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Tigra

5 (31.3%)

Wei He

9 (56.3%)

Sindhu

2 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 16

Voting closed: November 05, 2016, 04:00:47 pm

[Taricus]

A, we aren't messing with any ghosts. Besides, we still have a decent amount of money.

[ZBridges]

A

[Haspen]

You decide to have the ancient valuables re-buried with the skeletons.

883, Midwinter

Another report comes from the west; the Luathbas soldiers have repelled an attack by some new horde of Adila horsemen. The estimations put this new group at between 2500 to 3500 horsemen, and they had men dressed somewhat differently than the usual Adila outfits. Some soldiers murmur that the distant Inkhani tribe possibly was drawn into the conflict.

Also, your niece Ciri decided to turn down King Beren's offer of marriage. You hear that he instead married a young lady from an old and respected Kiwi family of nobles.

883, Late Winter

In recent weeks there was no action on the western front except few skirmishes between Adila raiders and Tven horsemen, or your scouts.

3to6

The goldmines manager sends you a report; the miners managed to squeeze out enough extra nuggets from the mines to cover the short-time loss.

883 AD, End of the Year

When you're admiring the winter pineflowers, a Luathbasian mountain flower grown in Palace's gardens, the advisor brings you the Scrolls of Kingdom Status. The Advisor certainly looks a bit troubled, even before you start to peruse the scrolls:

Happiness: 5
Population: 5
Economy: 3
Army: 4

No wonder he's nervous.

"Dear Queen," the Advisor begins, "our economy continues to be at the lows, the peasants begin to get tired of constant warring, and our Army is being chipped away year by year. We need to do something to alleviate at least one of these problems, because we cannot allow this to continue any longer."

"What do you suggest?" You ask in a quiet voice.

"We can keep the taxes higher. We can extend the emergency mobilization. Both these options will of course infuriate the population, unless we null them to relieve the burdens of the Luathbas people. "

"Anything more desperate on your mind, though?"

"Well, yes. We could give away Western Territories back to Adila. We can try to sell part of Khosra province to the Kashites or the Gubtas in exchange for lots of money or military support. We could then send that money to Queen Sela, asking for mercenary forces, or mayhaps we could give away our vassal, Duchy of Tven, for that-" You raise your hand to silence the Advisor.

He never offered such desperate measures during the reign of your husband or those before him. Truly, these are trying times...

As for the matters at hand...

A) Keep the taxes raised and continue the mobilization to ensure that the Treasury and Army keep on trucking - the sacrifices of Luathbas peoples will sure won't be in vain!
B) Keep taxes raised but recall part of the emergency forces back home for now.
C) Lower the taxes to lessen the burden on peasants but mobilization will have to continue to keep the front well-defended
D) Lower the taxes and recall those pried away from their fields last Spring. Luathbas citizenry shouldn't be allowed to suffer that hard.

As for the possible peace with Adila...

A) Send an offer of giving away the West in exchange for peace.
B) NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

As for the desperate measure of trading away Duchy of Tven to Queen Sela of Dahnia...

A) Ain't gonna happen.
B) Offer to hand over seniorship over Duchy of Tven in exchange for mercenary services of Dahnian Army.
C) Offer to hand over seniorship over Duchy of Tven in exchange for vast amount of wealth and resources from Dahnian Treasury.

As for the desperate measure of trading away part Khosra Province to Gubta Empire...

A) Ain't gonna happen either.
B) Offer to hand over ownership of eastern half of the Khosra Province to Gubta in exchange for their dreaded Oliphaunts and various siege engines.
C) Offer to hand over ownership of northern half of the Khosra Province to Kashite Kingdom in exchange for their military and economical support.
D) Offer to hand over ownership of eastern half of the Khosra Province in exchange for vast amount of Gubta valuables and treasures.

//Quadruple vote, no split votes pls or they will get ignored. There's a whole bunch of options this time so update won't happen unless at least 10+ people cast their votes.

[Swordstar]

C
B
A
A

[Taricus]

C
B
A
A

Completely reasonable. +1

[IamanElfCollaborator]

C B A A

[flazeo25]

CBAA

[heydude6]

C
B
A
A

Completely reasonable. +1

+1

[Puppyguard]

C, Let's keep the peasants sorta happy, but we need the forces.
B, We fought long and hard for those lands, I think we should keep them!
B, I think we have this handled. Well, See what nuke said about this, if we're going to lose him anyway let's use him first.
A.

[Kashyyk]

C
B
A
A

Completely reasonable. +1

+1

Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

[omada]

Switching to C, B, B, A

[Criptfeind]

A
A
B
B

[NUKE9.13]

We need soldiers, we don't need money- C
Those lands never belonged to those filthy nomads! What have we fought for if not to keep them? On a more pragmatic level, the fractious Adila would probably not stick to a peace treaty for long- B
Now, to disagree with the majority; the Duchy of Tven is already slipping out of our grasp. Through marriage, and now religion, they grow ever closer to our aunt. We may as well exchange it for something now, rather than lose it in a few years time for nothing. And I say we need the troops- B
The east, however, is not contested at the moment. So unlike Tven, we should hold onto it. -A
In conclusion:

C B B A

[Prophet]

C
B
A
A

+1

[Elephant Parade]

C B B A