Von_Kestleberg – Betrayer of StoneHarthLegion?

According to Christianity Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus with a kiss for 30 silver coins, then after

realizing what he had done, he gave the money back and hung himself. The name Judas is synonymous with that of betrayal followed closely by the name Von_Kestleberg.

Alright, so I may be embellishing the comparative of the two, however let me position myself.

Von_Kestleberg is one of the founders of Retribution and StoneHarthLegion is also his guild. hughiejr may be the master, but he isn’t the puppeteer as those strings are controlled by Von.

During the merger, alliance were formed and sides were chosen. It was obvious that Von was no longer the all powerful gladiator he professed to be on his previous server and was becoming redundant.

The formation of Retribution soon followed, which sparked the war with SPQR & WRT

SPQR – Based on the evidence at the time of the declaration, they had several SPQR members.

WRT – War was avoided as Palerider retracted his gladiators from Retribution and had the acumen to speak to Kimbus and provide a feasible and peaceful solution.

StoneHarthLegion - was not declared on due to the close ties and history that a number of their gladiators had with Kimbus and the Den. This  later resulted in those particular members walking out of StoneHarthLegion in protest of the action taken by Von.

My opinion, StoneHarthLegion should have counted themselves lucky, as they did not get in the cross-fire of the initial war declaration.

So the war has been raging on between “The Den” and “SPQR”, with more than half of SPQR are unable to hit any member of “The Den”

While this is all happening....:..

Oongrats - makes it known that he will never surrender, as well as making it clear that he is a half wit.

Diceman – Still tries to figure out that “Hay is for horses”, where as “Hey" is used as a way of grabbing someone's attention.

Eric – takes up a teaching role, First Lesson: Sarcasm, without the use of Irony? WTF? – Maybe he should also explain the Hay situation to Diceman [See Diceman's profile]

In my previous post, I mentioned that Eric, Von and Mysterious were all given Admin posts, as SPQR were running out of options and needed mercs to try and hit “The Den”. During that time, Von asked “The Den” to stop the war and admitted to being the cause of the war. Kimbus rightfully suggested that Von take it up with Oongrats, as he has the ability to surrender the war. Von left SPQR and went back to StoneHarthLegion – as he was once more regarded as redundant.

So the latest News is, Von would like to start up Retribution and declare war on “The Den”, hence my suggestive association between Judas and Von. The truth is, if Von declares war on “The Den”, there is only one outcome.

A war to end Legion – and not one war, a number of wars without end, until they are as broken and in dire need of help – Much like SPQR?

Why does he want to Declare?

Is it because he no longer has loyalty to StoneHarthLegion?

Is it because he believes that by sacrificing the gladiators of StoneHarthLegion, the Den will no longer be focused on SPQR?

Is Von giving up his seat at StoneHarthLegion to take up the Admin post at SPQR afterwards?

Either way, it’s a betrayal and the outcome looks bleak for StoneHarthLegion.

It will be interesting to see if Von is prepared to play his hand, with the knowledge that return fire is imminent.