stMjMNES1:First Blood
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Color preference Please?
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blech
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Hey MjM, I'm thinking of joining after this next update. Just to let you know. Yeah, this was kinda a wasted post.
EDIT: Thanks, Iggy.
EDIT: Thanks, Iggy.
MjM
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@NK cool
@Dis. Your Guntran Green, seeing as they're dead now.
@Dis. Your Guntran Green, seeing as they're dead now.
MjM
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Going back to my house, (finally) with a decent comp. The update may be done today, no sure though.
MjM
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Progressing nicely. East to West update we have and im on Thessaly. 
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blech
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Gosh darn! You made me think you updated. Oh well, I guess I pulled that trick myself often enough. 
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Update IT 1 Part 3 1025 BC - 1000 BC
Domestic Events
The Mekaians decide to end their civil war. Not with wepons mind you, but by appeasing the victor, the Koleth. The old Koleth corp is allowed to live in the old Mekong province free of charge, and were given the throne, titles, riches. This appeased them enough not to fight, but to be lazy and live in prime Mekong land. Wjem the time came for them to go back into service, they scoffed at the idea and went on with their lazy lives. Not all news was horrendusly bad, although with their horrible road systems that cannot possible supply their vast territory, the treasury strains. (-1 spending point next turn only) Besides this, promising tyoung intellicts and old mystics were asked to think of new inventions. They came up with this thin stuff you can write on. Some old coot called it paper.... Also they try to sacrifice an economical level to raise more ships and the like, but it is halted do to strains on the economy.
In China the war takes a turn for the better than for the worst then for the better again..... Not much of anything Domestic anyhow, except for a large portion of the River people in the West are eager to join from protection against the barbarians. (-1 Infrastructre)
Somebody in India got mad and decided not to do anything, he actually quit his job rather suddenly...(-Tharia)
The Massagetes make HUGE gains on all fronts thanks to their horsemen armies. Although they are disputedly the strongest millitary in the world now that Guntra is gone, they are inept at ruling the people. The vast amount of people now under their borders demand a more centralized state, stronger Infrastructre, and mroe Education. Because of theese problems, the newly conquered lands don't add much to the total worth of the Massgetes, so they are poor as as result of the war.
(-1 Economy Level to Massagetes)
In the South, a new Nation decided to spring up, Vijayan Sinhalia. They have taken conjtrol of Sinhala and some islands to the West and have a small foothold on mainland India. The future looks promising for them.
The Babylonians tried to increase their army durasticly, but their economy couldn't handle it. All 18 year old males go through training now for a number of years. This improves Confidence (+1 Confidence) as the millitias are stronger now.
The Rasiteans tried to do something weird and foreign: Increase Culture with Spending Points. Bad Erez!
Thessalians, Calabrians, Morrocans, Carthiginaians, the whole lot! All in the Spotlight(Which I actually did mind you!)
The Vandals largely ignore the people this time aurond, focusing more on millitary.
The British are happy with their campaign's success. (+1 Confidence)
The Umbarians jump on the Wonder bandwagon and begin the Great Port of Umbar.
Millitary Events
The Mekaians increase their navy quite a bit and send them on all sorts of expeditions. In the NorthEast they discover the Hong Kee. They are a semi-small, prosperous mercantile nation. But theese expeditions where long and hard on the ships. They established contact with some tribes in the south and sailed up river, only to find more barbarians. No expansion occured however, most likely because of Home problem. The overstretched millitary had a hard time keeping barbarians out, who still have their leaders because of lazy Koleth. One city was sacked and destroyed in the West. Something needs to be done about this...
(-4 Mekaian ships, -3 Mekaian Hundreds)
In China the war is mostly uneventful, except for some goodies.
The Qi far outnumber their counterparts, although they were very cautious theese years. They have over half their army protecting against barbarians from the North who didnt really come, at least not yet. They launch an attack into the East which drives the Yue out of their desecrated capitol and out of the Shandong. Not many attacks are sent South though. And since Qi and Qin are at peace, the Qin lost most of Qi-held Qin lands to Yue.crazyeyes: ) Their millitary is small and out of place, the Qin homeland is in utter ruins and controlled by Yue. The remaining Qin soilders head East and put the Yueish capitol under seige.
