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[Tiruin]

Huh. Well, I guess Haspen is as little a fan of a 15 year regency as I am, and was kind enough not to give us a GAME OVER for failing to secure our inheritance before killing ourselves.

Not sure if I'm a fan of this whole 'election' deal, though. Seems suspiciously close to republicanism.

Hard feelings over the Damdamians, aye?
...Honestly upon a thorough re-read as I browsed everything in Luathbas from the start- [/cough] they're...pretty okay folks. As in the moderate "okay", just like how Rome was to their neighbors. o_O

Haspen: Would have we gotten that map if our Lucky Duke lived a bit more?

Also "Kingdom of Ceodwell"?! That name is very familiar.

Wow we're tiny. There's also the Eist Kingdom and it's part of Luathbas just the same as everything in the forest-line+Lametania.
And what had happened to Parsian lands D: There's the gold!

"Of matters of importance we have the tribute that needs to be paid to our senior, King Tinwulf II, as it needs to be every five years. Then we have the shortage of soldiers: shall we press some peasants into the Army, or call upon our senior to provide soldiers to guard our borders for a year?"

"Playing a Duke is an easier difficulty than a King or ruler because you'll have to be more aware and careful about your money, so you don't go bankrupt and throw it at all your problems and wants."

That's my feeling about hearing this regulation. Playing a Duke will sound really comfy until somebody pulls a lever and drops us into a magma pit because of nobility bias or whatever thus we need a female Duke just like HOW LONG we've not had a Queen

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You agree to see the elves first.

The ten or so of them are clad in shiny chainmail, while the elf leading them is wearing a tunic decorated with silver thread and silver leaves.

"Greetings, Duke of Tven. Your predecessor honorably kept his word and did went against the dwarves, albeit he failed in his noble nedeavour to destroy Ankurvat. Still, we were impressed by his guile and therefore our King has decided to reward your peoples after all. We bring a two hundred of the moonthread cloaks that we feel are valuable enough to compensate for the loss of such a magnificent leader and the men who fell with him." You decide to...[...]

Oooooo, guile being 'we didn't tell anyone' so they may have more information about us than...we do! Well that's ironically humorous. >_>
But yay for this honor! Things like these bring you to make a lasting civil war because a human unwittingly decided to marry a fallen princess and you didn't care about talking to them because of honor.
Ok I'm a bit bitter because there was no diplomacy like this but it may be a telling thing about their culture.

[...]
After the elves leave, the Advisor leans down to you.

"What shall we do about those cloaks, sire? Should we dispense them to the agents of the Spymaster to boost their abilities or clad a small unit of the Army to perform daring night raids against our enemies?"[...]

Seems so familiar, this Advisor. Or they're a different person but the wit has standards!

B.
Finally we've something to help our intelligence!

[Puppyguard]

B

[Haspen]

You have the cloaks given to the Spymaster and his men.

Few minutes later, the Lametanian envoy is let into the throne room.

"Greetings, Duke Estwalf! My King, Salatus the Younger, has been long trying to find a way to develop closer ties with the northern realms, and when he heard that you have taken the throne of Tven, he decided to part with his only daughter, Stela, who is of sixteen winters and of great beauty, and offer her as your wife, if you're so inclined."

A) Nah.
B) Sure.

[VoidSlayer]

You have the cloaks given to the Spymaster and his men.

Few minutes later, the Lametanian envoy is let into the throne room.

"Greetings, Duke Estwalf! My King, Salatus the Younger, has been long trying to find a way to develop closer ties with the northern realms, and when he heard that you have taken the throne of Tven, he decided to part with his only daughter, Stela, who is of sixteen winters and of great beauty, and offer her as your wife, if you're so inclined."

A) Nah.
B) Sure.

Assassinate some Lametanian nobles to get our wife or son on the throne you say...

B

[Tiruin]

You have the cloaks given to the Spymaster and his men.

Few minutes later, the Lametanian envoy is let into the throne room.

"Greetings, Duke Estwalf! My King, Salatus the Younger, has been long trying to find a way to develop closer ties with the northern realms, and when he heard that you have taken the throne of Tven, he decided to part with his only daughter, Stela, who is of sixteen winters and of great beauty, and offer her as your wife, if you're so inclined."

A) Nah.
B) Sure.

Assassinate some Lametanian nobles to get our wife or son on the throne you say...

B

Political marriages!
...Do we have better areas? There's this one OTHER Kingdom over to our East but otherwise the rest are just bigger stuff.
So let's join back Luathbas and have claims on the sandwiched land in between!

B

[Haspen]

Haspen: Would have we gotten that map if our Lucky Duke lived a bit more?

Wha? :v

Map is map.

[Tiruin]

Haspen: Would have we gotten that map if our Lucky Duke lived a bit more?

Wha? :v

Map is map.

Thanks for the better answer than Y/N

Although...was Tven/Dahnia part of Luathbas in the start or did 'we' join them because of protection and all?

[Prophet]

B I'm also not sure how much I like these 'Elections' either. Cause I do carry hard feelings against those Republican Dogs.

Though I am glad we ended up with our current Ruler instead of a relative of Tinwulf or a child. Plus if I'm reading this right a descendant of one the Houlandin kings. So perhaps a clearer claim to the defunct throne.

[evilcherry]

B I'm also not sure how much I like these 'Elections' either. Cause I do carry hard feelings against those Republican Dogs.

Though I am glad we ended up with our current Ruler instead of a relative of Tinwulf or a child. Plus if I'm reading this right a descendant of one the Houlandin kings. So perhaps a clearer claim to the defunct throne.

Medieval Kingdoms do call on great councils to designate a successor if there was no will and there is no immediate successor. Otherwise there will be bloodshed.

Its also strange that the other claimant leaves with nothing.

B

[NUKE9.13]

Well. I doubt we stand much chance of inheriting the throne of Lametania anytime soon, but it can't hurt to make a few friends down south. Together we can poland* the remnants of Luathbas.

B

[Haspen]

You agree to marry Lady Stela of Lametania!

959 AD, Late Spring

The marriage of yours with Stela is attended by 2500 spearmen and about 600 light cavalry that has just arrived from Dahnia to help protect your borders better. Their orders are to leave for home before Summer next year.

959 AD, Autumn

After a rather uninteresting Summer, the start of Autumn is filled with war cries and army trumpets. It is because Kingdom of Eist, with a new zealot of Pantheon on the throne, King Seif, has declared that the faith is endangered by the more or less radical cults of the lesser kingdoms in the south.

The coalition of few such petty monarchies has sent a delegation to your court, asking for audience.

A) Toss them out lest we get involved with the Eist and their holy war.
B) Let them in and hear what they have to say.

[Swordstar]

A

[omada]

B let they say

Are we going into trying to control religion this time?

[Criptfeind]

B

[NUKE9.13]

Well... if they want troops, we will have to turn them away. Tinwulf sent those soldiers to guard our borders, not theirs.
But maybe they just want money. Or some other non-soldiery thing. It can't hurt to see what they want.

B