Alright...to start this action packed update, I saw Spain and Arabia spawn
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand...here come's my worst nightmare. Suddenly, I realize how badly damaged my army was after the fight with barbarians
Charlemagne, of France, has nothing to say to me about the matter (jerk)
The French attack Corinth (they even spawned next to it) and lose about 3/5 of their stack. Which is about...9 units. That's pretty good defending but it doesn't prevent the capture of Corinth
And while I'm moving my army to destroy France, I had forgotten about the barbarians. Poor Odessos.
And to make the Greek's feel worse, Herodotus shows how intelligent we are
Luckely, I have many troops to spare
Here's the battlefield. Cherbourg has 1 longbowman and Bordeaux (which they just captured) has 2 axemen. I have 1 swordsman, 1 Pyrrhos the Hoplite, 1 other Hoplite, and an archer. I leave the archer in Corinth and head out to Cherbourg
Fleeing Greeks manage to form a settler which becomes the town of Megara
BURN, CHERBOURG, BURN!!! Unfortunatly, only my swordsman and Pyrrhos survive the battle; sustaining serious injuries. See those French units? They are the French counter attack force, who brutally destroy what was left of my once great army. Also worth noting is that England has spawned quietly
Oh...no...no, no, no, no, no, no
Ironically, I met Zara on the same turn. For a second, I thought that Ethiopia was spawning in Europe for no apparent reason
The Germans spawn and capture that annoying Viking city with their super massive army. And how much unit's do I have? 1 archer, 1 warrior, and 1 Hoplite. Yeah...I'm so screwed
At this point, it's either bail or die. So I bail on my dying civilization (Megara was burned down by a giant barbarian stack...yippee)
How weak was my army? After whipping a fresh Hoplite, my city, Mykenai, was still somehow captured by the Independant state who declared war on me. Ouch.
And now...I'm Germany! I didn't expect that one. I use a few of my unit's to see how easy it would have been to capture Corinth. It was very easy
I then take Mykenai away from the Independants
Ragnar is so scared of my military strength that he sends in a great meditator. Sure, peace it is
Meanwhile, some barbarians take over Athenai. That...could have been me
I rebuild the city of Odessos with one of my two settlers
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand...here's my empire! Looks familiar, don't you think? All I need to do now is recapture Athenai and things will look like the way they used to
hHhhH~~VEe ~ niCe D~~yY