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[Criptfeind]

Even then, See point two.

[adwarf]

Oh stop arguing.

[Iituem]

It isn't an argument yet, but to curtail one this should be in Fluff anyway.  Staking your claim was relevant to this thread, but posting your prediction of a later game position is not only not relevant, but tactically a terrible idea because it only breeds contempt for the idea that you are the one who can dictate where people should expand to - whether or not that was your intent.

tl;dr - Take it to Fluff.

[Hubris Incalculable]

Kashyyk, Hubris, would you agree to a trade pact?

Certainly. And sorry for the delay. 

Spoiler: Turn 6 (click to show/hide)

Territories:

Grouting Cen (£500/turn):  -  Palace, Mine.  [Gold]
 (+£50/turn from gold)
 (+200: Mine)

Grouting Eas (£140/turn):  -

Grouting Nor (£106/turn):  1 archer.  (upk: -£50)

Grouting Wes (£281/turn):  0+1 archer, 0+2 macemen.  [Coal]  (upk: -£150)
 (+£14/turn from coal)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £0
Revenue:  +£1291
Trade Pact (Arcadia):  +£105  (Access Grain, Lumber, Game)
Upkeep:  -£200  [2 light macemen + 2 archers]
Raiding:  -£100

Total:  £1096

Construction/Recruitment:
Grouting East: 1 Archer, £500

Research:
None

Troop Movements:
None

[Johnfalcon99977]

Ok GM. Time for that turn!

[adwarf]

Ok GM. Time for that turn!

He is out.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Stop making pointless posts, adwarf.

Just because you can post doesn't mean you must.

[Phantom]

Technically, all of that was pointless anyway...

[Johnfalcon99977]

Technically, all of that was pointless anyway...

...
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SHUTUPMYLOGICISEVERYTINGBLARG!_[/joke]

[Iituem]

Finishing off the turn.  Give it an hour, maybe less, need to double check things and do the fluff on some events.

[Johnfalcon99977]

I hope something happens to me. Hopefully it'll end postively^* .
_{Meaning I get money}

[Iituem]

Turn 6
Winter 1002 A.D.

Events in the World

Shambles (Sordell):  A fresh wave of zombies strikes Farland and Sordell, tearing into the defenseless regions to the north and doing great damage.

Desert Winds (Pomford):  Legions sent to investigate the Zephyr Palace discover an army of illusory soldiers awaiting them.

The Ice Queen (Terrendale):  The white beasts of Terrendale seem quiet for now, but this may just mean they are building their strength.

Spoiler: P.E.P.P.P.R. (Pillow Killer) (click to show/hide)

Leader: Ali Shorabongmad

Your new engineering corps sets to work.  It will take them the rest of the year to finish laying the roads between and throughout Southern and Northern Presst.  Meanwhile, the connections brought about by your unification enable sharing of ideas and techniques between the clans of Presst.  A rudimentary guild of engineers soon develops within the capital of Pressing and soon enough they are busy in every corner of the kingdom, reinforcing the local infrastructure with the creation of small roads and waterways to enhance transport and travel between towns.  Consummate with these developments is a surge in the study of engineering and construction, leading to new masonry techniques being developed for use in defence and general life.

New Technology:  Infrastructure II.  Increases your industry limit to 2/territory.

New Technology:  Masonry II.  Allows construction of Fortifications.

New Building:  Fortifications.  Improves defensive bonus of City Walls.  Two engineers sent in battle against a fortified region will nullify the effect of the fortification.

Territories

Presst S (£500/turn):  1 engineers. Palace, Farm.   Game.   
 (+£25/turn from game)
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£50)
Presst W (£27/turn): 
Presst N (£175/turn):  1 engineers, 1 spearmen.
 (upk: -£70)
Presst U (£17/turn):  1 light macemen.
 (upk: -£50)
Presst E (£38/turn):  2 spearmen.
 (upk: -£40)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £293
Revenue:  +£882
Upkeep: -£210  [2 engineers, 3 spearmen, 1 light macemen.]

