Happy New Year

And whatever else

Lord of turn 12: Eastern Farnks, Steve Green, even if he didn’t turn a turn in, some unexpected help was received, and he is still alive, despite his country being over-run by both Wudon and Norse troops.

Peon of turn 12:Bulgar, Kerry Harrison, things go boom when you don’t turn in a turn.

1) I am sorry about the long turn around this turn, some personal problems have appeared, I would tell you more, but my attorney dose not want me talking about them until the mess is settled. (sigh)

2) Please turn in turns, bad things seem to happen when you don’t.

4) Check out the Lords of the Earth homepage… http://gumby.spa.umn.edu/cscdir/lotedie/homepage.html

5) I am going to make some space on my own Internet provider and piece together a LOTE #7 page, I plan on keeping up-to-date supplements, MSI/ESI chart, and possibly semi-current maps. Any ideas on what else to have, drop a line. The page will be at…

http://iceworld.iceworld.org/~allanon/lords7.html

6) Musical titles for this turn were

Alabama - Greatest Hits III

Travis Tritt - Greatest Hits

Covered in Black - Various Industrial Artists

Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas

I will be home to answer question on Tuesday and Thursday, between 7:00 and 10:30

$0.50 - Additional Maps

Players will be dropped if they are delinquent in paying for two turns, unless OK’d by me, I am reasonable.

Infantry, Cavalry, Siege, Bowmen: 500 Men

Warship: 5 Boats with 100 Men

Transports: 10 Boats with 50 Men

Field forts: 5 Forts 100 men garrisons

Citadels and Wall points: 20 feet of Stone and 500 men

LORDS ONE: Thomas Harlan, 4858 East Second Street, Tucson, Arizona. 85711-1207. (520)323-8570. Call between 7pm and 10pm MST. INTERNET: tharlan@pima.gov. Turn #186 is the latest.

LORDS TWO: Sean Harding, 13224 Highview Drive, Burnsville, MN. 55337 (612)377-8440. INTERNET: sharding@mva.com. Turn #37 is the latest.

LORDS THREE - THE OLD WORLD: Colin Dunnigan, 5042 East Julia, Tucson, Arizona. 85711. (520)881-1402. INTERNET: cdunnigan@pima.gov. Turn #9 is the latest.

LORDS THREE - THE NEW WORLD: Richard Ketcham, 5223 Karenbeth, Houston, TX. 77084. (713)345-8246. INTERNET: 102667.2505@Compuserve.com. Turn #91 is the latest.

LORDS FOUR: Dave Salter, 7338 Rolling Oak Lane, Springfield, VA. 22153. (703)912-6076. Turn#36 is the latest. INTERNET: 102417.3444 @CompuServe.Com.

LORDS FIVE: Scott Chatham, 11030 SW Wilsonville Road, #117. Wilsonville, OR. 97070-9505. INTERNET: huntsman@teleport.com.

LORDS SEVEN - THE DARK AGES: Eddie Hartwell, 11517 23rd Ave., Burnsville, MN. 55337. (612)890-1151 - Tues. & Thurs 7:00pm-10:30pm CST. Turn #10 is the latest.

LORDS EIGHT - THE DIADOCHI: Neil Stokes, 1674 Juliet Avenue, St.Paul, MN. 55105. (612) 698-9270. INTERNET: nstokes@iceworld.org. Turn #10 is the latest.

PLATE GAMES SUBEMPIRE: Thad Plate, 5333 East Thomas Road, #215, Phoenix, AZ. 85018. (602)952-8929. INTERNET: thadplate@aol.com.

LORDS NINE: Turn #109 latest.

LORDS TEN: Turn #69 latest.

LORDS ELEVEN: Turn #28 latest.

BLACK EMPIRE - SEA OF FEAR: Turn #15.

LORDS THIRTEEN: Rich Sorensen, PO Box 779, Columbia Falls, MT. 59912. (406) 892-3752. INTERNET: khan@netrix.com Turn #3.

