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[Hubris Incalculable]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Territories:

Grouting C (£500/turn):  1 diplomat. Palace, Mine.   Gold.   
 (+£50/turn from gold)
 (+£200: Mine)
 (upk: -£10)
Grouting E (£140/turn):  1 archers.
 (upk: -£50)
Grouting N (£106/turn): 
Grouting W (£281/turn):  2 light macemen. Coal.   
 (+£14/turn from coal)
 (upk: -£100)
Grouting S (£4/turn):  2 archers.
 (upk: -£100)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £866
Revenue:  +£1295
Trade Pact(Arcadia): +£156 [Access lumber, game, iron, grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£179 [Access fish]
Upkeep: -£260  [1 diplomat, 3 archers, 2 light macemen.]

Total:  £2236

Construction/Recruitment:
Grouting C: Sorcerer:  £1200

Research:
None

Troop Movements:
Diplomat: Negotiate Annexe: Terrendale C

Cripty, it's up to you

[Criptfeind]

Spoiler: Turn 8 (click to show/hide)

Territories
Storm East (£595/turn):  3 Spearmen.  Palace, Farm.  [Grain]  (upk: -£60)
 (+£30/turn from grain)
 (+£100: Farm)
Total: £725

Terret West (£144/turn): 1 trireme. [Fish] (upk: -£70)
(+£7/turn from fish)
(+£ 100: Fishery)
Total: £251

Diplomacy
Trade agreement: Taikeni Dominion (£130/turn) Copper.
Send 200 pounds to the emperor

Finances
Saved: £17
Revenue: £1106
SubTotal: £1123
Expense: £230
Spend: £200
Total: £ 693

Construction/Recruitment

Research

Troop Movements
Ship Moves south
Caravan to Cauldron West
Use Caravan
Ship moves south

Lone Ship to the emperor I guess.

I don't really care over much if I get the ship back, if you can spare it after you are done with it, and it survives, I would like it. If not I will make another at some point.

If you feel like you need more money to make troops and ships, PM me and we can see about sending the results of that caravan to help you and what I need in return.

[Sheb]

Do not worry, your ship shal be returned to you. Like with the Gnomish macemen, I'll try my utmost to have it spared, and will offer you one of mine should it be destroyed.

Speaking of which, I am going to delay any action against the pirates until I have assembled that fleet. It is just too dangerous to attack them with a single trirem and one unit of bowmen. And those bowmen will be useful in invading Aelstrom.

Also, would someone be ready to trade the Diplomatic tech with me? Marketplaces are an option.

[Iituem]

Have a spot of net access, so I might have a turn for you tonight.  Just to confirm, you've changed your post so you're not sending out the trireme+archer to patrol your waters?

[Iituem]

Turn 9
Winter 1003 A.D.

Captain Simo:  Hire Cost: £2000.  Upkeep £105.  Hero.  Attack +5, Defense +5.  Personal Attack 2, Defense 0.  Promotions:  Raider, Mariner, Ranger, Charger, Evader, Swordmaster I.
A famous Caulder adventurer before he formed his company, Captain Simo has fought on land and sea, on and off horseback.  His retirement fee is pricey, but he is unmatched in cavalry combat.

Light Cavalry:  £750.  Upkeep £90.  As the light cavalry unit.  4 available.

Heavy Cavalry:  £1100.  Upkeep £150.  As the heavy cavalry unit.  1 available.

Javelin Cavalry:  £1000.  Attack 18, Defense 18.  Upkeep £110.  +10 vs infantry.  2 available.

Horse Archers:  £1700.  Attack 18, Defense 18.  Upkeep £170.  +15 vs infantry, +6 vs cavalry/heavies.  1 available.

Knights:  £2500.  Attack 28, Defense 28.  Upkeep £245.  +12 vs infantry.  1 available.

Pikemen:  £550.  Attack 12, Defense 15.  Upkeep £65.  +10 vs heavies/cavalry.  4 available.

Other Events in the World

The Ice Queen (Terrendale):  An armistice has been reached, leading to a potential diplomatic marriage!   All hail diplomacy!

Pirates!:  Just off the coast of southern Brent, pirates have waylaid an Arcadian trade ship!  Rumours on the trade routes attribute the haul to the mysterious Dread Pirate Roberts.

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

Leader: Ali Shorabongmad

You continue to develop the economy of Presst, bringing your people further and further out of the darkness to which they have been consigned for centuries.  Your engineers complete work rebuilding the roads of Upper and Western Presst.

