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[Nirur Torir]

Declassified military orders:

My forces will wait on tile 15. My wolf riders will try to capture as many hostages as possible, and pass them off to the infantry to demoralize the enemy ranged attackers. I intend to harm them as little as possible; they'll make good slaves if there is no real battle.

My hunters will wait on raised terrain, acting as bait. If attacked, they'll stand their ground and fire (prioritizing enemy ranged attackers), while the infantry defend them. My Wolf Riders will wait near the rear of my forces, and attempt to flank and run-down the enemy ranged attackers once the enemy troops are distracted by my infantry.

The weaker infantry and hunters are to be considered fairly expendable, if I can win the battle by using them in high-risk situations.

I'm hoping to make him come to me, while leaving forces to defend his farmlands against a possible attack. If he fails to engage me, I really hope he gets a morale penalty for the military doing nothing while goblins enslave civilians. If he fails to engage, I'm taking my slaves back to the capital. Good for a blood magic research if nothing else.

Curses, you were supposed to defend your farmlands with half your forces. A definite loss for me, especially combined with my lost waterwheel.

[Pandarsenic]

*Cackles*

Declassified Military Orders:

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    "Sai, Mitheinous, stay close. I know neither of you are especially inclined towards combat, so just... keep nearby, and keep your shields raised."

    "Aye, sir. A shame that Wolf couldn't get the gigavores trained in time."

    "Indeed, but the soldiers will need time to get used to fighting alongside those regardless. Now, once my remaining officers arriv- ah, Cyrus, nice of you to join us."

    "My apologies for my lateness, General Shi Shotan. I was rallying the staff-sling grenadiers. They're ready, I assure you."

    "Most excellent. Now, Cyrus, Keyiro and his outriders have reported that they have soldiers riding wolves. I want- Yes?" One of the officers had his right fist at his left shoulder, displaying a prominent Autumn Wolf tattoo. It was the tribe's traditional indication that one wished to speak. "Go ahead."

    "Sah, there is an old Autumn Wolf tradition of our Beastmasters. To finish his initiation, a Beastmaster must convince a wolf to walk into a circle of fire." His accent wasn't very thick; Shi Shotan mused he'd probably started talking more like the solders around him over time.

    "Your point?"

    "Sah, we should use our fire-throwahs against them - if we encircle them, we can wipe them out."

    Shi Shotan smiled, and the officers flinched. It was a cruel smile, one that betrayed Shi Shotan's inner sadist. "Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant...." His eyes snapped up onto his six lieutenants. "Each fire-throwing unit is going to be attached to another unit. The First Cavalry will work with the First Dedicated Artillery; they shall cover us and we shall support them. We'll work with the pair of the First Swordsmen and the First Hammermen-Grenadiers. The final group will be the Second Swordsmen and the First Swordsmen-Grenadiers."

    "Dremmeur, do you know anything of the material they've been using?" Keyiro asked. "It's shiny, grayish - it lacks the blue tint of the Tyrgani Tower but it's very similar otherwise."

    "That, I suspect, would be iron, perhaps even steel," Dremmeur replied gravely after a long pause. "It's stronger than our weapons, to be sure, but the Tyrgani records indicate that the joints were frequently weak points. The other weakness would be bludgeoning attacks, like those of our hammers - they dent and deform the metal."

    "I see. And the arcs with strings?"

    Dremmeur frowned. "Arcs with strings... perhaps... hmmm... If you had something straight that could deform slightly, then return to its old form... yes.... Those are what the Old Tyrgani called "Bows," I think. They only used them for a very short period before their alchemists created the substance called "black powder" and obsoleted the things."

    "I see," Shi Shotan interrupted. "Here are our final plans, then...."

    Intercept the enemy army beyond the terrain shown on my map
    Group A: Horsemen (7M/3/15/2) + Sling Grenadiers (6R/3/15/1 first strike 2; fire attack) - Disrupt enemy archers as necessary, but primary task is to light up the wolfriders. If the horsemen can get behind the wolf riders or the archers, their task is to rampage on them to wipe them out if possible. The sling grenadiers will provide support.
    Group B: Stone swordsmen (7M/4/15/1) + Hammer Grenadiers (6M/3/15/1 throwing 6 fire) - Provide defense for Group A if a close encounter is forced; otherwise, a slow advance on the Iron Defenders. If the wolf riders attack, they'll give way to sucker them in, theen surround them with a ring of fire. When this happens, Group A's grenadiers will ignite them.
    Group C: Swordsmen (7M/4/15/1) + Swordsmen-Grenadiers (6M/4/15/1 throwing 6 fire) - Fight their way to the archers. If the wolf riders attack, they'll give way to sucker them in, then surround them with a ring of fire. When this happens, Group A's grenadiers will ignite them.