LORDS SEVENTEEN: Bob Gurley, (713)852-8866 or yuppyputze@aol.com

CRUENTI DEI: Thom & Beverly Ryng, 3815 North Pearl Street, Apt. C-1, Tacoma, WA. 98407. (206)752-3923 - No calls before 10am PST or after 9pm PST. INTERNET: darkpenguin @eworld.com.:

Ok, there seems to be more then just a little confusion as to the cost of PW. See the chart below.

Terrain C/C2/I/City W/J/S D/T/M

NFP / GP 5/10 8/15 10/20

On the Eastern tip of Northern Africa there are 2 regions, both named Zelia, now one is named Zelia and the other is Zelial.

Loki the Wise, Raider from the North, Crusher of Britain,

DIPLOMACY: None

"King Loki shouted in disgust, "By Odin’s ball, Olaf! How could that fool Thorfinn have missed such an easy target?! It’s bad enough we’ve had to endure his incessant poetry. Perhaps, during the fight, his small Norse mind was muddled trying to get the fucking words to rhyme! Were it not for the Kriegsburg gold I would be angry. Send a herald to Norway with a map of Eastern Frankish territory and with it a note : NICE TRY, ALEXANDER. READ IT NEXT TIME…","Very amusing, my lord," said Olaf, "however I have rather disturbing news. The nobles of Orleans have joined with the Bulgars, and I fear Burgundy may soon follow." Loki turned away to the window, "So, Ivan thinks he can steal what is mine by law and I won’t come for him? He’s more of an ass then I thought. Bring me his head, Olaf, no King ever achieved greatness by being greedy, well… except me."

Hrolfgar Rognvaldson, Lord of Amlodhi’s Quern, Keeper of the Eye of Surtur, Dragon of the North

DIPLOMACY :None

Hrolfgar could not believe that he missed the capital of the Eastern Franks. "Why in Odin’s name would they build their only city somewhere other then their homeland, WHY!", "Perhaps to confuse their enemies, father.", "What? Hmmm, I suppose in that light it makes sense. Remind me of that when we build a city, will you Gunnbjorn?" Gunnbjorn and Iorek lead an army into Westphalia in 913AD with 23,500 Infantry of various armament and 500 siege troops, they expected slight, if any resistance, what they ran into was far more, with more then 35,000 horsemen and 32,500 newly trained feudally allied Infantry the Norse ordered a hasty retreat after just 2 weeks of fighting before they were truly beaten.

King Mohammed, Destroyer of Christians, King of Spain, Finder of strange Caves, King of the strange findings

DIPLOMACY: None

"Upon hearing of the Bulgar’s attack on the Aghlabids, Mohammed flew into a rage (Like Loki, I suppose). ‘This dog Krum dares to attack the righteous? Then to arms against the infidel!’ Armies were mobilized led by King Mohammed himself, and on the way they sang…

Hurrah! Hurrah!

For Muslim rights, hurrah!

We’ll rally around the bonnie green flag

with the single crescent!"

Spirits were high when the Ummayds met up with the Danes in Lombardy and then stormed in to Verona. King Mohammed led his 5,000 Infantry, 7,000 light Infantry, 2,000 well armed royal guards, 3,000 heavy Cavalry, 3,000 Bowmen, and 2,000 Siege troops to the walls of Venice, where disaster struck. In the first month of the siege, all of King Mohammed’s troops were killed, but he and his allies from Aragon and Catalonia survived.

Unnamed, the Last Roman Catholic Kingdom, Heir to the Holy Roman Empire

DIPLOMACY : None

This same man later led more then 35,000 horsemen to the king, where they bowed to him. Some claim this man is an angel, others say that the Holy Catholic church has returned.

Ivan, Khan of the Bulgars

DIPLOMACY: None

Ivan slept a lot while his nation was besieged from all sides. Verona was looted and Venice sacked.

