Lords of the Earth
Campaign Nineteen
Anno Domini 1126 - 1130
Turn 47 Orders Due By Friday, September 24th, 2004. Orders will not be accepted after Midnight MST on Saturday, September 25th. Please don’t ask for an extension. Then I’ll just have to say “no” again.
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Hello again, since LORDS 2 is either being put on ice or given to another ref, I will resume monthly processing on this game.
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As mentioned above, I’m going to try to keep alterations to the rules to a minimum (a double “yeah, sure” regarding my chances). Here are some things to keep in mind:
Hands Off Trade and the IMA action (clarification): here’s what you can and can’t do regarding moving MSps around.
ú Inter-nation Trade Fleet: May be freely initiated, starting MSPs determined by computer. To add or move MSPs requires an IMA action.
ú Internal Trade/Fishing Fleets: May be freely initiated, starting MSPs are added by the player. Additional new MSPs may be added to an existing fleet. To move MSPs between existing fleets requires an IMA action.
Moving a fleet to a new port requires an IMA action, regardless of type.
HBZ and Transports: please note that transports are mobile units for purposes of building within the HBZ, so if you want to build them in a port outside HBZ you’re out of luck most of the time.
Allied Leaders Revisited: the following are changes to the rules concerning allied leaders. Any troops attached to an allied leader may not be detached for any purpose. They stay with the allied leader at all times. Allied leader units may not be demobilized, although they will go away if the player decides to reduce the control level of the allied region or if the allied leader dies and is not replaced. Players may build or assign additional units to the allied army but such units become part of the allied army and may not be taken back.
Female Leaders: while I don’t want to disallow them totally, the Dark Ages were a pretty male dominated time. Consequently, a female Royalty member may only become Queen, Empress, Regent or Heir if they have a Charisma of AT LEAST 10. A Princess will only become an active leader if her Charisma is at least 8 (eight) or greater. Any Charisma statute less than this will result in no generation (although you can still marry them off). Any existing Female Rulers, Heirs, Princesses may remain. The only exception to this is if the sole available heir is a princess, in which case she becomes ruler regardless of Charisma (and the subsequent DF check gets an big bad negative modifier as the local nobility resents the presence of a female giving orders and intruding on their bailiwick).
Demobilizing Units: some of you are trying to demob units and rebuild them elsewhere on the same turn. This is a no-no, as rule 5.4.6 indicates. However, unlike the rules, I will allow demobilized units to be rebuilt elsewhere on the turn following their demobilization or later. The NFP simply go into your saved NFP slot.
The Homeland Income Multiple: has decreased to one.
Gold, NFP and Agro transfers: beginning immediately (well okay, next turn [41]), any inter-player transfers will only become available to the recipients the turn after they are sent. So if someone sent you stuff on turn 41, you have to wait until turn 42 before you can use it. Gold and NFP will be placed in their respective saved sections. Agro will be placed in the reserves. Note: players sending agro must spend gold to preserve it in transit. Keep this in mind when deciding how much to charge for your surpluses.
Entrophy, or Viagra hasn’t been invented yet: any male Royal personages attempting to begat kiddies after the age of 50 has a severely reduced chance of siring any new bundles of joy. Just so you know.
AP reminder: please remember that it is the slowest unit of a given force that determines which unit modifiers apply to determining APs/year. So if your army of light, elite cavalry includes even one heavy infantry unit, the footsloggers are slowing everyone down. Also if a leader has a combat rating of four or less, he has a –1 AP per year modifier regardless of what he’s doing. ADDITION & WARNING!!! Players who insist on not keeping track of AP expenditure in their orders run an excellent chance that their leaders will do nothing the entire turn, so grit your teeth and do the math!
Shooting oneself in the foot: Just so you all know, if your king continues to produces heirs after he has an established heir in place (i.e. one who has generated stats, it always goes to the eldest male by the way.) the possibility of something bad happening upon the death of the monarch is increased.