Oh, and if anyone gets past us or we get flanked, the cavalry are to detach and run them down from behind.

Yeah, I decided to intercept you before you could get to my city. It didn't entirely work, but I did what I needed to. >:3

[Vanigo]

D: Could you explain? Also, which order?

"Man, Pandarsenic's getting his ass kicked here. I probably should have had him send some guys up to hassle those hunters. Wait a minute, didn't he give an order to that effect? Well, that might change everything. Crap, I'm going to have to start over."

Also, my "400 dead civilian miners" appears to push me to 15,998 civilians. Do I seriously get deprived of my 16th unit of labor from this? If so, I disband my cavalry and return their equipment to my stockpiles and set them to work so I do get my 16th labor point. :I Dremmeur Sai and Keyiro Mitheinous may be required to work like everyone else for a turn to make up that last labor point.

Funny, but they're already counted in the population figure. Sucks, but hey, you can't win them all.

[Pandarsenic]

XD

Oh well-

Wait, soldiers on active duty get factored into labor counts?

[Nirur Torir]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

1st laborer work city's mushroom farm (+3 food)
2nd laborer work mountain/river tile 5 (+2 food, +1 stone)
3rd laborer work hill/river tile 6 (+4 food, +1 wool)
4th laborer work forest tile 9 (+2 food, +1 wood, +1 leather)
5th laborer work mountain/river tile 15 (+2 food, +1 stone, +1 glowing mushroom)
6th laborer work hill/river tile 18 (+3 food, +1 wool)
7th laborer work mountain/iron tile 14 (+1 stone, +1 iron ore)
8th laborer work hill tile 7 (+1 food, +1 wool)
9th laborer work hill tile 10 (+1 food, +1 wool, +1 money)
10th laborer work hill tile 11 (+1 food, +1 wool)
Gross resource intake: +19 food, +3 stone, +5 wool, +1 wood, +1 leather, +1 iron ore, +1 glowing mushroom, +1 money

11th, 12th, 13th, 14th laborers build watermill on hills/river tile 5 (-2 stone, -1 wood)
15th, 16th, 17th laborers build marketplace. Still no granary. (-2 stone)
18th, 19th laborers research map making.
General will lead the healthiest company as it escorts 5 gold to Neo-Tyrgani.
Other two companies rest up.

Luxaries:
None.

Tribute:
-5 gold
-2 glowing mushrooms
-1 iron

Net resources:
19 food - 19 food eaten
3 stone + 8 stone from storage - 4 stone used = 7 stone stored
5 wool + 28 wool from storage = 33 wool stored
1 wood + 5 wood in storage - 1 wood used = 5 wood stored
1 leather + 5 leather in storage = 6 leather stored
1 iron ore + 1 iron ore in storage - 1 iron ore tributed = 1 iron ore stored
1 glowing mushroom + 2 in storage - 2 tributed = 1 stored

Stozuagun and the remnants of the goblin army returned to Zrlv. After three days of mourning their defeat, Glrk'nr met with his advisers. "The humans were strong, and have beaten our armies twice. We can't fight both them and the raiders. I'm ceding victory to the humans." The goblins listening had expected something of the sort. It was natural for the strong to lead the weak, after all. They just had never thought of themselves as weaker then humans. "I'm sending them a hefty tribute; Stozuagun: you and the strongest military company will provide escort for it."

After a few moments of silent contemplation of their defeat, he began to talk once more. "Does anyone else have anything to report?"

Xengbubukza, now confident enough from his victory to speak, finally spoke up: "I think if there is a way to copy what we say on parchment, there is a way to draw places on parchment. I could explore new places better if I wasn't exploring the same places twice."

Glrk'nr nodded. "Very well. Kazastrugu? Meet with him him later to figure something out." I need to go torture some prisoners, somebody be sure a new water wheel is built. I also think we could build something to stimulate the economy, and improve taxes. I'll leave that to you, Kazastrugu.

