Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
EDIT: Sorry, double-posted by mistake.
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Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Hei, I'm not evil! Just misguided! 
And where is the update I ordered? I asked for a "well done", but this is taking way too much time! You! (Points at Iggy) Work, slave!
And where is the update I ordered? I asked for a "well done", but this is taking way too much time! You! (Points at Iggy) Work, slave!
Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Good. When will my steak... err, the update ready? What's the ETA?
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Relax man, all things come to those who wait (and who remember to lay traps 
)
)
Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Yeah, I know, I know. Just so happens that I'm sitting in my room and drawing maps, waiting for the update. If I get the update today, I can sleep longer tonight cause I don't have to wake up to check the update at crack of noon...
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
Drawing maps? You're the freaking Songhai, you can just expand! In all directions!Silver Steak said:
(Want to borrow some paper?)
Oh, and I found out what Iggy is doing that delays the update!
Quickly, everybody! Join Beresheet and crush Iggy so that he will no longer be distracted.Lord_Iggy at 7:38 PM in IsrNES Beresheet said:
Israelite9191
You should be reading
Hey, I neededthat response to do the update! Do you want your little Teuton ancestor-worshipers to survive or not? I thought so! *Gumbles on about the nerve of people these day in Grandpa Simpson-esque manner*
Israelite9191
You should be reading
But yes, everyone SHOULD join IsrNES! Join! Join! Join! Join! Join!
Oh, and Iggy: When is the update?
Oh, and Iggy: When is the update?
Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Erik Mesoy said:
I'm (re)drawing a map for Reno. It's a map taken from the Naussica series. It's a post-WWIII-ish story where a huge manmade jungle is spreading into human lands, resulting in lack of farmlands and ultimately war. The story is set just where the war between the Tolmekians and Dorks (don't laugh!
) clash together. Naussica, the protagonist, is a clan chief of the Vale of Winds, a tiny protectorate under the Tolmekian Empire. She's summoned to war (the chief represents the protectorate, along with "gunships" or assault bomber planes) and travels down south to the front. Yeah, this is completely OT, so I'll stop here. It's still quite interesting, but given the fact that the war is between two sides, I'm not sure how Reno's going to use it in a NES... Maybe he isn't. Ask him.I've been asked to post this story, as a teaser for the update:
Aboard the ship Silver Dawn
"Two barrels of hemp... one of oil... one barrel of kreth... Right, the firebomb is ready." Captain Rheask muttered to himself before ascending to the top deck of his ship.
"We're in position. Now we wait for the signals!" Rheask bellowed. There was no real need to do so - his ship was being manned by a skeleton crew of five men besides himself, four of them standing next to him and the fifth sitting in the rigging with signalling devices - but he did so anyway, out of habit.
His first mate Amos muttered something. Rheask didn't quite catch it, but the tone quite plainly said 'why are we doing this' for the sixth time that day.
"I've told you, Lysto will explain it all once we're done. Until then, this whole mission is secret!"
North African Desert
It was an uncommon sight. Hundreds of men marched through the barren wastelands, the recent rains having soaked the ground. Nobody spoke; to open one's mouth in the desert, even with the clouds hanging overhead, was a fundamentally bad idea.
One man took sightings on the sun with an astrolabe. Wordlessly, he nodded to his second-in-command, giving a hand signal. Nobody spoke as the signal rippled through an entire army, and it changed course, heading for a distant city.
One man released a message, destined for Rhodes.
Rhodes War Room
Eight men pored intently over a map of Valusia, glaring at small wooden tokens scattered across it.
Elgovian Grandmaster Meremmor broke the silence. "Our forces have moved. We've sent the flasks of Trafe. Why is it only the archers that are marked?"
Juman, the wiry little Hyperborean, traced a pattern across his resonator before answering. "Because your other forces still haven't reported their position."
A messenger bird arrived through the window. Sha'an, the Abyssinian representative caught it calmly and read it aloud. "We, the final invasion group, have now marched past Krell's Tooth. We will be in place for the attack one hour from the sending of this message. The Trafe from Elgovia has been received safely." She set the message down on the table and looked at the bird critically, a little cut on its wing showing how old the message was by means of a blood clot. "About two hours." The two mappers scurried to grab tokens and set them out on the map.
Aboard the Bloodspear
"Ships on the horizon!" cried the lookout.
"Ships on the horizon, two points north of east!" echoed the lookout on the neighboring Queen of Lances.
"Set the course!" shouted the captain. "And you, mage, identify them!"
The mage in question brought up a magically-enhanced spyglass and held it up to the wind, focusing power. "They're Karthaginian," he confirmed, breathing heavily from the exertion.
"Karthaginian ships in sight! Tell the communicator to send our signal!"
Rhodes War Room
The Hierarch of Rak Cthol Rhodes (gaaah! Eddings moment there!) stared pointedly at Jumar, who in turn was staring absently at the map. "You have a resonance, Jumar!"
"Of course, sir, sorry!" Jumar quickly fixed his attention where it was supposed to be. As he traced another pattern with his silver wand, a buzzing noise resolved itself into a high-pitched voice. "Our ships are in place - we've sighted the target. They appear to be Karthaginian. We expect your signal within three hour-" -the voice was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"That must be the Gorinian diplomat," said Bogs, Second Elgovian Ambassador to Valusia. "I'll go and check his terms." Bogs left the room as the mappers dropped ship tokens onto the table.