(-11 Qi Hundreds, -Yue Navy - 9 Yue Hundreds - 16 Qin Hundreds -1 Yue Economy -Qin spending points this turn)
In India the war against Guntra finally comes to a halt. In 1011 BC the Massagete army broke through the Southern defences and stormed the Guntran capitol. For 2 weeks, the soilders plundered the temples, desecrated the librarys, raped the women, killed the cattle, sacked the treasure. The Massagete army couldnt spread their spoils of war West because of no roads. So the Massagete economy took a beating. In the South the Tharains made little gains, getting beaten to the capitol AND the trade center in the East. The Tharain government resents this and is now not on the greatest terms with the Massagetes.
(-14 Massagete Hundreds, -9 Warrior-Horsemen Hundreds -11 Tharain Hundreds -1 Elephant)
The Babylonians have lost their Southernmost city to flooding. Their millitary didnt grow as much as hoped, but did increase somewhat. It was enough to capture most of the more or less peaceful Iranian barbarians an come closer to Persia, actually sharing a border now.
(-3 Babylonian Hundreds -1 Bowmen Hundreds)
Rasit has recently decided it didnt like New Hatti. It sent its massive army with it's Elite training through the well-built Hatti roads. It was loosing barely any men until in got to the capitol. The Rasiteans had brought no heavy seige equipment, because it would slow down their speedy army. Their army was massive, but with no seige weapons the Rasiteans would take serious casaluties. If they waited for the seige weapons, the Western Hatti army would arrive and possibly hold out. The commanding officer had to act fast; and he decided. Hatti would fall on that date, January 1118 BC. The fight was long and brilliant, but in the end the Rasiteans took their well-earned victory. The Hatti army soon surrendered at this news; the Rasiteans killed every single one.
(-21 Rasitean Hundreds, -Hatti)
In the South, Egypt and Phoenicia finally agree to peace. Their nations are in ruin with widespread chaos.
Thessalians, Calabrians, Morrocans, Carthiginaians, the whole lot! All in the Spotlight(Which I actually did mind you!)
The Vandals have expanded quite a bit Westward. Their losses are small and the people are eager for more counqest. The people's needs (infrastructre, etc.) are largely ignored though.
(-2 Vandal Hundreds)
Up north on the British Isle, their is some war brewing. The British have recently invaded Begunum, with great results. Their new corp in the army, the Frakjuk, helped speed theese along. The Flavians to the West are rather suspicous though, they aren't taking any chances and have closed their border to Britian and ceased trade with them.
(-11 British Hundreds, -3 Frakjuk Hundreds, -2 Ships)
Random Events
In China, poems are written about the obscene amount of death and chaos (+1 Culture)
Carthage has come into alot of land which is good recently. (+1 Economy)
Britian is British. (+1 Culture)
Massagetes are vastly overstretched. (-1 Confidence)
Babylonians have stumbled upon a lost temple revealed by the flooding. (+1 Culture)
More events to come. Im pooped.
Spotlight
"And we thought the barbarians where dead..."
-Poor Morrocan soilder at the battle of Casablanca circa 1105 BC
In 1109 BC the ships from Carthage set sail. One for Calabria; One for Morroco. Each carrying the same message: War.
The Morrocans had men on their borders. The border between Carthage and Morroco was the most fought over in the entire conflict. They had relatively the same men. And each time one would atack the other, it would lead to a stalemate. No one won a decisive victory on the border until almost a year after the war boats had set sail. A small detachment of Numidians snuck behind the Morrocan line. When another battle destined to be a stalemate began again, and when the Morrocans turned to retreat, the Numidians were there. Only about 100 in number, the Morrocans still didn't dare retreat, for they heard 1 Numidian could kill 10 Morrocans. Then the Carthigians showed up. The Morrocans were smashed then and there will relatively few Carthignian casaluties. The Carthiginains advanced.
While this border fight was happeneing, the Numidians stepped their raids and taking of the land. Finally at 1107 BC, a few months after the Carthigian victory at Ruliji, they were but 30 miles from the Morrocan capitol. They waited until the Carthiginans had completed the counqest of Morrocan Spain with their new Dragon Guard until they acted. A combine Carthiginian-Morrocan force of over 4 thoudsand soilders advanced on the capitol. The guards were said to have fought for 12 hours before succumbing to the allied force.
While this was going on a small amount of Dragon Guards and Carthignian regulars stormed the Balerics.
