A crystal giving Spike the ability to control and even rewrite the minds of others embeds itself into his forehead. Suffice to say, there's nothing left to do now but conquer the world.
I'm going to go with option 1. The slavers will very likely provide invaluable info and expertise on the other 4 factions, while not being so strong as to make us vulnerable if say, the deer find us right away. Also we want to snowball and not go for the big fish right away, as doing so would leave us basically unable to defend ourselves should something go wrong.
I'm going with 1, it could be easy to replace the slavers with a changeling and then take the slaves, and the slaves could be already weak very mentally so it could be easy to control them
you should get his infiltrators to spread that their god is coming to the lamb cults while going for option 1 at the same time. After go for option 5, the kitsune using the slavers skills.
Get the infiltrators to break open the gates from the inside then send the dragons in to capture the slaver outpost.
Minos will prepare right away if we do not go for them quickly. I vote for 3, Mintaurs can easily fill heavy infantry roles if needed, plus merchant connections and their resources would make for the best ability to garner and control informational spread.
Either the Slavers or the Kitsune, both would make the rest of the options significantly easier, if both Slavers first, then the Kitsune. With the Yokai and Changlings working together, sheep cults would come next as a mixture of their skills in shape-shifting and illusion would make tricking them into believing Grogar has returned with Spike as his prophet trivial.
This is the order I think we should do; 1,5,4,3,2. My reasoning is because the slavers have knowledge about the others as well as how to keep them contained. They might even know how to track the Kitsune since I’m sure they would be high value slaves. Not to mention we might not have to fight; the slavers only care about profit so we can use that. The dragons can be offers as mussel and intimidation to keep their slaves in line and Spikes white gems will be the selling point. We might need to bend the truth saying the gems like they make the wearer more obedient to others and anyone can command them. But most importantly is that we still need to be quit and not draw to much attention to ourselves. If Spike only takes a few dragons with him then if anyone is watching they will just think that some dragons mercenaries are looking for work.
I agree the order should be 1,5,4,3,2. I feel if Spike conquers Stagial or Minos first he might alert Equestria early. After all Minos is a center for trade and who knows who Equestria is allied with. At least 1,5,3 are very very likely not to go to Equestria for help. Spike should build up his man power a bit before risking that. And the extra man power wouldn't hurt if his whole subterfuge thing went south in the last two conquests.
When he conquers Minos he should place a purple gem on the Doge or someone to to be his financial adviser or accountant. He will need to keep track of his trade and resources once they get big enough.
And if the Pink gem also has the ability to change more than gender on a slave, he should add udders to certain the female Minotaurs and goats.
Kitsune please!!
Edit: thought it over some more, the minos kingdom instead makes more sense
I'm going to go with option 1.
The slavers will very likely provide invaluable info and expertise on the other 4 factions, while not being so strong as to make us vulnerable if say, the deer find us right away.
Also we want to snowball and not go for the big fish right away, as doing so would leave us basically unable to defend ourselves should something go wrong.
Option 3: The Kingdom of Minos
I chose option number 3
Option 4
4 or 5. Would rather not risk the rumored magical artifact in option 3 being real.
I'm going with 1, it could be easy to replace the slavers with a changeling and then take the slaves, and the slaves could be already weak very mentally so it could be easy to control them
Option 4 Spike needs to build his manpower before going after the deer and he should attack Minos last.
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you should get his infiltrators to spread that their god is coming to the lamb cults while going for option 1 at the same time. After go for option 5, the kitsune using the slavers skills.
Get the infiltrators to break open the gates from the inside then send the dragons in to capture the slaver outpost.
Option 4
Minos will prepare right away if we do not go for them quickly. I vote for 3, Mintaurs can easily fill heavy infantry roles if needed, plus merchant connections and their resources would make for the best ability to garner and control informational spread.
Option 1
Either the Slavers or the Kitsune, both would make the rest of the options significantly easier, if both Slavers first, then the Kitsune. With the Yokai and Changlings working together, sheep cults would come next as a mixture of their skills in shape-shifting and illusion would make tricking them into believing Grogar has returned with Spike as his prophet trivial.
Option 5. Would be able to easily assist in options 3 and 4
have you thought about doing some other perspectives, such as Twilight or Celestia, or perhaps even some of the characters Spike has and will conquer
Option 5
This is the order I think we should do; 1,5,4,3,2.
My reasoning is because the slavers have knowledge about the others as well as how to keep them contained. They might even know how to track the Kitsune since I’m sure they would be high value slaves. Not to mention we might not have to fight; the slavers only care about profit so we can use that. The dragons can be offers as mussel and intimidation to keep their slaves in line and Spikes white gems will be the selling point. We might need to bend the truth saying the gems like they make the wearer more obedient to others and anyone can command them. But most importantly is that we still need to be quit and not draw to much attention to ourselves. If Spike only takes a few dragons with him then if anyone is watching they will just think that some dragons mercenaries are looking for work.
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I agree the order should be 1,5,4,3,2. I feel if Spike conquers Stagial or Minos first he might alert Equestria early. After all Minos is a center for trade and who knows who Equestria is allied with. At least 1,5,3 are very very likely not to go to Equestria for help. Spike should build up his man power a bit before risking that. And the extra man power wouldn't hurt if his whole subterfuge thing went south in the last two conquests.
When he conquers Minos he should place a purple gem on the Doge or someone to to be his financial adviser or accountant. He will need to keep track of his trade and resources once they get big enough.
And if the Pink gem also has the ability to change more than gender on a slave, he should add udders to certain the female Minotaurs and goats.
Option 2
Voting is concluded! Final results are:
Option 1: 7
Option 2: 1
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 5
Option 5: 5
Looks like the slavers are first! Be prepared for that! I hope to release the next chapter some time this week!
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Evil cliffhangers
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Wanted to give the reader a chance to vote on what to do with her XD
Honestly, for me, the sex and hedonism here IS the boring part. The mindlessness IS the interesting part for me.
And there's the fact the sheep are apparently a cult dedicated to the second greatest evil in Equus' history, just behind Tirek!