Northwest Egypt
It was a strange sight. Half the army composed of Elgovians, no two looking alike, only identifiable by the Elgovian Seal dispayed prominently on their clothing. The other half consisting of Khemrites, clearly marked by their lives among liches and vampires. The army had just finished working out a march order. "All right, move it," grunted a lieutenant sourly. "And send someone up to inform the Lich King.
With a great cloud of dust, the army began to march towards Karthage.
Rhodes War Room
There was a flare of magic. Or'rtak quivered, then turned to Meremmor and the Hierarch, speaking in the voice they knew to be the Lich King's. "Grandmaster, your troops joined us a week ago. They completed their combined strategies two days ago. I have just been informed of their march."
They all knew what the undertone in the last words meant. Heads would roll for someone's failure to instantly inform him. But at least the Khemrite-Elgovian army had begun to march.
Or'rtak quivered again, regaining control of his body.
"So." Sha'ar said. "The day is come at last. We lack only one group, and then we send the signal, no?"
Off the coast of Southern Italy
The wind pushed at the ships, teasing them towards the coast. Aboard each vessel stood dozens of Elgovian soldiers, cramped below the main deck in an effort to appear inconspicuous. On the foremost vessel stood a lookout with a spyglass, gauging the distance until the landing.
"Half an hour!" he shouted. "We're landing in half an hour! Send our signal!" He waved a red flag, and identical flags went up to the rearmost boat, where a mage activated a personal signalling device while two other men fired up a cruder, more reliable signal: A firebomb.
Aboard the Silver Dawn
"There's the firebomb! Relay it!"
"Aye aye, sir!"
"You, mage, do your job!"
"Already done. You might want your crew to lie flat in case of repercussions."
"Repercussions?"
"Aye - wait, there will be none after all."
"Firebomb thrown sir!"
"Damn, that's a big smoker. I just hope Rhodes sees it."
"Don't worry, there's another ship due to relay it there."
Rhodes Lookout Post
Smoke rose from the west. A woman saw it, blinked once to make sure her eye weren't playing tricks, then pulled a lever. It initiated a chain reaction, culminating in a set of bells chiming once.
Some minutes later, smoke again rose from the west, and another lookout pulled another lever.
Rhodes War Room
The silver-and-red bell rang, confirming what Juman had received a few minutes earlier. "Last group confirmed," he muttered to the mapper, who made minuscule adjustments to a few more ship tokens.
"Let's wait for the other bell before we send the last signal." Or'rtak suggested. "You've waited hundreds of years already."
Bogs reentered the room. "The Gorinian diplomat was most forthcoming," he muttered, snatching tokens from the mappers and scattering them absently across Northern Valusia, "his forces are already engaged. Also, I received word from Illyria. They want in on this." He stared at Or'rtak. "Apparently, they heard of it from you. Not very secretive of your compatriots, eh? No harm done, though."
He sat down while the mappers attempted to sort out the scattered tokens. "What have I missed?"
"Not much," answered the Hierarch. "The bell just rang for your first group, and we're waiting for-"
As if on cue, the second bell rang.
"JUMAR!" screamed the Hierarch. "SEND IT!" While Jumar manipulated the resonator, the Hierarch brought out a large flat stone from inside his robes, and smashed it down on the table. It broke cleanly in two, as did a hundred other stones across Valusia tied to this one. The mappers pushed tokens onto shores and into each other; Or'rtak began chanting some sort of incantation; and Meremmor ran to his private suite.
Silver Dawn
"Green smoke from Rhodes. I didn't know we had green firebombs!"
"You don't," said the mage in the rigging calmly. "I have those." He waved a hand at the firebomb that was already smoking behind the ship and tossed a packet of sparkling powder at it, turning the smoke green within instants.
"Now can you tell us what this is all about?" Amos moaned.
"Why certainly! It's the signal for an invasion. As of right now, you are to sail back to Rhodes and participate in the defense of the island. On the way, you'll see your forces taking over Crete."
Bloodspear
Captain Enak winced as the stone in his hand snapped. "Attack." he commanded. "Break out the weapons."
As one, the entire fleet turned to catch the Karthaginian traders.
"Sir?" said the mage. "There are more ships approaching from the northwest..." He proffered the spyglass to Enak.
"Balearians! Karthage's ally!" Enak roared with laughter. "And traders as well, by the look of it! We'll all be filthy rich before the day is over!"
Aboard the ship Silver Dawn
"Two barrels of hemp... one of oil... one barrel of kreth... Right, the firebomb is ready." Captain Rheask muttered to himself before ascending to the top deck of his ship.
"We're in position. Now we wait for the signals!" Rheask bellowed. There was no real need to do so - his ship was being manned by a skeleton crew of five men besides himself, four of them standing next to him and the fifth sitting in the rigging with signalling devices - but he did so anyway, out of habit.
His first mate Amos muttered something. Rheask didn't quite catch it, but the tone quite plainly said 'why are we doing this' for the sixth time that day.
"I've told you, Lysto will explain it all once we're done. Until then, this whole mission is secret!"
