I want to say right off the bat that I speak only for myself when I say this. Not for Victoria, and certainly not for Volterra as I do not want to drag down a nation which has been good to me throughout 3.0 with a post that might not even need to go up.

Recently, there has been rumors going on that Volterra somehow funded Malen and Reiko and told them to go raid Alpoko and destabilize the region. People have backed this up with truthful evidence that Volterra actively raided and attacked my nation, Icenia, in 2.0 until the citizens voted in a pro-annexation president (Brit) to give away her sovereignty.

The part about Icenia is true, and up until a little bit into 3.0 I was still very bitter about the whole situation that went on in Icenia. Looking back now, I harbor no resentment for Mickale or for Brit. Mickale was simply playing the long game and saw Icenia as a playing card for removing Kaiserin from the -,- and Brit simply played the political game and outsmarted me. Besides that, Icenia was in a bad state by the time the merge happened due to the government hating each other and the BIP getting citizens up and arms over the fact that the system was "undemocratic".

As I said, I used to hate them for doing this. It felt so wrong to me and in some cases it still does. Icenia was my baby and I put a ton of work into it only for it to be decimated in a month and for my reputation to be destroyed yet again. It was really riding on the survival of the nation as I had 2 other nations deaths (Intis and Chanos) pinned on me even if I had played a minimal roll in the death of both of them.

Beyond this the damage to Icenia was also done by Hjatland on a more massive scale. They constantly lava bombed the city and brought upon it much more large scale damage than Volterra ever did. For that reason, I still harbor some resentment for the individuals who did that.

Why does this all matter? Why am I talking about 2.0 petty drama that should no longer have any place being in the discussion of a server that is nearly two months old at this point?

Because it was brought up by Malen

Malen is currently using Icenia as an example that Mickale goes under the table to get things done in a violent way and that he is lying to all of you about his supposed involvement with Reikocrew. He is using it in relation to the raids that the nation of Alpoko sadly suffered at the hands of Reikocrew and rather than apologizing himself for the raiding of Alpoko, Malen is placing blame on another nation that he himself raided and getting the server mad at that nation.

This is utter bullshit. Downvote me to hell, call me names, say that this post is not needed, but Malens claims are utter bullshit and I feel the need to defend someone that although hurt me in 2.0, had given me a lot more chances than anyone else on this server could logically think to do and has entrusted me with running a major area of Volterra even after my leadership skills faltered in 2.0. Mickale is a great guy, a great leader and a person of integrity and I know for a fact that he would not fund Reikocrew for the small purpose of annexing a neighboring state to make sugarcane for pylon purposes.

Mickale has been a solid leader throughout 3.0 and has guided Volterra to the place it is today which I see as a solid place to be in. Even after the beating we took from Reikocrew our nation is still strong and we are still motivated to become even better and a lot of that is due to Mickale.

Sure, I disagree with the man on some of his tactics and it is a known fact that I disagree with the Imperial Government on a lot of the laws that are passed in the empire because I am a limited government kind of guy-but I have full faith in the Volterran leadership and Mickale and I can say with what I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Mickale is a man that you all should get to know-but trust as well.

I am sorry if this post is uneeded but once again I feel the need to defend someone who has been good to me when others have wanted to see my cities burn, for me to quit, and have lost faith in anything that I do. Mickale has seen past this all and I am glad to call him my friend.