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I am your new GM for L27; my name is Chet Strachel aka Chet S.
My Lord GM address is: Lords27gm@throneworld.com for orders and L27 stuff, and my L27 paypal address is: Chetb5@snet.net
I hope to have a turn done each month IF everything goes right…
Turn fee is still $5.00; also any nation that reaches a -$10.00 balance without making an arrangement with me will not be processed.
I have policy of no switching nations if your balance is in the red, until that negative balance is paid and you also pay for one turn ahead so your in the black.
Note: Please don’t mind the typos, I’m not a English major, so unless a English major wishes to volunteer to proofread the newsfax…
Please use this Order form if it runs on your computer: http://www.throneworld.com/lords/players/forms/lote_orders_template_1_4_2.xls
Do not put new or old projects in the builds section of the above Order form; they only go in the new or old projects section.
There is a free version of Office called OpenOffice that will open, edit and save Excel file at: http://www.openoffice.org/
Keep track of action points & total action points for your leaders, & if you build troops for leaders please state in the builds section for which leader (A#01, etc).
Lords 27 now uses Rules: 5.10.0 and this game uses HOT - Hands Off Trade
From now on, leaders by their self do not need to have ships to travel across water (unless they are exploring)…
Rule & Admin Actions: Only the King, Regent, Heir, Primate, Archbishop, Grandmaster, or Master may conduct a Rule action. Only an Heir, Prince, Master, Archbishop, Bishop or Lieutenant may conduct an Admin action.
Only Kings & Queens, and Heirs can have children (HC). Having Children: A leader (Kings & Queens, and Heirs) conducting either Rule, Defend (not React), or Admin in the Capital or Homeland region may also perform Have Children actions at the same time. I’m assuming he’s not working 24 hours a day on Administrating! Also, please let me know for how many actions your King, Queen, Heir, etc, is having. Unless, it’s not specified, I’ll assume the HC action is being done for the entire turn. Finally, if the individual doing the HC is female, there is a chance that they may die in childbirth...
Leader assistance: If a leader is assisting another, please make a note of this in the assisted leader's orders.
Unnamed leaders: suffer a –1 to their action points per year and Kings without names will be named by me if you don’t, also unnamed cities do not get built, also leaders need to keep track of their AP expenditure in their orders or run an excellent chance that they will do nothing the entire turn, and need to have the leader number along with the name, i.e. L01 for King, L02 for Heir, etc (same as the stat sheet)...
Allied Leaders: the following are the rules concerning allied leaders. Any troops attached to an allied leader may not be detached for any purpose. They stay with the allied leader at all times. Allied leader units may not be demobilized, although they will go away if the player decides to reduce the control level of the allied region or if the allied leader dies and is not replaced. Players may build or assign additional units to the allied army but such units become part of the allied army and may not be taken back.
HORDE RULING: Hordes are to be played by a single player (or maybe played by an Americans player if no other can be found).
Certain builds take an entire turn to perform (although for clerical reasons are usually done at the same time as the rest of the builds). These are: City Construction (both new and additional levels), all Megalithic Construction Projects, and Colonies. (What this means is that you may not take advantage of a given build of this type on the turn that it is constructed. For example: you may not base MSPs or build PWBs at the increased city capacities until the turn after the construction is done. Similarly, PWBs may not be built in excess of a region’s old terrain type the turn it becomes cultivated or colonized to a higher GPv. Please plan accordingly.)
Demobilizing Units: you cannot demobilize units and rebuild them elsewhere on the same turn. This is not allowed as per rule 5.4.6 indicates. However, unlike the rules, I will allow demobilized units to be rebuilt elsewhere on the turn following their demobilization or later. The NFP simply go into your saved NFP slot.
Regional Cultivation is now a base level one project, but I will be using the megalithic construct cost multiples on table 6-2.
Empty ( / ) regions need at least one troop to garrison them if you want to claim them and you can’t DP them as there is nobody home.
Colonization: Any region that is cultivated or has been cultivated and is less than 2 GPV can be increased in value up to 2 GPV for the cost of 15 GP and 15 NFP per GPV of increase. Any named island can be colonized to 1 GPV.
Homeland colonization: any tech 6 nation can colonize their homeland to level 3 GPV, assuming its cultivated (and already 2 GPV) for a cost of 20 NFP and 20 GP. Any tech 9 nation can colonize their homeland to level 4 GPV, assuming it’s cultivated (and already 3 GPV) for a cost of 25 NFP and 25 GP.
Exploration: With the following exceptions, all nations have knowledge of sea zones only within trade range of them, unless they have the rudders listed on their stat sheet, and all European nations have knowledge of all sea zones that border Europe (Mediterranean and Atlantic).
Rudders cannot be sold or shared the same turn that they are explored and discovered; word of and maps of the rudders need to make it back home.
