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ITNES I - Interesting Times
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To: Hong Kong
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you have a funny name
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Regeneration In Process
LOL.
Update finished. Even more unpleasant surprises then I hoped...
Update finished. Even more unpleasant surprises then I hoped...
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damnit! too many neses where i play greeks! they're a confusing bunch
das
Regeneration In Process
IT I Update 1 - Years 700-680 BC
Non-Military Events:
As Olmec trade network expands, so does - if at a slower pace - the Olmec civilization and the realm united by it.
During this time, the people of Lusitania, fearing Tartessian expansion (that does happen, as the more Tartessianized tribes peacefully join Tartessos), unite into a single tribal confederation.
Tartessian trade overtures to the people of Gaul and Iberia don't bear much fruit, in that some trade is already present with the latter, while the former aren't really interested in it for the most part.
The Romans, most unexpectedly, cede their dynasty's city of origin to the Etruscan League of Clusium. That came as quite a shock for the war-factions on both sides, as does the treaty of expansion boundaries; indeed, people of Clusium are enraged at Rome grabbing so much land for itself, while people of Rome are understandably angry with the loss of Tarquinii (-1 Confidence for both). The people of Tarquinii, for their part, are quite happy with the arrangement, as their true loyalties always lied with the Porsens, due to Tarquin neglection and the Romans worshipping different gods.
The Macedonnians begun work on a magnificent road system. It is not really greeted with enthusiasm, but eventually the lesser chieftains and kings agree to it, seeing the possible profits.
Diplomacy was not an oft-used tool in the ancient world... until now, when, using the growing amount of communication through trade, king Mermerus Midylos of Sparta quickly outfoxed the Athenians, signing defensive alliances with Macedonnia, Troy and Minoan Crete, and persuading them to re-direct their trade to Sparta. This - combined with certain other developments - made Sparta a true trade center, even though the Macedonnian and Trojan merchants don't like the change all that much... This is already giving much pain to Athens (-1 Economy).
Meanwhile, the Spartans also undertook a lot of expensive, though worthy, programs to grow education and infrastructure. Now, while all that is fine and well, all those comparatively rapid and radical changes are rather unsettling to the majority of Spartan people, much as the merchants and the philosophers adore them (-1 Confidence).
Minoans are acting very paranoidly... but nothing happened to them thus far. Trade, like life, goes on, longboats become more sophisticated, libraries are built with use of much slave labour (+1 Education), a fact that however somewhat slows down the current grand project as labor is diverted from it (-1 Project progress) [1].
Refugees from Phoenicea (see military events) arrive for Carthage (5 ships, 1 Economy from Phoenicea to Carthage).
Egyptian Pharaoh seems to want to expand southwards, but nobody really wants to go there - its too hard to live there, as of now. Albeit, there are some rumors that at the spot where the Blue Nile emerges, there is a hospitable, fertile land...
Huge hosts are assembled by Babylon and Luca, though lowering the general level of training (-1 Army Training). As for their use (largely unexpected for Babylon)... see spotlight. Incidentally, similar, but lesser-scale events happened with the Magadhans (-1 Army Training), who however paid attention to the training as well.
Phoeniceans expanded into the Sinai peninsula. That was probably what sealed their fate... if we suppose that it is indeed sealed.
Much Hindu temples are built by the Deccanians; that helps not only education, but culture as well (+1 Culture). Also, jungle-cutters are recruited and do their lot to assist colonization of border regions, which eventually allows some minor peaceful expansion as well.
The Wu ancestor shrine-building has similar effects to the Hindu temples of Deccania (+1 Culture). The first elite officer corps of the world was created during this time, and will certainly benefit the Wu in the next war (+1 Army Training). Meanwhile, the rich are taxed heavily (+1 Economy), and THOSE specialists say that they need more time... And some minor riverine expansion took place as well.
Closing this part of the update is Hong Kong. Trade with Taiwan and the Sinite/Mon-Khmer peoples brings profits (+1 Economy), Xiamen emerges as a trade center, much coastal water is explored in the southwest, and roading is put under control of provincial administrators (+1 Infrastructure, -1 Centralization).
Military Events:
Many prophets prophesized [2] that this will be a time of much bloodshed. Perhaps it was a lucky guess; perhaps the prophets knew much about socio-economic powers guiding history and causing much war in the same time. Or maybe, it was the Minoan War that tipped them off. Very popular notion is that the prophets ALWAYS say that (I mean, who's going to listen to a prophecy that goes like this: "the coming century will be peaceful and boring, have a nice time"?), and thus it was inevitable that one day, this prophecy will be fulfilled. The theory that all the prophets were renegade agents of a secret polar bear-hired espionage organization that knew about all this all along, though 100% correct, was hardly agreed with in the scientific world of today, or of 700-680 BC.
Take the Olmecs, for instance. Trying to expand into Zapotec lands, they fare well in the closer of those; but the further they go, the more hostile are the Zapotecs, and eventually, a bit of a fight starts. Olmec expansion is stopped, as they did not expect any resistance.
(-1 Olmec hundred)
To satisfy the war-hawks, both Clusians and Romans (the latter to a lesser extent) send expeditions across the Appenines. But there, they both get into conflict with ferocious hill-tribes, such as Umbrii and Frentani. Romans, after facing some losses, settle for minor expansion; Clusians, though, press on in their part of Italy and though taking large casualties, doubled their realm, stretching it (as they say) "from sea to shining sea". This restored confidence in them amongst their people (+1 Confidence).
(-1 Roman hundred, -8 Clusian hundreds)
Romans, for their part, decided they too need fame and glory, and some loot to compliment that. After dealing with a bunch of barbarians along the way, the Romans reached the Corinthian colonies in Italy. Within three weeks, the surprised city of Barium fell to the Romans. The others had barely any time to react; still, some levies were raised, and a comparatively large force of reinforcements arrived from Corinth. All these made a mistake to meet the Romans in the open field. Romans had near-equal numbers, but also better tactics and better training. The Roman archers rained death on Corinthian, while heavy infantry steadily approached enemy flank and struck them in the rear, and eventually, the Romans triumphed in the Battle at Brandanus. Almost all of the Corinthian forces in Italy were annihilated there. Soon after, Metapontum surrendered without a fight, whilst some local hill tribes, seeing Rome's strenght, eagerly joined its army (+5 hundreds) just in time to help them plunder Elea. Corinth was overthrown in Italy. By then, ofcourse, Corinth itself underwent some... political changes.
(-8 Corinthian hundreds, -8 Corinthian levy hundreds, -5 Roman hundreds)
The plunder gained by Rome compensated the monetary cost of this war (-1 Economy, 1 Economy from Corinth to Rome).