INTEL STUFF: When performing Infiltration and Counter Infiltration Intel Operations, it is always best to specify which sector of your nation you are trying to protect or subvert. The sectors are listed in rule 8.3.11 in the basic rulebook but I will repeat them here: Espionage Service, Government, Royal Family, Military, Populace, University and Religion. Players who order an op against an unspecified target will have a SEVERELY reduced chance of success.
WARNING: According to the upcoming revised (yet again) Rulebook, several Government, Societal and Economic changes will be dependent on a nation’s Tech Level. If you have a government, economic or society belonging to one of these types, you will be compensated for the gps and or nfp spent. I strongly urge people to stop investing in these projects until more information becomes available.
A QUESTION OF TIMING: Certain builds take an entire turn to perform (although for clerical reasons are usually done at the same time as the rest of the builds). These are:
ú City Construction (both new and additional levels)
ú All Megalithic Construction Projects
ú Colonies
What this means is that you may not take advantage of a given build of this type on the turn that it is constructed. For example: you may not base MSPs or build PWBs at the increased city capacities until the turn after the construction is done. Similarly, PWBs may not be built in excess of a region’s old terrain type the turn it becomes cultivated or colonized to a higher GPv. So plan accordingly.
YARD CAPACITY: Starting next turn (t93), I will be assessing Yard Capacity costs for all heavy units as well as all ship units. Below are the appropriate sections from the Modern rules supplement.
The construction of all ship units as well as all heavy-prefix land units requires the use of (in addition to GP and NFP expenditures) Yard Capacity of the appropriate kind. Each ship or heavy prefix land unit type has a Yard Capacity (YrdC) cost listed below. This is the Yard Capacity cost when constructing the unit. For most types of nations Yard Capacity can only be used at a Friendly City within your Homeland Build Zone. Each point of Yard Capacity provides one Yard Capacity point per turn. YrdC may not be saved from turn to turn. While Pre-Modern nations (nomads, barbarians, civilized, renaissance, etc.) cannot build the dedicated Yards that are prevalent in the Modern Era; pre-modern cities and trade centers have an intrinsic Yard capacity for the production of ship and heavy land units.
Cities, Trade Centers and Port Cities have “generic” Yard Capacities, as noted in the following table.
Table 3‑9. Intrinsic Yard Capacity
Source |
Capacity |
Notes |
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Trade Center |
5 |
Usable only by Nomads or Barbarians for the construction of Heavy units (including ships, if in a coastal region). |
|
City |
GPv × 5 |
Usable for the construction of Heavy land units. |
|
Port City |
GPv × 5 |
Usable for the construction of ships and heavy land units. |
|
Note: Port City capacity is not separated for ground unit and ship unit construction. There is only one Capacity, reflecting the specialization of port cities for ship construction.
The city-based Intrinsic Yard capacity is listed on your stat sheet as part of the City description, between the city PWB and the City Type like so:
Avalon [3+30i15p4]
This city has a GPv of 3, 30 public works an intrinsic Yard capacity of 15, is a port city and has 4 wall points.
The only way that intrinsic Yard Capacity may be increased is through city expansion. Additional capacity gained through such expansion may not be used on the same turn that the city expansion occurs.
Important: HBZ and primate construction restrictions are still in force, so just because you have the capacity to build something at a given site, doesn’t mean that you will be able to if the city is out of your HBZ.
Unit Type |
YrdC Cost |
HI |
1 |
HEI |
1 |
HC |
1 |
HEC |
1 |
XT |
1p |
T |
2p |
HT |
3p |
XW |
1p |
XEW |
1p |
W |
2p |
EW |
2p |
HW |
3p |
HEW |
3p |
P = may only be built at a port.
Some discrepancies between the maps and the Stats program have cropped up:
NEW: Kush is Asiatic Pagan, not Hindic.