Total:  £965


Techs

Animal Husbandry I
Adaptive Farming I
Infrastructure I
Infrastructure II
Masonry II

Spoiler: Taikeni Dominion (Taricus) (click to show/hide)

Leader:  Theris Anataki

Taikeni and North Stormer forces engage.

Taikeni Forces
Spearmen: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
North Stormer Forces
Spearmen: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged

A Taikeni Spearmen has utterly destroyed a North Stormer Spearmen!  [66 vs 35]

A North Stormer Spearmen has defeated a Taikeni Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [65 vs 53]

Taikeni Forces
Spearmen: 1 Intact, 1 Damaged

North Stormer Forces
Spearmen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

You spend £750 in silver recruiting militia from the Dominion and station them in Western Storm.  Meanwhile, the two bands of militia formerly protecting central and western Storm move north to drive out the scattered half-elves that continue to live in those regions.  You are growing ever closer to achieving the racial purity your elven factions continue to demand.  Racial purity or not, the northern forest is thick with the local deer and pheasants.  It will be a valued source of meat and income for your people.

Territories

Storm C (£500/turn):  Palace, Mine, Forge.   Copper.   
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£25/turn from Forge)
Storm S (£16/turn):  1 spearmen.
 (upk: -£20)
Storm W (£71/turn):  6 spearmen.
 (upk: -£120)
Storm N (£78/turn):  1+1 spearmen. Game.   
 (+£4/turn from game)
 (upk: -£40)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £99
Revenue:  +£894
Trade Pact(Free Tempest): +£98 [Access fish]
Upkeep: -£180  [9 spearmen.]

Total:  £911


Techs

Metalworking II

Spoiler: Free Tempests Republic (click to show/hide)

Leader: Speaker Fredrick the Red

Free Tempest and North Terretan forces engage.

Free Tempest Forces
Spearmen: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged
North Terretan Forces
Archers: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Spearmen: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged

A North Terretan Archers has defeated a Free Tempest Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [72 vs 60]

A North Terretan Archers has defeated a Free Tempest Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [62 vs 50]

A North Terretan Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Free Tempest Spearmen!  [55 vs 37]

A North Terretan Spearmen has defeated a Free Tempest Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [61 vs 55]

Free Tempest Forces
Spearmen: 0 Intact, 3 Damaged

North Terretan Forces
Archers: 0 Intact, 2 Damaged
Spearmen: 1 Intact, 1 Damaged

The defenders have won out!

Free Tempest and East Terretan forces engage.

Free Tempest Forces
Spearmen: 6 Intact, 0 Damaged
East Terretan Forces
Archers: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged
City Walls

A East Terretan Archers has utterly destroyed a Free Tempest Spearmen!  [65 vs 47]

A Free Tempest Spearmen has defeated a East Terretan Archers, but sustained heavy damage.  [99 vs 87]

A East Terretan Archers has utterly destroyed a Free Tempest Spearmen!  [87 vs 59]

A East Terretan Archers has utterly destroyed a Free Tempest Spearmen!  [82 vs 57]

A East Terretan Archers has utterly destroyed a Free Tempest Spearmen!  [92 vs 41]

A Free Tempest Spearmen has defeated a East Terretan Archers, but sustained heavy damage.  [69 vs 59]

Free Tempest Forces
Spearmen: 0 Intact, 2 Damaged

East Terretan Forces
Archers: 1 Intact, 2 Damaged

The defenders have won out!

Your massed ranks of spear-wielding militia prove insufficient to take the province of North Terret, though they severely weaken its defences for any attacks that might immediately ensue.  Similarly, your attack on the high-walled port city of Astralath in Eastern Terret proves unproductive.  Most of your shock troops are annihilated attempting to scale the walls as skilled shortbowmen pick them off from above.  Although some were able to reach the top, they were still mostly captured by the defenders.  Once again, the Free Tempests have suffered an ignominous defeat in battle, despite outnumbering their enemies.  Your enemies in the Senate will no doubt use this against you in the future.