Emperor Cartiphilus, Destroyer of the Catholics

DIPLOMACY: Calabria (F)

Cartiphilus orders his military men to shuffle the defenses around., so the bulk now resides in Constanople. Ivan sent out a request for some support in the form of gold, and Cartiphilus decided to send him the gold, who knows, he thought, perhaps I will need a favor from my friends to the west.

Father John II

DIPLOMACY: None

With a new player beginning this turn perhaps he shall see a religious boom.

Ivar, The River Raider

DIPLOMACY: None

Ivar had always wondered why the Norse always seem to be raiding everything around them, so he called to his son Viga Brand and asked him to try it to see what he thought of it. When Viga returned he had about one-third of the annual tax income in his pocket, now we know why they raid, Ivar said. Ivar ordered some public works built in the countryside of his capitol, but unfortunately it seems the he and Redouan Ibn Idriss (Idrisids) had the same math teacher.

King Sid II

DIPLOMACY: All NT, Ialomita, Walachia, Banat, Bakony, Slovakia

King Sid turned north into the wilderness of central Europe, smashing into the Eastern Franks. Strange things started happening on the way, Princess Destiny was found dead one morning after breaking camp in Austria, an ally while riding stiffened up and died in Bavaria, another ally was hit from a falling branch that rendered his right arm completely useless, and the worst thing the ally from Ugria apparently vanished with all his troops one night in Franconia, the guards who asked him what he was doing say he responded saying "I grow bored walking around, back and forth, and never seeing any gold, I found someone who will pay me and my people well." 35,500 horsemen left, and no one has seen them since. How can that many troops stay hidden?

Redouan Ibn Idriss

DIPLOMACY: None

King Redouan ibn Idriss lead a group of his valiant men to Rome to try to help their allies the Aghlabids, with 2,000 Infantry, 1.000 Siege and 5,000 Warships he sailed into Rome to find that Krum and his army had retreated from Rome. Languedoc was raided for slaves, and Romagna was raided. Back home his economic advisor scratched his head in confusion. Redouan had left a not asking him to oversee the construction of toilets and fountains in the region of Morocco and how much it should cost, yet it didn’t add up, after some work he discovered that Redouan needs to relearn some basic math skills. 2,000 more merchant ships were added to the trade rout with the Ghana Empire.

Hassen , Terror of the Mediterranean,

DIPLOMACY: None

King Hassen, made paranoid by recent events wandered around his capital questioning his people as to whether or not a secret empire was living there, no one thought that there was, much to his pleasure. In Rome, 5,000 Infantry were trained to try to hold off the Bulgars, but for some reason they left in 910AD. The Ummayyds, Idrisids, and the Danes all sent troops into Italy, claiming that they came to help the Aghlabids.

Edabalil, Thunder maker, Big man on the Nile

DIPLOMACY: None

Edabalil, continued his building of a mighty nation. The old allies of Humahe, and Kama Bulgar were found dead in 913AD from bizarre horse accidents. Both somehow were thrown from their horses and were trampled, and as far as anyone can remember neither one of them has been through from a horse since they were 10 or 11 years old.

Phil, Truth Seeker, Second biggest man on the Nile

DIPLOMACY: Shoa (F), Zelia (F), Zelial (NE), Berbera (NE)

Phil did as his father before him, he sat at home and mad babies while his military slave raided all around him. The regions of Kosti, A’Farah, Kordofoun, Nubia,, and Suakih were all raided for slaves. Princess Fate wondered into Zelial (no longer Zelia II, I was getting confused) to try to get the leaders to join Axuim, but she was escorted out of the region by King Kahlil himself. Merchants were sent to Madagascar to improve trade

Chokween, Chief of Africa, Crusher of the little countries, Him with the strange name.

DIPLOMACY: Dogamba (F), Gambo (NE)

On a rainy afternoon in 910AD, the new king Chokween issued a stirring speech.

"People of the lands of Ghana, my people, we have been a peace for a long while. This is wonderful and good, and we should all be proud of these accomplishments."