As a general rule, in discrepancies of this kind, the stats take precedence over the map.
Taira Shun, Daimyo of Kwanto.
Diplomacy Yamaguchi (nt)
Shun sent his diplomats among the southern daimyos, attempting to induce them to join the Taira bandwagon. He had very limited success. An emissary to the court of the Emperor in Heian was a bit of an embarrassment when the ambassador died in the middle of presenting his credentials to the Keeper of the Imperial Seal.
Bandar I, Lord of the Spice Islands
Diplomacy Kediri (ea)
Gautamo continued his rather aggressive foreign policy, dispatching General Kamatsu and Prince Bandar to Taiwan and brutally subjecting the natives there. They returned in 1130 to find the halls of the palace at Buku Salat swimming with blood. It seems that Gautamo II died in late 1127 and his youngest brother, Prince Lamu, thought it would be just fine if he were King. Lamu sought to legitimize his rule by slaughtering all of Gautamo’s male offspring and had a fine old time chasing them throughout the halls of the palace and murdering them all. (The palace guards, liberally bribed, either ignored the proceedings, or actively assisted in the purge.).
Bandar, an astute fellow, managed to turn this tragedy to his advantage by gaining the support of general Kamatsu and his troops. They then stormed the palace itself and put Lamu’s severed head on a spear. The disloyal guards where themselves purged and more blood flowed like water. (which is going to be a bitch to get out of the carpets I tell you!).
Having dealt effectively with this crisis. Bandar declared himself king. His brother Arjuna, hearing of these events upon his return to Palau and under no illusions under what HIS reception would be should he return home, hoisted sail and set out for parts unknown.
Tuart, Prince of Maree
Diplomacy None
Yaraka was settled to a (1/4). At home everything kinda went to hell with the death of Tuki and generals Caleb and Lachlan (the latter had just been made a prince by Tuki and was trying to start a family when he felt the icy hand of death grip him). Out of all this, Prince Tuart finally managed to restore some order and take up the reins of kingship; although quite a few apple carts were upset by the whole sorry mess.
Kamut III, King of the Southern Islands
Diplomacy Vanuatu (f), Bora-Bora (t)
Maaori expansion in the South Seas continued apace. In the home islands, a veritable glut of city expansion occurred as Pojemi, Wellington, Tatasara, Aoteora, Tiakau and Manukau all increased in size. At sea, Admiral Murillo began to plumb the mysteries of the Samoa-Hawaii Inter-Island arrows.
Syngman On Rhee, Prince of Koguryo
Diplomacy None
No orders. Which was not good!
Chao Ma Chen, King of Shan’si, Watcher of the Northern Marches
Diplomacy Yanzhi (f), Hsuing Nu (diplomat skinned alive!)
Chao Ma Chen attempted to conduct a census but his mind was on other things, namely an invasion of Korea! Massing over 56,000 troops, Chao and his brother Tai stormed into Bandao and overran it in short order. Anshan (and the un-walled Inchon) quickly followed suit. Finally, Caho wrapped up his victorious campaign by marching into Koguryo itself and occupying it and the capital (also un-walled) in short order. As for the Koreans, Syngman withdrew with his household and small army south into Silla and hoped that the northerners wouldn’t come any further. His wish was granted...for now.
To the north, the Hsuing Nu, slaughtered an effete Shan’si diplomat that had been sent among them offering mewling words of alliance.
Cao Tse Tung, King of Hupei
Diplomacy None
No orders.
Chu Shen, Prince of Kwangsi
Diplomacy Kienchou (-1 to YfC)
Chu Shen quietly continued to mind his own affairs. A census was conducted and the city of Fuzhou grew to level two.
Bao Dai II, King of Champa, Lord of Vijaya
Diplomacy None
Tiring of the intransigence of the northerners of Guizhou and Korat ordered colonies of loyal Hindic Khemers to settle in the restive regions and so ensure control. This was done with the backing of thousands of Champan troops (just in case the natives got any ideas). Thus Bao Dai rules over a truly apartheid society, with Hindu Khemers lording it over a helot class of Buddhist Viet and Chinese. This situation will doubtless give activists something to do in later centuries.