But before we get back to Corinth, there is something in Macedonnia. For some time now, Macedonnia and Troy coexisted, more or less, largely by ignoring each other. But it so happened that the new Trojan ruler [3], after looking over the alternatives, decided that the best way to expand and to let out the fury of his warriors was to attack Macedonnia. That was a wise choice - the Macedonnians had no fleet, and at the moment were fighting Thracian tribes to the north, making some minor gains against the fierce locals.
(-2 Macedonnian hundreds)
So, the Trojans merrily landed one large force in Thrace, from where it marched along the coast, defeating the rare Macedonnian tribe. They took Thessalonika in an assault across the wall-less city, and marched on to Pella. It was only there that they encountered serious resistance - some parts of the "regular" army returned, groupping up with the levies from much of Macedonnia, minus the westernmost bits. The first battle was harsh and inconclusive, as Trojans were outnumbered and... outfierced, and were fighting in unfavorable terrain. But by then, a fleet delivered another Trojan force to the southern city of Pagasae, which was rather neglected defense-wise. Thus, the two Trojan armies succesfully, if with large casualties, assaulted Pella from two directions. The city fell, and the Macedonnian king now has to find another place to return to from the northern campaigns...
(-4 Macedonnian hundreds, -14 Macedonnian levy hundreds, -11 Trojan hundreds)
And much like with Romans in Italy, the plunder gained compensates the campaign cost (-1 Economy, 1 Economy from Macedonnia to Troy). Also, Trojan training went up due to the harsh fighting in which only the best survive (+1 Army Training).
Okay, now for Corinth. Already many forces departed for Italy, when 201 tough-looking merchants entered the city, selling much wine and beer to the garrison. Thus, by the night the garrison - already rather small - was largely asleep and/or drunk. A merchant opened the gates, and a surprisingly-sober (comparatively, that is) night guard raised the alarm, but it was too late. The merchants turned out to be the king of Sparta and his Royal Guards, who, in the middle of the night, easily decimated the garrison - the reinforcements of 1500 more Spartans hardly was needed. The chaotic night fighting turned out horribly one-sided, with only two dead Spartans. As morning rose over Corinth, its independance was no more. Its treasury was also seized (1 Economy from Corinth to Sparta), while its ruler is now awaiting trial.
(-1 Corinth as an independant state)
The fall of Corinth results in Athens losing its last trade partner in the Aegean Sea, thus effectively murdering its trade system (-1 Economy). And the internal dissent is growing (-1 Confidence)... It would take a miracle to save the current Athenian government now. Aetolian polises are already threatening to secede and form a separate city-state league.
And then came the greatest war.
(see spotlight)
(-17 Urian hundreds, -22 Urian levy hundreds, -12 Parhaen hundreds, -7 Lucan hundreds, -12 Lucan Chariot hundreds, -1 Babylonian Empire and all of its forces)
(-2 Urian Economy, 1 Economy from Ur to Babylon to Parhae, -1 Urian Confidence, +1 Army Training for Luca, +1 Lucan Confidence, 1 Economy from Babylon to each coalition member)
And then came the Great Betrayal [4]. Upon the end of the war with Babylon, the secret tablets that the Lucan commanders carried with them were unsealed. Inside were the orders to invade Phoenicea. In restrospect, it is hard to say who betrayed whom, as the Phoeniceans, who were supposed to invade Babylonia, did not do so. But anyway. The Lucans invaded Phoenicea, and by then, though, many p[arts of it already fell to the... Egyptians. Albeit the Egyptian attempt to land forces in Phoenicea failed disastrously, as the Egyptian fleet was wrecked badly by the storms and the Phoeniceans and were forced to retreat, before the levies could be organized the Egyptian land attack secured the Sinai, and then took Gath and Ezion-geber. Then the Egyptians were stopped at Tyre, but it was largely only thanks to the new Cypriot Hoplites. Yet, the regroupped Egyptian forces still took Edrei. When Lucans struck from the north, they quickly, with minimal casualties, took over Cilicia where the town levies gave nearly no resistance, lured by the promises of better life under Lucan rule. Much harder was in the north of Phoenicea Proper, but there, despite the trademark use of chariots, the Lucans fared worse, failing to take Sidon, though taking Byblos and Helbon. It remains to be seen if the Lucan-Egyptian gains were but temporary and would be lost as soon as the Phoeniceans recover, or if Phoenicea's survival was prolonged for only a few years more...
(-15 Egyptian hundreds, -7 Egyptian ships, -3 Lucan hundreds, -7 Lucan Chariot hundreds, -6 Phoenicean hundreds, -3 Phoenicean Cypriot hoplite hundreds, -9 Phoenicean levy hunderds, -5 Phoenicean ships)
The costs of all this campaigning are heavy (-2 Lucan Economy, -1 Parhaen Economy, -1 Egyptian Economy). Still, Egyptians cover their expenses, and Lucans cover parts of them (1 Economy from Phoenicea to each of the anti-Phoenicean Coalition).
The Egyptian army, now battle-hardened and no longer ignorant of some previous flaws, is getting a training boost (+1 Army Training).
The Parhaens also did another military-related thing during all this time. Diverting the Asbaran cavalry that COULD have saved them from the early defeats in the Babylonian War to another front, the Parhaens steadily expand eastwards, driving the Iranian tribes eastwards and northwards. Settlers are rather slow to move into this land, but they are moving...
(-4 Asbaran hundreds)
All this is especially interesting if we take into account events further east. The ruler of Mohenjo-daro was, like all of his predecessors, very angry with the never-ending Aryan threat. He made one step further, though - realized that there are some things he could do about it. Namely, he could carry the war to the Aryans! Two infantry armies and one cavalry army entered Aryan territory. In the north, Aryan attacks were provoked and then met head-on, and this weakened the borderline tribes much, allowing some of their territory to be taken. The southern cavalry attack, though facing large casualties, too was succesful (if stopping earlier then hoped, due to supply problems and stiffening resistance), and the Aryans generally were driven west (meeting Iranians, with consequences in the next update I suspect). All this, as you might have guessed, took some money out of the coffers (-1 Economy), but for the safety of Mohenjo-daro, no price is too high to pay.
(-11 Monhenjo-daran hundreds)
Magadhans, not to be outdone, invaded Kalinga [5]. Lured by the riches of that land, they sent out quite some forces after it. The invasion was initially succesful, as Magadhans captured Shripurushottama and besieged Sampa. Yet, the levies raised to oppose them prevented much further advance (if at a large price for both sides) (also, levy training rose as a result of the usual "survival of the fittest" in such heavy fighting (+1 Levy Training for Magadha)), while the assault of Sampa was a costly failure. Still, Kalingans will need much luck to survive further... some advisors advise [6] the Kalingan king that he, with as much people as he could gather, should flee Burma-wards.
