Game Off

Hi all,

So, first off, the rumours - where are the rumours?  Anyway, for the first time in 10 days (think about that) Harmless is actually, really ending hostilities.

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We have not contacted any diplomatic liaisons brokering peace, and will not be doing so.  We have no demands.  All objectives involving Valar's current membership and/or leadership have been achieved.  The old leadership and their worst aggressors are gone or at least punished, the new leadership is participating diplomatically, and we've bloodied Valar's nose over past offenses.  Harmless offers peace in-game, and will simply not start any new operations.

This does not mean Harmless' war machine is grinding to a halt entirely, however.  Harmless still have one or two siege operations in progress, and they shall be allowed to reach natural conclusion, provided that conclusion is no later than October 10th (after which we will withdraw on our own).  King Atreus has launched a siege on us, which we will break and likely return in kind.  Note that we do not require that long-term Valar members refrain from participating in these battlefronts.  You still have an opportunity to come together as an alliance and show some mettle, and doing so will not break the peace.

Most importantly, we take particular offense at players who have joined Valar from other non-confederated alliances just to unload their entire arsenal on us then fled like cowards to neutral alliances.  These players shall each lose a city regardless of who tries to harbor or protect them.  Do so at your own risk.

That said, most of Valar's members never even faced a real threat.  A few of you saw some feints while most of you never responded or participated, nor were targeted in any way.  Those of you who did not flee in terror at the first sign of adversity - or ragequit - I hope you at least enjoyed having the threat/opportunity to actually face a challenge.

Most of our real targets couldn't make it this far without sticking a gun in their mouth.

So, game off.

HM