Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26295802-20170105005032/@comment-26210095-20170111000713

ChazmanianDevil wrote:

Patrick.vtap wrote:

ChazmanianDevil wrote:

Auraestus wrote: Glosur nodded, before turning to the Tauredain, to get their input. The old man I described to DD2, recognized as high chieftain of the Tanakul, nods. "And what concessions would you have us make?" "Allow us free reign over the jungle coastline, which we may do whatever we like with, untaxed trade in the jungle, promise that merchants or any Umbarians in Tanakul lands will remain unharmed, free ancorage at any ports you have, and allow us to control the southern pass between the jungle and the dark lands. You shall allow Umbar to extract any mineral resources, if you have any, from your jungle that you have not exploited. And a guarantee that the lands and conditions named above shall be maintained for perpetuity. The man laughs, but he doesn't look like he finds it funny. "So let me get this straight. You would have us allow you to desecrate and rape our land of it's natural resources while utterly destroying any of our trade, use special tax conditions for Umbaran merchants that we don't even give our own merchants, promise to let your merchants do whatever they wish, anchor in our ports and suck out our trade for free, control one of the most beneficiary trading and fishing passes on this continent, take whatever you want from our lands, and moreso give up any right to revoke these terms? I must say princess, you have a hell of a lot of balls." "I don't have any balls, for that matter. But, onto the subject *ahem* at hand.. Well, to clarify, we don't want to, as you so crudely put it, 'desecrate and rape your land.' We are extracting natural resources. You do not have advanced mining tecnhiques, we do, and only we can properly utllize your natural resources to the best of our ability. We already almost fully control the Dark Lands pass and the coast from a military position, so you'd be wise to let us take the land so useless bloodshed over it can end. As for the merchants, a right to guarantee their safety is only natural, and will encourage beneficial trade, and the lack of taxation is to encourage trade to flow between our two prosperous nations. Will you not have peace, and alliance between us? The Tanakul alliance is trying to cause war and conflict without cause. You would be wise to accept such an offer swiftly, for it is the most merciful I will give." Miriel says this with passion inflected in her voice.

She whispers over to Pane "Once we get these deals from the Tauredain, our southern colonies will grow fat and rich, and we will have alllies to fight the Xin in Eastern Harad. Umbar is poised to take over the Xin's eastern colonies, as we increase our stranglehold on the south-east.A conflict with the Tauredain now would only weaken us. The Moredain will be dealt with soone enough, do not worry, they will bend the knee."