(-4 Kalingan hundreds, -19 Kalingan levy hundreds, -27 Magadhan hundreds)
And you guessed it, it took some cash for the Magadhans to start all this (-1 Economy).
Kalingans, meanwhile, were fighting in their Burmese colonies. The Mon-Khmer resistance was, as mentioned before, stiffening, but the Kalingans pushed forth, despite the tough terrain. The new lands they captured are rather useless, for the most part, or at least that's how they look to the people back at home. Getting any of them to settle there is definitely a problem... Then again, ofcourse, there is quite some incentive to flee from the mainland added by the Magadhan invasion.
(-3 Kalingan hundreds)
At least, all is quiet in China... for now.
Oh, forgot to add - all Spartan nukes (acquired from the polar bears) hit their destinations, sinking Atlantis, destroying the ancient hyperadvanced British Stonehenge-building civilization (only one Stonehenge survived) and annihilated a huge alien horde on the OTL Easter Islands (all this killed off three new secret PC nations played by penguins). Oh, and the last nuke killed a farmer in Mesopatamia, but noone noticed, being too immersed by all this fighting.
Random Events:
The Olmec "ball courts", where games using rubber balls take place, appear during this time, and that game becomes widespread. It gives yet another uniquely-Olmec element to their culture, which also helps it spread into nearby tribe lands, more and more of which associate themselves with the Olmecs (+1 Culture).
The Lucan Charioteers are adopted as the very creme of the Lucan army, bringing many young noblemen into the charioteer ranks (+5 UU). Also, the descendants of those who designed the new chariots seem to be often following the paths of their fathers, and all this creates a general tradition of innovativeness in Luca (+1 Education).
The Asbaran ranks are filled with enthusiastic Parhae volunteers (+10 UU).
As trade is increasingly redirected from Athens to Sparta, the latter receives an additional, early bonus (+1 Economy). All this trade also spred the word of Sparta's might far, making Sparta very respected in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Minoan trade is undergoing (as the more negative consequences of the First Minoan War disappear) a golden age (+1 Economy), which incidentally also improves the other aspects of Minoan sea-travel, which is a vital part of local infrastructure (+1 Infrastructure).
Introduction of the soy bean in Wu China more then neutralized the effect of the pestilence (+2 Economy).
As trade intensifies between the Mediterranean nations and the tribes of Alba, Tartessos rises to the status of a trade center (Tartessos trade center).
Wise, innovative policies employed in Hong Kong assist it greatly (+1 Education, +1 Infrastructure, +1 Confidence).
Cypriot Hoplites enter Phoenicean service (+5 UU).
A widespread pestilence in the rural nation of Wu is most damaging indeed (-1 Economy).
Embarassed by the brilliant Spartan diplomatic campaign, the people of Athens lose faith in their leadership (-1 Confidence).
Non-Military Events:
As Olmec trade network expands, so does - if at a slower pace - the Olmec civilization and the realm united by it.
During this time, the people of Lusitania, fearing Tartessian expansion (that does happen, as the more Tartessianized tribes peacefully join Tartessos), unite into a single tribal confederation.
Tartessian trade overtures to the people of Gaul and Iberia don't bear much fruit, in that some trade is already present with the latter, while the former aren't really interested in it for the most part.
The Romans, most unexpectedly, cede their dynasty's city of origin to the Etruscan League of Clusium. That came as quite a shock for the war-factions on both sides, as does the treaty of expansion boundaries; indeed, people of Clusium are enraged at Rome grabbing so much land for itself, while people of Rome are understandably angry with the loss of Tarquinii (-1 Confidence for both). The people of Tarquinii, for their part, are quite happy with the arrangement, as their true loyalties always lied with the Porsens, due to Tarquin neglection and the Romans worshipping different gods.
The Macedonnians begun work on a magnificent road system. It is not really greeted with enthusiasm, but eventually the lesser chieftains and kings agree to it, seeing the possible profits.
Diplomacy was not an oft-used tool in the ancient world... until now, when, using the growing amount of communication through trade, king Mermerus Midylos of Sparta quickly outfoxed the Athenians, signing defensive alliances with Macedonnia, Troy and Minoan Crete, and persuading them to re-direct their trade to Sparta. This - combined with certain other developments - made Sparta a true trade center, even though the Macedonnian and Trojan merchants don't like the change all that much... This is already giving much pain to Athens (-1 Economy).
Meanwhile, the Spartans also undertook a lot of expensive, though worthy, programs to grow education and infrastructure. Now, while all that is fine and well, all those comparatively rapid and radical changes are rather unsettling to the majority of Spartan people, much as the merchants and the philosophers adore them (-1 Confidence).
Minoans are acting very paranoidly... but nothing happened to them thus far. Trade, like life, goes on, longboats become more sophisticated, libraries are built with use of much slave labour (+1 Education), a fact that however somewhat slows down the current grand project as labor is diverted from it (-1 Project progress) [1].
Refugees from Phoenicea (see military events) arrive for Carthage (5 ships, 1 Economy from Phoenicea to Carthage).
Egyptian Pharaoh seems to want to expand southwards, but nobody really wants to go there - its too hard to live there, as of now. Albeit, there are some rumors that at the spot where the Blue Nile emerges, there is a hospitable, fertile land...
Huge hosts are assembled by Babylon and Luca, though lowering the general level of training (-1 Army Training). As for their use (largely unexpected for Babylon)... see spotlight. Incidentally, similar, but lesser-scale events happened with the Magadhans (-1 Army Training), who however paid attention to the training as well.
Phoeniceans expanded into the Sinai peninsula. That was probably what sealed their fate... if we suppose that it is indeed sealed.
Much Hindu temples are built by the Deccanians; that helps not only education, but culture as well (+1 Culture). Also, jungle-cutters are recruited and do their lot to assist colonization of border regions, which eventually allows some minor peaceful expansion as well.
The Wu ancestor shrine-building has similar effects to the Hindu temples of Deccania (+1 Culture). The first elite officer corps of the world was created during this time, and will certainly benefit the Wu in the next war (+1 Army Training). Meanwhile, the rich are taxed heavily (+1 Economy), and THOSE specialists say that they need more time... And some minor riverine expansion took place as well.
Closing this part of the update is Hong Kong. Trade with Taiwan and the Sinite/Mon-Khmer peoples brings profits (+1 Economy), Xiamen emerges as a trade center, much coastal water is explored in the southwest, and roading is put under control of provincial administrators (+1 Infrastructure, -1 Centralization).
Military Events:
Many prophets prophesized [2] that this will be a time of much bloodshed. Perhaps it was a lucky guess; perhaps the prophets knew much about socio-economic powers guiding history and causing much war in the same time. Or maybe, it was the Minoan War that tipped them off. Very popular notion is that the prophets ALWAYS say that (I mean, who's going to listen to a prophecy that goes like this: "the coming century will be peaceful and boring, have a nice time"?), and thus it was inevitable that one day, this prophecy will be fulfilled. The theory that all the prophets were renegade agents of a secret polar bear-hired espionage organization that knew about all this all along, though 100% correct, was hardly agreed with in the scientific world of today, or of 700-680 BC.
