Lords of the Earth
CAMPAIGN TWENTY-FOUR
Magyars
Defeated
Turn 51
1251
~ 1255 Anno Domini
613 ~ 617 in the year of the Hegira
New for T51
No Orders: If I don’t get any orders in for a position and the
player doesn’t answer my emails then I’ll put the position back to a NPN and
put aside the players cash (if any) until they pick it or another nation up
again.
Restrictions on Royal Marriages: Due to the complications arising
from these rules only K, H or P leaders can benefit from a Royal Marriage. Members
of the Royal Family that have not come into play are not considered eligible.
New for T50
Request Royal Marriage: Used to ask a NPN nation for a bride for one of
your Princes or a suitor for one of your little Princesses. Cost is 6AP,
Charisma based. The leader doesn’t have to be in the NPNs capital but if he
isn’t then he needs to be in your homeland/capital.
New for T49
Naval Reaction and Blockade: Naval Reactions can only occur when
there is action in a Sea Zone that the fleet is based at. The fleet has to be
based from a port and not the Sea Zone. Also, the Reaction can only occur when
your own lands or those of an ally benefiting from a Defensive Pact marriage
bonus are attacked. It also applies to any merchant fleets you operate through
the Sea Zone in the case of piracy.
Naval Blockade’s only work if your fleet is based in the same Sea Zone
as the target port and you spend all (every single one) of your APs in the
blockade. The fleet must be based from a port and not a Sea Zone.
New for T48
The use of fleets for Reaction and mitigating the effects
of Pirates: My
understanding has now changed since we GMs have had some discussion on the
list. The use of Reaction has been explained on the Wiki and Patrol is no
longer used in the Base Rules.
Reaction
Trade Route Escorts
- This
is specific to Lords 24. Units can be assigned to a trade route to act as
static convoy escort using the G type leader. Note this is not as good as patrol
as the warships assigned will only reduce the effects of piracy, not
capture or destroy the pirates themselves.
Updated NPN and Primacy rules:
Yep, been tinkering again but I feel a almost serene sense of satisfaction with
my latest offering. See what you think.
Added the ability to hire
mercenary captain when there is no mercenary company available: See the mercenary tables
New for T47
Improved cultivation at TL5: If a nation has reached the
dizzy heights of TL5 than it can benefit from improved cultivation. You can
Improve a cultivated homeland region from 2GPv to 3GPv, or any other controlled
cultivated region from 1GPv to 2GPv. This is a level one megalithic
construction.
New for T46
NPNS: I’ve tweaked the NPN and Primacy/Order rules a little to make them
fit better with the 24 game. I’ve also reduced their overall RRV to make
diplomacy easier.
Second Positions in the East: As I’ve not got a lot of players
in the East, I would be willing to allow a second position from existing
players. Let me know if you’re interested.
New for T45
New Rivers: I’ve added in some new possible rivers onto the map.
These are rivers that were once passable by light traffic (remember Cogs cannot
travel on rivers) and have now become silted up. You can dredge a stretch of
the river (along one region border edge) as a 0.5 level project.
Gripes:
Agro as conversion –
this has restrictions (see 2.11.5.3) which I will be enforcing from now on.
Rivers can only support
light ships – as far as I know Cogs cannot travel on rivers. This also includes
Cogs built for trade.
New Primates: We have two new Primate positions this turn. Jumal
Skyfather, which is an Estonian god and the Coptic Church based out of Axum.
New for T44
Minor islands and City States: I’ll be allowing minor islands (Corfu, Jerba, Wight etc) and city states to be used as
locations from T44. Just let me know the rationale behind why you want it
separate and if reasonable I’ll add it in. Once they are created as locations,
they obey all the rules of islands etc. However, their Gpv cannot go above 0.
Flooding: The last few turns have seen a massive increase in the
amount of flooding that has occurred. It appears that the years are getting
warmer and wetter. As a result of this some of the minor rivers on the map are once
again becoming passable to river traffic.
Denmark:
Following on from the Minor Islands stuff, you can see that Denmark is now separated out to Jutland and
Syaland (Zeeland).