Territories

Storm E (£595/turn):  3 spearmen. Palace, Farm.   Grain.   
 (+£30/turn from grain)
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£60)
Terret W (£144/turn):  1 trireme. Fishery.   Fish.   
 (+£7/turn from fish)
 (+£100: Fishery)
 (upk: -£70)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £117
Revenue:  +£976
Trade Pact(Taikeni): +£89 [Access copper]
Upkeep: -£130  [3 spearmen, 1 trireme.]

Total:  £1052


Techs

Chaos Magic [Foundation]
Summon Fireflies

Spoiler: Foul Empire (Demonic Spoon) (click to show/hide)

Leader: Emperor Demonic Spoon

The core hive in Foul Central is a, well, hive of activity.  The breeding caste are working hard to produce new drones to replace the soldiers you are sending out into the field.  And goodness, but you do send many out; more than two thousand warrior caste drones and their commanders march to the rich hills of Western Foul, home to the powerful Tlakani Hive.

Foul and Tlakani forces engage.

Foul Forces
Spearmen: 10 Intact, 0 Damaged
Tlakani Forces
Longbowmen: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Spearmen: 9 Intact, 0 Damaged
Hive Walls

A Tlakani Longbowmen has defeated a Foul Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [67 vs 64]

A Tlakani Longbowmen has utterly destroyed a Foul Spearmen!  [99 vs 63]

A Foul Spearmen has defeated a Tlakani Longbowmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [74 vs 72]

A Tlakani Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Foul Spearmen!  [88 vs 38]

A Foul Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Tlakani Spearmen!  [92 vs 69]

A Tlakani Spearmen has defeated a Foul Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [65 vs 53]

A Tlakani Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Foul Spearmen!  [74 vs 60]

A Tlakani Spearmen has defeated a Foul Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [59 vs 51]

A Tlakani Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Foul Spearmen!  [79 vs 63]

A Foul Spearmen has defeated a Tlakani Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [64 vs 57]

A Tlakani Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Foul Spearmen!  [74 vs 52]

Foul Forces
Spearmen: 0 Intact, 5 Damaged

Tlakani Forces
Longbowmen: 0 Intact, 2 Damaged
Spearmen: 5 Intact, 3 Damaged

The defenders have won out!

Hive Tlakani has proved significantly better prepared to defend its position than expected.  As with expected klackon tactics, a large force of drones was fielded.  These were backed up by longbow defenders from the upper warrior caste.  Post-battle analysis by the thinkers indicates that the concentric earth walls around the central hive contributed to their defence, as the primary defensive line was broken relatively early but the walls allowed the drones to fall back to further positions.  Minimal friendly drones escaped; most captured, subsumed into hive as workers.  Thinkers estimate rebuilding of Tlakani strength within the next year.

Scout reports of Hive Tlakani suggest unknown resource deposit in region, extensive mining facilities; deeper mines than our own.  High value of territory compensates for costs of maintaining large drone defences.

Territories

Foul C (£525/turn):  3 spearmen. Palace, Mine.   Iron.   
 (+£200: Mine)
 (upk: -£60)
Ichor W (£60/turn):  Stone.   
Troud S (£19/turn): 

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £109
Revenue:  +£804
Trade Pact(United): +£100 [Access copper]
Upkeep: -£60  [3 spearmen.]

Total:  £953


Techs

Foundation Necromancy
Curses I

Infantry Training I


Armies

-

Spoiler: Grand Duchy of Grouting (hubris_incalculable) (click to show/hide)

Leader: Grand Duke Mortrati

You gather taxes and build up your treasury over the winter, opening a new front of trade with the distant Brentian Counties and training a new guard of archers in East Grouting.

