The Embassy of Albion

[Tancerlo]

*Tancerlo idly wonders why that was posted with the flag instead of the seal*

Thanks Cormac. We'll definitely miss the guy. Best of luck to you moving forwards as well.

[Drop Your Pants]

He was one of a kind, very dedicated and welcoming....even to the tit who helped kick him from one of his homes.

I don't miss many players in this game, but i'll miss my interaction with him. Good or bad, he was always a gent.

[MagentaFairy]

He was one of a kind, and him leaving was tough.

Thank you Cormac for your endorsement. I will definitely try.

[-Equalia-]

Queen: Her Imperial and Royal Majesty, Clarissa MagentaFairy Cerebella
Prince: His Royal Highness, Lord Cassius Cerebella
Princess: Her Royal Highness, Lady Olivia Calidan de Cerebella

Chief Knight: Lord Bert
Arch-Mage: His Highly Learned Magnificence, Lord Moly Calidan
Knight War/Lord High Constable: The Warbringer, Prince Christopher Bishop
Knight Foreign: His Scheming Excellency, Sir Cadmus Saxton
Knight Interior: Dame Mysty Saxton
Knight Cultural: Sir Tyras Calidan
Chief Bard: Lord Calvin Coolidge

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After almost nine months of morning sickness, ultrasound screenings, and weird cravings for ice cream with pickles, we've finally birthed you our long-awaited baby; look! It's an update!

Departure of the King



If you had not received a Letter of Affirmation from us previously, you may not have known about the departure of our beloved King Charles, with Queen Fairy being the sole monarch now in his departure. Much has already been said of his leaving, and if you had not been informed previously you may read the letter at our NationStates embassy here.

Cere was a true legend; a titan who played the NationStates game very well. He defined the very facets of the Imperialist sphere and was instrumental in the many reincarnations of the United Imperial Armed Forces. Though you may not have agreed with him politically, he was always cordial, inviting, and welcoming, to all in any sphere. From Europeia and Alexandria, TNI, LKE, and KGB, the Pacifics, Rejected Realms, and even the Sinkers, Cere had been received with positive remarks on how he was as a real person, and we can never forget that. Cere's legacy and memory will continue to push on ever onward, and we hope that Ph.D. in History also does him proud as well.

In happier news, our Queen finally married herself off to Seven Deaths Saxton, doting father to Knight Foreign Cadmus Saxton in the most touching and sweet wedding we've ever seen in recent memory, and this one's definitely a keeper! Apart from the usual drink, food, and revelry, it was a joyous occasion to be had by all involved! Perish the thought if they would ever separate, I'm sure you couldn't pry Cadmus off of Queen Fairy's arms regardless!

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Look at this smexy graph!



We've had a bit of a few hiccups in recruitment this month when our API borked on us out of nowhere! The region at its lowest had gone down to ~230 nations up until our API had gone back up again, but we certainly thank some generous stamp donors for helping us continue our recruiting manually, and we have amassed over 300 nations again! Yay!

Our forum is also looking for new themes! The Queen decided to finally retire that horrid Pink theme and is still searching for new ones. Many were discussed, such as Doctor Who, Pandas, Tentacles, Harambe, and Unicorns & Rainbows. We're still trying to find more, so stay tuned!

Speaking of staying tuned, JOURNALISM has returned to Albion! le gasp! The Trusty Messenger has been revamped by none other than Seven Deaths, wishing to bring back our well-trusted and publicly endorsed state newspaper! Cranking out hits like little Weekend Games sessions such as Escape the Office with Tyras Calidan beating everyone in escaping in 7:04, and a silly caption contest before its first issue rolled off the presses! There's a great brewing guide inside if you ever want to make some bathtub gin or whatnot in your home!

Of course not everyone thinks our Trusty Messenger is at all Trusty... our favorite weird water knight Freddie, had declared war against the Trusty from his own private newspaper, Ask Freddie, believing that the Crown is scandalously corrupt due to Fairy and her cavorting with SD mainly, has been slandering the Trusty, and in return has made a stunning reply to Ask Freddie in return. The crazy dolt had even been bold to get an interview from the Queen herself to corroborate!

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Build that wall around Albion and have Alexandria pay for it!



We rewind you back four months ago to our previous Chief Knight Election, where TNI veteran and recent newcomer to Albion, Olde Delaware, won the CK seat handily to the surprise of, just him. Beating Quickzand, he endeavoured to add Evanei Riket-Saxton as Chief Bard, Bert as Knight Interior, and Freddie as Knight Culture. Much squacking was to be had behind the scenes and apart from Evanei having to vacate her position and Lynneiah taking her place, they had finally worked on finishing a beautiful Minecraft Festival (more on that later).

