Lords of the Earth
Campaign Nineteen
Turn 66
Anno Domini 1226 - 1230
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Missionaries
From this point, any player who sends missionaries to an uncontrolled area that is of a hostile organized religion will get no conversion result and a bunch of dead missionaries.
Leaders & Espionage Actions (
More on Leaders & Espionage Actions: I am beginning to get the feeling that this rule is being abused and I may excise it entirely in the near future.
The Cause Mutiny Operation (CM): players attempting this operation must produce a valid reason as to why the mutiny would occur or it will automatically fail. And no, “Because I think it should succeed.” is not a valid reason.
The HC Operation: from this point forward, all HC operations must be done in the Capital (if the nation has one) or the Homeland region. If the monarch is female and the HC die roll is successful, she may do nothing but HC for a full year (measured in AP) and undergoes a leader mortality check at the conclusion of that period. If the HC check is unsuccessful, she may do any other activity that you’ve put in her orders.
Interactions between the Hemispheres: at this point only the Seafaring cultures may sail between the Hemispheres. Once people hit Renaissance, then they may attempt to do so as well. So the New World players should stop trying to get to
Building units: The vast majority of units must be built in a city within your HBZ. The exceptions are as follows:
1) Ships may be built in a port outside the HBZ if it is the only one available.
2) Field forts may be built in any region at NT status or higher.
3) Inexperienced infantry may be built in a F region within your HBZ.
4) Nomad/Barbarian cultures may build units at a
In all these instances please be aware of the yard capacity for all ships and all heavy class units.
Some advice that will (hopefully) speed up processing time):
1) When players are increasing a city, please indicate what the new size will be.
2) For ships to be built for conversion to MSP, you can also put what route they’re going into in the Builds section. Projects may also be put in the Builds section.
3) When building a road link, indicate which region it starts in and which region it’s going to. Don’t give me city names.
4) For players who are not using a standard WORD or XTEL format, please put the information in the following order: Revenue; Maintenance, Investments, Builds, Transfers, Projects, Trade Routes, Intel Ops, Religious Ops, Leader Actions. When indicating an expense, please list gps first then nfp.
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Taira Haro, Daimyo of Kwanto, Shogun of
Diplomacy Tottori, in Shimane (+7 to YfC)
Haro was very busy. First there were the usual city expansions:
City (Region) |
New Size |
Noshiro ( |
3 |
Sakurajima ( |
4 |
Nagaoka (Nigata) |
3 |
3 |
|
Tottori (Shimane) |
7 |
Takoka ( |
3 |
6 |
|
8 |
|
Hagi (Yamaguchi) |
8 |
Heian (Yamato) |
7 |
The Japanese also landed on the mainland in force, dispatching some 5,000 troops to extort tribute from the Sikhote and Suifenhe tribes.
Rokaku V, Lord of the
Diplomacy None
No orders.
Mingfa II, Beloved of Ganesha
Diplomacy
Jarrah Taree, Prince of Maree
Diplomacy None
Colonization of the northwest continued with Oanx settled to a (1/8) and Irith to a (2/2). A new port, Biruu, was built in the former region.
Feng Xoing, King of Shan’si, Watcher of the
Diplomacy No effect
Well a royal road link was built between Laio-tung and Parhae and a fortress was raised in Yun.
Cao Ai Tiao, King of
Diplomacy
Work began upon a road link between Yanzhi and Lob Nor. Work on the Great Eastern Sea Wall continued construction getting as far south as Taiping and as far north as
Wu Juan II, Prince of Kwangsi
Diplomacy None
A road link was completed between Lingtung and Lingsi and another was started between Ganzhou and
Khavirhan II, King of Champa, Lord of Vijaya
Diplomacy None
No orders.
