BEHIND_THE_MASK
A Liar... A Cheat...
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2006
- Messages
- 1,840
Those Mongol Bastards... soon they'll copy the designs for Japanese hover boats...
We must stop them.
INES Ib: Novus Ortus
- Thread starter Imago
- Start date
Those Mongol Bastards... soon they'll copy the designs for Japanese hover boats...
We must stop them.
721-730: Update 3
Non-Military Events:
Investments finally cause Adenas first port city, Choupique, to become a center of coastal trade.
(+Choupique economic center)
The Scottish king converts to Kyrianity, but stresses that this is only a personal choice, and that the official faith of the nation will remain Trinitism. This causes a stir amongst the populace, but those of the high priesthood, oddly enough, do not turn against the king, as if they know there is a greater reason for the Scottish kings conversion. The Scottish king then issues a call to arms of the Scottish people, explaining that the English are evil, and that now is the last chance for the Scots to make a stand against the threat.
(-1 Scottish confidence, +5 Scottish irregular divisions)
The Edict of Venice is put forth by Pepin II, standardizing coinage throughout the Empire. Meanwhile, even more economic projects in the Holy Celtic Empire bring fruit. Specifically, the cities of Antwerp and Rouen assume their rightful status. Nevertheless, an economy has a limit to its growth rate, and so, because of that reason, if few others, Bordeaux fails to become a center of trade.
(+Antwerp economic center, +Rouen economic center)
As the North War drags on, the leaders in the free cities on the south Baltic become decidedly pro-Celtic.
Propaganda is thrown wildly at the Norwegians by both the Celts and the Svearish loyalists, the former nation explaining that if the Norse revolt, they will get their nation back, and the latter trying to foster a sense of pan-Viking unity, against the imperialistic empire to the south. This has the result of polarizing the Norwegian populace, and making some of them rather more pro-Svear then Pepin II would have hoped. However, the Norse also have strong nationalists among them, and so, the expected revolt occurs
(See Military Events)
The Iberians begin building a massive wall along their south coast, known as the Line of Faith.
Tensions in Bulgaria escalate, as rumors spread that the Holy Celtic Empire is persecuting Kyrians within its borders. Minimal fighting breaks out between the pro-Kyrian and pro-Trinitist factions. Rather then trying to mend the relationship between the two religions, however, Emperor Alexandros lets things deteriorate, and rides the growing anti-Trinitist fervor within his nation. And then, when the time is right, he declares war.
(See Spotlight)
Morroco signs a vassalage agreement with Tunis, after some forceful negotiation.
King Chike of Tunis learns that there are Celtic spies at large in his nation, and, in a fairly rumor-producing incident, some of his men manage to capture some of them.
Aegypt prepares for a new crusade. A crusade against the hated Trinitists.
(+1 Aegyptian culture)
A number of those native to the Levant join forces with the Aegyptians against the Benjids and the Arabs, as a propaganda campaign in this region has been largely successful.
(+5 Aegyptian irregular divisions)
A new era has come to Axum. King Yarden IV ben Eliezer takes the throne, and does his best to alleviate the problems caused by his predecessors policies. Taking advantage of the wars that wreak the north, he encourages Axumite merchants to ship grains and other foodstuffs to all the embattled nations. This offsets the problems caused by the Holy Laws, and provides a surplus, to boot.
(+1 Axumite treasury)
Even as Orthodox Jewish missionary activity within the nation of Malagasya increases, rumors begin to surface that the Malagasyan government is trying to repress its growing minority, with economic sanctions, and occasionally with violence. Eventually, a letter from the Jews of Malagasya arrives on Yarden IVs desk, explaining that the Malagasyan monarchy is oppressing not only them, but the Indian minorities as well, and asking for help. Yarden IV responds. In force.
(See Military Events)
Khazaria, in support of its brother to the south, declares a holy war against the Benjid Empires enemies. A crusade, or mikaelist, is called, and volunteers flock to the banner of King Benjamin I, to put the Egyptian and Persian infidels in their place. A herem is placed upon the enemies of the Benjids as King Benjamin and his greatest commander, Adon Mikael (who some call a prophet), march south with their army. Benjamins son is granted domestic rule over the nation during the time his father is away.
(+5 Khazar irregular divisions, +1 Khazar confidence)
(See Military Events)
The Kingdom of Delhi takes out a loan from Axum, to help pay for the war effort.
Songtsen Gampo, Mad King of Tibet, decides that the best way to raise his country to prosperity is to bring it under the wing of the hegemon barbarian nation, Mongolia. A marriage between his eldest daughter and Prince Temujin of the Mongols commences, and quite soon after, the Mad King dies, leaving Khan Yesugei the sole ruler of the union between the two countries. However, feeling Tibet can never be ruled by an outsider, many Tibetan warlords are appalled by their late kings decision. The tenuous situation in Tibet erupts into civil war.
(-Tibet)
(See Military Events)
More Manchurian tribes pledge allegiance to Yesugei Khan of the Mongols.
(+5 Mongol divisions)
Military Events:
Scottish forces evacuate Ireland for the Highlands as quickly as possible, and some of their commanders actually apologize for the invasion. For one reason or another, the live and let live tactic has worked so far, as the Irish make no move to follow the retreating Scots back across the sea. Meanwhile, the English initiate a new offensive, this one much better supplied then the first. The English fleets gain control of the Irish Sea with ease, as the Scottish navy is in truly a pitiful state. On the land, the English make a drive for Inverness, the last major free Scot city, amid heavy Scot resistance. However, when the city is taken, the surprised English note that it was ungarrisoned. It is then that the Scots reveal their desperate gamble. They let the English into Inverness, while their marshaled armies waited in the lands around the city. Attacking from all sides, the Scots snare the English, and try to make the best of their advantage. At the Battle of Kilworth Hills, as it becomes known, the main English army puts up a heroic resistance against both marshaled Scots and risings from within the city itself, but they are eventually defeated. The Scots, who had generally thought their plan hopeless from the start, have little idea on how to capitalize on their hardwon advantage, but the English invaders no longer have the strength to press on. However, the Scots know how dire their situation is. Even as support for the costly War of the Isles wanes at home in England, the fact remains that half the nation of Scotland is occupied by the English. Kilworth may have stalled them, true, but the English still seem able to win the war on strength of brute force, if nothing else.
