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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
***RULES: Starting in Turn 52 we will be using the newest version of V6 rules, please download new order form.
*** I converted units from V5 to V6 at the END of Turn 52. I tried to note in the note section how much gold or nfp you got. Let me know if I missed converting any units.
The Build charts are in the newest rules in V6.x.x, see lords homesite or in your stat sheet.
Archery QR, Bowmen, Mounted bowman, Ballista (Tech 5 and up only), siege tower (Tech 5 and up only), catapult (Tech 5 and up only) will stay as they are optional units of L27. (Most of them are optional units of V6)
9.6.8.7 Consecrate Cathedral "A Cathedral can be established from a Monastery in a city so long as the Holy Site is within the Church's Action Range from the Holy City or another Cathedral." (Note: Cathedrals may only be built in cities.)
TURN FEE: $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.
***YET ANOTHER NEW ORDER FORM for Turn 53 and beyond (for v6.x.x rules) (old one used too much paper): Please use new orders form it has a for 6.x.x near the top, 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!
PLEASE Send me your orders in this ORDER NAME FORMAT:= L27_T53_NationName.xls
***CULTIVATION & COLONIZABLE REGIONS RULES [see 5.4.14.1]: Starting in Turn 53 a region after cultivation can not be re-colonized 1gpv (from 1 to 2, or 2 to 3) unless that region started at ( / ) as in empty. {NOTE: A region enslaved to ( / ) does not count as started as empty, but it can be re-colonized back to it old gpv}.
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 in a striped pattern.
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.
PWBs: Please let me know if PWB are for a city or a region by putting a "c" or "r" in front of it like this: 10rPWB.
LEADER NAMES: From now on if your leader DOES NOT have a name he or she gets NO action...
***LEADER (& ARMY) ACTIONS & MOVEMENT: You must state your leaders actions (A, AL, R, Rule, Etc) and their AP cost (and extra ap put into it), 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 orders 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 Turn 49 and beyond, as the world gets darker and resources become scarcer.
***TRADE CAP: is now 75% of total income (which affects only the large empires) as the world gets darker still and trade become harder and more dangerous as merchant ships and caravans are being robbed or are disappearing without a trace.
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 will be 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 Turn 50, 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 Turn 50...
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...
TRANSPORTS (or Cogs): If transports built in build section are to be used for MSP, please put 10xt MSP in the build column, thanks.
SEE (HOUSE) RULES: http://www.throneworld.com/lords/lote27/Rules.html
"Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step
would carry us clear through them."
Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964) Irish Author
| 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 |
The great and majestic God-Emperor Tatshushi ordered that his Imperial navy be strengthened, so he could tighten his hold upon the seas; he was enraged that the Buddhist-Honan-Hu could come up with a fleet to rival his own. All through out his Empire was the sound of many workers building scores of warships. Meanwhile missionaries were sent to counter the Buddhist corruption of Nippon lands, and some were even sent to Buddhist lands (two can play this game...). Elsewhere a lone Nipponese assassin was exasperated, he might have killed the Black Dragon Emperor, but alas if only if he could find him. Also a new leader with a large shipment of gold for the Tatars disappeared with the gold without a trace and the even the Intel corps failed to stop him from making his getaway...
After over thirty years the war had died down so much that many thought that it was over. That it had become just a footnote in the annuals of history. The only worth while news that happened was that the Nipponese navy on react intercepted a Buddhist-Honan-Hu fleet of equal strength and while the sea battle was a stalemate, they did manage to stop those barbaric Buddhist-Honan-Hu from completing its raiding mission of Nippon, with the navel engagement causing only a few minor losses on both sides. Sadly the Buddhist Primate did die on the voyage because he was so feeble.
Grandmaster Chewi issued no orders.
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
The mighty Emperor Tuoba Xiang Ri ruled with a wise hand and had many of his leaders go forth on diplomatic missions to try to reunite his people. He also continued the process of rebuilding his army to better defend his Empire. Meanwhile in one of the Empire's main regions many burnt and scorched farmlands were reseeded and damaged public works were rebuilt. Within the Empire many Chinese wondered if the war was over, as they got on with their lives...At the Capital a grand celebration was held during the month of July when the Emperor's son came of age and he was proclaimed Heir by the Emperor with many displays of fireworks...
