I almost never go for UHVs, and the Dutch UHV doesn't require you to have the highest point score in the world at a certain point. Anyways, I'm uploading my screenies to imageshack and writing the update now.
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Chapter 1:
Empire of the Rising Sun
There was a gnat buzzing in Tokugawa’s ear, an irritating, buzzing gnat. He mumbled in his sleep, slapping away at the hand that touched his slim shoulder. Shaking, now… shaking. Tokugawa murmured something unintelligible, and finally opened his eyelids, looking lazily up at the broad-chested warrior standing above him. “Chieftain! The citizens have completed the task you set before them, finally… Satsuma is complete, and its sister city, Nara, on Zealand has also been constructed. We have finally become Japan!” The warrior grinned, the hefty sword at his waist gleaming from the bright, scorching morning sun. Tokugawa shot up at the news, immediately dressing himself in his silk, red robe. He gathered the long, curved sword he kept at his bedside up, and latched its sheath onto his belt. “Assemble the citizens, warrior… I must speak to them,” murmured Tokugawa, looking out from his cliff-side bungalow. The warrior nodded, bowing to the chieftain. Tokugawa quickly gathered something to eat, consisting of a small loaf of bread, and headed out to meet the new empire.
“My brothers and sisters, citizens of the Japanese Shogunate, on the mystical land of Australia! Here me, my friends, for I have important news for you.
“Your endeavors over the past decade have culminated into this wonderful achievement! This grand city of Satsuma, once just a speck on the map, has finished its construction! To the east, on the island of Zealand, our sister city of Nara has completed construction, under the wise rule of Yomoto Samurai, who lead our troops over the Great Sea to the rich and fertile land that Zealand has given us.
“Now, my brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children, and elders… Now is the time of the Japanese! We shall conquer this grand land the spirits have given us in their generosity, and all of the world, if there are other inhabitants of it, excusing the prowling tigers and other strange creatures this land has for us, will pale in comparison to what Japan will become. And all of you… All of you, no matter if you and your sons and daughters, and their sons and daughters, have perished long before our destiny is complete, will know that you participated in what will become the greatest nation on this great planet Earth; for this is the land of the rising sun!”
Tokugawa belted out the last sentence, and the crowd turned into a frenzy. There was a constant chant, “Land! Of! The! Rising! Sun!” and the people were going insane, cheering, breaking open bottles of the sacred sake. Tokugawa looked down on them, and knew that the Empire of the Rising Sun would become the Empire of the Rising and Setting Sun, soon… For the Japanese were great in their might, as the world would soon see.
This update is a bit short, but I wanted to get the backstory in 'fore I did more of the story.
More in the next update, definitely.
EDIT - I'm attaching the save to where I am currently, don't mention what happens to me or post it in the thread! I'm at 940 AD on the save right now.