(-1 English confidence, -4 English Housecarl divisions, -5 English divisions, -5 Scottish divisions, -2 Scottish squadrons)
The North War reaches its climax. Svearland institutes heavy conscription, even as Norway breaks out into open revolt. Assisted by some Celtic expeditionary forces, the Norse easily drive the Svears from their homeland, as the bulk of the Svearish army is busy defending their own land against the Celtic-Dane incursion. Faced with a reversal of fortune even in the west, more nobles join forces with the anti-king rebels. A coup against the Svearish monarchy is just barely defeated, and a weak Svear uprising against the invaders in Scania is easily put down. Malmo, which held out against the Celtic alliance for so long, finally falls. However, while the situation on land rapidly deteriorates for the Svears, various twists of fate left them with a fighting chance in the Baltic. Heavy investment in the growth of the Svearish navy, while it cuts training levels, provides the Svears with a fleet nearly as large as the allied one. The battles here are massive, and almost even, as the Svearish tactical advantage for fighting in their native waters is substantial, but the Danes were long familiar with the Baltic, and their ships lead the Celtic ones to victory. Island after island is seized, and the Svearish fleet is forced to the coast. Meanwhile, the Svearish army, even bolstered by conscription, is smaller then those of the invaders, and suffers from both horrible morale, and a heavy rate of desertion. Though the loyal Svears fight as hard as they can, they are just no match for their own rebels, the Norse rebels, the Danes, and the Celts. Besieged on all sides, Stockholm finally falls, and the pathetic remnants of the loyalist government collapse. The Svearish king is missing, presumed dead, and the Unified Trinitist Church is quickly losing what little power it has left.
(-Svearland, +1 Holy Celtic confidence, -3 Holy Celtic divisions, -5 Holy Celtic squadrons, -1 Dane division, -4 Dane squadrons)
Novgorod expands northward, into Finland.
Holy war, anyone?
(See Spotlight)
(+10 Aegyptian irregular divisions, -22 Aegyptian divisions, -3 Aegyptian Temple Guard divisions, -6 Aegyptian irregular divisions, +10 Tunisian irregular divisions, -4 Tunisian divisions, -2 Tunisian squadrons, -2 Moroccan divisions, -4 Moroccan squadrons, -10 Byzantine divisions, -2 Byzantine Kyriohippeis divisions, -1 Byzantine squadron, -5 Bulgar divisions, +10 Holy Celtic irregular divisions, -1 Holy Celtic division, -7 Holy Celtic irregular divisions, +10 Iberian irregular divisions, -4 Iberian divisions, -6 Iberian irregular divisions, -5 Iberian squadrons, -4 Italian divisions, -3 Italian squadrons, +Bachira, -2 Benjid government efficiency, -24 Benjid divisions, -5 Benjid Zealot divisions, -3 Benjid irregular divisions, -4 Khazar divisions, -2 Khazar Mikaelite divisions, -2 Khazar irregular divisions, -4 Khzazar squadrons, -6 Persian divisions)
Encouraged by Axum, Mangbetu makes a weak effort to expand west.
(-1 Mangbetu division)
In the War of the Letter, as it has come to be called, Axum makes the first move by quickly seizing the Malagasyan colony on its border. The Malay fleet mustered at Antsiranana, the port at the north of their island, in an attempt to prepare to retake the captured territory, but was soon met in its home waters by a larger Axumite fleet. The Malay were forced to retreat away from the port to save their navy, and Axumite troops under the control of Commander Shimon ben David soon landed, seizing the trade city of Antsiranana. However, things began to become much more difficult from there, as an overly ambitious attack at the southern tip of the island was repulsed, and most of the Axumite troops committed to that maneuver were killed. The anticipated Jewish uprisings in support of the invasion did occur, but they were not very strong or organized, and were easily crushed, despite Axumite support. Hopes for a quick and easy victory against the Malay ended, and King Yarden IV prepared his generals for a grueling land war. An army was mustered to take the Malay capital of Tananarive and, quite against expectations, succeeded. However, Malay resistance in the south is growing ever more staunch as the years progress, and Yardens hopes of conquering the entire island no longer seem realistic, as the strain of providing logistics for such a distant war are starting to drain the Axumite economy. Perhaps more threatening then that, the Indians of Malagasya are using the war to gain power behind the scenes in the Axumite-occupied north, setting up the foundations for what the Axumites worry might be an Indian-controlled state in a post-war Malagasya.
(-8 Axumite divisions, -5 Axumite squadrons, -7 Malay divisions, -7 Malay squadrons)
Khazaria continues to expand northward, but resistance to the Turks is becoming more fierce.
(-1 Khazar division)
As the Tibetans, engulfed in their civil war, abandon their holdings in Kashmir and northern India, the forces of the Kingdom of Delhi move in and retake the regions with little complication. West, the fake war with Persia continues, and south, the forces of the Kingdom of Delhi launch a massive army against Simhala, with the intent of pushing the Simhalans off the subcontinent. Met by outmanned and poorly trained Simhalans, the Delhian offensive makes great gains before finally being ground to a halt by attrition. The Simhalans, launching maritime attacks, are repulsed on both coasts of the subcontinent by troops loyal to the Kingdom of Delhi. However, in the confused region of Bengal, Delhi forces experience less success. It seems the Bengali rebels and the Simhalans signed an alliance, for Dacca was turned over to the natives, who promptly made it their de facto capital, and launched an offensive to liberate their remaining homelands from the control of Delhi. Waves of Bengalis were slaughtered by the Delhians, but force of numbers push the Delhians back on both the east and the west fronts, albeit slowly. The Bengal War seems to have taken a turn in Delhis favor, but who knows how long the tides will last?
(+Bengal, -7 Delhian divisions, -2 Delhian squadrons, -16 Simhalan divisions, -1 Simhalan squadron)
In Tibet, warlords defect in droves from the Khan-loyal government in Lhasa. The forces that Temujin hoped would aid him in China never arrive, as the civil war in his latest acquisition is much stronger then he had anticipated. With true Mongol troops tied down in the east, the Khan-loyal in Tibet receive no assistance, and consequently, they lose ground rapidly to a loose coalition of nationalist warlords. As the first stage of the civil war dies down, the nation is split roughly in half between the Khan-loyal and the warlords.
(10 Tibetan divisions to Mongolia-Tibet, -6 Mongol-Tibetan divisions)
Angkor makes further gains against their barbarian neighbors, but not as much as the nation had hoped for, as Jahiyavarman I underestimated the number of troops he needed to subdue the region.