Announcements and
items of note
General Stuff: Please use my Paypal account (stephenbrunt@yahoo.co.uk) for all
Lords’ 24 payments. If you cannot use this facility then please let me know and
I will see what I can do about filtering US funds to my account. I may also
stop using the throneworld email address due to the mass of spam I’m getting!
Order Form: Please use the standard excel
order form from now on. I’ll update the site with a link to it next week when I
get some time. This is important as it helps me process the turn more quickly.
THIS IS NOW MANDATORY.
Non-Payment: some of you still owe me some
cash. Although it may come as surprise that this is not my main source of
income, I see it only polite that you pay for the occasionally night out. So, if
you’re under zero next turn I’ll not process you orders.
Version 6: Lords 24 uses version 6 of the
basic rules
The Map: The map now includes India as well as Europe, Central Asia and Africa. I’ve greyed out repeated areas on the maps to
make my life easier. However, this means some player nations are split across
more than one map. I may increase the size of the main map but I’ll have to
think on this.
Tithes and Tribute: I think these are automatically
updated by the stats program, so no need to declare them in your orders.
Control
of the Papacy and Religious Orders: In Lords 24 we will not always have a player Pope (or
Caliph etc for that matter) and the following rules are used to determine which
player faction controls the Pope’s actions, Papacy
Rules. I’ve also added some stuff about gaining support from their armies
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Turn 52 Orders due by: Wednesday the 19th
October 2009
Without further ado, the news for these
years in Lords 24 history...
Eastern Europe
The Varangian Rus of Kiev
(Orthodox Civilized Open Empire)
Peter, King of the Rus
Peter's wife died in childbirth and fearing
the veracity of his bloodline, the Rus made his eldest daughter his heir; an
act that did not meet with great favour amongst the Boyars. A new city called Perograd was raised in
Pereaslavl and protected by a low wall. In exchange for Orkney gold coin,
stamped with the Raven crest, much gold was shipped north to the islanders.
Vassily fought back against the Magyars after they had taken Pechneg. Their
assault on Kiev
wiped out the hated invaders and caused rebellions amongst their subjects. The
Magyars would never forget the might of Kiev.
Piotr’s attempt to raise a house for the Order of St Vladimir in Smolensk failed but the other Piotr was successful in his
attempts in Chernigov.
Much favour was curried with the Order for these works but questions were
raised amongst the Orthodox priests as to the Order’s purpose now that the
Magyars were defeated. Georgi was given a handful of troops and told to invade
Goryn, his ineptitude meant that his small army got lost on the way and ended
back in Kiev
many months later..
The Ests
(European Pagan Barbarian Open Empire)
Andrus III, Kings of the Ests
A new port city called Ventapils was
built in Musa. Andrus raised three thousand more men in Estonia, mainly infantry but some
siege engineers. Novgorod
was further improved and twelve cogs were commissioned in the dockyards of
Libau. Andrus rules his northern kingdom from Estonia but was not blessed with
any new children. While Gcarson of Livonia and Vilnus patrolled the kingdoms
borders, Dunstan was successful in gaining tribute from the city of Dorpat in Livonia.
The Western Uighur Khanate
(Sunni Islam Civilised Open Empire)
Barjik, Khan of the Uighurs
Two thousand skirmishers were
raised from the Greeks in Thrace.
Barjik declared that Ediz will be heir to the Khantate on his death. Barjik’s
new wife dies in childbirth, sadly his young son also died. The Khanate’s
attempts to convert the Christians of Thrace were met with stubborn
resistance and few if any turned to Islam. Emin took command of the four
thousand men in Thrace
and was tasked to hold the region against any invasion. Emre and the Imam
Mahmoud were dispatched to Thessaloniki
where they gained an alliance from the city’s elders.
Elsewhere in Eastern
Europe
The Magyars suffer at the hands of
the Kievians, their might broken against the Kievan infantry. The Oriental
Roman Empire makes progress with Galatia
and Pontus,
gaining support from these regions as they try to recover some of their lost
ground. The Order of St Vladimir’s army
is destroyed by the Magyars in Pechneg but lives on to see their enemy
defeated. With no new enemy to fight there are questions raised as to the purpose
of the Order.
