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Mind-bogglingly popular game series that you follow from early on and cannot stop, waiting for new installment like a drooling addict.

Long-runner soap opera you're too invested into to just stop watching it.

A fun little comic strip in the daily newspaper that's been around forever.

3/6

Who said it's fun? I didn't for sure.

I'm just waiting here for it to die horribly already so it will stop showing on my Unread Posts list.

[Chevaleresse]

C

[birdy51]

C

We can always roll worse, but eh.

[Haspen]

You unsheathe your sword, hop on your horse and CHAAAARRRRGGEE!!

6

Either due to your reputation, the 'purge' a while ago or mayhaps inner courage of your men, your soldiers run after you and rush the enemies, smashing their battle lines! Mercenaries and peasants soon flee on en masse, abandoning their equipments and their masters to preserve their lives instead. Enemy numbers thin considerably!

8!*

The battle then descends into a slaughter of the rebel officers, noble sons and their lackeys who too late notice they've picked wrong side of the conflict.

As the moon peeks over the horizon, one of soldiers with haste presents you a gruesome trophy; the bloodied and severed head of Daeh Cuthwynn, its identity confirmed by the few captives that survived the battle. The deed of the soldier youth is attested by comrades from his unit and therefore you bestow him a knightly rank. He kisses your royal signet in gratitude.

Next morning, as dead are buried and wounded carried away, your Army returns home as scouts report no one else is nearby to rise against you.

Few days later you return to the palace. The Marshal and the Spymaster begin investigation into sudden riot in the Army.

1130 AD, Mid-Autumn

You set the goblet down and nod at the Spymaster, who opens up his scroll.

"Your Majesty, the riot has been sparked by one of well-liked junior officers. A recent Enyntheist convertee and believer in superiority of the Army, he took your order of withdrawal as a sign of cowardice, apprently well-suited a scandalous King like you."

"Scandalous?"

"Sire, you married the heir to the throne of Methiant to a commoner. You allowed his twin brother to die and did nothing to avenge him. And then there's recent religious upheaveal in the country. It's impossible to not have some younger soldiers influenced by all this." Maybe indeed it is time to loosen up on your peoples? Or is it time for purges in the Army?

As for the people's mood...

A) Give extra pay to all soldiers' and officers' families.
B) We can deal with happiness of my people later.

As for the Army purges...

A) We don't need any.
B) Purge religious zealots from my Army!
C) Shake the top levels of hierarchy a bit!

[crazyabe]

A, A.
we PROBABLY already killed all the people who hated us in the army, and could Definitely do with some happiness.

[Criptfeind]

A
B

Yup. If this is the result of them, they need to go.

[Weirdsound]

AA

Also, isn't the biggest difference between the Enyntheist and the all divines that the Enyntheist's do not believe in the superiority of the army? I thought that was what the entire spat between those religions was all about.

[Taricus]

A, C Time to go STALIN STYLE (With some bribes reparations to keep people onside)

(Option B is for killing the religions zealots, option C is for purging the louts that let them in in the first place)

[Puppyguard]

A,A

[Haspen]

You decide to give extra money to Army families, and not to sponsor any purges in the Army.

1130 AD, Winter

Gold, silver, gemstones arrive in your Treasury, filling its coffers quite a lot.

2to5

Metals from eastern mines also provide certain amount of money!

1130 AD, Midwinter

The winter is harsh, but not harsh enough to cause starvation. Nevertheless, as teh Advisor says, many a peasant has took it upon life of a bandit, harassing travelers, merchants and tax collectors to take their valuables, lives, or, most often, both at once. Wandering groups of criminals popped up across most of Methiant since beginning of the winter, and various governors ask the Crown to provide help.

A) The Army will go and cleanse Methiant from criminal scum!
B) Let's pay some adventurer groups to hunt down some bandits.
C) It can't be that bad. I'm sure it will get better once the snow melts.

[Criptfeind]

A

[crazyabe]

A.

[Weirdsound]

A

[VoidSlayer]

B

We surly have more money and we can let the army rest a bit.

[10ebbor10]

A

[ZBridges]

A