(-2 Angkorese divisions)
The Mongols put down the rebellions occurring behind their front lines in China, and violently. Some survivors that made their way to free China tell tales of Iron Face Demons that serve Prince Temujin, and live only too kill. The superstitious Chinese recall the barbarian Horse Demons of centuries past, and are terrified.
(-1 Chinese confidence)
Japanese soldiers land in barbarian territory just north of Silla, and occupy the region, to serve as a base for attacks against the Mongols. Meanwhile, the Mongols in the region advance, and strike at the main Sillian army camp. The Koreans take heavy losses, but manage to regroup, and, joining forces with the Japanese, begin to finally make gains against the tired Mongol regulars. Pyongyang is recaptured. It is at this time that the Iron Face Demons arrive. In their very first appearance on the front lines, the Iron Face Demons, which are largely considered supernatural by even the Koreans and the Japanese, attack, and rout the unprepared allied forces. Nevertheless, the sheer size of the allied armies forces the Mongol resurgence to slow, even as the barbarians slaughter thousands of Koreans and Japanese. With time, what promised to be a grand Mongol offensive becomes muted. Somehow, the Japanese get their hands on war elephants, and while the beasts are somewhat out of sorts in their new environment, and impractical in the mountains in any case, their surprise appearance gives even the Iron Face Demons pause. However, the Korean peninsula after another decade of fighting is largely conquered, with the Sillian government reduced to the far south, and pockets of Japanese occupation only all along the coasts, albeit including in Pyongyang. Despite suffering more defeats then expected, the Mongols still control the rest.
(-3 Mongol-Tibetan divisions, -1 Mongol-Tibetan Iron Face Demon division, -7 Japanese divisions, -5 Sillan divisions)
Odd things are happening in China. The Mongols gain intelligence that the Chinese will attempt an amphibious landing behind their front lines, but when they race an army to intercept, the supposed Chinese army has vanished without a trace. Ignoring the phantom army, Prince Temujin personally leads a new invasion force from the steppes into Chinas heartland, leading a large compliment of Iron Face Demons, but he promptly finds Chinas armies weak, and without much fight left in them. As the Yang Emperor, disappeared, no longer seems to be giving any orders at all to the Chinese army, it flounders, and many irregulars begin to desert. Its generals order their army to retake Chengdu, and after a struggle, they do, as the hoped Tibetan reinforcements never arrive. However, in the north, opposed by little but irregulars, Temujins army conquers its way to Yangzhou. The capital of China taken, Temujin searches for the Emperor, or indeed, any member of his royal family, but it seems they have all vanished. Disliking the situation, and worried that he was able to achieve success without even needing to implement the plan he had prepared, Temujin consolidates his holdings. But even as Temujin worries, unoccupied China descends into chaos. With Yangzhou fallen, and the Yang Emperor still in hiding, a man named Prince Xiao, supposedly the heir to the Chu-Nan dynasty of old, declares a restored Chu-Nan Empire in the south. Searching for some measure of order, many troops and peasants flock to his banner, and a capital is set up at Nanning. However, much of free China does not fall under the control of this new government, and instead descends into chaos. It seems Yang China is dead.
(-Yang China, +Chu-Nan China, -9 Mongol-Tibetan divisions, -3 Iron Face Demon Mongol-Tibetan divisions)
Non-Military Events:
Investments finally cause Adenas first port city, Choupique, to become a center of coastal trade.
(+Choupique economic center)
The Scottish king converts to Kyrianity, but stresses that this is only a personal choice, and that the official faith of the nation will remain Trinitism. This causes a stir amongst the populace, but those of the high priesthood, oddly enough, do not turn against the king, as if they know there is a greater reason for the Scottish kings conversion. The Scottish king then issues a call to arms of the Scottish people, explaining that the English are evil, and that now is the last chance for the Scots to make a stand against the threat.
(-1 Scottish confidence, +5 Scottish irregular divisions)
The Edict of Venice is put forth by Pepin II, standardizing coinage throughout the Empire. Meanwhile, even more economic projects in the Holy Celtic Empire bring fruit. Specifically, the cities of Antwerp and Rouen assume their rightful status. Nevertheless, an economy has a limit to its growth rate, and so, because of that reason, if few others, Bordeaux fails to become a center of trade.
(+Antwerp economic center, +Rouen economic center)
As the North War drags on, the leaders in the free cities on the south Baltic become decidedly pro-Celtic.
Propaganda is thrown wildly at the Norwegians by both the Celts and the Svearish loyalists, the former nation explaining that if the Norse revolt, they will get their nation back, and the latter trying to foster a sense of pan-Viking unity, against the imperialistic empire to the south. This has the result of polarizing the Norwegian populace, and making some of them rather more pro-Svear then Pepin II would have hoped. However, the Norse also have strong nationalists among them, and so, the expected revolt occurs
(See Military Events)
The Iberians begin building a massive wall along their south coast, known as the Line of Faith.
Tensions in Bulgaria escalate, as rumors spread that the Holy Celtic Empire is persecuting Kyrians within its borders. Minimal fighting breaks out between the pro-Kyrian and pro-Trinitist factions. Rather then trying to mend the relationship between the two religions, however, Emperor Alexandros lets things deteriorate, and rides the growing anti-Trinitist fervor within his nation. And then, when the time is right, he declares war.
(See Spotlight)
Morroco signs a vassalage agreement with Tunis, after some forceful negotiation.
King Chike of Tunis learns that there are Celtic spies at large in his nation, and, in a fairly rumor-producing incident, some of his men manage to capture some of them.
Aegypt prepares for a new crusade. A crusade against the hated Trinitists.
(+1 Aegyptian culture)
A number of those native to the Levant join forces with the Aegyptians against the Benjids and the Arabs, as a propaganda campaign in this region has been largely successful.
(+5 Aegyptian irregular divisions)
A new era has come to Axum. King Yarden IV ben Eliezer takes the throne, and does his best to alleviate the problems caused by his predecessors policies. Taking advantage of the wars that wreak the north, he encourages Axumite merchants to ship grains and other foodstuffs to all the embattled nations. This offsets the problems caused by the Holy Laws, and provides a surplus, to boot.
