Well, really, it has several problems. Its spymaster and most
powerful wizard is dead and in Hell, its covert operations throughout
Avistan have correspondingly been burned, and its attempt at alliance
with Avistan’s only ninth-circle wizard has collapsed in spectacular
fashion, leaving it with a supply route to the Worldwound that it’s not
going to be able to defend, and slightly less of Ustalav ruled
by undead but more of it ruled by Cheliax, and, frankly, egg on
its face in the sight of the international community, which is not
something any of Lastwall’s decision-makers are personally inclined to
track but is, in fact, strategically relevant.
Most of the strategic cost of Jean Riudaure’s death was presumed lost
within minutes of his death, and from a strictly utilitarian point of
view, saving him from Hell’s wrath is just not worth the enormous cost
of recovering a sold soul, which might, otherwise spent, increase their
chances of victory for everyone, but there were other
considerations besides his own suffering which led Lastwall to provide
Felandriel Morgethai with a Wish diamond and ask her to wrench him from
Hell’s grasp. Riudaure was the most well-known soul-sold defector in the
world, with a bounty on his soul equal to that on Queen Galfrey’s, and
he joined Lastwall’s service with their explicit promise of protection
from Hell. To leave him there, no matter the cost, would not only ensure
Lastwall never received another high-level defector from Cheliax, it
would also strain their ability to call themselves Lawful
Good.
Well, really, it has several problems. Its spymaster and most powerful wizard is dead and in Hell, its covert operations throughout Avistan have correspondingly been burned, and its attempt at alliance with Avistan’s only ninth-circle wizard has collapsed in spectacular fashion, leaving it with a supply route to the Worldwound that it’s not going to be able to defend, and slightly less of Ustalav ruled by undead but more of it ruled by Cheliax, and, frankly, egg on its face in the sight of the international community, which is not something any of Lastwall’s decision-makers are personally inclined to track but is, in fact, strategically relevant.
Most of the strategic cost of Jean Riudaure’s death was presumed lost within minutes of his death, and from a strictly utilitarian point of view, saving him from Hell’s wrath is just not worth the enormous cost of recovering a sold soul, which might, otherwise spent, increase their chances of victory for everyone, but there were other considerations besides his own suffering which led Lastwall to provide Felandriel Morgethai with a Wish diamond and ask her to wrench him from Hell’s grasp. Riudaure was the most well-known soul-sold defector in the world, with a bounty on his soul equal to that on Queen Galfrey’s, and he joined Lastwall’s service with their explicit promise of protection from Hell. To leave him there, no matter the cost, would not only ensure Lastwall never received another high-level defector from Cheliax, it would also strain their ability to call themselves Lawful Good.
Well, really, it has several problems. Its spymaster and most powerful wizard is dead and in Hell, its covert operations throughout Avistan have correspondingly been burned, and its attempt at alliance with Avistan’s most powerful wizard has collapsed in spectacular fashion, leaving it with a supply route to the Worldwound that it’s not going to be able to defend, and slightly less of Ustalav ruled by undead but more of it ruled by Cheliax, and, frankly, egg on its face in the sight of the international community, which is not something any of Lastwall’s decision-makers are personally inclined to track but is, in fact, strategically relevant.
Most of the strategic cost of Jean Riudaure’s death was presumed lost within minutes of his death, and from a strictly utilitarian point of view, saving him from Hell’s wrath is just not worth the enormous cost of recovering a sold soul, which might, otherwise spent, increase their chances of victory for everyone, but there were other considerations besides his own suffering which led Lastwall to provide Felandriel Morgethai with a Wish diamond and ask her to wrench him from Hell’s grasp. Riudaure was the most well-known soul-sold defector in the world, with a bounty on his soul equal to that on Queen Galfrey’s, and he joined Lastwall’s service with their explicit promise of protection from Hell. To leave him there, no matter the cost, would not only ensure Lastwall never received another high-level defector from Cheliax, it would also strain their ability to call themselves Lawful Good.