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
Emperor Lui Chen ruled and added to his growing family with the birth of two more sons. He also promoted his eldest son to Heir when he came of age during a grand celebration. There was serious talk at the Imperial court about quarantine, as an outbreak of Bubonic Plague in the city of Chiangning had ravaged the city killing thousands. The Emperor also ordered a fishing fleet built in order to combat the famine plaguing the Realm, but many thought that just one fleet would not help much. In the news there was a report that a leader was killed by an angry mob while preaching in the region of Kiangsu urged on by a shadowy figure.
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
Grandmaster Qui Chang waited...
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
New Lord Captain Hu Di II waited
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
The Khan Tartarus the Terrible was told by his sage that the stars foretold a name change for him, so he changed his name to Kerasen Kha-Khan. He also followed his sage's advice to send out scouts to find any static hordes. He then paid a visit to the region of Yenisey with all his troops and retainers and its lord quickly agreed to ally with him. Before he left for Yenisey, he had also sent out his allies to loot and enslave some regions, and a couple of them ran into the new non-static "Great Mongol Horde" and both were soundly beaten. After 5 years one of his leaders never returned from investigating a nearby dead city, and a payment of gold from Nippon never showed up as well.
The great Khan Mongu the Mighty gathered the Mongols yet again for another ride into the annuals of the dark ages of history.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Buddhist | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 5s, 5w |
| Hindu | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 5s, 5w |
While Emperor Hu Xi waited for one of his leaders to join him, he suddenly fell ill and dropped dead at age 67, his leader arrived the next day to take command and finish his late Emperor's orders for him (to attacked Korat and pacify it). Back home the Heir entered the capital and was crowned Emperor upon word of the old Emperor's death. The late emperor's plans consisted of having a pair of leaders attack into Champa with a force of almost 30,000 elite cavalry, while one leader DP the region of Miao Ling, and another took command of a navy of 80 ships to help the Buddhist and Honan deal with the Japanese fleet.
756:
In April of 756 the Champans start things off with a Champan army of 9,000 troops (half were mercs) led by Bishop Tri Sauravarman, it marched into Siam and liberated it; afterwards they ended the year by liberating Nampung. At almost the same time an Asamakara-Sauras fleet and a Rajput fleet began raiding the Hunan coastline causing much devastation. Afterwards all was quiet until July, when the Sirivijayan navy landed 26,000 troops led by Prince Kanak unopposed on the Hu island of Hainan and by year's end they had the island firmly under Sirivijayan control, and plans were drawn up to assault the city of Dong Feng and it 5,000 heavy infantry Hu defenders. Meanwhile an army from Palas consisting of 42,000 troops led by Lord Bramisha took over the region of Padishan and first defended Palas from there, and then a year or two later reacted from there, during which time it crushed a Hu Merc army of 5,000 that had invaded its territory.
757:
In April Sirivijayan Prince Kanak led his army on a bloody assault against the city of Dong Feng, and although the leaderless Hu defenders made him pay for it, the city fell before the end of the year. Meanwhile back in Nampung, Champan Bishop Tri Sauravarman and his army spent the next two years defending the region, but the crafty Hunans didn't strike that way. A huge Hu Army of 102,000 led by Lord Li Xiang Jing awkwardly crossed the river during the middle of the night into Korat and crushed a way smaller leaderless Palas army there, and by year's end they had easily taken the city of Kshatriyapura too. In June another Hu Army led by Prince Hu Xiao (and another leader) numbering about 29,800 heavy elite cavalry stormed over the mountains into Hmong, it easily destroyed a pair of forts there (surprisingly there were no Hindu armies ready to react to it). By Year's end they advanced into Preikuk dealing with 10 lightly man forts which again they had no problem overcoming. In the North a Palas Army of 14,000 troops led by Prince Nagabha invaded the Hu region of Pat'Ang and with no effort took control of the undefended region, the army would continue on into Chiennan next year. The Kali's finally showed up after a long journey from India. A Kali army of 14,000 mercs led by Bishop Aidan of Bu arrived in Laos in mid-June and liberated it and by year's end another Kali army of 8,200 troops led by Archbishop Timur had liberated Lampang.
