Now let's all just calm down. I am the one closest to this issue, and while there have been many things said, mostly all of them need sorting out, for they are all but fragments of a whole picture.
To begin, I am the one Tretter attacked; this was, well and truly, an honest mistake. I have faith that despite his ignorance of the neutrality between the Central Confederacy and HoC, he is honest and his word is good, and so I resolved the issue with him in an agreement to conduct the battle as it would go, but that all goods, equipment, and gear would be returned to the defeated man. This agreement was reached and lawfully decided upon in the presence of HungryNBroke of the CC, specifically Raven. Hungry, it should be noted, I consider a trusted friend, despite this awful divide, and has been nothing but helpful and respectable to me and HoC as a whole on any and every occasion.
To backtrack just a step or two, I will tell you now of the COMPLETE steps taken in attempting to resolve this issue, and then you, once informed, may decide who should be insulted. Less then 10 minutes from entering New Jameyyed Castle for a trade deal with Arowaine himself, my smaller army was attacked but Tretter_KUTT under the Central Confederacy's banner. Confused and wary, I went directly to Raven TS to speak of the matter and try to work something out, as at this point HoC and the CC had been neutral for a time after the forming of the CC and the individual clans declared global neutrality, an end to ALL previous hostilities, an end to all conflict between HoC and Raven, as I PERSONALLY confirmed with Relit himself over c-rpg messages to be true.
Upon arriving I found the trusted and honest Hungry. I told him of the incident and asked him if our stance had changed, if this was an intentional attack, and if the CC would be willing to help find a resolution to the issue, as our neutrality should be honored. He agreed to make inquiries for me, and I thanked him and went on my way to find Arowaine to ask for troops that were rightly mine so that I might defend myself. I found Tretter sitting in the MB TS by chance, and Arowaine was nowhere to be found(nor was he for the rest of the day, as it turned out). I approached him, spoke with him of the situation, and determined that he well and true thought he was doing his duty by attacking me, being ignorant of our neutrality(please note, I do not mean insult by my use of the word "ignorant"; I only mean he was unaware of the situation), and he decided against cancelling the battle so as not to lose his army, which I understood. We spoke for some time, trying to find a resolution that would work for us both, and decided the battle must be had as it was, but a FAIR conclusion was yet to be reach. We broke apart for a short time so I could speak again with Hungry and discover what news he had for me.
He was there, and we spoke. I told him of the current situation up to date, and he told me that the leaders of the CC, namely Relit and Artyum, were of the opinion that because the Central Confederacy and HoC had not officialy signed any peace agreement, the attack was fair and sanctioned. I cannot help but find this a complete contradiction; Global neutrality was declared, all past conflicts were considered ended, and I confirmed this personally with Relit, as I have stated before. So HOW is a further peace agreement needed here? This mistake was just that, a MISTAKE, and I have treated it as such. My battle application post treated it as a MISTAKE. I reached an agreement with Tretter just after this, the terms of which I have previously stated and which Hungry was privy to, treating it as a MISTAKE. So WHY has the CC sanctioned(and HERE I shall point to additional evidence of the public posts on the forum in which that sanction has been announced) this attack? FURTHERMORE, upon seeing the CC's application post, which has been posted several times and I feel is of a very hostile nature and contradicts out neutrality by seemign to support this attack DESPITE our official neutrality, I personally messaged Relit through c-rpg about the issue, the post, and the larger issue of the relations of our factions, a message that he has not responded to as of yet, though I will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he has either not read it or not yet had time to respond to it. Additional attempts to speak with Relit and the other leaders of the CC were PREVIOUSLY made by myself and Hungry, when I asked that the leaders contact me immediately to discuss our official diplomatic status and the resolution of this mistake attack. NO SUCH EFFORT HAS YET BEEN MADE BY ANY OFFICIAL, though once again, I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they are very soon going to do just that, as this incident, though a mistake, was no fault of MINE, or HoC's as a whole.