In 1108 BC the Carthigians attacked the island of Sicily. They took Sicily the city itself in a clever way. A large caravan of 'wine merchants' who were in fact Dragon Guards, went into the city selling cheap wine for the Defenders of the Republic. After the soilders were literally drunk off their asses, the Dragon Guards let the regulars in and took the city. The Carthigians then surronded the remaining Sicilian city and took it with sheer numbers.
It was a differnt story on Sardinia. Even though the Calabrians had heard of the Morrocan surrender just a month earlier, in 1103 BC, the Carthigian Dragon Guard and some regulars attacked Calabrian held Sardinia. The Calabrians were determined to keep Carthage from getting yet another smashing victory. The Calabrians attacked first with their La Legioni, a match for a Dragon Guard. The Calabrians came out victourious and kept their island. The Carthigian plan to attack Corsicia fell through as they thought they'd take Sardinia.
The Thessalians put up a valiant defence in face of the Calabrian counter attack to retake Cartazzero, but with their inferior training and after a 3 month ordeal, the Thessalians in the pass surredered. The Calabrians were finally getting some good news in this war. And to help this, the Thessalian attack on the Dalmations failed utterly, being outnumbered 3 to 1 by La Legioni. They soon found their ships had been destroyed by the superior Thessalian navy though. So they decided to attack Thessaly and live off those lands, which proves effective even now, the Calabrians captured Ionia.
(-28 Carthiginian Hundreds, -Morroco, - 16 Calabrian Hundreds, -11 La Legioni Hundreds, -6 Dragon Guard Hundreds, -16 Thessalian Hundreds, -6 Carthiginian Ships, -5 Thessalian Ships, -1 Calabrian Economy, -1 Carthigian Economy, -1 Thessalian Economy -7 Numidian Mercanary Hundreds)
Mod Notes
Contempt doesnt really have all of that land under his direct control. He has formed a light alliance with most of those steppe peoples.
The Sinhalese don't know how far North Decca (light blue) extends, so that is why they have no Northern borders, their extent is not yet known.
Broken or roads that don't connect on the map are ones destroyed by war. Eyecandy really, easier to build roads on the ruins of another.
Domestic Events
The Mekaians decide to end their civil war. Not with wepons mind you, but by appeasing the victor, the Koleth. The old Koleth corp is allowed to live in the old Mekong province free of charge, and were given the throne, titles, riches. This appeased them enough not to fight, but to be lazy and live in prime Mekong land. Wjem the time came for them to go back into service, they scoffed at the idea and went on with their lazy lives. Not all news was horrendusly bad, although with their horrible road systems that cannot possible supply their vast territory, the treasury strains. (-1 spending point next turn only) Besides this, promising tyoung intellicts and old mystics were asked to think of new inventions. They came up with this thin stuff you can write on. Some old coot called it paper.... Also they try to sacrifice an economical level to raise more ships and the like, but it is halted do to strains on the economy.
In China the war takes a turn for the better than for the worst then for the better again..... Not much of anything Domestic anyhow, except for a large portion of the River people in the West are eager to join from protection against the barbarians. (-1 Infrastructre)
Somebody in India got mad and decided not to do anything, he actually quit his job rather suddenly...(-Tharia)
The Massagetes make HUGE gains on all fronts thanks to their horsemen armies. Although they are disputedly the strongest millitary in the world now that Guntra is gone, they are inept at ruling the people. The vast amount of people now under their borders demand a more centralized state, stronger Infrastructre, and mroe Education. Because of theese problems, the newly conquered lands don't add much to the total worth of the Massgetes, so they are poor as as result of the war.
(-1 Economy Level to Massagetes)
In the South, a new Nation decided to spring up, Vijayan Sinhalia. They have taken conjtrol of Sinhala and some islands to the West and have a small foothold on mainland India. The future looks promising for them.
The Babylonians tried to increase their army durasticly, but their economy couldn't handle it. All 18 year old males go through training now for a number of years. This improves Confidence (+1 Confidence) as the millitias are stronger now.
The Rasiteans tried to do something weird and foreign: Increase Culture with Spending Points. Bad Erez!
Thessalians, Calabrians, Morrocans, Carthiginaians, the whole lot! All in the Spotlight(Which I actually did mind you!
)The Vandals largely ignore the people this time aurond, focusing more on millitary.
The British are happy with their campaign's success. (+1 Confidence)
The Umbarians jump on the Wonder bandwagon and begin the Great Port of Umbar.
