The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Pirates certainly have that problem, Sosiang, but you also need to consider one thing: how to prevent them from joining Commorragh. If Victor and you go to war in the future, Victor will definitely hire various pirate groups at great expense. For example, the Void Dragon Pirates, they have more than three thousand five hundred warships (Eldar pirate ships are generally smaller), but they only value profit. Once they join Victor, they will be an extremely difficult force to deal with. There's also the Sky Reavers pirate group. The leader of this pirate group, Prince Leseris, had all his relatives slaughtered by the Space Wolves, so he hates the Imperium and the Astartes immensely. Once Victor tells him your identity, this pirate group will definitely choose to join Commorragh's side."

Sosiang frowned slightly. He hadn't really understood the strength of the various pirate groups in detail before, and always thought they were insignificant like human pirates. He didn't bother to read many of Dorar's reports.

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"How can a pirate group have thousands of warships?"

"Well, the origin of the Void Dragon Pirates has always been a mystery. They were born a very long time ago, possibly more than seven thousand years. The mentor seems to know something but hasn't said it publicly, but he once lamented that 'the birth of the Void Dragon Pirates originated from a tragedy.' So I guess the predecessor of this pirate group was a destroyed Craftworld, or a large Craftworld. Probably, when it was destroyed, the residents had enough time to drive most of the ships out, and then slowly absorbed wanderers and fleets from other Craftworlds, resulting in the current scale."

"But such a powerful force, Madam, do you think the Ynnari can handle it? This is even larger than the Ynnari fleet. To win them over must require a very high price."

Veronica suddenly mysteriously gestured to Sosiang, who immediately lowered his head, and she whispered in his ear:

"The current leader of the Void Dragon Phoenix Pirates is Princess Salania, she has just taken over the position of her deceased father, Prince Kansato, for less than thirty years. There must be many challengers within the pirate group, especially people within the family. I heard that she has several uncles and aunts who are high-ranking admirals in the pirate group, and they are quite close to Commorragh. Princess Salania only has the support of her father's veterans, but not everyone, after all, her power comes from blood rather than merit and strength. At this time, she may also need a powerful external force that won't take away her power to help her consolidate her position. We can first coax her over, give her a big pie to eat as a reassurance, and then 'help' her remove a few challengers who are more prickly and close to Commorragh. Be sure to be ruthless, it's best to kill more people and expand the scale of the struggle, so that the admirals of the pirate group will have the illusion that Princess Salania has completely relied on the Ynnari, forcing those captains who are biased towards Commorragh to rebel or run away. When the Ynnari fleet appears again and eliminates those people one by one, it will confirm the fact that Princess Salania used the Ynnari's knife to kill her own people. Except for a very few loyalists, the rest of the pirate group will be alienated from her. Then you come forward to win people's hearts, isn't this picking up a powerful fleet for nothing?"

After listening, Sosiang was stunned for a moment, and then said hesitantly:

"Would this be-"

"Oh my, I'm not restricting you so much, what are you still worried about? Even if we don't plan, do you think Victor won't take action? Maybe he's been planning for a long time, otherwise why would there be so many high-ranking officials in the Void Dragon Pirates who are biased towards Commorragh? It's even said that many Kabalite Warriors, Wychs and Nightmares, those Commorragh scum, have appeared inside the Void Dragon. How could a little girl like Salania control this largest Eldar pirate group? The final outcome will either be assassination or exile. We are also saving her."

"That's right, it's better to hold it in our own hands than to leave it to the opponent. I'll discuss it with Dorar later. Besides this Void Dragon, Madam, what other pirate groups do you think are worth recruiting?"

Veronica stretched out her fingers and counted them one by one, obviously she had put a lot of effort into this.

"The Fell Reavers, the Steel Eyes Raiders, the Star Killers, the Sunblaze Brotherhood, probably these four. However, the Sunblaze Brotherhood requires a little more effort, because they have old grudges with the Void Dragon, and there are frequent conflicts between the two sides. There is even a saying that the Sunblaze Brotherhood broke away from the Void Dragon. Logically speaking, this pirate group is actually the easiest to win over, because they have good relations with the Craftworlds of Alaitoc, Lugganath, and Mymeara. When Lugganath was attacked by the Slaanesh warband, they also joined the war to save the situation. The two sides have a deep connection. Letting Lugganath send representatives to lobby them is likely to accept the Ynnari's recruitment, but if the Ynnari also want to swallow the Void Dragon, they must carefully grasp the balance between the two."

"Wait, that Fell Reavers, if I remember correctly, is that organized by that pirate prince Iriel, right?"

"Yes, so it's very difficult to recruit them."

Prince Iriel, is well-known among the Eldar. Even Sosiang has heard of him on many occasions. This person comes from the Craftworld Iyanden, and his most well-known identity is that he is the only surviving direct descendant of the Eldanesh family, the most prominent family of the ancient Eldar Empire, that is, the legendary hero and first Phoenix Lord Eldanesh.

Strictly speaking in terms of blood and law, he is theoretically the most qualified Eldar to serve as Phoenix Lord, but Iriel's noble bloodline comes from his mother, but his father has always been a mystery, so there are many dark speculations, especially his mother, the noble Princess Eldanesh, who seemed to have fallen into Commorragh for a period of time

The Craftworld Iyanden also claims to be the heir to the Fire of Asuryan, so it has never had any contact with the Ynnari. In a sense, there is a competition between the two sides for the orthodoxy of the Eldar race. If Prince Iriel can join the Ynnari, it would be a huge political success.

But as Veronica said, it's difficult.

Even Sosiang knows that Iriel is an extremely arrogant existence, even by Eldar standards. This may stem from his noble bloodline, but it may also come from deep-seated inferiority. It is difficult for such a person to be subordinate to others.

Including Iriel leaving his hometown was also because of his extreme arrogance. In the Battle of Burning Moon, as the fleet commander, Iriel was busy chasing his prey, completely ignoring the protection of the Craftworld, causing Iyanden to be hit by a vortex torpedo, causing huge casualties. Iriel was stripped of his rank for his guilt. After being tried by the Seer Council, Iriel, unable to bear it, vowed to leave Iyanden and never return.

That's how the pirate prince Iriel came to be.

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