Genghis Khan licked his chops from his hideaway in Malaysia. His people told stories of another warlord who was put to death at the spear by the vicious warlord Shaka Zulu (last week on Noble's Club!) before he could even begin his empire. But there would be no such conquest this time! No, this was, of course,
his story, and--
"Mighty Khan! Mighty Khan!" a servant yelled from the border of Karakorum.
"What!?" Khan bellowed.
"There are... well... a bunch of people with clubs here to see you."
Genghis Khan walked outside of his hut just in time to see the Quecha army trampling through his fields of cattle.
"Well, fudge," Khan simpered.
His six Quechas having achieved a near-victory (It came down to the last one since Karakorum was on a hill!), Huayna Capac set to work bettering his land. In between settling his nine additional cities beyond Cuzco (including one in Indonesia and another near the site of Darwin in Australia), Capac found time to build the Pyramids in Cuzco. Owing to his Industrious nature, Capac focused his people's efforts on only the most useful wonders--the Great Library, the Parthenon, the Taj Mahal, the Mausoleum of Maussolos.
As Capac uplifted his people, the other nations of the world were split into factions. The Ottomans of the Middle East worshiped at Hindu altars, while Julius Caesar followed his own Jewish faith. The African nations--Japan, Celtia, and Persia--all followed the Buddhist faith of Boudica. All of these religions found roots in Incan lands, but Huayna Capac remained uncommitted, waiting to see which faith would prove transcendent.
Around the time that Incan Liberalism allowed for the creation of Cuirassiers, a Buddhist Apostolic Palace was built in Persia. Seeing the wind blowing this way, Huayna Capac himself converted to the Buddhist faith and set to spreading it throughout his empire--which remained the largest in the world. Darius held residency, but that hold would not last forever.
In the meantime, fueled by
three consecutive Golden Ages, Incan Cuirassiers made a quick strike into Ottoman lands. A quick raid on the border town of Ankara and the Ottoman capital of Istanbul brought Mehmed--whose army was without match prior to the war--groveling to Cuzco on bended knee.
A resolution around that same time sought to call an end to the Roman-Persian War, but Darius knew his days were numbered--he capitulated to Rome. Meanwhile, the spread of the Buddhist faith had removed Boudica's name from the potential list of residents and placed Huayna Capac's at the top. A divided vote--despite Persia's decision to bow to Rome--would still fall to Darius. And besides, Boudica had begun to seek the secrets of the sea, a practice Huayna himself considered forbidden.
Cuirassiers and Cavalry tore into Celtic lands, striking at the border towns before capturing Bibracte and the Buddhist shrine. Boudica, seeing that her game was lost, retreated to her new palace in Australia, conceding control of her lands to the Inca.
Boudica's support, however, was not enough to clinch total control over the Apostolic Palace. A vote for Supreme Religious Leader was possible, but neither Capac nor Darius could achieve victory. One more victory would need to be won. The backwards Japanese would need to have their pitiful military crushed.
The Buddhist nations of the world--save for Persia--were now under Incan control. But Boudica's explorations had led her to another continent, one ruled by barbarian people. Huayna Capac needed a mandate not just to rule over the Buddhist nations, but to see to it that no nation would seek the secrets of Astronomy. He had but two ways. He could conquer the remaining nations of the world... or he could establish total dissolution of all world governments through the Apostolic Palace.
Huayna Capac chose... both.
It was done, and not a moment too soon. Boudica, for continuing to seek the secrets of Astronomy, was executed by firing squad. Darius, for his presumptuous construction of the Apostolic Palace, was executed by firing squad. Mehmed, for denouncing the Buddhist faith and converting to Hinduism, was executed by firing squad. Julius Caesar, for being a jerk, was executed by firing squad. Tokugawa, for purposes of completion, was executed by firing squad. Today, all mandates of the Buddhist faith are conducted at the Kremlin in Cuzco, where Lord Huayna Capac rules with an iron fist. The people of this continent--
his continent--cannot seek new fortunes in the distant ocean, far from their master's purview. The terror of Huayna Capac continued into eternity as a dark shadow fell over the land...
on tiles that already have at least 2
. Since many cities need granaries, this is a bit like having a Creative trait also.
Probably on Monarch. I'm at that stage where Prince is too easy but Monarch is almost too hard.
