Ffh Nes Ii

[Immaculate]

tyrs: finish your little 'project' and i think things will get a lot more exciting.

when i do events, i roll dice... so thats how things get chosen.... sorry.

EDIT: i didnt' think you were being snappish- i can understand that you are bored... it IS quiet

 

[Immaculate]

@ Master:

yes, you can have more than one abbey per province as long as they are dedicated to different gods

there are other religious improvements that are coming along too... and they will be the same... only the very high level temples will be 'monotheistic' (for lack of a better descriptor)

and the abbeys of all the gods will be different (same as the temples, etc)

EDIT: and monasteries are all the same (except the syrii who have a UB there).

 

[Ekolite]

I'd do anything to live on a quiet little island right now

 

[Tyrs]

It always looks better on the other side...

 

[kenkrajen]

Who has caravans? We need to talk.

 

[Terrance888]

1: I bet the fish are diseased not affected by the Ritual!

2: Whoever has Caravans, I need to talk to you: You stole my Bee-line!

 

[kenkrajen]

i bet its the kuriotates. is there supposed to be an entry on the infantry formations tech in the update?

 

[Ekolite]

So, when will we be getting our stats?

 

[Immaculate]

Ldi: feel free to post when you are ready.
Eko: before bed today- probably much before that.... probably won't be able to update the map today though.

 

[Immaculate]

A note on techs and trading them:
i'm not going to make you keep including it in your orders if you want to trade for techs you don't have pre-requisites for. if you trade for apprenticeship and writing and education (lets say from the balseraph) in one turn (lets say turn 17) you'll get the following in tech list

balseraph apprenticeship
balseraph writing (turn 18)
basleraph education (turn 19)

and you won't have to include it in you rorders again... your sages have 'learnt' the ideas of it, they just need to 'learn' the basics first... this will save you all time in your orders and mean you can trade for multipe techs in one turn...

this affects many of you this turn because its retroactive one turn (saves us all lots of time)

 

[LDiCesare]

Hello,
I'll be taking over the Eekin. Sails for hire. More to come when I've got a clear view of my people current situation.

 

[Immaculate]

stats are out- if you are missing yours please tell me somehow.

 

[vruchten]

hey everyone,
i`ll speak for the corbus, from this point on.

 

[kenkrajen]

is the tech tree gonna get updated? if u have time this week it'd be very handy to have

 

[Immaculate]

aim for tuesday night... aim for...

 

[Immaculate]

Ldi:
check this out..... feel free to change it, especially if you can explain it as a change of leadership

 

[hbar]

Alright: who's the jerk that got to "Voice of the Gods" the same time I did? Huh? HUH?!?!


Anyway, good update, Immac. As always.

As I have an open economy and this will soon be public knowledge anyway, it seems no harm would come of saying:

me

Thanks for stealing one of my free spells, jerk.

 

[LDiCesare]

For a long time, the Eekin had had little formal religion. Only an old tradition, that seven women always stay in a grove north of the City. They were rumoured to be seers, although some said that they were only mimicking the Sheaim wise women without sharing their lore. They were guarded by a man, and for many years this man was picked among the oldest of the City. He would be taken care of by the seven seers, and finish his days peacefully praying in the grove.
For many years it went this way, until the Eekin had almost forgotten that the man was more than a guardian...

Sif and Angerboda stopped talking when they saw the tall figure enter the wood.
To say the truth, to the Eekin, it was a wood, but their Sheaim friends would have called it "a few sparse trees", or maybe a small grove. For the Eekin, this was a wood.
And to keep saying the truth, to strangers, the figure wouldn't have been called tall either. He would have been called huge.
Anyhow, Sif and her friend rose to meet him.
"Do you seek the wisdom of the seven, stranger?"
"I come for the bough."
"Well, you know, old Hrolfgar is its keeper, and he's currently praying for the sun to..."
"I - come - for - the - bough."
Sif was about to answer, but she thought better of it. It was uncommon for men to come and seek counsel among the seven wise women of the wood, but it happened, from time to time. It was however exceedingly rare for any of them to seek the bough. The guardian of the bough wasn't gifted with any special skill, nor did he hear the voice of Baelious like they did. Or said they did, which was enough as long as the goodwives from the City came by and gave them fish and mead in exchange for their wisdom.
As the younger woman kept wondering, Angerboda told the man to wait as she went to fetch Hrolfgar.
The tall man waited, and Sif looked at him. He was really big, with a blonde mane and a large beard. His shoulders were broad and strong, like those of a man who spent most of his life rowing. He was only clad in leathers despite the cold, and carried a big club.
As she stared, the man grinned, and said:
"We are going to get along well, us two."
Sif didn't understand what he ment, but she wasn't sure she liked the grin on his face. She wasn't sure she disliked it either.
Soon, Angerboda came along with Hrolfgar. The old man was half buried in furs and carried a small golden bough in his hand. He muttered:
"So you want... see the bough? Bough is here. Now ye happy? I must..."
The stranger lifted his club, and with a single stroke, he split Hrolfgar's skull.
Sif and Angerboda both shrieked as blood and brains smeared them, but the tall man didn't care. He bent, and picked up the bough.
"I am the new King of the wood, now. Guardian of the Bough and husband of the Seven Seers."
The man smiled at Sif again.
"But you can call me Baldr."

Thus Baldr the fair became the new King of the wood, king of the Eekin, although the title had long been forgotten by most. King by right of fight. He held the golden bough, symbol of authority over his kin, and, as the chosen of Baelious, was going to take his people to new heights. There was no reason for them to remain in the shadows, Baldr said. It was time for the Eekin to shine, and Baldr would lead them in this new era.

 

[Immaculate]

awesome Ldi... i like what you did with the eekin- 17 updates and i never gave them so much personality as you did in one single story- nicely done, very very nicely done.
two other new players will soon be writing similar stories i hope?

 

[Tyrs]

Do I sense a Viking revival like I always guessed the Eekin would be?