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Welcome to L27, I am your GM for this chaotic world of the dark ages; my name is Chet S. My Lords GM address is: Lords27gm@throneworld.com for orders and L27 stuff, and my L27 paypal address is: lords27gm/at/throneworld/dot/com
***TURN FEE: Starting in T50 is back to $6.00 donation, and there is also a $6.00 donation for a startup fee for new players. Also I do not accept any personal checks as my bank charges me a $20 fee for any bounced checks that I deposit...(Cash, money orders & certified checks are ok.)
***TURN BALANCE: Any nation that reaches a NEGATIVE BALANCE without making an arrangement with me will not be processed, and not sending orders in for three turns in a row (with or without payments and without a good reason), will force me open your country to a new player who has the time and money...
SWITCHING NATIONS: I have policy of no switching nations if your balance is in the red, until that negative balance is paid and you must also pay for one turn ahead so you're in the black.
***NEW ORDER FORM for T50 and beyond(with no Sorcery QR): Please use new orders form it has a Multi-Colored Section in the middle of it, otherwise you are using the wrong sheet and need to download a new one from the file section of this site or at the L27 home site at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lords-27/files/L27_Excel_orders_template.xls If you do not have Microsoft Excel, there is a free version of Office called OpenOffice that will open, edit and save Excel file at: http://www.openoffice.org/
E-MAIL ADDRESS & TURN NUMBER: Make sure your e-mail address is right in your orders, that is the address the program will send your stat sheet to... and that it has the right turn number too!
***Send me your orders in this ORDER NAME FORMAT:=L27_T50_NationName.xls
PROJECTS: Do not put new or old projects in the builds section of the Order form; they only go in the new or existing projects section (with ID number), and do not delete any part of the order form that you are not using, just leave the unused sections blank and do not add any page-breaks either, or write outsides the borders (your personal notes doubles the pages).
TROOP BUILDS: If your leader is in the region already or will be in that region to pick up your newly built troops, don't build troops for the garrison and then have him pick them up, just build troops for him (NOTE: he still has to go and pick them up).
MERCENARIES: Remember that you MUST specify a city where you are hiring the Mercs. Failure to do this will result in no Mercs and the money being lost. Also, mercenaries may not be hired for more than one turn at a time. PLEASE put where you are hiring any mercenaries AND how many you are trying to hire AND how much you are willing to pay per point of troops in your builds section on the order form. PLEASE put this information in the notes section at the end of your builds. Otherwise you will not get the mercenaries and the GPs bid on them will be lost. ALSO Mercs must stay with a Merc leader that comes with them (M543) and goes in their own army section.
CITIES & FORTRESSES: For expanding cities please put the name of the city in location, not the region it is in. Also for WP for fortress always put the region in for Location and for WP for cities always put in the city name for location. Last but not least in the item column in the build section do NOT write out fully what your building please use the codes, for example: your building 10 elite infantry, do NOT write "Build 10 elite infantry", instead write 10ei and do that for all units and also put no space between 10 and ei (the lords program reads it this way.). Also please use abbreviations in the rules for Intel commands (CI for counter intelligence, etc)
***CLAIMED & SHARED REGIONS & CITIES: These regions and cities that are claimed will be noted by a dot in your color, not a full color shading of the region, shared regions have both of the colors of the sharing countries.
HEIRS AND PRINCES: Unless stated otherwise in your orders, when a King's male child comes of age he is promoted to Heir (if he has none, then grandson, then any male child in royal family). Likewise when any male child comes of age he is promoted to Prince if there is an opening and I don't forget to check.
PWBs: Please let me know if PWB are for a city or a region by putting a "c" or "r" in fount of it like this: 10rPWB.
LEADER NAMES: From now on if your leader has NO name he or she gets NO action...
***LEADER (& ARMY) ACTIONS & MOVEMENT: You must state their actions and their AP cost, and their movements (all the regions traveled through) and movement AP cost, you cannot say go to a region and vanquish my enemy. You can say follow another leader's orders, but the other leaders order's must be spelled out!!! (Otherwise any vague orders will not be done, as I don't have the time to do it for you.) Note: It costs leaders and armies an extra ap to cross an uncontrolled border, if you don't put it in than I will penalize you 2ap.
***NEWSFAX BLURB: If you have the time, it would help me write the newsfax if you write a sentence or two or even a paragraph, and/or a summery on what your country and its leaders are trying to accomplish during the turn...Please put newsfax Blurb in your orders, not in the e-mail as I print out your orders, I do not print your e-mail it was attached to.