Territories

Grouting C (£500/turn):  Palace, Mine.   Gold.   
 (+£50/turn from gold)
 (+£200: Mine)
Grouting E (£140/turn):  1 archers.
 (upk: -£50)
Grouting N (£106/turn):  1 archers.
 (upk: -£50)
Grouting W (£281/turn):  1 archers, 0+2 light macemen. Coal.   
 (+£14/turn from coal)
 (upk: -£150)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £596
Revenue:  +£1291
Trade Pact(Arcadia): +£108 [Access lumber, game, iron, grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£86 [Access fish]
Upkeep: -£250  [3 archers, 2 light macemen.]

Total:  £1831


Techs

Diplomacy I

Spoiler: Arcadia (Kashyyk) (click to show/hide)

Leader: Lady Alexia von Kashna

You invest in the development of the woodcarving industries that are rising around the new Central Garnlish sawmill.  Some of these efforts extend into shipbuilding, and by midwinter you have the first true ship your people have built in generations.

Not all is well, however.  To the west, your holdings in Sordell come under siege by several waves of zombies crossing the border from Western Sordell.

Rogue and Arcadian forces engage.

Rogue Forces
Zombies: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Arcadian Forces
Light Macemen: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged

A Arcadian Light Macemen has utterly destroyed a Rogue Zombies!  [66 vs 52]

A Arcadian Light Macemen has defeated a Rogue Zombies, but sustained heavy damage.  [57 vs 53]

Rogue Forces
Zombies: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

Arcadian Forces
Light Macemen: 3 Intact, 1 Damaged

The defenders have won out!

Fortunately your defences hold, though a number of your men are seriously injured and it will take some months to replace them.  Some of the zombies appear to have been equipped with stolen iron armour in an effort to make them more resilient, but it has had no real effect because of the lack of co-ordination on the part of the undead.  The armour is useless for your soldiers, but the scrap metal is of high quality and has been sold.

Territories

Garnlish C (£542/turn):  Palace, Sawmill.   Lumber.   
 (+£27/turn from lumber)
 (+£100: Sawmill)
Garnlish N (£159/turn):  1 longbowmen, 1 trireme. Game.   
 (+£8/turn from game)
 (upk: -£155)
Garnlish W (£48/turn): 
Garnlish S (£97/turn):  Walls.   
 (upk: -£10)
Sordell S (£97/turn):  3+1 light macemen. Iron.   
 (upk: -£200)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £144
Revenue:  +£1078
Trade Pact(Grouting): +£129 [Access gold, coal]
Trade Pact(Farland): +£98 [Access grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£86 [Access fish]
Loot Bonus:  +£60
Upkeep: -£365  [1 longbowmen, 1 trireme, 4 light macemen.  1 walls.]

Total:  £1230


Techs

Mechanics I
Diplomacy I

Spoiler: Farland Gnomes (adwarf) (click to show/hide)

Leader: Harticus

Under your instruction, your scholars reluctantly burn all of their research into necromancy and troops are sent into the homes of any suspected of hiding the illicit knowledge.  By the year's end you are confident that no appreciable trace of the Black Arts remains within your borders.  Unfortunately, your repression of knowledge puts your scholars into ill spirits and they are either unwilling or unable to suggest any serious improvements to infrastructure.

Construction of the first underground farm goes to plan in Farland Central, soon enough generating regular harvests of mushrooms for all.  The shepherds of the region are baffled as to why you did not invest into pastures instead, but bow to your wisdom.  Also to your weapons.  Mostly your weapons.

You graciously send your feudal master three legions of your best soldiers - in fact, the entirety of your army.  The result leaves you defenceless, so when a horde of the undead shambles across the border into central Farland they are unopposed.  They destroy over £100 in property, livestock and livelihoods, not to mention the number of gnomes and humans slaughtered, before the local farmers are able to drive them away.