(+1 Axumite treasury)
Even as Orthodox Jewish missionary activity within the nation of Malagasya increases, rumors begin to surface that the Malagasyan government is trying to repress its growing minority, with economic sanctions, and occasionally with violence. Eventually, a letter from the Jews of Malagasya arrives on Yarden IVs desk, explaining that the Malagasyan monarchy is oppressing not only them, but the Indian minorities as well, and asking for help. Yarden IV responds. In force.
(See Military Events)
Khazaria, in support of its brother to the south, declares a holy war against the Benjid Empires enemies. A crusade, or mikaelist, is called, and volunteers flock to the banner of King Benjamin I, to put the Egyptian and Persian infidels in their place. A herem is placed upon the enemies of the Benjids as King Benjamin and his greatest commander, Adon Mikael (who some call a prophet), march south with their army. Benjamins son is granted domestic rule over the nation during the time his father is away.
(+5 Khazar irregular divisions, +1 Khazar confidence)
(See Military Events)
The Kingdom of Delhi takes out a loan from Axum, to help pay for the war effort.
Songtsen Gampo, Mad King of Tibet, decides that the best way to raise his country to prosperity is to bring it under the wing of the hegemon barbarian nation, Mongolia. A marriage between his eldest daughter and Prince Temujin of the Mongols commences, and quite soon after, the Mad King dies, leaving Khan Yesugei the sole ruler of the union between the two countries. However, feeling Tibet can never be ruled by an outsider, many Tibetan warlords are appalled by their late kings decision. The tenuous situation in Tibet erupts into civil war.
(-Tibet)
(See Military Events)
More Manchurian tribes pledge allegiance to Yesugei Khan of the Mongols.
(+5 Mongol divisions)
Military Events:
Scottish forces evacuate Ireland for the Highlands as quickly as possible, and some of their commanders actually apologize for the invasion. For one reason or another, the live and let live tactic has worked so far, as the Irish make no move to follow the retreating Scots back across the sea. Meanwhile, the English initiate a new offensive, this one much better supplied then the first. The English fleets gain control of the Irish Sea with ease, as the Scottish navy is in truly a pitiful state. On the land, the English make a drive for Inverness, the last major free Scot city, amid heavy Scot resistance. However, when the city is taken, the surprised English note that it was ungarrisoned. It is then that the Scots reveal their desperate gamble. They let the English into Inverness, while their marshaled armies waited in the lands around the city. Attacking from all sides, the Scots snare the English, and try to make the best of their advantage. At the Battle of Kilworth Hills, as it becomes known, the main English army puts up a heroic resistance against both marshaled Scots and risings from within the city itself, but they are eventually defeated. The Scots, who had generally thought their plan hopeless from the start, have little idea on how to capitalize on their hardwon advantage, but the English invaders no longer have the strength to press on. However, the Scots know how dire their situation is. Even as support for the costly War of the Isles wanes at home in England, the fact remains that half the nation of Scotland is occupied by the English. Kilworth may have stalled them, true, but the English still seem able to win the war on strength of brute force, if nothing else.
(-1 English confidence, -4 English Housecarl divisions, -5 English divisions, -5 Scottish divisions, -2 Scottish squadrons)
The North War reaches its climax. Svearland institutes heavy conscription, even as Norway breaks out into open revolt. Assisted by some Celtic expeditionary forces, the Norse easily drive the Svears from their homeland, as the bulk of the Svearish army is busy defending their own land against the Celtic-Dane incursion. Faced with a reversal of fortune even in the west, more nobles join forces with the anti-king rebels. A coup against the Svearish monarchy is just barely defeated, and a weak Svear uprising against the invaders in Scania is easily put down. Malmo, which held out against the Celtic alliance for so long, finally falls. However, while the situation on land rapidly deteriorates for the Svears, various twists of fate left them with a fighting chance in the Baltic. Heavy investment in the growth of the Svearish navy, while it cuts training levels, provides the Svears with a fleet nearly as large as the allied one. The battles here are massive, and almost even, as the Svearish tactical advantage for fighting in their native waters is substantial, but the Danes were long familiar with the Baltic, and their ships lead the Celtic ones to victory. Island after island is seized, and the Svearish fleet is forced to the coast. Meanwhile, the Svearish army, even bolstered by conscription, is smaller then those of the invaders, and suffers from both horrible morale, and a heavy rate of desertion. Though the loyal Svears fight as hard as they can, they are just no match for their own rebels, the Norse rebels, the Danes, and the Celts. Besieged on all sides, Stockholm finally falls, and the pathetic remnants of the loyalist government collapse. The Svearish king is missing, presumed dead, and the Unified Trinitist Church is quickly losing what little power it has left.
(-Svearland, +1 Holy Celtic confidence, -3 Holy Celtic divisions, -5 Holy Celtic squadrons, -1 Dane division, -4 Dane squadrons)
Novgorod expands northward, into Finland.
Holy war, anyone?
(See Spotlight)
(+10 Aegyptian irregular divisions, -22 Aegyptian divisions, -3 Aegyptian Temple Guard divisions, -6 Aegyptian irregular divisions, +10 Tunisian irregular divisions, -4 Tunisian divisions, -2 Tunisian squadrons, -2 Moroccan divisions, -4 Moroccan squadrons, -10 Byzantine divisions, -2 Byzantine Kyriohippeis divisions, -1 Byzantine squadron, -5 Bulgar divisions, +10 Holy Celtic irregular divisions, -1 Holy Celtic division, -7 Holy Celtic irregular divisions, +10 Iberian irregular divisions, -4 Iberian divisions, -6 Iberian irregular divisions, -5 Iberian squadrons, -4 Italian divisions, -3 Italian squadrons, +Bachira, -2 Benjid government efficiency, -24 Benjid divisions, -5 Benjid Zealot divisions, -3 Benjid irregular divisions, -4 Khazar divisions, -2 Khazar Mikaelite divisions, -2 Khazar irregular divisions, -4 Khzazar squadrons, -6 Persian divisions)
Encouraged by Axum, Mangbetu makes a weak effort to expand west.