North African Desert
It was an uncommon sight. Hundreds of men marched through the barren wastelands, the recent rains having soaked the ground. Nobody spoke; to open one's mouth in the desert, even with the clouds hanging overhead, was a fundamentally bad idea.
One man took sightings on the sun with an astrolabe. Wordlessly, he nodded to his second-in-command, giving a hand signal. Nobody spoke as the signal rippled through an entire army, and it changed course, heading for a distant city.
One man released a message, destined for Rhodes.
Rhodes War Room
Eight men pored intently over a map of Valusia, glaring at small wooden tokens scattered across it.
Elgovian Grandmaster Meremmor broke the silence. "Our forces have moved. We've sent the flasks of Trafe. Why is it only the archers that are marked?"
Juman, the wiry little Hyperborean, traced a pattern across his resonator before answering. "Because your other forces still haven't reported their position."
A messenger bird arrived through the window. Sha'an, the Abyssinian representative caught it calmly and read it aloud. "We, the final invasion group, have now marched past Krell's Tooth. We will be in place for the attack one hour from the sending of this message. The Trafe from Elgovia has been received safely." She set the message down on the table and looked at the bird critically, a little cut on its wing showing how old the message was by means of a blood clot. "About two hours." The two mappers scurried to grab tokens and set them out on the map.
Aboard the Bloodspear
"Ships on the horizon!" cried the lookout.
"Ships on the horizon, two points north of east!" echoed the lookout on the neighboring Queen of Lances.
"Set the course!" shouted the captain. "And you, mage, identify them!"
The mage in question brought up a magically-enhanced spyglass and held it up to the wind, focusing power. "They're Karthaginian," he confirmed, breathing heavily from the exertion.
"Karthaginian ships in sight! Tell the communicator to send our signal!"
Rhodes War Room
The Hierarch of Rak Cthol Rhodes (gaaah! Eddings moment there!) stared pointedly at Jumar, who in turn was staring absently at the map. "You have a resonance, Jumar!"
"Of course, sir, sorry!" Jumar quickly fixed his attention where it was supposed to be. As he traced another pattern with his silver wand, a buzzing noise resolved itself into a high-pitched voice. "Our ships are in place - we've sighted the target. They appear to be Karthaginian. We expect your signal within three hour-" -the voice was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"That must be the Gorinian diplomat," said Bogs, Second Elgovian Ambassador to Valusia. "I'll go and check his terms." Bogs left the room as the mappers dropped ship tokens onto the table.
Northwest Egypt
It was a strange sight. Half the army composed of Elgovians, no two looking alike, only identifiable by the Elgovian Seal dispayed prominently on their clothing. The other half consisting of Khemrites, clearly marked by their lives among liches and vampires. The army had just finished working out a march order. "All right, move it," grunted a lieutenant sourly. "And send someone up to inform the Lich King.
With a great cloud of dust, the army began to march towards Karthage.
Rhodes War Room
There was a flare of magic. Or'rtak quivered, then turned to Meremmor and the Hierarch, speaking in the voice they knew to be the Lich King's. "Grandmaster, your troops joined us a week ago. They completed their combined strategies two days ago. I have just been informed of their march."
They all knew what the undertone in the last words meant. Heads would roll for someone's failure to instantly inform him. But at least the Khemrite-Elgovian army had begun to march.
Or'rtak quivered again, regaining control of his body.
"So." Sha'ar said. "The day is come at last. We lack only one group, and then we send the signal, no?"
Off the coast of Southern Italy
The wind pushed at the ships, teasing them towards the coast. Aboard each vessel stood dozens of Elgovian soldiers, cramped below the main deck in an effort to appear inconspicuous. On the foremost vessel stood a lookout with a spyglass, gauging the distance until the landing.
"Half an hour!" he shouted. "We're landing in half an hour! Send our signal!" He waved a red flag, and identical flags went up to the rearmost boat, where a mage activated a personal signalling device while two other men fired up a cruder, more reliable signal: A firebomb.
Aboard the Silver Dawn
"There's the firebomb! Relay it!"
"Aye aye, sir!"
"You, mage, do your job!"
"Already done. You might want your crew to lie flat in case of repercussions."
"Repercussions?"
"Aye - wait, there will be none after all."
"Firebomb thrown sir!"
"Damn, that's a big smoker. I just hope Rhodes sees it."
"Don't worry, there's another ship due to relay it there."
Rhodes Lookout Post
Smoke rose from the west. A woman saw it, blinked once to make sure her eye weren't playing tricks, then pulled a lever. It initiated a chain reaction, culminating in a set of bells chiming once.
Some minutes later, smoke again rose from the west, and another lookout pulled another lever.
Rhodes War Room
The silver-and-red bell rang, confirming what Juman had received a few minutes earlier. "Last group confirmed," he muttered to the mapper, who made minuscule adjustments to a few more ship tokens.
"Let's wait for the other bell before we send the last signal." Or'rtak suggested. "You've waited hundreds of years already."
Bogs reentered the room. "The Gorinian diplomat was most forthcoming," he muttered, snatching tokens from the mappers and scattering them absently across Northern Valusia, "his forces are already engaged. Also, I received word from Illyria. They want in on this." He stared at Or'rtak. "Apparently, they heard of it from you. Not very secretive of your compatriots, eh? No harm done, though."