Millitary Events
The Mekaians increase their navy quite a bit and send them on all sorts of expeditions. In the NorthEast they discover the Hong Kee. They are a semi-small, prosperous mercantile nation. But theese expeditions where long and hard on the ships. They established contact with some tribes in the south and sailed up river, only to find more barbarians. No expansion occured however, most likely because of Home problem. The overstretched millitary had a hard time keeping barbarians out, who still have their leaders because of lazy Koleth. One city was sacked and destroyed in the West. Something needs to be done about this...
(-4 Mekaian ships, -3 Mekaian Hundreds)
In China the war is mostly uneventful, except for some goodies.
The Qi far outnumber their counterparts, although they were very cautious theese years. They have over half their army protecting against barbarians from the North who didnt really come, at least not yet. They launch an attack into the East which drives the Yue out of their desecrated capitol and out of the Shandong. Not many attacks are sent South though. And since Qi and Qin are at peace, the Qin lost most of Qi-held Qin lands to Yue.
crazyeyes: ) Their millitary is small and out of place, the Qin homeland is in utter ruins and controlled by Yue. The remaining Qin soilders head East and put the Yueish capitol under seige. (-11 Qi Hundreds, -Yue Navy - 9 Yue Hundreds - 16 Qin Hundreds -1 Yue Economy -Qin spending points this turn)
In India the war against Guntra finally comes to a halt. In 1011 BC the Massagete army broke through the Southern defences and stormed the Guntran capitol. For 2 weeks, the soilders plundered the temples, desecrated the librarys, raped the women, killed the cattle, sacked the treasure. The Massagete army couldnt spread their spoils of war West because of no roads. So the Massagete economy took a beating. In the South the Tharains made little gains, getting beaten to the capitol AND the trade center in the East. The Tharain government resents this and is now not on the greatest terms with the Massagetes.
(-14 Massagete Hundreds, -9 Warrior-Horsemen Hundreds -11 Tharain Hundreds -1 Elephant)
The Babylonians have lost their Southernmost city to flooding. Their millitary didnt grow as much as hoped, but did increase somewhat. It was enough to capture most of the more or less peaceful Iranian barbarians an come closer to Persia, actually sharing a border now.
(-3 Babylonian Hundreds -1 Bowmen Hundreds)
Rasit has recently decided it didnt like New Hatti. It sent its massive army with it's Elite training through the well-built Hatti roads. It was loosing barely any men until in got to the capitol. The Rasiteans had brought no heavy seige equipment, because it would slow down their speedy army. Their army was massive, but with no seige weapons the Rasiteans would take serious casaluties. If they waited for the seige weapons, the Western Hatti army would arrive and possibly hold out. The commanding officer had to act fast; and he decided. Hatti would fall on that date, January 1118 BC. The fight was long and brilliant, but in the end the Rasiteans took their well-earned victory. The Hatti army soon surrendered at this news; the Rasiteans killed every single one.
(-21 Rasitean Hundreds, -Hatti)
In the South, Egypt and Phoenicia finally agree to peace. Their nations are in ruin with widespread chaos.
Thessalians, Calabrians, Morrocans, Carthiginaians, the whole lot! All in the Spotlight(Which I actually did mind you!
)The Vandals have expanded quite a bit Westward. Their losses are small and the people are eager for more counqest. The people's needs (infrastructre, etc.) are largely ignored though.
(-2 Vandal Hundreds)
Up north on the British Isle, their is some war brewing. The British have recently invaded Begunum, with great results. Their new corp in the army, the Frakjuk, helped speed theese along. The Flavians to the West are rather suspicous though, they aren't taking any chances and have closed their border to Britian and ceased trade with them.
(-11 British Hundreds, -3 Frakjuk Hundreds, -2 Ships)
Random Events
In China, poems are written about the obscene amount of death and chaos (+1 Culture)
Carthage has come into alot of land which is good recently. (+1 Economy)
Britian is British. (+1 Culture)
Massagetes are vastly overstretched. (-1 Confidence)
Babylonians have stumbled upon a lost temple revealed by the flooding. (+1 Culture)
More events to come. Im pooped.
Spotlight
"And we thought the barbarians where dead..."
-Poor Morrocan soilder at the battle of Casablanca circa 1105 BC
In 1109 BC the ships from Carthage set sail. One for Calabria; One for Morroco. Each carrying the same message: War.