(-1 Mangbetu division)
In the War of the Letter, as it has come to be called, Axum makes the first move by quickly seizing the Malagasyan colony on its border. The Malay fleet mustered at Antsiranana, the port at the north of their island, in an attempt to prepare to retake the captured territory, but was soon met in its home waters by a larger Axumite fleet. The Malay were forced to retreat away from the port to save their navy, and Axumite troops under the control of Commander Shimon ben David soon landed, seizing the trade city of Antsiranana. However, things began to become much more difficult from there, as an overly ambitious attack at the southern tip of the island was repulsed, and most of the Axumite troops committed to that maneuver were killed. The anticipated Jewish uprisings in support of the invasion did occur, but they were not very strong or organized, and were easily crushed, despite Axumite support. Hopes for a quick and easy victory against the Malay ended, and King Yarden IV prepared his generals for a grueling land war. An army was mustered to take the Malay capital of Tananarive and, quite against expectations, succeeded. However, Malay resistance in the south is growing ever more staunch as the years progress, and Yardens hopes of conquering the entire island no longer seem realistic, as the strain of providing logistics for such a distant war are starting to drain the Axumite economy. Perhaps more threatening then that, the Indians of Malagasya are using the war to gain power behind the scenes in the Axumite-occupied north, setting up the foundations for what the Axumites worry might be an Indian-controlled state in a post-war Malagasya.
(-8 Axumite divisions, -5 Axumite squadrons, -7 Malay divisions, -7 Malay squadrons)
Khazaria continues to expand northward, but resistance to the Turks is becoming more fierce.
(-1 Khazar division)
As the Tibetans, engulfed in their civil war, abandon their holdings in Kashmir and northern India, the forces of the Kingdom of Delhi move in and retake the regions with little complication. West, the fake war with Persia continues, and south, the forces of the Kingdom of Delhi launch a massive army against Simhala, with the intent of pushing the Simhalans off the subcontinent. Met by outmanned and poorly trained Simhalans, the Delhian offensive makes great gains before finally being ground to a halt by attrition. The Simhalans, launching maritime attacks, are repulsed on both coasts of the subcontinent by troops loyal to the Kingdom of Delhi. However, in the confused region of Bengal, Delhi forces experience less success. It seems the Bengali rebels and the Simhalans signed an alliance, for Dacca was turned over to the natives, who promptly made it their de facto capital, and launched an offensive to liberate their remaining homelands from the control of Delhi. Waves of Bengalis were slaughtered by the Delhians, but force of numbers push the Delhians back on both the east and the west fronts, albeit slowly. The Bengal War seems to have taken a turn in Delhis favor, but who knows how long the tides will last?
(+Bengal, -7 Delhian divisions, -2 Delhian squadrons, -16 Simhalan divisions, -1 Simhalan squadron)
In Tibet, warlords defect in droves from the Khan-loyal government in Lhasa. The forces that Temujin hoped would aid him in China never arrive, as the civil war in his latest acquisition is much stronger then he had anticipated. With true Mongol troops tied down in the east, the Khan-loyal in Tibet receive no assistance, and consequently, they lose ground rapidly to a loose coalition of nationalist warlords. As the first stage of the civil war dies down, the nation is split roughly in half between the Khan-loyal and the warlords.
(10 Tibetan divisions to Mongolia-Tibet, -6 Mongol-Tibetan divisions)
Angkor makes further gains against their barbarian neighbors, but not as much as the nation had hoped for, as Jahiyavarman I underestimated the number of troops he needed to subdue the region.
(-2 Angkorese divisions)
The Mongols put down the rebellions occurring behind their front lines in China, and violently. Some survivors that made their way to free China tell tales of Iron Face Demons that serve Prince Temujin, and live only too kill. The superstitious Chinese recall the barbarian Horse Demons of centuries past, and are terrified.
(-1 Chinese confidence)
Japanese soldiers land in barbarian territory just north of Silla, and occupy the region, to serve as a base for attacks against the Mongols. Meanwhile, the Mongols in the region advance, and strike at the main Sillian army camp. The Koreans take heavy losses, but manage to regroup, and, joining forces with the Japanese, begin to finally make gains against the tired Mongol regulars. Pyongyang is recaptured. It is at this time that the Iron Face Demons arrive. In their very first appearance on the front lines, the Iron Face Demons, which are largely considered supernatural by even the Koreans and the Japanese, attack, and rout the unprepared allied forces. Nevertheless, the sheer size of the allied armies forces the Mongol resurgence to slow, even as the barbarians slaughter thousands of Koreans and Japanese. With time, what promised to be a grand Mongol offensive becomes muted. Somehow, the Japanese get their hands on war elephants, and while the beasts are somewhat out of sorts in their new environment, and impractical in the mountains in any case, their surprise appearance gives even the Iron Face Demons pause. However, the Korean peninsula after another decade of fighting is largely conquered, with the Sillian government reduced to the far south, and pockets of Japanese occupation only all along the coasts, albeit including in Pyongyang. Despite suffering more defeats then expected, the Mongols still control the rest.
(-3 Mongol-Tibetan divisions, -1 Mongol-Tibetan Iron Face Demon division, -7 Japanese divisions, -5 Sillan divisions)
Odd things are happening in China. The Mongols gain intelligence that the Chinese will attempt an amphibious landing behind their front lines, but when they race an army to intercept, the supposed Chinese army has vanished without a trace. Ignoring the phantom army, Prince Temujin personally leads a new invasion force from the steppes into Chinas heartland, leading a large compliment of Iron Face Demons, but he promptly finds Chinas armies weak, and without much fight left in them. As the Yang Emperor, disappeared, no longer seems to be giving any orders at all to the Chinese army, it flounders, and many irregulars begin to desert. Its generals order their army to retake Chengdu, and after a struggle, they do, as the hoped Tibetan reinforcements never arrive. However, in the north, opposed by little but irregulars, Temujins army conquers its way to Yangzhou. The capital of China taken, Temujin searches for the Emperor, or indeed, any member of his royal family, but it seems they have all vanished. Disliking the situation, and worried that he was able to achieve success without even needing to implement the plan he had prepared, Temujin consolidates his holdings. But even as Temujin worries, unoccupied China descends into chaos. With Yangzhou fallen, and the Yang Emperor still in hiding, a man named Prince Xiao, supposedly the heir to the Chu-Nan dynasty of old, declares a restored Chu-Nan Empire in the south. Searching for some measure of order, many troops and peasants flock to his banner, and a capital is set up at Nanning. However, much of free China does not fall under the control of this new government, and instead descends into chaos. It seems Yang China is dead.
(-Yang China, +Chu-Nan China, -9 Mongol-Tibetan divisions, -3 Iron Face Demon Mongol-Tibetan divisions)
Random Events:
The people of England gain a new measure of confidence for King Egbert.
(+1 English confidence)
The Holy Celtic Army’s training standards are improving, as are the standards for those employed in the civilian government. The nation seems to be entering a prosperous time.