758:
In April, the huge Hu Army of 102,000 led by Lord Li Xiang Jing awkwardly crossed back over the river into Nan Chao and went on react, upon heard of the Pals invasion in the North, it broke camp and headed North to meet the Palas invaders. They caught the invaders in Chiennan and pinned them against the mountains and massacred them, a very few Palas made it back to Pat'Ang, and the Palas Prince Nagabha would bloodily perish under Hu swords. The Hu army led by Lord Li Xiang Jing would return to Nan Chao by the end of the year, ready to react again. The other smaller Hu Army led by Prince Hu Xiao finished up in Preikuk and ended up in Surin by year's end.
759:
The Hu Army led by Prince Hu Xiao in Surin become confused by his orders and spends months trying to decide what to do. The Prince (a good general) finally decided that he is to avoid regions recaptured by the Hindus and continues on to his next target of Khemer. In June his army of 28,000 strong clashes with a Champan Army of 10,000 troops led by Lord Shan Singh (an average general) that was dug in and defending Khemer in 24 forts, both armies have the same amount of battle assistance, but the Hu's had an army of all elite units. The Hu army wiped out the Champan army after a well fought battle and its leader barely made it to Phan Rang with a handful of troops. The Hu army only lost 4,000 troops in this engagement.
760:
The Hu Army led by Prince Hu Xiao in Khemer assaulted the city of Angor and took it with only minor losses, then the army broke camp and headed back north. Champan Bishop Tri Sauravarman and his army of 9,000 troops (half are mercs) had just returned to the region of Champa when he set off to liberate the former Champa region of Mison, but they were driven back with minor losses by Tonkin Overlord Tri Utvadilya and his army of 28,600 strong.
Primate Qi continued with his grand plan of building the Buddhist fleet into the largest fleet in Asia, but died before he could see his plan completed. He fell victim to a bowl of some tainted soup at the age of 61. He had again joined with his fleet commander and had headed east this time to raid the Nippon lands, but he perished during the five year voyage, the fleet commander kept the fleet on course and returned his Primate's body home. Another leader predeceased him in 759, he was found dead with some strange marks on him, and his passing left a good size army in Yen leaderless.
[See Japan-China War [727- ?] for details]
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Emperor Temasek died at the very old age of 81. He passed away in the summer of 757 after a short illness; his heir Kahilk succeeded him with some minor troubles: the revolts of a couple of regions here and there and a city. Meanwhile a pair of princes with a leader led the Sirivijayan fleet loaded with troops to attack the Hu. Meanwhile a wave of animosity against the Hindu Temple of Kali rippled through the Empire with most of the people wanting to convert to Sauras.
New player for T53!
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Since Emperor Tri Indravarman had mass conscripted, all he had left was 40 warships which he decommissioned in order to train 2,000 HEI. The Emperor was content to stay home and shelve his plans for revenge and defend his homeland. While sending out a leader with troops and mercs tried to liberate a couple of regions. Meanwhile missionaries were very unsuccessful in Dai Viet and in the city of Zhangjiang, also a leader was killed inciting rebellion in Dai Viet.
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Overlord Tri Utvadilya worked with the Hu while awaiting higher guidance. His argents foiled yet another assassination attempt by the Hindu Temple of Sauras. While the Overlord himself and his army foiled an Champa attempt to liberate Mison. Also Merchants built a royal road for the Seafarers.
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
The Primate Tri Subadar kept spreading the glorious word of Sauras, and the Temple again took a more active role in the Hu vs. Champa war. The Primate himself took command of the fleet and joined with the Asamakaran fleet. A leader was supposed to liberate a few regions but he wasn't named and thus had no action, another leader failed to establish sites in two cities and he was wounded, and then killed in the other. Also Intel and Assassin operations of cause mutiny and assassination failed against Tonkin. Elsewhere a Religious frenzy causes a religious trade center to appear in Gaur.
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Hindu | Merc Commander M543, 25i, 25c, 15s, 10w |
The Primate Dava died in his sleep in 759 after IMAing; he was at the old age of 64 when he passed away into the arms of Kali. The charismatic Priest Dharuma established 4 out of 4 new sites and that was seen as him having Kali's favor and he was unequivocally chosen to become the new Primate. While a Priest with an army was sent to liberate Laos, another Priest with an army stood ready to liberate any Hindu regions captured by the Hu but his orders were incomplete.
