OOC Thread

[Subotan]

Of course, of course. You can keep yourself busy with defeating the Greeks at Sinope and Trapezous without any intervention. I promise.

What an honorable offer

my cavarly will stand beside your phalanx battleline and crash any nasty insects who dare to oppose us

A poor decision, if I say so myself. For you see, the "Arche", although it appears strong, it's strength is totally dependant on the goodwill of it's neighbours; his "Satraps". A Glorious Coalition of Oppressed Peoples could easily smite the Arche from the face of Gaia, and gain land for each respective people. For the Pahalava, Parthia and Sogdiana. Hayastan? The Caucasus and Media. The Ptolemaioi? Syria and Mesopotamia Us Baktrians? India and Khorasan. And Pontos? The whole of Anatolia. From the Taurus Mountains the Aegean, Tarsus to Sinope, a Pontic Shahdom, worthy of the Achaemenids. And yet, The Seleukids are denying you from fulfilling this dream, forcing you to bow to their yoke. That is no way for a Shah to behave, a Shah deserves land, wealth and power! And the Seleukids are the only barrier preventing Pontos from fulfilling it's destiny.

And that's not the only reason as to why we should join forces. For the Arche's strength is measured on the friendliness of his neighbours; were we all to sit by and watch the Seleukids, the Ptolemaioi would be destroyed, and cast out from their home, despite the wealth of Egypt. And with the combined wealth of Syria and Egypt, nothing could stop the Arche. It would swarm over the Earth, like bees from a hive, devouring all in it's path, leaving only oppression and desolation in it's wake. This is the time to prevent that, this is our time, this is the time for liberation!

So, I have proposed a plan. As I have mentioned above, the Arche will be divided amongst our kingdoms. I have divided it so that each kingdom gets a roughly equal share, noting of course that some regions are richer than others.



Note that some areas I have suggested are outside the current de facto control of the Arche; I consider these areas to be under Seleukid influence, and should a nation require assistance in bringing a certain region under control, then other members of our Coalition must send troops to assist, to liberate those regions from Seleukid influence. Ofc, edits would be considered.

Now, I bet many of you are wondering why I left the Seleukid Remnant there. The reason is that the Seleukids are a valid Diadochi; it's just that their power is totally out of proportion as to what Alexandros would have wished. So I have merely "Reduced" them to Persia Proper where they belong.

Now all you have to do is join the coalition.