Davdi Silverrock wrote: >In order to launch a conquest, what you need to do is: > >(a) convince those that like to fight that there will be plenty of fighting. >(b) convince those that like profit that there will be plenty of loot. >(c) convince anyone not in the above that the target of the conquest >is a terrible threat. >(d) convince everyone that anyone who is skeptical about the venture >is a traitor, or just too weak. > > > That's what you need to do on Earth. It doesn't necessarily follow that that's what you need to do in the Dragaeraverse. Snarkhunter