The Morrocans had men on their borders. The border between Carthage and Morroco was the most fought over in the entire conflict. They had relatively the same men. And each time one would atack the other, it would lead to a stalemate. No one won a decisive victory on the border until almost a year after the war boats had set sail. A small detachment of Numidians snuck behind the Morrocan line. When another battle destined to be a stalemate began again, and when the Morrocans turned to retreat, the Numidians were there. Only about 100 in number, the Morrocans still didn't dare retreat, for they heard 1 Numidian could kill 10 Morrocans. Then the Carthigians showed up. The Morrocans were smashed then and there will relatively few Carthignian casaluties. The Carthiginains advanced.
While this border fight was happeneing, the Numidians stepped their raids and taking of the land. Finally at 1107 BC, a few months after the Carthigian victory at Ruliji, they were but 30 miles from the Morrocan capitol. They waited until the Carthiginans had completed the counqest of Morrocan Spain with their new Dragon Guard until they acted. A combine Carthiginian-Morrocan force of over 4 thoudsand soilders advanced on the capitol. The guards were said to have fought for 12 hours before succumbing to the allied force.
While this was going on a small amount of Dragon Guards and Carthignian regulars stormed the Balerics.
In 1108 BC the Carthigians attacked the island of Sicily. They took Sicily the city itself in a clever way. A large caravan of 'wine merchants' who were in fact Dragon Guards, went into the city selling cheap wine for the Defenders of the Republic. After the soilders were literally drunk off their asses, the Dragon Guards let the regulars in and took the city. The Carthigians then surronded the remaining Sicilian city and took it with sheer numbers.
It was a differnt story on Sardinia. Even though the Calabrians had heard of the Morrocan surrender just a month earlier, in 1103 BC, the Carthigian Dragon Guard and some regulars attacked Calabrian held Sardinia. The Calabrians were determined to keep Carthage from getting yet another smashing victory. The Calabrians attacked first with their La Legioni, a match for a Dragon Guard. The Calabrians came out victourious and kept their island. The Carthigian plan to attack Corsicia fell through as they thought they'd take Sardinia.
The Thessalians put up a valiant defence in face of the Calabrian counter attack to retake Cartazzero, but with their inferior training and after a 3 month ordeal, the Thessalians in the pass surredered. The Calabrians were finally getting some good news in this war. And to help this, the Thessalian attack on the Dalmations failed utterly, being outnumbered 3 to 1 by La Legioni. They soon found their ships had been destroyed by the superior Thessalian navy though. So they decided to attack Thessaly and live off those lands, which proves effective even now, the Calabrians captured Ionia.
(-28 Carthiginian Hundreds, -Morroco, - 16 Calabrian Hundreds, -11 La Legioni Hundreds, -6 Dragon Guard Hundreds, -16 Thessalian Hundreds, -6 Carthiginian Ships, -5 Thessalian Ships, -1 Calabrian Economy, -1 Carthigian Economy, -1 Thessalian Economy -7 Numidian Mercanary Hundreds)
Mod Notes
Contempt doesnt really have all of that land under his direct control. He has formed a light alliance with most of those steppe peoples.
The Sinhalese don't know how far North Decca (light blue) extends, so that is why they have no Northern borders, their extent is not yet known.
Broken or roads that don't connect on the map are ones destroyed by war. Eyecandy really, easier to build roads on the ruins of another.
MjM
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tommy_toon
Emperor
Very nice update, but I could have sworn I said I wasn't returning Qin lands until after the war was over. And I'm almost positive I said to attack South to capture the trade center.
MjM
Deity
On returning lands, if you send me your orders I can make sure, but until then the update stands. Same with the attack, about half or so of your army waited up North.
MjM
Deity
Also on roads, to increase it you must increase Infrastructre. I will add that in stats. No saying to build a road to here from there unless you are ready to pay some serious SP, Ie 2 proably. The only reason to do this is to make a Silk Road type thing or for millitary, otherwise just increase Infrastrucre and roads will appear.
Gataz held his torch high and marched down the dark, damp stone stairs deep beneath the Palace of Karau Thau. Tiny insects of all sorts crawled on the floor and walls.
Brushing some cobweb out of the way, Gataz turned to see a dead end. He looked closer.
"Hah!" he said to himself. "Trick door." Gataz pulled a blade from a sheath hidden in his cloak, and jabbed it at a dark line near the edge of the wall, and shook it. Dirt showered down, and the door slid backwards. Gataz leapt in, bare feet slapping the cold floor. He looked around him. The room was square, about 10 meters by 10 meters. The roof was just beyond jumping distance. Jewels and inscriptions in the high script were visible on the brick walls, floor and roof, behind the thick moss growth.