Apart from hiccups on his first term as Chief Knight, he maintained a great first run and we couldn't be more proud of his work, especially in a position that had seen previously with many absences and resignations. Our current Chief Knight saw Bert as the rising star here; he was so good at his job in Interior that virtually no one opposed his candidacy and won unopposed! We have seen on his Round Table Calvin Coolidge as Chief Bard, Tyras as Knight Culture, and Mysty Saxton as Knight Interior! Although his term is not finished yet, recruitment and reforming seems to be the focus of the RT currently.

It seems Shalefields this time has been going through the works on leadership lately. Previously Evanei had been Archduchess up until she had to vacate her position here as well, as Archduke Olde Delaware stepped in in turn. It wasn't long from that either that OD too had disappeared primarily for some medical emergency (we blame it on the village idiots spiking the mead again) and we saw Albion newcomer and TNI vet H_I take the reins as Regent up until the true Archduke returns, at least that's how the true story was told...

Brightwall had also been quiet up until Lord Mayor Seven-Five finally relayed a particular problem; Albion's bastion of democracy saw that 7-5's term had largely been up yet nobody bothered to say otherwise! So he took it upon himself to fix that; I hear they talk of democratic reform, we wonder how that would look for Brightwall democracy. Perhaps anarchy would be nice this time of year. Silverpine remains quiet and stable as always, hiding behind their walls with their fancy magic and lawyers and archaeologists, though it is said the Royal College of Magic may get another revamp soon.

As you may have heard previously from a separate personal notice, we have ourselves a new Knight Foreign! Our dear Olivia had decided to step down in her capacity of her role to continue forward, what with the dreaded *real life* striking up on us. However in her place, her deputy Esquire Cadmus has been appointed to her position as the new KF! We wish Cadmus the same diplomatic successes as his predecessors had before him.

Exciting happenings in the Grand Council are heating up lately as some important things are in discussion. No, it's not the Marriage Act that had finally been written after all these years (took them long enough to get that settled officially) but no; we're talking REFORM. That dreaded word. The GC is discussing Executive Restructuring at the moment. As it stands, the City-States have never been used effectively; now that's about to change. The current proposal sees elections to be a candidate for CK changed where there can only be three, one from each CS. Adding onto that, the other three Knights part of the RT will no longer be delegated any official role in the cabinet. Instead, three citizens will still be chosen, but the CK may delegate these to do whatever they wish them to handle, in an effort to get all Knights involved in projects without being stopped by their official roles. If passed, this may invoke a new and different age for governance in Albion, one that we hope will be better!

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This is a cat fountain.

...your logic is now irrelevant.



There was lots of pixelated blocky fun to be had when we had our Minecraft Festival four months ago, and it was on current version too! Oh the joys of starting on a brand new server, trying quickly not to die on the first night while looking for new things they've added, like polar bears existing! So let's recap the events that happened:

The crafting competition to see who can make the most of the best items was very productive, with some great turnout points!
Overall Point Count:
Moly - 25 Points.
Tullievo - 20 Points
Kuramia - 15 Points
Griffindor13 - 10 Points
Yaglaboth - 5 Points
Bert - 5 Points

Ah, Hunger Games; do I need to say more? There were three separate games, but it was clear that a certain Magical Panda had these in the bag all day!
Hunger Games 1
Tyras - 1st Place - 20 Points
MagentaFairy - 2nd Place - 15 Points
Tullievo - 3rd Place - 10 Points
Nik - 5 Points
Nethernoise - 5 Points
Maje - 5 Points
Bert - 5 Points
ProffessorHenn - 5 Points
Moly - 5 Points

Hunger Games 2
Moly - 1st Place - 20 Points
Bert - 2nd Place - 15 Points
Tullievo - 3rd Place - 10 Points
Nik - 5 Points
Nethernoise - 5 Points
Maje - 5 Points
MagentaFairy - 5 Points
ProffessorHenn - 5 Points

Hunger Games 3
Moly - 1st Place - 20 Points
MagentaFairy - 2nd Place - 15 Points
Tullievo - 3rd Place - 10 Points
Nik - 5 Points
Nethernoise - 5 Points
Maje - 5 Points
Bert - 5 Points

There was great fun to be had and we thank all those who participated from foreign regions! We should play again more often!



In RP, The Crucible has been pretty quiet lately, except for a notable couple roleplays from the brink! The first is Cassius' Horizons RP, something of his own design where your actions in the RP can lead you to some interesting consequences, and maybe not the ones you'd like...the first post is indeed intriguing.