Territories

Presst S (£545/turn):  Palace, Farm.  Game. 
 (+£27/turn from game)
 (+£100: Farm)
Presst W (£27/turn):  1 engineers.  Farm. 
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£50)
Presst N (£175/turn):  1 spearmen. 
 (upk: -£20)
Presst U (£17/turn):  1 engineers, 1 light macemen.  Farm. 
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£100)
Presst E (£38/turn):  2 spearmen. 
 (upk: -£40)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £6
Revenue:  +£1129
Upkeep: -£210  [2 engineers, 3 spearmen, 1 light macemen.]

Total:  £925


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 East Astrid forces engage.

Taikeni Forces
Heavy Axemen: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
Spearmen: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged
East Astrid Forces
Longbowmen: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
City Walls

A Taikeni Heavy Axemen has defeated a East Astrid Longbowmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [92 vs 87]

Taikeni Forces
Heavy Axemen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged
Spearmen: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged

East Astrid Forces
Longbowmen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

The defenders of the walled town of Bolster stayed up throughout the day on double shifts, watching the slow approach of your massed ranks of spearmen.  So intent were they on this that they completely failed to notice the axemen approaching the town through the forest and scaling the walls once darkness hit.  Your heavy infantry suffered some casualties during the night, but otherwise the town swiftly became yours.

East Astrid is less prosperous than you had been led to believe by some margin, but the slopes of the region are ideally suited to growing grapes and there are several private vinyards.  It would not take much to develop the region further.

Unification:  You have brought together the fractured regions of Astrid and reunited it under the Taikeni Dominion.  Now that the borders between the counties of Astrid are open again, knowledge has been able to move between them.  In particular there is a revival of the Isle of Tempests' maritime history.  Toward the end of the year, several shipwrights approach your court, claiming that with their combined knowledge they should be capable of building far more seaworthy ships than before.  You have received the technology Sea Travel II.

Territories

Storm C (£500/turn):  Palace, Mine, Forge.  Copper. 
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£160/turn from Forge)
Storm S (£107/turn):  1 spearmen. 
 (upk: -£20)
Storm W (£71/turn):  1 spearmen. 
 (upk: -£20)
Storm N (£78/turn):  1 spearmen.  Hunting Lodge.  Game. 
 (+£4/turn from game)
 (+£200: Hunting Lodge)
 (upk: -£20)
Astrid W (£154/turn):  1 spearmen, Walls. 
 (upk: -£30)
Astrid C (£30/turn):  1 spearmen.  Iron. 
 (upk: -£20)
Astrid E (£179/turn):  0+1 heavy axemen, 3 spearmen.  Walls.  Wine. 
 (+£9/turn from wine)
 (upk: -£175)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £280
Revenue:  +£1692
Trade Pact(Free Tempest): +£98 [Access grain, fish, coal, sheep, lumber, gold]
Upkeep: -£285  [8 spearmen, 1 heavy axemen.  2 walls.]

Total:  £1785


Techs

Metalworking II
Sea Travel II

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

Leader: Speaker Fredrick the Red

Your trade ship of grain reaches the Cadre of Vremya, where there is massive demand for it to feed their horses.  A tidy return of £1650 on your investment makes it back to you across the trade routes.  Your trireme joins the Brentish vessel heading south from Highblood and forms a convoy for protection.

Territories

Storm E (£595/turn):  3 spearmen, 1 warlock.  Palace, Farm.  Grain. 
 (+£30/turn from grain)
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£160)
Terret W (£144/turn):  Fishery.  Fish. 
 (+£7/turn from fish)
 (+£100: Fishery)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £17
Revenue:  +£976
Bonus:  +£1650
Trade Pact(Taikeni): +£169 [Access copper, game, iron, wine]
Trade Pact(Vremya): +£76 [Access coal, sheep, lumber, gold]
Upkeep: -£230  [3 spearmen, 1 warlock, 1 trireme.]

Total:  £2658


Techs

Chaos Magic [Foundation]
Summon Fireflies

Armies

1 Trireme acting as part of a Brentish convoy.

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

Leader: Emperor Demonic Spoon

Foul and Northern Troud forces engage.

Foul Forces
Skirmishers: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged
Northern Troud Forces
Spearmen: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged

A Northern Troud Spearmen has defeated a Foul Skirmishers, but sustained heavy damage.  [75 vs 67]

A Foul Skirmishers has defeated a Northern Troud Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [77 vs 65]

A Northern Troud Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Foul Skirmishers!  [61 vs 45]

A Foul Skirmishers has defeated a Northern Troud Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [82 vs 79]

Foul Forces
Skirmishers: 0 Intact, 3 Damaged

Northern Troud Forces
Spearmen: 0 Intact, 3 Damaged

Both armies have fought to bitter exhaustion.
The last stroke was won by the attackers.  They slay any wounded defenders.