This was definitely it. The tomb of King Thanh. Dead for 12 years now. Gataz tiptoed over to the open crypt and looked in. All that was left of the former king was broken bones.
"Grave robbers." Thought Gataz. While he was, in fact, a grave robber by definition of intending to remove something from the tomb of a dead king, he was not after petty clothing and jewellery. He was searching for knowledge.
Looking again at the bones of the former Koleth King, Gataz wondered just how disgusted the deceased would be to see the state of his nation and its Koleth. The former daring assasins were now coprulent princes, stealing and fighting with each other.
Gataz left the sarcophagus, and began to examine the walls. He could see impressions, where jewels had once been imbedded in the wall. He looked at the scripts on the wall.
...appointed by forces greater than our comprehension, the........overthrew the greedy Tannoth, and established himself......when..surrendered to the might of Mekaia's Koleth, led....death.
The stone surfaces were too rough and mossy to be read completely, and the torchlight was too dim. Gataz looked elsewhere.
With the spear of copper...axe's cruel wound....thousands of strong men marched into Mekong...
No, this was just another tale of Mekaia's military prowess. He moved and looked at a new line of script.
...two blades, whirring and blinding in the hot sunlight, cleaved off the weak barbarian's head. The Koleth-
Gataz looked closer. The script split, telling one story spiralling off to the left, and another heading off towards the wall, near a collapsed portion of the tomb. These lines of script met and diverged all over the tomb, showing the whole web that was the history of Mekaia through the life of Thanh. On an instinct, he followed the script leading to the collapsed pile of bricks.
-returned victorious to Karau Thau, waiting for their reward. But greedy Tannoth was gone, for he marched into the city weakened by the Koleth, and claimed the victory as his own........demanded their share. But still Tannoth refused to give them the spoils. He gave them a pathetic pile of poor jewels and gold, believing them to be appeased. But.......rose against him, and slew The Emperor Tannoth as they had slain their enemies......
"No, no, no..." muttered Gataz, as the story faded out, on a broken and scattered area of tiled floor. But straight across from where he had stopped, he saw more of the story.
...death of Thanh. The Koleth-
There was another split. But one side was illegible. Gataz continued. He realized that this was written by a totally different hand. The previous writing was worn, and was written in straight, blocklike letters. But the new text was written in a flowing, free way. It was fresher.
-in truth, became decadent. They settled down and lived in rich Mekong estates, never working, impoverishing the slaves and civilians beneath them. I resisted this change, citing the good of Mekaia. I was exiled, but never left. In cowardice, I hid. I knew that Mekaia would fall without the Koleth. I tried to train more childre Koleth skills, but my secrecy prevented it. I write this now...
Gataz cursed. A pile of collapsed bricks blocked the script. With the greatest care, he lifted off the bricks, one by one. After a great amount of work, more words were cleared.
as what will likely be my last words. I can already hear the guards behind me. Take the writings, and leave. These words will be the hope for Mekaia. Take them, and learn. Learn the ways of the Koleth. Awaken those who have fallen into decadence. Fe-
The words stopped there. Gataz could easily guess what had happened. But what had the last true Koleth meant by taking the writings? He couldn't carry off all of the floor and walls.
As if it was destined, two bricks from the wall fell away. Behind it was a pile of papyrus, beginning to yellow. Gataz gingerly reached for the stack, and pulled them out, careful not to damage any. On top of them was the Koleth seal. Two crossed swords surrounded by two serpents. About to put the sheets into his cloak, a gold and red ring fell out. A Koleth ring! Gataz put it on, and rushed out of the crypt. If he was lucky, the guards would still be gone, and he would get out safely.
To be continued...
Brushing some cobweb out of the way, Gataz turned to see a dead end. He looked closer.
"Hah!" he said to himself. "Trick door." Gataz pulled a blade from a sheath hidden in his cloak, and jabbed it at a dark line near the edge of the wall, and shook it. Dirt showered down, and the door slid backwards. Gataz leapt in, bare feet slapping the cold floor. He looked around him. The room was square, about 10 meters by 10 meters. The roof was just beyond jumping distance. Jewels and inscriptions in the high script were visible on the brick walls, floor and roof, behind the thick moss growth.
This was definitely it. The tomb of King Thanh. Dead for 12 years now. Gataz tiptoed over to the open crypt and looked in. All that was left of the former king was broken bones.
