Charis
Realms Beyond
CharisTale2 - Mongolian Peace Corps - An Epic Tale of a Gentle Nation
(This game is a variant spin on 'Epic 21' from the series at
Realms Beyond Civilization - http://realmsbeyond.net/civ/epic21.html )
Emperor Diff, Archipelago map 70% water, Rugged icy conditions
Standard size, raging barbarians
Foes: Cold ones: Germany, Russia, Iro, Vikings, England, France, Korea
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The great Khan of the Mongols knew it all had to end. His father had seen
(more bluntly, caused) the death of fully one-half of the Mongol people
in bitter civil war. These weary nomads needed a leader who could turn
around this terrible situation, and bring some stability to the nation.
Thus begins the story of our nation, as a young boy comes to power, one
called Cryocharis Temujin Kudea. His father had lived by the motto
"you have no companions but your shadow," but Kudea found this hollow
and meaningless. He sent away his generals and instead sought the councel
of wandering Tibetian monks, who encouraged him to seek inner peace, and
to let that flow to his people. This warmed the heart of Kudea like no
other message. And what did the people of Mongolia need more than warmth,
in their artic tundra homeland?!? Kudea would set a new path for his
people! It was time to give up the life of nomads, to settle down,
embrace the cold as a friend, and to live in complete peace and harmony,
not only with each other, but with all people!
View the beauty of their native land!
Kudea wanted to distance himself from his father and the blood staining
the ground, and so he sent his scout to a nearby hut of wisdom. There
he cames across his father's notes on the working of Bronze. Kendria
the worker was a skilled lumberjack, and set about gathering wood for a
granary project. Kudea had faith that if his scout had a pure heart he
would release no barbarians, and so he set out in search of like-minded
people. (To his great pleasure, such a settler was found 500 years hence)
The former generals asked what they could do to start rebuilding the
army, as it had been utterly decimated by internal war. Kudea's answer
was a total shock - we will NEVER have a military again, of any kind,
for any reason! We shall be ultrapacifists! Others shall see that we
are no threat to them, and mean them no harm. We may be beaten, but
our spirit can never be truly conquered. If Kudea were not the son of
respected Temujin the great, he would have been slain then and there.
Instead the generals of old left camp, and were never heard from again.
Soon, the first barbarians came to our towns! They no doubt followed
the tracks of the foolish discontent generals, who left a veritable
arrow back to the Mongolian cities! Rather than close the gates and
prepare to fight, the people swung wide open the gates, greated the
barbarians with flowers and cheers, and hurled coins at their feet.
Some brave and caring women even agreed to leave, and become wives
to the barbarians!? Kudea was proud of his people. Sure his treasury
was a wreck, but his costs were greatly reduced with no army to care for!
His scouts went out, in look of friends and allies, and soon one
ran into a fellow scout, from a nation who called themselves "Russia",
who lived rather nearby, to the West. Kudea agreed to meet their
leader, and made a trek over to a growing city known as Moscow.
Kudea's heart melted as he saw the most beautiful woman he had
met, whose radiance and sparkling eyes could light up the darkest
of rooms. He was smitten, and fell in love with Kathy! He traded
knowledge of ... for ..., and went home with butterflies in his heart.
"Isn't she lovely??!?!"
Against his better judgement, Kudea expanded to the west. He wanted
Mongol cities to intermix with Russian cities, to form a great happy
confederacy (and to shorten the distance to Moscow!) His mind was
clouded by his love for Kathy. Advisors who served his father cautioned
that if the Russians were anything at ALL like his father they would
take those cities by the sword. Kudea refused to listen. Things
went well with expansion, and the Mongols reached a peak of eight
cities. The Russian warriors defended them against barbarians, and
their own settlements kept new ones from appearing. Apart from the
initial pillaging, barbarians were a non-issue in the history.
Kudea told his people this was a great vindication of the ways of
peace. Look to this history of Rome, he told them, as he filled them
with dread of tales of horror on how civilization "always at war"
were fated to meet brutal and vicious barbarians, and die at their hands.
Things were going well that is, until the most dreadful news came...
It's just 410 BC. His advisors chant... "Game over man"
"So much for that epic..."
Charis
(This game is a variant spin on 'Epic 21' from the series at
Realms Beyond Civilization - http://realmsbeyond.net/civ/epic21.html )
Emperor Diff, Archipelago map 70% water, Rugged icy conditions
Standard size, raging barbarians
Foes: Cold ones: Germany, Russia, Iro, Vikings, England, France, Korea
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The great Khan of the Mongols knew it all had to end. His father had seen
(more bluntly, caused) the death of fully one-half of the Mongol people
in bitter civil war. These weary nomads needed a leader who could turn
around this terrible situation, and bring some stability to the nation.
Thus begins the story of our nation, as a young boy comes to power, one
called Cryocharis Temujin Kudea. His father had lived by the motto
"you have no companions but your shadow," but Kudea found this hollow
and meaningless. He sent away his generals and instead sought the councel
of wandering Tibetian monks, who encouraged him to seek inner peace, and
to let that flow to his people. This warmed the heart of Kudea like no
other message. And what did the people of Mongolia need more than warmth,
in their artic tundra homeland?!? Kudea would set a new path for his
people! It was time to give up the life of nomads, to settle down,
embrace the cold as a friend, and to live in complete peace and harmony,
not only with each other, but with all people!