"Now there are threats on the horizon my people. Reports of a vast horde of horsemen have arrived from the east. In regards to these reports we will strengthen our defenses around the Empire and we will stand firm - shoulder to shoulder with our partners and allies in the African Co-Prosperity Sphere, the great kingdom of Mali. If and when our partners call upon us we will react to their defense, we have long been allied with Mali and my people we must stand strong together. We hope for peace, but we will be prepared for war."

One of the historians from the University told the king that the last words sounded much like the ancient Sulicids to that responded the king "Really? Great minds must think alike then." Unfortunately the king didn’t know what happened to the Sulicids in the past.

Simba, War Chief of Africa

DIPLOMACY: Gagnoa (A), Niete (A)

Simba, respectful of the new hoards might formed a mutual defense treaty with Ghana, hopping to survive if the hoard looked his way. After that he sent a few small armies out to get some slaves to help fortify his nation, the regions of Kam, Asante, Soro, and Borogou were the unlucky ones who people are now in the Moli salve pins. Lt. Bob came down with a sickness in 912AD and died very quickly. Some people wonder if his death was related to the massive deaths that Ghana had about five years ago.

Unnamed

DIPLOMACY: N’Jimi (NT), Kreda (NT), Haraze (NT), Wadai (NT), Radom (NT), Darounga (NT), Kerroure (NT), Salamar (NT)

Lamika, Sister to Nympho

DIPLOMACY: None

Open for new player

Ali ad-Din

DIPLOMACY : None

Open for a new player

Kahlil, Sultan of Aden

DIPLOMACY: Sheba (A)

Kahlil, after hearing about Axum’s attempt to take away his regions in Africa brought his Naval forces into Zelial to prevent any further such attempts. Sure enough the Princess Fate came to sway the leaders of Zelial to bow to her father, Kahlil had pity on this women, and spared her life since she came alone to do this deed, and politely, but firmly escorted her to the border and sent her home. Kahlil also opened trade routes to the Oghuvid and Saffarids.

Caliph Elijah-Ali, Disciple of Allah, Teacher of the five pillars, Commander of the faithful

DIPLOMACY: None

Open for player

Juchi the Harsh, Terror of the Sunni’s, Sacker of Baghdad

DIPLOMACY: None

No turn was received.

Shifobra, Allah’s chosen

DIPLOMACY: Mand (F), Transoxania (F)

Shifobra opened his first sea trade route, with his new neighbors the Buryat. Now that he has peace, it seems like trading may be a good thing to start. A massive movement of his army was ordered, just to give the soldiers of Allah something to do. 5,000 Cavalry were retrained to us better weapons and armor, and many transports were built for the expected trade boom in the not to distance future.

Whats Her Name? Heir to the Gupta Empire, Reader of books

DIPLOMACY: None

In 913AD, Queen Nympho gave birth to the first male since her father, Funk Dat. She died shortly after the hard delivery. When she died many people of the royal court wanted to make the newly born child the heir, instead of Whats Her Name, and a small rebellion started. The spy’s of the royal court ended up killing most of the rebels, but there is much resentment because of the brutal assassinations of the rebels. Whats Her Name, in an attempt to ease relations with the merchants, built a massive trade fleet and gave it to them as a gift. The merchants are now busy and happy with the profit they are making off the newly charted trade routs. In the Andaman Island a strange metal object was found, and no one knows what the heck it is.

Khali, Peacelord of India, Finder of the Weird, Hindu Primate

DIPLOMACY: None

Khali started to look harder to find more places that the evil ones might be lurking.

Cassandra Rok Mann, Queen of the Turkish Hindu’s

DIPLOMACY: None

Cassandra and her government took paranoia to the nth degree, agents were dispatched to all major regions looking for clues as to the deaths of all the leaders last turn, but none were found. In fact many people were a little uncomfortable by the intense search for the murders. Queen Cassandra married lieutenant Apu Nidu, who became her bodyguard. The newlyweds had three children, but in 914AD there son was kidnapped. The current whereabouts is unknown, and there was only the original ransom note, asking for 150 GP’s and the Queens head on a gold platter. Maybe they have the right idea, paranoia may not be such a bad thing, all things considered.