Territories

Farland W (£574/turn):  Palace, Farm.   Grain.   
 (+£29/turn from grain)
 (+£100: Farm)
Farland S (£159/turn): 
Farland C (£15/turn):  Farm.   Sheep.   
 (+£1/turn from sheep)
 (+£100: Farm)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £0
Revenue:  +£978
Trade Pact(Arcadia): +£108 [Access lumber, game, iron, gold, coal]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£86 [Access fish]
Upkeep: -£150  [3 light macemen.]
Raiding: -£100

Total:  £922

Techs

Adaptive Farming I

Armies

3 light macemen, on loan to the Brentian Counties.

Spoiler: United Provinces (Terenos) (click to show/hide)

Leader: The Traveller

United and Desert forces engage.

United Forces
Light Macemen: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Swordsmen: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Desert Forces
Phantom Warriors: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged

A United Light Swordsmen has utterly destroyed a Desert Phantom Warriors!  [70 vs 53]

A United Light Swordsmen has utterly destroyed a Desert Phantom Warriors!  [77 vs 53]

A Desert Phantom Warriors has defeated a United Light Swordsmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [74 vs 62]

United Forces
Light Macemen: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Swordsmen: 1 Intact, 1 Damaged

Desert Forces
Phantom Warriors: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

Our scouts discovered the edifice in the deep desert; a tall palace of sandstone by an oasis, lush and verdant with life.  Gathered before it in massed ranks were three columns of soldiers in an ancient mode of armour, all stood to attention with a sort of cross between a sword and a spear.  They seemed almost statue-like, barely aware of their environment.  Then one of the pack camels grew skittish and ran away from us toward the palace.  As soon as it neared them, the soldiers turned with military efficiency and closed upon the creature, bringing their blades down upon it and slaughtering it in moments.  When done, the soldiers returned to their silent vigil.

The camel bore not a mark on its corpse for their blades.  This was when we knew that we could take them, though we officers made sure to tell the troops that our foe was only human.  We drew the legions out from their posts, one by one, by sacrificing camels as lures and then ambushed them.  How this ambush worked, I could not say, for our blades passed through their bodies like air, but the act seemed to cause them to lose cohesion.  Many burst into wisps like smoke, propelled only through air.

We sustained casualties, particularly as we dispatched the last column.  They fought with grim vigour and a lack of emotion, as if they felt neither rage nor joy in their act.  Our shields did nothing to block their blades however, as they passed through wood and iron and flesh alike.  Men fell dead despite suffering no wounds, but amongst those who survived there are many who cannot move the limbs that were 'severed' in the battle, as they saw them cut away yet are plain as daylight to the rest of us.  Whatever power guided these phantom warriors, it leaves its mark on the mind.

The Zephyr Palace, as we have called it for the seemingly ever present winds, is long abandoned by its living inhabitants.  There are marks of war on the walls, and here and there a skeleton of those who did not escape whatever battle emptied it.  Yet they left hurriedly, for in places there are still remnants of rich tapestries and long-spoiled food left uneaten.  Better still, we have discovered an ancient treasury with coin and jewels and even a library, though white ash litters its shelves where it seems much was once burned.  We have salvaged the surviving books for the scholars.

Your soldiers successfully dispersed the Phantom Warriors of the Zephyr Palace.  In addition to retrieving a wealth of ancient coin and jewellery (£1000), they have discovered books on the lost art of Sorcery.  Your scholars were able to study these and the remnants of the spells binding the Phantom Warriors to the Zephyr Palace itself, and are confident they can recreate them.

New Technologies:  Sorcery [Foundation], Phantom Warriors

New Units:  Sorcerer, Phantom Warriors.  Phantom Warriors are illusory, so their weapons pass through most armour and cause imaginary wounds to flesh that can kill.  Armies with true sight render their attacks and defence near-useless.

