Take two. :P
@What Harold said: I agree that it does not have to be Iamos and Dewin guiding the other knights. However I do think that Dewin at least is suited for the role, so in the event we use the idea, I'd like to nominate him for the position. :P
Insane N_B, Blaze and Peragrine are all also going to be in SA so far as I am aware. You know, the security of thedude's dungeons is really awful. :P Also JDI.
Concerning potential allies: Do we intend for the KOTOS to actually muster an entire army? That seems improbable, considering the extent of thedude's military power; any rebellions will either be too far and thin to gather in force, or essentially non-existant at this point. Unless the Nexus Force suddenly decided to be responsible and send in their own army. Hmm. What about this- the NF or the KOTOS contacts the other, and proposes that if the KOTOS manage to ground the Red Mythrans patrolling the blockade, the NF will send in lots of ships and troops and attack Mt. Scary blitzkrieg style, so that the heroic KOTOS can get in while thedude's armies are busy, and capture him after an awesome battle, during which JDI can do the disappearing thing. I guess that kind of removes the need to gather the other KOTOS... or no, not really, because the KOTOS will be the group that actually goes to attack thedude, so they want to be at full strength with as many members as possible at that decisive battle.
I'm rambling now, sorry. I'll just throw that idea out there for what it's worth. :P
The idea of gathering allies came from two parts in SA, where armies where mentioned.
Lukas-Thingguy says: âBut regardless, just know that we are not going to storm the palace alone. We will assemble an army or two on the way.â He might actually know something more; and he might or might not have the map in mind.
Later, we have this:
âWe need to strike back at Vladek,â said Talmid. âBut first we need an army.â
âWe have a plan,â said Danju. âBut itâs missing a piece.â
What I had in mind is this: The Scavengers, the former Watchtower soldiers, Ember, if Talmid likes and possibly others (perhaps some people the Thingguys know; maybe the Merry Men or however they were called) group with the KotOS to fight thedude. Meanwhile, you should note this: Half of thedude's army is down in the south struggling to defeat the Corsairs. An important part of the rest is placed in Thunderclap and Orlan, but the rest is spread all over Militiregnum. If we have some rebellions of a decent siz (a relation of King Jork could stir Aquila, a person I discussed with Harold could stir Cheinir and Harold mentioned something about Britay) started when news of the KotOS's return arrive, the army would be forced to remain spread thin unable to crash the KotOS's small force working in Morcia singlehandedly.
Meanwhile, Dewin could put all his strength at one point in order to restore the Enchantment to its full strength rendering all of thedude's technology useless for the duration of the final battle. At the same time, the Nexus Force, either watching the surface closely or having been notified, send a force using PCG teleportation (it's an idea I mentioned a while ago). Attacking Thunderclap would still be hard now, but not impossible.
As for thedude himself, firstly I don't think we should consider him OP in army level, but in hand-to-hand combat level. If he could just crash armies like that on his own, he would have done so already in PD. But anyway, we have JDI (and possibly Ember, though I don't think Talmid meant to have her reappear) to counter him till one point.
This was my idea all in all, I don't think it's too different than what already proposed and entirely possible.
Thingguys' ideas could include the Nexus Force and/or the Dragon and/or something else.