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[micelus]

(Keep in mind the boy still has the jewel.)

[stabbymcstabstab]

Tell the boy his father can do what ever the hell he wants as long as he gets out of our future city and as soon as he goes to leave kill him...

[yourfears]

tell him the grand story of the time u killed your own father and that if your own mighty dad couldn't take you down what chance does a peasant have

[micelus]

The ruin has no roots. I don't know what you mean by junk.
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I tell the boy of how I killed my father. It involved a lot of burning oil, magic, and really bad bards. It's not all that grand really, by the time I killed him, he was a raving loon, not fit for being an Overlord. He did have a lot of guards though. The boy isn't phased by it at all and even says that his dad will be coming to kill me personally! And when I said I'll let him go if his dad promises not to interrupt me, he laughed! Then he said that his father would kill me the instant he found me. I asked who he was and...well it ain't good. His father is apparently Áedutithn, lord of the Cuutchin Kingdom. That isn't good at all. If I remember what I know of names, he's of the Fair Folk...people of strange sensibilities who enter this world through a few select places...This child must be a bastard, but a beloved bastard none the less if he's alive...I leave him for now, under guard.

As for the rogue, I've gotten her to poison the nearby water sources and generally try to scorch the earth. Unfortunately, she's soon caught by the troop. She's been imprisoned in a tent and is being questioned by a robed figure. He's saying "Who sent you and why are you doing this?"

No recruits have come.

The raiders have brought back 40 food. They also bring word of Martyn starting to equip his troops with proper equipment.

The forest fire rages on....

Spoiler: Personal Stats (click to show/hide)

Name: Red the Cruel. Formerly Nevin.
Gender: Female
Class: Battle-mage
Race: Shapeshifter (Spends most of the time as a elf-orc. Currently dragonkin)
Rank: Lordling ( )
Inventory:
               Mace of Command
               Ring of Domination
               Tome of War
               Novice's Guide to Dominating Your Rivals
               Tome of Minor Enchants
               Magical Mug
               Strange Geometrical Cube x2
               Horadric Staff
               Odd Rectangular Object
               Glowing Tablet
               Sphere of Chaos

Discoveries:
Hello my friend, stay awhile and listen-Requires Horadric Staff. Transforms staff into a strange machine. Burns everything around caster. You think.

Holdings:
Hillfort x1
Spells:
Minor Dominate- Makes a small amount of units listen to commands for a short time.
Insect Summoning- Summons a group of insects.
Rain of Sludge- Causes sludge to rain on target. Slows down and sickens.
Embossed Zone- Makes the skin of everyone inside a certain area start to pulse and turn, strangling the victim. Very painful, and very disgusting. Yay.
Harden Stone- Makes certain materials harder.
Better Sharps- Sharpens objects.

Spoiler: My Minions (click to show/hide)

Soldier-Projectile: 5
Soldier-Melee: 7
Soldier-Magic:1
Stealth: 1
Equipment: 4
Builders: 3
Envoy: 10
Animals-Combat:5
Animals-Other:3
Total:41

Spoiler: Prisoners (click to show/hide)

2 human peasants (trained)
3 human peasants
1 human child
1 kobold child
10 merchants
1 dog
30 horses
1 blacksmith

Spoiler: Loot (click to show/hide)

Quality Weaponry x30
Food x71
Gold x567

[Taricus]

Right, that does it! We kill that annoying little prick once and for all. Probably get a good deal for his soul too.

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

Ask the brat if he really think His father is really going to go through all that trouble for some half breed bastard? Try to persuade the kid that he's better off working for you, Carving out his own life by sword and spell rather then hanging onto daddies coattails. Tell him you'll teach him magic if he proves useful. DO NOT try to use any majic on him. He's probably resistant.And we don't want to piss of the Lord of The Good Folk

[Taricus]

If we do keep the annoying tosser alive, we should keep him in a gibbet, just to make sure he can't go anywhere.

[Trapezohedron]

> Order metalsmiths to craft a Brazen Bull.

> Toss the ANNOYING BRAT inside the aforementioned bull.

> Interrogate him. If that fails...

> Ignite the Brazen Bull's underside with the Horadric Staff's flaming abilities.