Scandia and the Out Isles
Jarldom of Orkeneyjar
(Roman Catholic Seafaring Open Empire)
Nicholas Larsson, Jarl of Orkney
A
large number of warships were commissioned in Kirkval’s great dockyards – over
one hundred and fifty vessels were put to sea. The Highlands were further
fortified with castles in Ayr and Dunfermline.
Improvement of the fertile coastal regions of the Highlands
was also started. Advisors were sent to the Holy Roman Empire and England
to help improve their woeful naval ability. Raven’s head gold was sent to the
Rus in return for much needed grain. Northern missionaries were active in
Dyffed but the Welsh proved hard to convert from their own brand of
Christianity. Nicholas himself devoted these years to his family and his wife
Alesund. Sadly, his uncle Helmut, who was to take charge of the Jarldom in case
of Nicholas’s death, died of the flux in shortly after sailing north. His body
was brought back to Kirkval for a full Orkney funeral. Frigga was attempting to
raise a house for the Hammer in Munster
when she was thrown from a horse and died of her injuries.
Kingdom
of Svear
(Roman Catholic Seafaring Open Empire)
Olaf Arnoldson, King of the Svear
Olaf
continued to sit at ease within his kingdom. Gold and men were spent on increasing
the fortune of his people.
Saxon Kingdom
of England
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Arthw I, King of England
The
great fortress of Land’s End was once again ruled from London. In payment for their fealty, the city
was improved with English gold. Wymeswold also gained from Arthw’s largesse.
Much gold was sent to Kirkval to help build the new fleet and pay for the naval
advisors from the island kingdom. Again and again, English missionaries were
sent to Dyffed but the stubborn Welsh refused to willingly give up their
heretic ways. The Welsh provinces were persuaded to pay grudging respect to the
Saxons by the efforts of Arthw and the Lord Neumann.
Western Europe
Heiliges Romisches Reich
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Heinrich, Holy Roman Emperor.
Saxony benefited from a delightful new thoroughfare
through the province. The roads throughout the south of the nations, from
Thuringia to Provence
were upgraded to allow for heavier traffic. More gold was sent to the
beleaguered Knights in Malta,
increasing the Empire’s influence with the order. Grain shipped to the Orkneys
in return for gold. Heinrich was blessed with a young son by his wife Katerine
and formally declared Raimond as his heir during a lavish ceremony. The cities
of Osnabruck and Stuttgart were incorporated into the Empire
through the efforts of Hans and Cristian von Lausatia. Aldabert von Matrunco
patrolled the eastern border from Bavaria
in case of any Magyar attack, although that threat has now faded since their
defeat at the hands of the Russians. Bishop Adriano Viccenzo had news that a
secret society of masons was active in Saxony
but had no success in proving this during his extensive investigations
throughout the region.
Norman Kingdom
of France
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Raymond, King of France
King
Raymond ruled his wide domain from Paris
and was blessed with two young sons. Sadly, Prince Archimbaud died whilst
patrolling the southern borders of the Kingdom. His body was shipped back to Paris for burial. Bishop
Abelard escorted the Princess Isabelle to Catalonia
before heading north to the Aquitaine.
He met with Archimbaud in the province and was unfortunate to succumb to the
same fever and died the following spring. Princess Isabelle was then married to
Bernard of the Anacletans to promote an alliance between the Order and France.
Many warships were transferred to the order in Marseilles to further cement the good
relations. The cultivation of Poitou was
completed, the last vestiges of wilderness put to the plough. The city of Tours and the Aquitaine
became friendly to the Kingdom. The marriage of Princess Clemence to the Count
of Tours hastened the diplomacy between the Norman city and Paris. A royal highway was completed down to
the Pyrenees through Aquitaine.
French missionaries attempted unsuccessfully to convert the remaining Moslems
of Catalonia.
Principality of Salerno
(Roman Catholic Civilized Open Empire)
Ricardo III, Prince of Salerno
Ten thousand infantry were raised in Naples
and fifty warships commissioned in the Principalities dockyards. Apulia was greatly improved by new irrigation systems. A
son was born to Ricardo as he ruled his Principality from Campania. Progress was made in assimilating Savoy and Palermo
through the efforts of Maxcillio and the Bishop Madconi. Whilst the Count of
Vincencia watched from the walls of Palermo
for and Moslem attack, Geraldo Buccelli loaded the newly raised men aboard his
cogs and conveyed them to the city under the escort of his fleet.
