Tale of Sir Flevance : No Story yet.

[King Flevance]

This is a narative of my current game, written as I play it. No cheats are enabled. So the story is as it is in the game.

This is the first time I have done anything like this but it looks like fun.
-Huge Map : Continents : 12 Civs- (Prince) ...yep, this one may take some pages

EDIT: My handle comes from an old Dungeons & Dragons charactor. He is the star of this tale.

Tale of Sir Flevance

Chapter 1
A Nation Born​

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Sir Flevance, a gnome from an entirely different deminsion, was still unsure of exactly how he came to be on this odd yet basic land. The people in this land seemed immortal, the only way to die here was in battle and because of that, they lived very long lives as battle was rare. The Sun Tribe had inhabited the Bay for some time now. Sir Flevance had gained trust with these strangers as the years past. He would tell stories of imaginary cities of the tribesmen across the land uniting and working together.

Tokugawa, a fisherman from the lands, had expressed a cautious attitude towards Sir Flevance's radical ideas. The two would debate over needs of the Sun Tribe and eventually grew to respect one another's views.

The people of the Sun Tribe rallied behind their dreams to unite the tribe's people and they founded the first united city of Flevanston Bay. Named after the man that they chose to lead them with his visionary dream. The city that would be known as the capitol to the Red Sun Empire.

Sir Flevance quickly decided a military was the only way to protect the interests of the tribe. The people became weary to make units of destruction but not even Tokugawa thought this idea was too drastic. They knew there were realms with vicious barbarian tribes. Basic melee tactics were practiced and warrior sentries took to the nearby hills to survey the land. And even though the tribes were cautious to make a military, a few nearby villages provided the Sun Tribe with gold offerings to aid the cause.

Sir Flevance sat in town square talking with a few other tribesmen about what everyone thought the town needed to keep the residents amused. They had discussed the need for food to be stored through the winter as for now, they could only eat what they could manage to find for themselves.

"Excuse me, could you tell us where to find Sir Flevance, the man who leads the Unified Sun Tribe?" A man intruded into the men speaking over one another.

"I am that man, and who might you be?" came a response within the crowd. A small man maybe four feet tall at best stepped forward. At first these men were astounded by the size of this great man they had heard so much about, but had somehow never heard word on how short he was.

"No disrespect, sir, but I have to ask. You are the man who has unified the Sun Tribe?"

"Aye." A long pause lingered in the air as the crowd stared at Sir Flevance. He was used to these unusual responses. "What is it you seek? Surely, you did not come to stare at me."

"No, sir." The newcomer's companion that had yet to speak blurted out. "We hear you are in need of men. We see your flag being carried with your warriors in the countryside. My brother and I just returned from scouting the land to find our village had joined your cause. We, too, would like to join your campaign. The two of us are exceptionally good at mapping out territory and could help relay information to you we find in far off lands."

Sir Flevance looked the two young men over, and no doubt he was intrigued by their skill. They were physically fit and eager with youth. He knew many villagers were still around and independant. "Well, my friends.." he said before being cut off for formal introductions.

"I am Yosha, and this is my brother Xan." The second one blurted with an apologetic tone. "We are from the Hawk tribe that was settled to the west of the city across the river."

"Well then," Sir Flevance continued. "Unit Hawk, I know the Immortal Sea lies to our west. However, the eastern lands hold many territories our people are unfamiliar with. To the south is the tribal jungles, take as many supplies as you need from the villager's with my permission and head eastward to scout out the land, let any villager's you come across know they may join the Sun Tribe's numbers for mutual protection."

The Hawk unit did just that. Soon surrounding tribes were giving gold tributes to the Sun Tribe's cause. A couple had already mapped out jungle territories in the south as other aided by sharing skill only known to them with the Sun Tribe such as herding livestock.

Slowly the city of Flevanston Bay was growing, cultural influence was spreading, and the people were investigating new ways to commit to the empire. Quickly, the people had learned about fishing and mining. The wheel was crudely made to aid the gathering of these resources. Small farmers began discuss ways to make larger scale farms to feed more than one family from the harvest. With the demand of so many resources, Flevance had no choice but to issue a volunteer system for a labor force of workers.

 

[King Flevance]

The souting unit Hawk had became semi-famous. Townsfolk began to tell tales of their adventures and inventive stories of what they had encountered. Sir Flevance knew better than to believe these stories. He had heard no official word of these men yet. Then one day they showed up in town with news for the people.

Once their safe return was celebrated Sir Flevance went to speak with them in private to find they had encountered other tribes that had united. First, they met people that spoke highly of a man named Roosevelt. They called their tribal lands America. Though they did not yet know where these lands were, they said their encounter with the Americans was very friendly and honorable.

They had also met some people under a purple flag calling themselves Romans. Their leader was a known as a very hospitable and friendly soul. His name was Julius Ceaser. Again the Hawk scouts regretted to inform Sir Flevance they had also not seen the lands of the Romans.

Sir Flevance was shocked to find, they had also ran into a third tribe. They were lead by a man named Asoka. India was the formal name to their land, and they were a spiritual people. The people they spoke with put blessings on the Hawk brothers and prayed good things for the Red Sun Tribe. Sir Flevance noticed an excited manner in the Hawk brothers when they spoke of the Indians.

Flevance told the brothers they did excellent work and sent them back out to celebrate with the people. He then went to speak with Tokugawa about these new united tribes. They were both glad to see they were peaceful empires and fortune had smiled upon them by placing them around other people that had little interest in war. They decided it best to send the scout unit into the south to find these other lands. That is where the Hawk unit had encountered their people so it was obviously the safest bet.

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Years past and Flevance recieved word from his warriors posted in the nearby hills of American and Indian scouting units that had been surveying the territory of the Red Sun Tribe. This aggrovated him as he still had not heard from the Hawk unit and did not know where their empires were. Then American fishermen were docking at the bay and trading with the Japanese people. He tried to get them to release some information as to the whereabouts of their city and they had no accurate way to describe it on land. All they would say is they just followed the coast.

Word was spread that a new belief system was being introduced in Asokas empire called Buddhism. The Indian culture was said to be very influential, as many of the commoners stories had originated from India. Sir Flevance began to worry about the slow pace of his defended empire. So he decided to begin recruiting pioneers and craftsmen to head out to found a new city for the empire. This would claim land for his people, as well as help keep Flevanston Bay from getting overcrowded. Everything was going as planned until the laboring work force reported a new flag showed up at the borders of Flevanston Bay.

