Phoenix-Wolf Accord (LWU-Lazarus) Negotiations Fall Flat After LWU Insists Upon Military Agreement
Truly a Military Agreement Between a Defender Power and a Griefer Organization is like Liquid Wood!
It seems that Lone Wolves United, once the most infamous raiding organization in the world, has fallen on hard times. After the People’s Republic canceled an archaic treaty with the organization in November 2013, one formed long before Lazarus threw off the chains of decay, irrelevance, and imperialist manipulation, Khan Evil Wolf attempted to convince Lazarus to reform the alliance. In light of the history with LWU and the explicit request from Evil Wolf for a chance to talk to the parties responsible for alliances in the PRL, Chairman Milograd graciously chose to grant LWU diplomats a personal audience with the State Council of the People's Republic, though the chances of the State Council developing a sudden affinity for a military agreement that they had previously rejected was unlikely. The SC had debated the issue internally and decided that it was not interested in a military treaty with LWU, but Evil Wolf believed he could convince them otherwise if he was given a chance to directly argue with them. It was made clear from the beginning of the discussion that anything beyond a cultural treaty with respect to the past was not looked upon with interest by the Governors. After all, LWU has been largely inactive for years, Lazarus is strong enough to defend itself without LWU, and surrendering defender intelligence and support against invasions in exchange for superfluous defense from LWU yields no benefit for the prosperous community of Lazarus. This reality was not acknowledged by LWU, however, and they insisted on negotiating a non-negotiable agreement that offered them a lot in exchange for something that Lazarenes do not need.
In Evil Wolf's view, it would benefit Lazarus tremendously to maintain military ties with a group that proclaims itself to be a ‘Legendary Crasher Region’. Though he admitted that it would not be taken well by his cabal of fellow raiders, he posited that Lazarus had much to gain from allowing LWU to tip it off about any attempts at invasion in exchange for impunity when raiding other regions. Though Councilors such as Governor Kazmr, Co-Founder Harmoneia, and General Drop Your Pants repeatedly rebuked various overestimates of LWU’s past contributions to the region -- even going as far as to note instances of savvy betrayal by the Wolves-- and continued to show that an alliance between a powerful defender army and a pack of raiders defies all logic, Evil Wolf persisted. Needless to say, the State Council saw through the slippery obfuscations being presented to them, which went so far as to question the legitimacy of the PRL with the idea of strong-arming our widely recognized government, and affirmed that the People's Republic did not need the treaty for the above stated reasons.
Evidently, Lazarus will not submit to fear-mongering and subtle threats of a desire to invade, nor do we believe that holding hands with raiders is the path towards true harmony. Giving up its duty to defend the exploited regions and people of the world would be a betrayal of one of our foundational beliefs, one that stands stronger even than tenuous ties to the past.
Perhaps Lone Wolves United saw the newfound power of the Lazarene Liberation Army and sought to insulate itself. Perhaps the entire negotiation was an attempt to allow LWU wide operational latitude to assault the prosperity of Lazarus in favor of paving a pathway by which the old puppeteer cabal could re-establish their lethargic lordship over the Lazarene community. Or perhaps, more realistically, this is a cry from a region past its prime who is fearful of losing its claims of power, as other regions around the world have also discussed moving away from a military agreement with LWU. Whatever the case may be, Lazarus stands firm in its resolve.
Though the wolves were at our doorstep, the people of Lazarus have rebuffed their howls and shall continue to march onward.
Well done.
