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bonefang
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some random unrelated stuff ....
Amesjay, cool stuff 
bonefang, I like what you're doing here. A hermit founded two cities? That tale sounds a bit tall to me, haha. It seems a bit early to have a flag, I'll look at it when I have access. Looking forward to your orders!
bonefang, I like what you're doing here. A hermit founded two cities? That tale sounds a bit tall to me, haha. It seems a bit early to have a flag, I'll look at it when I have access. Looking forward to your orders!
North King
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OOC: Hey bonefang, given where you're starting, and the backstory your country already had, it would make sense if things were a little more related to the people around you (me and Iggy). Right now, your country is looking weirdly Germanic in language and institutions, which is not really the vibe of the people around you. Also, those are not really the kind of totems referenced in our religion. 
OOC: Hey bonefang, given where you're starting, and the backstory your country already had, it would make sense if things were a little more related to the people around you (me and Iggy). Right now, your country is looking weirdly Germanic in language and institutions, which is not really the vibe of the people around you. Also, those are not really the kind of totems referenced in our religion.
Maybe they united islander tribes, and became assimilated into them? -shrug-
bonefang
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sorry for the mistake... deleted.
North King
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What? 
I'm not trying to scare you away from the area! I was just hoping we could work together on it more.
I'm not trying to scare you away from the area! I was just hoping we could work together on it more.
Lord of Elves
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Orders will be in tomorrow. Hopefully not in the evening, though I will be on the train and Internet connection may be unstable.
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
justokre, I just realized that the deal between me and Syenit page 6-7 might be the two of us speaking past each other. When I assumed Syenit paid EP to Kechyk this turn on page seven, you did not correct me, but looking past the thread, I've become unsure whether the deal was struck or not.
I'm sending orders right now, but I can only work with so much as I was taken the deal to at least be made. That's the foundation of my orders. In case you did not agree to the deal, I'd prefer to revise my orders tomorrow. I know it's my deadline, and I do understand if it's not possible, but since it reads weird and you didn't correct me... You know.
Anyways, if it's not possible, I understand, them commence the update.
I'm sending orders right now, but I can only work with so much as I was taken the deal to at least be made. That's the foundation of my orders. In case you did not agree to the deal, I'd prefer to revise my orders tomorrow. I know it's my deadline, and I do understand if it's not possible, but since it reads weird and you didn't correct me... You know.
Anyways, if it's not possible, I understand, them commence the update.
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
Ok then my orders make sense! I can party happily now
Update 01
OTL: ~2450BCE
Tyrius Tyr, fifth king of Tyrica, hearing many legends about strange people in the northeast, sent a small squadron of ships to explore and hopefully make contact with these peoples. This was not only a diplomatic mission of good-will and friendship of course. Tyrius Tyr had also heard that these Tima people had developed a method of listening to symbols spoken from hardened mud. Such a skill would surely have some use! The Tyrican sailors were successful in their venture, and were warmly greeted by the Tima people of Timurayam.
And so the exchange would be that the Tima people would learn the secrets of bireme construction and sailing from the Tyricans, and would learn the methods of drawing words on mud that the Tima people had developed. Tyrica left a small portion of their men there, 5 ships, some so-called wise men to learn the Tima word-drawing, and sailors to make the journey back home.
On the second day of the majority of the Tyrican fleet’s voyage home the sky grew dark and brooding. The sailors felt uneasy, but the captain decided to press on. The midnight of the third and fourth day is when the storm came. The biremes were within site of the coast of unknown lands. Brilliant lightning and deafening thunder accompanied the powerful angry winds which shoved the biremes towards the coast. Some of the sails were ripped beyond further usage, and some ships were flipped or smashed into each other by the tumultuous waves.
The storm settled, sailors lying on the beach rose and brushed the sand from their bodies, and they began reorganizing what they had left. Not enough food. So they foraged in the unfamiliar jungle as best they could. Some died of poison, but many more disappeared in the dark foliage. Days later, when the men felt they had secured enough food to hopefully make it to the more peaceful traders people closer to Tyrica, they began to prepare to sail again. And then came the demons. Their skins red and blue, hurling the heads of animals and Tyrican sailors. The demons leapt onto the Tyricans ships as the hurried to flee, completely unprepared for a fight. Some ships escaped, some remained on the hellish coast as their friends rowed fervently away from the coast, out of range of the projectiles.