(+1 Holy Celtic army quality, +2 Holy Celtic government efficiency, +1 Holy Celtic confidence, +1 Holy Celtic culture)
Much to the dismay of the Svears, the thought of a unified supranational Trinitisendom is starting to take hold in Europe.
Tunis is on a whole becoming a more religious nation.
(+1 Tunisian culture)
Aegypt is bolstered by waves of patriotism and cultural pride.
(+1 Aegyptian culture, +1 Aegyptian confidence)
Axum has a rich history.
(+1 Axumite culture)
In spite, or perhaps because of all the threats to its very existence, the distinct Mongol culture prospers.
(+2 Mongol culture, +2 Mongol confidence, +1 Mongol government efficiency, +1 Mongol army quality)
In Angkor, a city rises.
(+Prek Trang economic center)
The Japanese people rally behind Shogun Han.
(+1 Japanese confidence)
Spotlight: The Great Crusades
“A storm is coming. Ctha’r fight Yehudan already, and the tension between the Trinitists and my Kyrians grows. Why not simply merge the wars?”
-Emperor Alexandros of Byzantium, Defender of the Faithful
Ever since the fragile peace at the end of the Eighth Crusade, the Mediterranean was a powder keg. Even as the Ctha’ri turned their attention east, against the Benjids, and the Celts turned their attention north, against the Svears, the old conflict between the two great religions was not forgotten. Perhaps oddly, Byzantium’s declarations of war came first. The Kyrians were old enemies of the Yehudans, but until recently had been on moderately good terms with the Trinitists. However, historians believe that the growing tensions in Bulgaria was enough to push Alexandros over the edge, and convince him to side with the Ctha’rist block. When Alexandros declared war, it was not just against the Celts, but against the Benjids, and against Khazaria, as well. As the Bulgar Khanate’s government followed the Byzantine lead, it seemed the Kyrians and the Ctha’ri had joined in a sort of religious alliance, against the Yehudans and the Trinitists. As already hinted, it did not take long after the Byzantine declarations of war for the Moroccans, the Tunisians, and the Aegyptians to do the same. Massive fleets were raised on the southern side of the Mediterranean, and it began.
But I shall discuss a periphery conflict of the Great Crusades first. The Benjid War. Hoping to please the Arabs, the Benjid king repealed many of his radical reforms. However, this caused more chaos, not unity, as the Arabs (or rather the Bachirans, as they call themselves once again) were unconvinced that the rule of Bagdad was the best for them, and did not reintegrate, instead establishing a provisional capital at Mecca. Meanwhile, rioting broke out against the Benjid king, as the minorities raged, appalled that the king could so easily give and take away what mattered most to them. Resistance to the king was crushed of course, that was one thing he was good at, after all, clamping down and enforcing his rule. However, even as Bagdad’s stability was forcibly re-secured, the Persian War started turning against the Benjids. It seemed the Persians had outlasted their aggressors, for that ‘one last push’ regained the Ghaznavids Bukhara, and forced the Benjids into a slow but steady retreat, as they simply no longer had the manpower to succeed on their eastern front. In the west, of course, things started deteriorating much more rapidly, as a large segment of the highly trained Byzantine army flooded across the border, concurrent with second Aegyptian surge. Despite having the help of a number of Khazar soldiers, the Benjids are outrained, outmanned, and have far from a united populace behind them. They are forced to give ground rapidly. Northern Mesopotamia falls to the Byzantines and the Aegyptians, and before the Benjid king is sure what is happening, he finds the Byzanto-Aegyptian hordes at his capital. After a number of massive battles, costing the lives of both the Benjid king, and Benjamin I, the old king of Khazaria who decided to personally lead his soldiers to the Benjids, Baghdad finally falls. It would have seemed that the back of Benjid resistance should have been broken at that point, but, perhaps in horror of what might become of their lands if the infidels won, the Benjids now provisionally under the control of a top military commander, manage to hold their ground, and prevent both the Byzantines from penetrating the Caucasus, and the Aegyptians from marching into Persia. However, as new rebellions break out in the Benjid territories, specifically in the ancient Zoroastrian homelands on the Gulf, and the true heir to the throne is nowhere to be found, it seems the Benjid nation is dying.
In Arabia, at least, the Yehudans have some manner of success, as the truce between the Bachirans and the Benjids mostly holds (though more of Arabia declares for Bachira, and there is little the Benjids can do to keep the regions from defecting), and an Aegyptian force dispatced to capture Medina proved quite insufficient for the task. The Aegyptians are repulsed from what they once had of the Hejjaz, and the Arabians come dangerously close to retaking Israel, and cutting Aegyptian supply lines.
In the Black Sea, the Byzantines, acting with momentum, largely destroy the Khazar navy, as their ally Bulgaria attacks the Khazars from the west, on land. Bulgaria has a variety of problems of its own, as Trinitist partisans within the nation make logistics and so forth difficult, and, so, while the Bulgars make some gains, they get bogged down well before Kiev.
In their attack against the Holy Celtic Empire, the Byzantines besige Venice. Despite defensive preparations, the city falls, and the Byzantines proceed into Germany itself. Levies and the like stop them at the Danube, but it seems only a matter of time before the Byzantines break through.
And now to the centerpiece of this war to end all wars: the Trinitist-Ctha’r conflict. Operating from Byzantine controled waters, the first landing of the Aegyptians in Europe is in Italia. Despite some squables by the allies over who is to occupy Venice (which in the end remains held by the Byzantines), the Aegyptian army in Europe quickly heads southward from that point. Genoa is seized from behind by the Aegyptians, but their army quickly bogs down in the unfarmiliar territories after that. Most of Italia remains safe. For now.
The Tunisians and their Moroccan allies atempt to purge the western Mediterranean of Trinitist fleets. This is only partially sucessful. Though the Trinitsts, vastly outnumbered, retreat, they retreat to the south French coast, out of range of the vengeful Ctha’ri. The Italian half of Sicily, the Iberian Isles, and Corsica are all seized by the Tunisians with ease.
A Tunisian attack against Italia is called off due to coordination errors, as Aegypt already took Genoa, and so, the Tunisians turn the strength of their armies against Iberia. Bypassing the Line of Faith completely, the Tunsians and the Moroccans land at Lisbon and Barcelona. Fanatic resistance by the Iberians only has so much effect, as the southern regions of the pennisula are conquered with ease, and the Tunisians make a special (and sucessful) effort to seize the Pyrenees.