In other news, Ta’li increased in size and a royal road was built between Nan Chao and Guizhou.
Chulalongkorn, Deveraja of the Kambuja
Diplomacy None
No orders.
Shambramaba III, King of Ava
Diplomacy None
No orders. Shambramaba II died and was replaced by his son and namesake.
Kassar, Raja of Bengal
Diplomacy Kalinga (f), Bhutan (c)
Kassar’s latest diplomatic endeavors where hampered by the deaths of both diplomats fairly early in the turn. Despite this, some success was had. On the domestic front, various construction projects were undertaken with road links between Nadavaria and Kalinga and between Assam and Gtsang. Two new port cities where also built, Tezu, in Gtsang; and Naupada in Kalinga.
Gagan, King of Chola, Lord of Tanjore
Diplomacy Nasik (f), Seylan (ea), Anhivarta (nt)
Gagan made lots of neat new friends among the Western Deccans and Tamils.
Jayadeva, Emperor of India
Diplomacy Kashmir (nt, down from fa)
Sachetan finally died at the end of 1128 at the ripe old age of 93. His son and successor, Prince Jayadeva succeeded without incident (i.e. the Empire did not sink into a quagmire of violent civil war, much as I’m sure you’d all like it to).
Things where pretty quiet all things considered. Edrosia was colonized back up to its old level of 3; the Postal road links between Sukkur and Edrosia were upgraded to Royal road status; and Kaunaj, Somantha and Benares all shot up a level.
Kilij Arslen, Lord of Karakocho.
Diplomacy Karluk (ea)
A new city, Altay was built in Karluk and that was about it.
Hamid, Emir of Samarkhnad
Diplomacy Kush (fa), Kuldja (nt), Bokhara (f), Otarsh (ea), Turkman (ea), Dzambul, in Turkman (ea)
In addition to the usual buckets of diplomacy, Hamid ordered the construction of two Royal road segments: the first between Kara-Khitai and Otarsh; the second between Kara-Khitai and Khwarzim.
Alp, Kagan of Khazar and Saksiny
Diplomacy Alan (+1 YfC), Polovotsy (f)
Kirov was put under cultivation.
Yusuf Ibn Omar, Emir of Damascus.
Diplomacy None
No orders. Omar expired at the ripe old age of 92.
Ibriham ibn Ali, Emir of Emirs, Protector of the Caliph.
Diplomacy Tabaristan (f), Abadan (ea), Diyala (a)
Ibriham continued to work his people hard, constructing a whopping three Royal road links; one between Media and Zagros, the second between Abadan and Kuwait; and the last between Fars and Mand. In addition, Tabaristan was put under cultivation.
Ali ibn Muktair, Emir of Aden and S’ana.
Diplomacy Yemen (a)
In addition to his ongoing diplomatic endeavors, Ali decided to develop his new Kingdom a bit. To this end, two new ports, Abha in Yemen and Hargeysa, in Djibuti where built. In addition Berbera was plowed up and cultivated.
Constantine Pophryogenitus, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Great Reformer
Diplomacy Dalmatia (no effect), Epirus (no effect)
Byzantine warships descended on the Gulf of Cyprus, cutting of Egyptian trade. There wasn’t a lot of it, but the Tunisians were annoyed to lose what they were getting. The Emperor also pushed vast armies around his great realm, fearing attack from any quarter. Finally, Heraclea and Alexandretta both increased in size.
Igor II, Boyar of Muscovy
Diplomacy Seversk (a), Courland (ea), Smolensk (+17 to YfC)
Some diplomacy and not much else.
Lore III, King of Poland
Diplomacy None
No orders.