1 spearman escapes to Foul West.

Though there are few particularly distinguished hives in Western Troud, each one only capable of putting up token resistance, they fight hard for their survival.  Hard enough to incapacitate most of your invading armies in fact.  Nevertheless, your forces win out by sheer attrition.

In the depths of the brooding pits, a champion is chosen from the soldier caste in the usual manner; gratuitous violence and ruthless partisanship.  A number of commander-level soldiers are given control of squads of soldier drones and free run of several sections of the central hive structures.  They are given one rule; the commander who survives becomes the Avatar.  The lives of drones are unimportant, there are no other rules of engagement.

For several weeks the hives are rocked by violence both subtle and explosive.  Alliances are made and broken, commanders are killed and their drones subsumed into new forces, others assassinated in their sleep.  By the end of the tournament only one remains, having survived and destroyed all others.  He has no name, he needs none for all know that he is without question the Avatar of the Hive.

Territories

Foul C (£525/turn):  1 skirmishers.  Avatar of the Hive.  Palace, Mine, Forge.  Iron. 
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£168/turn from Forge)
 (upk: -£75)
Ichor W (£60/turn):  Stone. 
Ichor U (£28/turn):  Cattle. 
 (+£1/turn from cattle)
Ichor S (£105/turn): 
Troud S (£19/turn): 
Troud N (£152/turn):  0+3 skirmishers. 
 (upk: -£135)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £63
Revenue:  +£1258
Trade Pact(United): +£192 [Access copper, pottery]
Upkeep: -£210  [4 skirmishers.  Avatar of the Hive.]

Total:  £1303


Techs

Foundation Necromancy
Curses I
Summon Zombies

Infantry Training I


Armies

-

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

Leader: Grand Duke Mortrati

Your most silver-tongued courtier, Sir Charleston Winstanley III, is dispatched with an honour guard of six men and a guide into the frozen wastes of Terrendale.  The expedition meets with several disastrous turns, at one point being forced to eat one of the pack mules.  Nevertheless Sir Charleston and his crew make it to a large, icy plateau where they espy what appears to be a castle, composed entirely of cut blocks of ice.  Yetis surround the palace, mostly huddled together in small family groups.  Some are eating days-old carcasses of taiga deer, others rather fresher carcasses of cattle.  They seem disinclined to harass the party as they enter the castle.

The Ice Palace (for want of a better name) appears to have rooms for several hundred staff, all of which are completely empty.  The throne room was similarly empty, but in the royal chambers we found a woman slumbering, dressed in silk and silvered robes and guarded by yetis.  She awoke and seemed surprised to see us, though not afraid.  The yetis began braying, probably as a prelude to killing us, but she quietened them and was willing to speak.

From what she has told us her name is Queen Echidna and she was once ruler of Terrendale and Icedale.  She made an alliance with a powerful wizard, Ulric, to defend her realm, allowing him to turn many of her subjects into the yetis, and in return provided him with troops and wealth.  It seems she was also his lover.

"The last thing I remember before the sleep was him kissing me.  We had just laid together and he seemed very sad.  He said he was going to place another enchantment on the palace to protect it, to protect me, and that it would 'spare us' from the future.  I asked him what had changed, and he told me that he was on the cusp of achieving some sort of Mastery.  Then he kissed me, and I slept.

"I awoke three years ago to find my kingdom long gone, that my yetis had slept with me.  I sent them out to find signs of survivors, but they came back with none.  I wept and assumed that the world had died, and all men were gone now.  To see others after all this time is a great joy for me."

I explained the situation to her, including the possible time delay of anywhere up to a thousand years, as she seemed unaware of the existence of the Old Empire.  She seemed interested in our offer of protection, but stated that her lands were unable to support the tribes of yetis that it holds.  She has agreed to a diplomatic marriage with the Grand Duke, on the proviso that we help store provisions for the yetis to help them come along with the idea.

It should take a full year to manage all the shipments, as we can only supply £400's worth of cattle and other meats before the year's end, and the total estimate of meat required as current is £740.  If all goes to plan however, we will see Central Terrendale become a part of the duchy by the end of Summer 1004.

In the meantime, the Queen has called a cessation to the raids the yetis have been conducting.  She has also shared with us details of the spell her wizard ally once used to transform her subjects into the beasts that protect her.

New Technology:  Yetis.  Allows you to transform subjects into yetis.

New Unit:  Yetis.  £700.  Attack 20, Defense 20.  Heavy unit.  Upkeep £85.  Summoned (Sorcery)  Tech: Yetis.