The Papal
States
(Roman Catholic Civilised Religious
Order)
Pope Callistus III, God’s Voice on Earth
An abbey was built
in Leghorn and a postal road built to Romagna to improve the Papal communications with its
northern holdings. Naples, Venice
and Leghorn
benefited from Papal largesse as new sanitation works were built throughout
these cities. Attempts to destroy the Kaliph’s mosque in Mahidia came to no
avail as the instigators were captured by the Akramid authorities in the city.
Much influence was gained in Italy
and with the far Svear thanks to the efforts of the Papal envoys in those
lands. Whilst Pope Callistus oversaw the Papal See, Archbishop Anselm travelled
to Poland
and requested that the Poles paid the tithe rightly due to the Church. Cardinal
Spada was dispatched to Cannes
to help with the burden of bureaucracy in the western lands. The holy lands of Latium
were defended by the Papal army under Cardinal Ottobuono.
The Akramid Caliphate
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Darkan, Caliph of the Akramids
Great
improvements were made to the old lands of the Umayyads; cities were built in
Cheliff and Kabilya as well as a mighty fortress in the Baelerics. Fez was rebuilt closer to
the sea to improve links with the Spanish mainland. Missionaries from the
Caliphate were active in Santiago
bet met with little success in the pilgrim city. The Caliph himself took a new
wife but she died in childbirth before providing him with any issue. Prince
Obrahim was in command of the border force, working out of Andalusia
and looking for any Anacletan foray into Akramid territory. Galacia became
friendly to the Caliphate through the efforts of Imran Nazir and the Imam
Astroman. It was left to Prince Mehehkmed to consolidate the scattered
garrisons of the Umayyads and bring them back to Andalusia.
The regional garrisons of Caliphate’s Spanish territories were also
consolidated under Darkan’s command.
The Anacletan Order
(Roman Catholic Civilised Religious
Order)
Bernard the Ugly, Grandmaster of the Anacletan Order, Scourge of Islam
Houses
were built in Marseilles and Catalonia
but the order failed to build a new house in Santa Maria. The docks of Cherbourg were put to use building twenty
light warships for the order. The Order’s attempts to improve their status with
Aragon and England failed miserably as the
sovereign nations ignored the Order’s envoys. The marriage of Bernard to
Isabelle of France brought the Order into an alliance with Paris. Guisgard travelled to Marseilles where he took
command of a recently ceded fleet of thirty warships from the French. The fleet
then sailed back to Santa Maria.
Elsewhere in Western
Europe
Quiet
times.
The Middle
East
The Buwayid Sultanate
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Hamzah, Sultan of the Buwayids
The
cities of Antioch, Susa,
Hamadan and Qom grew in size through the largesse of the
Sultan and their walls replaced. The rich lands of Persia were further improved with
new irrigations systems. Given the haughty nature of the Romans in
Constantinople, it was with great please that the Sultan’s agents managed to
capture a professor from their prestigious university and put him tenure at Baghdad’s. Missionaries in
Bithnia and Crete were unsuccessful in pulling
the people of those lands towards Allah. While Hamzah ruled from Baghdad, Prince Haythan
was tasked with patrolling the Sultanate’s borders from Diyala. In this he was
aided by Harig of Edessa. The slaves captured from Romagna in years past were
moved to help with the new irrigation projects in Persia. The Imam Numair was
successful in persuading Mand to become a tributary to the Sultanate but the
deaths of Khoury of Fars and Abdul-Hafiz meant that Quetta remained unconvinced of its role in
the Sultanate.
Al-Khulafa'ur
Rashidun
(Sunni Islam Civilized Primacy
Zaahir al Shiraj, the Righteous Kaliph
The Kaliphs were at
ease.
North Africa
The Ayyubid Sultanate
(Sunni Islam Civilized Open Empire)
Mejid, Sultan of the Ayyubids
The
Sultanate remained quiet.
Amir al-Bahri
(Sunni Islam Civilized Religious Order)
Akeem, Lord of the Sea
As with other
Islamic states, a sense of peace permeated the Order..
Elsewhere in the North
Africa
Quiet.