Horizons

Your senses come to you slowly. At first, your whole world feelings like a headache, a terrible throbbing in the back of your mind. At least it reminds you you're alive. Of all things, your sense of smell returns first. You're almost immediately overwhelmed, the smell of the cryo liquids repulsing you. It might have been enough to make you throw up, but your body doesn't yet seem capable of anything, leaving you in a very uncomfortable state.

You finally will your eyes to open. Your body starts to respond. You remember your arms, and lash out in front of you. There is a wall of some kind, a screen. You're sealed in some kind of chamber. But before the panic of that reality can set in, your hearing returns, and alerts you to a sudden hissing. The door gives way, the chamber opens, and you suddenly fall forwards, out of the statis chamber. You hit the cold floor hard. With all your senses coming to life at once, the ability to vomit finally catches up with you, and so that's exactly what you do, all over the floor.

Eventually you look around. You are not alone. There are... ten others, all apparently in the same situation. You're all wearing odd looking orange jumpsuits. Turning around you can see a name was written on your statis chamber... Presumably your name. You can't quite seem to remember... In fact you can't remember anything. Who you are. How you got here. What here even is. Nothing.

You are in a long rectangular room. Along one wall, behind you, are more statis chambers, not unlike the one you were in. The other wall, opposite you, is bare, aside from a few monitors displaying some kind of barely comprehensible information stream. One end of the room is a dead end, but at the other is an open door, leading out to a corridor.

Bit chilling huh? Oh but wait, it gets worse.



The second RP to open up quite recently is created out of the mind of our resident deviant of everything devious, the Plaguelord, and knowing how he always is, expect his RP's to be classically...tragic; The Demesne. The Demesne takes place in the gothic fantasy realm of Duniya, Duniya itself is not a world but an infinite plane where the Lunar and Solar spirits compete to reign over all, bringing night and day to eversprawling lands below them as the spirits of nature bring about the four seasons as they are known.
Duniya is the demesne of the spirits, connected by magical tethers known as the Igiya to the two realms Sama and Gidan Wuta, the realms of the Seelie (light spirits) and Unseelie (dark spirits) respectively, the various mortal races are the descendants of unions between nature spirits and the Seelie/Unseelie, their special lineage grants them certain 'yancin or rights to the lands of Duniya allowing them to live out their days in the realms as they see fit, many among the Unseelie were not pleased with this arrangement and have since travelled through the Igiya and entered Duniya, seeking to destroy the mortal races of the realm.


Players will take on the role of a member of the mortal races who has joined the fight against the Unseelie who have claimed vast domains of Duniya and perverted them into nightmare realms known as M Wuri from which monstrous beasts spill forth and foul magic emanates, it is up to the players, members of the Mai Tsaro, a force created to defend against the Unseelie, to venture into these lands and slay the Unseelie, ending their menace once and for all.

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How are tigers like sergeants in the army?

...They both wear stripes!




The RAL has been going strong and active these past few months, starting off with our support of the Black Hawks occupation of Heroes Rise, which at the time we had at least 8 within the region supporting, a nice veritable sum. Lord High Constable Christopher Bishop has been starting to train some promising proteges known by Bert, H_I and Edward Leben to scout, setup triggers and hit targets, and with a veritably rough wedding present to Queen Fairy and her King Consort SD, they hit up three tiny regions as practice runs.

Leben wanted to travel NS a bit before the summer ended, so he brought a few friends along to 'visit' three small regions and say hi! Afterwards the RAL continued to show its stuff by successfully engaging in nine tag raids, excellent work! The North Pacific soon called and we helped greatly assist their occupation of The United Reddit Nations, we even got to be point this time! #narwhalbacon

Now to top it off for the update, we engaged ourselves in an occupation of our very own, the occupation of the Philippines! Tropical drinks and pork lechon were to be had while we subverted the native govt for a few days. Thank you to Europeia, Alexandria, LKE, and KGB for supporting our occupation of the archipelago!

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Did you hear about the cat who drank 5 bowls of water?

...He set a new lap record.



Did you know that Albion was one of the first NS regions to invest in using a Discord Chat server? Good luck finding it and getting invited in though...

Rumour has it that Cadmus is up to nine husbands and counting! Where does he get all these random husbands from in greater NationStates and why or how does he rope them into his Husbocracy? No one may ever truly know.

Is Brightwall ever planning another Chicken Festival? Maybe bugger Lord Mayor Seven-Five instead.