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Shinto | 28i, 12c, 10s, 10w |
| Mahayana | 16i, 58c, 5s, 5w |
| Therevada | 17i, 48c, 5s, 5w |
| Hindu | 12i, 9c, 4s, 8w, 6t |
The Shogun Nareshi kept the empire’s military might ready to respond to any revolts or invasion. Sadly when Admiral Akira arrived back in Kumamoto port with his fleet, he slipped on the docks on some fish guts and fell into the bay and drowned. More trouble followed Lord Joshiro as he paid a diplomatic visit to the Nigata feudal ally, for at a dinner party welcoming him, he coked on a fishbone and died. In the midst of his leaders passing, the Shogun promoted Prince Okajuurou, as well he had three cites expanded with addition public works to handle the increase in size, and fulfilled his goal of making major improvements to the empires schools and universities. Incidentally for some reason the Shogun decided to remarry at the grand old age of 68 to a noble lady of half his age and he was truly blessed with a daughter and son…
The Grandmaster Bodi worried that his order has become too passive and it was producing a very poor crop of Samurai. He proclaimed to his order that a new challenge must be found to keep our skills and spirits honed, hence a foothold on China will be established [See The Battles for Tsainan (681-685) in the Khanate of Hsiung'Nu section]. The Grandmaster also ordered an expansion of the order’s sites with himself personally founding three of them, and for his initiative he command Master Yuchiro and two other leaders to led 150ships and 16,000 troops to go to and conquer Kiangsu, and Tsainan for the Kannagara No Michi.
Open for a player…
The Shaolin Monks’ Grandmaster Shang Xiu had the city of Chungmum increased in size and new troops trained in Honan, he commanded Master Qin Zhan to take a mostly heavy elite mixed army of 10,000 troops to go remove the unbelievers of the Hsiung’Nu forces from the region of Shantung, and if the region of Tsainan was occupied by them he was to remove them from there as well. [See The Battles for Tsainan (681-685) in the Khanate of Hsiung'Nu section]
New Player!
Primate Le-Thu journeyed to give a sermon to the masses at Kwangchou; there he brought the crowd on its feet filled with religious ecstasy. While the opposite happen in the city of Hienyang were Archbishop Chuong was wounded in a riot when he tried to establish a temple there.
Emperor Hu Song defended his homeland of Hupei, whereby his empire had a well round turn of events for the past five years. New troops were trained, a couple cities were raised in size and more public works built to handle the increased population. Diplomatic efforts paid off in Guizhou, whereas work continued on changing the society, and by the way new trade was started with Hsiung’Nu, Korea, and Honan. The only negative event to happen was that the Emperor’s wife died in childbirth, however his son did survived his birth.
Emperor Lui II stood with his empire’s main army in Shantung prepared to meet any intruders in battle. A loan was taken out to train more troops and pay for public works with more of the gold spent on the preceding one than the following one. Afterward Lord Li Dao took the newly train forces to Shantung and merged them with the Emperor’s. Back in the homeland tragedy struck the empire when the Heir died with a broken neck after he was thrown from his horse while out for a ride. The royal court worried and gashed its teeth about there being no heir, no wife, or any royal family, and with an Emperor in his mid-fifties planning for war…
New player…
Khan Liao Chien govern a lot wiser than his generals made their battle plans. The Khan had hired some mercs and added them to General-Prince Liao Xi-Ju’s army for a grand total of 22,000 troops, and the Khan command him and another general along with two ally armies to capture the region of Tsainan with a combined army of 26,000. [See The Battles for Tsainan (681-685)] Elsewhere Leader Zhon Li had fruitful diplomatic dialogue with the city of Baotuo.
(Or the story of how a single region had four different owners in five years)
In 681 the Hsiung’Nu army led by General-Prince Liao Xi-Ju advanced from Shangtung into Tsainan. Scouts were send throughout the region seeking the Honan army but found only a few field forts, while the Hsiung’Nu generals were going over the reports, one of the last scouts to return reported that the that the Horan army of about 8,000 troops led by their Emperor and another leader had crossed the bridge over Grand Canal traveling by the royal road from the region of Horan. The General-Prince sent half of his force (11,000 troops) to circle around the Horan army while he advanced with the rest to meet the Horan army at the field forts. The battle for Tsainan raged for half of the day and was evenly match until the 11,000 half of the Hsiung’Nu troops attacked the Horan army from behind and turn the tide of battle, the Horan army was easily broken and scatted across the region, but the Horan Emperor slipped back into the region of Horan with but a few of his troops. The General Prince’s army lost around 1,000 troops and it spent the rest of 681 mopping up the remains of their foe. In 682 General-Prince made plans to siege the city of Merrischan within the region of Tsainan, although scouts had report it strangely quiet, the General-Prince suspected a trap, he had his forces surround the city and then attack because the were hardly any walls left to defend with. The city was found to be a ghost town, for it had been sacked and never rebuilt. It was near dusk when silent figures assaulted the rear guard of General-Prince’s (Hsiung’Nu) army and effortlessly obliterated it. Fighting raged right through the night before the General-Prince could withdraw his army from the ruined city and get a good look at his foes. They were roughly 10,000 Heavy-Elite troops and monks from the Shaolin Order, while the General-Prince’s army outnumbered them 2 to 1, only half his troops were heavy units and none were Elite. Looking at the Hsiung’Nu’s army, General-Prince could see that his troops were in a disorganize jumble caused by the surprised attack by the Shaolin Order and he had no choice but to fall back into Shangtung to regroup. The Shaolin Order led by Master Qin Zhan had only lost about 2,000 troops, but they had killed over 6,000 of the Hsiung’Nu and they were able to surprise the Hsiung’Nu again by pursuing them into Shangtung. As this was going on in Tsainan, in another region next door in Kiangsu the Kannagara No Michi land an army of 16,000 mixed troops and spent 682 dealing with the 20 Horan field forts there. In 683 small battles happen all over across Shangtung between the Shaolin and Hsiung’Nu, but ended in a stalemate as the smaller Shaolin Order force avoided all attempts by the large Hsiung’Nu to use their size advantage, 684 was more of the same… While back in Kiangsu, during 683 and 684 the Kannagara No Michi did a military conversion of the region to Shinto. In 685 the General-Prince was worried about his mercs leaving at the end of their term and decide to withdraw his troops to the friendly region of Yen and was filled with relief that this time the Shaolin order didn’t follow him, he also left behind another 2,000 dead compare to the Shaolin Order’s war dead of 1,000... Whilst the Kannagara No Michi garrisoned Kiangsu with some of their troops and then marched into the largely undefended region of Tsainan and claim it for their own.