He sat down while the mappers attempted to sort out the scattered tokens. "What have I missed?"
"Not much," answered the Hierarch. "The bell just rang for your first group, and we're waiting for-"
As if on cue, the second bell rang.
"JUMAR!" screamed the Hierarch. "SEND IT!" While Jumar manipulated the resonator, the Hierarch brought out a large flat stone from inside his robes, and smashed it down on the table. It broke cleanly in two, as did a hundred other stones across Valusia tied to this one. The mappers pushed tokens onto shores and into each other; Or'rtak began chanting some sort of incantation; and Meremmor ran to his private suite.
Silver Dawn
"Green smoke from Rhodes. I didn't know we had green firebombs!"
"You don't," said the mage in the rigging calmly. "I have those." He waved a hand at the firebomb that was already smoking behind the ship and tossed a packet of sparkling powder at it, turning the smoke green within instants.
"Now can you tell us what this is all about?" Amos moaned.
"Why certainly! It's the signal for an invasion. As of right now, you are to sail back to Rhodes and participate in the defense of the island. On the way, you'll see your forces taking over Crete."
Bloodspear
Captain Enak winced as the stone in his hand snapped. "Attack." he commanded. "Break out the weapons."
As one, the entire fleet turned to catch the Karthaginian traders.
"Sir?" said the mage. "There are more ships approaching from the northwest..." He proffered the spyglass to Enak.
"Balearians! Karthage's ally!" Enak roared with laughter. "And traders as well, by the look of it! We'll all be filthy rich before the day is over!"
Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Erik Mesoy said:
I'm (re)drawing a map for Reno. It's a map taken from the Naussica series. It's a post-WWIII-ish story where a huge manmade jungle is spreading into human lands, resulting in lack of farmlands and ultimately war. The story is set just where the war between the Tolmekians and Dorks (don't laugh!
) clash together. Naussica, the protagonist, is a clan chief of the Vale of Winds, a tiny protectorate under the Tolmekian Empire. She's summoned to war (the chief represents the protectorate, along with "gunships" or assault bomber planes) and travels down south to the front. Yeah, this is completely OT, so I'll stop here. It's still quite interesting, but given the fact that the war is between two sides, I'm not sure how Reno's going to use it in a NES... Maybe he isn't. Ask him.Update XI- 1500 BCE
What we will begin before this day is done will be the greatest act of man ever performed. For it is not one powerful man seeking treasure. It is every man in all of our countries, seeking truth.
-Grandmaster Merrimor of Elgovia, at the dawn of the Karthaginian war.
The fury of the undead horde has fallen full-force upon Hawaii's central american garrison. Thousands of living corpses passed over the canal and onto the Hawaiian defenses. While thousands of dead were put back to their original natural state of death, their numbers were too vast to be stopped. The southernmost Hawaiian city fell after months of siege, but the defenders regrouped and continued their defense further to the north. But defeat was beginning to seem inevitable.
But just before the undead reached the second city, hope arrived from the south. A huge penguin and Antarctican force landed, and holy Clerics of the ice felled the dead like water on flame. With their new allied assistance, the Hawaiians pushed back the dead to the canal. There they are now, regrouping and preparing for an offensive.
(-300 Hawaiian infantry, -100 penguins from each nation, -100 Antarctican infantry, -8000 undead)
But to the north in Elgovia and Hyperborea, even this massive war was being overlooked. Vast portions of their armies were disappearing through Hyperborean warp portals. Forces were massing in Rhodes, and spreading through the Mediterranean.
Unaware of these movements, Karthage sent 2 large forces away to distant lands. One force landed in Germania to assist Gorin. The other landed in Ur, to push back the Welikoslavian opressors.
Things were going well. Germania was collapsing, and Anatolia's recapture was fairly successful. But then, everything went wrong.
A huge Elgovian, Hyperborean, and Illyrian force landed in relatively undefended Crete. Horrors were released, and as the people huddled in their towns. As the military chased the beasts through the countryside, Hyperborean and Illyrian marines landed and captured the island.
Simultaneously, a second force landed in Southern Italy. Sending horrors ahead of themselves, the Hyperborean and Elgovian armies made a huge beachhead.
(-50 Elgovian infantry, -50 Karthaginian infantry, -4000 Karthaginian population)
Also at the same thing, thanks to Hyperborean time stones, a third force of Elgovians and Khemri set foot in Eastern Karthage.
Before news of this reached Karthage, the Gorin too showed their true colours. As a huge Karthaginian force advanced into Germania, the Gorin backstabbed their former allies, incinerating the majority of the Karthaginian force with Lomba riders, firetraps, and Pyromancers. The few survivors put up a furious battle against their betrayers, but were defeated. Only a few hundred of the original force escaped to Italia in the south. The remaining Gorin force captured the southern Atlantican island. Taking advantage of the chaos, Germania recaptured all of its old lands.
(-300 Karthaginian infantry, -10 Aquamancers, -10 Galleys, -200 Gorin infantry)
The second this news came in, Hamilco and the twelve houses immediately requisitioned all of the ships they could, to preserve Karthage's advantage at sea. The expanded Karthaginian fleet met the enemy navy at the Battle of Crete. Aquamancy proved to be a critical advantage. Most of the enemy fleet could be stalled and sunk. But Leviathans were slaughtered by the numerous enemy mages. Still, the battle would have been a rout if it had not been for the skill of the Hyperborean Marines. They managed to board enemy ships from the backs of swimming horrors, and kill many aquamancers.
