Council of Britain and Ireland

[Privateerkev]

King Alexander says,

Coward?!?

You attacked me remember?

Your just bitter because you couldn't get any of the other Kingdoms to support your piracy campaign.

Come into the Highlands my dear dear vikings. I assure you that you will get quite a reception...

[Cheetah]

The norvegian representative says

We are not surprised at all that the Scottish King lagging behind in the matters of own country seeing how he prefers parading around in the council in full armour instead of leading his troops on the battlefield. But ... we are already in the Highlands! Inverness is under siege and will be captured in the next campaign season. King Alexander would be better off returning to his country to gather a relief force, provided that he can find enough man in Scotland, rather than sharpening his oratory skills.

And no, we do not need help, only cowards hide behind their allies. We can handle all the women the Scottish King can throw at us.

[Privateerkev]

King Alexander sits looking bored,

I see the Norse need a geography lesson as well. The Highlands are clearly south of Inverness. Therefore, if you are at Inverness, then you can not be in the Highlands. If your King wishes, I can write that out so he can sit and study it. I understand he seems to be slow in realizing things.

Such as realizing that besieging Inverness was not some great coup. I left it undefended as a sign of peace towards the Norwegian people. A mistake I know, but one that, at the time, seemed reasonable.

During my next campaign season, if I can not relieve the siege, I will simply make the Castle useless to Norway. I will raze every building to the ground. And I will disband the unit of peasants in the castle. Since there will be no opposition, your troops will peacefully occupy the castle when you do not command them. (OOC: by forcing you to take an empty castle outside of your turn, you will not be given the option to sack.)

So, you will peacefully occupy an empty castle full of angry Scottish citizens. This will cost you far more money than it will gain you. I can then retake the castle at my leisure.

In the meantime, I will mobilize my reserves and march on your lands. All you've done is attack a lone general, 2 empty (or almost empty) ships, and besiege, what will be, a useless castle.

Seeing as Scotland is not really threatened, I will remain here in order to keep pointing out your faulty logic.

As for how the Norse "handle" Scottish women, the Scots remember all too well what has happened in previous viking raids. Unable to convince a woman to bed him, a viking then resorts to rape.

I am confident our women would be able to give you quite a fight. I'd let them at you if I wasn't afraid of what our women would do to the men after we capture them. While I will not weep for any dead Norse, castration is a nasty way to go...

[RoadKill]

The Welsh diplomat looks displeased

Destroy your own settlement? Because it is beseiged by an enemy. Your words do not reflect kindly on your reputation Scottish. That is a way a coward fights, and I am sure the Scottish is not a coward. Scottish men will still live in the captured settlement, and destroying everything they hold ever so dearly is NOT the right choice. So once again, I hope you reconsider these actions of brute force, as it will not help this conflict at all.

[Privateerkev]

King Alexander,

Their my buildings and if I wish to raze them, I will. My people would rather that the Norse capture a hollow husk, instead of a vibrant settlement. Plus, if they hadn't besieged it under a banner of peace, I wouldn't be forced into this situation.

Now, any more comments regarding MY Kingdom?!?

[Cheetah]

*a deep voice from a faraway sea*

It is not yours, its all MIIIINEEEEeee .....

ps.

[phonicsmonkey]

A new Irish delegation has arrived. They relieve the current team, who leave. The new representative stands.

I bring word from the new King of the Island of Ireland, Domnall of Brian.

"The Norse invasion of County Down will not be tolerated.

The cowardly murder of my father the late King Brian (God rest his soul), who was touring the County building watchtowers with a small group of close friends and retainers, was a crime of war which cannot go unpunished.

Ireland demands that the invading force disband immediately, and that the murderer Knud be handed over to Irish justice.

Should these demands not be met, the entirety of the Norse population in these Isles will be hunted down and slain, and their ships scuttled like those our brave Irish navy engaged off the coast of County Down last week.

So speaks King Domnall of Ireland."

[Privateerkev]

*a deep voice from a faraway sea*

It is not yours, its all MIIIINEEEEeee .....

King Alexander tilts his head, then speaks,

Did any of you hear that? It sounded like whimpering. Must have been coming from the Norwegian embassy...

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