Sir Flevance and Tokugawa quickly went out to talk with the strange visitors. They were a rugged band of scouts flying a brown banner and calling themselves Mongolians. Sir Flevance hoped this to be another peaceful tribe, however they had only but a message from their leader. A man named Kublai Khan was informing nearby nations, as the united tribes were beginning to be called, that he would hold peace until his empire can grow no more. Then he would begin an assault on any who stood in his way. After Sir Flevance had recieved this word, the scouts set off to find the other tribes.

Sir Flevance was tempted to send an attacking unit to destroy the scouts, but resisted the urge. He decided it better to let the other tribes be warned as well. But now war seemed like an almost inevitable factor for the people of his empire. This new tribe had Tokugawa and Sir Flevance a bit uneasy to say the least, how were the people going to react to word of a warlike tribe showing up? This was exactly the kind of thing they were hoping to avoid.

 

[King Flevance]

Moderator:Could you remove the "No story yet" from the title of this thread for me please? Editing the OP will not change it for some reason. Thank you.

The Mongolian encounter along with rumors among the people of hostile barbarians attacking villages had Sir Flevance worried. He thought it to be wise to upgrade his military in some form. He put his best craftsmen in charge of making up a new weapon. The commoners did begin to speak ill words of Sir Flevance's militaristic ideas as they had kept hearing more and more wonderous things of the Indians luxurious empire.

He knew the time to expand was nearing and he felt he had enough pioneers to settle a new city. However, he knew he had no way to defend two cities with his current military. If he pulled his troops out of the countryside it may be overran with barbarian rebels. Luckily, his craftsmen came to him with their new creation, the bow and arrow. This would allow much greater city defenses from ranged combat.

He knew of gold in hills to the north but it was a great distance. To the south was a natural crop of wheat that grew wild, and cattle they could pasturize that grazed there in the summer. Although, he hadnt seen the lands of the other empires, he was certain that all but the Mongols lie to the south. So, expanding south would also help to get closer to establishing better relations with the people of the more peaceful tribes.

Gateway City was soon under construction named so as it would become a gateway between any southern nations and the captiol of the Red Sun Empire, now commonly being called Japan. While the new city was being built scouts that flew a sky blue flag with a helm on it appeared at the border. They followed a man called Alexander and called themselves the Greeks.

The Greeks were enthusiastic to meet with the Japanese people. However, Sir Flevance soon learned that it was to a destructive means. They offered to increase relations between the two people and form an alliance, then crush all other empires beneath their "sandals". Sir Flevance knew there was an inevitable war ahead and wondered if the Greeks had any ties to Mongolia. No doubt, they were in the same area. Whereas he had met peaceful units from the other nations in the southern jungles, the Warlike Mongols and Geeks had came to his borders from the eastern lands.

The Japanese army had to find these Mongolian and Greek lands soon. The scales were now tipped too far against them. He decided it best to get barracks in the cities to better train the units. It wasn't hard to see dangerous times were ahead. The worries became larger among the people as they heard a city of Asoka had been captured in war. Some say it was the rogue barbarians that had risen in the recent years. Others say that it was a large empire bent on dominating the world. Sir Flevance and Tokugawa couldn't descern which was true but they both knew, that either way they needed to be ready.

To make things a bit more rough on morale, an American merchant showed up at Flevanston Bay with the body of the twins known as the Hawk unit. It was obvious they had been killed by an animal attack. Their bodies had been mangles by marks of tooth and claw. The kingdom wept for the two men so eager to help the Empire and Sir Flevance provided an honorable funeral.

 

[King Flevance]

The only thing comforting the gnome ruler and Tokugawa, his closest advisor, was the fact that rumors were flying around that the America and Japan had the largest armies in the area. The impact of the Hawk Unit had morale to low for Sir Flevance to immediately get more scouts searching the countryside and had to concentrate his forces for proper defenses around the cities.

As expected many barbarian tribes soon showed up at the borders of the empire. They began to surround Japan in all the lands and hills that lay just outside the realm. Units fought them off surprised at the savage's abilities to also be equipt with the bow. It seemed the technology was becoming a widly known about weapon.

Many battles were fought in the hills to the north. Sir Flevance began strengthening the land to put an end to these rebels in his territory for good. He only lost one unit of warriors in the time it took him to bulk up his defenses. Soon he had taken the barbarian to a minimum.

 

[King Flevance]

The Japanese people began to grow jealous of the nation of India. Tales of Delphi were all over with stories of Buddhist shrines and houses made of solid gold. Sir Flevance knew people had a way of exaggerating the truth on such matters but he had to applaud Asoka on his ability to spread word of his empire through culture and amusing the masses.

Japan was more militaristic than anything and the people craved culture. A few local freelance craftsmen had expressed an interest in the few Mysticism philosophies that managed to crudely make their influence into the japanese lands. They began to look to the heavens and stars so much that they had even envisioned an idea to make a great monument to the gods.

"Your grace, the people need to know you are after more than conquest. You speak of the Mongols and the Greeks being too war orientated, yet you yourself do the same." Calun said with a yearning anxious tone.

"I do not aim for war!" King Flevance shouted at the insane accusation. "I do not wish to endanger the people because they feel they need a statue to the Gods. I do not hate the Gods, but if they want a statue, let them get rid of the invading forces in our land so that we may build one."

"Yes, sire. But it is well known that your armies are great. Only America can rival us and they favor Japan through bartering at the Bay." Calun stared at King Flevance awaiting the response as the troubled ruler stood overlooking the townsfolk in the town center going about their daily routines. He hoped the gnome would come to see things as he did. Flevance was not much unlike the immortal humans, he could see the look of discontent in their faces as they did what they must to make the best of their current situation. He was respected greatly for his wisdom in the creation of the empire but his recent military struggle had the people waiting to see his next move.

"I do not wish to have the people die on the battlefield." Sir Flevance finally spoke. "I do not wish to have them die because we are unprepared for battle neither. You all must bear with me for now, I need the people's support as much as they need guidance. Asoka has lost a city due to his lack of military and abundance of luxuries..." He was about to go more into his thoughts aloud as Tokugawa rested a hand on his shoulder drawing his attention. Tokugawa had to kneel to speak privately with the troubled gnome.