West Africa
Usama-Yoruba Onium of
Ibo
(African Pagan Civilised Open Empire)
Bhanda, King of the Ibo
The
Adjou Aba take heart at the Iboan lack of interest to sweep down out of the
desert. The take Songhai and pillage the
valuable regions. Other lands also suffer the same fate..
Elsewhere in the West
Africa
Quiet.
South
Africa
The Mwene-Mutapa
Empire
(African Pagan Civilised Open Empire)
Nyambo, Emperor of Mapungubwe
The lands of Transkei were improved by the
orders of the Emperor. Three thousand warriors were raised in the Vaal for Matombo Mukare. Augmenting his force with men
from Matapos and Karanga, Mukare moved into the lands of the Xhosa, easily
annexing their lands for the Emperor. With Chimbganda of Nguni patrolling the
eastern seaboard, the Emperor Nyambo was content to sate himself on his wives,
both failed to survive these years of Nyambo’s efforts but at least one had the
decency to provide him with a child; even it was a daughter. Kakuyo, now in
command of the army and titled as the Governor of Gorongo, used his position
and the safety granted to the populace by the Empire to help coax them into
further strengthening their relationship with the Empire. Kakuyo was authorized
by the Emperor to promise that great investments would be made to the lands of
Gorongo. Kakuyo also took the two, soon to unfortunate brides, for the
illustrious Emperor Nyambo from Gorongo, praising them for their purity of
blood and the quality of its people, declaring them worthy of royalty. The
people of Gorongo were still suspicious of their invaders, but maybe not quite
to the level of previous years.
Elsewhere in the South Africa
The
Glory of Unkulunkulu gain some more sites throughout southern Africa.
Central Asia and Persia
The Karakhanate of
Ilig
(Sunni Islam Civilised Open Empire)
Sahir ibn Saleh, Khan of the East
The
lands are ravaged by the Tsaidam but the Khan manages to force them away from
his heartlands.
Elsewhere in Central Asia and Persia
New
cities are built in Georgia and Shirvan. The Khazar convert to Sunni Islam. The
Tsiadam sack and burn Parapavura, and then move westwards from Kashmir after looting the region. They conquer and loos
Tadzik but are turned away from Transoxania and Bactria. The horde ends in
unfortunate Uzebek.
India
Pratihara Kingdom of Kaunaj
(Hindu Civilised Open Empire)
Janda, Raja of Kaunaj
The dockyards of Benares saw an unprecedented building
programme as large numbers of light merchantmen were built; these would be
destined for trade along the great Ganges. The
rebuilding of Uttar Pradesh continued after the depravations of the Mongols,
although it still had to reach the level of population enjoyed before the
invaders struck. Gtsang was ceded to Bengal in
recognition of the growing friendship between the nations. Sadly, Princess
Neela did not live long beyond her marriage to the Pala and a much valued
alliance was unfulfilled. The marriage of the Princes Om, Gyan and Ram to the
great and good of Ceylon
saw a strengthening of relations with the southern kingdom. A royal road was
started to Kosalapala from Patna
although not much progress was made. Other roads though out the nation were completed
or progressed at a much faster rate. While the nation’s missionaries in Und and
Sind saw some success, attempts by Rajput to damage the government of Saffarid Iran
failed, making the Shi’ite nation wary of its larger Hindu neighbour. Kinh Jada
was blessed with two young sons and spent these years ruling his kingdom and
interfering with the affairs of the nation’s traders. Prince Bindu was assigned
to dealing with the Bengali court to ensure that they towed the Kaunaj line. It
was the left to Prince Gyan and Om to assist
Shivaji in persuading the Ceylonese to pay tribute to Kaunaj. They were further
assisted by the Brahmin Harsh. Vipin moved out from Gtsang once the Bengalis
had taken control and sought brides for the princes; all but Prince Ram was accommodated.
Rupinder was tasked with investigating the wilds of Kaunaj for those
troublesome Buddhists; although no sign was discovered of any insurgence.