NB:  Heavy units are not cavalry, so anti-cavalry and anti-infantry tactics do not work against them, as do not effects that give bonuses to cavalry or infantry.

Territories

Grouting C (£500/turn):  1 diplomat, 1 sorcerer.  Palace, Mine.  Gold. 
 (+£50/turn from gold)
 (+£200: Mine)
 (upk: -£110)
Grouting E (£140/turn):  1 archers. 
 (upk: -£50)
Grouting N (£106/turn): 
Grouting W (£281/turn):  2 light macemen.  Coal. 
 (+£14/turn from coal)
 (upk: -£100)
Grouting S (£4/turn):  2 archers. 
 (upk: -£100)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £636
Revenue:  +£1295
Trade Pact(Arcadia): +£162 [Access lumber, game, iron, grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£232 [Access fish, copper, wine]
Upkeep: -£360  [1 diplomat, 1 sorcerer, 3 archers, 2 light macemen.]
Diplomacy:  -£400

Total:  £1565


Techs

Diplomacy I
Sorcery [Foundation]
Trueshot
Windwall
Mariners

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

Leader: Lady Alexia von Kashna

After the many seasons of war, you rest your armies for a time and work on rebuilding your empire.  Your advisors and people thank you for it, as they are showing the weariness of the deprivations such extended warfare causes.  Your trireme reaches the Brentish channel, where it travels unmolested for several days until a sail is spotted on the horizon...

Pirate and Arcadian forces engage.

Pirate Forces
Trireme: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
Mariners: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Arcadian Forces
Trireme: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged

A Pirate Mariners has utterly destroyed a Arcadian Trireme!  [82 vs 51]

Pirate Forces
Trireme: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
Mariners: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged

Arcadian Forces

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

Your ship, as far as you can tell, has been sunk without survivors and the full cargo plundered.  If only those waters had been patrolled by the nation claiming ownership of them!

Territories

Garnlish C (£542/turn):  1 longbowmen.  Palace, Sawmill.  Lumber. 
 (+£27/turn from lumber)
 (+£100: Sawmill)
 (upk: -£85)
Garnlish N (£159/turn):  Game. 
 (+£8/turn from game)
Garnlish W (£48/turn): 
Garnlish S (£97/turn):  Walls. 
 (upk: -£10)
Sordell S (£157/turn):  1 archers.  Mine, Forge.  Iron. 
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£50/turn from Forge)
 (upk: -£50)
Sordell W (£146/turn):  1 heavy cavalry. 
 (upk: -£140)
Sordell E (£84/turn):  3 light macemen. 
 (upk: -£150)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £4
Revenue:  +£1618
Trade Pact(Grouting): +£130 [Access gold, coal]
Trade Pact(Farland): +£108 [Access grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£232 [Access fish, copper, wine]
Upkeep: -£435  [1 longbowmen, 1 archers, 1 heavy cavalry, 3 light macemen.  1 walls.]

Total:  £1657


Techs

Mechanics I
Diplomacy I

Infantry Training I

Necromancy [Foundation]
Summon Zombies

Armies

-

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

Leader: Harticus

You rebuild your defences, repairing the serious chinks in your armour.  You are now rather less of a target for raiders.  Not surprisingly however, your sages have been unable to make any serious progress at new infrastructural improvements with a mere £283 at their disposal.

Territories

Farland W (£574/turn):  2 spearmen.  Palace, Farm.  Grain. 
 (+£29/turn from grain)
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£40)
Farland S (£159/turn):  2 spearmen.  Farm. 
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£40)
Farland C (£15/turn):  2 spearmen.  Farm.  Sheep. 
 (+£1/turn from sheep)
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£40)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £0
Revenue:  +£1078
Trade Pact(Arcadia): +£162 [Access lumber, game, iron, gold, coal]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£232 [Access fish, copper, wine]
Upkeep: -£270  [6 spearmen, 3 light macemen.]

Total:  £1202


Techs

Adaptive Farming I
Infrastructure I
Machinery I

Armies

3 light macemen, on loan to the Brentian Counties.

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

Leader: The Traveller

Whilst Commander Bright remains at the capital to recover from his recent wounds, your forces march upon the walled city of Dungate in West Toldrun, a notable port and gateway to the primarily orcish region of Tillvale.  Dungate appears prosperous enough based on the high city walls and ranked archers perched upon it in defense.  Of course, there is still something to be said for sheer numbers.

United and Dungate forces engage.