In even stranger news, Cadmus is also apparently a child loomed from Detritus Saxton and Erebos Janmaren, of which Detritus is already Cadmus' uncle! So now he has three fathers and a mother, and there may be even more parents chiming in! Don't ask how any of this all works.

Seems during CK Bert's administration, the Ask Me Anything (AMA) trend started slightly returning to the Town Square. Of course, many scandalous questions were asked, usually involving complex mathematical hypotheses, potatoes, cats, and tentacles.

Can confirm our University is filled with dead people; might as well be utilized as a graveyard or a retirement village for academically-inclined zombies.

Recently we democratically voted to rename the Grand Citadel to the Heroes Guild instead; we also voted for Calvin to marry Cassius on the same poll. I'm pretty sure you know what option won out, but there hasn't been a yes or no to the big question yet..!

Edward Leben looks great in a yellow sundress. Inquire below for exclusive photos.

Ever wonder how those steampunk airships float? Veritable news sources confer to huge supplies of handwavium.

RIP Harambe ;(

...and now finally for something cute.

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Yours,

Albion

[Cormactopia II]

Sounds like Albion is still going strong. Congratulations on all your recent successful endeavors!

[The King of Albion]

Thank you

[Queen Hyacinth Ravenclaw]

Alexandria categorically rules out paying for Albions wall.

[-Equalia-]

Alexandria categorically rules out paying for Albions wall.

le gasp

[-Equalia-]

Greetings all! This is Seven Deaths, Chief Knight of Albion, inviting you to our Halloween Festival starting on October 26th and running until the 31st. Come and take part in all the wonderful festivities! We have spam games! We have a scary story writing competition! We have a Last Nation Standing competition where, if you lose, you die!



So, seriously, we're doing a lot of cool shit. Stop by and partake with us! Just be careful because I may have forgotten to feed the werewolves... Oh well, listen to this song to get into the mood!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtEdhKOMgQ

[Alabaster Isles]

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Regarding OnderKelkia

Today the player known as OnderKelkia attempted to utilise an old treaty between Albion and The New Inquisition -- a region which is today effectively inactive and without governance -- to manipulate the Crown and Vanguard of Albion into punishing one of our own members for spurious reasons. We politely rejected these demands, and as a result Onderkelkia abruptly terminated diplomatic relations between Albion and The New Inquisition, and additionally between Albion and the Land of Kings and Emperors.

OnderKelkia's complaint was that a minor jest -- a very fine jest at that -- on the part of one of our members somehow constituted directly supporting military action against the The New Inquisition. This is something we found, on investigation, to be thoroughly ludicrous. The complaint and the action that followed it goes completely against many years of close friendship and cooperation, though considering the individual who has perpetrated this drama, we are not entirely surprised. Perhaps OnderKelkia was merely searching for an excuse to terminate relationships with us -- in which case he has certainly succeeded, and we will not lose any sleep over it. Or perhaps they sought, in some naive fantasy, to use our relationship to threaten and control us, as they have done in many other places in the past -- in which case we reject their ambitions. A treaty to us represents a friendship, not a relationship in which one party seeks to control and determine the affairs of the other with ridiculous threats.

We additionally reject OnderKelkia's claim to represent The New Inquisition -- a region they personally helped to run into the ground, and which they have no rightful claim to lead. Nevertheless, TNI ceased to function as an organised community some time ago, and at this point we retained the treaty merely as an act of good will to our former allies. That OnderKelkia sought to use this gesture against is highly objectionable and we do not much care for it.

It is sad that it has come to this -- but the community we loved in TNI has long since moved on, leaving OnderKelkia to set up camp over a dustbowl. Many of these former TNI members now call Albion home anyway -- and they are as bemused as we are by these events. As for the Land of Kings and Emperors -- again it is sad that it comes to this, but considering this is the level of pettiness their leader will lower himself to, perhaps this was a blessing in disguise, and in the end nothing of value has been lost.

Olivia Calidan, Queen of the Realm of Albion

[North East Somerset]

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Regarding OnderKelkia

Today the player known as OnderKelkia attempted to utilise an old treaty between Albion and The New Inquisition -- a region which is today effectively inactive and without governance -- to manipulate the Crown and Vanguard of Albion into punishing one of our own members for spurious reasons. We politely rejected these demands, and as a result Onderkelkia abruptly terminated diplomatic relations between Albion and The New Inquisition, and additionally between Albion and the Land of Kings and Emperors.