Territories

Toldrun L (£550/turn):  1 light macemen. Palace, Mine.   Copper.   
 (+£200: Mine)
 (upk: -£50)
Pomford N (£250/turn):  1+1 light swordsmen, 3 light macemen, 1 light axemen.
 (upk: -£350)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £94
Treasure Bonus:  +£1000
Revenue:  +£1000
Trade Pact(Foul): +£80 [Access iron, stone]
Upkeep: -£400  [4 light macemen, 2 light swordsmen, 1 light axemen.]

Total:  £1774


Techs

Sorcery [Foundation]
Phantom Warriors

Spoiler: Brentian Counties (Sheb) (click to show/hide)

Leader: Sheb McBrent

You continue to build your armies, preparing for the long fight to come.  Aided by the trireme in the Brentish Channel, three legions of Farlander gnostic infantry arrive in South Brent to fulfil their lords' oath of vassalage.  Their arrival stimulates the economy as it adapts to support a larger military presence; your advisors help you to invest in the boom of activity to bring long term benefits.

Territories

Territories

Brent L (£500/turn):  5 spearmen, 1 slingers. Palace, Fishery.   Fish.   
 (+£25/turn from fish)
 (+£100: Fishery)
 (upk: -£150)
Brent S (£234/turn):  4 spearmen, 1 light macemen, 1 caravan.  [3 light macemen (Farland)]
 (upk: -£130)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £9
Revenue:  +£859
Trade Pact(Farland): +£98 [Access grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Arcadia): +£108 [Access lumber, game, iron]
Trade Pact(Grouting): +£129 [Access gold, coal]
Upkeep: -£350  [9 spearmen, 1 slingers, 1 light macemen, 1 trireme.]

Total:  £853


Techs

No non-Public techs.

Armies

1 Trireme (Brent-Farland Channel)  (upk: -£40)

Vassal Armies

3 light macemen [Farland Gnomes]

Spoiler: Steel Empire (Johnfalcon99977) (click to show/hide)

Leader:  Dariuoiua

Despite the promising earlier training, your lieutenants complain that they cannot work with the resources you have given them to develop improved training techniques.

Territories

Steel S (£515/turn):  1 spearmen. Palace.   Ivory.   
 (+£26/turn from ivory)
 (upk: -£20)
Maver N (£188/turn):  2 skirmishers, 4 spearmen.
 (upk: -£170)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £223
Revenue:  +£729
Upkeep: -£190  [5 spearmen, 2 skirmishers.]

Total:  £762

Techs

Military Training I

Spoiler: Cadre of Vremya (Phantom) (click to show/hide)

Leader:  Kasr Umirat

After the recent military defeats you spend the winter rebuilding your forces, in particular training a unit of the new javelineers for use against Lower Cauldron's defences.

Territories

Cauldron W (£500/turn):  1 light macemen, 1 javelineers, 2 spearmen. Palace, Stables.   Horses.   
 (+£25/turn from horses)
 (+£200: Stables)
 (upk: -£140)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £25
Revenue:  +£725
Upkeep: -£140  [1 light macemen, 1 javelineers, 2 spearmen.]

Total:  £610

Techs

Animal Handling I
Ranged Training I

Spoiler: The Greenblood Union (Dwarmin) (click to show/hide)

Leader:  High Shaman Lord Dwareet'ik

Lord Dwareet'ik, you have risen to command of the Greenblood Union.  Or at least, as much command as is possible of your largely anarchic society.  You do not have a government so much as a loose alliance of kobolod shamans who will follow you for as long as you can maintain control and never show weakness, and an even looser following of gnolls on the same basis.  The last two years have been spent cementing your tenuous hold through bloody internal warfare, and though your country has been ravaged by it you have collected a suitably impressive store of treasure from pillaging and tribute.

You did not choose the settlement of Beak in northern Highblood on a whim; as well as possessing spiritual significance to your people, the hamlet is situated atop vast deposits of veined black marble.  When you can persuade gnolls to chip blocks from the hillside, it is extremely valuable.  Your arrival and the presence of your entourage have stimulated the economy of this otherwise unimportant location, but you may have to work hard to keep power - part of that work may involve improving the conditions of your minions and their defences.