Now to the forum post. It may have been premature. I was in favor of waiting and carrying out discussions personally with the leaders of the CC, but seeing as no action has been made by ANY of them, I fully support my FELLOW LEADER'S POST. This was not intended to insult but rather to bring to attention evidence of these contradictions after the very hostile and anti-HoC application post was made. WE are the insulted ones. It is MY army that was attacked and destroyed because I chose to take no military action to defend myself, trusting rather in the honor of the CC's members to honor the agreement made between me, Co-leader of HoC along with Jona, its ONLY two leaders, and Trettter_KUTT, my assailant, to return what is rightfully mine and should have never been lost to a neutral faction through a battle. THE RESPONSES POSTED BY THE LEADERS OF THE CC CONTRADICT THE NEUTRALITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR FACTIONS. EVERY ACTION TAKEN THUSFAR BY THESE PEOPLES SERVES NO PURPOSE TOWARDS RESOLUTION, BUT INSTEAD TO SLANDER AND INSULT US FURTHER. YOUR LACK OF ATTENDANCE TO YOUR OWN WORDS AND AFFAIRS IS NOT BECOMING. MAN UP, REVIEW THE EVIDENCE, THINK HARD ON WHAT IT IS YOU HAVE SAID, AND CORRECT YOUR MISTAKE, OR BE FOREVER KNOWN AS DISHONORABLE. HEAR ME WELL, RELIT. I AM THE BEST FRIEND TO RAVEN THAT YOU WILL EVER HAVE. I HAVE TRIED TO BRING OUR TWO PEOPLES COLSER FROM THE MINUTE I STEPPED INTO A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I RESPECT RAVEN AND ITS MEN. I HAVE PLACED NO BLAME ON YOU IN THE PAST, YET YOU HAVE BEEN STANDOFFISH TO ME AND HoC AND HAVE LOOKED DOWN UPON US ALL FOR THE ACTIONS OF ONE MAN. WE DO NOT DICTATE TO YOU WHO SHALL LEAD YOU, THOUGH BONESAW IS NOT OUR LEADER. WE DO NOT TELL YOU WHO MAY OWN YOUR FIEFS, THOUGH TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK CLOSE BEFORE SLANDERING AND MANDATING TO OTHER FACTIONS, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I, REDGAR, CONTROL OUR ONLY NEW FIEF THROUGH MY OWN MILITARY ACTIONS. I HAVE HONORED EVERY AGREEMENT I HAVE EVER MADE BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR HONOR AND WORD DEFINES US, AND ON MY HONOR, I SAY THIS: Turboflex, Relit, Artyum, and ALL OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE CC, LET US SIT AND SPEAK PEACEFULLY TOGETHER IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE MAY REACH AN UNDERSTANDING, CONVERSE AMONG YOURSELVES IMMEDIATELY AND RELEASE YOUR OFFICIAL PUBLIC STATEMENT ON YOUR CONTRADICTIONS AND WRONGDOINGS, AND STICK TO WHATEVER YOU SAY OUR DIPLOMATIC STANCE IS, OR WE WILL ASSUME YOU CANNOT, WILL NOT, OR CHOOSE NOT TO, AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, WE WILL HAVE WAR.
Now, that would be undesirable indeed. I like many of the Ravens. I do not know as many Frisians and Draculs ad I should, though I like those I know well enough. I do not want to fight friends. I do, and have always, wish to have friendly relations. I am not declaring war. We maintain a position and attitude of hopeful peace. But this inability to respond diplomatically except to unofficial forum posts is leading us down a path I do not wish to step foot on. If HoC does not feel that our standing is one of NEUTRALITY AND NON-AGGRESSION BASED ON THE CC'S ACTIONS OVER THE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ASSUME THAT OUR OUR ARMIES AND/OR FIEFS MIGHT FALL UNDER ATTACK AT ANY TIME, AND CONSIDER YOU HOSTILE. This would ONLY be the case if you maintain your stance of kind-of-neutral-but-attacking-us-is-ok-too. Reach a decision for the good of us all.
And to all of those who may be war-mongering for this tension to explode into war,
FUCK
YOU
This is about honor and doing what is right, not a war for fun. This is different. Straighten out.
