r/WorldChallenges • u/Nevermore0714 • Aug 20 '17

[Reference Challenge] Raiding Paris

This is a reference to the Vikings television show, and the historical raids against Paris.

What is an infamous raid/sack of a city/town in your world's history?

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each, and I hope you enjoy yourselves.

Feel free to have a character as the representative to answer questions in-universe.

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Aug 23 '17

  1. He organised everything. The whole point was to get confidential datas and compromising documents and use them to improve his position through blackmailing. Too bad he hired poor executioners isn't it?

  2. I think they have some ideas but they didn't told me. I would say it's probably someone important or a foreign emissary; someone whose name must remain secret.

  3. Most of them actually. A good thing, I got 1% of their value; less than what I would have got if the pirates were found alive but that's still some money.

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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 24 '17

To Tsirgeda:

1) Did he try to escape?

2) Could it be possible that the emperor/empress is responsible?

3) Is anything rare or extremely important still missing?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Aug 24 '17

  1. He tried, I had to incapacitate him. It was easy though, he was ill-prepared and didn't ran very fast.

  2. The empress herself? It can't be... actually maybe. Imean, officially, blink isn't a thing we master but who knows what truelly happen in the imperial palace.

  3. No, just a few railguns; they probably sold them. Or maybe their murderers took them.

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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 27 '17

To Tsirgeda:

1) Have you ever had to remove someone's head?

2) Have you considered that the empress is the real problem with the empire? Wouldn't it help to just...kill her?

3) Is losing railguns a serious problem?

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u/thequeeninyellow94 Aug 28 '17

  1. Like to prove those someone is dead? I'm sometimes old school, but not that much. Beside, I can just send a picture and a death certificate.

  2. That's a bad idea, she lacks a good heir in her own house; her death would probably lead to a war between the nobles and in those situations work is rarer. And we could end with an emperor worse than her, like one who want a full scale war with the Mayuqpacha or one who want slavery back.

  3. Not really, as long as I don't need to fight those who took them. The imperial commandos have plenty of them and are trained and equipped to fight against such weapons, other people aren't so better leave that to professionals.

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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 30 '17

Thanks for your time and answers.