The new King
After the former King Kev had retired many peole thought themself to be one who should lead the population. But one man Haé was the one to take the throne. He's real name was proporly Håkan Axel Eriksson but since still may people didn't had a clue wath words were or how to say long words they foten shorted tier leaders name to Haé. He made himself stand out as the leader after he had executed all his oponents and people that didn't followd his orders. Totaly were almost 5000 people killed in one week, and that is many considering that the over all population were around 250000. That period of killings has later been referd as "the blody anger of Haé". After his capture of the throne Haé got the reputation as a ruthless killer.
And one of his first move were to execute all of his advisors, becouse all of them were complaining when he first met them. "Wath a bunch of whining losers" he sad leaving the bloody meeting. "I am the King I don't need some stupid advisors teling me to wath to do."
He looked with not so much interest through the notes that the previusly leader kev had left to him. His first thought were to just burn the papers "I don't need anyone to tel me wth to do! I am the King!". But then he changed his mind, after all he respected Kev as a former king of the Germans.
Here is wath he thoght about the notes:
1. There is a settler near Munich that can move onto a forest tile to build a city that will use a whale. All up to you, Haakan as to whether or not youd like to build on a forest.
Well, I will look into that more closely...
2. VERY IMPORTANT: The settler from Konigsberg needs to move ONE SQUARE TO THE RIGHT and settle there. When this is done, it will create a canal to allow ships to go through so they do not have to circle the continent. This is the best choice, I think, for a canal building site.
He seems to think that he still is the King around here. I put my cities were I want them. But it do sound pretty reasonably...
3. Munich should finish its temple next turn and then should start RIGHT AWAY on the Colossus. It is likely the best choice for a science city. Following the pattern (Thanks for the heads-up Andu), the grassland square with the shield could yield a silk if mined.
That silk thing is just plain bullfeathers. I am surprised that he acctually belived that.
4. Getting a warrior to Berlin should allow an entertainer to become a worker again and give a nice shield boost to Pyramid production.
Sounds reasonably...
5. We are the first to Monarchy according to the science (geek) advisor.
Sounds good.
6. I hope that fortifying our new archer in the hills can defeat the other archer when it attacks and release the barb leader.
We will se about that
After he had looked through the notesd he traveled around his country and visited ever city. Looks pretty ok overall, was his judgement. Five or six good city founding places. But I would like to get something so that we could get to that other islands around us.
Now that he hade looked around he thought that he knew he was ready to rule the coutry.
1000 B.C. (1) - The first year
Munic builds a tempel. Fine, Haé thought, I will build a colossus there just as the old man wanted. And Leipzig build a setteler. That's good news. Hm.. nothing left to explore on our island, well I might just as well send most of the units back home into the cities. And two of the settelers found thier way to good cityplaces. One of them in a forest that were mentiond before. Live in the forest sounds fun the King sad and decided that the city should be in the forest. And the NONE setteler outside Königsberg were sent to the west to found a new city at the faar west point of the island.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 4 gold/turn and one disscovery every 10 turn.
975 B.C. (2) - The year of city building
The warrior arrived to Berlin and made sure that the the peole were working not entertaining. And by that the Food surplus raised with two, the production by one and the trade with one (also resulting a raise bye one in sience). Warrior production were finished in Heidelberg and a stteler production started. The year 975 B.C. was also the year when both the city of Cologne and Hannover! Both starts to buld one defending warrior unit.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 6 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
950 B.C. (3) - The calm time
One road outside Leipzig were finished and contribute with one more trade arrow. The archer-unit were fortified on a hill next to the barbarians to waith out thier move.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 7 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
925 B.C. (4) - The road
Frankfurt finished thier warrior building and starts to build a setteler. The barbarian archer completly destoryed our arhcers but ot without damageing them self. A diplomat is sent out form the near by city Königsberg to try to negotiate with ther barbarians and try to win them over with bribery. But at the same time, a barbarian ship is spoted just outside Heidelburg! We will se wath they might be up to. Luckely there is one warrior and one Chariot unit stationed in Heidelburg. And the final stone were added to the road between Berlin and Frankfurt and behold the very first city to city road were build as a sign of the German greatness.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 7 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
900 B.C. (5) - The barbarians are comeing!
The King Haé celebrates his first 100 years as a King! The new defence minister now iformes me about that barbarian ship and that they were landing near Heidelburg. And this is wath he had to say about such a late news: "You tel it to me now? I have seen this comeing a long time ago! You are clearly not upp for this job. Guards, hang him!" The landing barbarians were two archer units adn one of them were emidiantly killed by our Chariot. Both cities Hannover and Cologne finished thier warrior buldings and started with Tempels. The Diplomat tries to get a chanse to bribe the barbarians at the northe but need to get them one at the time. But they allways stick together.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 7 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
875 B.C. (6) - Bremen
We get the messge thro some travelers that some peole that call them slef the Romans also have started to build a colosus, strange. And in the far upper west destert a new city called Bremen were founded. Near a horde of whales. And the Barbarian Arecher is closeing in on Nurnberg insted of Heidelburg as if they knowed that that city is less defended. Hm.. maybe we have some spies in omonge my advisors, better just kill some of them as a warning to others. The chartiot is sent out to hunt down the barbarians and kill them.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 8 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
850 B.C. (7) - The GOD!
Our wise men disscover how to make coins! They are gold pices that are at the sam weight to make it easier to trade and barter. They call this new knowledge Currency after the brothers Cur and Renc that kame up with the idea! With this we can also build speciall "Marketplace". Setteler were build in both the city of Nuremberg and Heidelburg! And Nuremberg started to warriors but Heidelberg wanted a tempel insted. In a dream the King Haé meet god! He showed the King a vision. In the vision he saw big floating things made of wood that looked like houses that had been turned upp side down! But the most greate thig he saw were that they were floathing on wather!