MAX TAX: is 1.5 in T49 and beyond, as the world gets darker and resources become scarcer.
SHIPS: Must end the turn in a port, if not in a port they lose 10% the first turn, 20% the second turn, 30% the third turn, etc (also you should have two leaders with a fleet so you don't lose part of it if the leader dies)...
HC (Have Children): can only be combined with RULE and ADMINISTER in L27, otherwise it's a separate action for your leader.
FLAGS: BTW I could use some more flags as over half of you don't have one... (No flag, no country, just joking...lol)
MAX FIELD FORTS PER REGION: Field Fort units may be built
in any controlled region. Field Forts built in Allied, Economic
Allied, Feudal Allied, Tributary or Non-Paying Tributary region belong
to the region, not to the `national' government (but can be used as
`national' garrisons and still require support costs to be paid, where
applicable). The maximum number of Field Forts that can be built by a
position in a region is limited to:
(GPv of the region +1) x (Siege QR/2) x Control Status Tax Multiple
(Note in L27, if result is zero, then a region can have a max of 1
field fort, as long as you control it)
Fractional forts round up to 1. Zero forts remain zero. The presence
of a Field Fort in a region adds a +1 Movement Modifier to any enemy
moving through the region.
NOTE: Any region with over the Max in Field forts, the extra Field forts was converted to Infantry.
RUTTERS TRANSFERRED: You need to list all the rutters that you are transferring in your notes section of your orders in order for them to be transferred (so I can copy and paste), or none will be transferred.
MAXIMUM STATUS FOR A REGION: I will enforcing the max status for a region by religion and by terrain located in tables 2-21 and 2-22 on page 22 in rule book 5.10 starting T50, please let me know in your orders if any region's status needs to be fixed.
THIN GOVERNMENT: If your nation is suffering from thin government, all regions and cities that are not at friendly status will have a revolt check starting T50...
NAVIGABLE RIVERS: Rivers with hash marks are non-navigable in the hash marked area except for trade (routes, and internal & fishing fleets), canals and unmarked parts of rivers are navigable by any size ship...
****HEAVY TRANSPORTS (or any Transports): If transports built in build section are to be used for MSP, please put 10HT MSP in the build column, thanks.
SEE (HOUSE) RULES: http://www.throneworld.com/lords/lote27/Rules.html
"He who fights too long
against monsters becomes a monster himself;
and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Shinto | Merc Commander M543, 20i, 20c, 10s, 10w |
| Buddhist | Merc Commander M543, 20i, 20c, 10s, 5w |
| Hindu | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 10s, 10w |
| Asiatic Pagan | Bandit Lord Sun Lu M985; Merc Commander M543, 20i, 20c, 10s |
God-Emperor Tatshushi demanded that Korea be retaken and the Empires army marched south along the coast from Amgu. Elsewhere within the Empire a minor earthquake destroyed the small city of Koryo.
Nippon took Korea back, but then the Black Dragon stirred and took Korea in return (Nippon lost 40,000 troops but half were Mercs), while the crafty Buddhist army cut off Nippon's retreat. Afterwards the same Buddhist army looted and preformed regional genocide on the Nippon regions of Mantap and Suifenhe. At the same time the Pirates took gold from Nippon to protect a sea zone off the Nippon coast from the Chinese, but then turned about-face and collected a bigger shipment of gold from the Chinese to raid Nippon...
Grandmaster Manu died in a Buddhist prison at age 75 on the day of the Order's centennial, he was one of the Samurai's greatest warriors and it was sad to see him reduced to nothing but skin and bone. Meanwhile Kwanto was freed from his cell. Surprising the Samurai did nothing to help Nippon, but they did help defend Nippon's homeland from attack as they rebuilt their forces.
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
The mighty Emperor Tuoba Xiao Ri had second thoughts about keeping his brother alive and ordered his assassin corps to poison him, he tried to hide the dirty deed but word of it got out. After that he ruled and fathered an Heir then reacted to the Nippon invasion very quickly by having Intel ops act as an early alert system. His 30,000 troops with a Buddhist army's (of 30,000) help vanquish the Nipponese dogs quite easily and his army took back Korea.
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
The young Emperor Lui Chen married and started a royal family (and promoted his brother to Prince), while strengthening the Realm's defenses. Tragically the famous general Jin Hwang (age 70) and his second in command Lu Chun Li (age 58) both died in a freak storm when struck by lighting, leaving their troops leaderless in Tsainan before they could react to the Nippon invasion of Korea.