With both fleets taking a horrible beating, and with valuable Karthaginian aquamancers dying, Karthage disengaged, and the enemy fleet did not pursue. The weakened allied fleet, however, still had the strength to seize the trade of the Eastern Mediterranean.
(-20 Elgovian Galleys, -25 Hyperborean Galleys, -20 Hyperborean Priests, -10 High Chaosiers, -25 Karthaginian Galleys, -10 Aquamancers, 1 bonus economy point to Illyria, Elgovia, Hyperborea, Khemri)
At first, the joint Elgovia/Khemri force made rapid advances. But as they pushed further and further towards the capital itself, the resistance became so severe that they were stalled.
(-100 Khemri infantry, -100 Elgovian infantry, -100 Karthaginian infantry, -1 Karthaginian loyalty)
After this had all happened, the supplies for Karthage's Ur liberation army were cut off. The Illyrians sent off a mixed living and undead force to help destroy this force, and in the Battle of Ankara, it was. Welikoslavia then captured Ur's last foothold in the Aegean.
(-200 Karthaginian Cavalry, -200 Welikoslavian infantry, -50 Illyrian infantry)
The main Illyrian force, delayed by the organizational problems of controlling a large dead army, finally spilled over the border in northern Italy. Not expecting an attack from this direction, Karthage's defense was almost non-existent. The Illyrians plowed southwards, but were unexpectedly halted.
The Balaerians, longtime allies of Karthage, had landed their army in central Italy, to prepare for the defense of Rome against the invaders. While the attack came from the north rather from the south, where they were expecting one from, they were still well prepared. The Illyrian army was cut down after a brief siege, and had to pull back to the north.
(-200 Illyrian infantry, -10 liches, -10 Possessed Warriors, -100 Balaerian infantry)
Things were starting to go badly for the Elgovian/Khemri force. The Karthaginian army was threatening to destroy them, and push back the Khemri border. But then, the Abyssinians, delayed by a timestone failure, arrived.
Using rocs carrying phials of Trafe, they bombed the Karthaginian army with the chaotic substance. While the Karthaginians were in a state of panic and confusion, the newly reinforced Elgovia/Khemri/Abyssinia army charged. While still sustaining significant losses, they defeated the Karthaginian army that had held them back, and reached the walls of mighty Karthage itself!
Receiving notice that Karthage was beseiged, the northern Hyperborea/Elgovia army went onto the offensive. First seizing Neapolis, they then charged down into the toe of Italy. Leaving minimal garrisons behind them, they skipped past the fairly heavily defended island of Sicily and landed just to the north of Karthage. The city considered to be 'The Greatest in the World' was almost completely surrounded and besieged. The only escape was now by sea.
As more and more enemies surrounded the city, the situation became more and more desperate. Although archers took down many Rocs, the trafe bombings were constant, and morale plummeted. Representatives from the 12 houses were evacuated to Sicily, but Hamilco remained behind. He had sworn that he would never see his city fall. And he didn't.
Hamilco, the leader of Karthage since it was a fishing village, was simultaneously melted and killed when a trafe bomb crashed into his palace and splattered onto him.
This was it for the defenders. Many wanted peace now, but many more wanted vengeance for their dead king. The defense was split into two groups, who, although they disagreed with each other, dared not fight one another.
After years of siege, the constant attacks had done their damage. Mighty and ancient Karthage, plus the cities to its west, fell to the huge invading army. But the final battle had its toll. A huge number of attackers had fallen to the numerically inferior defenders.
But their goal was accomplished. Karthage, which had been the dominant power of the Mediterranean, had lost its homeland and was reduced to scattered colonies. But the thirst for vengeance runs hot in every Karthaginian.
(FINAL EFFECTS OF THE KARTHAGINIAN WAR: -250 Elgovian infantry, -20 Elgovian galleys, -10 Elgovian High Chaosiers, +8000 population, -150 Hyperborean infantry, -25 Hyperborean galleys, -20 Hyperborean Priests, +8000 population, -250 Illyrian infantry, -10 Illyrian liches, -10 Possessed Warriors, +8000 population, -200 Khemri infantry, -200 Gorin infantry, +3000 population, -200 Welikoslavian infantry, -100 Balaerian infantry, -500 Karthaginian infantry, -200 Karthaginian cavalry, -20 Karthaginian aquamancers, -45 Karthaginian Galleys, -30 000 Karthaginian population, -2 Karthaginian loyalty, -1 Karthaginian economy level, 1 bonus economy point to Illyria, Elgovia, Hyperborea, Khemri, effects of Library of Ba'al given to invading nations)
Notes: Yes, I know that those numbers aren't exactly what I wrote earlier. I didn't mention every little battle. The reason I didn't mention Avalon was because all they did was defend Rhodes, which never came under attack. And you guys can sort out what you want the new borders to be after the war. I've only shown whose military controls which bit of Karthage.
Adding insult to injury, Songhai has invaded Karthage's new colonies on the west African coast. They were lightly defended, and were taken with little bloodshed. Due to the breakdown in communications, these colonists are unaware of the fall of Karthage, and expect to be liberated very soon.