OnderKelkia's complaint was that a minor jest -- a very fine jest at that -- on the part of one of our members somehow constituted directly supporting military action against the The New Inquisition. This is something we found, on investigation, to be thoroughly ludicrous. The complaint and the action that followed it goes completely against many years of close friendship and cooperation, though considering the individual who has perpetrated this drama, we are not entirely surprised. Perhaps OnderKelkia was merely searching for an excuse to terminate relationships with us -- in which case he has certainly succeeded, and we will not lose any sleep over it. Or perhaps they sought, in some naive fantasy, to use our relationship to threaten and control us, as they have done in many other places in the past -- in which case we reject their ambitions. A treaty to us represents a friendship, not a relationship in which one party seeks to control and determine the affairs of the other with ridiculous threats.

We additionally reject OnderKelkia's claim to represent The New Inquisition -- a region they personally helped to run into the ground, and which they have no rightful claim to lead. Nevertheless, TNI ceased to function as an organised community some time ago, and at this point we retained the treaty merely as an act of good will to our former allies. That OnderKelkia sought to use this gesture against is highly objectionable and we do not much care for it.

It is sad that it has come to this -- but the community we loved in TNI has long since moved on, leaving OnderKelkia to set up camp over a dustbowl. Many of these former TNI members now call Albion home anyway -- and they are as bemused as we are by these events. As for the Land of Kings and Emperors -- again it is sad that it comes to this, but considering this is the level of pettiness their leader will lower himself to, perhaps this was a blessing in disguise, and in the end nothing of value has been lost.

Olivia Calidan, Queen of the Realm of Albion

An interesting tactic to personalize this to Onder Kelkia. Unfortunate to have the entire Albion leadership team buying into this flawed strategy. I can tell you now, it's not going to work, because these aren't issues specific to Onder. Indeed, I not Onder, am the longest serving Prince of TNI, as well as a former Crown Prince and Kaiser of that region.

And I find the idea of an Albion official advocating a defender invasion of TNI to be rather discourteous on a fairly basic and obvious level to say the least.

If it was just a one off comment, then one would be inclined to ignore it. But it's not really, its part of a long chain of incendiary comments by Cassius against Albions three historic allies (TNI, LKE and Europeia) - motivated seemingly by little more than a general feeling of spite and bitterness towards them all. Feelings that Albion could have rebuffed, contained or set straight - but instead feelings which they have repeatedly tolerated and even served to magnify and promote, through their encouragement and private support of his rhetoric.

I served in Albion for much of its early history, as well as being a member of the Inner Cabinet where I witnessed Cassius's destructive attitude first hand many times. Some examples from just one thread responding to HEM's satirical article about Albion from mid 2015, for instance:

Ironically it is exactly this sort of thing that makes me not give two shits about our "allies"

Haha, fuck Europeia.

See how smug Europeia are when we sever the treaty and liberate their next pathetic attempt at a raid.

These fairly embarrassing comments were made right in front of the Europeian Director of Intelligence. I tried to strike a conciliatory note and meet in the middle. But yet no one - no one in Albion - even bothered to take Cassius up on his comments, or suggest that he was an issue. Quite the contrary the thread was mainly an echo chamber for his views. And that speaks volumes to the culture of tolerance for his deliberately destructive foreign policy attitude there, which has culminated in this delusional announcement to try and pin down Onder, because Albion is incapable of accepting this is actually solely a consequence of Cassius's words and actions.

Why do they tolerate his attitude and not strip him of authority for Foreign Affairs matters after so deliberately and blatantly setting out to disrupt and damage relations with Albions allies? Because they don't dare. He has 24,000 posts and has always occupied a high position within their Monarchy, at one time he was Cere's right hand man - and that seems to have given him an unlimited license to do whatever he wants, forever. No one else in the Region has ever really had the guts to address him and hold him in line with any kind of policy. Instead, they have let policy disintegrate - so that now there is no policy. That's a fundamental structural problem.

Back to this announcement - I will say this. I stand shoulder to shoulder with Onder on this issue. He is not always right, indeed on plenty of things we have differences of opinion, but in this case there is no doubt he is right. I find Cassius's actions reprehensible. Cassius is a traitor to everything that Albion stood for when it was a relevant and powerful region. Now it stands for nothing - in part because of him. His flawed foreign policy of destruction is at the very fore of why Albion is a shadow of what it once was, and protecting someone who quite blatantly isn't prepared to actually support Albions allies or promotes its interests, is a costly mistake, and always has been. Albion's failure to ditch the malignant foreign policy presence of Cassius is the key reason why they are in the position they are in today. If Albion truly hates its historic allies, like Cassius has repeatedly alleged in Albion, then it should have ended the Treaties with them and pursued a different strategy. But there was no other strategy, there is no policy - there was no coherent plan, because the constituent parts of the region neither chose to sever off their historical allies as Cassius desired, nor dared to hold Cassius to account. I hope now, that none of your allies will give you that opportunity for you to repeal your treaty with them, as you threatened to Balder once, and instead do it back to Albion - because that's what the region deserves at this point unfortunately.

