Lore talk:White-Gold Concordat

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White-Gold Concordat, a "treaty"[edit]

In terms of written/signed documents, there's a distinct difference between a treaty and what the White-Gold Concordat really is.

As is mentioned in the Great War book, the WGC is technically an Ultimatum.


It is called a "peace-treaty" by one who wrote an account in the same book, but only because of the purpose for which Titus Mede II signed it. He was forced to do so in order to end a long & destructive war that would've proven to be even more disastrous. — Unsigned comment by WintersetAltmer (talkcontribs) at 15:13 on 2 November 2014‎ (GMT)

The ultimatum mentioned in The Great War is not the same thing as the Concordat. The ultimatum was rejected, resulting in the war, which the Empire lost and was forced into signing the Concordat. An ultimatum ("the last one") is the last offering of terms before a threatened act; it was rejected and so the threatened act, war with the Dominion, was carried out. Once the war has begun, you can't have an ultimatum anymore. The Concordat was certainly a rather one-sided treaty, signed under duress, but it can't be called an ultimatum. -- Hargrimm(T) 01:20, 3 November 2014 (GMT)