Board Thread:Fanmade/@comment-27358240-20180405224623/@comment-26912075-20180423185535

Paulie looks among the rubble and carnage as several of his underlings desperately try to quell the fire that has risen from the battle. As he looks amongst the destroyed buildings, burnt ground, and destroyed war machines, he can't help but feel a bit culpable. It was him who encouraged the use of this tactic, and now, several lie dead because of his poor management and his reluctance to fully reject the Shogun's idea of ambushing the enemy here. Paulie had always wanted to defeat the enemy with hardly any losses and to proclaim victory for his nation in order to rise in prestige and fame, but the disaster of this battle showed to him just how horrible this war would be from now on. As he pondered his mistakes, he saw the remains of a rose that was ravaged by the fire, laying on the floor lifeless. This struck him deeply, and Paulie plucked one of the dead leaves from the rose and brought it to his chest, hiding it in one of his breast pockets. It was at this that he turned and went to go confront his leader.

"My lord." He said, bowing gracefully, "It would appear as though my suspicions about this battle were correct. Our army is completely ravaged and is not currently capable of invading the enemy homeland as we planned. It would seem that 'fate' has taken away our perfect victory from us. For now, we should retreat back to the capital and allow the citizens to return to their abodes. I think this path of warfare is just not currently feasible for us. We should instead try to negotiate with the Children of the Sun until we have rebuilt our forces and can go on the warpath once more. I implore you to accept this, as our nation is currently woefully ill-prepared for war."