Cassius destroyed the relationship between Osiris and Balder through his appalling mismanagement of ISRA and rudeness to Osiran officials. Cassius bungled repeatedly in UIAF Command including briefly handing Nazi Europe back to the Nazis, but somehow got away with it in part due to my leniency. He's such an asset, he was sanctioned earlier this year in his supposed homeland of TWP. If Albion want to find the truth as to who to blame for their present predicament, they need not look as far afield as Onder, but rather should look at their own midst.

Because of their repeated and long lasting failure to hold Cassius to any kind of account or formulate a policy of any kind to either contradict or support what he says - I have lost all respect for Albion as a diplomatic entity, and so long as they defend and promote Cassius's malignancy at all costs as they have done over the past couple of years, that will remain the case. So you can add the name of North East Somerset - former Administrator, Intelligence Director and Earl Marshall of the Royal Albion Legion - and many more things elsewhere, to this personal attack article.

[Tancerlo]

Hey look it's NES! Hey, remember that time when you blatantly demanded control over Albion's founder nation? And were rejected? Good stuff

And I find the idea of an Albion official advocating a defender invasion of TNI to be rather discourteous on a fairly basic and obvious level to say the least.

Incredible that such an obvious joke is lost on you people. Actually no, it's really not that incredible at all is it

I tried to strike a conciliatory note and meet in the middle.

You were always utterly inactive and unhelpful in Albion except when you wanted to try manipulate us towards something or another.

Why do they tolerate his attitude and not strip him of authority for Foreign Affairs matters

Probably because I'm not responsible for foreign affairs, at all? My comments are, unless noted otherwise on the odd occasion, always as an individual.

Back to this announcement - I will say this - if Onder's a problem, I'm a problem too.

Oh on that point I quite agree.

Cassius is a traitor to everything that Albion stood for [...] Now it stands for nothing - in part because of him. [+ various rambling about the state of Albion today]

You haven't a clue what we stand for or stood for.

You're just still rather upset we overturned UIAF and, instead of pursuing your ignoble goals, just wanted to write stories together.

I have lost all respect for Albion as a diplomatic entity [...] former Administrator, Intelligence Director and Earl Marshall of the Royal Albion Legion

And nothing of value was lost?

You never did anything remotely useful in any of those positions.

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The supposedly horrible quotes you posted were responses to a vaguely satirical article by HEM entitled "Albion Excited For New Trollish Regional Outlook". Said article was not particularly kind to us and my words reflected that -- we were fairly upset, as one might understand, that one of our oldest allies sought to make a lateral attack on us in that way.

But of course the unkind things HEM said were just HEM's opinion -- much like the things I said were mine. Or does the street not go both ways?

Perhaps more importantly though -- they were also far more lighthearted than you are trying to twist. The quote about liberating them was even accompanied by a ridiculous barbarian emote and we -- the people I was in voice chat with at the time -- thought it humourous.

What my words do not change is that Albion has been consistently cooperative with Europeia in every possible way.

I expect NES will try to use this to damage our relationship with Europeia nonetheless. It's pretty much his style.

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My god you needed 13 edits to get all that right?

I can't even work out what you added. 1. I'm not banned from TWP 2. Idk I don't really care enough about you to deal with all the other spurious lies you throw out

[North East Somerset]

Hey look it's NES! Hey, remember that time when you blatantly demanded control over Albion's founder nation? And were rejected? Good stuff

I never did any such thing.

You were always utterly inactive and unhelpful in Albion except when you wanted to try manipulate us towards something or another.

I advised Albion's foreign policy during the most successful era of its existence. I didn't post there socially, and never claimed that I would have time to do that.

Probably because I'm not responsible for foreign affairs, at all? My comments are, unless noted otherwise on the odd occasion, always as an individual.

An individual that clearly pushes his friends to defend him at all costs.

You haven't a clue what we stand for or stood for.

You're just still rather upset we overturned UIAF and, instead of pursuing your ignoble goals, just wanted to write stories together.

I was part of the Albion project before it even existed as a Region, when it was just an idea.

I joined on the 2nd day of its Foundation, the oldest topic in your Introductions Area.

A full 2 months before you joined.

The goalposts may have been changed later on, but I know damn well what it stood for when it was created.

And nothing of value was lost?

You never did anything remotely useful in any of those positions.