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
Lord Captain Hu Di played both sides of the coin when he took gold from both the Chinese and Nipponese. He then passed away of scurvy at age 65 and his son and Heir Hu Di II finished his last requests. In the meantime rumors were flying about the Orient and Southeast Asia that the Pirates might have buried some treasure on an island or two...
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Buddhist | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 5s, 5w |
| Hindu | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 5s, 5w |
Upon returning to Chang'ling from the mountains Emperor Hu Xi summoned his ministers and generals to him and said, "While in the mountains of Pat'ang mourning my beloved wife and cherished daughters our royal self had an epiphany, While events in India Champa and Japan seem to indicate that Ameratsu isn't an Avatar of Kali, how the barbarians travel along the wrong path to enlightenment is not our concern, and whether or not Ameratsu is an Avatar of Kali is indeed true is an irrelevant fact. What is relevant is that instead of honoring the two hundred years of friendship that had existed between Hu and Champa, using their newfound influence with the Japanese to bring them to the peace table, they chose to betray that friendship, using their honeyed and cloying words and thus they aided and abetted the unprovoked attack on Korea and deflecting China's righteous retribution on the Villainous Japanese. As such they have thrown their lot in with the Japanese and as such should suffer the same fate as the Japanese no matter what the cost. As such the treaty of Angor will be dispensed with and now TO WAR my faithful servants." Thus ended two-hundred years of Peace between Hu and Champa...
The Champa army of 55,000 troops marched north with the Emperor Jayavarman III and his Heir in command. They arrived in Annam and were in the process of liberating it from the rebel when disaster struck. The oversized Hu army of 150,000 troops marched south into Annam with the Heir Hu Xiang, a Prince, and a Leader in command to help the Tonkins. But the Hu were not expecting the Champa Army to already be there, and were not ready to attack them. This allowed the Champa Army time to switch to a defensive posture for all the good that it did them. The first round of battle was a stalemate even although the Hu outnumbered the Champa three to one, unfortunately the Champa Emperor was captured by the Hu and Champa Heir Tri Indravarman had trouble commanding his army by himself. Thus in the next round the Hu attackers wins the field and the Champa defenders are destroyed.
Meanwhile a Small Hu army of about 30,000 commanded by Guo Hong sweeps down into Kayah easily taking the lightly defended regions and the city of Isanapura falls before him.
The Champa Heir Tri Indravarman escaped and hightail it back to his homeland, gathering as many garrisons as he could on the way in order to make a last stand there. The Hu tide of about 100,000 troops flows down the coast with only the Heir Hu Xiang, and a Prince in command to face a measly 9,000 Champa troops arranged in 20 field forts led by Champa Heir Tri Indravarman. The Hu Heir ordered Emperor Tri Jayaavarman II executed and had his head tossed at the feet of the Champa defenders sitting in their homeland. Whether divine intervention or dumb luck in the first moments of battle the Hu Heir was killed, and the Prince was wounded, and amazingly the attackers are routed, incredibly the defenders stood firm against overwhelming odds. The Hu attackers retreated back into Mison and did not return. In the region of Champa there was much rejoicing and the battle will go down in history as "The 9,000" outnumbered 11 to 1 Champa Army withstood the mighty Hu Army and saved their homeland, and nation from destruction. "The 9,000" that survived were celebrated as heroes throughout what remained of the Champa Empire...
Primate Qi and one of his leaders brought his newly enlarged fleet to Tonkin and helped crush a small Champa fleet blockading the city. Meanwhile a pair of leaders preaching in Nippon were caught and beheaded by the Nipponese. Another pair of leaders operating north of Korea with a Buddhist army of about 30,000 troops cut off the Japanese while looting and performing regional genocide on a couple of Nippon regions.
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
Emperor Temasek during his most impressive rule ordered that PWBs be rebuilt for the three regions hit by the tsunami. Also a new leader was sent to take command of the troops in Siripti to replace the one that died.
Emperor Tri Jayaavarman II was executed and his head was tossed at the feet of the Champa defenders in their homeland. He had been captured by the Hu Empire during the disastrous battle of Annam. His Heir Tri Indravarman had retreated back to his homeland, gathering as many garrisons as he could on the way in order to make a last stand there...