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Emperor Sanat was ready to react with his army against any that dare invade his Empire. His Heir was supposed to be by his side, but he suffered a mid-life crisis and spent much gold from the treasury to hire many scholars to help him write the Mahavairocana Tantra. Meanwhile Princess Mahinder was married to Ally Salwar of Satava and so he became a Prince and the region became friendly to the Empire. Elsewhere the silver tongued diplomat Trinesh worked his magic to convince the Empire's neighbors in beautiful Kosala to join the Empire at tributary status. Meanwhile some unknown force encouraged the region of Vengi to revolt. An army of 15,000 cavalry with 2 leaders was sent to help their fellow Hindus in Champa, while the Asamakara fleet attempted to raid the Buddhist.
King Tushtar died without an heir and the county collapsed into thousands of tiny pieces.
GONE...
Emperor Harsha stayed with his home guard ready to defend his borders. He kept hearing disturbing news arriving about the war effort: In the beginning of year 756 in Korat a dark presence was felt in the Camp of General Mahendra (sole leader there) and the General started bleeding from every orifice and was dead before dusk. Word of this spread like wildfire throughout the army's camp, then as night fell strange lights appeared overhead and mass panic ensued and a formidable army of 35,000 was no more and the worse of it was that none made it through treacherous mountain passes back to Palas. Elsewhere another small army of only 14,000 troops led by a Prince dared an attempted to strike into Hu itself. Also Missionaries sent to talk to the Royal Family turned out to be a disaster as the royals were insulted by the presence of such lower caste so much that it undid the past couple of years of progress and thus it disrupted all the recent progress of Bishop Tahendra too.
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Emperor Birju ruled. He didn't mourn the death of his wife for too long and was soon remarried. He was soon blessed with another son. The Emperor ordered reinforcements sent to bolster his relief army in Champa while his fleet was to raid the Buddhist coastline of Hu and Honan. Meanwhile Intel Ops thought they had found an SE lodge of the Assassins of Kali but they were cleverly blocked and fooled by the SE's Intel. There was a report from homeland security that a leader in charge of an army that was defending the western part of the Empire from its enemies died in his sleep at the old age of 67 leaving his army leaderless.
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Coptic | Merc Commander M543, 20i, 25c, 10s, 10w |
| Zoroastrian | Jabq M7BA; Merc Commander M543, 15i, 40c, 5s, 10w |
Emperor Erchenai waited. While a plague of locust reduced the crops throughout his Empire.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
The ruthless Shah Ahmorad II issued no orders. While a plague of locust reduced an already pitiful crop.
No orders received...
Patriarch Auga did nothing but wait.
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
ShahanShah Kavadh II was ready to react with Persia's main army from its homeland. While his son and heir Kavadh III married and fathered another generation of ShahanShah. The Captain of the Persian fleet died of a strange illness during a voyage home from the Mare Negri to the Gulf of Cyprus, but luckily had had a 2nd mate to finished his orders. Elsewhere a prince and another leader died in mysterious accidents attributed to SE activity.
The Grandmaster Doughen died in his sleep of old age and the Order lost control of half a dozen houses mostly in Aden. Master Raschid replaced him and waited...
OPEN FOR A NEW PLAYER...
Sultan Kurav ruled and was disappointed that his wife failed to provide him any more children, but not disappointed enough to get a new wife yet. Meanwhile his leaders were more successful with their diplomatic efforts to get some rebellious regions to return to the fold. Elsewhere unexpectedly a volcano erupted in the sparsely populated region of Zufar.
Mercenaries:
| 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 kept alert as ever (with help from his sickly Heir) to any outside threats, keeping command of Egypt's largest army tightly under his control. While he ordered some public works built, and the Egyptian fleet rebuilt, with sounds of hammering rang throughout the Empire. Troops led by some able leaders were sent to bolster the Italian command, and another leader had some diplomatic success in the city of Zoskeles.
Theban Master Cassius died of a whooping cough at age 60 during a sea voyage to re-supply and reinforce his troops in Italy, his second in command Elder Brother Tyrsus finished his orders and replaced him as Master of the Order with no opposition from any of the other Brothers.
Patriarch James issued no orders. The treasury began to bulge from unused resources.
No orders received yet again...
King Sarantino Gelan III ruled the Kingdom quite well and IMA. He had the region of Romagna taken over by a leader who flush with success then died trying to siege the city of Romagna. Another leader was ordered to take Lombardy, but he thought it better of it, thought it better not to attack the large army of Lombards already there.
