Unless that attack on Blackzilla and refusal to merc for clans fighting Hospitallers was a big misunderstanding, but I don't see anyone disputing that.
I'll give this a quick go before you put your usual trollish spin on things Smoothbabe
He (blackzilla) was attacked as a target of opportunity and because we were being paid by an employer for such things (See above clause "
either battle participation via actual members or Strategus participation via actual parties. Note the "via actual parties" bit.
Naturally we will refuse to merc against a
current employer as that would be considered backstabbing, yes? Those clans who were kind enough to approach us first will naturally fall under our "first come first serve" policy, as everytime a battle starts there are literally 5 different factions who immediately within minutes of initiating said battle ask us for help, so those who ask later fall short especially if one of the aforementioned parties negotiates for a longer-term deal.
So there you have it, we attacked Blackzilla due to previous mercenary negotiations (in this case an actual party instead of a roster) and refused his ask for help due to already being hired, and it would be backstabbing and terribly dishonest for us to attack an employer who is still employing us and being friendly, right?
Note that in cases of conflicts of interest, we bow out entirely, there were a few Hospitaller VS Shogunate incidents that we avoided entirely due to two separate parties negotiating for future merc work for us, in this case Hospitaller as well as The Empress negotiated for our mercs for future conflict and in several cases not just that one we refused both sides due to us not wanting to fight an employer using another employer (Raiding an employer's caravans though is something else entirely, as Merc work =/= free passage rights).
There you have it, simple and easy terms. I do find it terribly amusing your claims that we are vassals of Hospitaller as that simply is not true, they just have the common courtesy of being friendly with us and
communicating regularly with us and thus we are friendly back. We also don't wish the destruction of all of our neighbors, I'm not entirely sure how anyone is to believe that either.
Have a lovely day Smoothbabe, forgive me if I ignore future propaganda responses if they contain more outlandish claims such as vassalage or total-world-domination claims (If we really are seeking the destruction of our neighbors then we are doing an absolutely terribly lazy job of it
).
And again, remember that our individual members may say things based on their own opinions or perspectives which are not official Fallen stances
Any clan that regularly communicates with us is never confused on our stance on things, perhaps if you would like, Hero Party can start talking to us regularly in proper meetings? I openly invite any and all clans to start lines of communication <3
EDIT:
Probably should have warned you guys that i was going to buy some goods from your fief, but this should be the last time I stop in Ayyike for trade. (Within a few weeks anyways)
Yes indeed! Thank you for notifying us, and we greatly prefer if you use
NEW TADSAMESH!