Take the Olmecs, for instance. Trying to expand into Zapotec lands, they fare well in the closer of those; but the further they go, the more hostile are the Zapotecs, and eventually, a bit of a fight starts. Olmec expansion is stopped, as they did not expect any resistance.
(-1 Olmec hundred)
To satisfy the war-hawks, both Clusians and Romans (the latter to a lesser extent) send expeditions across the Appenines. But there, they both get into conflict with ferocious hill-tribes, such as Umbrii and Frentani. Romans, after facing some losses, settle for minor expansion; Clusians, though, press on in their part of Italy and though taking large casualties, doubled their realm, stretching it (as they say) "from sea to shining sea". This restored confidence in them amongst their people (+1 Confidence).
(-1 Roman hundred, -8 Clusian hundreds)
Romans, for their part, decided they too need fame and glory, and some loot to compliment that. After dealing with a bunch of barbarians along the way, the Romans reached the Corinthian colonies in Italy. Within three weeks, the surprised city of Barium fell to the Romans. The others had barely any time to react; still, some levies were raised, and a comparatively large force of reinforcements arrived from Corinth. All these made a mistake to meet the Romans in the open field. Romans had near-equal numbers, but also better tactics and better training. The Roman archers rained death on Corinthian, while heavy infantry steadily approached enemy flank and struck them in the rear, and eventually, the Romans triumphed in the Battle at Brandanus. Almost all of the Corinthian forces in Italy were annihilated there. Soon after, Metapontum surrendered without a fight, whilst some local hill tribes, seeing Rome's strenght, eagerly joined its army (+5 hundreds) just in time to help them plunder Elea. Corinth was overthrown in Italy. By then, ofcourse, Corinth itself underwent some... political changes.
(-8 Corinthian hundreds, -8 Corinthian levy hundreds, -5 Roman hundreds)
The plunder gained by Rome compensated the monetary cost of this war (-1 Economy, 1 Economy from Corinth to Rome).
But before we get back to Corinth, there is something in Macedonnia. For some time now, Macedonnia and Troy coexisted, more or less, largely by ignoring each other. But it so happened that the new Trojan ruler [3], after looking over the alternatives, decided that the best way to expand and to let out the fury of his warriors was to attack Macedonnia. That was a wise choice - the Macedonnians had no fleet, and at the moment were fighting Thracian tribes to the north, making some minor gains against the fierce locals.
(-2 Macedonnian hundreds)
So, the Trojans merrily landed one large force in Thrace, from where it marched along the coast, defeating the rare Macedonnian tribe. They took Thessalonika in an assault across the wall-less city, and marched on to Pella. It was only there that they encountered serious resistance - some parts of the "regular" army returned, groupping up with the levies from much of Macedonnia, minus the westernmost bits. The first battle was harsh and inconclusive, as Trojans were outnumbered and... outfierced, and were fighting in unfavorable terrain. But by then, a fleet delivered another Trojan force to the southern city of Pagasae, which was rather neglected defense-wise. Thus, the two Trojan armies succesfully, if with large casualties, assaulted Pella from two directions. The city fell, and the Macedonnian king now has to find another place to return to from the northern campaigns...
(-4 Macedonnian hundreds, -14 Macedonnian levy hundreds, -11 Trojan hundreds)
And much like with Romans in Italy, the plunder gained compensates the campaign cost (-1 Economy, 1 Economy from Macedonnia to Troy). Also, Trojan training went up due to the harsh fighting in which only the best survive (+1 Army Training).
Okay, now for Corinth. Already many forces departed for Italy, when 201 tough-looking merchants entered the city, selling much wine and beer to the garrison. Thus, by the night the garrison - already rather small - was largely asleep and/or drunk. A merchant opened the gates, and a surprisingly-sober (comparatively, that is) night guard raised the alarm, but it was too late. The merchants turned out to be the king of Sparta and his Royal Guards, who, in the middle of the night, easily decimated the garrison - the reinforcements of 1500 more Spartans hardly was needed. The chaotic night fighting turned out horribly one-sided, with only two dead Spartans. As morning rose over Corinth, its independance was no more. Its treasury was also seized (1 Economy from Corinth to Sparta), while its ruler is now awaiting trial.
(-1 Corinth as an independant state)
The fall of Corinth results in Athens losing its last trade partner in the Aegean Sea, thus effectively murdering its trade system (-1 Economy). And the internal dissent is growing (-1 Confidence)... It would take a miracle to save the current Athenian government now. Aetolian polises are already threatening to secede and form a separate city-state league.
And then came the greatest war.
(see spotlight)
(-17 Urian hundreds, -22 Urian levy hundreds, -12 Parhaen hundreds, -7 Lucan hundreds, -12 Lucan Chariot hundreds, -1 Babylonian Empire and all of its forces)
(-2 Urian Economy, 1 Economy from Ur to Babylon to Parhae, -1 Urian Confidence, +1 Army Training for Luca, +1 Lucan Confidence, 1 Economy from Babylon to each coalition member)
And then came the Great Betrayal [4]. Upon the end of the war with Babylon, the secret tablets that the Lucan commanders carried with them were unsealed. Inside were the orders to invade Phoenicea. In restrospect, it is hard to say who betrayed whom, as the Phoeniceans, who were supposed to invade Babylonia, did not do so. But anyway. The Lucans invaded Phoenicea, and by then, though, many p[arts of it already fell to the... Egyptians. Albeit the Egyptian attempt to land forces in Phoenicea failed disastrously, as the Egyptian fleet was wrecked badly by the storms and the Phoeniceans and were forced to retreat, before the levies could be organized the Egyptian land attack secured the Sinai, and then took Gath and Ezion-geber. Then the Egyptians were stopped at Tyre, but it was largely only thanks to the new Cypriot Hoplites. Yet, the regroupped Egyptian forces still took Edrei. When Lucans struck from the north, they quickly, with minimal casualties, took over Cilicia where the town levies gave nearly no resistance, lured by the promises of better life under Lucan rule. Much harder was in the north of Phoenicea Proper, but there, despite the trademark use of chariots, the Lucans fared worse, failing to take Sidon, though taking Byblos and Helbon. It remains to be seen if the Lucan-Egyptian gains were but temporary and would be lost as soon as the Phoeniceans recover, or if Phoenicea's survival was prolonged for only a few years more...