View the beauty of their native land!

Kudea wanted to distance himself from his father and the blood staining
the ground, and so he sent his scout to a nearby hut of wisdom. There
he cames across his father's notes on the working of Bronze. Kendria
the worker was a skilled lumberjack, and set about gathering wood for a
granary project. Kudea had faith that if his scout had a pure heart he
would release no barbarians, and so he set out in search of like-minded
people. (To his great pleasure, such a settler was found 500 years hence)
The former generals asked what they could do to start rebuilding the
army, as it had been utterly decimated by internal war. Kudea's answer
was a total shock - we will NEVER have a military again, of any kind,
for any reason! We shall be ultrapacifists! Others shall see that we
are no threat to them, and mean them no harm. We may be beaten, but
our spirit can never be truly conquered. If Kudea were not the son of
respected Temujin the great, he would have been slain then and there.
Instead the generals of old left camp, and were never heard from again.
Soon, the first barbarians came to our towns! They no doubt followed
the tracks of the foolish discontent generals, who left a veritable
arrow back to the Mongolian cities! Rather than close the gates and
prepare to fight, the people swung wide open the gates, greated the
barbarians with flowers and cheers, and hurled coins at their feet.
Some brave and caring women even agreed to leave, and become wives
to the barbarians!? Kudea was proud of his people. Sure his treasury
was a wreck, but his costs were greatly reduced with no army to care for!
His scouts went out, in look of friends and allies, and soon one
ran into a fellow scout, from a nation who called themselves "Russia",
who lived rather nearby, to the West. Kudea agreed to meet their
leader, and made a trek over to a growing city known as Moscow.
Kudea's heart melted as he saw the most beautiful woman he had
met, whose radiance and sparkling eyes could light up the darkest
of rooms. He was smitten, and fell in love with Kathy! He traded
knowledge of ... for ..., and went home with butterflies in his heart.


"Isn't she lovely??!?!"

Against his better judgement, Kudea expanded to the west. He wanted
Mongol cities to intermix with Russian cities, to form a great happy
confederacy (and to shorten the distance to Moscow!) His mind was
clouded by his love for Kathy. Advisors who served his father cautioned
that if the Russians were anything at ALL like his father they would
take those cities by the sword. Kudea refused to listen. Things
went well with expansion, and the Mongols reached a peak of eight
cities. The Russian warriors defended them against barbarians, and
their own settlements kept new ones from appearing. Apart from the
initial pillaging, barbarians were a non-issue in the history.
Kudea told his people this was a great vindication of the ways of
peace. Look to this history of Rome, he told them, as he filled them
with dread of tales of horror on how civilization "always at war"
were fated to meet brutal and vicious barbarians, and die at their hands.
Things were going well that is, until the most dreadful news came...

It's just 410 BC. His advisors chant... "Game over man"

"So much for that epic..."

Charis