Pramsu, Raja of
Diplomacy
Hiten died at the beginning of 1227 and was succeeded by his son Pramsu. Money and agro were sent to the
City (Region) |
New Size |
7 |
|
Sittwe (Arakan) |
5 |
6 |
|
Tezu (G’tsang) |
6 |
Naupada (Kalinga) |
7 |
Parganas (Nadavaria) |
7 |
8 |
|
Aisha (Gaur) |
9 |
Karimgani ( |
8 |
Taralipti (Palas) |
7 |
Devaj, King of Chola, Lord of Tanjore
Diplomacy None
A not inconsiderable amount of city expansions took place in the
City (Region) |
New Size |
Tanjore (Chola) |
7 |
Kakinda ( |
6 |
Kollam (Pandya) |
4 |
Kalyani ( |
4 |
Kayal (Anhivarta) |
4 |
In addition, Hindic missionary work continued in
This position has been dissolved. All the regions have reverted to their 1000AD values (as best as those could be determined).
Tab-Tangri, Lord of Karakocho.
Diplomacy None
Work began on putting
Al Abdi ibn Selim, Emir of Samarkhnad
Diplomacy Kophat Dagh (a), Merv, in Kophat Dagh (fa)
Aside from trying to settle colonists into areas that couldn’t be further settled, Abdi focused on city builds. Samarkhand itself grew to size 7; Kar Kalanis to size 4; Shustar to size 2 and Khiva to size 5.
Atakhazar, Kagan of Khazar and Saksiny
Diplomacy None
Basil decided to involve himself in events to the south once again. The generous Byzantine donatives certainly disposed him to look favorably upon such activities. Attempts to upgrade some troops and spread the faith among the Torki and Bolgar failed.
Jutamat Halal, Regent for...
Abdul al-Motresh, Sultan of
Diplomacy None
After catching a filthy Greekling snooping where he shouldn’t last turn, Motresh raised additional troops and braced himself for trouble. The Empress must be getting bored...he thought grimly. More agro was shipped to the Egyptians, missionary work among the Armenians continued and the Sultan managed to sire a son before everything went to heck in 1229. See below for all the fun.
Hassim ibn Masoud, Emir of Emirs, Protector of the Caliph.
Diplomacy None
More city expansions were the order of the day, with Bagdhad growing to size 8;
Mansoor al-Sheikh, Emir of
Diplomacy Beylul, in Zeila (+6 to YfC)
Work began on a road from Jiddah to Holy Mecca and an Observatory was built in the highlands of
Parados Tzimices, Empror of the
Diplomacy No effect.
Zoe, determined to consolidate her rule did two things. First she married General Tzimices, commander of the Eastern Themes. Sadly, this union failed to produce the offspring she sought. Second, she ordered additional troops to be raised and sent lots of money to her co-religionists up north. It was time to try to pound the Infidels again! See below for all that nonsense.
In other events, missionary work among the Galich, Vasi and other pagans continued.
Ivan, Boyar of
Diplomacy
Ivan also decided to assist the Greeks in pounding the Muslims; dispatching a substantial cavalry force under generals Kovaleva and Roberto (don’t ask) to the south.
Borisov, King of
Diplomacy None
Jarulzelski died in early 1227 and was succeeded without incident. The new King, Borisov, oversaw the construction of a
Konstantine Viikberg, Duke of
Diplomacy None
All in all, things were pretty quiet in Konstantine’s neck of the woods.
Gert Govner, Duke of
Diplomacy None
Two new citadels were raised, next to
Innocent III, Bishop of
Diplomacy See below...
More new churches (plus the occasional Monastery or Cathedral) continue to pop up, especially in Western France and now
Region |
City |
Nevers (ch) |
|
Lothian (ch) |
|
Port de Saxon (ch) |
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Dyffed |
Cair Mor (ch) |
Le Mans (ch) |
|
Avrranches (ch) |
|
Massalia (ch) |
|
Valdemar III Germanicus, Emperor of
Diplomacy None
Caludius died in 1129 and was succeeded with little fanfare.
Phillipe, King of the Franks
Diplomacy None
Money was sent to both
Quite a bit of city expansion was undertaken as well.