United Forces
Phantom Warriors: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Macemen: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Swordsmen: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Axemen: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
Dungate Forces
Longbowmen: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
Archers: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged
City Walls

A Dungate Longbowmen has defeated a United Light Axemen, but sustained heavy damage.  [71 vs 59]

A Dungate Archers has utterly destroyed a United Light Swordsmen!  [88 vs 64]

A Dungate Archers has defeated a United Phantom Warriors, but sustained heavy damage.  [100 vs 88]

A United Phantom Warriors has defeated a Dungate Archers, but sustained heavy damage.  [77 vs 67]

A United Phantom Warriors has defeated a Dungate Archers, but sustained heavy damage.  [63 vs 60]

United Forces
Phantom Warriors: 1 Intact, 3 Damaged
Light Macemen: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Axemen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

Dungate Forces
Longbowmen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged
Archers: 0 Intact, 3 Damaged

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

Your swordsmen lead the ill-fated charge, drawing fire from the archers despite their utter destruction to give time for the axemen to scale the walls and slaughter the defending longbowmen.  Your macemen are almost able to hold back and relax thereafter, as the illusory body of your troops follows suit, clambering up the walls without ropes like spiders and laying into the defenders with their insubstantial blades.  Quite a number of the phantom warriors are dissolved by defending arrows and daggers, but after the battle it appears that most of them still have traces of their original shape.  Falstaff informs you that since the link to them is unbroken he can fix the damage over time without having to leave the capital, though it will take several weeks of work as he will have to repair them individually.

Dungate itself and the surrounding towns are a mark of economic determination.  Despite the lack of any abundance of resources, there is a flourishing trade in pottery here, ideally suited for export.

Resource:  Pottery.  Pottery grants no inherent bonus to revenue.  Pottery is a manufactured resource in regions with potters or other pottery industry buildings.  Certain other buildings (e.g. marketplaces) gain benefits from access to pottery.

Territories

Toldrun L (£555/turn):  1 sorcerer, 2 phantom warriors.  Cmdr Bright the General.  Palace, Mine, Forge.  Copper. 
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£178/turn from Forge)
 (upk: -£180)
Toldrun W (£387/turn):  1+3 phantom warriors, 4 light macemen, 0+1 light axemen.  Potters, Walls.  Pottery. 
 (+£97/turn from Potters)
 (upk: -£380)
Pomford N (£250/turn): 
Pomford W (£250/turn):  Walls. 
 (upk: -£10)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £44
Revenue:  +£1917
Trade Pact(Foul): +£126 [Access iron, stone, cattle]
Upkeep: -£570  [1 sorcerer, 6 phantom warriors, 4 light macemen, 1 light axemen.  Cmdr Bright the General.  1 potters, 2 walls.]

Total:  £1517


Techs

Sorcery [Foundation]
Phantom Warriors

Spoiler: Kingdom of Brent (Sheb) (click to show/hide)

Leader: King Sheb McBrent

Your spymaster takes the nineteen pounds of silver you give him and sets to work in the port of Gasket, bribing and blackmailing informants to try and attain the location of the pirate headquarters.  So far he has failed to locate the headquarters, but he has a pair of names; apparently the pirates are led by some sort of legendary captain, the Dread Pirate Roberts.  He is almost never seen, but his lieutenant Westley has been observed often drinking in the port of Mitre in South Alestrom.

Brentian and Mitran forces engage.

Brentian Forces
Light Axemen: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged
War Bears: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Bearskin the Druid
Mitran Forces
Archers: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Spearmen: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
City Walls

A Mitran Archers has defeated a Brentian Light Axemen [Bearskin], but sustained heavy damage.  [92 vs 89]

A Brentian Light Axemen [Bearskin] has defeated a Mitran Archers, but sustained heavy damage.  [92 vs 84]

A Mitran Spearmen has defeated a Brentian Light Axemen [Bearskin], but sustained heavy damage.  [68 vs 67]

A Brentian Light Axemen [Bearskin] has utterly destroyed a Mitran Spearmen!  [105 vs 91]

Brentian Forces
Light Axemen: 1 Intact, 3 Damaged
War Bears: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Bearskin the Druid

Mitran Forces
Archers: 0 Intact, 2 Damaged
Spearmen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

1 archer escapes to Alestrom N.  1 spearman is captured.

The port of Mitre, for its part, soon enough comes under attack by your hordes of axemen and the two bands of war bears under Bearskin's command.  Despite the overwhelming force, the defenders hold their own for some time until the city gates finally collapse and a mixture of raging soldiers and wild bears flood into the city.  Receiving information from your spymaster, Bearskin engages in a full-blooded search of the city but is unable to find Westley.

Brentish and Sutcliffe forces engage.