Well, really, it has several problems. Its spymaster and most powerful wizard is dead and in Hell, its covert operations throughout Avistan have correspondingly been burned, and its attempt at alliance with Avistan’s most powerful wizard has collapsed in spectacular fashion, leaving it with a supply route to the Worldwound that it’s not going to be able to defend, and slightly less of Ustalav ruled by undead but more of it ruled by Cheliax, and, frankly, egg on its face in the sight of the international community, which is not something any of Lastwall’s decision-makers are personally inclined to track but is, in fact, strategically relevant.
Most of the strategic cost of Jean Riudaure’s death was presumed lost within minutes of his death, and from a strictly utilitarian point of view, saving him from Hell’s wrath is just not worth the enormous cost of recovering a sold soul, which might, otherwise spent, increase their chances of victory for everyone, but there were other considerations besides his own suffering which led Lastwall to provide Felandriel Morgethai with a Wish diamond and ask her to wrench him from Hell’s grasp. Riudaure was the most well-known soul-sold defector in the world, with a bounty on his soul equal to that on Queen Galfrey’s, and he joined Lastwall’s service with their explicit promise of protection from Hell. To leave him there, no matter the cost, would not only ensure Lastwall never received another high-level defector from Cheliax, it would also strain their ability to call themselves Lawful Good.
Well, really, it has several problems. Its spymaster and most powerful wizard is dead and in Hell, many of its covert operations throughout Avistan have correspondingly been burned, and its attempt at alliance with Avistan’s most powerful wizard has collapsed in spectacular fashion, leaving it with a supply route to the Worldwound that it’s not going to be able to defend, and slightly less of Ustalav ruled by undead but more of it ruled by Cheliax, and, frankly, egg on its face in the sight of the international community, which is not something any of Lastwall’s decision-makers are personally inclined to track but is, in fact, strategically relevant.
Most of the strategic cost of Jean Riudaure’s death was presumed lost within minutes of his death, and from a strictly utilitarian point of view, saving him from Hell’s wrath is just not worth the enormous cost of recovering a sold soul, which might, otherwise spent, increase their chances of victory for everyone, but there were other considerations besides his own suffering which led Lastwall to provide Felandriel Morgethai with a Wish diamond and ask her to wrench him from Hell’s grasp. Riudaure was the most well-known soul-sold defector in the world, with a bounty on his soul equal to that on Queen Galfrey’s, and he joined Lastwall’s service with their explicit promise of protection from Hell. To leave him there, no matter the cost, would not only ensure Lastwall never received another high-level defector from Cheliax, it would also strain their ability to call themselves Lawful Good.
Well, really, it has several problems. Its spymaster and most powerful wizard is dead and in Hell, many of its covert operations throughout Avistan have correspondingly been burned, and its attempt at alliance with Avistan’s most powerful wizard has collapsed in spectacular fashion, leaving it with a supply route to the Worldwound that it’s not going to be able to defend, and slightly less of Ustalav ruled by undead but more of it ruled by Cheliax, and, frankly, egg on its face in the sight of the international community, which is not something any of Lastwall’s decision-makers are personally inclined to track but is, in fact, strategically relevant.
Most of the strategic cost of Jean Riudaure’s death was presumed lost within minutes of his death, and from a strictly utilitarian point of view, saving him from Hell’s wrath is just not worth the enormous cost of recovering a sold soul, which might, otherwise spent, increase their chances of victory for everyone, but there were other considerations besides his own suffering which led Lastwall to provide Felandriel Morgethai with a Wish diamond and ask her to wrench him from Hell’s grasp. Riudaure was the most well-known soul-sold defector in the world, with a bounty on his soul equal to that on Alexeara Cansellarion’s, and he joined Lastwall’s service with their explicit promise of protection from Hell. To leave him there, no matter the cost, would not only ensure Lastwall never received another high-level defector from Cheliax, it would also strain their ability to call themselves Lawful Good.
