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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

[ZBridges]

A

[NUKE9.13]

The pantheon got their knickers in a twist about us paying him; maybe they are making his task harder. It can't hurt to check in, just to see what progress he is making.

A

[Haspen]

You send a few courtiers on an errand.

They come back with news: Ystan the Quillmaster is busy collecting scrolls and information about the earlier parts of Luathbas history, and said that he should complete his work before your son becomes a man.

878 AD, Late Winter

Your Army has defeated a 2000 strong force of Adila horse archers, having trapped them in a valley where they couldn't maneuver well. This was a lucky skirmish however as unfortunately the westlands are just as flat as most of Augas is - or even flatter. The victorious soldiers are now marching through the grasslands, liberating small settlements and wrecking various nomadic camps as they go.

There is also information from the governor who reported sightings of orcs - and he confirms that those were, indeed, sightings. No keep, settlement or even a war camp was found; just few remote campsites. The governor's men say they saw maybe fifty orcs total since they began scouring the hills and killed about half of that number in various incidents.

878 AD, End of the Year

Once again you review the Scrolls of Kingdom Status brought by the Advisor to your chambers:

Happiness: 5
Population: 4
Economy: 3
Army: 7

The advisor coughs a little.

"The Treasurer is happy to announce that Luathbas is recovering from the dire economical situation, but he advises that we keep the taxes raised for one more year."

A) "No, the peasants suffered enough for now. It's time to lower the taxes!"
B) "Indeed, some more money would be nice to have. Keep the taxes higher for one more year."

[NUKE9.13]

We are no longer on the verge of bankruptcy, and it would be nice to hang on to this 'The Saviour" title we have by not being a jerk. Lower the taxes!

A

[Tiruin]

Hooo, awesome! We're helping Beren-false-bard to become like the Kiwi Empire before! Hopefully we can help guide the stability of our vassal towards...well, not towards how our first impression of the Kiwi Empire went (what with the madness of its Emperor and all that giving us a very bad taste towards them).

Hopefully everyone remembers who is what in the splintered Khanate here. We wouldn't like to harshen any ties with...zealous Damdamians, or cross roads with other neutral Khanate splinters (are there any? We pacified one of them, connected to slave raids, but I'm unsure)

We are no longer on the verge of bankruptcy, and it would be nice to hang on to this 'The Saviour" title we have by not being a jerk. Lower the taxes!

A

Yes!
...I mean YeAh!
We shouldn't be a jerk, unite the Pantheon and Luathbas folks/Nobility, and be totally multicultural while paving a way to be progressive.

In the least, we can taunt the Damdamians that our people are happier than theirs.

[VoidSlayer]

Peasants will just buy more dirt for their hovels or whatever they do with their money.  We save it all up for them then distribute it in a time of need (or buy an artifact and lose it to a demon).  We should let wiser hands handle money.

B

[Tiruin]

Peasants will just buy more dirt for their hovels or whatever they do with their money.  We save it all up for them then distribute it in a time of need (or buy an artifact and lose it to a demon).  We should let wiser hands handle money.

B

We aren't your ordinary peasants
We're the backbone of the Luathbas society--the backbone of the militia, the backbone of the military that oversaw the conquest and victory over foes both real and mystical.
We fought soldiers with peasants, and won despite being outnumbered.
We paid our taxes to tha crown and King, to the priests and to our governors, and were not displeased (let's not talk about the III, he did good stuff, we were disgruntled, they were other folks)
And the King provides for us. The Nobility always provides.

Noblesse oblige!

((Also we can't assume the usual stereotype here about peasants These dudes really did their work. But I'm of the mind that we can handle what's been going on lately due to economical concerns--we may be coming across a war or something in the next year, but that's far off and unlikely unless ANYTHING UNNOTICED happens.))

[birdy51]

A.

[Haspen]

You order the taxes to be lowered to the usual amounts.

879 AD, Spring

A delegation of merchants arrive at your Palace for an audience.

During it, they complain that the trade with the Gubta has been more and more tedious and is bringing less and less profits for them. The Luathbas Treasury of course gets its cut, but recently it's more the merchants paying for the priviledge and less the cut from the profits.

"We ask you, our liege, that you do something about this as the Gubta seem to be content with raising tax and base prices every year." You decide to...

A) Compensate the merchants lavishly so they shush and go away.
B) Write a polite letter to the Emperor of Gubta, asking him to reconsider his policies towards Luathbas.
C) Write an angry letter to the Emperor of Gubta, demanding a fair treatment of your merchants.
D) Dismiss the merchants, as there's nothing you can really do.

[TankKit]

B

[Taricus]

B

[IamanElfCollaborator]

B

[omada]

(hehehehehe)

B

[Haspen]

You compose a letter in which you politely ask for better treatment of the Luathbas merchants, or things might go awry, and nobody wants that, after all.

879, Mid-Spring

The Marshal have compiled a report on the doings of the Army in the flatlands of the Adila; eighteen settlements have been captured; sixteen villages and two small towns that once belonged to the Kiwi and their numerous southern neighbours. Besides few skirmishes with about thousand or so Adila horse archers, the Army had a suprisingly easy time in the west.

The next morning, the guards report that there are two emissaries waiting for an audience with you; one from Kingdom of Dahnia, and the other from Republic of Damdamia, claiming having been sent by Damdamian Senate itself.

A) An important guest like that cannot wait! Let's speak to the Damdamian envoy first.
B) Family over foreigners - your aunt's diplomat shall get an audience first.

[Taricus]

A. Our aunt can understand the need for us to meet with the emissary first.