The charismatic and daring Barborossa, Captain of the Seven Seas set off. He left his heir to rule in his place while he personally conducted talks with the city of Casablanca (at sword-point) and got them to agree to ally with his blood thirsty pirates. He also ordered the region of Merrakesh colonized, and Africa saw the pirates multiplied upon its coast.
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Coptic | Kwabana M826 Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w, 5xw, 5t |
| African Pagan | Merc Commander M543, 3i, 3c, 3s |
Emperor Dafid began his rule and his wife had some more children. He promoted his oldest son to heir when he came of age with a lavish ceremony. Two of his leaders were sent to persuade the city leaders of Tripoli to fully join the Empire and were successful. While another Kanemian leader was able to improve the Empire's relations in the region of Salamat.
King Kwaku ruled and IMA, while worrying about the continuing deaths of his leaders. There were no more smiley glass eyed deaths, but a Prince was run over by a runaway cart while on a diplomatic mission to Kafin, another was trampled under foot of a herd of water buffalo while preaching, and a third disappeared without a trace while on a diplomatic mission to Zerma, rumor had it that he was taken by a Kanem patrol...
Emperor Kosha transferred some troops about for strategic reasons and had some troops upgraded. He also ordered his Heir to conquer the Wadai homeland so another damn horde wouldn't appear. Meanwhile a pair of leaders died of old age and mysterious sickness, one before he could be rewarded a fief. Elsewhere another pair of leaders helped rebuild the port city of Port Djerba and garrison it with troops, then DPed the region of Darounga upon their return.
Emperor Vijay and his wife Sita died together in their sleep at the relatively young age of 52, which set off rumors that they had been poisoned by a secret empire. He had just returned home from the siege the rebel city of Monbasattva with his sly brother Prince Durjaya. The Emperor's Heir Balraj succeeded him with no trouble, except for the part about ruling quite dreadfully. Meanwhile it was found that Hong Kong was way out of the Empire's control range and couldn't be held without troops there and even they might revolt. There was more bad news from the East, when an old leader on his own leading the Empire's east fleet with troops died at age 62 in Khemer, and being so far away most of the fleet and troops dispersed with only a handful making it to a leader in city of New Indrapura.
[See The Hu vs Champa War [746 - ?] for details]
King Gerard got a new wife and not much else from the diplomatic talks in Mbundu because the leader there fell sick and died which put a damper on the talks. Also the King's rule did nothing to decrease the troubles of thin government that plagued the nation, it seems he is just a average ruler. Elsewhere efforts at religious conversion had some success in two regions.
King Shaka Zulu sent one of his leaders to enslave yet another region, and then repopulated it lightly with some Hindu Zulus. The slaves were then used to increase PWBs back home again. The King who had suffered from ill health then died in his sleep at age 64 in 758. Meanwhile the Heir ruled and sired some more offspring and succeeded his father with no trouble at all. It was finally brought to the King's attention that the city of Mosselbaai was worshipping the native religion so missionaries were put to work there converting them with some success, while missionaries were thrown out on their ass from the region of Phalaborwa by its inhabitants.
| 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 |
The old and wise Emperor Octavious died during his rule after a short illness at age 64 (along with his wife and Princess Juli's Husband), shortly afterwards his Heir returned from exploring the Avalon Sea (with success and its rutters). He had caught a glimpse of a rocky island through the mist, but with supplies running low he had to return home without exploring it; on his return and upon setting foot upon Britannia the Heir was proclaimed Emperor. In the royal court there was of course much was talk and rumors that spread throughout the capital that the troublesome SE that had been plaguing London had Emperor Octavious (and his wife) assassinated. Meanwhile Princess Juli had some diplomatic success in Vermandois considering she was a woman; she was disappointed that she wasn't among a couple of leaders were granted fiefs in Holland and Lorraine. The worst news of all was that throughout the Empire there were numerous raids by the pirates along the whole coastline of the British Isles with tales of pillaging and rape.
The very charismatic Pope Peter extended his stopover in Austria and he finished converting its royal family. While the Pope's entourage, (of a couple of leaders) continued its efforts to convert the Austrian homeland. But the one leader in the capital unfortunately died before he could do any further converting. The new city of Birmingham was built and handed over to the British. A pair of Bishops were administering in order to help with the thin government, but they where all thumbs, fortunately with the moving of the cathedrals thin government wasn't a problem anymore.
