war, I doubt the death/torture of said leader will bode well for you in future endeavors.
Or do you insist that one nation can dominate without allys or the use of diplomacy?
@Dark_Stalker wouldn’t it just be something if your torture master was in league with the assassin…
Or I could simply tell it as it is though I do believe Artemis is more than capable of coming up with a believable lie on her own for a cover story. After all I can forge any evidence I need.
Or I can simply tell them that they ordered me to surrender or they’d attack. Being no coward I drew my sword and refused his order. If he wishes to declare war on me I’m happy to oblige but know that there will be no mercy one way or another.
I’m perfectly fine with allies and I can certainly believe that conquest can be done without them. Though I’d much rather have a strong loyal friend at my countries side should war break out.
The torture/death of said leader is only if he intends to make war upon me. Their soldiers will not be gentle should they get inside the city. Should one warmonger have to go through an inferno of pain so that the masses may survive then I will bear the brunt of my actions.
Beware your actions especially for the sake of The Laws of Hospitality.
The laws inciting that no harm shall befall a guest of a house nor shall harm befall the host who grants hospitality onto a guest.
Perhaps there is wisdom in heeding your words but what qualifies as a guest and what qualifies as a snake getting ready to strike? Surely there is a difference between killing a dignitary entering your kingdom. And a foreign king entering your very home offering you demands to see your kingdom surrendered.
“Be polite, be professional, but always have a plan to kill everyone you meet.”
In the end everyone that graces your presence desires to benefit from you. To what decree, that’s what it all depends on. Though is it not a matter of formality to send an offer of surrender before the battle. Or would you prefer to shout your diplomacy from the battlements?
I would incite, don’t kill the messenger but in this case, the very enemy is the enemy leader. True they mean you harm, but then again they are not directly assaulting you in your keep.
Stay the blood of your enemy from your carpet, lest your own be spilled in your courtyard
Can you say you would trust your neighbor so much to visit them , even to visit them for practical reasons, if under circumstances the blood of their enemy was spilled in the very room you intend to meet them? Similar to that of being cornered, you would question everything you say so that they wouldn’t feel cornered.
I suppose there is wisdom in this. If I may ask, where exactly does the hospitality laws end? When they’re outside my keep or outside my gate? If it’s the latter then I’m sure I can grab a few capable archers as he rides off.
If I were going to my allies home where they spilled the blood of their enemies I’d have the common courtesy of not bringing an army to their doorstep. I have no ideas of conquest for their land and feel perfectly fine with working with someone like that. Besides if they’re willing to kill someone in their home then they’ll need a partner to maintain their independence. They wouldn’t threaten me lest they intend to throw themselves before the wolves known as other nations. They’d pick apart that country without a seconds thought.
The laws of hospitality derives from ones home, in this case a nobles home. Even bandits are subject to the law as a dignitary. It is a deed of the foulest form to bring harm to one under it’s law.
Generally the law is limited only to one’s home, though it can be interpreted as ones land, or even as much as ones territory. However it is only dictated and ensured for the period of stay under the host’s roof.
Furthermore, the law protects only guests. Thus one that a meal is shared with or officially welcomed, allowed to be seated.
I suppose you could kill them the moment they leave your keep, thought hat still wouldn’t reflect very well on you. Even outside your gates would be a strange place to do things. It is an unspoken right of nobility to ensure the safety of a dignitary until they are outside the (walls if night/private matters) (gates of territory if official) Thus a noble can be safely escorted out of one’s land.
However for practical reasons. I doubt any noble would come visiting without an escort in wait, let alone troops ready to move in, at the very least guards at the keep gate to escort out.
However if you are meeting an enemy leader, I’m sure you would be meeting them in the embassy which is within view of the keep, but outside your walls all the same. An equal distance from the enemy lines and the keep.
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- Although I previously fixed where the demo ended I skipped over a chapter or so on accident by not adding them to the scenes files… but that’s been officially fixed.
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I got this, even after I read pretty much everything you can.