Months later, all of Tyrica’s remaining ships had returned, and the wise men presented the Tima method of recording words onto mud to their king. The men could not remember it exactly, and thus some bits were created on the spot, or some were purposely altered to fit the particular man’s preference. All in all, this technique seemed like it would be quite useful in the recording of business transactions and religious teaching. The ruler of Timurayam has also insisted that the Tyricans take with them a copy of their most important Palanistic Path to Enlightenment.
Several wars erupted in the Bronze-Nun River Cradle, as Nugai and Tyrica attempted to expand their dominion over the smaller city-states surrounding them.
Nugai marched eastward, both with soldiers and civilians simultaneously laying down a rough road of stones, straight towards the river. When diplomats came to implore the encroaching group to halt before they reach their senders’ respective lands, they were returned to those senders with no response whatsoever.
The two city-states, realize the obvious choice to fight this approaching enemy together, so they join their forces, a total of five thousand, to meet Nugai’s six thousand in the field, at the end of the constructed section of road.The hardened troops and veteran generals of the Nugai army were too much for the defenders of Salvelem and Jaega. It is said that many of the dead were buried under the road there.
The city-state of Evannis, located nearby to the southeast on the other side of the Bronze-Nun River, was aware the events going to their north due to scouts who had been surveying the area for an attack on Jaega. The men of Evannis seized an opportunity to attack their weakened rival Jaega, and did so, before the Nugai forces could reach it. They invaded, sacked, and looted the city, leaving it in shambles behind them. Many of the women were dragged behind the Evannis war party as they returned home, to be made into new “wives”.
Nugai’s forces were able to occupy the remains of Jaega with no fight at all, and thus could focus their siege on Salvelem. The siege was uneventful, with no forces coming to aid the besieged Salvelem. The soldiers slew the remaining men once they breached the city walls, and ravaged the women, and looted what they could before their generals could regain order. Whether or not Nugai will spend their resources on rebuilding Jaega to its former glory remains to be seen.
Tyrica surprised a rival, neighboring city-state Philka. The smaller neighbor was barely able to scramble up their defenses a day’s march away. Tyrica’s victory was expected, and their outnumbered enemies were routed. The escaping Philka military returned to the city was in disarray, but did manage to prevent entry of Tyrican forces into their city. Philka’s ally, Mytos, came from the northeast, but by the time they were within site of their allied city, they learned that Philka’s ruler had already submitted to the rule of Tyrica. The ruler of Mytos is said to have spat on the ground and cursed at his ally, before turning his army around marching away.
Due to the expansion of the formidable Tyrica in the east and Nugai in the west, the republican city-states of Yaxtel, Tuchkou, Voluchis, and Shaegai have united under the leadership of the city-state Lyapon. They have titled their union The Lyapon Confederacy. The two remaining free cities on the river, Theccal and Evannis, as well as Mytos in the east, have allied themselves with the Confederacy, but remain independant.
Migrants from this southern area have traveled north and united with a burgeoning city state in the north, forming the Republic of Lenos Chita. Scouts from Hadun arrived and established friendly contact, gifting the state of Lenos Chita with furs, hides, feathers, and decorative deer antlers.
Hadun has developed a system of dying trees and foliage to mark pathways, so as to aid merchants and other travelers who might not be so familiar in certain areas. Additionally, the government of Hadun has made the decision to improve their animal husbandry skills. Formerly only having chickens, they have begun work on domesticating horses, nearby wild aurochs, and even wolves caught via ingenious new traps. Progress on domesticating these animals goes well.
Lenos Chita, friendly to their “backwards” northern neighbors, has gifted them a small herd of sheep.
Two other states, Bexnia and Pulia, have also increased their influence and become prominent traders in the area. They originate from the same parent tribe, and thus have a sort of sibling rivalry in the region. Pulia focuses more on agriculture, and Bexnia on trading.
Expanding and uniting tribes with Hadun has had limited success. Some tribes joined, but many seemed content in their ways. Hadun’s gifts were received graciously by most, though the further east, the tribes seemed less inclined to trust strangers.
Back on the islands, Timurayam uses their newly acquired bireme technology to build a few, and use them to expand militaristically. During the expansion against the tribes westward, they encountered a state called Sirat-Ree, ruled by an old man wearing a tunic made of dried leaves. The two forces were at a standstill on land, but Timurayam biremes made a huge impact at sea, and nearly decimated the Sirat fleet of canoes. The Tima people secured a bit more of the land on the south western island after a few easy victories.