"Flevance, our armies have the northern lands in sumbission as it is. The jungles to the south still have rogues in great number as you know. We may be able to have Gateway City begin the monument. Beware of morale, it is just as important as the size of a military." He spoke close to Flevance's ear in a low tone careful not to let Calun now the tactics of the conversation just yet, for fear of interruption.

"We don't have control enough of the southern lands for something as irresp-" Flevance shouted before Tokugawa stopped him from continuing.

"You do not have to start building just yet, most likely they are not ready for it anyways. But agreeing to them right now is a good idea I think. Let me handle the details of Gateway City. As far as your concerned with the plans in the near future for Gateway City, they are taken care of and will hold. I promise you that." Tokugawa said with a assuring manner. Flevance trusted Tokugawa's judgement enough to go along.

"Calun, how soon can you gather what you need to start?" King Flevance asked hoping for a long date in honesty.

"I can have the men and resources ready within a few weeks." he replied with excitement.

"Good because you have to travel to Gateway City to construct it there."

"But, sire, that will take us months to be ready. If we build it in the capital, it will be faster and more people will see it." he said suddenly losing the excitement he just recently had.

"It will be built in Gateway City, or there is no way to do it." Flevance replied in a matter of fact tone. He glanced at Tokugawa to make sure he knew what he was doing to recieve a nod in return.

"Very well, thank you, sire." Calun bowed in gratitude and respect towards the two men.

The winter passed and Tokugawa managed to get a patrol of archers recruited from Gateway City and posted to the southwest of the city to block barbarian tribes from passing Gateway City over to attack the capitol. The Japanese people had also caught word that the nation of India had been wiped out and Asoka's body burnt in a fire. The people wept for these people that seemed a casualty of their own gluttony.

However, Flevance noted a larger boost in Japanese morale from this. Instead of seeming like a tyrant to his people, they were greatful for his decisions to maintain a military stronghold.

As time passed Flevance decided that while Tokugawa was busy with Gateway City it was time to make his presence known in the east more. A new group of pioneers were gathered and promised land rights to construct a new city in the eastern valley on a small desert land.

The worker units became extremely occupied helping Gateway City keep a steady flow of resources in the city for the project. They had even cleared a couple forests to cut down on travel time to the capitol for resources. Japan was going to need a new union of workers to improve the surrounding countryside Sir Flevance soon realized.

Finally, Gateway City had produced the monument of Stonehenge a few years ahead of schedule. The people loved the new monument and would go to visit this gift to the Gods in awe. Merchants from America would stay extra days in Japan to travel and see the grand construction. Rumors of it spread all over the realms.

 

[King Flevance]

The impact from Stonehenge was still at its peak when the pioneers made it into the desert valley and began production of the city rightly name Japan Valley. A trade Network between the three cities of Japan was established quickly. The population was growing rather fast and Flevanston Bay began to stink of rotted fish guts.

However, now with three secure cities claiming the land in the name of the Japanese Empire, Sir Flevance fell victom to his pride. He had grown to adore the Japanese Empire. They had became strong in military and rich in culture. Julius Ceaser, leader to the Romans had supposedly laid claim to a new religion called Hinduism. He claimed Asoka's demise was because he upset the Gods with his false religion and was struck down as revenge. Rome was now being revered as a highly civilized people.

When the craftsmen who had build the Stonhenge Monument returned to Sir Flevance with ideas of a new bigger structure that would be a dedication to the History of the Gods, Sir Flevance could not resist the attempt at a chance to make the Japanese culture spread across the land before his armies could. He would see to it his people would be the glory of all time. He gave them permission to use the marble quarry by the capitol to help them construct it with the best of materials.

American merchants proved valuable once again as they spoke of their brothers in faith, the Romans. Rumors were buzzing around the bay that Ceaser was working on a great project called Pyramids. They were tombs for the people that were to be honored in death. A royal seat in heaven is suppose to be held for any man buried in such a structure it was said. The Gods themselves had told Ceaser how to make this, or so it is rumored. And that only the first empire to build it would rule over the mortals in the afterlife.

However, these merchants told key features to how to build the structure. If the claims of the Gods are true, then Rome was not the only empire to be able to do this. King Flevance was not about to have his people be ruled over another empire if they die in battle for the Empire of Japan. So, upon hearing the news he told Tokugawa to stop all production in Gateway City and focus on completing this structure as fast as possible despite the enormous lack of stone required to build it.

The world was gaining so much pace Flevance was having a hard time keeping up with it all and hired a couple new advisors from the city of Flevanston Bay. Which was just in time for the news to arrive from Japan Valley that a new nation had seemed to show up at the eastern borders.

They flew a green banner and were ruled under a man named Saladin. They were known as the Arabian Empire. Sir Flevance was somewhat disgusted to see them show up where they did. He had been planning to spread the Japanese empire in the direction for the wild horses that ran the meadows there. He had also recently discovered copper in those lands, another resource that had been told to be able to form weapons of considerable durability.

He did not wish war on his people though and went to meet this man named Saladin. Unfortunatley, he walked away unsure of the intentions behind the Arabian Empire. They were a casual bunch of people. Saladin had a favor for both Greece and Mongolia. Yet Saladin did not seem like war was on his own agenda.

This, of course, complicated matters for Sir Flevance. Now he had to change a couple things on his own agenda to avoid confrontation. Of course, he had also considered not avoiding confrontation as well.

 

[King Flevance]

Sir Flevance began to watch the craftsmen in the city of Flevanston Bay construct the monument being called Parthenon. He watched them as they would get each measurement precise and think of how the construction was very similar to the tactics he was now beginning to see form in the political game between the many nations of tribes that had risen over the many hundreds of years.

"My King!" a voice shouted from the distance with tremendous fervor. Flevance spun to see a small boy running up the hill towards him. His arms flailed around in the air as a child does when they run. "You must see the boats!"

"What are you talking about, Lapkin?" Sir Flevance replied. He knew this boy well. He had shown up a couple hundreds years ago alone. He had been found bathing in the Gateway River when Gateway City was founded. He had no parents and somehow had managed to survive the animals that ran rampant in the area. The pioneers from Gateway City had sent him to Flevanston Bay for shelter and food and like a lost pup, he never never had reason to leave after this.

