Thread:Treebeard1010102/@comment-4960835-20160616143431/@comment-4960835-20160627102515

Wow, I ony got that notification now. At least that means my wall is back in order - at least mostly.

A clarification on my part: the Waptoria do not want the Xonexi to be gone. Unlike the Triumvirate, their goal has never been to force the Xonexi out of Mirus - and you have my word, it never will be. The Waptoria want peace, wich is why they supported supported the status quo. I assume France supported it for the same reason.

So why this, then? It seems paradoxical that the Waptoria would support the Talven - that would seemingly against their intrests.

Two of the three powers that make up the Triumvirate are amongst the closest, if not the closest allies the Waptoria currently have. They still wield considarable influence, which, like a creeping poison, ineroxably spreads trough the Waptoria if given the time. In comparison, their alliance with France only happened a short moment ago. On top of that, there exists the public opinion that the alliance with France was forced - and given how bottom-up the Waptoria work, this matters enormously.

In fact, negotiating with the Talven brings with it the advantage in shaping the eventual war plans. You can see where this is going - the Waptoria will try to play both sides. Using their influecnce ion the Talven, they will do their best to keep the war out of Mirus - but if France could just be weakened just that little bit further, the balance in Mirus would shift -not much- but just enough for a new status quo to be established. It is not one in which the Xonexi will be powerless - The Waptoria need them as they need the Waptoria - but it will be slightly pro-Mirusian. That way, by taking away the point of anger, the Waptoria hope to pacify the Triumvirate and establish a Mirus that can truly be stable.

I know it's dirty - but to be fair, I've never played dirty with the Waptoria before ;)