((If I still get 19 labor, I'd like a marketplace instead of a granary. Yay, a marketplace.))

[Pandarsenic]

Victory is delicious. My turn goes up later.

[Vanigo]

XD

Oh well-

Wait, soldiers on active duty get factored into labor counts?

No, they don't.

Oh, and Nirur, you do still get the 19 labor. Labor losses won't kick in until next turn.

[RPB]

The latest guard recruits continue practicing with their new weapons while they wait for the armorers to finish their equipment. With the city gradually getting more and more crowded some of the Asykos question whether the increased guard presence is actually helping any or only exacerbating the problems of crowding. Some of the militiamen yearn to seek out and punish the raiders themselves. Others with more foresight point out that if there are raiders in the wilderness that there may be other peoples surviving out in the wild, and argue for a more peaceful expedition. Thus far Amnarchis has yet to show any signs of approval for such ventures, though.

"Self-sufficiency is a virtue. What could those outside possibly provide us that we can not provide ourselves?"

"Charity is also a virtue, is it not? Even if others have little to offer us, we undoubtedly have much to offer them."

"And they are welcome to join us any time they wish. Let those who seek to share in our progress emigrate to our great city, and we will welcome them with open arms."

"Our city is crowded enough as it is, Patriarch! You ask what the outside world has to offer us, and the answer is clear: Land. Space. Living room. Our city cannot support its own growth indefinitely. Remember that Antemnon of old was but one city in a vast empire; if we wish to recapture its former glory we cannot do so alone."

"I do not deny that there will be challenges. Look around you, though. Fifteen years ago we could have scarcely have hoped to support a city this size. Now thanks to the progress we have made in our research we can earn great surpluses with little labor. It is within the halls of the Library that our future lies, not in the great plains beyond our borders. And it is within the halls of the Library that my immediate future lies, as well. Good day, gentlemen."

Spoiler: Crunch (click to show/hide)

Land usage:
1 labor: work tile 1 (irrigated watermill river plains, +5 food)
1 labor: work tile 5 (quarried watermill river hills, +3 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 6 (quarried watermill river hills, +3 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 8 (hunter camp watermill river forest, +4 food/+1 wood/+1 leather)
1 labor: work tile 16 (mined animated mill gold mountains, +1 stone/+2 gold)
1 labor: work tile 18 (mined iron hills, +1 food/+1 wool/+1 iron)

Research:
4 labor: research pursuing further advancements in Machinery

Construction:
3 labor (+50%): build windmill on tile 18 (mined iron hills, -2 stone/-1 wood)

Military workshops:
2 labor (+100%): produce iron shields for magic swordsmen (-1 iron)

Gross production: +16 food/+3 stone/+3 wool/+2 gold/+1 wood/+1 iron/+1 leather
Consumption: -16 food/-2 stone/-1 wood/-1 iron
Net output: +3 wool/+2 gold/+1 stone/+1 leather

[Luke_Prowler]

John let out a yawn. Was was the point of these meetings anyway? The people were in charge of the government, not the other way around. The only real job they have is organizing the (ungrateful) workforce. Well, at least the recent victory has caused most of the population to be a little more friendly. the huge stack of loot also helped. However, the city has grown overcrowded, and there is already talks of riots.

"How do solve this problem of ours?" ask John to his advisors.

"well, the only two solutions i can think of is either expand the city, or build another city elsewhere and have people moved there." explained Richard

John frowned "those are the only two?"

"Well, there is a third, but giving the citizens weapons and having them sort it out on their own would probably wouldn't end well."

John put his head in hands. Why is it never easy? "Okay, we are going to put some research into 'Town building'. we might have to put the horse domestication on hold. we have to send out some exploratoin teams to find a good place, considering the last two places are filled with monster and angry people."

Spoiler: Budget (click to show/hide)

6 Workforce harvest tiles 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11 (17 food, 4 wood, 1 leather, 1 spice)
1 workforce research Horse Training
4 Workforce research Settlement
2 workforce build Palisade on tile 3 (-2 wood)
2 workforce build Clothier's workshops (-2 wood)

Special orders:
Create two exploration groups, both with 1 hunter and 1 warrior.
Send one group south and the other east.