Verityn Viikberg, Duke of Estonia
Diplomacy Musa (ea)
Missionary work was continued among the pagans of Petersburg. Verityn also ordered the construction of a new city, Klaipida, on the shores of Lake Ladoga, in Veposkava. Riga and Tallinin also increased in size.
Erich Govner I, Duke of Bohemia
Diplomacy Pomern (t)
Sebastain Govner died in late 1126 and was succeeded by his son Erich without incident. The new Duke oversaw the expansion of Munich, Prague and Brunswick in short order.
Gaius Germanicus II, Emperor of Italy
Diplomacy None
The new Emperor scraped up troops and ships from all corners of Italy and prepared to try to salvage the situation in North Africa. See below for the results.
Phillip Capet, King of the Franks
Diplomacy: Hainaut (f, following Allied leader death)
Despite his advancing age, Phillip remained active, ordering the construction of half a Royal Road segment between Languedoc and Catalonia to facilitate trade with the Spanish. In addition, Lacroix, Rennes and Paris all increased in size. A port citadel was also built in Lacroix (one was planned for Rennes but as Ponthieu already had a fortress it wasn’t built).
More interesting (defined as “Ohh, isn’t that interesting!”) was the Comte du Val Funde’s departure from Rennes in 1126 with several cogs, the prelate David and Prince Phillip (not to mention a handful of missionaries) and his attempt to plumb the depths of the Azores Current. The Comte returned to Bordeaux some four years later, his ships much worse for wear and Prince Phillip’s body moldering in the hold, but apparently successful.
Also of interest (defined as the Chinese saying “may you live in interesting times.”) was the great mutiny that swept through the King’s army based in Vincennes. Fully forty percent of the troops under Phillip’s command up and left, grumbling about lousy pay and living conditions. Several suspicious individuals were seen meeting with several prominent subordinates shortly before the mutiny broke out.
Miguel, King of Navarre
Diplomacy No effect.
Deciding that he’d best quit while ahead, Migual renounced all claims to his English possessions, except Cornwall and Falmouth. In other events, Lisbon and Tortosa continue to grow and several new Royal road segments were built: The first from Navarre to Catalonia; the second from Leon to Portugal and half a link (with the French building the other half between Catalonia and Languedoc.
Hareth Hamasson, King of the Angles and Saxons
Diplomacy: Mercia (t)
Hareth contented himself with opening trade with all he could (Spanish, French, Swedes, etc.) and making nice among his immediate neighbors.
Drevs, King of the Swedes
Diplomacy Jutland (f)
Svear urban expansion continued with Kristiansand, Alesund and Stockholm all moving up a level and that was about it.
Bjorn Haraldson, King of the Norse
Diplomacy None
Bjorn continued to send colonists into the Highlands, repopulating it to its old level. Haraldswick also bumped up a level. In other events, a sizable Norse naval force swept into the Irish Sea and exacted tribute from the Manx and, after considerable fighting, the Welsh of Gwynned.
Lashal ibn Umar, Emir of Morroco
Diplomacy None.
No orders.
Malik ibn Mohammad, Fatamid Caliph of Egypt
Diplomacy None
Flush from his recent victories, Malik planned continued operations against Franj and Copt alike. (See below for the war stuff). On the domestic front, the Caliph put the thousands of Italian prisoners to work constructing a great bridge spanning the Nile between Egypt and Mansura as well as assorted urban beautification projects in Mamphis.
Wetelimba, Lord of Kumi-Saleh
Diplomacy Galem (fa)
Made nice among his neighbors and continued to keep to himself.
Ta’ziyah, King of Nupe and Oyo
Diplomacy Dendi, in Zerma (ea)
Aside from Surinama dying in the midst of a diplomatic trip to Dendi and a road being built to the Ifen border in Oyo, things were pretty quiet.