(-15 Egyptian hundreds, -7 Egyptian ships, -3 Lucan hundreds, -7 Lucan Chariot hundreds, -6 Phoenicean hundreds, -3 Phoenicean Cypriot hoplite hundreds, -9 Phoenicean levy hunderds, -5 Phoenicean ships)
The costs of all this campaigning are heavy (-2 Lucan Economy, -1 Parhaen Economy, -1 Egyptian Economy). Still, Egyptians cover their expenses, and Lucans cover parts of them (1 Economy from Phoenicea to each of the anti-Phoenicean Coalition).
The Egyptian army, now battle-hardened and no longer ignorant of some previous flaws, is getting a training boost (+1 Army Training).
The Parhaens also did another military-related thing during all this time. Diverting the Asbaran cavalry that COULD have saved them from the early defeats in the Babylonian War to another front, the Parhaens steadily expand eastwards, driving the Iranian tribes eastwards and northwards. Settlers are rather slow to move into this land, but they are moving...
(-4 Asbaran hundreds)
All this is especially interesting if we take into account events further east. The ruler of Mohenjo-daro was, like all of his predecessors, very angry with the never-ending Aryan threat. He made one step further, though - realized that there are some things he could do about it. Namely, he could carry the war to the Aryans! Two infantry armies and one cavalry army entered Aryan territory. In the north, Aryan attacks were provoked and then met head-on, and this weakened the borderline tribes much, allowing some of their territory to be taken. The southern cavalry attack, though facing large casualties, too was succesful (if stopping earlier then hoped, due to supply problems and stiffening resistance), and the Aryans generally were driven west (meeting Iranians, with consequences in the next update I suspect). All this, as you might have guessed, took some money out of the coffers (-1 Economy), but for the safety of Mohenjo-daro, no price is too high to pay.
(-11 Monhenjo-daran hundreds)
Magadhans, not to be outdone, invaded Kalinga [5]. Lured by the riches of that land, they sent out quite some forces after it. The invasion was initially succesful, as Magadhans captured Shripurushottama and besieged Sampa. Yet, the levies raised to oppose them prevented much further advance (if at a large price for both sides) (also, levy training rose as a result of the usual "survival of the fittest" in such heavy fighting (+1 Levy Training for Magadha)), while the assault of Sampa was a costly failure. Still, Kalingans will need much luck to survive further... some advisors advise [6] the Kalingan king that he, with as much people as he could gather, should flee Burma-wards.
(-4 Kalingan hundreds, -19 Kalingan levy hundreds, -27 Magadhan hundreds)
And you guessed it, it took some cash for the Magadhans to start all this (-1 Economy).
Kalingans, meanwhile, were fighting in their Burmese colonies. The Mon-Khmer resistance was, as mentioned before, stiffening, but the Kalingans pushed forth, despite the tough terrain. The new lands they captured are rather useless, for the most part, or at least that's how they look to the people back at home. Getting any of them to settle there is definitely a problem... Then again, ofcourse, there is quite some incentive to flee from the mainland added by the Magadhan invasion.
(-3 Kalingan hundreds)
At least, all is quiet in China... for now.
Oh, forgot to add - all Spartan nukes (acquired from the polar bears) hit their destinations, sinking Atlantis, destroying the ancient hyperadvanced British Stonehenge-building civilization (only one Stonehenge survived) and annihilated a huge alien horde on the OTL Easter Islands (all this killed off three new secret PC nations played by penguins). Oh, and the last nuke killed a farmer in Mesopatamia, but noone noticed, being too immersed by all this fighting.
Random Events:
The Olmec "ball courts", where games using rubber balls take place, appear during this time, and that game becomes widespread. It gives yet another uniquely-Olmec element to their culture, which also helps it spread into nearby tribe lands, more and more of which associate themselves with the Olmecs (+1 Culture).
The Lucan Charioteers are adopted as the very creme of the Lucan army, bringing many young noblemen into the charioteer ranks (+5 UU). Also, the descendants of those who designed the new chariots seem to be often following the paths of their fathers, and all this creates a general tradition of innovativeness in Luca (+1 Education).
The Asbaran ranks are filled with enthusiastic Parhae volunteers (+10 UU).
As trade is increasingly redirected from Athens to Sparta, the latter receives an additional, early bonus (+1 Economy). All this trade also spred the word of Sparta's might far, making Sparta very respected in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Minoan trade is undergoing (as the more negative consequences of the First Minoan War disappear) a golden age (+1 Economy), which incidentally also improves the other aspects of Minoan sea-travel, which is a vital part of local infrastructure (+1 Infrastructure).
Introduction of the soy bean in Wu China more then neutralized the effect of the pestilence (+2 Economy).
As trade intensifies between the Mediterranean nations and the tribes of Alba, Tartessos rises to the status of a trade center (Tartessos trade center).
Wise, innovative policies employed in Hong Kong assist it greatly (+1 Education, +1 Infrastructure, +1 Confidence).
Cypriot Hoplites enter Phoenicean service (+5 UU).
A widespread pestilence in the rural nation of Wu is most damaging indeed (-1 Economy).
Embarassed by the brilliant Spartan diplomatic campaign, the people of Athens lose faith in their leadership (-1 Confidence).
das
Regeneration In Process
Spotlight:
The Great Babylonian War.
"I am Nebuchadnazzer, emperor of Babylon, king of Assyria, conqueror of Ur, lion of the Fertile Crescent, nightmare of my foes.
I am Nebuchadnazzer, emperor of Babylon, king of Assyria, conqueror of Ur, lion of the Fertile Crescent, nightmare of my foes."
- A tablet found in south Mesopatamia. Year circa 690 BC.
As Nebuchadnazzer II rose to power in Babylon in 704 BC, he was already feared. Babylon was transformed into a great power and a rightful successor to Assyria by his father, and its armies were feared... by all neighbhors. So it happened that despite difficulty of it all, they decided to form a coalition to bring Babylon down. Despite all hardships, messengers went back and forth with caravans, and though perfect coordination was not achieved, four of these did manage to get a workable agreement, and three of them got to carry it all out. All along, ofcourse, they were showing no signs of conspiring against Babylon, and thus the odd man who came from the west to Babylon to warn Nebuchadnazzer of this threat was ignored. Just as they prepared to attack, though, suddenly Babylon moved first. Apparently, all along Nebuchadnazzer was preparing to expand in the most obvious direction.
Into Ur, one of the coalition members. The Urians were still preparing for the invasion when all of the sudden, a gigantic force - more then ten thousand men - overran the city of Nippur. At Uruk, the large Urian army gave battle to the larger Babylonian one, but though it inflicted large casualties, the Babylonian chariots - "Battle-Cars" - managed to outflank the Urians and the rest was a rout. Ur was besieged and held out for an entire year, and its king, with much of the remnants of his army, managed to escape to the city of Gur, in the southeast. Yet, Ur fell. It was only then that Nebuchadnazzer received news of the Lucan and Parhaen invasions of his own land. Enraged, the ordered to burn down Ur, Uruk and Nippur to the ground and to salt the farms; he departed, with his army, leaving in his wake a devastated countryside.