The Western
Dhara
(Hindu Civilised NPN Empire, Open Empire)
Pajama I, King of the Dhara
A new period of
expansion starts under Pajama. Cultivation projects in Avanti, Satava and
Jihjhoti are progressed and the forces of the Kingdom move into Pawar under the
command of Paga. His forces are routed when the general is killed by the Pawar
and fled back to the Dhara lands. Pajama II moves into Vengi with the main
Dhara force of six thousand men and three elephant squadrons. The battle was
fierce against the smaller Vengi army of two thousand men but they were better
led. It seemed that they would lose to attrition until Pajama II was cut down
assaulting the Vengi King. The remaining Dharans fled the field. The defeats at
the hands of the Vengi only strengthened Pajama’s resolve to conquer their
isolated enemy.
The Order of the
Dagger
(Hindu Civilised Religious Order)
Omprakash, Lord of the Order of the Dagger
Omprakash
is content to hold sway over his conquered lands.
The Palas of Bengal
(Hindu Civilised NPN Empire, Friendly to
Kaunaj)
Palas of Bengal
A great number of
cogs were commissioned in the dockyards of Tamralipti; these would later be put
to use on the nation’s trade routes. Further missionary work in the Gtsang
fails due to severe storms sweeping through the region and catching the priest
in a flash flood, drowning them when the great river swelled far beyond its
banks. The Pala of Bengal married Neela of Rajput for an alliance between the
two inter-linked nations. Unfortunately, the alliance was voided by the death
of the Neela during childbirth. Through the efforts of Prince Ran and Satinder,
the rich province
of Assam, allied with the
Palas. While Rom scoured the Gtsang for any sign of Buddhist insurgents, Banu
was tasked to do the same in Maghada. No sign of any Buddhist plot was uncovered.
The High Priest Sandhu too command of eighteen fast warships and attempted to
find a route out to the Maldives,
unfortunately the same storms that took the lives of the priests in Gtsang
prevented the Dagger priest from reaching the islands.
Elsewhere in India
Quiet.
South East Asia and the Islands
The Dai Kingdom
of Annam
(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Fer Netcol, King of Annam
Peaceful
times.
Kambujadesa
(Hindu Civilised Open Empire)
Emperor Surya Din, Emperor of the Khmer
Large
numbers of junks were commissioned in the dockyards of Feranga and Vijaya to be
used on the nation’s most profitable routes. A fleet of warships and a contingent
of marines were also raised in Angor. These were to be assigned to Nung Tok Pai
and accompanied him to Singapore.
Once stationed on the island, the young leader was the first advocate of Surya
Din’s Principle of the Dog, a
Southeast Asian version of the "sink or swim" mentality. His mall
force was to provide support for Khemer agents exploring the region of Tengh.
Haing the One-Handed seemed to have found his calling when his attempts to
convert more of the Surinese nobility away from Buddhism was successful. It was
left to Foyan Fehn to patrol the nations’ borders from Champa while Surya Din ruled
the Angor. Sadly, his heir Pheakdei Pich died of the flux during these years
and left Surya Din wondering how he would continue his line of succession.
The Kingdom of Thaton
(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Ratana Jarunsuk, King of the Thaton
Arakan
was further improved by great public works and the cities of Bandarban and
Imphal also. Forts were built along the frontiers of Kalinga, Samatata and Burma
to protect against possible Hindu aggression. The great road network of the
nation was further improved when postal links were set up from Mandaly to
Imphala nd Bandarban and from Thon Buri to Kadaram. Ratana Jarunsuk rules the
nation from his newly built Palace of the Crystal Winds in Moulmein. He was blessed with a daughter during
these years. The low level hostility on the Bengali border continued when
General Vipin was entertained by a Thatonese delegation, the intent was to
persuade him to join with the Buddhists but although challenged, his loyalty
remained firm. Priests from Thaton had some success in Assam and Vengi but their efforts
in Gtsang went unheeded. Ratana Nai-Thim continued to attempt to sway the lords
of Nanchao to the Thatonese cause, his attempts to keep the diplomacy secret
thwarted by his large retinue and many Assamese sympathisers in the Tai’Li
court. The borders of the nation were patrolled by Sanya Sundaravej from
Lampang and Thawan Baroma from Thaton itself. The cost off Moumein was under
the jurisdiction of Chao Seni and his forty odd warships. Further protection
was offered in the south by the mercenary captain Lui Annan from his stronghold
in Mon.
Elsewhere in South East Asia and the Islands
The
city of Palau Buring
is built in Utara.
