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Good luck with that.
Might need luck if I was going to wantonly burst through the front gates and mount a full fledged assault on Davian. Instead I'm tempted to have him brought up on some kind of war crime. The Papal forces were at least partly comprised of Mercenary forces and Republic/Templar sympathizers, the order given to slaughter these forces was likely issued after the leader of the Papacy was slain (Unless you say otherwise I mean).
How long would these Sympathizers have fought AFTER they were literally given exactly what they were looking for i.e. a display that a rebellion of the Papacy was feasible? How long would Mercenaries fight when the guarantee of gold suddenly fell through and they found themselves on the wrong side of the battle?
What I'm reading is telling me that either the Papal forces were comprised of only 10% Mercenaries and Sympathizers, or that 90% of these groups were likely killed in the ensuing slaughter ordered by Davian. That, or the Pope was literally one of the last enemy standing, and able to somehow convince 90% of his (quickly diminishing) army to fight to the death, instead of surrendering to the superior invading force.
I won't even bother asking why the siege was broken in the first place, but as an order on the battle field Davian should be held accountable for what likely resulted in the deaths of too many potential allies, and probably a lot of civilians too.
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