Brentish Forces
Spearmen: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Axemen: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged
Sutcliffe Forces
Archers: 2 Intact, 0 Damaged
Fortifications

A Brentish Light Axemen has defeated a Sutcliffe Archers, but sustained heavy damage.  [89 vs 87]

A Brentish Spearmen has utterly destroyed a Sutcliffe Archers!  [60 vs 45]

Brentish Forces
Spearmen: 3 Intact, 0 Damaged
Light Axemen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

Sutcliffe Forces
Archers: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

In addition to the walls you have come to expect from cities in this part of the world, the city of Sutcliffe in East Sutter has several archer towers built into the defensive structure, plus a second set of walls for defenders to withdraw to.  These are excellent preparations and surely would have come in handy had your troops not captured the garrison commander before the battle and tortured the passwords out of him.  By the time the defenders realised what had happened your men already controlled both gates and were in a position to destroy the enemy defences from the inside.

You decide not to patrol the Brentish channel and are rewarded for your efforts as one of your chief rivals' trade ships is sunk by the pirates.  On the other hand, the pirates have seized a massive haul of treasure.

Territories

Brent L (£500/turn):  Palace, Fishery.  Fish. 
 (+£25/turn from fish)
 (+£100: Fishery)
Brent S (£234/turn):  1 trireme, 1 caravan.  3 light macemen [Farland]
 (upk: -£70)
Brent U (£287/turn):  Walls, Deep Mine, Forge.  Coal. 
 (+£14/turn from coal)
 (+£400: Deep Mine)
 (+£92/turn from Forge)
 (upk: -£10)
Brent N (£137/turn): 
Sutter E (£252/turn):  3 spearmen, 0+1 light axemen.  Fortifications. 
 (upk: -£140)
Alestrom S (£275/turn):  1+3 light axemen, 2 war bears, 0+1 spearmen, 1 archers.  Bearskin the Druid.  Walls. 
 (upk: -£620)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £19
Revenue:  +£2316
Loan Repaymen:  +£200
Trade Pact(Farland): +£108 [Access grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Arcadia): +£162 [Access lumber, game, iron]
Trade Pact(Grouting): +£130 [Access gold]
Trade Pact(Vremya): +£76 [Access copper, wine]
Upkeep: -£950  [2 trireme, 1 caravan, 4 spearmen, 5 light axemen, 2 war bears, 1 archers.  Bearskin the Druid.  2 walls, 1 fortifications.]

Total:  £2101


Techs

Nature Magic [Foundation]
Summon War Bears

Weaponsmithy I
Marketplaces

Armies

1 Trireme (Petris Coast)  (upk: -£70)
1 Trireme, 1 archer (Brentish Coast)

Vassal Armies

3 light macemen [Farland Gnomes]

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

Leader:  Dariuoiua

The money you send to Western Maver goes into the development of irrigation channels, helping the locals immensely to survive.  The money you send to Southern Maver is appropriated almost in its entirety by the new county governor, though enough trickles down through his wild excesses that it has a very slight improvment on the local economy.

Territories

Steel S (£515/turn):  1 spearmen.  Palace.  Ivory. 
 (+£26/turn from ivory)
 (upk: -£20)
Maver N (£188/turn):  1 spearmen. 
 (upk: -£20)
Maver W (£82/turn):  2 skirmishers, Farm.  Wine. 
 (+£4/turn from wine)
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£90)
Maver S (£87/turn):  1 skirmishers, 3 spearmen.  Lumber. 
 (+£4/turn from lumber)
 (upk: -£105)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £9
Revenue:  +£1006
Upkeep: -£235  [5 spearmen, 3 skirmishers.]

Total:  £780


Techs

Infantry Training I

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

Leader:  Arakel Vyzhyvannya

Arakel Vyzhyvannya, you continue to build up your forces in the capital, preparing carefully for the next strike you may engage in.

Territories

Cauldron W (£500/turn):  4 spearmen.  Palace, Ranch.  Horses. 
 (+£25/turn from horses)
 (+£300: Ranch)
 (upk: -£80)
Cauldron L (£261/turn):  2 skirmishers, 1 javelineers, 1 light macemen.  Walls. 
 (upk: -£200)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £278
Revenue:  +£1086
Trade Pact(Brent): +£162 [Access fish, coal, grain, sheep, lumber, game, iron, gold]
Trade Pact(Free Tempest): +£68 [Access copper, wine]
Upkeep: -£280  [4 spearmen, 1 javelineers, 1 light macemen.  1 walls.]

Total:  £1314

Techs

Animal Handling I
Ranged Training I
Infantry Training I

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

Leader:  High Shaman Lord Dwareet'ik

Greenblood and Gnollish forces engage.