Net gain:
Created 17 food, 4 wood, 1 leather, 1 spice
Looted 5 food, 2 clothes, 1 wood
Total 22 food,  5 wood, 1 leather, 1 spice, 2 clothes
-16 food (Consumed)
-6 food (Stored)
-2 wood (Palisade)
-2 wood (Clothier's workshops)
1 leather, 1 wood, 1 spice, 2 clothes

Stored goods:
11 food
1 wood
12 leather
4 spice
2 wool
3 leather armor
2 clothing

Coffer: unknown. requires clerk

[Strife26]

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Alastair felt that things were looking up. The determination had been made that the army modernization project would finally begin. In a year, he would have two cavalry units, and two units with iron weapons. He would’ve liked polearms, but he wanted research into the old distinctions of them first. The colony should get started as well. If they could get another source of iron, they could start arming everyone decently.

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5) Farm the river-plains (20 food)
1) Farm irrigated plain (3 food)
1) Work tile 3 (1 silver, 1 wool, 1 food)
1) Work tile 18 (1 stone, 1 wool, 1 food)
1) Work mountain 12 (1 stone, 1 iron)
1) Work forest 7 (2 wood, 1 food)

2) Train Two units of horses (-2 food)
2) Build Two units of zefie saddles (-1 wool, -1 wood)
1) Build One unit of chariots (-1 wood)
3) Build 2 units of iron swords and axes (-2 iron)

5) Research (see below)

Military stuff:
Two Warrior companies (the 2nd and 3rd) give up their wooden spears and get iron hand weapons.
The 6th bow unit is trained in horsemanship, and equipped with horses, saddles, and wooden spears. Reclassified as 6th Scout Company
Form a new unit armed with wooden spears, horses, and chariots (classified 7th heavy cavalry company)
The 5th bow company will be doing prospecting work in the mountains that the 6th scouted last year. They’re looking for iron especially. Gold or silver would be fine though.

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Research:
3) Building sub-cities (2 research previous)- Same old, same old. We need proper settlements elsewhere. This will let us get additional tax revenue to support more colonies, and more importantly, more troops.
2) Polearms – At one point in time, the zefie army used a mélange of different blade on a stick weapons. They were superior to anything else. There was the Pike for defending walls and defeating cavalry, the lance for cavalry to strike with accuracy, the glaive for the rangers and scouts, and the halberd, the king of polearms for stabbing, slashing, chopping, and hooking infantry, as well as anything else. We don’t want to have to retrain our troops if possible. Alastair has expressed deep personal interest in our progress. Get the troops proper spears!

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Military orders:
1st warrior company (wooden spears and bucklers) – will continue to hold position. Once the settlement group arrives, they will aid in construction and defense.

2nd warrior company – provide security for Fortress while switching weapons

3rd warrior company – switch weapons and debrief on the carnivaplants

4th warrior company – escort settlers to colony site. Then proceed with construction and defense operations.

5th bowpuff company – prospecting in southeastern mountains. Try to find iron.

6th Scout Company – Learn how to ride and use spears, provide defense of fortress is need be.

7th Heavy Cavalry Company – Raised. Provide local defense if needed.

Settlers – proceed to colony location with the 4th. Then set up the colony and work on producing wood and stuff.

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Food      26 produced
      22 eaten
      2 horses
      1 luxury
      1 saved
      22 in stock

Wool:       3 produced
       3 saved
       4 in stock

Iron:      1 produced
      2 used
      -1 total
      1 in stock

Wood:      2 produced
      2 used
      1 in stock

Silver:      1 produced
      1 in stock

Stone:      2 produced
      3 in stock

Luxury:
   2 clothes used (20,000 luxury)
   1 food extra (2,000 luxury
   22,000 luxury/22,000 people = 1 morale

   2 clothes remaining, 4 trinkets remaining

   +1 morale (luxury)
   +1 morale (shrine)
   +1 morale (Genial)

   8 morale!!! Yay!
   