City/Region |
New Size |
Flushing ( |
4 |
5 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
Massalia ( |
2 |
Avranches ( |
3 |
4 |
|
5 |
Finally, 50,000 troops were sent east under Generals Eric, Wyat and Prince Dareau to assist the Byzantines.
Miguel Aroca V, King of
Diplomacy None
Fortresses where built in
Initial Intel Work: various attempted terrorist attacks and disinformation attempts carried out by the French, to no avail.
AD 1226: in the west, 30,000 Bohemian and 50,000 French cavalry are raised and set out for the parts east. After linking up in Swabia they reach
AD 1227: the western hosts continue to march east, ending the year en route to
AD1228: the Catholics continue their eastward trek, arriving in
AD 1229: the Catholic army skirts the
In place of this tension, there is out and out warfare in Carhae, where the Byzantine/Khazar host (now under command of its new Emperor Parados (Zoe having died at the start of the year) clash with over 70,000 Syrian troops. Despite the wounding of the Sultan himself and having an over 2-1 advantage in numbers (168,000 vs 70,000), the Byzantines and Khazars are whomped and set to rout. (Attacking out of uncontrolled areas, across a mountain range and far from a friendly city is a very BAD idea). The year ends with the Orthodox armies regrouping in
AD 1230: the Catholic host (now a teeming cauldron of ill-humor) completes its circumference of the Black Sea, crosses into Abasigia and begins moving through northern
Cearl, Aldwulfson, King of the Angles and Saxons
Diplomacy: Man (f)
With most of the Saxon leadership busy wooing the Manx (and no not the cats) and Prince Ehtelred subjugating the last of the independent Irish clans, Caerl suddenly found himself very busy. Embarking large amounts of people and money onto the royal fleet; he sailed over to Leinster and founded the
Erik Erikson, King of the Swedes
Diplomacy None
Pleased with his new colonies, Erik then expended great amounts of manpower and money putting them all under cultivation. And so it was as Jamtland, Vasterbotten, Norbotten, Lohrar Javi and Livo-Joki all went under the plow.
Ottar Gregorson, King of the Norse, Dragon King of the Isles
Diplomacy None
Like his Saxon counterpart, Ottar found himself playing bus driver, shipping people and material to increase the cities of Stonehaven and Rackwick to size 4 each. Haraldswick grew to size 9. Magnus Redbeard sailed all the way to
Finally, the
Mohammad ibn Bulent, Emir of Morroco
Diplomacy Al’Hauts (nt)
Bulent died in early 1226, so a lot of administrating didn’t get done. What did get done was the shipping of people and material to the Baelerics, Canaries and
Abdul Salam ibn Muhtadi, Fatamid Caliph of Egypt
Diplomacy None
Salam was minding his own affairs when several unsuccessful attempt on his life where, well, attempted. One of the assailants confessed under torture to working for
Kwazi II, Lord of Kumbi-Saleh
Diplomacy Kurfei (t)
Kwazi reached maturity in 1227 and Kutokomla stepped down. None of this effected the ongoing urbanization of the Kingdom as the usual cities continued to expand.
City (Region) |
New Size |
Goundam (Garou) |
5 |
Bourem (Dogama) |
5 |
5 |
|
5 |
|
Shenge (Susu) |
5 |
Badiar ( |
6 |
Ayrou (Gorouol) |
10 |
Dendi (Zerma) |
10 |
5 |
In addition, a road link was built between
Morenike, King of
Diplomacy
Growing tired of getting pounded, Morenike concentrated on some internal matters this turn. A postal road was built between Niete and Bomi and Marampa was put under cultivation.
Susiseko IV, King of Kanem and
Diplomacy Kanuri (ea)
Susiseko wited for the next Togoan assault...and was relieved when none came.
Asserate V, Chief of the Nyasa
Diplomacy Kimbu (f)
Zoma and Nampula were increased to size 4.
Lungile I, King of Rozwi, Lord of