Senufo I, Lord of Ife and Benin
Diplomacy None
The new king immediately ordered a set of new roads. The first; from Ife north to Oyo, which linked up with the Nupan road coming down from the north. The second extended from Ife west into Yoruba. Lagos and Accra both increased a level.
Susiseko, King of Kanem and Bornu
Diplomacy Ikego (fa)
Built some public works and kept to himself.
Akencheres II, King of Kutch
Diplomacy None
The Nubian War
Fatamid Egypt vs. the Makuria Kingdom (with the latter receiving help from assorted Italians and Greeks).
Initial skullduggery: Byzantine AO op against Egyptian infrastructure knocks off a point. The accompanying CF op fails (else you wouldn’t be seeing it here).
A.D. 1127
Malik marches into Lybia and after clearing out the Veronite garrison,induces the locals to pay tribute. He then begins pressing into Tripolitania. Qaboos, meanwhile, marches into Nubia and induces the locals to resume paying tribute there as well. By year’s end, Qaboos is on react.
To the west, Ignatius arrives in Tripoli and enters Tripolitania.
In the south, Aaron finishes subduing Adulis and then thoroughly wrecks the place. By year’s end he’s marching south into Danakil. Zebulban meanwhile, arrives in Kassala, lays waste to the region and stomps the local militia when they try to interfere.
A.D. 1128
Malik storms into Tripolitania and runs smack into Ignatius’ army, moving into Lybia at about the same time. Over 50,000 Fatamids swamp and destroy the 20,000-man Veronese force. The Caliph then spends the rest of the year securing the region and preparing to put Tripoli under siege.
To the south, Qaboos wins more glory for Fatamid arms when his 20,000 troops react into Alwa and attack Zebulban’s 5,000 troops entering the region from Kassala. Outnumbered over four to one, Zebulban’s force is obliterated and he’s killed. By year’s end, Qaboos has marched into Kassala. Further east, Aaron attacks Danakil and begins laying waste to that place as well.
A.D. 1129
In North Africa, the full weight of Malik’s fury falls upon the Veronese city of Tripoli, which falls after a siege of three months. The Caliph then sacks the city and burns it to the ground. The Veronese presence in North Africa is snuffed out. The Caliph then begins marching back to Egypt.
In Kassala, Qaboos forces the natives to resume paying tribute. Compared to the depredations of their co-religionists, the Fatamid yoke is quite light. This done, Qaboos then presses on into Adulis and begins the process there. To the south, Aaron finishes wrecking Danakil as well as sacking and burning the port of Erkico. He then goes on react.
A.D. 1130
Malik returns to Egypt. The Veronese fleet, after patrolling the central Med, returns to Venice. In the south, Qaboos finishes browbeating the locals of Adulis and begins marching south into Danakil. Aaron reacts against this only to find he’s bitten off more than he can chew, being outnumbered three to one. The outcome is sadly predictable. Aaron’s force is run to ground and destroyed. Qaboos ends the turn, still in Adulis engaged in this sanguinary activity. Further south, the remaining Nubian possessions go independent and Zeila stops paying tribute to Cairo.
Namodu III Wambolea, King of Bakongo
Diplomacy None
Namodu continued to look to the defenses of the kingdom, building citadels at Bakona and Benguela. The King’s penchant for slaves also continued with general Usfu descending upon Chokwe, beating up the local militia and leading the inhabitants off in chains. A similar attack on Lui was aborted when Usfu took a spear in the head.
Asserate, Chief of the Nyasa
Diplomacy None
A new port, Ibo, arose on the coast of Kilwa.
Shaka II, King of Rozwi, Lord of Zimbabwe
Diplomacy None
Life in Zimbabwe continued at its usual r-e-l-a-x-e-d pace. Xai-Xai and Maputo increased in size.
M’tesa, King of Vaal and Mapungubwe
Diplomacy Swazi (ea)
M’tesa continued to wheedle at the mountain tribes of Swazi.
Kreli-Sarhili, Chief of the Xhosa.