(-10 Great Lions)
Arneline's army in Southern Africa has bounced back against the advancing barbarians. Once again, the borders are pushed north, though with significant cost of life.
(-200 infantry)
Things are looking bad for Babylon. They know that they are outnumbered, thanks to Indus involvement, and must put an end to the war soon.
Babylon and Welikoslavia have besieged the city of Tarsus. Half of its garrison is Karthaginian, and the attackers used this to their advantage. When the war first started, people began to starve when the Karthaginian fleet was pushed back to the western Mediterranean, so the fishing boats and traders couldn't bring in much needed food and supplies.
The situation became even worse for the Karthaginians and Urrians when a significant portion of the Babylonian army arrived from a victory at Trebizond. A quarter of the Karthaginian garrison had to leave for Cyprus, to defend it against Karthage's numerous enemies.
The reinforced army then stormed the starved city. The garrison was slaughtered, and the few remaining citizens enslaved. The city was split equally between Babylon and Welikoslavia. The once-great city of Tarsus is now a shadow of its former self.
(-100 Welikoslavian infantry, -100 Babylonian infantry, -200 Urrian infantry, -8000 population, -100 Karthaginian infantry)
While the long siege of Tarsus prevented military losses from a rapid attack, it cost Babylon valuable time. The mighty Indus army, now containing Firelord Deependra himself, had captured all of southern Babylon east of the Tigris, then all of southern Babylon east of the Euphrates!
Sending away Admiral Marak and a small force to capture Cyprus, the main Welikoslavian force raced to Babylon, to defend their ally's capital. Once the Welikoslavians arrived, Knyaz Kiy was granted eternal youth by the highest wizards in Babylon.
(-100 Karthage infantry, -10 Welikoslavian galleys, Urrian navy destroyed,)
But there was no time to celebrate. Indus held land just across the river, and Ur was building up a force in the south. Kiy knew of the magical dominance of Ur, and had suspicions about the Indus. He knew that his army plus that of Babylon could hold out against a conventional attack. But a magical attack would be unstoppable.
Firelord Deependra of the Indus and King Desh of Ur had finally completed their magical preparations. They knew that by working weather and fire together, they could create a firestorm powerful enough to melt Babylon to glass. But they underestimated the magical interference that two powerful groups of magi would cause to each other, as Desh had underestimated interference millennia ago, when he fought Atlantis in the sands of Libya.
The deadly firestorm did much more than destroy the city of Babylon, minus Kiy, a few of his Volhvi, and the Babylonian Council. It also consumed large portions of the Indus and Urrian armies. So great was the fire that after a decade later, the sky was still regularly blackened from the smoke and crops have trouble growing. A truce was called, as no one wishes to continue this destructive conflict.
(-200 Welikoslavian infantry, -100 Welikoslavian cavalry, -10 Volhvi, -300 Babylonian infantry, -1 loyalty, -12 000 population, -150 Indus infantry, -100 Indus cavalry, -300 Urrian infantry)
The Mongols have begun expanding to the southwest, after learning of the rich and powerful Indus Empire.
Vol'Kiss colonization of Australia continues, with nothing much to report.
And Antarctica has completed its Antarctic advancement, and has established a colony on the southern coast of Africa. What this could mean for Sudafrika remains to be seen.
What we will begin before this day is done will be the greatest act of man ever performed. For it is not one powerful man seeking treasure. It is every man in all of our countries, seeking truth.
-Grandmaster Merrimor of Elgovia, at the dawn of the Karthaginian war.
The fury of the undead horde has fallen full-force upon Hawaii's central american garrison. Thousands of living corpses passed over the canal and onto the Hawaiian defenses. While thousands of dead were put back to their original natural state of death, their numbers were too vast to be stopped. The southernmost Hawaiian city fell after months of siege, but the defenders regrouped and continued their defense further to the north. But defeat was beginning to seem inevitable.
But just before the undead reached the second city, hope arrived from the south. A huge penguin and Antarctican force landed, and holy Clerics of the ice felled the dead like water on flame. With their new allied assistance, the Hawaiians pushed back the dead to the canal. There they are now, regrouping and preparing for an offensive.
(-300 Hawaiian infantry, -100 penguins from each nation, -100 Antarctican infantry, -8000 undead)
But to the north in Elgovia and Hyperborea, even this massive war was being overlooked. Vast portions of their armies were disappearing through Hyperborean warp portals. Forces were massing in Rhodes, and spreading through the Mediterranean.
Unaware of these movements, Karthage sent 2 large forces away to distant lands. One force landed in Germania to assist Gorin. The other landed in Ur, to push back the Welikoslavian opressors.
Things were going well. Germania was collapsing, and Anatolia's recapture was fairly successful. But then, everything went wrong.
A huge Elgovian, Hyperborean, and Illyrian force landed in relatively undefended Crete. Horrors were released, and as the people huddled in their towns. As the military chased the beasts through the countryside, Hyperborean and Illyrian marines landed and captured the island.
Simultaneously, a second force landed in Southern Italy. Sending horrors ahead of themselves, the Hyperborean and Elgovian armies made a huge beachhead.