The Ushanij have gained control over all the lands and peoples on their immediate island, after a campaign of tribute-or-war exchanges. A minor alliance was formed by a few of the villages but could even remotely stand up to the might of the Ushanij army. A warlord family amongst the Saiju peoples northwest of the Ushanij has gained honor and prestige through military victories. The men of Ushanij first encounter them during their campaign against the Yomkoilat tribes, whereas they suddenly discovered a fort being constructed.
On the domestic front, Ushanij have been attempting to exploit resources within the mountains of their homeland. They have discovered several sources of obsidian for their weaponry, and other metals, but are unsure of how to use them just yet.
Noble families of the Likanae Peoples, compete with one another for influence amongst surrounding tribes. Several large and small families, formerly outsiders, have been incorporated into the steadily developing Likanae Confederacy. Additionally, the Naikonriol, traditionally the homes of shamans, but they are increasingly becoming public meeting places, now used to observe the stars, hold meetings between citizens and shamans, the casting of spells, performing rituals, and recently, singing and telling stories. The realms of business and politics are forbidden there. Thus the increasingly popular pastime of political debating is pushed elsewhere - usually to neighboring “sitting halls”. The Naikanriol sites are usually constructed by digging into a hill, and arrangements of monolith-like stones.
The Likanae Elephants have been contributing to the society by stamping the earth to form roads between the numerous villages along the major river the Likanae inhabit the banks of. An irrigation project, though taking nearly a decade to make it through the processes of the cumbersome Likanae decision-making body. The project was well-thought out, progress region-by-region, rather than simultaneously or haphazardly across the nation.
War was inevitable for the Hiukuni and their King Atchiuka. His attempts at alliances with the southern tribes were less than ideal, given the long history of animosity that had developed between them. Atchiuka was able to appeal to a tribe along the southeast called Dyutoge (called Diutuka by the Hiukuni). He agree to marry his son and heir, Kariuhe, to High Cheiftess of the Dyutoge, Gongrla, and that the Dyutoge people be allowed to return to their ancestral homelands in the north, which had been taken by the Hiukuni generations ago.
The Charzu and their three allies tribes attack before any wedding could take place.
The Abegerr in the southern hills were assigned with the task of handling Dyutoge, along the southeast-facing coast south of Hiukuni. A thousand Hiukuni warriors headed south to join their new Dyutoge allies in facing the Abegerr forces spilling from the hills. The Hiukuni were caught alone, for the Dyutoge had left on their ships already. While several skirmishes were going on in the south between the small force of Hiukuni and the majority of Abegerr, the Dyutoge had canoed around the peninsula, and raided a path northward into the unguarded hills. It is said that High Chieftess Gongrla tied up the captured women and children of the vanquished unguarded Abegerr villages and staked them to the dwellings they didn’t burn, leaving them to starve or be eaten alive by birds.
Eventually the Dyutoge force returned east to their shore to meet with their Hiukuni allies, now numbering only three hundred. Together they routed the Abegerr, who return to their ruined homes days later, to find most of their families and homes had been destroyed.
Charzu’s other two allied tribes, Roncad and Pogturg, joined the main forced of Charzu in the north. Hiukuni attempted to use a smaller force to lure the main Charzu force into a trap, which worked to some success. The men of Charzu were let right between two hills for an ambush, but Roncad and Pogturg were a ways behind, and thus arrived at the ambush to aid their allies. Eventually those two tribes were routed, leaving being a very scattered few Charzu which were routed by a scattered few Hiukuni.
The next morning Charzu’s request for a ceasefire was agreed upon by Atchiuka.
Gongrla had since demanded her remaining Dyutoge forces, and the Hiukuni men under her command, continue their attack westward. They swept through the Abegerr Hills, forcing the remnants of the villages to submit to her. Then they continued westward to the lands of the Roncad, where they were eventually halted and Atchiuka insisted they consolidate their gains.
The two weddings of the Hiukuni heir, Kariuhe and Chieftess Gongrla - one according to the Luck Troll faith, and one to that of the Khatakami - went well. They were grand ceremonies. Many Dyutoge tribes migrated back northward, to their ancestral homelands. The resident Hiukuni expressed their grievances about this to their king, but had no choice but to accept it. Some moved elsewhere, but many stayed in the area, mixing with the newcomers.
