Unlike combat and sorcery which match strength-with-strength and wit-with-wit respectively, espionage operations allow the weakening of a realm from within. Blackguards are able to infiltrate an enemies land to gather valuable information on the status of the economy, military strength as well as their defense strategy. This information can be used to determine the best approach to disable such an adversary or to incapacitate them from aiding their allies. In addition to information gathering, operations can be ordered to destroy and weaken specific defensive structures, ordered to assassinate specific military unit or steal certain resources - all of which open additional opportunities from an otherwise unformiddable defense.

Espionage Operations
Operation Name
Category
Restrictions
Valor / Fortitude
Effect
Reconnaissance
Informative (Intel)
None
No
Summary of Realm (Non Military)
Survey Military
Informative (Intel)
None
No
Summary of Military Status
Survey Fortifications
Informative (Intel)
None
No
View of Realm Structures
Survey Research
Informative (Intel)
None
No
View of Realm Research
Infiltrate Mages
Informative (Intel)
None
No
Estimate current mages in target realm
Infiltrate BlackGuard
Informative (Intel)
None
No
Estimate current blackguards in target realm
Plunder Farms
Offensive
None
Yes
Portion of target realms food are stolen
Plunder Temples
Offensive
None
Yes
Portion of target realms mana stones are stolen
Plunder MarketPlace
Offensive
None
Yes
Steals a random amount of royal crowns from target realm
Sabotage Farms
Offensive
None
Yes
Destroys a percentage of farms from target realm
Sabotage Trebuchet
Offensive
None
Yes
Destroys a percentage of trebuchets from target realm
Sabotage Transports
Offensive
None
Yes
Destroys a percentage of transports from target realm
Sabotage Temples
Offensive
None
Yes
Destroys a percentage of temples from target realm
Sabotage Sentry Towers
Offensive
None
Yes
Destroys a percentage of sentry towers from target realm
Sabotage Fortified Wall
Offensive
None
Yes
Destroys a percentage of fortified walls from target realm
Assassinate Serfs
Offensive
None
Yes
A number of serfs from target realm are killed
Assassinate Mages
Offensive
None
Yes
A number of mages from target realm are killed
Assassinate BlackGuard
Offensive
None
Yes
A number of blackguards from target realm are killed
Assassinate Military
Offensive
None
Yes
A number of military units from target realm are killed
Convert Military
Offensive
None
Yes
A portion of the target realms military is convinced to join your cause




Intel Related (or non damaging) operations do not yeild any valor or fortitude damage
You cannot do operations on realms in your empire