Get on the damn griffon, Boris!
So, after many, many, many turns of passive-aggressive blustering - including pointless treaty-breaking, and presumably rude gestures directed at Karl Franz' back when he's not looking - I finally managed to convince Todbringer to confederate; nothing like endless hordes of Norscan reavers looting, pillaging, and generally putting everything to the torch to put things in perspective. Guess ol' Boris didn't want Middenland to suffer the same fate as Nordland... and Ostland... and Ostermark...
Smart move. I even made him Reichsmarchall to placate his ego. Now he's Reichsmarchall Boris the Bloody, and he brings the Hammer down on Norscan invaders, burns their staging grounds and generally forces them to reap what they've sown three-fold, all in the name of Franz! Excellent, excellent. Only one thing: he absolutely refuses to ride a horse. That's fine, I guess. Stubborn old bastard doesn't need a horse to "Bring the Tod", as it were - something he does extraordinarily well. I generally like to have my lords mount up, because otherwise it looks a little silly (he's nobility, after all, not some indigent peasant), but whatever. As long as Boris keeps bringing the tod, all is well. Doesn't really need a horse anyway. A griffon on the other hand...
I mean, Franz gets a griffon... If Franz gets a griffon, why shouldn't Todbringer get a griffon?... I imagine Boris grumbling. Fine, then. Anything to keep the Hammer of the Norscans happy. One griffon coming up, straight from the Imperial menagerie. Only, now that he has it - and after expending a considerable number of character points to get it - HE WON'T. GET. ON. THE. DAMN. GRIFFON. Come on, Boris. I know it's not "Deathclaw," but I ordered it for you special. None of my other grafs have a griffon - just you and the Franz. NOPE. Won't ride it. I'm not even presented with the option to have him ride it (...just a helpful tool tip suggesting I can make various mounts available by investing points in the appropriate skills, WHICH I HAVE ALREADY DONE, THANK YOU). Is this because of his funny leg? I mean, we can rig you up a special saddle, Boris, if that's the problem.You'd think sailing around on your own personal griffon would be a lot easier and more stylish than limping along behind your warhost, but whatever.
Maybe he's doing it on purpose: like, "Franz has a griffon? HA. So do I! But I don't even RIDE mine! I keep it chained up in the garden back back in Middenheim! A REAL MAN doesn't need some PUFFED UP CHICKEN to fight the hordes of chaos! I march into battle dragging my club foot behind me LIKE SIGMAR INTENDED. Never saw SIGMAR riding an oversized chicken, did you?!!!"
Sigh.
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