It was during a conference with a leading Hiukuni architect that Atchiuka, an old man by now, heard the news of the death of his son, heir, and link to High Chieftess Gongrla. An envoy from another of Atchiuka’s sons, who also wished to express his suspicion as the cause. The High Priestess herself sent a message which came the next day with the news, claiming the cause was a Charzu assassin’s poison, expressing her condolences, and pledging to remain the stalwart allies of the Hiukuni, and thanking him for the return of their ancestral homelands.
South, across the straight, on the Hiutakuni Peninsula, the Chakkara tribe has experienced many decades of profitable and peaceful trade. The result had been a population boom, and Chakkaran families moved elsewhere, and surrounding tribes did not seem to mind very much, being much of the same mindset. To the east of Chakarra, a tribe of Saaruka, claiming to be the strongest, made demands to be instructed about the construction of Chakkaran canoes. When Chakkara’s diplomat attempted to twist this into a fair exchange, this angered the Saaruka. The insult was enough excuse for the Saaruka to send a warband over and attack the nearest Chakkaran village. The Chakkara were ready, and had already begun installing defenses by the time the “strongest” Saaruka tribe arrived. They wore heavy furs of various animals, and let their hair and beards grow long and unkempt. They brandished simple stone axes and spears. The defenses of Kichatra were sturdy, but eventually numbers won out and the Saaruka sacked and destroyed the village, but did spare the women and children. They left immediately after, having lost many men, already full of loot.
Along the Sheine River system, Kechyk’s divine ruler has enacted military reforms and increasing its size and skill. Many of Kechyk’s veteran generals brainstormed together, arguing and debating on the best formation and tactics against different types of enemy army compositions.
Syenit directly insulted Kechyk but sending them three chests full of rotten pig corpses instead of the tribute Kechyk had hoped for. And so the Kechyk armies marched southward, and the Syenit were wholly defeated. The Kechyk generals treated the matter as business however, rather than torching the homes and raping the women of Syenit, they merely installed their own government, and were on their way. They expanded northwards as well, against the unorganized villages along the river, stopping at the more powerful city-states.
Nyaka, a recently established state, has followed suit, attempting to match the Kechyk state in terms of military might.
Quaramat, the people of Quar, have been expanding inland, as their nobles families compete with each other for prestige and influence. All battles have been lackluster as Quar’s power spreads inland. Those deemed useful were enslaved for work either local or elsewhere, and the rest were forced to submit to the rule of Quaramat’s merchantlords. Quaramat also established some overseas trading posts, some of whichgrew into full-fledged settlements due to their success.
To their north, the Ruxtat tribe has claimed dominance over the region, decimating and assimilating the remnants of the formerly great tribe of Uvulzi.
Across the great sea, L’lellion Alliance established friendly diplomatic ties with several of its neighbors. Envoys were sent to the surrounding tribes, with the same message: "Greetings! We are the L'lellion, and we wish to invite a small delegation of your people to come and visit the gods, that you might know your future and learn of our ways!" Most tribes accepted this offer, wishing to express respect towards the dominant tribe in the region.
And so a sort of Season of the Foreigners occurred, whereas many foreign groups were guided along confusing and complicated routes through the jungle, with the final destination being the L’lellion city of Manulipa. The foreign envoys learned of the L’lellion calendar system, and they watched laborers chipping out massive stones and hauling them to construction sites.
It should be noted that the Aychulli Alliance diplomats refused to honor the L’lellion gods at all, and their high priest spoke for them, “Our Gods are a jealous clique, and demand that we honor only them, sacrifice blood only to them.”
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Update 01Stats.
DIPLOMACY:
To Timurayam
From Sirat-Ree
We wish to ensure peace between our peoples, accept this gift of (1 econ point).
To Chakarra
From Saaruka
Well fought. You would make good allies.
To Tyrica
From various Ishmen villages
Ally with us and receive the blessing of the Holy Mountain.
MOD NOTES:
The rules section now include Naval Warfare and Increasing Military Size sections.
I made a few changes to improve realism:
Timeline is changed to be later in history. Update one’s date has also changed.
Jungle nations never had bronze age technology, but your bronze age counterparts are nearby (not you, Astantia.)
Also, some “sailing” war canoes have had their sails removed. They shouldn’t be too difficult for you to attain!