Meanwhile, the feudal levies DID rally to defend Babylonia... but due to the weakness of the Babylonian nobility, there was not much they could raise. And the nobles in West Assyria [7] were in particular unenthusiastic, withdrawing from the war as soon as promised by the local Lucan commander (on his own iniative) that they will keep their lands. This left West Assyria open for Lucan conquest; Phoenix and Goose armies faced nearly no opposition until they reached Euphrates, where their vastly more numerous armies triumphed as well over the levies.
Much harder it was for Parhae. Sure, they crushed the levies as well and conquered North Mesopatamia, but within less then two years, they had to fight the battered, but still existant Babylonian army at Tutub. The Babylonians, though tired, still were more numerous, and only barely did the Parhaens escape northward. Meanwhile, the Urians reclaimed much of their lands, though some of them were being raided by barbarians. Ur was being rebuilt again, and a great new temple was built constructed. Bur Urians were in no shape to fight any time soon...
Thus it was all up to the Lucans. But they had no orders to advance into Mesopatamia itself. So perhaps, the war could have went on for much longer... But so it was that as the Parhaens abandoned their conquests, being pursued by Nebuchadnazzer, Nebuchadnazzer decided they were not worth pursuing into their lands... yet. But the Lucans, who pretended to be his friends... they had to be punished like the treacherous vermin they were. The Babylonians marched north. After thinking it all over, the Lucan commanders decided to give battle just beyond Euphrates. At the small town of Carchemish [8], Lucan faced Babylonian. Babylonians brought in over 4200 men and over 650 chariots; the Lucans, approximately 900 men and some 2400 chariots. All-in-all, it seemed that the odds were against the Lucan army. But the Babylonians were very tired, while Lucans were well-rested. Also, Lucans had better tactics. As 900 men held their ground - if barely - against the first wave of the Babylonian attackers, the Lucan chariots struck enemy flanks, devastating them, and then met head-on the Babylonian chariots, which were led by Nebuchadnazzer personally. Lucan chariots were mostly superior to Babylonian ones, if somewhat slower and less agile, and thus succesfully crushed the Babylonian chariot force. Nebuchadnazzer died in battle, and the disorganized, tired Babylonian forces, now leaderless as well, slowly were turned into retreat. Sure, there were more of them... but against a wave of so many chariots, not even the bravest men could stand, especially if some of the charioteers were waving swords. It was a hard battle... but the Lucans won it.
With the loss of a large part of the army and of its ruler, the Babylonian Empire faced collapse, especially as there was no obvious heir. As nobles querreled amongst themselves, in scenes remeniscent of the Assyrian Empire's fall, Lucans, Parhaens and eventually even the Urians entered Mesopatamia, not facing much resistance. Babylon itself was taken without a battle by the Parhaens (who incidentally took the loot taken by the Babylonians from Ur). Ofcourse, a large part of Mesopatamia remained under control of squabbling nobles and various armies, but they would not be much trouble for the future. Also, Caucasian peoples, such as the Armenians, moved south, fleeing from the Scythians, into some Babylonian lands. Already, some of them came under the influence of the Babylonians, or rather of the Urartians whom they conquered, and it seems that they are already creating a new state there, Hay-Urartu.
But as the war ends, time has come to divide the conquered lands [9]... Ofcourse, Lucans have some other stuff to do in the meantime.
NPC Diplo:
From: Syracuse
To: Roman League
Much as we like it that the Corinthian rule in our sister-cities has been overthrown... we feel that it will be for the best of Greeks and Romans alike if you were to give those cities to us. A Roman ruling Greeks makes as much sense as a queen bee ruling ants, or a Greek ruling Romans for that matter.
From: Athens
To: The Free Peoples and Nations of the Aegean Sea
News reached my city that Sparta attacked and enslaved the free people of Corinth. I condemn Spartan warmongering against the polis of Corinth. It was clearly a war motivated by their greed, as are all other of their actions. Their nation is unfit to call themself "Greeks" or "civilized people", they are mere plundering barbarians. They conquered Corinth because it was prosperous... and they will go on to conquer all other prosperous nations, until none remain but they.
All of you, who call yourself civilized, all of you, who call yourself free, all of you, who call yourself honorable - I ask you all to join with us in a grand coalition, a coalition that will destroy the Spartan threat and will save civilization from them. United we stand, divided we fall one by one, while the next in the line to death will be fed golden dreams by the Spartan warlord.
Perhaps you will not listen. Perhaps you will turn away your ears from me. Perhaps Athens will stand alone... against Sparta? Or maybe against Sparta and the Roman barbarians? Or perhaps against Sparta... and one of you, to whom the Spartans will say that Athens is a threat? And Athens - despite the bravery of her people, despite the favor of the gods shown towards us before - perhaps will fall, and be plundered. But even then, remember my warning. If we do not put an end to the Spartan barbarians now... then when? When will we stand up to them?
*secret*
From: Aetolian polises
To: Sparta
The warmongering Athenians have now went to war against you, and there is no doubt that they will lose - if only due to a lack of funds. We have no wish to be dragged down with them. If we were to declare independance from Athens and to send our forces, including a part of the Athenian fleet, to assist you - would you sign an alliance and a trade agreement with us?
*secret*
From: Armenians and other Caucasians in Urartu
To: Empire of Luca
Greetings, mighty Vizier. We hear that your armies brought down the Babylonians, and that you are an enemy of the Scythians; and we are enemies of them both as well. We ask for an alliance against the Scythians.
*secret*
From: Minoan governor in Western Cyprus
To: Minoa
I recommend that we capture Eastern Cyprus, and fast. This is our best chance.
*secret*
OOC:
Amounts of story bonuses depends on quality.
[1] Can't get something out of nothing (unless you persuasively explain how), sorry.
[2] What else are the prophets supposed to do?! Seriously, this has been bugging me for some time. "Advisors advised", "prophets prophesized", "soldiers soldiered on"... What is it with that?! Oh, and Capulet's "plans to be planned". No, seriously, it is a conspiracy of some sorts... Sorry about the rant, its just that its too much coincidences to be considered coincidences. I mean, I keep writing and reading similar constructions here and there...
[3] What was his name again?
[4] Every self-respecting Fresh Start NES needs something called "the Great Betrayal". See Azale's NES.
[5] NK - as requested.
[6] See [2].
[7] West Assyria=OTL modern Syria and southeast Turkey.
[8] The irony... Sortof.
[9] I.e. I need to know what are you going to do with it, so I kept the old borders for now. So...