The valiant Emperor Fils II returned home to celebrate his victory over the Svear and then did some IMA (but became bedridden from the excess celebrating). His heir continued to rule and his heir fathered another son. While brilliant Lord General Onundr kept expanding the Empire, he was able to conquer the regions of Smaland and Uppsala and their cities before he was killed in the battle for Kopparborg, afterwards half of his troops made it back to Uppsala. Meanwhile the city of Vesthavn was handed over to the Pirates without any explanation, may the Lord have mercy on their souls. Elsewhere a famine was still ravaging the countryside, but there was a lot confidence that new regions would be able to feed the Empire, but many thought is was premature to convert all fishing fleets back to trade. Also there was some more bad news: a leader that was trying to improve the relationship with the new conquered inhabitants of Skane was hanged by an angry mob.
Lord Capt Red Markusum died of the very, very, old age of 75 for a pirate with a bottle of Irish whiskey in his hand. His heir Wily Marksum succeeded him and made his son August his heir before setting out on a raiding trip that he never returned from. It was said Wily fell from the rigging when it gave way in a storm and drowned, his 1st mate Conrad finished his orders (with another leader's help) and brought the Pirate fleet home in one piece after much piracy and raiding of the British and Armorica coasts with a whole lot of debauchery thrown in. Meanwhile a foolish Prince Capt Ben Marksum died exploring the Faeroes because he didn't bring any ships with him bigger that a rowboat. A pair of leaders also got the city of Raddliborg to become feudal allies with the Pirates by greasing some palms.
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Celtic Christian | Merc Commander M543, 10i, 10c, 10s, 10w |
| Pauline Christian | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
King Rohrwulf issued no orders for the second time in a row...
King Osoric II ruled and with some prudence had some of his leaders guard against any further revolts, while one of his leaders did some religious conversion in Kirov.
Poor ole Tsesar Asparukh III died in 756 along with the Patriarch in a suspicious freak carriage accident, his sons fought over the throne and civil war tore the country apart and a horde passing through added the last nail to the coffin and the country was no more...
GONE...
Even though he was well into his seventies, Emperor Basileus was with his army and was ever ready to respond to any threats from that evil empire to the East. All of his leaders were ready for action, they had their orders to defend or react unmercifully to any outside threat to his Empire. The Emperor was happy to see the fall of the troublesome Bulgaria Empire that had trashed his plans of expansion to the north, with a wicked smile he knew the way North was now open. The only thing he was unhappy about was that two princes and two leaders died under mysterious circumstances that could possibility be contrived by inside or outside forces, and a freak accident left the heir a hopeless cripple and his wife dead.
Emperor Astrid made some minor improvements to his Empire and sent the Teutons some gold for Prussia.
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Grandmaster Joshua died of grand old age at 67, but surprising his successor Jeremiah was found dead in the city of Constantinople in a sewage ditch with a sliced throat. Luckily Samuel who was inext in line for the Grandmaster spot survived another assassination attempt and became Grandmaster. Elsewhere some religious frenzy caused a religious center to spring up in Smolensk.
Mercenaries:
| 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 |
Julian Lope the Mark of Ispan ruled with the help of one of his leaders administering (but it really didn't help any). But it was not enough to counter the devastation of a half dozen assault organization attacks against the March's infrastructure (3 succeeded, and no CI vs AOs) by the Egyptians, as result the country suffered greatly from thin government. The daring Mark sent two of his armies out commanded by able leaders, one to capture Savoy and Lombardy and another to help St. George drive the remaining Persians (Farohars) out of Italy.
Battles:
Two armies of the Celtic Christians advanced: One consisting of Lombards captured Savoy and Lombardy and another made up of Lombards and St. George drove the remaining Persians (Farohars) out of Italy. Even although the Coptics only remained on the defensive, they did reinforce their perilous positions. However out the blue the Golden Horde swept down through Italy and ended up in Latium to further muck things up.
Grandmaster Rodrigo died in 759 after the siege of Diacira from an arrow wound (another of his leaders died in the battle too). He was the greatest general the Order and you could say the world has ever known. Master Sancho replaced him with no contention within the Order and finished his orders. Elsewhere a leader was killed by an angry mob in Constantinople, and the Order's status was improved with the Brits.
