Talk:Eight Greed Kings/@comment-304875-20160113174833/@comment-27557332-20160114215748

@Mk/Grim Something doesn't sit quite right with me with parts of those conjectures. But that might just be because I tend to think outside the 'normal' box.

When I consider how Gazef was described and what his actions were through the story so far... I fail to see the real danger he would represent from the Theocracy standpoint. He's basically Ranpossa's dog, he doesn't move without orders from the King. So long as they don't make a overt move, he shouldn't have been too big of a problem. Until I make a movement in force into Kingdom territory anyways.

If I had to kill specific people... I would have aimed for Lakyus and Roune.

Lakyus is a noble, she is likely to side with Re-Estize when push comes to shove. Killing her would have repercussions since she has a team and so does her uncle. However, just the fact that she is an Adventurer makes her more vulnerable than Gazef ever really was. She's easier to draw out into a location of your choosing. She's also the only person outside of the Theocracy known to have resurrection magic... strategically, before I aim to kill Gazef I would move to get rid of or contain Lakyus first.

As for Roune. Jircniv is on the paranoid side and has bodyguards. Fine by me, that can be used to my advantage. Fluder is an issue, but honestly all that would need to be done to lock him down would be getting someone to bust the one Death Knight they have locked up out. (Don't even need to break the chains really, compromise the anchors and let the Death Knight do the rest.) Or just bait the bastard... it's not like the Theocracy doesn't have information that Fluder would have sold his soul for. > The Empire is currently a meritocracy... good. I don't need to cut off the head... I just need to crush the hands and let things play out from there. Kill the middle officials such as Roune that Jircniv can trust. This will do two things, both of which are advantages. 1 - The Empire will have to start protecting them. Which will eventually spread the troops too thin or limit the movement of those mid rank officials, which will impact thier efficiency. 2 - If it persists for too long, less and less candidates for those positions will show up due to risk. This is a excellent chance to send in a mole. (I would be expecting this however. I'd send one in anyway just to muddy things up.)

>Or just really be asses about it and fund one of the old Empire 'Nobles' to do it for you... I'm sure they'll mess it up. Good. The more chaos the better. Just piles on more workload for Jircniv... if he has a early seizure from overwork it just makes life easier. :p