I hope nobody is too discouraged. The sweet is never as sweet without the sour.
And if anyone finds this completely unacceptable, let me know. Maybe we can make a compromise.
I'd appreciate it if everyone could give me names of geographical features around their nations. If you could describe the appearance of the ethnicities in your nations, that'd be great too.
If anyone wants to develop a calendar, please do. Than I can maybe put an actual year in the update title.
NEXT DEADLINE IS SATURDAY, JUNE 22. Another 50 year update.
OTL: ~2450BCE
Tyrius Tyr, fifth king of Tyrica, hearing many legends about strange people in the northeast, sent a small squadron of ships to explore and hopefully make contact with these peoples. This was not only a diplomatic mission of good-will and friendship of course. Tyrius Tyr had also heard that these Tima people had developed a method of listening to symbols spoken from hardened mud. Such a skill would surely have some use! The Tyrican sailors were successful in their venture, and were warmly greeted by the Tima people of Timurayam.
And so the exchange would be that the Tima people would learn the secrets of bireme construction and sailing from the Tyricans, and would learn the methods of drawing words on mud that the Tima people had developed. Tyrica left a small portion of their men there, 5 ships, some so-called wise men to learn the Tima word-drawing, and sailors to make the journey back home.
On the second day of the majority of the Tyrican fleet’s voyage home the sky grew dark and brooding. The sailors felt uneasy, but the captain decided to press on. The midnight of the third and fourth day is when the storm came. The biremes were within site of the coast of unknown lands. Brilliant lightning and deafening thunder accompanied the powerful angry winds which shoved the biremes towards the coast. Some of the sails were ripped beyond further usage, and some ships were flipped or smashed into each other by the tumultuous waves.
The storm settled, sailors lying on the beach rose and brushed the sand from their bodies, and they began reorganizing what they had left. Not enough food. So they foraged in the unfamiliar jungle as best they could. Some died of poison, but many more disappeared in the dark foliage. Days later, when the men felt they had secured enough food to hopefully make it to the more peaceful traders people closer to Tyrica, they began to prepare to sail again. And then came the demons. Their skins red and blue, hurling the heads of animals and Tyrican sailors. The demons leapt onto the Tyricans ships as the hurried to flee, completely unprepared for a fight. Some ships escaped, some remained on the hellish coast as their friends rowed fervently away from the coast, out of range of the projectiles.
Months later, all of Tyrica’s remaining ships had returned, and the wise men presented the Tima method of recording words onto mud to their king. The men could not remember it exactly, and thus some bits were created on the spot, or some were purposely altered to fit the particular man’s preference. All in all, this technique seemed like it would be quite useful in the recording of business transactions and religious teaching. The ruler of Timurayam has also insisted that the Tyricans take with them a copy of their most important Palanistic Path to Enlightenment.
Several wars erupted in the Bronze-Nun River Cradle, as Nugai and Tyrica attempted to expand their dominion over the smaller city-states surrounding them.
Nugai marched eastward, both with soldiers and civilians simultaneously laying down a rough road of stones, straight towards the river. When diplomats came to implore the encroaching group to halt before they reach their senders’ respective lands, they were returned to those senders with no response whatsoever.
The two city-states, realize the obvious choice to fight this approaching enemy together, so they join their forces, a total of five thousand, to meet Nugai’s six thousand in the field, at the end of the constructed section of road.The hardened troops and veteran generals of the Nugai army were too much for the defenders of Salvelem and Jaega. It is said that many of the dead were buried under the road there.
The city-state of Evannis, located nearby to the southeast on the other side of the Bronze-Nun River, was aware the events going to their north due to scouts who had been surveying the area for an attack on Jaega. The men of Evannis seized an opportunity to attack their weakened rival Jaega, and did so, before the Nugai forces could reach it. They invaded, sacked, and looted the city, leaving it in shambles behind them. Many of the women were dragged behind the Evannis war party as they returned home, to be made into new “wives”.
Nugai’s forces were able to occupy the remains of Jaega with no fight at all, and thus could focus their siege on Salvelem. The siege was uneventful, with no forces coming to aid the besieged Salvelem. The soldiers slew the remaining men once they breached the city walls, and ravaged the women, and looted what they could before their generals could regain order. Whether or not Nugai will spend their resources on rebuilding Jaega to its former glory remains to be seen.