Emperor Tristan II waited...
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Emperor Justus in error sought to raid the ports of Genoa and Caprica although they were still in control of the WRE. His Heir was given the duty of running what was left of this once grand Empire; he could only shake his head at some of his Emperor's commands. Meanwhile rumors flew about that the WRE was migrating to some unspecified location.
[See THE WAR IN SOUTHERN FRANCE [746- ?] for details]
Emperor Rupert again made himself, his leaders and royal family available to conversion to the Celtic faith He ordered Otto and his troops to capture the unclaimed regions near his empire with two other leaders and they succeeded in nearly doubling the Empire's size.
The fearsome barbarian Batu Khan and his terrifying horde rode through the chaos that was once Bulgaria (and helped bring about its downfall) to Italy and attacked the former homeland of the Roman Empire and WRE, the region of Latium and settled right in the middle of a war. Also a pair of horde leaders investigating the ruins in Saksiny found a gold saddle, but both felt feelings of dread while there and one didn't make it out alive, his screams fading away into the night.
[See THE WAR IN SOUTHERN FRANCE [746- ?] for details]
NOTE: The Albions brought 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)
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| North Amerind | Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5xi, 5c, 5s, 5w |
Chief Tall Bear ruled quite well, as reasonably well as his forefathers. He ordered the port city of Manahattoes expanded and a postal road from Iroquois to Pennacook built. He was also going to promote his brother (Prince) to become his Heir until an advisor informed him that his eldest son was of age.
Chief Wounded Hawk rule wisely and ordered some more fields planted in Ponca. All was quite well in the nation until expectedly his mother, a prince and a leader passed away of the pox.
Chief Ten Bears plans for the Federation were to use the Fed's surplus population to settle the lands along the Lower Great Snake River. Chief Ten Bears with the help from his son ruled the Federation with a steady hand from Cahokia. Osage was further colonized and cultivation was completed in Kickapoo. The diplomatic mission under the leadership of Little Bear continued its work in Atakapa, visiting the city of Ayoel, and bonded them to the federation even although one of the mission leaders choked to death on a fishbone.
Chief Burning Branch died after 51 winters; he perished from the pox (along with a Prince). His son and heir Gray Hawk succeeded him with much remorse, an elaborate funeral and no opposition from within the Nation.
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Chief Hatawin IV became very sick with the pox, but luckily he was able to promote his son Hatawin V to heir before he died. His son had no trouble ascending the throne; it was surprisingly quiet with no revolts or unusual events within the Federation, maybe too quiet...
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Arian Christian | Charles the Bold M754 Merc Commander M543, 5i, 5c, 5s, 10w, 10xw, 10t |
| Pelegian Christian | Merc Commander M543, 3i, 3xi, 3c, 3s, 3w, 3xw, 3t |
| South Amerind | Merc Commander M543, 3i, 3xi, 3s, 3w, 3xw, 3t |
Emperor Mathew did some Empire building, otherwise things were quiet.
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Lord Captain Magnus Troil Sparrow sent 3 leaders with 6,000 troops to take over Colon, its city and Arawak, led by the dashing William Kidd. This risky endeavor was a huge success, with the lose of only 800 men. Meanwhile the port city of Port-de-Carib was rebuilt and another 3,200 men were pressed into service as infantry, and last but not least the Lord Captain finally took a wife and finally produced an heir as she spawned three sons for him.
King Stephan ruled and was worried about cultural apathy with the jungle and its dark ways so close at hand. It seems to him that his people were becoming more and more savage. On the King's behalf Lord Kailas was sent to talk to the pirates in Caraca, but he disappeared and his carcass was found near the shore feeding the fishes. Another leader died of a strange sickness that caused blood to pour from all his orifices, he was found alone in his locked chambers in the royal palace in Saint Aries.
Patriarch Alphonse again issued no orders and the Church finally lost control of city of Casablanca it had been out of range since the move....
Chief Tuvano started getting a little concern with his Tribe's defenses and ordered 200 infantry trained and a field fort built in his homeland and he was ready to respond with his army and all his leaders to any revolts or invasion. Meanwhile something he couldn't fight came up the mouth of the Amazon; a tidal wave damaged the region of Pacaja and the walls of the city of Kavuru.
A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to
him, than what it has denied.
-- Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish Philosopher
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