Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150109114215/@comment-25683991-20150124132952

Pacman the great wrote: Luciun read the dispatches from the men of the Reach. Apparently they were merely killing corrupt officials in the Silent Night. Tell the refugees that, he thought to himself. Although he had no desire to invade the Reach, he was sure the refugees would insist on it. Fortunately for him, they held no political power. He figured he could probably get them into the army if he claimed he was preparing to invade Markarth, but that might antagonize Madanach. He supposed that the Forsworn couldn't put up an effective resistance to a well disciplined army, and he could create an alliance with the many pockets of resistance in the Reach. For him, he had to act now or never. It didn't aid him in his goals, but he could see the value of a buffer zone. Unfortunately, the south was devoid of forts.

In the end, he decided against open intervention in the Reach itself. If they attacked him, his army would be much better equipped for an open field battle anyway. He was going to claim Fort Sungrad, though. He wrote some letters to his nobles, explaining his intent to muster some forces and invade the northwest parts of Falkreth. He had a force of perhaps 1000 to call on. It was small, but he reckoned that it would be enough to subdue the bandits in the region, and force most of them to surrender. He also wrote a letter to Madanach.

Your most esteemed majesty, Madanach,

''I wish only for peace between our great peoples. It is because of this desire for peace that I write to you now. I ask that, in your benevolence, you accept and do not contest our claims on Bilegulch Mine and Fort Sungrad. I realise that this is a territroy close to your land, however, I believe that if we share borders in the mountains, it will prevent any aggresion from foreign peoples, and enable us to make a strong alliance, sure to succeed'. I have heard the lies spread against your great rulership, and I know that you only removed from power those who would try to fool and impoverish your people. I believe we must stand together to spread truth to the world.''

Your friend and ally,

Jarl Luciun.

Madanach received the letter from Falkreath, he opened it up and read it. He didn't like sudden messages from people he didn't message, but he read it anyway.

A Jarl from Falkreath, I hold no claims on Sungrad and Bilegulch, I suppose he could have it.

"Arkos, come here a moment please, and bring a map of Skyrim from the Fourth Era."

Arkos came jogging from the the kitchen. "Yes my king." He said as he ordered a servant to get a map from the library. A few minutes passed as the servant gave the map to Arkos.

"Here you are my king." Arkos handed the map to Madanach, who opened it up and found Fort Sungrad and Bilegulch Mine under the rule of Falkreath Hold. He closed the map and put it aside.

"Arkos, get me a quill and paper, I have a message to write."

Arkos obeyed his king and jogged getting what Madanach asked for. "Here you are my king."

Madanach took the quill and paper and wrote a letter. Attaching it to one of his ravens and ordering Arkos to send the raven to Falkreath. To the jarl of Falkreath.

''I have received your letter to me, and I say, Sungrad and Bilegulch are yours, for in the last era, they were not of the Reach, but of Falkreath. I allow you to have troops stationed there and I allow you to scout a little around those two locations. Another thing, a trade agreement could benefit our peoples, perhaps we could arrange a meeting in person so we may discuss terms?''

From King Madanach VI.