MTW2 Multiplayer Campaign Diplomacy thread.

[Ramses II CP]

The evidence appears quite convincing to me. With great regret King Wladyslaw has begun commissioning his own assassin who will travel with him at all times for protection. No doubt this will reduce his hard earned reputation for chivalry, but the King's life must come first.

May God keep you all safe.

[Zim]

The Scottish representative looks scornfully at the Polish one.

This "proof" I see seems rather weak to me. One is a suspect report of a French spy. Even if that one is true it has no bearing on whether sabotage was committed by the French, as only assassins are trained to do that kind of damage. All it shows is that France is as interested as all of us in what goes on beyond their borders.

The second report is of a French Noble obviously being protected by his bodyguard assassin from the threat of foreign assassins, and on French soil. He most likely is returning from building watchtowers on the border with his rather aggressive neighbor, a wise view in my opinion. I'd note that the Polish king himself is now protected by an assassin, should we call him the culprit if we happen to find him marching about his own land?

Obviously there was no assassin at all. The building was most likely destroyed by some disgruntled or drunk Danish peasants and the Danish King is using it as an excuse to stir up trouble.

The evidence appears quite convincing to me. With great regret King Wladyslaw has begun commissioning his own assassin who will travel with him at all times for protection. No doubt this will reduce his hard earned reputation for chivalry, but the King's life must come first.

May God keep you all safe.

[Ramses II CP]

The Polish King is not within marching distance of any foreign city, much less the Danish capital, with the assassin he just commissioned to defend himself. Until this act of sabotage made it clear what terrible acts some of his fellow Catholic lords were willing to stoop to King Wladyslaw considered the hiring of assassins to be a lowly act.

While I suppose Scottish cities may frequently see their sheep fences knocked over by peasants, this was a structure large enough that it would take a horde of peasant who could not have worked without being seen... or one well trained and skilled agent of darkness.

I quite understand why you would be sympathic to your French masters, but do attempt a nonce of impartiality?

[FactionHeir]

It is surprising that King Malcolm would discard such evidence and even ignore the notion that we, the King of Sicily, have brought forward.

[Zim]

I discard it because it proves nothing. As far as I am aware a man may travel with a bodyguard on his own land, as the French Nobleman in the report did, and spies do not sabotage buildings.

As for the Polish representative, I believe that it is you that is being partial, taking such poor evidence as proof.

I would also like to note that my own diplomat was killed in his sleep as he rested in an inn in Sicilian territory this past season. I know not who did it, but suspect that those same Kings most loudly seeking to assign blame without evidence for the sabotage are the likely culprits.

[Zim]

How convenient that a member of this court threaten me just as my diplomat is slain...

[Tran]

The Danish representative laughs at the Scottish

So, the Scots have became French servants I see. Indeed, the fact that there is no longer any Frenchman in this chamber mean that they are afraid and can no longer deny many accusations pointed toward them. Instead, they use their Scottish minions to do the job.

And I can only laugh at this statement:

The building was most likely destroyed by some disgruntled or drunk Danish peasants and the Danish King is using it as an excuse to stir up trouble.

It seems even Scotland is trying to come up with inane explanations to defend French clearly hostile attitude.

I don't need to warn you that Scotland has almost been exterminated once, by an old Kingdom called "England". Don't make someone else do it again...

[_Tristan_]

The Danish representative laughs at the Scottish

there is no longer any Frenchman in this chamber mean that they are afraid

The French representative stands and adresses the Danish representative.

Why should we be here in these halls where we are dragged in the mud ?

We have no fear, and certainly not of you.

What we find particularly strange is how our Scottish ally diplomat on his way to Rome to reconcile his kingdom with the Pope has been found dead in some strange circumstances on the lands of a power that claims to have no assassins and will likely accuse of the deed on the grounds of having found a man in our employ near Rome.

This said with a knowing look towards the Sicilian representative.

Perhaps we had gotten word of a plot to attent to the Pope's life and our man was there to prevent such a devilish plan to be successful...

Now we have matters of importance to attend... Much more important than all this bickering...

The French representative leaves the chamber.

[FactionHeir]

While Sicily has started employing assassins for our own protection this season with the completion of the inn at Florence, we have not yet used their services.
Indeed, we have been more busy taking Nicosia and are pleased to announce that the old Romans are no more.

It is interesting that our ally France would accuse us of a plot to assassinate the Pope when they have their assassins roaming the area around the Papal States and their assassin was found escaping Florence this year!

Here is proof of the French agent, although there may be more we have not found:

[_Tristan_]

While Sicily has started employing assassins for our own protection this season with the completion of the inn at Florence, we have not yet used their services.

I wonder how Sicily managed to train at least two assassins if it only managed to build an inn this last season.

I can show proof also...

Plus I would like to state that some of my agents have also been the target of assassins namely one of my merchant escort captains and his charge the merchant he was sworn to protect.

This happening took place at the border between Florence and Genoa and so I will do as my Danish and Sicilian colleagues and jump to conclusions and accuse Sicily of those murders...

Now that accusations have been thrown around, I have some more announcements to make :

The Republic of Venice is dead and its last settlement at Rhodes has been given to the Holy Father.

This matter settled his Holiness has seen fit to declare a Crusade on the capital city of the Moors at Marrakech to destroy those unbelievers in the glory of Christ.

France has already answered the call and urges its fellow Christians to join in its wake.

[FactionHeir]

OOC: I queued up 2 assassins for training but wasn't aware both were trained. I think I might have loaded up the last save in the wrong mod folder as only my VanillaMod folder allows 2 agent trainings a turn.

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I believe the fact that the construction was just completed last turn as per the screens I posted backs that up