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Tri Utvadilya noted that while Tonkin had always been Buddhist, the region of Annam should be too, so he ordered that it be done and his military forced the conversion. After the Hu Empire interfered against the Champa attack, the Overlord realized that Tonkin was greatly in Hu debt, and pledged eternal friendship with the Hu Empire.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
The new Primate Tri Subadar reaffirmed his rejection of the Indian Hindu teaching of Kali. He reveled that Sauras was the true Sun-God and that Amaterasu the Sun-God in Nippon was a devil of the devil worshippers of Kali or a false god.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Hindu | Merc Commander M543, 25i, 25c, 15s, 10w |
The Primate Dava IMA and set tithes for both Afriqan and Palas. One fine morning he was shocked to hear the news that a meteor hit in Chela and devastated the region and destroyed its city. Elsewhere Kali agents damaged the infrastructure of Honan for some unknown reason (failed to damage its BL and Intel).
Grandmaster Vishnu died in 746 and the Sword was broken and disbanded due to lack of interest.
GONE...
Emperor Sanat ordered his army to go on a react status, and then he visited and fortified the capital garrison. After that he returned to defend the homeland. It must be noted that some regional fortresses were built along the coast like they were expecting an attack by sea (but none came) and also some new alliances were made with some regions...
King Tushtar did some IMA during his rule, while one of his leaders helped administer to the country's needs. At the same time his brave Heir Tushtar II stood ready with his glorious army to swiftly and unmercifully react to any hostiles from within or without. Another leader in Bindu was found dead and the valuable greenstone gem was stolen.
New Emperor Harsha stated that the royal family along with the rest of the country would convert to Saurian Hinduism. Because the tsunami that only hit the Kali regions was seen as a divine sign to do so. Even though the Sauras Holy City is situated in Champa, the system of Saurian religious sites in Palas is very significant and most of the populace seems to have been converted already. Meanwhile the islands of Andaman that were formerly under the control of Sirivijayan before the tsunami were colonized by Empire, it wasn't known if it was with or without the Sirivijayan's permission.
Emperor Birju upon hearing rumors of a Golden Horde set about fortifying the borders of the Empire that had been allowed to degenerate during his predecessor's rule. City walls and fortress were fortified and two new fortresses were built to help in the Empire's defense. The Emperor sent orders to regional garrisons for them to fall back into field forts and fortress if invaded and not to face the horde in the open without reinforcements. Sadly news was received that Prince Bahuvata was robbed and killed in Nabhatumi (and it was later reveled that a Kali dagger was found in his back), he was the second to die in diplomatic talks there...
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Coptic | Merc Commander M543, 20i, 25c, 10s, 10w |
| Zoroastrian | Jabq M7BA; Merc Commander M543, 15i, 40c, 5s, 10w |
Emperor Moltke again ruled and fathered some more heirs even as he suffered from poor health from heavy drinking and rich food; speaking of Heirs he promoted his oldest son to be one when he came of age. Again one of his Princes continued to help administer to the Empire needs as the Emperor was so fat he could barely walk. Strange news arrived that a leader on a diplomatic mission to Kashgar disappeared off the face of the earth as soon as he entered Kashgar and never returned.
The supreme and ever vigilant (and you can now add ruthless) Shah Ahmorad II ruled while his Heir administered to the Empire's needs. The Shah became so convinced that the Empire's city of Sukkur was infested by a SE that drastic measures needed to be taken. He sent the nation's greatest military mind (named Lord Kami) of the past generation with troops and secret orders to Sukkur. Once there Lord Kami opened his orders and his jaw hit the ground, for he was to loot and burn to the ground his own city!!! The region of Baluch revolted in outrage over the destruction of its city.
Patriarch Auga saw his plans to expand church holding in Ulania ruined when disaster struck: A great earthquake destroyed the Zoroastrian nation of Ulania and killed a church leader there, and Patriarch himself barely survived. Elsewhere three more church leaders felt the hand of death, and the region of Galatia was transferred to Persia.
ShahanShah Kavadh II did nothing, no orders sent...
The new Grandmaster Doughen issued no orders again...
Sultan Ibrahim died during the sack of Tur in Sinai in 749 and it went downhill from there. He was succeeded by his Heir Faruk, who died an untimely death in 750. Prince Sombi revolted when Faruk was crowned. The Prince captured the capital and killed Sultan Faruk, Leader Melak, and leader Davut. Prince Sombi was celebrating his victory when killed by the Assassin Ops, Prince Kurav became Sultan as he was next in line and he made his brother Orvad his heir. In the chaos of it all a few regions revolted and the new Sultan was too busy holding together what was left to do much about it. Clueless of the chaos, and following the last orders of Sultan Ibrahim, the new National Adenese Library had the stuffed carcass of the sea serpent (at last!) mounted and displayed on a mezzanine overlooking the main reading room (it was quite impressive and a shame the Sultan didn't live to see it).