Tyrica surprised a rival, neighboring city-state Philka. The smaller neighbor was barely able to scramble up their defenses a day’s march away. Tyrica’s victory was expected, and their outnumbered enemies were routed. The escaping Philka military returned to the city was in disarray, but did manage to prevent entry of Tyrican forces into their city. Philka’s ally, Mytos, came from the northeast, but by the time they were within site of their allied city, they learned that Philka’s ruler had already submitted to the rule of Tyrica. The ruler of Mytos is said to have spat on the ground and cursed at his ally, before turning his army around marching away.
Due to the expansion of the formidable Tyrica in the east and Nugai in the west, the republican city-states of Yaxtel, Tuchkou, Voluchis, and Shaegai have united under the leadership of the city-state Lyapon. They have titled their union The Lyapon Confederacy. The two remaining free cities on the river, Theccal and Evannis, as well as Mytos in the east, have allied themselves with the Confederacy, but remain independant.
Migrants from this southern area have traveled north and united with a burgeoning city state in the north, forming the Republic of Lenos Chita. Scouts from Hadun arrived and established friendly contact, gifting the state of Lenos Chita with furs, hides, feathers, and decorative deer antlers.
Hadun has developed a system of dying trees and foliage to mark pathways, so as to aid merchants and other travelers who might not be so familiar in certain areas. Additionally, the government of Hadun has made the decision to improve their animal husbandry skills. Formerly only having chickens, they have begun work on domesticating horses, nearby wild aurochs, and even wolves caught via ingenious new traps. Progress on domesticating these animals goes well.
Lenos Chita, friendly to their “backwards” northern neighbors, has gifted them a small herd of sheep.
Two other states, Bexnia and Pulia, have also increased their influence and become prominent traders in the area. They originate from the same parent tribe, and thus have a sort of sibling rivalry in the region. Pulia focuses more on agriculture, and Bexnia on trading.
Expanding and uniting tribes with Hadun has had limited success. Some tribes joined, but many seemed content in their ways. Hadun’s gifts were received graciously by most, though the further east, the tribes seemed less inclined to trust strangers.
Back on the islands, Timurayam uses their newly acquired bireme technology to build a few, and use them to expand militaristically. During the expansion against the tribes westward, they encountered a state called Sirat-Ree, ruled by an old man wearing a tunic made of dried leaves. The two forces were at a standstill on land, but Timurayam biremes made a huge impact at sea, and nearly decimated the Sirat fleet of canoes. The Tima people secured a bit more of the land on the south western island after a few easy victories.
The Ushanij have gained control over all the lands and peoples on their immediate island, after a campaign of tribute-or-war exchanges. A minor alliance was formed by a few of the villages but could even remotely stand up to the might of the Ushanij army. A warlord family amongst the Saiju peoples northwest of the Ushanij has gained honor and prestige through military victories. The men of Ushanij first encounter them during their campaign against the Yomkoilat tribes, whereas they suddenly discovered a fort being constructed.
On the domestic front, Ushanij have been attempting to exploit resources within the mountains of their homeland. They have discovered several sources of obsidian for their weaponry, and other metals, but are unsure of how to use them just yet.
Noble families of the Likanae Peoples, compete with one another for influence amongst surrounding tribes. Several large and small families, formerly outsiders, have been incorporated into the steadily developing Likanae Confederacy. Additionally, the Naikonriol, traditionally the homes of shamans, but they are increasingly becoming public meeting places, now used to observe the stars, hold meetings between citizens and shamans, the casting of spells, performing rituals, and recently, singing and telling stories. The realms of business and politics are forbidden there. Thus the increasingly popular pastime of political debating is pushed elsewhere - usually to neighboring “sitting halls”. The Naikanriol sites are usually constructed by digging into a hill, and arrangements of monolith-like stones.
The Likanae Elephants have been contributing to the society by stamping the earth to form roads between the numerous villages along the major river the Likanae inhabit the banks of. An irrigation project, though taking nearly a decade to make it through the processes of the cumbersome Likanae decision-making body. The project was well-thought out, progress region-by-region, rather than simultaneously or haphazardly across the nation.
War was inevitable for the Hiukuni and their King Atchiuka. His attempts at alliances with the southern tribes were less than ideal, given the long history of animosity that had developed between them. Atchiuka was able to appeal to a tribe along the southeast called Dyutoge (called Diutuka by the Hiukuni). He agree to marry his son and heir, Kariuhe, to High Cheiftess of the Dyutoge, Gongrla, and that the Dyutoge people be allowed to return to their ancestral homelands in the north, which had been taken by the Hiukuni generations ago.