(-50 Elgovian infantry, -50 Karthaginian infantry, -4000 Karthaginian population)
Also at the same thing, thanks to Hyperborean time stones, a third force of Elgovians and Khemri set foot in Eastern Karthage.
Before news of this reached Karthage, the Gorin too showed their true colours. As a huge Karthaginian force advanced into Germania, the Gorin backstabbed their former allies, incinerating the majority of the Karthaginian force with Lomba riders, firetraps, and Pyromancers. The few survivors put up a furious battle against their betrayers, but were defeated. Only a few hundred of the original force escaped to Italia in the south. The remaining Gorin force captured the southern Atlantican island. Taking advantage of the chaos, Germania recaptured all of its old lands.
(-300 Karthaginian infantry, -10 Aquamancers, -10 Galleys, -200 Gorin infantry)
The second this news came in, Hamilco and the twelve houses immediately requisitioned all of the ships they could, to preserve Karthage's advantage at sea. The expanded Karthaginian fleet met the enemy navy at the Battle of Crete. Aquamancy proved to be a critical advantage. Most of the enemy fleet could be stalled and sunk. But Leviathans were slaughtered by the numerous enemy mages. Still, the battle would have been a rout if it had not been for the skill of the Hyperborean Marines. They managed to board enemy ships from the backs of swimming horrors, and kill many aquamancers.
With both fleets taking a horrible beating, and with valuable Karthaginian aquamancers dying, Karthage disengaged, and the enemy fleet did not pursue. The weakened allied fleet, however, still had the strength to seize the trade of the Eastern Mediterranean.
(-20 Elgovian Galleys, -25 Hyperborean Galleys, -20 Hyperborean Priests, -10 High Chaosiers, -25 Karthaginian Galleys, -10 Aquamancers, 1 bonus economy point to Illyria, Elgovia, Hyperborea, Khemri)
At first, the joint Elgovia/Khemri force made rapid advances. But as they pushed further and further towards the capital itself, the resistance became so severe that they were stalled.
(-100 Khemri infantry, -100 Elgovian infantry, -100 Karthaginian infantry, -1 Karthaginian loyalty)
After this had all happened, the supplies for Karthage's Ur liberation army were cut off. The Illyrians sent off a mixed living and undead force to help destroy this force, and in the Battle of Ankara, it was. Welikoslavia then captured Ur's last foothold in the Aegean.
(-200 Karthaginian Cavalry, -200 Welikoslavian infantry, -50 Illyrian infantry)
The main Illyrian force, delayed by the organizational problems of controlling a large dead army, finally spilled over the border in northern Italy. Not expecting an attack from this direction, Karthage's defense was almost non-existent. The Illyrians plowed southwards, but were unexpectedly halted.
The Balaerians, longtime allies of Karthage, had landed their army in central Italy, to prepare for the defense of Rome against the invaders. While the attack came from the north rather from the south, where they were expecting one from, they were still well prepared. The Illyrian army was cut down after a brief siege, and had to pull back to the north.
(-200 Illyrian infantry, -10 liches, -10 Possessed Warriors, -100 Balaerian infantry)
Things were starting to go badly for the Elgovian/Khemri force. The Karthaginian army was threatening to destroy them, and push back the Khemri border. But then, the Abyssinians, delayed by a timestone failure, arrived.
Using rocs carrying phials of Trafe, they bombed the Karthaginian army with the chaotic substance. While the Karthaginians were in a state of panic and confusion, the newly reinforced Elgovia/Khemri/Abyssinia army charged. While still sustaining significant losses, they defeated the Karthaginian army that had held them back, and reached the walls of mighty Karthage itself!
Receiving notice that Karthage was beseiged, the northern Hyperborea/Elgovia army went onto the offensive. First seizing Neapolis, they then charged down into the toe of Italy. Leaving minimal garrisons behind them, they skipped past the fairly heavily defended island of Sicily and landed just to the north of Karthage. The city considered to be 'The Greatest in the World' was almost completely surrounded and besieged. The only escape was now by sea.
As more and more enemies surrounded the city, the situation became more and more desperate. Although archers took down many Rocs, the trafe bombings were constant, and morale plummeted. Representatives from the 12 houses were evacuated to Sicily, but Hamilco remained behind. He had sworn that he would never see his city fall. And he didn't.
Hamilco, the leader of Karthage since it was a fishing village, was simultaneously melted and killed when a trafe bomb crashed into his palace and splattered onto him.
This was it for the defenders. Many wanted peace now, but many more wanted vengeance for their dead king. The defense was split into two groups, who, although they disagreed with each other, dared not fight one another.
After years of siege, the constant attacks had done their damage. Mighty and ancient Karthage, plus the cities to its west, fell to the huge invading army. But the final battle had its toll. A huge number of attackers had fallen to the numerically inferior defenders.
But their goal was accomplished. Karthage, which had been the dominant power of the Mediterranean, had lost its homeland and was reduced to scattered colonies. But the thirst for vengeance runs hot in every Karthaginian.
