Oriisius Considered the Envoy before him, he had a good mind to have him killed, he had never been insulted like this before.
"Tell your chiefs that if they comes we will meet them. But be warned for the Flaming Sword of Oposios[1] shall purge you and your bretheran from your god-forsaken lands,"
The Envoy left, escorted by the Guards, Oriisius doubted that they truly intended to invade Thearak, they lacked the will power to do so, he mentally deceided to have arrangements made to reinforce the border, and inform the garrison commanders that another drawn out series of skirmishers was to break out. [2]
And then Oriisius began to discuss with his generals other matters, a Priest was present and they began to ponder bringing light to those who had fallen into darkness; tales of the destruction north of the Mountains had reached even Thearak usually on the backs of savage horsemen and plagues, these had susbsided somewhat; an expedition should be organised to attempt contact with the faithfull. The Priest had expressed great fears of those north of the Kotthorn Mountains being driven into Istria's Arms, and this would not stand....
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A few weeks later Oriisius had a sudden change on heart on how serious the Kratoian envoy had been, the border had been strangely quiet, and of course word had reached him through his spies that the nations of Duroc and Piatrata had been marshelling their armies for unknown reasons, logistical stockpiles being built up, Oriisius gathered his council and thus began a set of deep conversations and debates on how to deal with the current crisis.
[1] A Commander of one of the guards of Irallia; yes we have plenty of people who documented the Prophet, and thus after his death quiet a few other stories became standard as well, as you might expect. It also gives me the excuse of calling up nice lines for people to say.
[2] Of course, such an action would be treated as just another round of skirmishes on the border, it takes time for this notion to be changed.