Strange lights in the sky tell the horde its time to ride again into the Southland’s… New player….
The Pegu heir Gnialat II married a Sirivijayan princess and when the Peguian king died in Battle, the heir had his country merge with Sirivijayan to protect it from Gupta’s revenge and he became Sirivijayan’s new Heir. [See the Mongoose that Roared War (681-682) in the Pegu section]
New player…
King Tri Utvaditya II ruled and had his heir marry the lord of Hmong’s daughter to improve relations. Within his kingdom three cites had their population increased, Lampang was colonized, and public works were built in Nakhon. The King also hired some merc troops & ships to ship Lord Ru Vijay to Arukun in Australia to conquer that region.
King Gnialat was in command of all the kingdom’s forces of in the region of Pegu, they very well prepared and they had a direct defense towards Ava, along with some hired mercs to help, for a total army of about 20,000. They further prepared by building some more field forts and higher walls for the fortress in Pegu… Elsewhere a couple of cites was ordered increased in size.
A single Gupta General named Vishalatti was given command of a huge mixed army of about 65,000 troops (a little too many for him to handle alone it seems). General Vishalatti was ordered to take over all the Peguian regions and cities all the way down to Mon. He wasn’t expecting any heavy resistance and told his troops it would be a cakewalk. His Army poured across the Ava border into Pegu in the summer of 681 into a solid wall of defense and like waves against a seawall was thrown back again and again. By year’s end he had to withdraw back into Ava to regroup, leaving behind roughly 23,000 dead, worse yet the Peguians suffered light losses of only around 4,000 troops. In 682 the dishearten Gupta General Vishalatti knew he couldn’t report his lost to his Emperor without losing his head, luckily for him at about that time some reports were brought in regarding the death of the Pegu King, he had died over the winter of infection from his battle wounds. General Vishalatti with enthusiasm ordered his troops into Arakan and then through the Arakan Mountain passes into Pegu in order to avoid the defense wall and again his army met a strong defense, but one it could overcome. Unfortunately for General Vishalatti the Hindu gods were not watching over him and a stray arrow took him in the heart, his leaderless army then fell apart and only about half of it made it back to Ava, and to add insult to injury, word reach Gupta the Pegu had merged with the Sirivijayan Empire a year after the battle in order to avoid any reprisals.
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Hindu | 24i, 20c, 18s, 5w |
| Sunni Islam | 5c, 5xc, 3i, 3i |
Primate Davananda succeeded in establishing four out of five religious sites himself. Archbishop Jawaharlanl traveled all the way to Vatsa to start a church. Archbishop Ghose succeeded in two out of four sites. While Bishop Dasaratha record was five out of seven. But poor Bishop Chandra died in Sahis trying to establish a church when a riot formed out of the blue. The Temple’s most important mission went to Bishop Nara-sinha who personally delivered a large shipment of gold and manpower to the Hindu Kingdom of Africa by sea.
Grandmaster Sahie attempted to found two orders estates, but only succeeded with one. Brother Jumang traveled to Afriqan and was able to gain some influence for the Sword there. Master Who died in 681 and Master Buo died in 682 from an unknown plague that started in Nasik in 681, and killed 20% of the pop in the region and its city of Kalyani and that became known as the Nasik Plague (681-682)…
Emperor Ilore surprisingly did nothing but dallied with his wife, well he did hire some mercs for extra protection. But his dallying didn’t last too long, his wife gave birth to a healthy son in 681, but she soon died in the plague that hit Nasik & Kalyani (wiping out 20% of the pop. & troops), along with her son Mohana in 682, the Emperor wept over his family losses. Within the Empire three cultivation projects were finished in Belur, Ganges, and Satava. Six cities were increased in size, and a new port city was built in Jats. While numerous cities and fortress saw their walls built a little higher. Last but not least, Malawi was colonized in East Africa.
Emperor Hupta reign and acquired a new wife, talk around the palace was that she was barren as a desert, but she surprised everybody with a son in the fifth year of her marriage. Emperor ordered a massive buildup of war & peace, aka troops and public works. He also ordered his leader Vishalatti to take 64,000 troops and conquer Pegu (with no other leaders to help him) [See the Mongoose that Roared War (681-682) in the Pegu section]. The Emperor’s other leaders were all off doing their diplomatic work with stunning failure, but one of them was also able to successfully delivered gold and manpower to finish some cultivation projects for Afriqan in East Africa.
