A Gift

Are you willing to pay the price for this "help"? Eden plays the long game and offers nothing for free. This isn't a gift, this is exploiting a weak point to lay groundwork for a future step in her plan.

I'm sure Andorra would love to see lives manufactured in mass for the sole purpose of being sent to a brutal end in her name. When they are slaughtered - and they will be - are you willing to carry the weight of their deaths on your head? Ask allies to fight beside you, don't create beings you view as lesser just to order them to die for you.

I'm fighting for the world too, and have been repeatedly risking my life to prevent Necrophitus from gaining more power sources. I know the stakes. But I realize we are facing two threats, not just one. Taking your eye off the enemy that is circling in order to fight the one squaring up before you is how you get stabbed in the back. I'm also fighting for my family and friends. Several of whom she has murdered and sent their forms/ undead bodies to taunt and attack me to her own great amusement. Assuming there is an ounce of altruism or compassion for our plight in Eden is naïveté we cannot afford. At best she is a cat prolonging the life of an insect so she can play with it further before devouring it.

Squire Kestrel summed up my thoughts best, but I will add a small amount of my own.

We do need all the help we can to win, but not at the expense of losing the world when we are exhausted, just to face a new enemy that we helped create.
This army could be(and probably is) a trap set up by Eden. Sure, it will let us beat Necrophitus. But it may also at the same time be used to turn against us after we are exhausted from the fight.

In the end this is Travance's decision and I will abide by it. But please remember, by doing this, we may save the world from shadow, but that doesn't mean that we save it from darkness.

You are not the only one fighting for your family. You are not the only one fighting for the world.

-March Warden Caelvan Renaith McKraegar

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They wouldn't be lesser in my eyes, and I would hope they would have lives after this battle.
Pride is a great asset, but can also be our greatest downfall. I believe in us, I truly do. We are strong. But to sit here and not accept help, whatever way it's coming seems foolish. This is a very big battle and Nercophitus is not some run of the mill enemy. He is strong, so very strong and we need all the help we can get. I consider all of you allies. And like I said I believe in all of us and I know we all have stakes in this war, as I have a stake in this war as well.
But it is all your decision and I will stand by and respect whatever Travance chooses as I don't want to force my opinions on others. I thank you for you words.

You speak as though we don't understand how serious a threat Necrophitus is. I have watched his vile reach extend over the world and try to corrupt and destroy beings of incredible extra planar strength to take their power for himself. Yes, this is the big battle, but some of us have already been fighting his influence for a while now. Fixing one small piece of what he has done nearly killed me, and while I survived, I still paid a price. Others more powerful than I, including March Warden Caelvan, have already given their lives for this goal. The losses General Magnus' forces have taken are almost unimaginable. Nevertheless, we continued from there to thwart his plans and go to the aid of those besieged by him however and wherever we could. The sacrifices have been worth it. Hell, even a god has been forced to hide. I have been to the Wastes and heard his voice booming over the expanse to chide an Arcanum as though he were a child. I have seen the Soul Devourer with my own eyes. I am fully aware of the degree of threat Necrophitus poses. Knowing all this, I still stand by my statements.

I do not want to see the shortsightedness of Travance with regard to Eden once again play right into her hand and lay a trap for those who survive the battle with Necrophitus.

Yes, we need all the help we can get. Have all of our allies been called upon? If so, then let's figure out how to best use the resources we have. If not, then call them. Though our timeline may be short for them to arrive now. They have just as much a stake in saving this world as we do.

Along those lines, I have some letters to send and other plans to follow up on. One of the side benefits of being a freelance seafaring acquisitions specialist is knowing a lot of people with access to a lot of cannons.

The ends never justify the means.