"The bay!" He claimed as if those two words held the meaning of life itself within them. "There is strange boats in the bay, sir."

"How are they strange?"

"Come, see." With that the boy began running again only this time away from the troubled King. Sir Flevance watched the boy run for about 60 yards until the bay came into view. Then his own eyes widened. The boats seemed to be very similar to a fishermans boat but had decorative markings on them. He hurried to the shores to see what these were as he could see people gathering around the new boats and socializing with the important men that were coming to shore from them.

They were from America which was no surprise to Sir Flevance. American merchants were constantly in the bay selling oddities to the people. These men were different than the usual American peddlers though. These men wore blue robes of high quality, the robes were so glorious they were very close to the one Flevance wore. He watched these men for a moment longer before going down to see why these men were at the city.

"You must be King Flevance," a man claimed as soon as Sir Flevance got close enough to see the faces of the new men. "Roosevelt, the leader of the American people, has grown to respect the Japanese Empire. Many of our fishermen return with tales of how they come here to barter with your people. They speak of Stonehenge and your ability to keep the countryside tamed. Roosevelt has sent us with the suggestion of opening our borders with you."

"Has he also sent you with information concerning where the American Empire's location is?" Sir Flevance replied to the interesting proposition.

"Sorry, honorable one. We would not even begin to know how to tell you. We are along the coast of the land. If you wish we could take a fishing vessel to follow us back, though the seas are rough and very few people, even our own, survive the journey. People have died at sea coming to see your monument to the skies." The man's face suddenly expressed a bit of fear wash over it as he looked back at the bay. "We ourselves may not make it back to America safely. Our men travel here with great courage."

"Well then, please stay here for a couple of days. I am unable to respond to such an agreement so quickly. I will discuss the offer with my people and before you leave I will have an answer. You may catch one of the caravans to Gateway City and see the monument. There you may pray for a safe return." Sir Flevance had never encountered such a proposal. It seemed as if many empires were in agreement already with these Open Borders deals.

As the new diplomats were made welcome by the Japanese people, Sir Flevance was discussing matters with his Foreign Advisor Kammu. Kammu did remind Sir Flevance that no other empire had established trade with the Japanese other than the Americans. Irony had its factor in the equation as well. America had already obtained poor relations with Mongolia, Greece, and Arabia. The three kingdoms Sir Flevance had already had trouble with himself.

Sir Flevance was now beginning to like this Roosevelt fellow. He saw eye to eye with him in alot of the same political matters. When the time came for the diplomats to leave Sir Flevance told them that Japan must temporarily decline. However, once a proper Stronghold to the eastern lands were established he would open the borders to the American people.

 

[Farae]

Very nice!

 

[King Flevance]

Chapter 2
Tension on the Horizons​

Time passed and with it came the Monument of the Parthenon. Japanese culture was growing even stronger across the land as Sir Flevance kept a watchful eye on the Arabian Empire to the east. He had still yet to determine this Saladin's intentions. More so, he and Tokugawa had frequently discussed how wise attacking the Arabians would be. They held access to horses, copper, and rice. Three valuable resources to Japan that had Sir Flevance anxious to start a war for them. The only problem was, he did not have the means to take the city.

There was no way for him to build chariot units without an abundance of horses. He had no way to make weapons forged from metals without large amounts of metals to work with. If the Arabians were to make an onslaught with these new resources they controlled, Sir Flevance would have a hard time surviving it.

Another new empire had also made contact. A man named Napoleon showed up with no mistake about his intentions. He offered peace, although he let it be known he felt superior to the Japanese people for some reason. Sir Flevance decided to look over his knowledge of the other rulers he had met and heard word upon to figure out where he was going be on the political feild that was forming.

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Alexander - Assumed East of Japan.
Pleased relations to the French.
Annoyed with America and Japan.
Open Borders Agreement with Saladin.

Asoka - Dead.

Julius Ceaser - Assumed Southeast of Japan.
Pleased relations with America and Arabia.
Open Borders with America and Arabia.

**Holds an enormous impact with the Holy City to the faith of Hinduism**​

Followers of the faith: Rome, America, and Greece

Kublai Khan - Assumed East of Japan.
Pleased relations with Saladin of Arabia.
Annoyed with Roosevelt of America.
No Open Borders.

**Holds an enormous impact with the Holy City to the faith of Judaism**​

Followers of the faith: Mongolia.

Nepolean - Unknown location.
Pleased relations with Mongolia and Greece.
Annoyed with America and Japan.
Open Borders signed with Arabia.

Roosevelt - Assumed South of Japan.
Pleased relations with Julius Ceaser of Rome.
Annoyed with Mongolia, Greece, and France.
Open Borders with Rome and Arabia.

Saladin - Known East of Japan.
Pleased Relations with Rome and Mongolia.
Open Borders with everyone except Japan and Mongolia.

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Sir Flevance evaluted this information very carefully, as he knew his first step in the political battlefield would be his first impression on the other nations. As we all know, first impressions are very important. He knew this kind of information would come in handy in the near future and had his inventors quickly begin work on a way to record information down so that he may look over it whenever he needed.

Flevance had already decided that an assault on the Arabian empire was beyond necessary. It was manditory to keep the Japanese people in control of the area. He and Tokugawa talked at length of the war trhis could easily spawn among the nations. They came to the conclusion that America could easily be negotiated into a war against the east. Although the Romans held a wild card that held a small threat. However, the two decided the attack was more than worth the risk.

Flevance issued a new outpost to the north along the shore called Golden Harbor, named after the surrounding hills that held rich deposits of gold. This outpost was crucial to block the Arabians from expanding even more into the Japanese lands. He issued strict orders to complete a barrack in the new city to help for reinforcements when the time came.

Hopefully, Saladin would not try to advance too soon as Flevance set up a solid defense to hold against any retaliation they would encounter.

 

[IamSid]

Good Job! Good job indeed

 

[King Flevance]

Sir Flevance still was faced with the problem of not having any offensive army. It was all he could do to have the people support his ideas of making a defensive army. What would be the price of making an invading force to attack Saladin with his own people. How many would revolt at the thought of killing Japanese men and women over claiming rights on copper and horses?

