That was concerning the Burning Blood in general. You troops were surrounded and completely destroyed in that city, Burning Blood was not related to that. Amurites also lost their divisions.
That was concerning the Burning Blood in general. You troops were surrounded and completely destroyed in that city, Burning Blood was not related to that. Amurites also lost their divisions.
I would like to point out that we did not order stoppage of balseraph ships to the calabim, only of calabim ships to the balseraph. Your own captains were afraid to act in a warzone.
As a token of our sincerity and empathy for the economic loss you suffered, we will be offering you a gift of five gold.
We hope that you will re-assign your trade routes to better reflect the realities of trying to trade through a warzone (regardless of whether a blockade is in place or not).
While the Luchuirp government is confident that the Amurites would never take the measures these rumors propose if they wish to have the continued support and agreeing to live under their rule we demand that laws be established to protect our people and guarantee their right to worship. Once our finical report is finished we will see how much gold we can offer to remove this agent of dissent.
Freedom to worship Nuensalta (spelling?) is guaranteed under amurite code-of-laws. These laws are already in place. It is the work of saboteurs that suggest otherwise.
The Khazad government shares the Luchuirp's opinion.
We do not believe Amurites would prevent followers of Kilmorph from worshipping Her. These rumors have to be false, as our own country proves Order and Runes religions can coexist peacefully.
We expect the Amurite government to act upon this and calm everyone in the country. Kilmorph and Junil are not enemies, the clergy of Junil and the Amurite senators know this.
We are glad to hear that the Amurites still uphold the laws about religious freedom.
Let me run the story and then i'll see what you think and if you still think its a really really bad idea, then i probably won't do it. We'll PM more once i write the stories.
Can you get on MSN really quick? I have a question for you that i would like to discuss. Won't take long.
We will not agree to any peace treaty until every single Calabim man, woman and child is returned to our Nation. This refers to Acaia, and the prisoners of war captured from Acaia. Until this, we will continue to fight, and win. You will regret setting foot in the Calabim.
(''The Calabim'' refers to the area of the country, like ''The Sudan'' or ''The Ukraine'', in case any of you think I'm just no goood at grammar )
It's finally time for the Lanun's two cents. Good update Jopa - I've been a little busier lately, FFHNES2 distracted me a bit, and I've lost my speedy school internet connection when I went home for break. Excuses aside, I've just now suddenly remembered I forgot to post in this NES for a while, which is rather shameful of me.
Back to topic: good update. There's a fun little war starting in the south just as the northern one finally degraded into a civil war - good luck to Masada in clearing that mess up.
What's with the Grigori? Are they NPC now? We still have a score to settle...
To LDiCesare: you need to learn how to call up Militia. Notice that I gained stability by doing it. Send me a PM and some gold sometime, I'll teach you properly.
Immac, what's with this Arcane Lacuna stuff? That's just not nice, man... what if I want to use my mages? Huh? HUH?!?!
The Coup:
Turn 17: A Long Shadow
Part One: The Crucifixion of the Republic
Truly, Rodrick Bellisam thought, the plans of the Radicals had been blessed. First there had been the division in the order of Junil resulting in the spectacular murder of the churchs patriarch during senate. Then there had been the successful manipulation of the senators and their factions in the corrupted vote to war with the Calabim. This had resulted in the marginalization of the pro-representative parties and ensured that any remaining organization within the church of Junil was sent to distant lands to fight a distant war. It didnt matter to Rodrick, just as long as there werent here to interfere with the Radicals plans. The representationists knew something was amiss, that their precious senate had been upended, but they could do nothing to stop it. The senate had voted according to its own laws and now the power lay in his hands.
And now, the letter, what greater blessing could those who hid behind the veil gift him? His luck was as blessed as his strategy and his ambition. He read it again,
Spoiler:
Secret Letter to Amurite Minister of lands, Yilderum Camil
From: Queen Asterna, the Compassionate
It is with great sadness that I write this letter to you, great sadness indeed. My husband is fuming, and has called his generals into conclave. This will be a long, and unfortunate war and many will die, both Amurite and Calabim. I just wish your people could truly understand the ways of the Calabim, they are not monsters! They are good and accomplished people, they took in many elven refugees during the civil war, including my familly, and now a descendent of one of those very elves rules the country. Not a Vampire, not some dark creature from the Pits of Hell, a half-elf. What does that tell you about our people, that some destitute refugees from a far flung land, of a race unusual and untrusted in an Empire of Humans, can become their Queen?
Yes, our history is not the most pleasant on Erebus, yes, we were once ruled by Monsters, the Brujah. But then, the Amurite history is just the same, is it not? And your Dark Age is comparatively recent, while ours was almost one thousand years ago. It saddens me to think that a nation that controls so much influence in the Modern World, cannot see us for what we truly are.
We understand that many of our practises are considered unnecessary and unwholesome, and it shames us that our differences in culture make us so estranged.
