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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.

[mightymushroom]

A

[ANGRY_DEMON_NOISES]

A

[Haspen]

You send orders to try diplomacy with the orcs.

1179 AD, Late Winter

Terrible news come from Orcworld!

Diplomacy was conducted with the orcs. A delegation of hundred men entered their city, and met with their warlord. Then the terrible thing happened; during the night, the orcs attacked the encampment of the army. In the chaos that ensued, many soldiers were killed before they could arm themselves.

Your enraged soldiers took the fighting into the city to avenge fallen comrades. An ugly fighting with orcish inhabitants ensued, and some Army leaders are blaming this mess on you for demanding diplomacy when the Army was supposed to be purging the land of orcish menace.

However, the battle was won and the city destroyed with Fireblood and fire. Many orcs fled or hid, but your sodliers estimate they've kileld at least four thousand orcs of all ages. Unfortunately, almost a thousand of Methiantese soldiers died in the ambush and the city fighting.

Other armies report encountering few camps and smaller nomadic groups of orcs, bringing about another thousand of dead orcs to the score.

1171 AD, End of the Year

It's that time of the year. The Scrolls of Kingdom Status are in your hands again!

2to4, 1to3(4to6)

Happiness: 3
Population: 5
Economy: 8
Army: 8
Imp.Authority: -1

"My liege! Our Treasury is filled with money, and your courtiers believe there wouldn't anything wrong with spending part of it."

A) Naaaaah! Lemme stare at my mountain of riches!
B) Time to ask the dwarves to commission us a powerful artifact of sorts!
C) Expand the budget of the Army, so it can maintain even greater numbers.
D) Seek the services of a traveling and powerful Sorceress.
E) Sponsor creation of an bronze-cast statue of yourself!
F) Send a lavish gift to one of neighbouring countries.
G) Donate to the poor and the needy to show off your generosity.

"The authority of Emperor's office has been strengthened somewhat. Shall you issue an Edict this year, my liege?"

A) Yes, I will.
B) No, I won't.

"Also, with normalization of politics in far south, your scribes and scholars managed to both learn something about lands of Damdamia as well as update the royal map. Take a look, please."

Spoiler: The Long Overdue Update of the Map of Methiant and More or Less Nearby Nations (click to show/hide)

[crazyabe]

BB. Been Quite a long while, and while they arn't always worth it they are always helpful 'till ya piss off the dwarves.

[Lucus Casius]

GB.  Seeing to the happiness of our people is probably our first concern right now.

[Harry Baldman]

CA

Our low army cap is a bit outdated, I figure.

Also that didn't go as bad as it could have, though I'm a bit leery about that four thousand orc figure considering it sounds like they're also counting noncombatants in there.

[Prophet]

GB

[vastaghen12]

Gb

[ZBridges]

G, B

[omada]

I DO want to call a sorcerer, but we need a bit of stability first, GA will spend less money for now

[Harry Baldman]

Mechanics question for Haspen: does the Calendar of Festivities present any kind of economy compared to just throwing festivals now and again, or is it just effectively an automatic "yes" every year to throwing festivals?

[Hotfire90]

BA Festivities will take care of the low happiness.

[Taricus]

G, B

[helmacon]

G,B

[Haspen]

Also that didn't go as bad as it could have, though I'm a bit leery about that four thousand orc figure considering it sounds like they're also counting noncombatants in there.

Of course they are? This is a crusade against orcs, to remove their savage race forever ;v


You set part of the accumulated money to be given to the most needy of Methiantese peoples.

1172 AD, Spring

Reports from Orcworld indicate that your soldiers have eradicated five more encampments.

2to3

Silverwork sold locally to your nobles brought some profits.

Few days later you receive news of major religious riot! During a heated debate in the city of Daan, some rowdier acolytes on Principalist side started some fisticuffs. The worst came a moment later; during the brawl, the leader of Principalists, Thann, has been killed! Conflicting reports place his death at hands of Pantheonists, at hands of his own Principalist fellows, and at hands of a simple unfortunate accident.

But even now, the city of Daan is in flames; Pantheonists and Principalists are fighting with each other, and city guard has trouble reining in the populace. What's worse is that news of Thann's death are spreading rapidly thorough central Methiant.

As for situation in Daan...

A) Write a proclamation in which you plead the warring groups to find common ground in these trying times and seek a peaceful resolution of their conflict.
B) Send in the army to supress the riot.
C) I'm sure the guards in Daan will be able to restore order on their own.

As for Thann's death...

A) Blame Pantheonists for his death.
B) Blame Principalists for his death.
C) Spin a tale about some foreign assassins.
D) Spin a tale that it was sign from heavens.
E) Do nothing, the truth will emerge on its own. Right?