There was no way around it though and he began training archers with offensive tactics of gaining key positions to obtain a first strike on defenders. Drills were ran in Japan Valley to train a small invading force of archers on the best measures to take a city. The drills proved to be little help as the defenders almost always won. Sir Flevance knew the archers would not be able to make an effective attack on Saladin if they could not even take a city they were familiar with. Saladin would easily win with familiar grounds.

Then a group of Japanese warriors known as the "Peacekeepers" reported that Saladin had already accessed the copper with a mine. A road to the mine was about completed as well which would allow Saladin to be able to make use of this resource. Flevance was not going to have Saladin build an army before he could get an attack off the ground and decided the time to move was now.

He sent orders for the Peacekeeper unit to rush Saladin's borders and destroy the mine. If the workers resisted to kill them and then continue into the borders of Arabia and pillage any improvements made on the terrain. Any roads leading into the heart of Arabia need to be pillaged to cut off supply routes. If Japan was not ready for the war, then Saldin needed to be caught with his pants down as well.

The workers building the road surrendered and joined the Japanese empire to save their lives. Tokugawa took the initiative to go into Japan Valley and watch over the new workers from Arabia to make sure they did not do anything that would prove unfortunate for Japan. The small band of of men did not prove difficult however and were soon put to work on building roads around Japan Valley to help aid in sending extra troops into enemy territory.

**Thanks for the positive feedback. I wasn't even sure if anyone was reading this. My free time is getting to be a toss up but the story is now beginning to move out of the B.C.s**

 

[King Flevance]

Sir Flevance was worried that he had maybe attacked too fast but he was not a person to bathe in regret. Fortunatly, fate decided to intervene in Sir Flevance's situation for better or worse. The people of Japan Valley had began to follow the teachings of a japanese man, Confucia. They claimed it was rules of how to live an honorable and noble life.

Confucia was a religious man despite how uncommon it was in Japan. He had been assigned to the project of the creation of writing and in his studies, he believed he had made a blueprint of "proper values" according to the Gods. This religion was one that had no Gods itself though ironically enough. It was a religion of scriptures that Confucia constantly studied through tales of the Gods and would weigh the importance of their values, then record them down as best he could for the people to study. Named Confucianism, this newly found religion rapidly made its way to the people of Flevanston Bay.

Sir Flevance took advantage of this and made an Oracle in Flevanston Bay that could "see the future" through the ability to predict cause and effect from the scriptures, although it was mostly a trickery through theatrics. People from all over Japan came to see what the Oracle would forsee for them and their troubles. Sir Flevance noted that through the use of this Oracle he could throw political spins in the forseen future to the people's visions and effectively help him control the morale of his people a little better.

Sir Flevance was mostly excited about his researchers discovering how to make charcoal. They could easily make it in large quantity and by scraping it on stone, it would mark the stone. Flevance would now be able to make markings inside his meeting chamber along the stone walls. Now that he had a way to record the historic properties of his nation as it progressed to create a well of knowledge, he put his research team back to work on new ways to make an assault on the Arabian cities.

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In the next few years alot of the other nations were taking note of Sir Flevance. Now with the Oracle, Parthenon, Stonehenge, along with Japan Valley now being held as a Holy City of Confucianism Japanese culture was unrivaled. The romans had spread word that some other nation had built the Pyramids. The Gods themselves descended to tell Julius Ceaser that an empire unknown to him had heard of the structure's design and completed it swiftly.

Soon the research team came to Sir Flevance with excitement of a new discovery. They requested meeting him in the meeting chamber to show them what they discovered. Flevance knew Tokugawa had returned to Flevanston Bay to discuss the political matters changing with the new religion spreading in Japan. Tokugawa was unsure of how Sir Flevance viewed it and knew both men had to be on the same page so to speak.

Sir Flevance sent a messenger to Tokugawa telling him there was a matter of importance to be discussed in the meeting chamber and he should come. Sir Flevance and Tokugawa entered the chamber to find Griswald, a local craftsman, waiting for them inside the chamber with a sword at his side.

"Hello, Griswald." Sir Flevance said as he walked passed the man going immediatley to his newly written records of foreign intelligence to review them once more as if he had maybe missed something in the many times he had already veiwed them. Tokugawa gave a slight glance at Sir Flevance for his unhospitable entrance but knew he should leave it alone. He made a more welcoming entrance and talked a little to Griswald of family affairs before getting to the point at hand.

"What is it you needed to talk with us about, Griswald?" He asked.

"This sword." he claimed as if the weapon was forged by the Gods themselves. "It was made from a metal deposit found in the valley west of Flevanston Bay. Please, feel free to examine it. I believe you will be satisfied." Griswald then offered the sword to Tokugawa who grabbed the hilt and began to inspect the weapon. Then the burly man gave a glance to the still distracted king overlooking the wall and occassionally mumbling unknown frustrations to himself.

Tokugawa noticed Griswald's uneasy demeanor towards Sir Flevance and sighed. "Dont mind him. This whole war has his attention span shorter than he is." Griswald gave a slight chuckle and again diverted his attention back to the purpose of the meeting.

"What do you think?" he asked the General.

"This is an impressive metal." Tokugawa claimed as he maneuvered the weapon through the air in multiple directions.

"Yes!" Griswald replied with an excitement in his tone. "It takes time to craft with the metal but it is a very strong metal. Stronger than bronze even. We have called it Iron."

"Stronger than bronze?" Tokugawa let the sword fall to his side as he turned back towards Sir Flevance who may as well have been a fly on the wall thus far. He hadn't really been listening to the meeting and was instead thinking of his current situation. Constantly, he ran over everything in his mind making sure to not forget about even the slightest detail. He had declared war on an opponent that held every advantage over him in military resources.

"What?" Sir Flevance said as he noted the other two men staring at him in silence. He could read the displeasure in Tokugawa's face. "I am sorry, my mind was wondering. Forgive my distraction."

"They say this metal is stronger than bronze" Tokugawa echoed knowing that would catch Flevance's attention.

"How much stronger?" the gnome replied. Griswald motioned to Tokugawa to hand him the sword which he did. Then Griswald went to the closest of the four stone pillars in the room and swung the sword hard against it. The noise instantly made every man wince from the sound as the sword hacked into the stone pillar.