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Coptic | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 10s, 10w, 10xw, 10t |
| African Hindu | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w, 5xw, 5t |
| African Pagan | Merc Commander M543, 3i, 3c, 3s, 3w |
| Pirates (Pirate's code) | Merc Commander M543, 10w, 10xw, 10xi (Med Only) |
Emperor Merakh as vigilant as ever (with help from his Heir), was fully prepared to intercept any hostile forces with their sizeable army. He also sent leaders and troops to help the WRE, which were transported by an Egyptian fleet whose mission was to blockade Naples. Embarrassingly the Egyptian fleet failed to block the WRE Rebels fleet and to make matters worse it never returned home to port (It had only one leader named Bishop Pretesh for the return trip and that was very strange, for at least part of it should have returned if the Bishop had died). Meanwhile Prince Davinion died in Levant without a mark on him just a wide glassy smile on his face, leaving his troops leaderless.
Theban Master Octavious was a better diplomat than a warrior; so he sent a message to the Rebel Prince Ludicrous of the WRE along the lines of "Although we do not approve of his actions against the government of the WRE, we will defend his lands as any other Coptic land from any foreign threat. We encourage him to settle his differences with the crown of the WRE, but we will not take arms for or against him in this conflict. Thus troops were sent by land and sea to defend Languedoc, but both got there too late to be of any help. The troops by land never made it to Languedoc, they ran into the combined St.George / Lombard army in Provence and outmatched by Army size and generalship, were quickly overwhelmed and forced to retreat back into Liguria. By Sea they found Languedoc already in Lombard hands and made for the port of Genoa.
The Axum and Theban combine army laid in wait in Sennar to pounce on the Wadai Horde. But the Horde's plans of conquest were ruined again when Theban Assassins struck and wounded the Horde Lord for a second time, while Axum Assassins wounded his Heir yet again. To make matters worse a cause mutiny by the Axums caused about 12,000 of his troops to desert. Consequently the attack into Axum was abandoned and the Horde withdrew to Ankolye to use the trade center to rebuild, then they returned home to the region of Wadai to lick its wounds and think about what to do next...
Patriarch James issued no instructions again and remained barricaded within his chambers, repeating over and over that it was coming, and the end was near. Eventually he died of starvation in 746. Two bishops also died of what was largely believed to be boredom if not for their wide glassy smiles. In 747 a council of bishops elected Paul to become the next Patriarch.
No orders received...
King Sarantino Gelan III ruled, IMA, and HCed, as he sought to booster trade. In addition he promoted his son to Heir when he came of age. Out of the blue an earthquake suddenly stuck (many thought to be an aftershock of the Ulania earthquake) and destroyed half of the Capital. The royal family miraculous escaped harm when a wall of the royal palace collapsed.
Grandmaster Joshua didn't fancy becoming Coptic so he accept the ERE's offer to locate within its Empire. In return he transferred control of Pechneg over to the ERE. He personally supervised the move of the Order's fortress to Thesssalmili piece by piece, stone by stone.
Just when you thought the Med was safe for trade and shipping then another Pirate shows up looking for booty. Barborossa the Captain of the Sea set sail and established himself in the power vacuum that was in the Islands of Northwest Africa and on the North Africa coast.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER FOR T51
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Coptic | Kwabana M826 Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w, 5xw, 5t |
| African Pagan | Merc Commander M543, 3i, 3c, 3s |
Emperor Djibuti II gathered some troops then he journeyed to region of Salamat to ask the region to join the Empire, the outcome was some minor ties were made. Whilst there, on hearing from his scouts that the Horde had returned to Wadai, he was so surprised that he almost had a heart attack. He quickly withdrew with his army to Kreda to franticly set up some kind of defense. In hindsight it seemed like a poor decision to remove the walls from all of his Empire's cities and demobilize some troops. Back in the homeland the Kanem government returned all BL support back to Coptic Church; afterwards it gained one of its own.
King Kwaku was concerned about the return of the Horde to the region, but not as concerned as the Emperor of Kanem. Otherwise he was happy with a new road to trade with Kanem (and to maybe send some troops to help against the Horde). He ruled uneventfully with help from his Heir administering. Elsewhere a worthless leader died in Kafin with a huge glassy smile on his face and a lot of empty cups were found around him. Another leader was on a diplomatic mission in Douala when he was found dead hanging from a tree with his entrails on the ground underneath him (it looked like they were used to read the future and a old wise in Douala said it foretold a breadbasket filled with sand). Intel reports received by the King about SEs were sadly lacking any solid proof of any SEs existence on the Gold Coast.
