Consone Appointment

 

Seriously I wish Consone all the best in this.

KillerPoodle wrote: An interesting choice given that we've already told you numerous times that surrender negotiations need to happen on an alliance by alliance basis and not at the level of a fundamentally flawed, ineffective and mostly defunct entity.

Are you calling Manannan a  fundamentally flawed, ineffective and mostly defunct entity? 

If you have separate terms for each alliance, please send them all through Hathaldir.  If you want to settle terms with Absa and want to continue battling our allies, shove that idea down your throat.

(A) "Do we want to drag on for the next couple of months while our enemies systematically raze our cities, exterminate our population, eviscerate our military and cripple our economy while hoping that eventually they tire of pounding on us and let us go back to playing the game we like"

or

(B) "Do we just surrender now and let them demolish some cities, eliminate most of our army, pay them whatever they ask for in terms of gold and crafted equipment, and get back to playing the game we like right now"

Honestly those are your best options, and neither is good.  Harmless? probably prefers that you go with option (A) because this is more interesting than a tournament.  This is fun for them, and the longer you drag it out the more enjoyment they are getting for their time and money.  The alternative is a coordinated all-in offensive against Harmless? to take them out of the fight, which even if it succeeds will still leave you so weak that their allies and anyone else with a grievance will eat you alive.  The odds of this ending well for you are not getting better.