(FINAL EFFECTS OF THE KARTHAGINIAN WAR: -250 Elgovian infantry, -20 Elgovian galleys, -10 Elgovian High Chaosiers, +8000 population, -150 Hyperborean infantry, -25 Hyperborean galleys, -20 Hyperborean Priests, +8000 population, -250 Illyrian infantry, -10 Illyrian liches, -10 Possessed Warriors, +8000 population, -200 Khemri infantry, -200 Gorin infantry, +3000 population, -200 Welikoslavian infantry, -100 Balaerian infantry, -500 Karthaginian infantry, -200 Karthaginian cavalry, -20 Karthaginian aquamancers, -45 Karthaginian Galleys, -30 000 Karthaginian population, -2 Karthaginian loyalty, -1 Karthaginian economy level, 1 bonus economy point to Illyria, Elgovia, Hyperborea, Khemri, effects of Library of Ba'al given to invading nations)
Notes: Yes, I know that those numbers aren't exactly what I wrote earlier. I didn't mention every little battle. The reason I didn't mention Avalon was because all they did was defend Rhodes, which never came under attack. And you guys can sort out what you want the new borders to be after the war. I've only shown whose military controls which bit of Karthage.
Adding insult to injury, Songhai has invaded Karthage's new colonies on the west African coast. They were lightly defended, and were taken with little bloodshed. Due to the breakdown in communications, these colonists are unaware of the fall of Karthage, and expect to be liberated very soon.
(-10 Great Lions)
Arneline's army in Southern Africa has bounced back against the advancing barbarians. Once again, the borders are pushed north, though with significant cost of life.
(-200 infantry)
Things are looking bad for Babylon. They know that they are outnumbered, thanks to Indus involvement, and must put an end to the war soon.
Babylon and Welikoslavia have besieged the city of Tarsus. Half of its garrison is Karthaginian, and the attackers used this to their advantage. When the war first started, people began to starve when the Karthaginian fleet was pushed back to the western Mediterranean, so the fishing boats and traders couldn't bring in much needed food and supplies.
The situation became even worse for the Karthaginians and Urrians when a significant portion of the Babylonian army arrived from a victory at Trebizond. A quarter of the Karthaginian garrison had to leave for Cyprus, to defend it against Karthage's numerous enemies.
The reinforced army then stormed the starved city. The garrison was slaughtered, and the few remaining citizens enslaved. The city was split equally between Babylon and Welikoslavia. The once-great city of Tarsus is now a shadow of its former self.
(-100 Welikoslavian infantry, -100 Babylonian infantry, -200 Urrian infantry, -8000 population, -100 Karthaginian infantry)
While the long siege of Tarsus prevented military losses from a rapid attack, it cost Babylon valuable time. The mighty Indus army, now containing Firelord Deependra himself, had captured all of southern Babylon east of the Tigris, then all of southern Babylon east of the Euphrates!
Sending away Admiral Marak and a small force to capture Cyprus, the main Welikoslavian force raced to Babylon, to defend their ally's capital. Once the Welikoslavians arrived, Knyaz Kiy was granted eternal youth by the highest wizards in Babylon.
(-100 Karthage infantry, -10 Welikoslavian galleys, Urrian navy destroyed,)
But there was no time to celebrate. Indus held land just across the river, and Ur was building up a force in the south. Kiy knew of the magical dominance of Ur, and had suspicions about the Indus. He knew that his army plus that of Babylon could hold out against a conventional attack. But a magical attack would be unstoppable.
Firelord Deependra of the Indus and King Desh of Ur had finally completed their magical preparations. They knew that by working weather and fire together, they could create a firestorm powerful enough to melt Babylon to glass. But they underestimated the magical interference that two powerful groups of magi would cause to each other, as Desh had underestimated interference millennia ago, when he fought Atlantis in the sands of Libya.
The deadly firestorm did much more than destroy the city of Babylon, minus Kiy, a few of his Volhvi, and the Babylonian Council. It also consumed large portions of the Indus and Urrian armies. So great was the fire that after a decade later, the sky was still regularly blackened from the smoke and crops have trouble growing. A truce was called, as no one wishes to continue this destructive conflict.
(-200 Welikoslavian infantry, -100 Welikoslavian cavalry, -10 Volhvi, -300 Babylonian infantry, -1 loyalty, -12 000 population, -150 Indus infantry, -100 Indus cavalry, -300 Urrian infantry)
The Mongols have begun expanding to the southwest, after learning of the rich and powerful Indus Empire.
Vol'Kiss colonization of Australia continues, with nothing much to report.
And Antarctica has completed its Antarctic advancement, and has established a colony on the southern coast of Africa. What this could mean for Sudafrika remains to be seen.
Someone likes eddings....a bit much.
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Gosh thats wacky.
Great update - I'm a bit suprised to be shown holding large areas of north arfrica when I had the smallest troop count in the war, and those are marines and horrors adapt and taking cities, not land.
@Kal, certainly seems like he does doesn't it.
Great update - I'm a bit suprised to be shown holding large areas of north arfrica when I had the smallest troop count in the war, and those are marines and horrors adapt and taking cities, not land.
@Kal, certainly seems like he does doesn't it.
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
i hope you don't quit Stratego but you shouldn't bully people around
so... when will stats be updated?
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Also guys (you know who you are) - rendezvous at the Cabal's secret mountain fortress?
Israelite9191
You should be reading
@Iggy-This had better be the biggest mistake of your life! You mention nothing in the way of Abyssinian stats from the war AND you don't give me the bonus form the library!
