SmokyBat - Started

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

I wish to remind Pythium of the terms of our territorial pact.
Isen Hills (168) happens to be mine. In exchange, I did not invade 150, or 157, despite you leaving them unoccupied so long. I may have been occupied by a spat of barbarians, but I still once owned 168, and by the terms of our original treaty, it belongs to me. I respectfully request you withdraw from that province. If I do not receive any forms of diplomatic communique, I will consider it a hostile act, and act as Agartha is slow to do.

[CelestialGoblyn]

Pythium will withdraw.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Agartha is most grateful. Agartha is about to attack Pangaea and would like to cement positive diplomatic relations. Is there anything I might do along those lines? Any trades you are interested in?

[CelestialGoblyn]

Pythium cannot give any guarantees, nor enter any pacts with Agartha.
We would only be motivated to enter a non-agression pact if territorial concessions would be made.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

I wasn't talking about non-aggression pacts, per se. I wasn't interested in treaties, since the one we have covers our border sufficiently as a simple division of territorial lines, but rather was wondering if there was some trade or action that would be mutually beneficial, and thus encourage peace as a simple matter of action.

Ulm, for instance, is getting a beneficial exchange rate of gems. There's a benefit to maintaining peace with me, for him, above and beyond the benefits of simply not being at war.

I'm looking for a way to increase the Value of peace. Not as a means to purchase a treaty, but to actually include a factor that makes it in your own best interest to maintain positive relations.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

It's a good thing I already took death scales. The only two death sites I found are both a Well of Pestilence, at +1 each.

Most of my random gem events have been kind enough to hand me death.

I don't believe I ever saw an anonymous assassination before... and it showed up as an "unexpected event" in a completely illogical place.

So, while it makes me uncomfortable, I'll assume none of my neighbors had anything to do with it.

But then again... looking at another province, the assassin in my territory was clearly Pythium's. This one wasn't trying to assassinate, at least not yet, but it's also quite troubling.

I'll have to reallocate my forces. Hopefully it will only be a matter of caution, but I have to prepare for war with Pythium. At the moment, I'll restrict myself to sealing off my lands and finding (and killing), any assassins in my lands.

[llamabeast]

There is a random assassination event where you get attacked by a ninja. That's the only one I know of. But I don't think there's any way anyone could assassinate you and make it look like an unexpected event.