Finally, we fear that your life may be in danger. Our intelligence in the Amurite Senate is sketchy to say the least, but we have heard whispers of reform. We fear your great Senate will face a terrible purging, and you will be a victim of such an action. There are people amongst you that would return your Empire to the bad old days, I am certain of it. For this reason, I invite you to travel to the Calabim in your war party, when you are within our borders, sneak off in the dead of night and we will have a cart waiting for you in the village of Hersna'am (near the South Border) waiting to transport you to Prespur. When you arrive, you will have our protection, and you may continue to rebuild your dream of Representation in our Nation, as Agron and I have decided we are very much for the movement.
Faithfully,
Queen Asterna
Truly he had been blessed. The letter had been intercepted by the secret agents, lower-ranking members of the Radical Academics he had assigned to watch Yilderum Camil. He had expected the former first speaker to do something in response to the events in senate council, but to write to the enemy king, to warn them of war? This was more then just an act of defiance against Rodricks alliance, it was treason against the entire Amurite people. First speaker Rodrick Bellisam smiled.
Thankfully, the senate, and more importantly, senate law, saw it the same way and by order of the senate as well as the courts, Yilderum Camil, known as the father of the republic, and beloved by all who held that the formation of the republic was responsible for the recovery of the Amurites, was sentenced to death by crucifixion. It was a glorious moment for Rodrick; one of his greatest enemies had been undone by his own doing and that enemys allies had no choice but to join with him in condemning minister Camil to death.
And that brought them to today, to this cold autumn day in the Cevedes plaza where the wooden X stood waiting its sacrifice. Yilderum Camil kneeled at its base, too weak from the 4 days he had spent in the dungeons to struggle or even stand. As Rodricks most loyal bodyguards pulled the former first speaker into position and bound his wrists and ankles to the X with leather bands, Rodrick delivered the speech he had been practicing since the sun had risen.
Amurites of all stripes, tradesmen, craftsmen, merchants, farmers, scholars, students, priests and officials, he began, his voice echoing across the entire city, amplified by air mana, today is a day of sadness and grief for us. Our beloved minister Camil, former first speaker and the inspiration for the righteous senate we have built together, each and every one of us, has made a grave error in judgment. He had to make a choice. On one hand he had the choice to uphold the sanctity of the senate he helped to create, to be truthful to his brothers and sisters, his fellow amurite citizens. On the other, he could choose to take the loss of his political partys influence in parliament personally, to see it as an affront to the principles he so long cherished, to seek vengeance and even to betray his people.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have all had our good days and our bad days. Sometimes a merchant loses money to a bad sale or spoiled product. Occasionally the farmers crop withers in the ground for lack of rain. The craftsmen may misplace his tools or crack his creation for lack of attention. But what do we do in these circumstances? Does the merchant burn his warehouse? Does the farmer rip up his crops? Does the craftsmen upturn his workshop? No! We are not children; we accept that this was not our day and we move on, to regroup and strengthen ourselves for the next time we are to engage ourselves.
But not poor minister Camil. For too long he has been winning. He has forgotten that there must always be someone who must compromise, give up their stubborn ways, to lose even. Not every vote in senate house can go your way. Yilderum saw his allies vote against his wishes, saw them think for themselves like children that had grown up and had finally had the courage to tell their father, No, that is your way and we will do it no longer. Now, we will do it our way. But minister Camil was too proud; he could not accept defeat. When the senate voted to go to war with the Calabim, when his foolish, expensive, and frankly, unrealistic dreams of a bloodless coup through an economic embargo were shattered with the wisdom of logic and the devotion of pure compassion, he was so angry, so disappointed that he wrote a letter to the Calabim king warning him of our attack. Because of this letter the enemy has infused its soldiers with the blood of their vampire lords, giving them foolish courage and mindless bravery and costing us so very much.
And now, because of that letter, our soldiers are dying when they need not die. Our blood is being spilled and so too is the blood of the innocent calabim citizenry. And for what? For one mans pride? For one mans foolish and ill-spent ideals? The senate has voted on the matter and the courts agree, the letter minister Yilderum wrote to the calabim is an act of treason and the punishment is death.
He had expected cheers; it was a rather well-written speech after all, but the crowds were silent. Some wiped tears from their faces and many offered prayers to the law-giver. Time seemed to stretch into eternity and no one moved. Finally, quietly and without drawing attention, first speaker Rodrick Bellisam quit the podium and joined the crowd in quit contemplation and shared grief. He had been successful in ways he couldnt have imagined. Soon the radicals would seize power but at what price?
Some began to sob quietly and though it was a cold day and the wind bit and sucked the heat from the assembled crowd, the people did not stray.
Yilderum Camil looked down at the assembled crowd; he too had tears in his eyes.
OOC: I think this NES really has been taken into a new Era.
We have had the succession of the Crown in The Calabim.
We have had the death of teh Kuriotate Boy-King.
We have had Cassiel return to heaven? (I think this is what happened)
We have had teh reunification of teh elves.
And now we have ''the return of the bad old days'', in the Amurite lands.
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