New Emperor Kosha set up a direct defense of the homeland with his army. He sent his Heir and another army to try and get the Thebans to work together with his "inferior" troops, or to at least get on the same page. After impressing the Thebans with his military knowledge, the Thebans begrudgingly began to work with the Axum Heir on the preparations for a defense against the Horde. While the Horde never came, some troubles did: a leader died of heart failure, another of old age and also the royal spy disappeared in the capital (body never found).
[See The Campaign against the Wadai Horde [741 - ?] for details]
Emperor Vijay gathered Intel and military forces to deal with the Horde if it should come their way, but luckily it didn't. Meanwhile relations were improved with Zimbabwe when Zimbabwean Princess Dileledi married Crown Prince Balraj by proxy as he was off preparing to save the country from the Horde. Also Princess Tarini was married off to Zimbabwe. Only bad news was that Leader Viwali was found dead floating in Nava harbor after a night of drinking.
King Benedict ruled adequately even although his heath was failing. He was happy that relations were improved with Afriqan when an exchange of Princesses was finally made.
King Shaka Zulu kept up the aggressive expansion of his country. He ordered that three impis march from the land of the Zulu. To the west the Impi of Akbar, supported by allied Namaqua contingents, rounded up the inhabitants of Uige - replacing them with Zulus. The impi of Shaka Zulu meted out the same fate to the inhabitants of Mapungubwe. The impi of Prince Induma marched east to perform the same actions in Phalaborwa. The slaves were used to help in the fields of Cape and Transkei.
Horde Lord Obi Wadai plans of conquest were ruined again when Theban Assassins struck and wounded him again, while Axum Assassins wounded his Heir. To make matters worse a cause mutiny by the Axums caused about 12,000 of his troops to desert. Consequently the attack into Axum was abandoned and the Horde withdrew to Ankolye to use the trade center to rebuild, then they returned home to Wadai to think about what to do next...
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Celtic Christian | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w, 5xw, 5t |
| Heretic Christian | Merc Commander M543, 3i, 3c, 3s, 3w, 3xw, 3t |
| Pirates (Pirate's code) | Merc Commander M543, 5w, 5xw, 5xi, 5t |
Emperor Octavious expanded his military then he and his army assaulted a SE lair in London, captives were taken, but all died within minutes of capture (their faces turned a bright blue). Intel attempt to trance the sites connected to London but all trails lead to the sea. In the meantime the Heir took some ships and went on a quest to search for an uncharted island in the mists west of the Celtic Sea but found nothing (He must have misread Princess Juli's report about an uncharted island off the Irish Sea...). Elsewhere during a harsh winter Bishop Canterbury died at age 64, and the Celtic Church sent a replacement.
Pope Peter was mortified at the Church's continuing difficulties in establishing new sites as over half of them failed. It didn't help when a bishop died in the middle of his orders as Bishop Mark did when he tried to cross the Elbe River, he boat capsized and he drowned (even although he was a good swimmer). Otherwise Pope Peter was instrumental in getting the Goths to convert to Celtic Christian. Meanwhile a silver plated box was delivered to the Holy City of Iona, inside was Cardinal Rutherford's head, he was last known to be a captive in the city of Fez.
King Olof waited for a sign that the time was right to oppose the Pirates, until then he was safely behind his capital's walls.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
Bjorn Olaffson died without an heir and the country DFed into a million pieces...
Gone...
Emperor Fils II and his heir did nothing, while orders were given to other leaders. A pair of leaders was able to DP the city of Vesthavn from the Norsemen during their upheaval. Meanwhile the Emperor mourned the loss of his 2nd wife to illness. Meanwhile the country suffered from a famine which killed thousands of men, women and children.
Lord Capt Red Markusum began the conquest of the northern islands by seizing three of them from the Svear. Was no island safe from this band of marauders? He also had his Heir raid the Svear and other leaders perform piracy in three sea zone (but one had no trade routes).
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Celtic Christian | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 10s, 10w |
| Pauline Christian | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
King Norwulf hoped that his new rule would be better than his brother's. To resume trade to the West, he ordered the city of Riga rebuilt. He even ordered a new port city built in the Baltic so trade wouldn't be disrupted again in the future. Meanwhile a leader named Georgi in Dvinisk without any orders got himself raging drunk and fell from the fortress and died, leaving his troops leaderless. Also there where rumors in the royal court that the black beast was heading towards the empire.
King Osoric II ruled with an iron grip from his iron throne as he and the rest of the Kingdom converted to Celtic Christian (because the Arian Primate never communicated since he disappeared into South America). But the conversion didn't go smoothly as planned, even although the Celtic Primate was in the capital helping things along. Two regions and a city revolted! Elsewhere a strange kind of Pox killed thousands of children across the Kingdom (and also a leader, the King's poor old mother, and two Uncles in the royal family).
