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[helmacon]

A

[crazyabe]

B.

[omada]

B  then C
We will have to post-pone the war almost for forever. or make our senior negotiate.

They have close ties with the Gutba. (and only now i realized that gutba is a real name)
and...
He got a KASHITE WIFE

The kashites don't win money with mercenaries? To deal with them in war will be very bad. As probably his wive's family might help them.

[Puppyguard]

A

[Weirdsound]

B  then C
We will have to post-pone the war almost for forever. or make our senior negotiate.

They have close ties with the Gutba. (and only now i realized that gutba is a real name)
and...
He got a KASHITE WIFE

The kashites don't win money with mercenaries? To deal with them in war will be very bad. As probably his wive's family might help them.

Yeah. When you put it like that, trying to fight all the Ceodwells at once may be a bad idea. Changing by vote to B. If we can blackmail or otherwise convince one of them (uncle or cousin) to side with us against the other 3, we can split the Kashite support.

[Prophet]

B Plus no reason to not have some guys keep theirs eyes on our uncles. Never know what might be found.

[Tiruin]

"We have gathered naught of importance, unfortunately. Your uncles, Ceodwell III the Eldest, Ceodwell IV the Lame, and Ceodwell IV the Younger are in power in Kingdom of Ceodwell despite the fact that they all 'resigned' their powers into hands of your third-cousin, Ceodwell VI. [...]

I'm partly glad we're named Estwalf. Because that is some lineage!

Also goodness, that is some nepotism and 'shadow' council (moreso 'shared dictatorship')

Guess Ceodwell VI is a puppet then?
>_>

They're old, but extremely stubborn and hold iron grip on the courtiers, the Army officers and liaisons to Kashite and Gubta, with whom they maintain close relationships. Ceodwell VI has naught real power but the support of Singularist cults, his Kashite wife and some dwarven merchants of Zasitost."

Okaaay since when has anyone had the support of dwarves!?
They don't even support us! :I [I mean, I think they don't. They've 'supported' us in claiming the mountains but we said Nu. And then somehow laughed at our trades when we asked for gemstones but apparently the gemstones were worth a lot to others? Hum! Must be fake or bad to them and good for us [but actually not really good in value, just shiny]]

A
At least we know we can infiltrate them.

[Haspen]

You dismiss the Spymaster for now.

Few days later, caravan from the Damdamian Republic arrives.

2to5

The renewed access to glassware - or mayhaps the peace that returned to the Duchy - made people content and happy.

983 AD, Winter

Loads of gold and gems arrive in your Treasury, per usual.

Few days later you receive bad news from the east of your land; bandits are aplenty on the local roads! While there's no any large group to challenge your rule, nevertheless the mayors of the eastern cities ask you to disband part of the standing Army and employ them as road guards under the cities' banners.

A) Sure, safety and stability is important.
B) No, we need the soldiers! Surely the mayors can muster their own road guard.

[Elephant Parade]

A. We don't need the soldiers for anything at the moment, I'm pretty sure.

[ZBridges]

I think the year is wrong.

A

[Prophet]

A While I would prefer not to do this we can not allow the realm to fall into mismanagement! Our duchy is like a sapling we must nurture it and keep healthy both inside and out! If we dedicate our efforts to keeping our roots strong then surely our sapling will bloom into a mighty tree! If we allow our roots to rot though we'll collapse from the inside.

[Tiruin]

East is that one Kingdom I forgot the name of but where Tinwulf died

A

[Weirdsound]

A

[Haspen]

You order some units to be released from Army and made into road patrols.

983 AD, End of the Year.

The Advisor brings in the yearly report aka Scrolls of Kingdom Status:

Happiness: 5
Population: 5
Economy: 3
Army: 2(+1)

The Advisor sighs.

"I have received reports that soldiers drafted into emergency are openly grumbling by now; we should release them back home even if our numbers are still small. Also, the profits from gold mines alone couldn't outweigh our expenses this year. Shall we raise the taxes for a year, my liege?" You decide to...

A) Declare emergency over and raise the taxes.
B) Declare emergency over, but don't raise the taxes.
C) Continue the emergency and raise the taxes.
D) Continue the emergency, but don't raise the taxes.

[VoidSlayer]

A

We can always call them back up, happier people will be more likely to join the standing army anyway.