Caliph Abu Bakr presided over his Emirate and saw the cultivation projects in Altai and Sinkiang completed. A few public works were built in Hezim to stop the sewage from flowing down the center of its streets. Control was loosen in Beshbalik and Wusu, while Warlord Mu’awiyah took a little over 40,000 troops to successfully enslave the regions of Tangut, Gaxung-Nur, and Lang-Shan (talk about the palace was that Abu Bakr was foolish to trust his leader with so many troops, but his trust was not misplaced). Lord Ali took some light cavalry to drop half in Sinkiang and the rest in Kashgar then he headed to Kashmir to get it to do diplomacy to get it to become a Non-paying tributary, but he unfortunately died in Kashmir. [See The War for Kashmir (681) in the Empire of Kara-Khitai section.]
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Coptic | 20i, 25c, 10s, 6w |
| Zoroastrian | Jabq M6A9; 16i, 42c, 5s, 8w |
Emperor Moltke did the usual ruling and populating of the royal family (one child before the wife died along with the second). He ordered Frunze colonized and his Warlord Batu to gather 20,000 troops of cavalry and go and offer Kashmir one chance to renounce its alliance with the Parthian traitors and once again pledge fealty to the Khan or die…
Warlord Batu marched from Uzebek and crossed the Uzebek Mountains into Kashmir and made his announcement to the local rulers, at about that time the Parthian army commanded by a brilliant general named Molok showed up with 10,000 of mixed troops. General Molok could easily see he was outnumbered two to one, but likewise he knew that mountains ring Kashmir and retreat against his enemy’s all cavalry force was not an option. He led his force bravely into battle and although he out commanded Warlord Batu it sadly turned out that Batu’s troops were mostly heavy or elite troops, while his were mostly light, outnumbered and slaughtered to only one man, the only Parthian to make out alive over the Badakshan Mountains into Badakshan was General Molok. The city of Parapavara was next laid siege to by Warlord Batu’s army and it fell before the end of the year. A spy was captured in the city, who had reportedly tried to get the region to join the Dar Al’Harb and him along with a Parthian leader was executed.
Shah Ahmorad went back to Paradene to preside over the empire and with his wife had two kids in three years but alas she died in childbirth along with the third. Prince Mihr was promoted from the royal family to leadership duties within the empire, while some troops were ordered trained for the Paradene garrison and the city of Gwalar in Carmania was also increased in size. Dreadful news arrived in the capital as developments in Kashmir took a turn for the worse... [See The War for Kashmir (681) in the Empire of Kara-Khitai section.]
Patriarch Tethys was preaching in Jabal Shammar, and it was a barren godforsaken place hardy worth a Patriarch’s visit, when he died from a sand storm that loaded the roof of the inn he was staying in and caused it to collapse, a roof beam split and fell piercing the Patriarch’s heart as he laid in his bed. The church had more bad news a couple years before when the Archbishop Angcur and his 25,000 heavy elite cavalry in Mecca attempted to seize the Parsee site there, things were going well until the Archbishop decided to check on the progress by touring the city, and the Archbishop was passing though an arch when a rock was thrown or fell from it, the rock hit him squarely in the head and died with his skull split open. With no other leader to take command, his leaderless army fell apart and only about a quarter of it made it back across the desert to Kuwait, adding injury to insult, rumor has it that a quarter of it fell under Parsee control… There was some good news as Bishop Docan founded an abbey in Babylonia and church in the city of Nippur along with the successful seizure of a Parsee site in Al-Aqabah which earned him the title of Patriarch when the old one was killed in an horrible accident in 685.
Xerxes, ShahanShah Eran Ud Aneran ran his Empire with an iron fist and decreed that every able-bodied male to be pressed in service in the army or navy and a couple hundred new ships were built and a little over 30,000 troops trained and loans taken out to pay for everything. The ShahanShah then proclaimed to his empire that it was time for the war to commence again against the Romano dogs…
The war was masterful strategy of a three prong attack like a trident against the ERE… In 681: Commencing from Isauria near the end of 681,Valahazrat Frothgar who with another leader advanced into the region of Asia with a mixed army of almost 70,000 troops and finds it very lightly defend by a single fort and easily takes it over, it was too easy Frothgar thought, then again there still was a city and fortress to deal with… Around the same time the next prong sprung from the sea as a Persian fleet of close to 800 ships led by a couple of Persian leaders and filled with marines arrived to blockade the city of Smyrna in Asia. In 682 the third prong struck the Romanos in Epirus with another mixed army of about 22,000 troops command by Valahazrat Hormizd who with another leader invaded and again easily destroying a single fort and took over that region. At the same time as Valahazrat Frothgar’s Army looted Asia, and assaulted and destroyed the fortress there with minimum loses, that action carried over into the next year. In 683 Valahazrat Frothgar’s Army garrisoned Asia and began a siege of the city Smyrna, while Valahazrat Hormizd’s army advanced into Attica into a line of defense led by ERE leaders Tratoric and Nicodromus, they were with around 7,000 mixed troops and a single field fort, the Romanos were prepared, dug in and waiting for them, but they did not expect such a large force. The ERE force withstood numerous attacks but finally fell to the overwhelming Zoroastrian force, Tratoric and Nicodromus did managed to escape cross the mountains into Thessaly with less than a thousand ERE troops, while the leader with Hormizd died with about 4,000 of his Persian troops…In 684 Valahazrat Frothgar’s Army conquered Smyrna, looted its religious sites, and garrisoned it. During that same time Valahazrat Hormizd’s army destroyed a small fortress in Attica, and loot the region’s religious sites and began a siege of Athenos. In 685 Valahazrat Frothgar’s Army press forward into Hellespont to show a combine army of Farohars and Dahaks how to overwhelmed about a dozen field forts and then begin a siege of its large fortress. (See Farohars & Dahak sections for their part in the war…) Around about that time the Persian fleet (with 800 ships) appeared at Athenos and began blockading it, and Athenos soon fell to Valahazrat Hormizd’s siege. Afterward the Persian fleet sailed off for ports unknown.