Territories

Highblood N (£500/turn):  4 light macemen. Palace.   Marble.   
 (+£25/turn from marble)
 (upk: -£200)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £3500
Revenue:  +£525
Upkeep: None for first turn!

Total:  £4025

Techs

No non-public techs.

Infrastructure II:  Improved travel networks increase your Industry Limit to 2/territory.

Masonry II:  Enables construction of Fortifications.

Sorcery [Foundation]:  Enables recruitment of sorcerers.  Sorcery Hero Promotion.

Phantom Warriors:  Allows summoning of phantom warriors.

Fortifications:  £500.  Upkeep £20/turn.  Requires and replaces Walls.  Provides a bonus of +10 to defense vs non-fliers within the territory.  Tech: Masonry II.

Phantom Warriors are an Illusion unit; their attacks and defences are all figments of the imagination.  Against illusion-immune units or units with True Sight or a similar method of seeing what is really there, Illusion units have an attack and defense rating of 0.

Sorcerer:  £1200.  Attack 9, Defence 9.  Upkeep £100/turn.  Caster[Sorcery], Support.  Tech:  Sorcery [Foundation]
Sorcerers dabble in those facets of magic which deal with smoke and air, movement, perception and the mind, as well as the principles that underlie all magic.

Phantom Warriors:  £260.  Attack 15, Defence 15.  Upkeep £25/turn.  Illusion, Summoned (Sorcery).  Tech: Phantom Warriors
A legion of insubstantial, illusory soldiers whose attacks harm only those that cannot see the truth.

Sorcerer:  As necromancer/warlock promotions, enabling Sorcery spellcasting.

All unit purchase values (but not upkeep values) have been adjusted.  Check the OP for details.  Weaker units are now more expensive, stronger units are now cheaper.

Walls and Fortifications are getting their purchase costs reduced to £300 and £500 respectively.  Upkeep costs and defense bonuses remain the same.

Heroes are being rebalanced slightly.  Hero units still cost £1000 to hire and have an upkeep of £50/turn, but now provide a general bonus to attack/defence of +8 to their stacked units.  In other words, spearmen stacked with even weak heroes are effectively doubled in strength (making them comparable to normal units).  Contrast Castles (Masonry III), which will have cost a total of £1500 to build but provide +15 to defense and have an upkeep of £40/turn.

The following promotions are being rebalanced:

Guerilla:  £500.  Increases upkeep by £20.  The hero gains expertise laying ambushes and fighting defensively as a footsoldier.  His defensive bonus to leading infantry increases by 6.  Tech:  Infantry Training I.

Raider:  £500.  Increases upkeep by £20.  The hero trains for quick charges and brutal attacks during raids as a footsoldier.  His offensive bonus to leading infantry increases by 6.  Tech:  Infantry Training I.

Ranger:  £800.  Increases upkeep by £40.  The hero gains expertise fighting with ranged weaponry such as javelins and bows.  His offensive and defensive bonuses to leading ranged units increase by 6.  Tech:  Ranged Training I.

It is now a valid option to deny export of a resource from your borders during trade.  Each resource you attempt to deny export of will reduce trade bonuses to and from your empire by 3% from the base of 10% (i.e. 7%, 4%, 1%).  Denial of more than three resources simply closes your borders and prohibits all trade.

Loyalty

Loyalty is a new 'hidden' stat for territories.  A new neutral territory will generally have a Loyalty of 0.  Loyalty may be raised, primarily through constructing different buildings; religious and cultural buildings (entertainment buildings, essentially) will raise Loyalty in a region.  Having a state religion will also raise Loyalty in a region.  Loyalty has two main effects:

Upkeep Reduction:  Happier, or at least more loyal citizens are willing to work for less out of a sense of patriotism.  Every point of loyalty decreases upkeep for buildings and units in that region by a certain percentage.  Negative loyalty will increase upkeep accordingly.