      

[Pandarsenic]

0A. Research Beast Taming
0E. Scout for new resources with Swordsmen-Grenadiers with General
0G. ^That
1-11. Work Tiles 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18 (18 F, 1 Tin, 1 Copper, 2 Wool, 2 Wood, 3 Stone, 1 Ember Rose, 4 Money)
12-14. Research Beast Taming
15. Begin irrigating Tile 3

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"We shall accept your surrender and lay forth these terms," Shi Shotan declared, his arms crossed as he towered above the goblins in ceremonial metal armor that was a bit large for his figure. "In addition to the tribute you brought, we desire a fifth of your taxes and other monetary income every year, at least two per year, as well as two shipments of glowing mushrooms and one shipment of iron for research in the upcoming year. In return, when we make conquests, you may fight as members of our army and our officers will coordinate together, and your military forces may receive a full share of loot. In addition, we will begin mutual sharing of technologies. That is all. You may take your leave at will." He spun on his heel and left the antechamber in which he had received the goblin diplomats, returning to his study. Dremmeur Sai followed shortly behind him.

"You mean to treat them as... as humans?" Dremmeur demanded, frustrated.

"They fought well and they're clearly smater than we ever thought," Shi Shotan replied - it sounded rehearsed, as if he'd expected this conversation.

"They're less than we are! When I abdicated to you, Shi Shotan Malchithein, this is not what I foresaw!" Dremmeur hissed.

"Times change, ex-Warmaster. We must forge onward unburdened by false prejudice. They respect strength and cunning, aye? Above all, even? So do we."

He walked out to a staircase, leaving the dumbstruck Dremmeur Sai, former Warmaster and predecessor of Shi Shotan, standing among the books and papers.

[mainiac]

Spoiler: nonsense (click to show/hide)

"Oi!"
"Eh?"
"Come 'ere"
"What've ya done know?"
"huh?"
"we's gonna get fired, ain't we?"
"huh?"
"every job, always the same..."
"huh?"
"why's we gettin' fired this time?"
"eh... we ain't, I jus wanted yer help carrin' this upstairs..."']]
"huh?"
"job's going fine near I tell?"
"huh?"
"yup, bonnie said we was doing aright and whatnot?"
"huh?"
"now, help carry these whore-derv-ez, wouldya?"

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

The night dragged on an Bonnie had yet to speak to either Anselm or Brennan.  They had to be here, She had thrown open the doors of her home and thrown a celebration for the entire town after returning in triumph with the spice.  The noise of the revelers echoed everywhere.  But from what little she'd seen of them, Anselm and Brennan seemed determined to maintain their bitterness in spite of the happiness everywhere.  She'd asked Mattias from the library about that and he reckoned that the both of them saw her as working with "the enemy", each other.  But like the parable of the stone in the steam...
Not feeling the need to seek either of her dour colleges out,  Bonnie returned to the discussion her first mate was having with the tribals.  The tribals reckoned that the village Bonnie's crew had found was founded by the people they had been separated from so many years before.  The tribals clung to every word that Bonnie and her first mate told about their time in the village, excitedly speculating among themselves the whole time if the elders of the village mentioned might be this young child or that one from so many years before.
By the time Bonnie stopped telling the tribals of her exploits, she had more new volunteers for her crew then she knew what to do with.  So many of them were eager to reclaim the lands of their ancestors.  And, it occurred to Bonnie that perhaps, someday soon, they might.  She should track down Mattias and some of the other scholars and priests before this night was done."

Spoiler: stats (click to show/hide)

Bonnie goes a tradin' again, but this time she first spends time among the villager of the town, getting a feel for the prices there (i.e. what can I trade for what?).  She then brings whatever
seems most profitible:
if a unit of food can trade for a unit of spice or better, she'll bring it.
if 3 units of cloth can trade for 2 units of spice or better, she'll bring that.
if a unit of jewlery can trade for 2 units of spice or better, she'll bring that.

Harvest:(8 labor)
River plains: 3 labor +12 food
Ocean: 1 labor +3 food +1 pearls
Hills: 2 labor +2 food +2 stone +2 wool
Lumber Camp: 2 labor +2 food +4 wood
Total: 8 labor, +19 food +1 pearls +2 stone +2 wool +4 wood

Crafting (1 labor)
2 cloth (-2 wool)

Research (5 labor)
5 research in imperial colonization
(if I can't research that, research engineering instead)

Construction: (6 labor)
1 iron mine (-1 wood -3 labor)
1 ship (-2 wood, -3 labor)

Food Report:
19 harvested
20 eaten
0 luxury
-1 stored

Stocks:
stock (changes)
6 food (-1)
8 pearls (+1)
jewelry (-)
1 wool (+2 -2)
1 cloth (+2 -2)
3 stone (+2)
4 wood (+4 -3)
1 spice
1337 S&P (markets surge on spice trade!)

