(04-20-2015, 01:58 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(04-20-2015, 01:54 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote:(04-20-2015, 01:43 PM)Coatleque Wrote:(04-20-2015, 01:39 PM)Melkire Wrote: Wiping out an entire opposing end of the political spectrum rarely ends well, as far as I know.
Drastic change never occurs peacefully.
But on the idea of Lolorito assuming power and the dynasty changing - there are hundreds of examples through history of noble houses coming to power the same way. I do not think this is crossing the line of believability at all.
Drastic change can occur peacefully. If you look at the american revolution for example. Besides the whole war with england, internally it was a rather peaceful transition.
The few token rebellions were quashed without even a shot usually (some of them personally by george washington).
Revolutions by the elite (which Ul'dahs or America's were) are far less bloody and complicated than revolutions by the masses (french, russian)
Wikipedia Wrote:Casualties
Americans and allies
The total loss of life throughout the war is largely unknown. As was typical in the wars of the era, disease claimed far more lives than battle. Between 1775 and 1782 a smallpox epidemic swept across North America, killing 40 people in Boston alone. Historian Joseph Ellis suggests that Washington's decision to have his troops inoculated against the smallpox epidemic, including the use of biological warfare by the British, was one of his most important decisions.[169]
At least 25,000 American Patriots died during active military service.[16] About 6,800 of these deaths were in battle; the other 17,000 recorded deaths were from disease, including about 8,000–12,000 who died of starvation or disease brought on by deplorable conditions while prisoners of war,[170] most in rotting British prison ships in New York. Another estimate, however, puts the total death toll at around 70,000, which if true would make the conflict proportionately deadlier than the American Civil War.[9] The uncertainty arises from the number of disease deaths, which were believed to be quite numerous, amounting to an estimated 10,000 in 1776 alone.[9] The number of Patriots seriously wounded or disabled by the war has been estimated from 8,500 to 25,000.[171] Proportionate to the population of the colonies, the Revolutionary War was at least the second-deadliest conflict in American history, ranking ahead of World War II and behind only the Civil War.
Yes because there was a war. If England had just shook hands and let them leave, it would have been relatively bloodless.
I'm talking about internal strife, not external.