Tsesar Asparukh III did nothing for nobody and no thing (no orders again...). The Empire still suffered from thin government.
During Emperor Basileus' rule he welcome the Knight Defenders to build their Mercenary fortress in the ERE and set up shop. At the same time as the Heir sought to increase the Empire's status within the mercenary order. In return the Knights gave the Empire the region of Pechneg.
Emperor Helmat Wise-Counsel issued no orders and upon his death all hell broke loose in the Empire. A rouge tidal wave in the North Sea had struck Friesland and Holland disrupting the government and killing the Emperor and his wife, 2 leaders, and a Prince. The country broke into two then the ambitious Lord Astrid the golden took advantage of the chaos and set up his own Empire in the East. New King Helmat II was barely able to hold on and reestablish his father's Kingdom.
Emperor Astrid the golden setup his own empire in the Eastern part of Alamanni, it was larger, but contain poorer regions than the fatherland.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER FOR T51...
Moved in from North Africa and the Med, see North Africa and the Med one last time...
The Batu Khan marshals his riders to ride off into East, scaring the crap out of the Far East, but it was only a recruiting trip and he returned home a little stronger, with new allies. Rumors abound that his sights were set on Europe.
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Arian Christian | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
| Celtic Christian | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
| Heretic Christian | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
Alejandro the Mark of Ispan commanded that the dogs of war be unleashed and together with St.George they would invaded the WRE while it was embroiled in its civil war. To command the strike force he sent a military genius named Juarez with another leader. The objective was to march to the eastern end of Provence and hold it against any counter attacks from the WRE, with the help of battle assistance provided with from Intel.
Battle 1) The WRE and Egyptian armies captured Campania and Naples, but the Rebel leader broke through the blockage of Naples and fled to Corsica where he unexpectedly died and his son proclaimed himself king of the small island (he also offered to return to the WRE fold if forgiven and made a prince).
Battle 2) At the same time St.George and the Lombards attacked into Languedoc and wiped out a small WRE force.
Battle 3) The Thebans rushed up from southern Italy and ran smack into St.George and the Lombards in Provence and were badly beaten and forced back into Liguria, while another smaller Theban force was rushed by sea to Languedoc only to find it in enemy hands, so they withdrew to Genoa.
Battle 4) Around this time Armorica attacked into Burgundy, a brutal battle was fought to a stalemate and both sides withdrew to regroup. Both side lost about the same, but the Armoricas had one leader killed and another captured by the WRE, and the new Amorica Emperor Tristan's pride would not let him fail thus he vow to take Burgundy and free his leader.
Battle 5) The second battle for Burgundy started off good for the Armoricas until an arrow caught Emperor Tristan in the eye instantly killing him, his leaderless army was routed and driven back into Orleans. Then the St.George army split from the Lombards in Provence and headed north.
Battle 6) They easily took over a lightly defended Lyonnais and then they poured into Burgundy and rained Greek Fire down on the battle weary troops of the WRE, which were no match for St.George and were slaughtered.
Grandmaster Petros was the greatest military mind the world has ever seen (with the help of a little Greek fire). The battle plan was simple yet elegant, joined with the Lombards they would smash everything together until they reached Provence, then St.George army would peel off and head north to capture Burgundy and its city. Everything went according to plan; the only downside was that with all those captured lands was that it caused the Order to have a bad case of thin government.
The Emperor Artos II sent his heir Tristan eastward to capture Burgundy along with 2 leaders to help him. Sadly the Emperor died the following winter of the Pox which also killed thousands of children across the Empire. The dashing and new Emperor Tristan tragically got himself killed in Burgundy along with one of his leaders, and the other was captured by the WRE. Back in the Capital his lovely wife Isolde became Regent until the young Tristan II comes of age.
[See THE WAR IN SOUTHERN FRANCE [746 - ?] for details]
Emperor Justus ordered the capital rebuilt then personally led troops to retake Campania and Naples with Egypt's help. He vowed to see the rebel leader's head on a spike, but the Rebel broke through the blockade and fled to Corsica. Meanwhile a purge of the military of any infiltrations caused about 10% of the troops to be killed as many heads rolled.
[See THE WAR IN SOUTHERN FRANCE [746 - ?] for details]
King Ludicrous escaped the clutches of the WRE only to die of a sudden illness once he reached Corsica. His Son Ludicrous II succeeded him and proclaimed himself King of Corsica. The New King sent a message to the WRE that he would return Corsica to the fold if he was forgiven of his father's crimes and himself made a Prince.