Greenblood Forces
Light Macemen: 4 Intact, 0 Damaged
Gnollish Forces
Spearmen: 1 Intact, 0 Damaged

A Greenblood Light Macemen has defeated a Gnollish Spearmen, but sustained heavy damage.  [64 vs 54]

Greenblood Forces
Light Macemen: 3 Intact, 1 Damaged

Gnollish Forces
Spearmen: 0 Intact, 1 Damaged

The attackers have crushed all resistance.

East Highblood is perhaps the poorest, most miserable region of Highblood.  The gnolls there are scattered and disorganised even more than usual, so much so that only one poorly-armed clan puts up any resistance.  Your army crushes it quickly with only mild casualties.

Nevertheless, East Highblood is far from worthless.  Despite its scarcity of population the hot climate makes it ideal for the growth of that rare but invaluable spice, Pepper.  This should be worth its weight in gold on the international market.

Resource:  Spices.  Spices provide a 10% bonus to basic income.  Farms can be built here.

Territories

Highblood N (£500/turn):  Palace.  Marble. 
 (+£25/turn from marble)
Highblood C (£210/turn):  1 longbowmen.  Silver. 
 (+£11/turn from silver)
 (upk: -£85)
Highblood E (£53/turn):  4 light macemen.  Spices. 
 (+£5/turn from spices)
 (upk: -£200)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £345
Revenue:  +£804
Upkeep: -£285  [1 longbowmen, 4 light macemen.]

Total:  £864


Techs

Organised Religion

Armies

1 Caravan (Aboard a Brentish trireme.)

Yetis:  Allows the transformation of people into Yetis.  Requires a Sorcerer to cast.

Sea Travel II:  Allows construction of Deep Fishery, Galleon.

Deep Fishery:  £500.  Requires and replaces fishery.  Generates an additional +£100/turn.  Tech: Sea Travel II.

Heavy Units, such as War Bears and Yetis, are neither cavalry nor infantry and are not subject to bonuses/penalties to either.

Yetis:  £700.  Attack 20, Defense 20.  Upkeep £85.  Heavy Unit.  Summoned (Sorcery).  Tech: Yetis.

Galleon:  £750.  Attack 15, Defense 15, Move 3.  Upkeep £90.  Naval unit.  Carries up to 3 units.  +6 vs ground units.  Tech: Sea Travel II.

Off to enjoy my birthday.  If there are any issues as usual, post them.  Haven't had much time to double-check things.  There's a chance I may have left out some newly conquered territories.

[adwarf]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Taricus]

Spoiler: Turn 9 (click to show/hide)

Territories

Storm C (£500/turn):  Palace, Mine, Forge.   Copper.   
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£160/turn from Forge)
Storm S (£107/turn):  1 spearmen.
 (upk: -£20)
Storm W (£71/turn):  1 spearmen.
 (upk: -£20)
Storm N (£78/turn):  1 spearmen. Hunting Lodge.   Game.   
 (+£4/turn from game)
 (+£200: Hunting Lodge)
 (upk: -£20)
Astrid W (£154/turn):  1 spearmen, Walls.   
 (upk: -£30)
Astrid C (£30/turn):  1 spearmen. Iron.   
 (upk: -£20)
Astrid E (£179/turn):  0+1 heavy axemen, 3 spearmen. Walls.   Wine.   
 (+£9/turn from wine)
 (upk: -£175)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £280
Revenue:  +£1692
Trade Pact(Free Tempest): +£98 [Access grain, fish]
Upkeep: -£285  [8 spearmen, 1 heavy axemen.  2 walls.]

Total:  £1785


Techs

Metalworking II
Sea Travel II

Construction/Recruitment
Build a mine in Astrid Central. Build smithy in Storm central.

Research

Troop Movements
Rest the axemen in Astrid E. Invade Terren north with two units of spearmen from Astrid E.

I think you forgot all the resources gained by my trade route from Cript.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Spoiler: Status of the Empire (click to show/hide)

Territories

Steel S (£515/turn):  1 spearmen.  Palace.  Ivory. 
 (+£26/turn from ivory)
 (upk: -£20)
Maver N (£188/turn):  1 spearmen. 
 (upk: -£20)
Maver W (£82/turn):  2 skirmishers, Farm.  Wine. 
 (+£4/turn from wine)
 (+£100: Farm)
 (upk: -£90)
Maver S (£87/turn):  1 skirmishers, 3 spearmen.  Lumber. 
 (+£4/turn from lumber)
 (upk: -£105)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £9
Revenue:  +£1006
Upkeep: -£235  [5 spearmen, 3 skirmishers.]