[Monkeyfacedprickleback]

Can i (reasonably) Advise against killing harming or torturing the Erl kings son. The fair folk Aren't know for compassion... or empathy , mercy or Any kind of restraint. They're the kind of bastards who'll gouge out your eyes for a Glimpse in the wrong direction. And blame you for making them do it. If we must insist on fighting this guy we should at least stock up on salt, rowan wood, church bells and Cold iron. (Of course this is only if they're the old fashioned fairies.)

[Armok]

> have minnions kill him from a distance while you're not nearby. Flee this place. Shapeshift.

[NRDL]

Can our warlord telepathically tell the rogue what to do?  If so, have the rogue pretend to defect, so that they will release our rogue.  If released, our rogue can be our spy within their camp. 

[stabbymcstabstab]

How about bring about half of your more normal minons (dwarves, humans, elves) ask the boy what monkeyfaced said and he he says no kill the little bastard and his dog with our future bronze bull( those things are really evil) or just bash in his brains shapeshift and run like theres no tomorrow(very, VERY, possiable.)

[yourfears]

its true we could just move and leave this crap hill our army i believe is stronger than the initial 1 surely we could capture a better position 1 preferably with a local peasant hero and demichildren

[micelus]

I order the rogue to pretend to defect, but her interrogator is having none of it. "Defect? ha, from who exactly?" This is going to need some thought...Oh, and they just cut of two of the rogue's fingers.

Anyway, time to deal with the brat. I order a bronze bull (actually iron. don't have bronze right now) to be built and I go back to the ruins to interrogate the child personally. I ask him if he really thinks his father will rescue him and he says "Yeah, of course you idiot, why else would he visit me every month if he didn't like me?". Ah shit. That ain't good at all. I offer him employment and he says "Let me think...Nah!"

I've had enough of this child. I order the supplies to be packed and order my minions to prepare for travel. I leave two peasants to torture the boy to death in the bull...And then run off with my army. I make a path through the forest (still on fire mind you) and don't stop. On the way out, I hear a strangely magical explosion from the direction of the fort. That ain't good...

*A day later.*

Utter shit. The hero boy ambushed us while we were leaving, killing at least 5 of the newly indoctrinated merchants and 6 soldiers, including the mage! He was only forced back when the fires separated us...Bloody hell...To make matters worse, the troop executed the rogue!

And we haven't seen any place to settle yet...Only more forest and the occasional clearing.

Spoiler: Personal Stats (click to show/hide)

Name: Red the Cruel. Formerly Nevin.
Gender: Female
Class: Battle-mage
Race: Shapeshifter (Spends most of the time as a elf-orc. Currently dragonkin)
Rank: Lordling ( )
Inventory:
               Mace of Command
               Ring of Domination
               Tome of War
               Novice's Guide to Dominating Your Rivals
               Tome of Minor Enchants
               Magical Mug
               Strange Geometrical Cube x2
               Horadric Staff
               Odd Rectangular Object
               Glowing Tablet
               Sphere of Chaos

Discoveries:
Hello my friend, stay awhile and listen-Requires Horadric Staff. Transforms staff into a strange machine. Burns everything around caster. You think.

Holdings:
Spells:
Minor Dominate- Makes a small amount of units listen to commands for a short time.
Insect Summoning- Summons a group of insects.
Rain of Sludge- Causes sludge to rain on target. Slows down and sickens.
Embossed Zone- Makes the skin of everyone inside a certain area start to pulse and turn, strangling the victim. Very painful, and very disgusting. Yay.
Harden Stone- Makes certain materials harder.
Better Sharps- Sharpens objects.

Spoiler: My Minions (click to show/hide)

Soldier-Projectile: 3
Soldier-Melee: 4
Soldier-Magic:0
Stealth: 0
Equipment: 4
Builders: 3
Envoy: 3
Animals-Combat:5
Animals-Other:3
Total:25

Spoiler: Prisoners (click to show/hide)

2 human peasants (trained)
3 human peasants
1 human child
30 horses

Spoiler: Loot (click to show/hide)

Quality Weaponry x30
Food x44
Gold x567

[NRDL]

So it's the life of the nomad then.  Recruitment, as always, is vital.  Entice new soldiers with promises of loot.  Criminals or bandits would be useful, promise such people protection from the law.  Keep the army moving, foraging for food.  Pillage when necessary, but only with defenseless targets, and not to the point where stronger armies try to hunt you down.  Mobility and maneuverability is very important.