The Audience

The Audience is a unique dilemma for the Dark Elves race introduced in Total War Warhammer II and part of the loyalty game mechanic.

This random chance dilemma can only be triggered once for a high loyalty lord and gives the player four choices with differing bonuses and effects, namely:


 * The permanent Favoured trait which provides small public order and unit upkeep reduction bonuses, and a chance for local lords to increase their loyalty by a small amount.
 * A major bonus experience for the lord in exchange for a moderate money payment.
 * A moderate money payment in exchange for a moderate lord loyalty cut.
 * A temporary factionwide public order bonus.

The name of the lord that triggered this event is displayed under the dilemma name.

In-game description
"One of your Lords answers an annual summons to court. Is that fear you spy in the eyes of a loyal or eager anticipation of a reward?"

Requirements

 * Player is a Dark Elves faction
 * Player has a lord with high loyalty (10)

Trigger timing

 * As soon as all requirements are met there is a random chance chance the dilemma will trigger immediately.

Option 1: Proclaim your favour
"Such weavering loyalty is rare; it is best to keep this subject close by granting them control over some small fiefdom."
 * Favoured
 * On turn start, Lords have a chance to gain 1 loyalty (local characters)
 * Public order: +3 (local province)
 * Upkeep: -5% for all units (Lord's army)

Option 2: Assign a mentor

 * Bonus experience: +6000 for
 * Treasury: -2000

"This Lord would be of more use if only someone could be convinced to part with some dark secrets..."

Option 3: Strip some assets!

 * Loyalty: -3
 * Treasury: +2500

"This Lord will soon be too occupied fighting your wars. When the time comes, relieve them of their holdings."

Option 4: Root out some rebels!

 * Root out some rebels!
 * Turns remaining: tbc
 * tbc

"As a test of loyalty, force this Lord to turn in any deviant that has as much as whispered a word in criticism of your rule... starting with some family members!"

Strategy

 * It pays off to improve lord loyalty and keep it high as this dilemma can provide a variety of bonuses and effects which can support your campaign strategy.
 * High loyalty dilemmas are triggered only once per lord so it may be helpful to consider how your choice fits in with your long term strategy.