Morale: 8
+1 Governor
+1 shrine
+1 luxury
20 luxury from 2 cloth

Growth:
+6% morale
-2% crowding

[Vanigo]

Neo-Tyrgani

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The people of Citadel City are pleased with their victory, but less pleased with the graciousness their leaders have shown to the defeated goblins. There's much talk in the streets calling for harsher terms, and in a few cases even eradicating Glrk'nr. The military, however, stands solidly behind Shi Shotan, and no one is really riled enough to do anything.
The scouting expedition heads off to the north, in search of useful resources. They head through a broad mountain pass, and reach the plains at the end of the foothills. They discover a source of tin on the west side of the pass, but it's not in very hospitable terrain. A mining colony there would probably require regular food shipments.
Meanwhile, no one is unhappy with the year's production. Food and resources flow into the city, and the sages working on taming the gigavores have tentatively announced success. They've gotten the things ridable, and the riders (typically two or three to a beast) can throw grenades or fire slings from the thing's back. They're too tall to use spears while riding them, but a few soldiers have has success with iron lances taken from dead goblins. It's a bit redundant, what with the claws and teeth, but often in war, redundancy counts.

Beast taming researched!
Population grows to 16,797
2 food, 1 tin, 1 copper, 2 wool, 2 wood, 3 stone, 1 ember rose stored
7+4+5 gold collected, 8 spent

Zefies

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The zefie colonists reach their destination without incident, and begin setting up their outpost as the military units guard them. They expect to be able to send two food and one wood a year to Fortress, starting next year.
The zefie researchers study different types of weapons, tinkering with the best ways to make each. They come up with dozens of variations on the theme of of "sharp thing attached to a long thing", which gets confusing pretty quickly. This prompts somebody to come up with the idea of standardized weaponry, equipping many brigades with pretty much the same equipment to enable more specialized tactics. General Alastair rather likes the idea, and has a couple wrinkles of his own to add.
The prospecting expedition is pretty successful as well. They uncover another iron deposit in the mountains to the east, although a colony there might have a hard time feeding itself.
Military modernization and expansion efforts go as planned. The scout and heavy cavalry companies are trained, and the warriors equipped with the new iron shortspears like the new weapons a great deal.

Military standardization researched!
    Allows two standardized unit types to be defined
        Units with these specific equipment sets get bonuses
General Alastair's special ability revealed: Drillmaster!
    Allows two extra standardized unit types
Population grows to 22,745
Production bonus! 24 labor available
Zefie cavalry trained! (5/4/15/2)
Simple Charioteers trained! (6/3/20/2 impact 4)
1 food, 2 wool, 2 stone, 1 silver stored; 1 iron, 2 clothing used
15 money collected, 8+3 spent

Zrlv

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The citizens of Zrlv are demoralized, but go about their work nonetheless. The city's sages practice mapmaking, making a nice (if not particularly useful) map of the city's surroundings. They're still working on the best ways to map out areas they don't know so well.
In the meantime, the troops escorting the city's tribute head out and return, encountering no trouble on the way.

Morale drops to 6-1
Population grows to 18,866
Watermill built
Market built
5 wool, 1 leather stored; 1 stone, 1 glowing mushroom used
8 money collected, 3+5 spent

Jericho

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(You... don't actually have any more jewelry to trade. And you only have one spare cloth. And they won't trade one food for one spice. So Bonnie's staying home.)
The year brings a fair amount of wealth to the Jerrans, as they set about making a new mine in the mountains, bringing valuable iron into the city, and build a new ship for exploration and trading.
The city's population continues to grow, and overcrowding is becoming increasingly serious. The people are starting to complain about the lack of space, and crime is on the rise. As a result, support for colonization efforts is high, and the city's sages put a fair amount of effort into devising methods of communications and government that would make this practical. They figure that mostly independent local government would be able to most efficiently manage distant territories, although trust is of course an issue.

