Talk:Druella/@comment-196.204.14.225-20160508191327/@comment-27950421-20160510185248

It is true that heroes that were in Lescatie did defect, however that isn't the PR problem. The problem is two things.

1) by invading and conquering a city they've given legitimacy to the Orders propaganda. The order will claim that the people of Lescatie were slaughtered and given the way they block out anyone or anything with demonic energy it will be very difficult to prove them wrong within territory they control. The scant few who do get through this will simply be said to corrupted and trying to trick people into trusting and getting killed by the "evil demons".

2) They've turned Lescatie into a martyr. The order will of course claim that the "noble heroes" of Lescatie had fought to the last breath of the last man and use that as a point to rally around. Essentially Lescatie just got turned into the Orders version of the Alamo.

Not only does the order now have something to fuel peoples fears but also something to harden the resolve of their troops.

Now I'm not the sort of person who would say that the Demon Lord or Druella shouldn't fight back, however just rolling in and crushing them isn't the answer. The best strategy they could use would be to focus their military might on defense. The army that took Lescatie should have been guarding their borders not off taking over cities. From there they should focus on combating the orders propaganda. Instead of just letting monster run wild, the demon lord should be trying to get them to endear themselves to the humans. The DL shouldn't force anyone into doing anything but she should make it clear to the amazons, dark elves, and manticores of the world that terrorizing and raiding human populations is frownd upon. Coexistence like what happens in Zinpangu should be their final goal. Essentially she needs to turn it into a cold war with as little direct conflict as possible. With the demon lord said that being as peacful and helpful with the humans as possible were the goal then the majority of mamono would follow that and most of the order propaganda would fail. It'd be a lot harder to sow hatred of mamono kind if the local were wolf pack was helping guarf the livestock and bring in game for the winter instead raiding food and stealing men.

However the demon lord doesn't seem to be doing anything guide the mamono race. Instead she has locked herself away in her castle to screw her husband over and over again.