Grandmaster Ardarmard directed a large buildup of troops and ships upon getting word that the Immortals would be needed in battle. He himself regrettably remain behind to defend Mesopotamia, while some of his troops were given to Lord Jamaspa and the lord was sent west to meet up with Lord Invehl in Galatia, together with 20,000 troops they would hook up with the Dahak forces there and march to victory…But things started to bad very quickly due to the incompetence of the Dahak Emperor Durwart. (See Empire of Dahak section.) Whereas the Farohars’ navy commanded by Admiral Athwya, and with Vice Admiral Chamru was filled with much enthusiasm, for they at the same time hooked up with Persian fleet in Tyre to follow and assist it. (Unfortunately Admiral Athwya was swept overboard in a storm [Is it some kind of Dahak curse? Lol], but Vice Admiral Chamru was able to bring the fleet home in one with regrets about not finding the Romano fleet.)
Emperor Durwart is jaded peacock, a pompous ass with no military background to speak of, furthermore only ruling because he is a cousin of the ShahanShah of Persia. After receiving word from his cousin, the Emperor along with Prince Abbas and almost 25,000 troops journeyed over the Galatia Mountains into Galatia to meet up with the Farohars. Marred by mismanagement and ill prepared for the journey it took most of 681 to get there. Together with the Farohars they then crossed the Phrygia Mountains into Phrygia and the Emperor’s bumbling continued with the trip taking most of 682, the Farohars arrive ahead of the Dahaks, and easily destroyed the region’s lone fort. The Phrygia fortress posed a problem for the Zoroastrian forces and they tried to siege it 683 with no success due of course to the Emperor’s foolish strategies that had the Farohars’ leaders pulling out their beards in frustration by 683’s end. In 684 they ended the siege and crossed the mountains into Hellespont, and the Emperor showed more of his lack of brilliance by personal leading a disastrous attack on a mere dozen field forts there that cost Prince Abbas his life and wounded the Emperor. In 685 the Persians showed up and showed how easy it really was to defeat a few field forts and the embarrassed and still feeling the effects of his wound Emperor Durwart ordered his army back home to Paphlagonia. The Farohars needless to say celebrated the Dahaks leaving and with much relief joined with the Persians, but they were then surprised to find after the celebration that their leader Invehl was missing and they presumed kidnapped by the Romanos.
Open for a player…
Sultan Ghalib and his army were ready to meet any invaders in glorious battle, but had to settle for watching his heir rule and propagate. Kingdom-wise a lot of public works were built and large amounts of gold were poured into its centers of learning. Other things news worthy to report is that Leader Aslan made some more progress with relations with the city of Mahabo, at the same time as Lord Hassan’s fleet patrol Aden’s coastal waters, and Lord Farrook receive a couple heavy elite warships loaded with troops and went south exploring and never was heard from again…
No Orders & new player. (A lot of PWBs built for Coptic regions and cities)
Open for Player! (Rumored to have an influx of troops…)
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Arian | 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
| Coptic | 5i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
| Pirates | M456, 35hw, 10hew, 5w, 20i |
Empress Amenia and her heir kept command of the empire’s armies under tight control at their fingertips; they were quite ready to react to any hostile forces for within or without her empire. Gold was shipped to the WRE and Kanem, while agro was received from the former. Although Sheikh Marakash and Zekto the Coptic Legate were ordered to keep it quiet, word got out that they were searching for something or somebody in Mansura. They found nothing, but Zekto the Coptic Legate died of a broken neck by falling into a sinkhole. Word as well got out that in city of Humanaptra, Sheikh Lobis stumbled upon a secretive gathering in the depths of an old tomb. He was discovered and chased by the cultists; however he did manage to escape with his life, but he was severely wounded with a knife wound in the back. In addition were was some more news of death to report with Sheikh Theorakka pasting away in 683 of mummy’s rot in Ghebel-Gharib, that in its self left a major army of the empire uncommanded...
Master Servitus passed away during a trip to Levant, as he was trying to found some estates for the order. Elder brother Maximius ruled and was in command of the order’s army and navy, which most likely was why he became the next master. Brother Mallosius had a visions of a large glittering golden cross in the deep desert, and after discussing these visions with Master Servitus and officials from the Coptic Church, he was sent on a holy quest that is suppose to last at least 15 years.
