tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post4119469185647604390..comments2024-03-29T07:13:16.494-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Ulrichstein Campaign: Final ChapterArchduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-10400722321946667442013-04-02T11:22:22.802-07:002013-04-02T11:22:22.802-07:00thanks for the information. well I will await the ...thanks for the information. well I will await the hangman's show in Zerbst square then. I am not fan of those who kill due to religious differences... I think that they also must pay for the lives of the soldiers who gave their blood for the failed rebellion.Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-1653241785228013272013-04-02T04:25:57.076-07:002013-04-02T04:25:57.076-07:00I'm glad you enjoyed it Gowan. It is true tha...I'm glad you enjoyed it Gowan. It is true that the fate of rebel leaders was usually a pretty sticky one, one way or another. But their followers often got off lightly (those that survived the battlefield massacres) usually by pleading that they were misled by plausible demagogues and traitors and we really didn't know what we were doing, we're just ignorant peasants honest and long live the King/Tsar/Duke/Ruler of your choice. <br /><br />But I figured upon a degree of enlightenment prevailing in 18th Century Europeia. Although Marshal Noailles led the rebel armies, he acted correctly and professionally throughout, so he gets off with his life and as much of his fortune he can collect with the week's law allowed him to quit the country.<br /><br />But you can bet that for some of the rebel politicians, the future will be less certain - especially for those who persecuted people of other faiths, those who would massacre prisoners to vent their spite (Noailles had a short way with them you might recall), and whoever hijacked the Bishop's relief convoys. The gibbet, the block and the pillory in the Main Square of Zerbst will bear witness that the Bishop's justice will be visited upon the deserving.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-45166211831543783872013-03-31T18:52:52.665-07:002013-03-31T18:52:52.665-07:00so it is done. My good friend this is a day for ce...so it is done. My good friend this is a day for celebration in my lands as well as yours. I see Noailles was surprised at the treatment he received, I am glad to see he received it. though I am sure that the Bishop wanted to be merciful I am sure that Noailles was still in-store for something worse that he received. is it perhaps by fried you listened to my advise? No I do not ask to be named to your countrymen nay even to the Bishop but if my hand has kept the hangman's noose from tightening around Noailles neck I shall be very satisfied indeed.<br /><br />To my victorious and noble ally! may your grace never leave you. Eduardo Martínez.<br /><br />there we go Ion. nice work on the story. it has been a joy to read all this and I must say a most fitting end. thanks for taking us on this journey with you, it has been a long and glorious road. this however is the end of this road but not the final trip that we will be make I hope. I wait with patience for you to lead us down another path.Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-77948762310465562013-03-30T14:46:50.232-07:002013-03-30T14:46:50.232-07:00Freewheelin' Franklin, of course... I would no...Freewheelin' Franklin, of course... I would not have noticed the resemblance had you not mentioned it. Of course, their characters are altogether different, sociopathic anarchism not obtaining much traction in the 18th Century... :-)Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-79652611090288319322013-03-30T08:22:52.159-07:002013-03-30T08:22:52.159-07:00I like the illustrations too. Raunchfester reminds...I like the illustrations too. Raunchfester reminds me of one of the Freak Brothers.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-70199689691688884672013-03-30T05:34:32.529-07:002013-03-30T05:34:32.529-07:00It is disappointing that the slide show settings n...It is disappointing that the slide show settings no longer work. But I don't understand why the thing was changed. I certainly didn't change it. It is becoming far too frequent these days in which technology is becoming too helpful to be helpful.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-53742939100386962782013-03-30T05:28:21.236-07:002013-03-30T05:28:21.236-07:00I shouldn't wonder! It would have been approa...I shouldn't wonder! It would have been approaching Easter after all at the time the Instruments of Surrender were signed and ratified. It has to be said, though, that my Bishop Cornelius would have been much more suited to monastic life than that of a Head of however small a State.<br /><br />Thanks, Conrad,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-30121258642829779952013-03-30T05:24:08.026-07:002013-03-30T05:24:08.026-07:00I tried to present both sides of the conflict in a...I tried to present both sides of the conflict in a fairly sympathetic light, the real villains being somewhat hidden characters (except for the opportunistic extremist Herr Warisberg). So perhaps the outcome for most people concerned was better than might have been expected and feared. Let us hope that Bishop Cornelius's investigations into disaster profiteering bear fruit; that the Bishop makes more effective arrangements for disaster relief; that religious tolerance is extended to allowing non-Catholic churches and cathedrals to be built with the expenses at least a partial taxation offset; that inter-State commerce carries on to the enrichment of State and population. It is, after all, the Age at which we might reasonably hope that Reason and Enlightenment will prevail...<br />Cheers,<br />Ion Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-91923671568410220692013-03-30T04:37:34.906-07:002013-03-30T04:37:34.906-07:00That was magnificent. I particularly liked the ill...That was magnificent. I particularly liked the illustrations. <br /><br />Perhaps the Bishop was feeling the spirit of the season? Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-11938536369310161202013-03-30T03:28:29.954-07:002013-03-30T03:28:29.954-07:00Quite a sad end but love the illustrations.
I have...Quite a sad end but love the illustrations.<br />I have tried to reinstate the slideshow in the blogger settings but it did not work. It's worse in Chrome as I usually use the middle mouse button to enlarge pics (in a new tab instead jumping back and forth between pictures and post) and it messes the whole site up some way. Andrew McCoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18203034461676669716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-58007841585564329902013-03-29T22:35:31.353-07:002013-03-29T22:35:31.353-07:00I see that old slide show system has gone. Pity. ...I see that old slide show system has gone. Pity. I found it quite handy and simple to use. You could look at the pictures in a series, or switch back and forth easily between text and slideshow. This new system I find unhandy and less attractive.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-33819760735152029542013-03-29T22:30:42.077-07:002013-03-29T22:30:42.077-07:00The Bishop Cornelius ter Plonck of the Europeian U...The Bishop Cornelius ter Plonck of the Europeian Ulrichstein I envisaged as a rather unworldly and more genteel a potentate than the religious martinet you portrayed in your Europian world. Of course, the actual terms would have been found in the actual Instrument of Surrender, and there will have been a number of Ulrichstein rebels (such as Warisberg) who would have found them harsh enough.<br /><br />I doubt that Marshal Noailles ever did test the Emperor's good will by offering to enter his service - not soon at any rate. It would have looked more than a little unseemly if he had. Rechburg was lucky to escape having to pay restitution, but the Emperor wished to bring the whole issue to a speedy conclusion as was prepared to offer very generous terms to achieve this.<br /><br />Cheers, Barry: there may be more to come as the Emperor, whose iron will has kept body, soul and the Empire together for half a century is nearing the end of his days...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-79372768803047521182013-03-29T20:51:38.833-07:002013-03-29T20:51:38.833-07:00A fitting end to an unfortunate war Ion, like the ...A fitting end to an unfortunate war Ion, like the Marshal I am surprised by the gentle conditions offered, I suspect they are much lighter than if the roles had been reversed.<br />Very much enjoyed this battles, keep it rolling.<br /><br />BarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com