Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20170505112915/@comment-26863727-20170515032044

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Dragonbiscuit wrote:

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

Aramirtheranger wrote:

Aramirtheranger wrote: The Morgul Lord wrote:

The Morgul Lord wrote:

Aramirtheranger wrote: Virgil sends for Eradan and the lord of Anorien. Eradan reports back, having organized his soldiers in the defensive manner he wanted.

"You summoned me?" Aramir? "I'm sending Tacitus away with three quarters of my Tempestatii and half the cavalry. I've decided on a tactic we don't usually resort to, known as Contingency Order 37. We're going to send Ioreth a message saying that if the city does not surrender, we will destroy five royalist-controlled villages and all who dwell within. If she refuses, we do so and demand surrender again, adding that the cycle will repeat until either she does surrender or we run out of villages, at which point we move on to royalist towns, starting with the smallest and working our way upward to the actual cities. Some prominent inhabitants however, are captured and crucified where they can see them from the walls. Barbaric, I know, but war is cruelty and one cannot refine it. The crueler and more total it is the shorter it is. The message is already sent, and I'm simply waiting for a response." (Did you see this Malta? The Atmorans sent a message threatening mass slaughter of civilians if Minas Tirith doesn't surrender!) Yeah, which was ignored. It's a good thing Gondor isn't elective cause, RIP your approval ratings xD Not necessarily. At the same time, the rebels are now going around sanctioning the murder of citizens. Me refusing to surrender to such threats is akin to refusing to surrender the citizenry to such an enemy, in a way. In that they slaughter five villages, rinse and repeat until they either get a positive response or run out of Gondorians.