We, the 13 knights, originally took the fief from the bloody awful bastardly AI. This is our first real strat so we weren't sure what to do. With Acre next to us, plus Fenris being totally wonderful to us when we were booted to Europe, we offered Acre vassalage just to have friends and to have enemies to fight, and were pressured to give up New Shulus to Fenris.
I really, really didn't want to. We took New Shulus because we knew it was a money maker. And Gawd it did make money. But Kingrimm is probably one of the most awesome guys ever, and master of diplomacy. 13K were independent then, and new at Strat, and a little frightened by the big clans around us. I struggled to keep New Shulus, but Kingrimm won me over with his excellent letters. That and the fact I had no desire to sit in a fief and count ledgers etc.
So quite frankly I'm happy New Shulus is in NA hands, but sorta miss Kinngrim. He role played, which apparently is rare here. I often reread his messages. Damn, I tried rattling my sabre and he responded with kindness. The guy was a master of diplomacy, I could not help but agree with what he said.
But in many ways I'm glad I gave up New Shulus. We took all the money, the gear (including that which Fenris put in there for its own defense) and a lot of troops they had transferred, and with that we took New Slekhz castle. And while fief ownership is awesome, I'm liking war a hell of a lot more. I could be sitting in a fief counting silver, but instead I'm in the desert making DSE life's hell. About to take another fief. War is awesome, peace sucks.