What most westerners consider the entire world is now completely engulfed in war.
NPC Diplomacy:
To: Holy Celtic Empire
From: Denmark, Norse Rebels, Svear Rebels, Finn Rebels
We await your proposal on how the lands of former Svearland are to be divided.
To: Aegypt, Byzantium
From: Bachira
Die, infidels!
To: Mongol and Tibetan Confederacy
From: Chu-Nan
Your empire is great, oh Khan, but you have many wars to fight, and fighting against us might tip the scales and bring you down. We await an offer of borders in a peace treaty.
The people of England gain a new measure of confidence for King Egbert.
(+1 English confidence)
The Holy Celtic Army’s training standards are improving, as are the standards for those employed in the civilian government. The nation seems to be entering a prosperous time.
(+1 Holy Celtic army quality, +2 Holy Celtic government efficiency, +1 Holy Celtic confidence, +1 Holy Celtic culture)
Much to the dismay of the Svears, the thought of a unified supranational Trinitisendom is starting to take hold in Europe.
Tunis is on a whole becoming a more religious nation.
(+1 Tunisian culture)
Aegypt is bolstered by waves of patriotism and cultural pride.
(+1 Aegyptian culture, +1 Aegyptian confidence)
Axum has a rich history.
(+1 Axumite culture)
In spite, or perhaps because of all the threats to its very existence, the distinct Mongol culture prospers.
(+2 Mongol culture, +2 Mongol confidence, +1 Mongol government efficiency, +1 Mongol army quality)
In Angkor, a city rises.
(+Prek Trang economic center)
The Japanese people rally behind Shogun Han.
(+1 Japanese confidence)
Spotlight: The Great Crusades
“A storm is coming. Ctha’r fight Yehudan already, and the tension between the Trinitists and my Kyrians grows. Why not simply merge the wars?”
-Emperor Alexandros of Byzantium, Defender of the Faithful
Ever since the fragile peace at the end of the Eighth Crusade, the Mediterranean was a powder keg. Even as the Ctha’ri turned their attention east, against the Benjids, and the Celts turned their attention north, against the Svears, the old conflict between the two great religions was not forgotten. Perhaps oddly, Byzantium’s declarations of war came first. The Kyrians were old enemies of the Yehudans, but until recently had been on moderately good terms with the Trinitists. However, historians believe that the growing tensions in Bulgaria was enough to push Alexandros over the edge, and convince him to side with the Ctha’rist block. When Alexandros declared war, it was not just against the Celts, but against the Benjids, and against Khazaria, as well. As the Bulgar Khanate’s government followed the Byzantine lead, it seemed the Kyrians and the Ctha’ri had joined in a sort of religious alliance, against the Yehudans and the Trinitists. As already hinted, it did not take long after the Byzantine declarations of war for the Moroccans, the Tunisians, and the Aegyptians to do the same. Massive fleets were raised on the southern side of the Mediterranean, and it began.
But I shall discuss a periphery conflict of the Great Crusades first. The Benjid War. Hoping to please the Arabs, the Benjid king repealed many of his radical reforms. However, this caused more chaos, not unity, as the Arabs (or rather the Bachirans, as they call themselves once again) were unconvinced that the rule of Bagdad was the best for them, and did not reintegrate, instead establishing a provisional capital at Mecca. Meanwhile, rioting broke out against the Benjid king, as the minorities raged, appalled that the king could so easily give and take away what mattered most to them. Resistance to the king was crushed of course, that was one thing he was good at, after all, clamping down and enforcing his rule. However, even as Bagdad’s stability was forcibly re-secured, the Persian War started turning against the Benjids. It seemed the Persians had outlasted their aggressors, for that ‘one last push’ regained the Ghaznavids Bukhara, and forced the Benjids into a slow but steady retreat, as they simply no longer had the manpower to succeed on their eastern front. In the west, of course, things started deteriorating much more rapidly, as a large segment of the highly trained Byzantine army flooded across the border, concurrent with second Aegyptian surge. Despite having the help of a number of Khazar soldiers, the Benjids are outrained, outmanned, and have far from a united populace behind them. They are forced to give ground rapidly. Northern Mesopotamia falls to the Byzantines and the Aegyptians, and before the Benjid king is sure what is happening, he finds the Byzanto-Aegyptian hordes at his capital. After a number of massive battles, costing the lives of both the Benjid king, and Benjamin I, the old king of Khazaria who decided to personally lead his soldiers to the Benjids, Baghdad finally falls. It would have seemed that the back of Benjid resistance should have been broken at that point, but, perhaps in horror of what might become of their lands if the infidels won, the Benjids now provisionally under the control of a top military commander, manage to hold their ground, and prevent both the Byzantines from penetrating the Caucasus, and the Aegyptians from marching into Persia. However, as new rebellions break out in the Benjid territories, specifically in the ancient Zoroastrian homelands on the Gulf, and the true heir to the throne is nowhere to be found, it seems the Benjid nation is dying.
In Arabia, at least, the Yehudans have some manner of success, as the truce between the Bachirans and the Benjids mostly holds (though more of Arabia declares for Bachira, and there is little the Benjids can do to keep the regions from defecting), and an Aegyptian force dispatced to capture Medina proved quite insufficient for the task. The Aegyptians are repulsed from what they once had of the Hejjaz, and the Arabians come dangerously close to retaking Israel, and cutting Aegyptian supply lines.
In the Black Sea, the Byzantines, acting with momentum, largely destroy the Khazar navy, as their ally Bulgaria attacks the Khazars from the west, on land. Bulgaria has a variety of problems of its own, as Trinitist partisans within the nation make logistics and so forth difficult, and, so, while the Bulgars make some gains, they get bogged down well before Kiev.
In their attack against the Holy Celtic Empire, the Byzantines besige Venice. Despite defensive preparations, the city falls, and the Byzantines proceed into Germany itself. Levies and the like stop them at the Danube, but it seems only a matter of time before the Byzantines break through.
And now to the centerpiece of this war to end all wars: the Trinitist-Ctha’r conflict. Operating from Byzantine controled waters, the first landing of the Aegyptians in Europe is in Italia. Despite some squables by the allies over who is to occupy Venice (which in the end remains held by the Byzantines), the Aegyptian army in Europe quickly heads southward from that point. Genoa is seized from behind by the Aegyptians, but their army quickly bogs down in the unfarmiliar territories after that. Most of Italia remains safe. For now.