Emperor Palpatyn, Leader of the Champa

DIPLOMACY: None

Palpatyn ordered a mass-conscription, and over taxed his people to extract revenge on Nan-Han. His people bulked, and there was some riots due to the heavier taxes, but most people understood as to why they were being taxed at 150%. Then with the newily traied troops, Palpatyn ordered his army to liberate the regions of Preikuk, Cochin, and Champa from Nan-Han occupation. With 10,000 cavalry, 36,500 infantry, and 1,000 siege the army rolled into Champa, never seeing a Nan-Han troop. The general then turned into Nan-Han and went north. The regions of Dai Vet, Nan Chao and Annanm were captured.

Chosun, General of the Heavens, Destroyer of Steps

DIPLOMACY: None

Chosun took a small loan from Xi-Chou Banking and loan shop to off set a slight miscalculation on the tax scheme. It should be taken car of now. Liang’s leaders spent almost the whole turn going over taxes and other sort of paper work. The only son of Kuang-Wu-Ti was promoted to prince so there would be more people helping out around the castle.

Unnamed, War Lord of Southern China

DIPLOMACY: None

Nan-Han rested while his nation was attacked.

Emperor Oda Yashika, Light of Heaven

DIPLOMACY: None

Yamato experienced a massive economic growth, cities were built in the regions of Aichi, Kagoshima, Cheju’do, Okinawa, and Shikoku. Trade advisors tell Oda that in the future when they find more countries near by that the cities will make money for the government.

Be’Moc Ruler of the Big Island

DIPLOMACY: None

Be’Moc received a message asking for help from their only trade partner asking for their help, which Be’Moc gladly gave, since he had grown bored with peace. He sent a small force to join with Champa’s force, and sent the bulk of his army to attack Nan-Han’s homeland, which was barely repelled.

Ahar of the Fishermen

DIPLOMACY: Molucces (F), Dolak (EA)

Ahar took his army to the defunked nation/region of Molucces and tried to find out what they did wrong, so he would not have the same problem later. The regions bowing to him is stretched thin.

Talagut

DIPLOMACY: Moapa (NT), Paiute (NT), Hopi (NT)

Talagut lead his army to the city of Choac in Anasazi, for it was rumored to hold vast riches. When he arrived he was shocked to find the empty city littered with the dead and dying. Later in 912AD he was even more disgusted when he found that the sickness they suffered from was now affecting his great nation. His son Crazy Horse died from this plague, and both the cities of Big Bluff, and Twin Peaks were deserted.

Unnamed

DIPLOMACY: Hohokam (HM)

Yet another turn not received. The plague hit hard, nearly everything was destroyed. While picking up the pieces, Hopewell’s army came to say hi. The woeful Anasazi had 1,000 Infantry left, and Hopewell brought 13,000 Infantry and 1,500 Siege troops, knowing he had nothing to fight for with about 85% of his country dead from the plague he retreated to Hohokam.

Maulaxlal, Ruler of South America, The Learned One

DIPLOMACY: None

Maulaxlal saw three villages become thriving cities, Zeph in Caranga, Lady in Uru, and Emily in Pucara. He also saw to the expansion of Odette into a level 4 city. In the late fall of 915AD, his daughter, and heir Moria was found practicing a demonic religious ritual with some members of the royal court. The King tried to save his daughter, but the priests said that she and her followers must be killed, helpless to save his daughter, he watched with tears in his eyes when she was burned at the stake.

Cacaxtal, Ruler of Mexico

DIPLOMACY: None

Open for a new player

Chalco, Lord of the Sea, Trickster of the Ages, Reunifier of the Maya Tribes

DIPLOMACY: None

Open for a new player