- Wath is this? he asked the god. And the god answerd:
- That's a ship! This one is called
Trireme and it's ships like this one you should use to get to other lands!.
- Tel me how to build this things, the most powerfull of all things that ever will been seen at sea! Haé replied, but the god shaked his head.
- The Trieme isn't the most power of ships the germans will have, it might take a while before you will find out how to make Battelships... But it's not up to me to give you any knowledge, you must find it yourself! But if you come up the seacret of how you make a map, you will also figure out how to build Triremes."
Haé wanted to ask the god many more things but the god disseperd and he woke up. And the first thig he did were to tel his Wise men to disscover the seacret of map making. Some people refused an wanted to serch for either how to contruct acveducts, how to ride a horse, how to bild catapults and many other thigs. But the King were stubborn. I want my Triremes and I will kill everyone if I don't have a trime standing in Berlin within a 100 years!! And he got it his way ofcourse.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 8 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
825 B.C. (8) - War against the Barbarians!
The barbarians have attacked Nuremberg! The warrior unit insde were killed and the population were decreced wih half! But the charriot managde to get there in time to kill all the remaining barbarians and then headed toworads the city to defend it. But in the west a thrething warrior are colseing in. But the nearest city is building the greate wall and we don't want to abandon that project. But as the city is not it can not stand to the attack. We will waith and se wath to do... The city of Bremen is building warriors, maybe one or wo could be build there.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 10 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
800 B.C. (8) - More barbarians...
The barbarians are now just two steps from Königsberg. Inside the size 2 city is a warrior and a diplomat. And a warrior for Bremen is on it's way but will not be in time, he will be there in 4 turns.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 10 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
800 B.C. (8) - Victory!
The barbarians are now right out side the city. But they are seriusly whonded and maybe a attack will be sucsesfull. Attck is best defence. The warrior unit attacked and won!!! It killed the archer! But almost died himself! This was celebrated by ruch building the Pyramides in Berlin! Altho it costed us all the gold we had!
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 10 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
750 B.C. (9) - THE WONDER!
The historican Machiavelli completes his epic history: 'The HAPPIEST civilizations in the world'. And he says that Our glorius civilization is the number one in the world!! A traveler report that the Babyloians have started on thier project the Pyramides but changed it to Hangin gardens when they got this message:
Berlin builds the Pyramides!!!. And the fertile German population now exceeds 300,000 citizen!
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 10 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
725 B.C. (10) - Peace
When there no longer are any barbarians around it's pretty peacefull. The manny setelers (4) are noe bulding roads. But maybe some of them should build cities. Hey, shouldn't I have a Trireme lying in Berlin by now? it has been 125 years!
- We need mor time we are soon done. The wise men sad and Haé decide to not kill them all. (just a few of them).
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 10 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
700 B.C. (11) - Waiting
Nothing happen!! Why does it take so long to figure out how to make a map?!?
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 10 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
700 B.C. (11) - Finaly!
Finaly! The German wise men disscover the seacret of Map Making! And when they did that they come upp with something they calld "Floating thing".
- No, you stupid idiots. That's a Trireme and nothing else! and one of them were emidantly ruch bought in Berlin. And the King were very plesed with himself. Now we can se waths beon the horisont, and sail over all seas! But then the wise men answerd:
- No you cant. It's easy to get lost. Before we can sail have light on the night we can not get long from the coast.
- How the hell will we get light on the night? The King asked.
- By building a lighthouse!
- Fine then do that! Build a lighthouse in Frankfurt. They are done with thier setteler in one turn.
No we also need some good killers insted of our useless warriors, the King thought. i will order the "wise" men to figure something out. Warrior code can we call it.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 10 gold/turn and one disscovery every 7 turn.
650 B.C. (12) - The Trireme!
Colonge builds a tempel In both Frankfurt and Liepzig setteler productions were finished and Frankfurt started with the Lighthouse and Liepzig with a Marketplace. But most important, the first Trireme were buildt in Berlin! The King is almost exploading with happines! And the Trireme first crew consisted of a seteler unit that should search for a good place to found a new city! And the very first thing they found the island just next to berlin were a little village. The setteler steped out and investigate and they found out that in the willage some skilled merchenaries were living and they were more than willing to join the glorius Germans civilization! Their skill were that they had found a whay to train some huge animals that they called Eleohants! These Elefanst could move just as fast as the chariot and they went upp and found a good looking spot for a city. But it need more looking over before we found our city there.
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 9 gold/turn and one disscovery every 9 turn.
600 B.C. (13) - The move
The road between Munic, Nuremberg and Heidelberg were finished. And now efter 400 year as King of the Germans Håkan Axel Eriksson decided taht it's time for me to go. He build him slef a own Trireme and took his family and left sailing towards the sunset and were ever seen ever again. To prevent that same blodbath to happen again as it hapen when he bacame King he self decided who would replace him at the throne. He picked one of his generals, called Smash. And the only thing he left to his replacer was this note:
Hey, don't mess things up!
The tax-rate is now 30%-70%-0%. We get 9 gold/turn and one disscovery every 9 turn.
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