When the two men slowly reopened their eyes they saw Griswold holding the sword up to show it unbroken and unbent. Then he motioned them to join him by the pillar where he brushed off the stone to show a nice fracture in the pillar made by the metal. The men were astounded by this, so far the only thing able to brake stone was other stone or marble. Sir Flevance grabbed the blade that was almost longer than he stood tall and inspected it to find little more than a scratched up blade. "Amazing, where did you find this metal and how much of it was there?" he replied. He knew, here was the victory to his war.

"It was west of Flevanston Bay in the plains."

"Get everything you will need to make a permanant outpost setup there. I am going to need alot of these swords." Sir Flevance said with so much enthusiasm, Tokugawa could tell the gnome's mind was already calculating the perfect means to apply this new advantage.

"Yes, sir." Griswald said before turning back and heading for the door.

"Griswald!" Sir Flevance shouted as if in afterthought.

"Sir?"

"I didnt express my gratitude yet. Thank you. You may have just saved the lives of the Japanese people and our nation."

"It is my honor, sir" Then he spun back around and left Tokugawa and Sir Flevance alone discussing future plans.

However, the original plans were quickly changed when a patrol from Gateway City had sent word that there was a deposit of Iron to the east and uncomfortabley close to Damascus, the Arabian city that already had so many other military resources in its grasp. If the Arabians discovered what this metal was, the advantage would be lost.

Flevance quickly decided he would have to have the new pioneers head east to settle to the south of Damascus. This would stop Arabia from utilizing that specific deposit of iron and allow Japan to hold a key position to invading Arabia along with a key resource.

 

[mtabacco]

im glad you cept going thanx.

 

[King Flevance]

Before Griswald could get a group of pioneers ready to settle to the east, Confucianism had spread into every Japanese city. A man named Moses had surfaced in Gateway City that was beginning to get alot of attention from the people. He had studied the scriptures with great fervor. Soon he embarked on a journey to the Holy City of Japan Valley to speak with Confucia himself.

Confucia was pleased to meet the man known as Moses whom he had heard a great deal about. Both men began to hold debates over the scriptures in the town square to debate their meaning and validity. Soon as the number of spectators grew, they decided it would be best to make a building dedicated to the study of the scriptures. This would keep the masses out of town square so that the merchants and daily traffic would not be bothered.

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The lands around Japan Valley grew tense as the years went by. Sir Flevance had yet to make a move onto Arabian soil since the initial assault. The warrior unit called the Peacekeepers had went into the land under strict orders to pillage any improvement Saladin had around Damascus and hadn't yet returned.

Two geurilla outposts of archers named "Eagleview" and "Bloodhawks" had reported that Saladin had since then sent over 2 archer patrol units. Sir Flevance commanded all Japanese armies to hold their positions and not attack the invading forces. It was too early for unnecessary casualties and he assumed if he let Saladin come into his borders he would gain some tolerance for his Peacekeeper unit inside the Arabian borders. He also wanted to see what Saladin would do and was confident in his defenses. All Japanese military was ordered to do was to defend only against Arabian attacks made on them.

Saladin did not have the patience for such a drawn out tactic though and attacked the Japanese forces which caused minimal casualties to Flevance's empire. Sir Flevance was beginning to assume the Peacekeepers had died on their mission but to be sure he sent the Bloodhawks into the borders of Arabia. They were to scout out the southern borders and meet up with the Peacekeepers if they were still alive. However, when they got there the Peacekeeper unit was nowhere to be found. As ordered they made camp between Damascus and the iron deposit to the south. It was now their duty to guard the iron deposit in case Saladin decided to move in on it before Japan could.

Tokugawa took initiative to head back to Gateway City and begin fast training of archery units to create another sentry unit to help the Bloodhawks hold the ore deposit. Before they had set off, reports came back that Rome had taken a slight interest in this battle. Julius Ceaser had grown annoyed with Japan over the recent years. Sir Flevance wasn't too shocked as he was the only nation to actually install a religion other than Hinduism, although it was based off of its belief structure. What worried King Flevance was the fact that Rome had now moved a few armies of archers and a Chariot unit almost right into the battlefield. If Julius decided he wanted in this war it would most definatley be on the side of Arabia and it would be enough to tip the scales heavily against Sir Flevance.

As Sir Flevance increased his military presence in the eastern lands, however, Rome withdrew. Soon, Sir Flevance controlled the eastern iron and had the Bloodhawks pull back into Japanese lands. Here they were to guard the iron deposit and avoid unecessary confrontation until Japan was ready. Tokugawa's Sentry took over guarding the new outpost built by Griswald and his men, Fort Ironrock named after the effective terrain that would become a valuable tool in this war.

There was a large response to the success of his plans as Sir Flevance began having many men wishing to join ranks in the military. The people were beginning to back the militaristic ideas of Flevance more with each key event that took place. He decided now, while the stage was being set for the battle of Damascus, Japan should spread out into the southern jungles and capitalize on the resources still nearby the capitol. Japan had only begun to create them momentum it needed to overcome its neighbors.

 

[caveman-w]

Great story; hope we may read a lot more about the whereabouts of King Flevance.

 

[King Flevance]

A cloud of dust came down the curvy hillside road like a snake. At the head was a chariot drawn by a horse. The people of Japan knew this could only be one of two people. Sir Flevance and Tokugawa were the only two who travelled by chariot. The two men posted at the west gate of Japan Valley stared at each other in disbelief for a moment. It was not hard for them to notice the small figure trailing behind the horse. It was the King.

"Were you told he was coming?" One of the men asked.

"No..." came a confused reply. "Thats one hell of an imposter though if it isnt him." The two men chuckled over the last comment as they watched him ride closer.

"We better get the gate open. Whatever it is, I am sure it is of importance for him to come to Japan Valley." The first guard spoke again. "You think it has to do with that Moses guy or the Kong Miao?"

"Beats me. It wouldn't surprise me. I dont think I have ever actually heard of him leaving the capitol, especially now with the countryside at war with Arabia. For a little guy he has some big marbles." The second one said as they both shared another laugh.

"He doesn't need big marbles when he has a fast chariot." The first one replied in afterthought as he rang the bell to signal town guards to help defend and open the gate to the approaching chariot. Once the doors were open, they readied their bows with a hitched arrow before they took their offensive stances on each side of the gate. It only took a half-glance to recognize the King as he rode past them into the city where they continued to guard the opening until the gate was once again locked shut.