Total:  £780


Techs

Infantry Training I

Status: Nothing of interest is happening.

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Other
Hang the corrupt governer of Southern Maver for Treachery againist us. These selfish bastards will not get in the way of a better world for my people.

Armies
The two skrimishers from Western Maver and one Skrimishers plus two Spearmen in Southern Maver unite Maver by attacking Eastern Maver.
Also, cross my fingers and hope the reward is monies.

Recuritment
Buy a simple defence for Western Maver made up of one spearman.

-No RP for today-

[Iituem]

I think you forgot all the resources gained by my trade route from Cript.

There's always something.  Yeah, I did your turn before everyone else's, so I forgot to update.

Edit:  I've also forgotten the stats for Sea Travel II.  I'll sort that out shortly.

Edit 2:  Added them in.  Galleon unit and Deep Fishery building now available.  Galleon has Move 3, Carry 3.

[Taricus]

Thank you.

[Kashyyk]

I'm not overly surprised, but I'm still annoyed. Turn up shortly.

[Sheb]

Lady Arcadia, I am really sorry about what happened to your ships. As soon as I can muster a force strong enough, I'll deal with the menace.

If you are willing to commit a ship to the force guarding the channel, I am positively certain we'll be able to deal with those scums.

[Kashyyk]

Spoiler: Turn 10 (click to show/hide)

Territories

Garnlish C (£542/turn):  1 longbowmen.  Palace, Sawmill.  Lumber. 
 (+£27/turn from lumber)
 (+£100: Sawmill)
 (upk: -£85)
Garnlish N (£159/turn):  Game. 
 (+£8/turn from game)
Garnlish W (£48/turn): 
Garnlish S (£97/turn):  Walls. 
 (upk: -£10)
Sordell S (£157/turn):  1 archers.  Mine, Forge.  Iron. 
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£50/turn from Forge)
 (upk: -£50)
Sordell W (£146/turn):  1 heavy cavalry. 
 (upk: -£140)
Sordell E (£84/turn):  3 light macemen. 
 (upk: -£150)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £4
Revenue:  +£1618
Trade Pact(Grouting): +£130 [Access gold, coal]
Trade Pact(Farland): +£108 [Access grain, sheep]
Trade Pact(Brent): +£232 [Access fish, copper, wine]
Upkeep: -£435  [1 longbowmen, 1 archers, 1 heavy cavalry, 3 light macemen.  1 walls.]

Total:  £1657
-£1500 Triremes
-£150 Invesment

Left over: £7

Construction/Recruitment:
-£1500 3 Triremes in Garnlish North
-£150 Investment in Sordell South

Troop Movements:
1 Heavy Cavalry from Sordell West, and 3 light Macemen from Sordell east invade Bleater South

Lord Sheb,
I appreciate your concern for the lives of the elves lost whilst travelling through your waters, and it is my intention for that to never happen again. The Arcadian armada will soon be complete, and it's first order of business will be to make the oceans a safe haven for all of Elven-kind.
Lady Alexia

[Sheb]

I do hope you'll make it safe for Human-kind, Dwarf-kind and the other -kind as well.

[Demonic Spoon]

((Heh, nice, liked the fluff for the Avatar of the Hive. Upkeep should only be 210? 4 Skirmisher = 45 * 4 = 180. 1 Hero = 30. 180 + 30 = 210.

Also:

Western Troud

I thought it was Northern Troud?))

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Territories:

Foul C (£525/turn):  1 skirmishers.  Avatar of the Hive.  Palace, Mine, Forge.  Iron.
 (+£200: Mine)
 (+£168/turn from Forge)
 (upk: -£75)
Ichor W (£60/turn):  Stone.
Ichor U (£28/turn):  Cattle.
 (+£1/turn from cattle)
Ichor S (£105/turn):
Troud S (£19/turn):
Troud N (£152/turn):  0+3 skirmishers.
 (upk: -£135)

Armies:

~

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £63
Revenue:  +£1258
Trade Pact(United): +£192 [Access copper, pottery]
Upkeep: -£210  [4 skirmishers.  Avatar of the Hive.]

Total:  £1303

Diplomacy:

~

Construction/Recruitment:

Learn the Avatar of the Hive in the ways of the Deathmaster(necromancer promotion):-1200
Invest in Foul Central's Economy: -100

Research:

~

Savings: 3

Techs:

Foundation Necromancy
Curses I
Summon Zombies

Infantry Training I

Troop Movements:

3 Skirmishers from Troud North, 1 Skirmisher from Foul Central and the Avatar of the Hive stacked with the Skirmishers invade Foul South.