Non Player Nation...
[See THE WAR IN SOUTHERN FRANCE [746 - ?] for details]
Emperor Tomao died in 746 in Ulaan-Baatar along with his heir, the royal family and of course the government was destroyed when the "Great Earthquake of 746" leveled the Ulania capital and devastated the homeland. In the north some remnants of the Kingdom of Bohemia resurfaced going by the name of "Chiesa Del Solo Nero", they took control and slaughtered and enslaved tens of thousands of Zoroastrians until they were no long the majority. Those that remained were forcibility converted, and the stench of the Zoros was gone from central Europe. Revenge was sweet...
GONE...
Placed in power King Rupert distanced himself from the old Kingdom of Bohemia by calling his new Kingdom: Austria. Furthermore he couldn't decide which Christian faith to join or whether to start a new one. So he invited the Celtics and the Paulines to send representatives and try to convince him that one was better than the other.
Open for a new player for T51...
NOTE: The Albions bought horses to the new world and the cavalry count has been completed and there are herds of horses roaming the Great Plains along with the buffalo ... (Completed for Central America too, but not South America)
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| North Amerind | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5xi, 5c, 5s, 5w |
| Pelegian Christian | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5xi, 5c, 5s, 5w |
Chief Eaglewing II again issued no orders and he again he drank firewater and went hunting instead...Elsewhere red tide struck the Nantucket Sea and wiped out the fishing fleets in the area.
Chief Wounded Hawk ruled (&HC) quite well with the help of one of his leaders administering, while a prince and leader stood ready to react with the Chief if trouble arrived.
Chief Ten Bears himself converted back to the old ways of North Amerind along with all his leaders. As he ruled he ordered a ravish cerebration of the Federation's bicentennial that will be talked about for many a year. He also made bold claims to all the regions bordering the lower Snake River as his government expanded.
Chief Burning Branch was infuriated at the student rebellion. He swore to remedy the situation. He and his heir, his 15 year old son, gathered together their army to attack and shatter the insurrection and with the Assassin corp's help they crushed the revolt of the student leaders.
On other fronts, many troops were seen crisscrossing the country as garrisons were redistributed (but Prince Red Oak died of the plague and upset some of the redistribution). Rumors also spread of fast units of elite cavalry investigating secret cells all across the country. Stories abounded of spies captured and of fantastic escapes, harrowing double crosses and gallant heroism.
Finally, word of the death from across the sea, the Black Plague, spread throughout the nation. This news brought fear to all, be they be noble or commoner. From the stories of this illness, none were safe. (Luckily the outbreak was small compared to what happened out West.)
Chief Hatawin IV ruled and made quite a bit of whoopee resulting in 2 sons and 2 daughters. He also sent a pair of leaders to retake the rebel lands of Anasaz, and one of the leaders had a very impressive military mind combined with help of some battle assistance from the Intel ops. The Yokut army easily crushed the rebels taking back half of what they lost. Unfortunately the nation's infrastructure hadn't recovered and the additional regions and cities caused the government to be spread quite thin.
Chief Grumpy Turtle died in the Plague and the Yokuts easily conquered the plague weaken nation.
Gone (so soon, alas we hardly knew you...)
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Arian Christian | Charles the Bold M754 Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 10s, 10w, 10xw, 10t |
| Pelegian Christian | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5xi, 5c, 5s, 5w, 5xw, 10t |
| South Amerind | Merc Commander M543, 3i, 3xi, 3s, 3w |
Emperor Mathew slept and the mighty Aztec Empire did nothing yet again....
Lord Captain Cartagena did nothing but drink and womanize, in other words he issued no orders.
King Garvin was in his late nineties, and ruled from his bed. He lacked the strength to even sit up. The ancient King implored his son and heir to remarry and provide some heirs for the royal family was dwindling, and his days were numbered. He hoped he would be remembered as the man who led his nation to freedom from the tyranny of the Coptics. Elsewhere Bishop Halifax could make no headway in improving relations with the pirate residents of Caraca, in fact they tarred and feathered him and relations deteriorated.
Patriarch Alphonse issued no orders.
Chief Tovaro died in his sleep at the unusually, for an Amazonian, old age of 84. He had outlived his sons, and his grandson succeeded him. Prince Kuvuru died when he and his troops reacted to some sightings of a strange lizard like creature in Pacaja. After it pulled him into the Amazon River his body was never found.
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire
better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to
look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.
-- James A. Garfield
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