I contributed advice, although you seem perennially bitter that Cere made me up to such a senior position just in return for that, it does appear subsequent history shows that the advice was quite useful and generally right.

What of value have you contributed other than 24,000 posts of spam, malignancy and spite?

But of course the unkind things HEM said were just HEM's opinion -- much like the things I said were mine. Or does the street not go both ways?

HEM's "unkind" things were said in a satirical newspaper article. They were on the record. You meanwhile merely drummed up anti-Europeian feeling within the confines and security of its Cabinet.

[Tancerlo]

Hey look it's NES! Hey, remember that time when you blatantly demanded control over Albion's founder nation? And were rejected? Good stuff

I never did any such thing.

I advised Albion's foreign policy during the most successful era of its existence.

You contributed literally nothing to our success.

I was part of the Albion project before it even existed as a Region, when it was just an idea.

I joined on the 2nd day of its Foundation, the oldest topic in your Introductions Area.

A full 2 months before you joined.

The goalposts may have been changed later on, but I know damn well what it stood for when it was created.

If only joining date had any correlation with contribution or understanding.

What of value have you contributed other than 24,000 posts of spam

I write stories and build worlds. I understand the value of that may be lost on you. You only know how to tear things down.

It's almost rather tragic really.

[Onderkelkia]

OnderKelkia's complaint was that a minor jest -- a very fine jest at that -- on the part of one of our members somehow constituted directly supporting military action against the The New Inquisition. This is something we found, on investigation, to be thoroughly ludicrous.

It is interesting that Albion does not seem sufficiently confident in its position to quote or link to this "very fine jest" by their Prince.

This is what Cassius said:

HOLY SHIT IS TNI GETTING RAIDED BY LKE?!

Yes. You should ask defenders for help.

This comment expressly encourages The Exalted Lands to seek assistance from TNI's Defender enemies to conduct military action to seize TNI's Delegacy. While such an effort would be futile, such a comment has the potential to prompt the gameplay novices in The Exalted Lands to seek such assistance.

The suggestion that the very regions that TNI fought against should intervene militarily in TNI is grossly offensive. If it was a joke as Albion claims, then it was an inappropriate and offensive joke. However, Cassius has continued to repeat calls for military intervention in TNI, suggesting it was more than a joke.

The Treaty of Avalon between Albion and TNI not only forbids either signatory from conducting military operations against the other, but stops them from "directly or indirectly" supporting military action against the other signatory. If Albion permits one of its highest-ranking officials to condone military action against TNI, it is in breach of the Treaty of Avalon. Albion was offered a chance to remedy this but declined, thereby failing to uphold its treaty obligations.

Probably because I'm not responsible for foreign affairs, at all? My comments are, unless noted otherwise on the odd occasion, always as an individual.

Your claim that you have no authority over Albion's foreign affairs is ludicrous. Only two days ago, you posted a diplomatic statement on behalf of Albion in this very forum. On the same day you made the above comment, you used your Embassies authority to commence construction of an embassy with The Exalted Lands, the region you encouraged to invade TNI. In response to my complaint, your Embassy powers were revoked, and were subsequently restored. In the intervening period, Albion presumably debated whether it could get away with ignoring the latest in a long line of provocative acts on your part.

In any case, whether or not you officially represent Albion, you are sufficiently senior as a Prince to be considered part of its regional leadership. Albion was not merely bound by the Treaty of Avalon to avoid conducting military operations against TNI. It was expressly obliged not to offer "indirect" support to such activities. Permitting its highest-ranking officials to support calls for TNI to be invaded is indirect support for military operations against The New Inquisition and demonstrates the complete unreliability of Albion as a treaty partner. The LKE was unable to trust Albion and that is why it repealed our Treaty.

[Tancerlo]

Thank you for quoting the exact post which was obviously a joke.

If you look a couple posts down, there's even a !

And yes, your inability to comprehend the joke naturally forced me to continue it.

[Kylia Quilor]

Thank you for quoting the exact post which was obviously a joke.

If you look a couple posts down, there's even a !

And yes, your inability to comprehend the joke naturally forced me to continue it.

You've known Onder long enough to know that jokes like that result in these sorts of responses. Regardless of anything else, you can't claim you didn't know this was going to happen.

[Valrifell]

OnderKelkia's complaint was that a minor jest -- a very fine jest at that -- on the part of one of our members somehow constituted directly supporting military action against the The New Inquisition. This is something we found, on investigation, to be thoroughly ludicrous.

It is interesting that Albion does not seem sufficiently confident in its position to quote or link to this "very fine jest" by their Prince.