The Charzu and their three allies tribes attack before any wedding could take place.
The Abegerr in the southern hills were assigned with the task of handling Dyutoge, along the southeast-facing coast south of Hiukuni. A thousand Hiukuni warriors headed south to join their new Dyutoge allies in facing the Abegerr forces spilling from the hills. The Hiukuni were caught alone, for the Dyutoge had left on their ships already. While several skirmishes were going on in the south between the small force of Hiukuni and the majority of Abegerr, the Dyutoge had canoed around the peninsula, and raided a path northward into the unguarded hills. It is said that High Chieftess Gongrla tied up the captured women and children of the vanquished unguarded Abegerr villages and staked them to the dwellings they didn’t burn, leaving them to starve or be eaten alive by birds.
Eventually the Dyutoge force returned east to their shore to meet with their Hiukuni allies, now numbering only three hundred. Together they routed the Abegerr, who return to their ruined homes days later, to find most of their families and homes had been destroyed.
Charzu’s other two allied tribes, Roncad and Pogturg, joined the main forced of Charzu in the north. Hiukuni attempted to use a smaller force to lure the main Charzu force into a trap, which worked to some success. The men of Charzu were let right between two hills for an ambush, but Roncad and Pogturg were a ways behind, and thus arrived at the ambush to aid their allies. Eventually those two tribes were routed, leaving being a very scattered few Charzu which were routed by a scattered few Hiukuni.
The next morning Charzu’s request for a ceasefire was agreed upon by Atchiuka.
Gongrla had since demanded her remaining Dyutoge forces, and the Hiukuni men under her command, continue their attack westward. They swept through the Abegerr Hills, forcing the remnants of the villages to submit to her. Then they continued westward to the lands of the Roncad, where they were eventually halted and Atchiuka insisted they consolidate their gains.
The two weddings of the Hiukuni heir, Kariuhe and Chieftess Gongrla - one according to the Luck Troll faith, and one to that of the Khatakami - went well. They were grand ceremonies. Many Dyutoge tribes migrated back northward, to their ancestral homelands. The resident Hiukuni expressed their grievances about this to their king, but had no choice but to accept it. Some moved elsewhere, but many stayed in the area, mixing with the newcomers.
It was during a conference with a leading Hiukuni architect that Atchiuka, an old man by now, heard the news of the death of his son, heir, and link to High Chieftess Gongrla. An envoy from another of Atchiuka’s sons, who also wished to express his suspicion as the cause. The High Priestess herself sent a message which came the next day with the news, claiming the cause was a Charzu assassin’s poison, expressing her condolences, and pledging to remain the stalwart allies of the Hiukuni, and thanking him for the return of their ancestral homelands.
South, across the straight, on the Hiutakuni Peninsula, the Chakkara tribe has experienced many decades of profitable and peaceful trade. The result had been a population boom, and Chakkaran families moved elsewhere, and surrounding tribes did not seem to mind very much, being much of the same mindset. To the east of Chakarra, a tribe of Saaruka, claiming to be the strongest, made demands to be instructed about the construction of Chakkaran canoes. When Chakkara’s diplomat attempted to twist this into a fair exchange, this angered the Saaruka. The insult was enough excuse for the Saaruka to send a warband over and attack the nearest Chakkaran village. The Chakkara were ready, and had already begun installing defenses by the time the “strongest” Saaruka tribe arrived. They wore heavy furs of various animals, and let their hair and beards grow long and unkempt. They brandished simple stone axes and spears. The defenses of Kichatra were sturdy, but eventually numbers won out and the Saaruka sacked and destroyed the village, but did spare the women and children. They left immediately after, having lost many men, already full of loot.
Along the Sheine River system, Kechyk’s divine ruler has enacted military reforms and increasing its size and skill. Many of Kechyk’s veteran generals brainstormed together, arguing and debating on the best formation and tactics against different types of enemy army compositions.
Syenit directly insulted Kechyk but sending them three chests full of rotten pig corpses instead of the tribute Kechyk had hoped for. And so the Kechyk armies marched southward, and the Syenit were wholly defeated. The Kechyk generals treated the matter as business however, rather than torching the homes and raping the women of Syenit, they merely installed their own government, and were on their way. They expanded northwards as well, against the unorganized villages along the river, stopping at the more powerful city-states.