Subversion Resistance:  Certain units such as diplomats will gain the ability to sabotage or convert units or regions over to their side (requires research).  High loyalty decreases the chances of success.  Negative loyalty increases it.

Loyalty can be lowered through outside intervention.  Units such as diplomats can lower loyalty by inciting rebellion amongst the populace.  Being raided by neutral troops or rival troops who do not conquer the region will also lower loyalty.

Newly captured regions have their base loyalty set back to 0, after which bonuses from buildings etc will be re-applied.  There is a 50% chance per building for cultural or religious buildings that they will be destroyed if the region is captured by military force.  Subverted or traded regions will suffer no such risk.


Raiding

It is now a valid option to raid territories without conquering them.  If you do not particularly care to own and have to defend more territory, you can send troops to raid a neighbouring territory instead.  Provided you defeat any defenders, or if the territory is undefended, your troops will retreat back to the territory they attacked from and you will steal the entire turn's income from the raided territory.  Raiding will also lower the loyalty of the region.


Retreat

There is now a 20% chance that wounded troops on the losing side of a battle will retreat to a neighbouring friendly territory.  The retreat chance is higher for flying units and cavalry.  If the nearest friendly territory is not adjacent, but there is a clear path and the unit has sufficient move left to reach it, the unit will also retreat to that territory.  If there are no friendly territories nearby, the units cannot retreat.  There is also a 5% chance per wounded unit that the victors will capture them intact for their own army.

Caveat:  This applies to neutral territories as well, so beware of neutral troops retreating to other regions.


Masking

A slight change to the 'masking' rule for moving through one hostile territory to attack another.  To mask the advance of an army, you need only supply the same number of troops in the masking attack as there are defenders, and the masking effort succeeds whether or not they win the battle.  In other words, it is perfectly valid to send three units of expendable shock troops to 'tie up' the three elite marksmen in the castle in Territory A whilst the rest of the army goes on to Territory B, even though it is almost certain the shock troops will all die.


Forges & Smithies

Forges and Smithies have been rebalanced according to a new equation.  Both are now cheaper to construct and give much higher returns, but their returns are based off the basic economy of a territory.  They may give substandard returns until economies are improved to a certain point.

Forge:  £400.  Requires mines.  Generates an industry bonus of 32% over basic income per turn.  Stacks with but does not multiply with any other industry bonuses.  Tech: Metalworking I (Public)  If main industry is mining, does not take up an industry slot.

Smithy:  £600.  Requires and replaces forge.  Increases bonus to basic income from +32% to +50%.  Bonus increases by a further +4% for each of the following resources it has access to; Iron, Coal.  Bonus increases by a further +6% for the following resources it has access to; Copper, Silver, Gold.  Tech:  Metalworking II.

[Johnfalcon99977]

I think I speak for everyone when I say:

 

[Sheb]

Harticus, I shall pay back the farmers that got their property destroyed myself. I do feel responsible for their loss, seeing as I took your troops away.

[Taricus]

Spoiler: Turn 7 (click to show/hide)

Territories:

Storm C (£500/turn):  Palace, Mine, Forge.   Copper.   
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£25/turn from Forge)
Storm S (£16/turn):  1 spearmen.
 (upk: -£20)
Storm W (£71/turn):  6 spearmen.
 (upk: -£120)
Storm N (£78/turn):  1+1 spearmen. Grain.   
 (+£4/turn from grain)
 (upk: -£40)

Finances:
Cash Reserves:  £99
Revenue:  +£894
Trade Pact(Free Tempest): +£98 [Access fish]
Upkeep: -£180  [9 spearmen.]

Total:  £911

Construction/Recruitment:
Invest all funds into storm south, We'll need it as a trade center.

Research:
Give metalworking II to Criptfeind.

Troop Movements:
Five spearmen from storm west, one spearman from storm north attack Astrid west. Rest the injured unit in storm north.