No Orders... Open for a player
King Bhagadatta governed and propagated, and was successful on both accounts; with two of his three children were sons. Within his kingdom three cultivation projects were finished in Mombassa, Kilwa, and Nyasa. Leader Barwabarh was able to the region of Berbera to ally with the kingdom, while Leader Bhujangahan was ordered to get more slaves, he responded by taking his troops to Kimbu and enslaving the population there, however the natives there put up a good fight that cost him the lives of about 400 troops. The Temple of Kali sent Afriqan the requested staff and manpower to help run the government, along with a Bishop.
Out of the jungles of Africa crawled a new nation. Open for a Player…
Grandmaster Bantu journeyed to Khaziptioples in Togo and he helped found an order oratory there. Before he departed he had ordered the order to build some public works for the city of Buluguam in Oyo, and a fortress in Songhai. The Grandmaster’s most faithful Corporal Ifeanyi Udunze failed to found an order house in Uzoi, but was able to increase the order’s influence in Akan nonetheless. Sergeant Kanu Nwankwo took command of a couple dozen warships and went exploring, he returned with rudders to the Ifriqan Coast and part of those for the Sea of Dogs. Captain Ameobi made his journey to Songhai with troops to garrison the order house he planed found there and he didn’t disappoint himself or the King as he was successful in founding the house there.
Emperor Nemo kept his Empire’s armies on alert with the help of all his leaders; they were incredibly ready to react to any hostile forces for within or without his empire, but they had only to deal with peace of the empire. Commands were issued to colonize Songhai, Segu, and Ghana, and all went according to plan... On the home front a large shipment of gold arrived from Egypt in exchange for a small shipment of foodstuffs, while another small shipment of foodstuffs was sent to the Theban Legion.
No Orders...
Patriarch Wolach ruled for almost 5 years before he passed away in his sleep. His Archbishop Operus was poking around in Sardinia when he was accidentally run over by a horse and cart that was on its way to market (in 682). Bishop Hakim was doing his own poking around in Tunisia, but he came up empty handed. Archbishop Ralston got to poke around in Casablanca when he dug up a old cup that he declared to be the Holy Grail, and it seem like most of his church believed him as he was made the next Patriarch in 685 just after the old one passed on. The church builds for the past 5 years included a few public works in Alger and Merrakesh, a couple of heavy warships in Carthage, and a cultivation project was started in Sardinia. Of course the church’s influence in the area increased upon news of the Grail’s discovery.
Grandmaster Samson attempt to establish an estate for the order in Morocco, but died of fool poisoning before he could finish it and his effort was wasted. Master Joachim was ordered to Fez to establish a Preceptory, but he never arrived or was caught sight of again. Brother Eusebius was at least able to found a Preceptory in Malta. Brother Tehonas took command of a good size army to defend Tripoli, and after the Grandmaster died, here were soon rumors heard that he would before long forcibly take over the order, but nothing came of it…
Emperor Garvin did the usual ruling and child producing with the queen, and that made the royal court happy since there would be more heirs and princes, but his wife died after the third child’s birth much to his sorrow. The Arian bishop died too in 683 (rumor has it he failed to save the Queen’s life), and a new one sent by the church. The Baron of Fez was sent exploring with his fleet, and returned home to report the news of finding the rudders to Cape Verdes, which was good except he had to report the lost of a couple ships filled with infantry troops to a terrible storm he encountered on the way.
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| United Orthodox | Waldo M476, 15i, 15c, 10s, 10w, Phistronomus M523 |
| Coptic Christian | 10i, 10c, 5s, 5w |
King Konrad made a grand attempt to convert his kingdom to Celtic Christian with help from the Celtic church that was extremely successful. A revolt in Polotsk was put down, and only two regions were able to successfully revolt, the rest all converted. A leader named Waldo also revolted and took off, and everybody wondered where he went. While another leader named Boris died in his sleep in his flagship’s cabin at a ripe old age of 80. Elsewhere in the capital, a crazy old man dressed in rags was seen carrying a sign stating that the end is near, then two men in black robes were seen dragging him away and he was never seen again.
