Opinions and Speculations

[Friday]

Unlikely. It was in the Council of the Rising Suns already and the current consensus is that the old Emperor and the new Shogun will have to arrange each other somehow to avoid a civil war which would doom Kusari. No matter if the Shogun is supported by Kishiro or Samura, both sides still do concern very much about the good of Kusari.

for the isolationist stuff... well, I guess it basically means to concentrate on the inner policies instead of external stuff again (Which is ironically exactly the attitude of vanilla-Samura though, and not Kishiro).

The emergence of Gallia represents a 'force majeur' - a powerful and overriding force that changes everything.
I am just sitting here, shaking my head.

For the war to turn so suddenly against Kusari, to be pushed right back - represents to my mind as a strategist the best possible outcome for the Dragons. The chance to strike when the enemy is weakest.

To see there is no outcome for the Dragons leads me to two conclusions:

1) The Dragon chose not to strike. They have missed possibly the last chance to strike at their enemy when they are weak. The Dragons will be known now as weak, and unable to influence the destiny of Kusari.

2) The Dragons chose to strike, and were defeated. To give everything you have, throw everything at the enemy when it is weakest - and STILL be defeated? There is no way back from that. The Dragons will be known now as weak, and unable to influence the destiny of Kusari.

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