This is what Cassius said:

Yes. You should ask defenders for help.

This comment expressly encourages The Exalted Lands to seek assistance from TNI's Defender enemies to conduct military action to seize TNI's Delegacy. While such an effort would be futile, such a comment has the potential to prompt the gameplay novices in The Exalted Lands to seek such assistance.

Can I take offense to this? I feel like I should be offended by this.

[Cormactopia Prime]

I've witnessed firsthand the destructive effect that Cassius Cerebella, AKA Tancerlo or Consular, can have on a region's foreign affairs. He almost singlehandedly wrecked the alliance between Osiris and Balder due to his arrogant mismanagement of the Imperial Sovereign Realms Army (ISRA) in 2014, as NES noted. Fortunately, cooler heads eventually prevailed and Osiris and Balder remain close allies, but it was no thanks to Cassius. For years, Cassius has had an almost singular focus on destroying relations with any region that doesn't pay him the homage he believes he deserves, which is at a level that far outpaces his actual accomplishments. Those "accomplishments" include such gems as turning Albion into an inactive wasteland and falling asleep at the wheel and nearly losing NAZI EUROPE back to the Nazis, in what should have been one of the easiest military operations ever.

It is unfortunate to see a once great independent and imperialist region, at one point the most numerous force in the United Imperial Armed Forces, reduced to this: An inactive husk, shilling for the failures of Cassius Cerebella, and by extension his newfound friends the Grey Wardens. It's a shame to see a once great, sovereign region reduced to being nothing more than a cheerleader for the person who wrecked everything they had.

On the other hand, it's not as though Albion is relevant. It hasn't been in years, and I don't see any reason that would change anytime soon. So really this statement means nothing. Sound and fury, etc. I do hope your allies will recognize that Albion is now an irrelevant husk, not at all resembling what it once was, and terminate their treaties with you though before they are treated as you have just treated The New Inquisition and The Land of Kings and Emperors. As is often the case, Osiris was early in recognizing this reality in April 2016 when I terminated relations with Albion.

[Gibraltarica]

Hilarious that a defender claims to represent historical Albion and its views. Just hilarious. No, but seriously, Consular, don't you have an armchair to be sitting in in the depths of irrelevancy?

[Kylia Quilor]

It is interesting that Albion does not seem sufficiently confident in its position to quote or link to this "very fine jest" by their Prince.

This is what Cassius said:
This comment expressly encourages The Exalted Lands to seek assistance from TNI's Defender enemies to conduct military action to seize TNI's Delegacy. While such an effort would be futile, such a comment has the potential to prompt the gameplay novices in The Exalted Lands to seek such assistance.

Can I take offense to this? I feel like I should be offended by this.

Novice isn't an insult in of itself. The entire conduct of your group vis-a-vis TNI shows a great deal of unawareness of what is going on with the region or of a number of wider gameplay realities, but that would be because you're relative novices to GP.

[Kylia Quilor]

Also, note, for the record, regardless of anything I say about the specific incident: Kantrias has no interest in ending or treaty with Albion. While I can respect Onder's logic in doing so, the treaty with Albion remains extant and useful for cultural and historic reasons, and I have positive will towards several people in the region's leadership personally.

[Valrifell]

Can I take offense to this? I feel like I should be offended by this.

Novice isn't an insult in of itself. The entire conduct of your group vis-a-vis TNI shows a great deal of unawareness of what is going on with the region or of a number of wider gameplay realities, but that would be because you're relative novices to GP.

My regionmates might be, but I assure you I am not. I've primarily been involved in Gameplay in some aspect or another a year or two ago, and I myself have worked to enlighten my regionmates about who Onder is and why taking TNI would be rather pointless.

You could say that I'm out of the loop with the current gameplay happenings about, and you'd be absolutely correct, but I am by no means unaware of what is going on with the region or of the wider Gameplay realities.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

Can I take offense to this? I feel like I should be offended by this.

Novice isn't an insult in of itself. The entire conduct of your group vis-a-vis TNI shows a great deal of unawareness of what is going on with the region or of a number of wider gameplay realities, but that would be because you're relative novices to GP.

(just wanted to chime in to say Val is no GP novice, and has spent many months in TNI. I haven't caught up with him properly in years, but we used to run a raiding region together )

[Zaolat]

Can I take offense to this? I feel like I should be offended by this.

Novice isn't an insult in of itself. The entire conduct of your group vis-a-vis TNI shows a great deal of unawareness of what is going on with the region or of a number of wider gameplay realities, but that would be because you're relative novices to GP.

Well, except Val at least.