King Ivan ruled fairly, justly and wisely, and tried to sire a better heir, but his first child died in childbirth to his sorrow, however the second one survived. The King in addition decreed the city of New Seville to be increased in size along with some minor improvements to its sewers, and likewise Kirov’s public works saw some minor improvements too. Old Prince Osoric (a fixture in the palace for the past 60 years) finally kicked the bucket at the ripe old age of 89 while overseeing the colonization of Kirivitch. While one of the king’s finest and bravest leaders Lord Vladamir was ordered by the king to take the King’s heir Alaric and almost 10,000 cavalry on a looting and slave raiding adventure to Ghuzz and Uze, hoping that it might get some hair to start growing on the timid heir’s chest. As expected the trip south was a disaster with the death of the Heir, but that didn’t really happen… What transpire was that Vladamir was accidentally wounded during the looting of Ghuzz, but to please his king he ordered the enslavement of its people during which he reopen his wound and bled to death. Alaric wherefore ordered the troops not to bother with Uze and return home, throughout the way back his men grumbled about not being able to share in the loot, and which resulted in there being a thousand less troops in the army when they got back…
Historically in 681, Khan Asparukh and his Bulgar tribes subjugate the Slavs and establish the Kingdom of Bulgaria. (New Mecca in Alford is overrun and Khan Asparukh had its name changed to Sofija and made it his capital…)
Formed 683… From the refugees of war, a new nation is born…
[See Romano-Zoroastrian War (2nd) (681-) in Sassanid Empire of Persia section for war details…]
No orders... But rumors of looting and burning things…
Grandmaster Miklos had field forts built in Constantinople in addition to having extra agro stored in the city, he ordered city walls built for numerous ERE cities too. He took command of his Order’s and the ERE’s navy. The grandmaster was very prepared to defend Constantinople form an attack, but the hammer fell elsewhere. Rumor had it that Brother Demetrius was sent on a secret mission, but he was never seen again, and his name was never mentian in the order again either… Also the order received the large sum of gold they expected from the ERE to aid them.
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| Arian Christian | 15i, 5c, 5s, 5w |
| Celtic Christian | 10i, 10c, 10s, 5w |
Alistar, Mark of Ispan spent the last five years ruling; all the while there were mutterings from the royal court that he should be settling down with a wife and start producing an heir. During the past five years a lot of construction happened throughout the March: the city of Maderienberg was expanded, a port city of Kalpau with the port fortress of Tarrifa was built in Geb-Al-Tarik, and a postal road from New Castille to Aragon. New Castille also saw an increase to its Public works system; and the ferry was dismantled and moved from [Morroco to Andalusia] to [Morroco to Geb-Al-Tarik]. Senor Radel went on a diplomatic mission to Estremadura, Talavera, & Salamanca to get them to join the kingdom (at up to non-paying trib.), but all Senor Radel discover was that the lands were barren and deserted, so search as he may he couldn’t unearth anybody to talk to, and since he had no troops to garrison the regions, he return to his Markship to report failure. Senor Berinia took command of a fleet of light elite warship in Chorenz to go explore Ifriqan coast, he discovered its rudders and returned to report his findings back in Chorenz, while Senor Roderic was successful with his preaching in Leon.
King Ragnar ruled and he also sired in the past five years so many children with two sets of twins plus two more, that his royal family estates went from being empty to a full house. What’s more the King ordered the colonization of Saxony, along with public works built in Thuringia and Holstein. Lord Hans Ragnarson went to talk to Pomerania about joining the Kingdom and met with some minor success.
Caesar Julius Agricola II ascended to the throne with no strife and at his coronation he made Damianus II his heir; at the same time he granted greater self-ruling to eight different regions to reduce the Empire’s size. Elsewhere Prince Damianus Alistar (the fat) choked to death on a fishbone, and Prince Dominique replaced him. Only improvements to the Empire consisted of large public works projects in Albion and Brabant.
No orders (got a new player for T38)…
Emperor Honorius did his royal duties, he ruled with a steady hand and kept his Empress Beth busy with three children in four years, but alas the lass died in the fifth year during childbirth. During his rule of the past five years he in addition had improvements made in the public works conditions in Burgundy and Provence. Along with increasing the city limits of Dijon and adding some walls to its defense. Prince Lucious died of the cough in 682, and Lord Galatius took command of his troops. Other news heard around the royal court was that a large expected shipment of gold arrived from the south from Egypt in exchange for a small shipment of agro, and that expected help from the Coptic Church didn’t materialize.
Emperor Michael ordered crown prince Temukin (along with Lord Vigorix, who rumor has it mapped out the invasion plans) to lead the empire’s army to victory in Ulanian lands that have been loaned to the Rose Knights (in 581), and that they now seem to think are theirs to keep. That was the last time Temukin would see his father alive as he led his troops to victory against the Kingdom of Black Rose, after Michael died in his sleep, his heir Temukin was made Emperor in 682, but coronation wasn’t held until he return to the capital in 684, upon his return a great victory celebration commence, he also returned with a war-wound that would never truly heal in his lifetime. At the time of his return he also made Prince Osric his heir and commended Lord Doma on his diplomatic efforts in Apulia. Unfortunate for Temukin his wife Tarsa of Persia passed away of a strange sickness soon after his return to the capital.
See Fall of the Black Rose (681-682) in the Kingdom of the Black Rose section.
King Alex Tepes ordered mass improvements to his kingdom that he regrettably wouldn’t live to see…(A city here and a port there, that the war kept from being built.) So unfortunately for the Black Rose it wasn’t the time for building, but the time for war, as the nation was invaded from the east.
It wasn’t a pretty sight, over 40,000 Ulanian troops poured in from the east, King Alex was able to hastily form a defense of Bavaria amongst the few field forts that were there, but his 10,000 troops were outnumbered four to one, outfought, and out commanded by the enemy. It soon turned into a rout, then a slaughter, the rest of the Black rose lands were easily overrun and garrisoned by Ulanian troops. Former King Alex Tepes made it into Thuringia, while Lord Adolph disappeared after the battle, and Lord Jon Wilshire with some refugees helped form the kingdom of Bohemia…
While Patriarch Oscar is busy trying to consecrate 2 new cathedrals and a new abbey. The rest of his archbishops and bishops are helping the Teuton King and his royal family along with his Kingdom of the Teutons covert to Celtic Christian their effort was quite successfully, I might add. Elsewhere a few PW are added to Iona.