City-states researched!
    Allows settler production
    Allows one town
Population grows to 20,234
Overpopulation! -1 morale, -4% growth
Morale drops to 7!
Production bonus lost! 20 production available
Mine built
Galley built (1M/3/5/2)
1 pearls, 2 stone, 1 wood stored; 1 food used
18 money collected, 4 spent

Asykos

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The people of Antemnon spend the year uneventfully, building up the city and its surroundings while they study further refinements of their magic and machinery. The only particularly noteworthy event occurs among the city's defenders, as one of the officers proves to have a keen insight into military matters. The rest of the military has begun to defer to him, and are petitioning to have him officially appointed as their general.
The year is otherwise uneventful. A windmill is built in the hills to help with iron mining, and the city's swordsmen are equipped with fine iron shields.

New leader emerges: General!
Population grows to 15,932
Windmill built
Magic swordsmen upgraded (12M/7/20/1)
3 wool, 2 gold, 1 stone, 1 leather stored
10 money collected, 3 spent

Baneriant

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(I already put your loot into last turn's production.)
Ragt'ich continues to grow, despite its minor crowding problem. The city's researchers work out the details of horseback riding, and are looking into ways of relieving crowding. They're thinking about founding another town elsewhere, but since the leaders of that town would be questionably loyal at best, it's a problem that bears some consideration. Meanwhile, the rest of the city is doing as well as can be expected. A tailoring neighborhood emerges near the city center, and the city's paliade wall is extended to cover some of the farmlands.

Horseback riding researched!
Morale returns to 7
Population grows to 16,747
Production bonus lost! 15 labor available
1 food, 1 leather, 1 spice stored
8 money collected, 4 spent

Status page update will be up tomorrow, when hopefully I'll be feeling a bit less burned out by all this.

[Nirur Torir]

(I don't see how I only spent 2 gold on upkeep last turn with 3 military units. Why don't you believe I have two warrior units? What did they ever do to you?)

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1st laborer work city's mushroom farm (+3 food)
2nd laborer work mountain/river tile 5 (+2 food, +1 stone)
3rd laborer work hill/river tile 6 (+4 food, +1 wool)
4th laborer work forest tile 9 (+2 food, +1 wood, +1 leather)
5th laborer work mountain/river tile 15 (+2 food, +1 stone, +1 glowing mushroom)
6th laborer work hill/river tile 18 (+4 food, +1 wool)
7th laborer work mountain/iron tile 14 (+1 stone, +1 iron ore)
8th laborer work hill tile 7 (+1 food, +1 wool)
9th laborer work hill tile 10 (+1 food, +1 wool, +1 money)
Gross resource intake: +19 food, +3 stone, +4 wool, +1 wood, +1 leather, +1 iron ore, +1 glowing mushroom, +1 money

10th, 11th, 12th, 13th laborers build watermill on mountain/river tile 5 (-2 stone, -1 wood)
14th laborer researches mechanics
15th, 16, 17th laborers research deep mining.
18th laborer researches map making.
Explorer and General take both the real and the fake warriors north, looking for the lizardmen.

Luxaries:
None.

Tribute:
-2 gold

Net resources:
19 food - 19 food eaten
3 stone + 7 stone from storage - 2 stone used = 8 stone stored
4 wool + 33 wool from storage = 37 wool stored
1 wood + 5 wood in storage - 1 wood used = 5 wood stored
1 leather + 6 leather in storage = 7 leather stored
1 iron ore + 1 iron ore in storage = 2 iron ore stored
1 glowing mushroom + 1 in storage = 2 stored

8+4+1[13] gold collected - 2(tribute)-3(military)[5] + 22 Stored = 30 gold stored

Stozuagun and Xengbubukza had already went north with the two warrior units to find and destroy the encampment of lizardmen. Glrk'nr, Kazastrugu, and some iron defender guards were examining the iron mine. "These maps should be very useful. After you've finished them, I want you to come up with ways to improve iron output. We lost the last war because we just didn't have enough."

"I'll see what we can do. There are probably richer veins deep underground, if I can figure out a more efficient method of getting them without the workers all dying before they get to it. I also have an idea for something like the water wheel that can be built anywhere, further increasing iron production."

"Good. Make it so, I want to be ready for the next war when we find another foe."

[Vanigo]

(I don't see how I only spent 2 gold on upkeep last turn with 3 military units. Why don't you believe I have two warrior units? What did they ever do to you?)

Oops. Fixed.