Also, as soon as a nation is invaded, its feudal/town levies are automatically mobilized in the invaded/threatened areas... though sometimes, they don't have enough time to respond, as was with Corinth Proper.
All thee who send orders for armies to do something - SPECIFY NUMBERS OF YOUR FORCES! Otherwise I will assume the amounts randomly.
Sheep2, are you still interested?
Btw, I have been thinking about the stats and the BTs. Basically, all stats (from Training to Confidence) will probably be lowered by two levels (or more) during a BT, to signify the fact that what was "Elite" in the days of early hoplites is unlikely to be "Elite" in the days of the cataphracts, or that Very Efficient infrastructure would not seem so very efficient in five hundred years. This will be done to avoid Rome maxing out infrastructure in one IT and then sitting on those laurels till present.
The Great Babylonian War.
"I am Nebuchadnazzer, emperor of Babylon, king of Assyria, conqueror of Ur, lion of the Fertile Crescent, nightmare of my foes.
I am Nebuchadnazzer, emperor of Babylon, king of Assyria, conqueror of Ur, lion of the Fertile Crescent, nightmare of my foes."
- A tablet found in south Mesopatamia. Year circa 690 BC.
As Nebuchadnazzer II rose to power in Babylon in 704 BC, he was already feared. Babylon was transformed into a great power and a rightful successor to Assyria by his father, and its armies were feared... by all neighbhors. So it happened that despite difficulty of it all, they decided to form a coalition to bring Babylon down. Despite all hardships, messengers went back and forth with caravans, and though perfect coordination was not achieved, four of these did manage to get a workable agreement, and three of them got to carry it all out. All along, ofcourse, they were showing no signs of conspiring against Babylon, and thus the odd man who came from the west to Babylon to warn Nebuchadnazzer of this threat was ignored. Just as they prepared to attack, though, suddenly Babylon moved first. Apparently, all along Nebuchadnazzer was preparing to expand in the most obvious direction.
Into Ur, one of the coalition members. The Urians were still preparing for the invasion when all of the sudden, a gigantic force - more then ten thousand men - overran the city of Nippur. At Uruk, the large Urian army gave battle to the larger Babylonian one, but though it inflicted large casualties, the Babylonian chariots - "Battle-Cars" - managed to outflank the Urians and the rest was a rout. Ur was besieged and held out for an entire year, and its king, with much of the remnants of his army, managed to escape to the city of Gur, in the southeast. Yet, Ur fell. It was only then that Nebuchadnazzer received news of the Lucan and Parhaen invasions of his own land. Enraged, the ordered to burn down Ur, Uruk and Nippur to the ground and to salt the farms; he departed, with his army, leaving in his wake a devastated countryside.
Meanwhile, the feudal levies DID rally to defend Babylonia... but due to the weakness of the Babylonian nobility, there was not much they could raise. And the nobles in West Assyria [7] were in particular unenthusiastic, withdrawing from the war as soon as promised by the local Lucan commander (on his own iniative) that they will keep their lands. This left West Assyria open for Lucan conquest; Phoenix and Goose armies faced nearly no opposition until they reached Euphrates, where their vastly more numerous armies triumphed as well over the levies.
Much harder it was for Parhae. Sure, they crushed the levies as well and conquered North Mesopatamia, but within less then two years, they had to fight the battered, but still existant Babylonian army at Tutub. The Babylonians, though tired, still were more numerous, and only barely did the Parhaens escape northward. Meanwhile, the Urians reclaimed much of their lands, though some of them were being raided by barbarians. Ur was being rebuilt again, and a great new temple was built constructed. Bur Urians were in no shape to fight any time soon...
Thus it was all up to the Lucans. But they had no orders to advance into Mesopatamia itself. So perhaps, the war could have went on for much longer... But so it was that as the Parhaens abandoned their conquests, being pursued by Nebuchadnazzer, Nebuchadnazzer decided they were not worth pursuing into their lands... yet. But the Lucans, who pretended to be his friends... they had to be punished like the treacherous vermin they were. The Babylonians marched north. After thinking it all over, the Lucan commanders decided to give battle just beyond Euphrates. At the small town of Carchemish [8], Lucan faced Babylonian. Babylonians brought in over 4200 men and over 650 chariots; the Lucans, approximately 900 men and some 2400 chariots. All-in-all, it seemed that the odds were against the Lucan army. But the Babylonians were very tired, while Lucans were well-rested. Also, Lucans had better tactics. As 900 men held their ground - if barely - against the first wave of the Babylonian attackers, the Lucan chariots struck enemy flanks, devastating them, and then met head-on the Babylonian chariots, which were led by Nebuchadnazzer personally. Lucan chariots were mostly superior to Babylonian ones, if somewhat slower and less agile, and thus succesfully crushed the Babylonian chariot force. Nebuchadnazzer died in battle, and the disorganized, tired Babylonian forces, now leaderless as well, slowly were turned into retreat. Sure, there were more of them... but against a wave of so many chariots, not even the bravest men could stand, especially if some of the charioteers were waving swords. It was a hard battle... but the Lucans won it.
With the loss of a large part of the army and of its ruler, the Babylonian Empire faced collapse, especially as there was no obvious heir. As nobles querreled amongst themselves, in scenes remeniscent of the Assyrian Empire's fall, Lucans, Parhaens and eventually even the Urians entered Mesopatamia, not facing much resistance. Babylon itself was taken without a battle by the Parhaens (who incidentally took the loot taken by the Babylonians from Ur). Ofcourse, a large part of Mesopatamia remained under control of squabbling nobles and various armies, but they would not be much trouble for the future. Also, Caucasian peoples, such as the Armenians, moved south, fleeing from the Scythians, into some Babylonian lands. Already, some of them came under the influence of the Babylonians, or rather of the Urartians whom they conquered, and it seems that they are already creating a new state there, Hay-Urartu.
But as the war ends, time has come to divide the conquered lands [9]... Ofcourse, Lucans have some other stuff to do in the meantime.
NPC Diplo:
From: Syracuse
To: Roman League
Much as we like it that the Corinthian rule in our sister-cities has been overthrown... we feel that it will be for the best of Greeks and Romans alike if you were to give those cities to us. A Roman ruling Greeks makes as much sense as a queen bee ruling ants, or a Greek ruling Romans for that matter.
From: Athens
To: The Free Peoples and Nations of the Aegean Sea
News reached my city that Sparta attacked and enslaved the free people of Corinth. I condemn Spartan warmongering against the polis of Corinth. It was clearly a war motivated by their greed, as are all other of their actions. Their nation is unfit to call themself "Greeks" or "civilized people", they are mere plundering barbarians. They conquered Corinth because it was prosperous... and they will go on to conquer all other prosperous nations, until none remain but they.