King Thor Iversson ruled wisely, and with his wife had 4 kids (one a set of twins) in five years. While the Heir, Drammeth Iversson was escorted and aided by two leaders (Klaud & Brethel) to preach and spread the light of Celtic Christian to Smaland, it started off good until the Heir was found in bed with the local ruler’s daughter, then the region erupted into religious riots, Klaud & Brethel gave up their lives so the Heir could make it into Skane uninjured…
Mercenaries:
| Religion | Troops |
|---|---|
| North Amerind | 2i, 2xi, 2s |
| Pelegian Christian | 4i, 3xi, 2c, 1s, 5w, 5t |
| South Amerind | 1i, 1xi, 1s |
| Pirates | M849, 5w, 5xw, 5t, 5i |
Chief Wild Eagle personally supervised a counting of his people; he then gathered together five of his tribes and had one settle in Oahe to increase the size of the city. After that he headed out to lead the remaining tribes to settle the promised lands of Pawnee, Oto, and Ponca. His next task was to help found the port city of Nin Bdhaska in Ponca with a tribe, afterwards he returned to Oahe. While the Chief was off completing his tasks, gold was discovered in the region of Dakota in 683, and in 684 Oahe increased another level due to the influx of settlers.
No orders!
Chief Bounding Wolf’s nation is hit by a severe drought, the Ohio River at its lowest in 50 years in 681. So to turn things around the chief himself orders cultivation started in Kaskinapo, and public works are ordered improved in Miami. Unfortunately during the winter of 861 the chief’s wife Vibrant Flowers dies in childbirth along with the child, and the chief and his nation goes into mourning for the rest of the winter…
Formed in 681…(& got a player)
Patriarch Fynbar took it upon himself to canonize a monastery in person, and believers in Popoluca went wild with religious glee. Archbishop Garrack visited with the Yokuts to help them convert and had some progress. While Bishop Allyn spent his time preaching to the non-believers in Ayoel and that went over very well. Also a few public works Cooinaghtyn in Colon were built to help Albion.
Emperor Gareth supervised the growth of Cooinaghtyn in Colon, order more public works for it and added a new wing to his royal palace. He also ordered cultivation started in Colon, while his heir Gareth the second married a noblelady of Colon, and they were blessed with a child, but a year later she died in childbirth along with the child. In other news Prince William died in his sleep at the ripe old age of 69. While Lord Cormac return home to Cooinaghtyn from many dangerous diplomatic missions overseas only to be run down and killed by a runaway trader’s cart… Also rumors of pirates seen in the Caribbean (alarmed many in the Emperor’s court), and a rumor floated around that gold was found in Comanche.
(Got a player for T38)
Chief Hatawin spend his time ruling his federation and trying to sire his first heir, he also took time to order new public works improvements in Naveaji. While major construction started on royal roads from Serano to Moapa, and from Hopei to Anasazi. Also started and finished was a new bridge across the Colorado River from Yuma city to Hatamai city. What's more an Archbishop of the Holy Pelegian Church arrived in Yokuts and was left alone. After all of this, to Chief Hatawin’s great joy, his wife Yutalu gave birth to twin sons and the nation had a great celebration that all too soon turns to sorrow when the chief’s wife passes away a week later…
King Pryzaka proclaims that the caste structure is the old way, and that the old way will one day be replaced by the new way of clan structure, he then puts into motion the new change. Elsewhere in his kingdom, a old Wiseman near death, proclaims with his last breath that a cult of Aztec’s ancient ancestors has formed in the Valley of Mexico… Oddly one of King Pryzaka’s most trusted and diplomatic leaders named Quaanal is successful in getting the region of Cora to pay tribute to the Aztecs, but then on his way to Tahue he disappears without a trace… On the home front during the past five years there was a lot of talk about how quickly King Pryzaka became king after the late King Quetyctyl proclaimed him heir.
King Juan Valdez spent his entire time ruling his kingdom with no time taken to stop and produce even one heir. At the same time as his able leaders had great success in their diplomatic efforts in the northern part of his kingdom. But still his nights were filled with a recurring dream of his: that with all the legends of kingdoms in the far north, that in his lifetime he would one day get to meet at least one Northman... Elsewhere Public works were vastly improved in Huari from a state of being almost non-existent.
Chief Icara stuck his head out of the jungles of the Amazon and stated that help will one day rule this great land (Its mine, all mine!). He organized his people into tribes and order some of them to start cutting down the jungles of Mekaranoti. He sent his leader named Raya with three of the tribes to settle Pacaja and create a city called Kavuru there, next thing you know some white men show up in their wooden ships and start trading with colored beads. Raya returned to Mekaranoti to see an amazing sight of the land almost cleared of the jungle, he continued on to Tapayos and settle his last tribe there. Icara’s heir named Tovaro was given the duty of counting the people, although he first had to be taught how to count past ten. Afterward he went and married a beautiful daughter of one of traders, but sadly they had two of their three children die during or soon after childbirth in the next three years.
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