The Tunisians and their Moroccan allies atempt to purge the western Mediterranean of Trinitist fleets. This is only partially sucessful. Though the Trinitsts, vastly outnumbered, retreat, they retreat to the south French coast, out of range of the vengeful Ctha’ri. The Italian half of Sicily, the Iberian Isles, and Corsica are all seized by the Tunisians with ease.
A Tunisian attack against Italia is called off due to coordination errors, as Aegypt already took Genoa, and so, the Tunisians turn the strength of their armies against Iberia. Bypassing the Line of Faith completely, the Tunsians and the Moroccans land at Lisbon and Barcelona. Fanatic resistance by the Iberians only has so much effect, as the southern regions of the pennisula are conquered with ease, and the Tunisians make a special (and sucessful) effort to seize the Pyrenees.
What most westerners consider the entire world is now completely engulfed in war.
NPC Diplomacy:
To: Holy Celtic Empire
From: Denmark, Norse Rebels, Svear Rebels, Finn Rebels
We await your proposal on how the lands of former Svearland are to be divided.
To: Aegypt, Byzantium
From: Bachira
Die, infidels!
To: Mongol and Tibetan Confederacy
From: Chu-Nan
Your empire is great, oh Khan, but you have many wars to fight, and fighting against us might tip the scales and bring you down. We await an offer of borders in a peace treaty.
OOC:
This was not a good time for silver to not send orders.
Luckymoose, you can't put two points into a project in one turn. Birdjaguar, the nation that starts the turn with control of an eco center gets to spend its spoils.
Sheep, I hope you don't quit. Ghaznavid Persia is still waiting for you, and has only been slightly genocided in the interum.
The stats are not done, and will not be done for some time, due to RL issues. However, I didn't want to sit on the update. Enjoy, or at least gape in horror.
This was not a good time for silver to not send orders.
Luckymoose, you can't put two points into a project in one turn. Birdjaguar, the nation that starts the turn with control of an eco center gets to spend its spoils.
Sheep, I hope you don't quit. Ghaznavid Persia is still waiting for you, and has only been slightly genocided in the interum.
The stats are not done, and will not be done for some time, due to RL issues. However, I didn't want to sit on the update. Enjoy, or at least gape in horror.
The Major
Warlord
Yes Yes Yes!
Beautiful update... pretty violent too...
Beautiful update... pretty violent too...
To Chu-Nan
From Mongolia-Tibet
From Mongolia-Tibet
Wars are our element, and we have won upon many fronts. Yet, China is in chaos, and we control much wealth in what China we do hold. Thus, we will agree to your idea of peace. Here is our proposed China:
To Silla
From Mongolia-Tibet
Your armies are crushed, and now overstreched Japanese troops are all that remains of the defense of your lands. China is broken against us, and soon, that might there will be arrayed against you. Surrender to Mongolia, and the local autonomy, and the nominal Kingship of Silla will be secured, through political marriage, or treaty. Refuse, and be crushed brutually in the following years.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
ooc: Considerign that the HCE does not occupy the entirety of Svearland why was I destroyed. This is flagrant favouritism and unless I get a good enough explantion or my country back I will not be happy.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
I am not interested in Persia and I still dont see why Svearland would cease to be a nation.
Probably because your government collapsed completely, and a nation isn't very good without a government. You could probably write a story about a general that escaped rallying the people in anarchy, and recreate the nation though.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
My government is the King and the loyalists, which nowehere does it say that they all died. I am sorry but Svearish loyalists wouldnt give up just because they are losing.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Not only that but enemy casualities are pitifully small compared to my own, which once again I take as favouritism in this towards the HCE.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Sorry I dont care how good stories are such LARGE bonuses given severely prevents any sense of equality and futhermore just makes favouritism seem more likely.
Norse rebels and pro-Celt Svear rebels hold the rest of your country. They were both heavily proped up by Perfectionist's support.
They were more or less wiped out. The king is in hiding, and he has very few supporters left, because most of the loyalists got themselves killed defending his nation to the last man.
Not if you count the invisible casulties you inflicted on the rebels, which have no stats shown.
I give out roughly one point of bonus per story, because I feel that stories are just as important to the NES as orders are. That said, I have been thinking for a while about implimenting a story 'curve' where after a number of stories it takes more then just one more story to get to that next bonus point, but as I said earlier, RL is rather complicated right now, so during this update I was not ready to impliment that practice.
All that said, there may well be problems with the update; I don't know, as it was written very quickly. Once I find the time I'll look it over.
***
To: Mongolia-Tibet
From: Chu-Nan
We would argue some of the finer points of your treaty, but the fact remains, you are the victors here, and we do not wish to antagonize you. We accept.
To: Mongolia-Tibet
From: Silla
Propose an actual treaty and we might well sign. We never wanted this war, and now it seems our 'allies' the Japanese are taking advantage of our weakness to grab bits of our territory.
I really need more time to send orders. How did Scotland get across the seas when I already had a fleet last turn imposing a blockade?
I knew the Scottish would play a trick tactics on me as it was their only hope. I just did not have time to develop proper contigency plans. Oh well I do not plan to fight very many wars after this.
Nice Update!
I knew the Scottish would play a trick tactics on me as it was their only hope. I just did not have time to develop proper contigency plans. Oh well I do not plan to fight very many wars after this.
Nice Update!
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Yeah well I am sorry to say but my interest in this nes just dried up as you never really took into account any of my orders, the fact that instead of defending the capital I would of retreated to the north and also the fact that you grossly overpowered rebels and underpowered my response to them which leads to me wondering if you a actually have taken a side in this (which is bad) and if you have then it is most certainly not mine (which is worse)
The blockade didn't come into effect until this turn, I belive. The Scots got out just before you established it.
The rebel Svearish nobles were in the north, and they were assisted in several ways that are for the time being secret. You were surrounded on all sides. Nevertheless, you could have put down those rebels if left alone, but a well supplied Celtic-Dane army several times the size of your own advancing through your territory made that somewhat difficult.
The Major
Warlord
In Imago's defense... sheep, you have to realise what you were up against, half of your nation was a conquored nation... and as soon as you showed weakness, they would simply rise up in rage (as they did) & even without that, it was pretty one sided... Denmark, and HCE vs Svearland... i wouldn't say imago is favouring your enemies... but if you complain of favouratism every time you lose... people might start to get pissed off...