All of you, who call yourself civilized, all of you, who call yourself free, all of you, who call yourself honorable - I ask you all to join with us in a grand coalition, a coalition that will destroy the Spartan threat and will save civilization from them. United we stand, divided we fall one by one, while the next in the line to death will be fed golden dreams by the Spartan warlord.
Perhaps you will not listen. Perhaps you will turn away your ears from me. Perhaps Athens will stand alone... against Sparta? Or maybe against Sparta and the Roman barbarians? Or perhaps against Sparta... and one of you, to whom the Spartans will say that Athens is a threat? And Athens - despite the bravery of her people, despite the favor of the gods shown towards us before - perhaps will fall, and be plundered. But even then, remember my warning. If we do not put an end to the Spartan barbarians now... then when? When will we stand up to them?
*secret*
From: Aetolian polises
To: Sparta
The warmongering Athenians have now went to war against you, and there is no doubt that they will lose - if only due to a lack of funds. We have no wish to be dragged down with them. If we were to declare independance from Athens and to send our forces, including a part of the Athenian fleet, to assist you - would you sign an alliance and a trade agreement with us?
*secret*
From: Armenians and other Caucasians in Urartu
To: Empire of Luca
Greetings, mighty Vizier. We hear that your armies brought down the Babylonians, and that you are an enemy of the Scythians; and we are enemies of them both as well. We ask for an alliance against the Scythians.
*secret*
From: Minoan governor in Western Cyprus
To: Minoa
I recommend that we capture Eastern Cyprus, and fast. This is our best chance.
*secret*
OOC:
Amounts of story bonuses depends on quality.
[1] Can't get something out of nothing (unless you persuasively explain how), sorry.
[2] What else are the prophets supposed to do?! Seriously, this has been bugging me for some time. "Advisors advised", "prophets prophesized", "soldiers soldiered on"... What is it with that?! Oh, and Capulet's "plans to be planned". No, seriously, it is a conspiracy of some sorts... Sorry about the rant, its just that its too much coincidences to be considered coincidences. I mean, I keep writing and reading similar constructions here and there...
[3] What was his name again?
[4] Every self-respecting Fresh Start NES needs something called "the Great Betrayal". See Azale's NES.
[5] NK - as requested.
[6] See [2].
[7] West Assyria=OTL modern Syria and southeast Turkey.
[8] The irony... Sortof.
[9] I.e. I need to know what are you going to do with it, so I kept the old borders for now. So...
Also, as soon as a nation is invaded, its feudal/town levies are automatically mobilized in the invaded/threatened areas... though sometimes, they don't have enough time to respond, as was with Corinth Proper.
All thee who send orders for armies to do something - SPECIFY NUMBERS OF YOUR FORCES! Otherwise I will assume the amounts randomly.
Sheep2, are you still interested?
Btw, I have been thinking about the stats and the BTs. Basically, all stats (from Training to Confidence) will probably be lowered by two levels (or more) during a BT, to signify the fact that what was "Elite" in the days of early hoplites is unlikely to be "Elite" in the days of the cataphracts, or that Very Efficient infrastructure would not seem so very efficient in five hundred years. This will be done to avoid Rome maxing out infrastructure in one IT and then sitting on those laurels till present.
das
Regeneration In Process
Communisto
Condottiere
awesome update!
To: Macedon
From: Troy
We await your unconditional surrender
yeah, i couldn't remember it either
To: Macedon
From: Troy
We await your unconditional surrender
tossi
Der kleine Prinz
Where am I? 
Seriously, when das said something about unpleasent surprise I know what was going to happen... Although I expected the attack from a different direction.
Seriously, when das said something about unpleasent surprise I know what was going to happen... Although I expected the attack from a different direction.
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Toarhae and Luca
From:Ur
We ask that we divide up the lands according to the partition agreements.
arhae and LucaFrom:Ur
We ask that we divide up the lands according to the partition agreements.
Communisto
Condottiere
the trojan leader's name is Priam
North King
blech
- Joined
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Yay! I was invaded!
wow, I DIDNT LOOOOSE
@das, how strong are the Aryans now with the Parhae and me crushing them from two sides...are they still going to try and raid my borders and whatnot?
From: Mohenjo-daro
To: Deccania
We would like to ask for an official alliance...do you accept?
@das, how strong are the Aryans now with the Parhae and me crushing them from two sides...are they still going to try and raid my borders and whatnot?
From: Mohenjo-daro
To: Deccania
We would like to ask for an official alliance...do you accept?
tossi
Der kleine Prinz
stalin006 said:only treachery of the lowest grade could bring down the great tossi...... wait, hes not out yet!
thank you
. Somebody once said that you should expect everything in the first turn of the NES. But thats just not my style.Btw it should be noted... ah thats ic:
From: Hiram the First, King of Tyre
To: Traitorous snakes
You are the lowest type of human on the entire earth! You know that your swords are weak, so that you have to use your traitorous snake-tongues to reach your abhorrent objectives. I, King Hiram the First, King of Tyre curse you till the end of the world! May the gods punish you for your treachery!
And to clarify one thing: You never told us, when exectly you would need our help. We were waiting for your call not sooner then in 5 years! Therefore we didn't betray you, as we are honest people, unlike you.
May all your sons be sterile!
Kozmos
Jew Detective
OOC:in the world of dasIV...
"Argh I sense the Slav people suffer in another universe"-Klerikov yelled out and activated his device.
In the Chamber of Macedonnian Kings a portal opens and Klerikov steps out of it.
"We are not worthy!!!"-the kings cried out
"Indeed.Now brief me on the situation."
"The Troyan dogs attacked us and we are losing"
"From now on they shall be reffered as meatbags,and call me Filip the first"-Klerikov replied
IC:
To Troy
From Macedonnia
Troyan meatbags,our might cannot be matched.We shall smite you down.For Great Justice!
Zapjevajmo braćo,eeeeej.
Kroz Thessalonika kola ure.Zapalit ćemo dva-tri trojska taba da mi nismo dolazili đaba.U Pelli klaonica bila.Mnogo trojanaca Struma odnila.
"Argh I sense the Slav people suffer in another universe"-Klerikov yelled out and activated his device.
In the Chamber of Macedonnian Kings a portal opens and Klerikov steps out of it.
"We are not worthy!!!"-the kings cried out
"Indeed.Now brief me on the situation."
"The Troyan dogs attacked us and we are losing"
"From now on they shall be reffered as meatbags,and call me Filip the first"-Klerikov replied
IC:
To Troy
From Macedonnia
Troyan meatbags,our might cannot be matched.We shall smite you down.For Great Justice!
Zapjevajmo braćo,eeeeej.
Kroz Thessalonika kola ure.Zapalit ćemo dva-tri trojska taba da mi nismo dolazili đaba.U Pelli klaonica bila.Mnogo trojanaca Struma odnila.
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