King Flevance knew he would get a strange reaction to showing up in Japan Valley but he needed to be on near the front lines when war broke out. As he expected almost everyone that seen him ride in immediatley stopped what they were doing and began to whisper and stare. He was not concerned with what they were gossiping about. No doubt his size if they had not seen him but he figured most were assumptions on why he was there. He payed the crowds no attention as he passed to avoid public speaking for the moment and continued straight to his destination, the barracks to meet with the Captain of the Guards.

He eased the horse along the training fields of the small fortress within the city where he saw men piercing dead carcasses with decent accuracy. He pulled on the reigns to bring the chariot to a halt to watch more of the training going on. Men were broke into teams to his left using sticks as if they were handblades. To his right he saw a single man practicing with one of the new iron blades. This was the man he was looking for, Nathaniel Silverwolf.

Flevance slowly had the horse trot further along the wall of the training ground as he watched Capatain Silverwolf practice his technique with the sword until he had pulled up right in front of the man. Nathaniel continued with his techniques at first not noticing the small head that peered over the wall. He would not have noticed if the horse had not stood up straight for a moment to snare the attention of his sight.

"Your Lordship?" Nathaniel said after puasing for a moment to make sure he was seeing what was before him. Sir Flevance could tell his presence had obviously been a surprise to everyone now.

"Yes, Captain. I know you may be surprised to see me. Forgive my intrusion on your training without prior notice. I need to speak with you about the military situation of the area when you have time." he said sincerely.

"Sure, I am mostly trying out the new weapon I had heard so much about. This is a fine weapon indeed. I can meet you inside the barrack hall if you wish." With that both men smiled and parted ways to meet up in the entrance hall of the barrack.

Formal introductions were made for the first time between these two men, as they were both only people they had heard of before today. Then they discussed at length the surrounding lands and and military units that were known about in enemy territories. The Roman sentry unit was brought up as a worry of Nathaniel's. The Eagleveiw outpost had sent reports of the Roman units pacing around within Saladin's borders. The two pooled their knowledge together deep into the night concerning the tactics that should be used on Arabia when the time was right.

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Sir Flevance had not forgotten the rules of polotics however and went to see the Kong Miao the next day. He met the men known as Confucia and Moses, two very intense individuals.

"So what is it that you teach exactly?" He asked the two men.

"Mostly morale guidance. The difference between right and wrong as it is reflected by the Gods." Moses came in to steal the answer it seemed. Sir Flevance was interested in learning about what it was they taught specifically to the followers of Confucianism. He figured he should learn more about the faith his people had decided to follow.

"The faith is beginning to spread outside of Japan as well." Moses continued. "It would seem that the more we study scriptures about the Gods, the more we can descern honest values from their actions. Some of the American travellers have come to follow our teaching and even took a few missionaries back with them to show us where their capitol of America is for the records of Kong Miao."

The city of Washington had now been located southwest of Flevanston Bay. Sure enough, just along the shore.

"That is good to know, do you know of any other locations of foreign nations or any other information I may find interesting?"

"Not much I am afraid." Moses said in a matter of fact tone. "All that is left concerning the nations is a project we are working on through rumors of the size of the different empires. It seems through hearsay, Mongolia is the largest empire right now along with Rome. The rest of us fall in pretty close but from what we can discern it seems America, Greece, along with France are also slighty larger than us in size. The only empire we are larger than are the Arabians to our east."

"Every little bit of information helps I can assure you Moses. Please send me a messenger with anything else you find concerning the nations of the world. You men lead a very honorable trade within Japan. I have matters I need to discuss for the time being, thank you for the tour." Then the men said their farewells and went off to address matters of their own concerns.


**I am eating up the positive feeback. I will try to keep adding to it. Sometimes editing my screenies for illustration takes some time though, bear with me. I wont quit this thread until my empire is dead or a victory happens**

 

[King Flevance]

Chapter 3
Battlegrounds​

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Tokugawa had been appointed to maintain Flevanston Bay and Gateway City now that King Flevance had decided to focus his sole attention on Japan Valley for the war soon to be led on the borders. The information concerning the Kingdom of America had Tokugawa wanting to establish Japanese domain over the immediate territories. He decided it best to focus on culture and expansion unless further instructed to aid the war.

Back in Japan Valley Eagleview, a unit outpost that sat on the Arabia-Japan border) had sent word that Saladin had approached the borders and wished to speak with King Flevance. This was not an unexpected approach to Flevance and he half expected this sooner or later. He readied a small band of archers to accompany him to meet with the Arabian leader. The two leaders rode to meet one another independant of their armies with the exception of one general who both stayed back from the two men as bodyguards.

"You disgrace your people and all of Arabia by the declaration of this war King Flevance. We have no more patience with you and offer you one last chance at peace before we advance on your territories." Saladin said with a tone of exhaustion in his voice.

"We are not intimidated by your armies, Saladin." Sir Flevance was quick to respond. "Your attitude is too bold for your own good. The only way we would accept peace is if you gave us Damascus to show you respect Japanese Superiority over these lands which were rightfully ours."

"There is no way Arabia will give you such a prize for your arrogance! You are not allowed to even request such demands!" Saladin scorned. "If you will not accept peace on a reasonable level then the fall of Japan shall be on your head." Saladin gave a stern last glance at King Flevance as he waved a couple fingers in the air to signal his General standing firmly behind him that it was time to go. King Flevance glanced back at Nathaniel Silverwolf who had came with him. The man stood tall over the gnome watching Saladin and his general make their way back into Arabian lands.

"I would like for you to get to Fort Ironrock as soon as you can," the King said as he turned back to look over the Arabian troops being led back towards Damascus. "I will assume command in Japan Valley where you should appoint someone to train the men. I trust your judgement to be able to make Fort Ironrock at its most capable potential when we are ready to invade. I suppose it is time to head back and get preparations finalized." Then the two men turned back and lead the troops back to Japan Valley.

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In the following months, Arabian archers again came into the territory of Japan. As before, Flevance gave strict orders to hold attacking the units to see if Saladin's target was still Japan Valley or if he would shift towards Fort Ironrock. However, Saladin's interest in Japan it seemed was still the Holy City of Japan Valley. He focused his attacks on Japan Valley only becoming distracted by Fort Ironrock on a couple of occassions. Flevance guessed that the couple attacks that had been made on Fort Ironrock were under the assumption that Japan had not yet secured the small outpost. The truth was quite the opposite though and the small bands of archers that assaulted Fort Ironrock were slaughtered on these few occassions.