Nyaka, a recently established state, has followed suit, attempting to match the Kechyk state in terms of military might.
Quaramat, the people of Quar, have been expanding inland, as their nobles families compete with each other for prestige and influence. All battles have been lackluster as Quar’s power spreads inland. Those deemed useful were enslaved for work either local or elsewhere, and the rest were forced to submit to the rule of Quaramat’s merchantlords. Quaramat also established some overseas trading posts, some of whichgrew into full-fledged settlements due to their success.
To their north, the Ruxtat tribe has claimed dominance over the region, decimating and assimilating the remnants of the formerly great tribe of Uvulzi.
Across the great sea, L’lellion Alliance established friendly diplomatic ties with several of its neighbors. Envoys were sent to the surrounding tribes, with the same message: "Greetings! We are the L'lellion, and we wish to invite a small delegation of your people to come and visit the gods, that you might know your future and learn of our ways!" Most tribes accepted this offer, wishing to express respect towards the dominant tribe in the region.
And so a sort of Season of the Foreigners occurred, whereas many foreign groups were guided along confusing and complicated routes through the jungle, with the final destination being the L’lellion city of Manulipa. The foreign envoys learned of the L’lellion calendar system, and they watched laborers chipping out massive stones and hauling them to construction sites.
It should be noted that the Aychulli Alliance diplomats refused to honor the L’lellion gods at all, and their high priest spoke for them, “Our Gods are a jealous clique, and demand that we honor only them, sacrifice blood only to them.”
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Update 01Stats.
Spoiler Update 01 Map :
DIPLOMACY:
To Timurayam
From Sirat-Ree
We wish to ensure peace between our peoples, accept this gift of (1 econ point).
To Chakarra
From Saaruka
Well fought. You would make good allies.
To Tyrica
From various Ishmen villages
Ally with us and receive the blessing of the Holy Mountain.
MOD NOTES:
The rules section now include Naval Warfare and Increasing Military Size sections.
I made a few changes to improve realism:
Timeline is changed to be later in history. Update one’s date has also changed.
Jungle nations never had bronze age technology, but your bronze age counterparts are nearby (not you, Astantia.)
Also, some “sailing” war canoes have had their sails removed. They shouldn’t be too difficult for you to attain!
I hope nobody is too discouraged. The sweet is never as sweet without the sour.
And if anyone finds this completely unacceptable, let me know. Maybe we can make a compromise.
I'd appreciate it if everyone could give me names of geographical features around their nations. If you could describe the appearance of the ethnicities in your nations, that'd be great too.
If anyone wants to develop a calendar, please do. Than I can maybe put an actual year in the update title.
NEXT DEADLINE IS SATURDAY, JUNE 22. Another 50 year update.
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To: Charzu
From: The Mighty Emperor Achiuka of Hiukuni
One way or another, this war will be ended in a few years. I propose a simple peace -- you shall be allowed to survive, and even continue in your life as a minor lord, should you swear fealty to me, have your men do so as well, and join in my armies to march against my enemies.
From: The Mighty Emperor Achiuka of Hiukuni
One way or another, this war will be ended in a few years. I propose a simple peace -- you shall be allowed to survive, and even continue in your life as a minor lord, should you swear fealty to me, have your men do so as well, and join in my armies to march against my enemies.
From Charzu
To Hiukuni
We wish a ceasefire but we will never swear fealty to you!
Roger, changed it. And fixed a few grammatical errors I noticed.
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When did idiots become so powerful?
Charzu chiefs: this man arranged a puny coalition against us, and fails to acknowledge his own failure. A true king takes responsibility for his actions; he does not deny the inevitable. You call us "Bad Luck Hiukuni," and yet you follow a man whose great accomplishments are to organize a large army, secure the aid of traitors, and then lose horribly. Is such a man blessed by luck? Is not this man an irresponsible, unlucky moron, who, refusing now to accept his own failure, wishes to sacrifice your lives for his precious honor?
Turn from him! He is no true king! He is false, and foolish, and soon, dead! Fight for me, and no one will question your dignity; you have fought well, and nobly, and lost. Fight for me, and ride to a thousand thousand future victories!
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OOC: before I invent a calendar, how long are solar and lunar cycles?
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