Manchu’ko and Nihon
The Taira Shogunate
(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Taira Kiyomori, Shogun of the West
Saga
is further fortified and eight thousand eager infantry were raised in Kumamoto as every
able-bodied man is scraped from the cities streets. The city also saw forty
transports built for the newly raised army. Taira assassins were almost
successful in killing the hated Emura Minamoto but for the vigilance of his
bodyguards. The forces of the Shogunate
attack Aichi, Akita
and Kwanto. The forces of Minamoto are mobilised and the attacked on Kwanto
thwarted, the Taira forces are all but eliminated. Hideko fails to land in Aichi
but successfully beaches his army in the Akita.
Aomori is
liberated by the Tairan forces. Taira Kiyomori tries to take advantage of the
sea-borne attacks to take Yamato. His forces attack the Great Dividing Wall
again and again but cannot push their way into the Minamoto heartland. The
Shogun himself was killed attacking the hated easterners and his daughter took
control of the Shogunate, causing much dissention amongst the nobility.
The Minamoto
Shogunate
(Shinto Civilised Open Empire)
Emura Minamoto, Shogun of the East
Yamato
is further protected by a large contingent of siege engineers and another
thousand foot. In Toyama, twenty warships are
commissioned in the dockyards there.The forces of Taira were repelled from all
but Akita.
Sadly, the Shogun himself was killed in the fighting and his new son-in-law
Eiroku became Shogun on his death. A royal road was built between Aichi and
Kwanto and between Yamato and Toyama.
Yuki Hideyasu was routed when the forces of Taira attacked Akita. Influence grew in the Nihon-no-Tenno
as the Shinto priests started to wake up to the Buddhist threat to the west.
The Goryeo Kingdom
(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Wang Cheol Gojong, King of Goryeo
Wang
Cheol Gojong took control of the nation’s shipping and greatly improved the
trade routes within the Kingdom. The scattered fleets were all gathered and put
to work patrolling the water’s around Po under
Hyo Pong. The garrisons of the nation’s great cities were augmented as Wang
Cheol Gojong looked towards the growing threat from the Steppes. Attempts to convert
the pagans of Mudan as well as remove the hostility towards the great Buddha found
amongst some of the Hsuing-Nu failed during these years. Kim Gu looked towards the
western defence from Shang Tu whilst the island
of Hokkaido was protected by Roh Mo’s
two thousand men.
The Land under Heaven
The Kingdom of Koueichou
(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Lao Pen, Regent of Koueichou
The
city of Ghang’De
grew in size and its walls rebuilt. It was Lao Pen’s intention to further
relations with the Chang’Ling but rumours amongst the Hupei
court were rife that the westerners intended to capture the Emperor’s daughter.
Lao Pen was met at the border and refused entry into the Chang’Ling lands.
The Empire of the
Western Song
(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Zhi Zhen, Emperor of the Western Song
Four
thousand cavalry are raised in Kansu and a
large contingent of engineers in Chang’An. In the new port of Huang Ho,
a few warships were commissioned in its dockyards. The great road from Chang’An
to Ts-Un’I progressed during these years with the stretch to Hanzhong all but
completed. Song missionaries converted the nomads of Lob Nor to Buddhism, a
brave effort given the Mongol presence. Whilst the Emperor Zhi Zhen ruled from
Chang’An, the Mongols poured south intent on plunder of the rich Chinese lands.
Their first target was Wu Hai but surprisingly, the peasants of those lands
forced the horsemen back to the steps. Yue Tong was mobilised to prevent the
Mongols from attacking Ordos and successfully
repulsed the invaders, losing his life in the process! When the Mongols attack
Yanzhi their Khan is killed by Chinese archers and they flee back to the steppes.
Elsewhere in the Land under Heaven
The
Great Khitan horde take Tumet but are repelled from Kir when their Khan is
captured. The Saka-Sungari Tribes make trouble in the east of Manchuria.
Ch’Ang’Sha built a new city in Miao Ling called Jingjiang. The remaining minor
states of China
start to consolidate their positions. The Greater Wheel gains a church in Burma but fails
to build Abbeys in Nanchao and Padishan. An Abbey is built in Guizhou
and a Church in Szechwan.