To: King Edguar, Master of the Heavenly Kingdom of Etass
From: Sarrukan-sar, High-King of Hyak, Avatar of Takarzi
Your requests are beginning to tire me, Edguar. You may accept what I have offered you, or you may reject it. I believe I have made my offers sufficiently clear. Nothing stops you from influencing the northern trade routes, just as traders from Ortun and Bablae have spread across Hyak and beyond. However, over these routes you will not wield sole authority.
You may accept my offer as it is, with all that it contains. You will rule your own lands as I have designated. You may commence these construction projectss on your own, should you so desire. Everything else I have promised will be upheld as written. Your enthusiasm to fight and willingness to recognize Takarzi's rightful position are noted with approval, but you would do well to not push my limits in the midst of these negotiations. If my terms are unacceptable to you, then you are at liberty to fight me. I desire to create a new ally from a strong and respected rival, not a to subsidize an uncooperative kingdom within my own borders.
BY THE WAY GUYS!!!!!
6 Months left, more or left, in the seige of Etass. Attack, counter attack, blah blah. Most important news here is that half the Hurrians got to the other side while the other half drowned via Rammage by curraghs. This is to say that the Garrison is now only outnumbered 3-2, with food running out faster but a chance of doing something.
MEANWHILE
Viria and Parusha start preparing armies, supposedly to fight the Medean menace.
Hurrian battlelines stabilize, Etassite Hurrians use archers to harass supply barges of Hyak.
Mini-updates are back as an option. Will Levea wish to take this advantage?
How did the Etass-aligned Hurrians get across the river in such great numbers without any naval force prepared, out of curiosity?
To: Parusha, Danae and the Levantine League
From: Hyak
Halt this nonsense at once.
To my allies in Parusha: I would be most pleased to see your great warriors marching under my aegis, but this spat is foolish and distasteful to me. Calm yourself, for proper battles lie elsewhere, and we shall taste much of this combat in the near future.
To my neighbours in the Levant: For a nation that styles itself as a keeper of peace, you have done an astoundingly poor job in recent months. While you behave as a man of business, you speak with the bearing of a prideful soldier- which of these two things do you desire to be? You cannot be both. Your provocation of the Aramyans was entirely unnecessary, and inflames a conflict that, while it promised to be a good fight, provided a distraction the likes of which I have exceedingly limited interest.
Were it not for the oath of my father Naran, I would have half a mind to allow Parusha and Danae to march across into your lands- perhaps even with myself at their lead. However, this rash response is not in keeping with my doctrine, and I have little interest in seeing your lands engulfed in a war of my own design.
To all, war approaches us on all sides. If you seek more amongst your own Levean ranks, then your devotion to Takarzi is noted, but your long term ability to sustain the war god will be called into question.