The Arabian forces were never able to mount a strong offense from Damascus, however, as Japan had sent in its armies to quick to lay military dominance within the Arabian borders. Nathaniel Silverwolf had relocated to Fort Ironrock under orders of the king to govern the new city. First, he had issued barracks to be built as quickly as possible using workers to clear forests for fast supplies. Three units of iron swordsmen were then formed. Regiments under the names Glory Raiders, Kamakazis, and Silverwolf (Nathaniels own regiment) were trained on the basics of city taking and how to fight more effectively against archers. Nathaniel had taken the third unit under his wing and then sent them on a recon mission to search out the layout of the land to the east of Damascus.

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Tokugawa had been taking advantage of the time granted to expand the empire in this time as well. He had decided it was time to fully take the lands that lie by the Immortal Sea before Roosevelt got the idea to cross the Sea and settle in Japanese territory. First, he decided to lay claim to the iron in the west and had the city of Japan Harbor founded to the west of the capitol.

The desert to the northwest was being called the "Wasteland Desert" as not much could survive out there and it had even halted the Japanese early in northern expansion. Had there not been any resources in the areas to the north he most likely would have held off and expanded more to the south. But there were cattle and wheat in to the north of the Flevanston Bay. Tokugawa decided it best to claim the northen land now while Japan had the means to do so. He gave the pioneers their usual land rights to settle and told them that they could name the land as they saw fit. He then appointed the lead pioneer, Jade, the governess.

When the city was first founded it had been named Jade Outpost but the people commonly began to refer to it as Wasteland Pass. This name soon caught on as it was merely a means to pass through when traveling between Flevanston Bay and Golden Harbor.

EDIT: In the 2nd Screenshot the unit "Silverhawk" is suppose to be "Silverwolf" I have no way to edit this as it was done in paint and mspaint may as well be permanent marker with JPEGs.

 

[King Flevance]

The new iron swordsmen were dominating the battlefield surrounding Damascus. Saladin tried using archers to retake his territory but they did not last long once they had left the city. Sir Flevance knew General Silverwolf would not journey to far east before heading back and had the troops hold the territory surrounding Damascus without any attempts to take the city. He knew as it stood he held the city in check.

Sure enough, as King Flevance began to grow impatient, Silverwolf's men showed up on the hills to the east. They had returned with knowledge to the lands deeper inside the Arabian borders. The regiments outside Damascus fortified on the borders of Japan and Arabia while the matters of Arabia were discussed.

King Flevance and General Silverwolf went into the head chambers of the barracks to discuss the matter in private between the two of them. All that was in the room was a wood burning fireplace on the north wall opposite to the doorway in and a crudely made wooden table with a few chairs of matching quality. Both men placed their torches in the grooves set for them on each side of the table lighting the room with enough light to dance along the walls. King Flevance instantly went to one of the chairs and seemed to throw himself into an exhausted position upon it.

"It seems Damascus is more of a colony city, sir." Silverwolf claimed. "The ability to supply reinforcements is very harsh. The troops within the city are, as far as we can see, the only opposition we face in taking the city and holding it." Silverwolf let the words hang in the air as Sir Flevance was known for thinking before he fully responded. As Flevance stared at the table surface almost as if in a daze Silverwolf went to the fireplace and began sift through the ashes through boredom.

"I dont want to take Damascus for the Japanese empire." Sir Flevance said as though he was still in thought over it.

"What?!" Silverwolf exclaimed, clapping his hands to get the ash off of them.

"I want to watch it burn."

"Why? It is in key position to utilize the land. As I said it is a colony city and no doubt Saladin placed it there because of its prime location to easily access the resources in the area."

"Saladin need to know that Japan will burn Damascus or any other city that we choose. I have further plans to acces the res-" he said gaining momentum as he continued before being cut short.

"Are you mad!? The people do not want to see more war! Take Damascus and be done with it. You'll have your prize and we ca-" This time it was Flevance who interrupted.

"Do not accuse me of not caring for the interest of the people! The interest of the people right now is having Saladin afraid to even think he is a worthy adversary to the Empire of Japan. He is fond of the Mongols! Kublai Khan has made his intentions well known to the Japanese centuries ago. Arabia may not be a warlike nation but we need to eliminate them from being a possible threat."

This time it was General Silverwolf who let the words hang in the air. Both men contemplated the other's views for the next few silent moments. Finally, the general spoke in response.

"I think you forget that you started this war," he said holding a finger up to signal the king to let him finish before interrupting. "You claim you wanted to take Damascus for the valuable resources it holds. Now you have it in your grasp and you speak of invading further into Arabia. I would suggest that you withdraw from the war once we have taken Damascus, but you are my King and I believe that you will make the right decision." Flevance looked back at him with no expression being able to be read in his facial demeanor. "With all due respect sir, my journey into the east has me exhausted. I would like to rest before we continue any further as my nerves are a bit uneasy."

"I think that is a good idea. I could use some rest myself, we only have a few hours before the sun comes up. Tomorrow get the troops ready for Damascus. I am going to go see Tokugawa and Kammu and discuss matters with them." The King said as he grabbed his torch off the wall and made his way towards the door.

"Yes, sir."

"By the way, who did you leave in charge over Fort Ironrock?"

"Griswald. He had been the man in charge when I showed up. Did you have someone else in mind?"

"No, I was just curious. Griswald is a good man, I just need to pay attention to small details in times like these. Good night, Nathaniel."

"Good night, Flevance."

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The battle of Damascus took place within the following week. General Silverwolf had used the borders to his advantage. Laying constant assault from a camp just inside the Japanese lands this allowed the troops better rest and it made it easier to support the invasion with resources. Damascus fell into Japanese hands in a matter of weeks with minimal Japanese casualties.

As instructed the Glory Raiders instructed all citizens evacuate the city when they laid claim on it. The city was then destroyed leaving nothing but rumble of the once populated countryside. Most refugees travelled east back into their lands of Arabia cursing the Japanese.

 

[ToV]

Great story, King Flevance! The narrative is extremely good, much better than many of the others I have seen, which are simply pictures with words. Pictures are nice, but with the way you write, there is no need for a lot of pictures.

Long live the gnome!

 

[omni_paul]

Good stuff KF. KUTGW