Re: The Last Sovereign [Updated 5/26]
Yeah that one also got me thinking. In the end I decided to not support anyone.
This will make for a weaker Zirantia if they get involved in the war, but will make things easier for us and the uhhh what was it again... the NUP? which we kind of sided with anyway. Simon wants to change things for the better so I felt this played more in line with what he wants. Hopefully Zirantia won't suffer a blow big enough that there won't be any way for them to recover if they get involved in war.
I decided to support the status quo, especially since Simon's plans were long term, and the main benefactors of instability would probably be the Divine Claw if anyone. I also considered Zirantia becoming unstable as a major detriment as it might cause other nations to start behaving erratically as well, what with the entire continent getting major events in a fairly short span of time, though realistically that won't really be a factor in the game at all.
None of the nations Yhilin has established good relations with so far relies on the Unpeople. None of them even care about the Ivalan Church (Elven Kingdoms + Eustrin and maybe we can include Zirantia here). It may or may not play a bigger role on establishing relations with the other nations however: Ardoheim and Aram.
I mainly consider Ardoheim and Aram as the big players here, Aram with their large army and Ardoheim basically sitting at our backs in any given war with the Incubus Emperor and Ardoheim in particular is a rather large danger with their king having no interest in ruling his nation, and we've already seen what effect that has on the populace and the forming of splinter groups and dissidents.
I would really love to know the full consequences of the Unpeople vote, it's been a long time since the update where we had to make this choice. But I think this will still have consequences for a long time to come. It wasn't a small matter after all.
For now it's mainly been the presence of unpeople recruiters (Dari sidequests, basically) and I believe some hidden scores to do with acceptance and such, presumably they'll play a part in the military strength of the church of Ivala faction in the upcoming war, with the main question being where they'll direct that strength in the coming conflict, and whether they'll be willing to lay down those arms after the Incubus Emperor is defeated or take advantage of Yhilin's military being depleted.
As it is, even with the motion rejected there's still unpeople around, and the church can pick up production during this war, they just haven't gotten a division of them ready in advance.
Another concern is more a "humanitarian" one again, as I understand it unpeople are no better against orcs than anything else, and are only effective against sexual magic, having no real beef with the Incubus Emperor's succubus forces and potentially being able to convert or "rescue" them I'd rather focus the fighting on defeating orcs.
Furthermore there's a strategic advantage in taking away Aram and Ardoheim's defenses against sexual magic, see with them being lacking in that regard a certain potential ally with a unique specialty becomes a lot more attractive ^^