Diplomacy None
Kreli-Sarhili was also content to sit quiet for the most part, although Tshwanne continued to grow.
Blackhair, Chief of the Tlingit, Lord of the Far North.
Diplomacy None
A new port, Haihais, was built in Timishian.
Obsidian Coyote, Ruler of California
Diplomacy No effect.
The Californians continued to be busy as Californians can be. Kalapuya was put under cultivation and colonized to a (1/6) region while Yurok was colonized to a (2/3). Kettenpom, Tula’ree, San Francisco and New Teotihuacan all bumped up a level. In the north, the armies of Tuolumne (a Yokuts ally) marched into Chemakum in a show of force. The local wildlife was duly impressed.
Manchuk II, Chief of the Anasazi, Lord of the Chaco
Diplomacy None
The postal road between Tiwa and Leoti was completed. An expedition to the Sea of Panama came back without its leader and no results.
Hiamovi, The Great Beaver of the Snake
Diplomacy None
Leaping Crane went to his ancestors and was succeeded without incident. The new Great Beaver oversaw cultivation projects in Sauk, Kickapoo, and Muskegon as well as a royal road link between Michigamea and Kaskinapo. More significant was the final abolishment of slavery within the Empire, an event that passed without undue discontent. A large amount of money was sent south to the Yamasee.
Circling Hawk, Great Sun of the Natchez
Diplomacy None
A great bridge was built across the Great Snake between Atakapa and Taposa. In addition, Okmulgee was put under cultivation. In foreign affairs events were mixed, while the Yamasee also benefited from Atakapan largess, an attempt to enslave the locals of Coalhuiltec got slapped silly and driven off. Finally, Taposa was downgraded to (nt) status.
White Feather, Chief of the Yamasee
Diplomacy None
The cultivation of Cheraw continued. In addition, Muskogee was downgraded to (nt) status. The gifts from Michigamea and Natchez were greatly appreciated.
Alzur, Grand Hegemon of the Maya
Diplomacy Naco, in Lenca (ea), Copan, in Ulva (f), Texcoco, in Huexotla (ea)
Coatl keeled over in the midst of a diplomatic trip to Naco. An event that, surprisingly, didn’t upset the locals too badly.
Tlacala, Warrior-King of the Tarascan and Cuyutec
Diplomacy None
Cuyutec was put under cultivation.
Awcom II, Lord of the Islands
Diplomacy None
Ciboney was put under cultivation and a census was conducted.
Cilan II, King of the Chibchan
Diplomacy None
Corazon grew a level and a new royal road link was built between Achagua and Caquetio. Cilan also spent a great deal fo time warding off the attention of would-be suitors vying for the hand of one of his family’s many eligible daughters.
Panib II, King of Paraiba
Diplomacy None
Itacare and Camacan were colonized a further level (1/2) and (1/1) respectively.
Ozcoco, Emperor of the Incas
Diplomacy Chimu (a)
Having saved up a whole wad o’ cash, Ozcoco blew it all on a veritable smorgasbord of city expansion. Every city within the Empire went up a level. There was even enough money to rebuild the walls that had been torn down so the expansions could occur.
Amaru, Lord of the South
Diplomacy None
Pacheco increased a level.
Urcon, King of Shokleng
Diplomacy None
Having also saved up a huge pile of cash, Urcon also unleashed an orgy of city expansion, increasing every city in the realm, save Sao Paulo. In addition, Bauru was colonized to a (1/4) while to the north, new waves of settlers colonized Tupi to a (-/3) and Patasho to an (-/8).
Obsidian IV, King of the Mapuche
Diplomacy None
To the south, Obsidian’s people were also moving, settling Neuquen to a (1/10) region. Closer to home the capital, Quiroci, expanded.
[1] Ignatius, along with his subordinates Bruno Ransom and Lucius Angelo, The fleet is commanded by Princes Gabriele and Dante Germanicus.