"Grave robbers." Thought Gataz. While he was, in fact, a grave robber by definition of intending to remove something from the tomb of a dead king, he was not after petty clothing and jewellery. He was searching for knowledge.
Looking again at the bones of the former Koleth King, Gataz wondered just how disgusted the deceased would be to see the state of his nation and its Koleth. The former daring assasins were now coprulent princes, stealing and fighting with each other.
Gataz left the sarcophagus, and began to examine the walls. He could see impressions, where jewels had once been imbedded in the wall. He looked at the scripts on the wall.
...appointed by forces greater than our comprehension, the........overthrew the greedy Tannoth, and established himself......when..surrendered to the might of Mekaia's Koleth, led....death.
The stone surfaces were too rough and mossy to be read completely, and the torchlight was too dim. Gataz looked elsewhere.
With the spear of copper...axe's cruel wound....thousands of strong men marched into Mekong...
No, this was just another tale of Mekaia's military prowess. He moved and looked at a new line of script.
...two blades, whirring and blinding in the hot sunlight, cleaved off the weak barbarian's head. The Koleth-
Gataz looked closer. The script split, telling one story spiralling off to the left, and another heading off towards the wall, near a collapsed portion of the tomb. These lines of script met and diverged all over the tomb, showing the whole web that was the history of Mekaia through the life of Thanh. On an instinct, he followed the script leading to the collapsed pile of bricks.
-returned victorious to Karau Thau, waiting for their reward. But greedy Tannoth was gone, for he marched into the city weakened by the Koleth, and claimed the victory as his own........demanded their share. But still Tannoth refused to give them the spoils. He gave them a pathetic pile of poor jewels and gold, believing them to be appeased. But.......rose against him, and slew The Emperor Tannoth as they had slain their enemies......
"No, no, no..." muttered Gataz, as the story faded out, on a broken and scattered area of tiled floor. But straight across from where he had stopped, he saw more of the story.
...death of Thanh. The Koleth-
There was another split. But one side was illegible. Gataz continued. He realized that this was written by a totally different hand. The previous writing was worn, and was written in straight, blocklike letters. But the new text was written in a flowing, free way. It was fresher.
-in truth, became decadent. They settled down and lived in rich Mekong estates, never working, impoverishing the slaves and civilians beneath them. I resisted this change, citing the good of Mekaia. I was exiled, but never left. In cowardice, I hid. I knew that Mekaia would fall without the Koleth. I tried to train more childre Koleth skills, but my secrecy prevented it. I write this now...
Gataz cursed. A pile of collapsed bricks blocked the script. With the greatest care, he lifted off the bricks, one by one. After a great amount of work, more words were cleared.
as what will likely be my last words. I can already hear the guards behind me. Take the writings, and leave. These words will be the hope for Mekaia. Take them, and learn. Learn the ways of the Koleth. Awaken those who have fallen into decadence. Fe-
The words stopped there. Gataz could easily guess what had happened. But what had the last true Koleth meant by taking the writings? He couldn't carry off all of the floor and walls.
As if it was destined, two bricks from the wall fell away. Behind it was a pile of papyrus, beginning to yellow. Gataz gingerly reached for the stack, and pulled them out, careful not to damage any. On top of them was the Koleth seal. Two crossed swords surrounded by two serpents. About to put the sheets into his cloak, a gold and red ring fell out. A Koleth ring! Gataz put it on, and rushed out of the crypt. If he was lucky, the guards would still be gone, and he would get out safely.
To be continued...
Jason The King
Deity
wow, north king's and panda's map look really nice with nations on it. you also make a very nice map, mjm, something to be proud of.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
I am taking Byzantine.
erez87
Lord of Random
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I can't do it?
btw nothing happened with the iron
Also Hatti capital is not my capital.. it should only be red.
Also. Why so many looses? Hatti army was much smaller AND was attacking the Athenians and Byzantines when I invaded... Explanation? How they got back home before me? I was even closeer to their capital than them..
and you didn't fixed my stats! You said you will! LIER! (government - despotism and leader.. i'll find it in a sec)
to Bzantium and Athense:
We have destoried the Hatti that ones threatened you. Will you reward us for this nice thing we did?
to Babylon:
Hello friends. We would like to expand trade with you!
tommy_toon
Emperor
How in the world do the steppe's have 25 Uber Elite troops!?!?!! They're just barbarians!
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