I'm sure I'm not the only one who plays for the sake of roleplaying, and even if you don't, gameplay wise you find moments where you're plan back fires, leaving you with a very large set back and demoralized.
Usually this is when you like restart a game. Nuhu, easy come easy goes, too much blood has been shed for this cause, and that is why we need to shed more. Because when someone wins, the fighting will end.
After two years of campaigning against bandits and oportunists that took advantage of the poor and defensless Eresa Alkali and the Calradian fighters decided to enter a contract with the Grand Principality of Vaegris, that would give them an official excuse to stop the so called noble Lords from raiding villages and murdering the people that lived in them.
At this point the Vaegris held all of their homeland along with Wercheg, Sargoth and Thir.
The Nords king moved to Praven where they controlled all of what once belonged to Swadia including good portions of the Rhodock Republic.
The mountain Kingdom was reduced to Jelkala and a few castles.
The Sarranid held no cities, only castles all of their lands now under Khergit control.
Well, it was working, we took Dhrim, Uxhal and many castles along the way. Until the Veagris went to war with the Khergit AND the nords at the same time. Reyvadin and Khudan are now Khergit, The Nords have all their lands back but Wercheg. Our armies have been beaten time and time again, our Lords are being held captive and the able bodied men, and women, are in short supply.
Maybe completely unrelated, or instrumental to this is the fact that, as a woman my liege... I mean employer refuses to make me a sworn woman. One thing Eresa Alkali is not is a turncoat, but even then, she has wiped the floor with many if not all potential rivals, her coarse and violent demeanor preceeds her. She has made many enemies and few friends outside the Grand Principality.
I can hope that a new war erupts where the Khergit and the Nords Fight each other and where the Vaegris can wage war against one and not both. Seeing how the two other note worthy factions had just declared war on the Vaegris I think by that time it will be too late.
I fear that jumping the ship and restarting with another kingdom will be very difficult because no one really likes me.
All in all very demoralizing. Am I barking up the wrong tree or have some of you been in a similar situation too?
P.S. Dude... I'm a dude.... Just in case.