Rules (same as old quest):
-Each turn is a Month in game
-Each Turn an Edict and an Education Policy is passed through vote.
-The Counsel Edict are Law in the Kingdom, and are Absolute, it will affect the Well-Being and Survability of the Kingdom.
-The Education Policy are what the young King will study during the next Month and will determine at the End if the King is Useful and Competent at all in anything.
-No Turn pass until an agreament is reached by the Consel member, they'll have time to Debate and can Change their vote on a whim.
-If Really too much time pass, and No Agreament can be reached, the Young and Inexperienced King will come and pick at Random(i.e: I'll Roll, and you'll have to deal with it.)

>Anyone can join, just remember to pick a name so I can count your votes.

>>482666
Well, let's see if I can get the game started for you, OP.

My vote is re-establishing our port. As a coastal kingdom, no ships and no usable port is really hampering our ability to prosper.

That's one action point, I propose we use at least one of the ships to explore northward at the cost of .5 action point. Perhaps find some islands with safe harbors that could be settled.

>>482723

Seconding this.

>>482723
This

Also, lets send and envoy to the dwarf kingdom, and as a education policy, lets have the young king learn about the world, in a general studies kind of thing

>>482821

Name

>>482723
This

Education policy. Leading A Kingdom and Magic.

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>>482723
>>482738

One month has passed.

The Council, heavily influenced by the Merchant Guild, has decided to repair the capital's port in order to bring back the commerce ships to the kingdom, the works have begun, but It would take another two months more to finish.
In the next days a single ship is going to depart towards the north, seeking for new, unexplored lands.

Meanwhile two ambassadors have arrived, one from the Kingdom of Echia, offering us wood, and another one from the Kingdom of Guk'Daral, offering us Iron.

What would your orders be? (1,5 action points, 2 gold):

>A) Take the iron (Could be used for farming tools, weapons, or other) (1 GOLD, 0.5 AP).

>B) Take the wood. (Could be used to accelerate the repairs on the port, or other.) (1 GOLD 0.5 AP)

>C) None of above, let our treasury grow. (0 AP, 0 GOLD)

>D) Build more farms (1 action point) (takes 4 months, if we have Iron takes 2 months).

>E) Repair the west bridge (1 Action point) (takes 2 months, with Iron takes 1 month).

>F) Write-in (1 Action Point).

For now, the king is yet too young to start being specifically educated, he's yet learning how to talk properly.

>>482821
>>482825
>>482833

Didn't see you guys, but anyways, and by coincidence, we met a dwarf ambassador.

FORGOT TO ADD, if you want to offer or demand anything else to the currently present ambassadors, you can do it for free.

>>482840
Take the wood, of course!

A port is only as good as the commerce that goes on within it's seawalls, and once we have set a proper system of tariffs and taxations, we will be able to afford iron with no problems.

If possible, let the Guk'Daral ambassador know that once we have completed our current wave of city repair and reform, we would be more than happy to entertain his proposal of trade once again.

Use the excess Action Point to being laying the foundations for our mercantile empire. By which I mean, we need a decent and fair system of taxes to apply to all trade and storage that takes place within our city walls.

>>482856
And, well...education for the heir, of course. Well, let's see. I should weigh in, after all. Otherwise, some might get the wrong idea, and suspect that I'm simply using this position to better the interests of the Merchant's Guild!

Ahaha! Ha! Ha! Which is ludicrous of course!

Let him study how to manage the Kingdom's affairs. >>482833 The Jester has hit upon an excellent idea in this, and while I don't particularly find the idea of magic a worthy study...

Well, one must compromise, after all. Add my vote for education to the honorable Councilor John.

>>482856
>>482861
This.

OP post.

>>482666
I think what would be best for the Kingdom is to give the loafers a good kick in the backside so we can focus on what's most important of all, magical supremacy. Let's raise taxes on the poor and give it to the magically capable for their research with the limitation that the crown is entitled to a copy of any knowledge produced. It'll be good for the morale of the people who actually matter and it will put us on the path of world dominance. All good things.

>>482840
I say B and E. That way we will be directly connected to every mayor nation around us and will be a important centre of trade.

For now, the votes are as follow:

Merchant Representative: (B and F1)
The once Jester John (B and F1)
Knot Evallily (F2)

>>483280 Sorry, what was you name, counselor?

Voting will end in a few minutes, if anyone wants to join in or change your vote.

>>483596

>B
>D

We can tax things later and if we have more farms we can offer a trade route with the dwarves (food for iron) and then iron for wood with the other kingdom, and of course tax those routes

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The assembly concluded, the votes were uneven:
Merchant Representative: (B and F1)
The once Jester John (B and F1)
Court Vizier, Knot Evallily (F2)
Admiral Harambe (B and D)

We've accepted the exchange with our twin kingdom, the Kingdom of Echia, surely their wood will make us strong ships and docks to feed our mercantile expectatives.(Spent 1 GOLD and 0.5 AP)

We had to say no to the Iron, atleast for now, instead we will be using our remains of gold to start funding the Merchant Guild, which will be assigned with the task of creating a proper system of tariffs and taxations for the Kingdom (Spent 1 AP / 1 GOLD).

Regarding the young kid's education, he'll taught about the Kingdom and how the politics on these lands work, alongside we have also assigned one the court's finest wizards to teach him the basics of magic. He's yet too young to learn much about these topics, but we would be also teaching him how to learn which indeed, it's usefull.
(Cont)

A month has passed since the last assembly.

The wood we bought has indeed helped a lot in the development of our docks, there are some bourgeois starting to build their merchant ships, and also there are already some ships sailing to both the

Tendalle Republic and the Echian Kingdom. It'll take atleast a month or two before we start making profit from this.

Our explorers have yet not returned from the North.

The war between the Tendalle Republic and the Drendald Kingdom continues, there's no winning side yet, both kingdoms have it rough. If we'd have Iron to make weapons, they'd be highly demanded by kingdoms at war.

Our new port will attract more people to the kingdom, which would clearly boost our productivity, but without more farms to feed them, noone would come.

Which are this month's orders? (1.5 AP/0 GOLD):

>A) Build more farms (1 action point).
>B) Send and emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>C) Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>D) Repair the west bridge (1 Action points).
>E) Write-in (1 Action Point)

Note: GOLD regenerates 1 point every two turns for now, (Next turn you'd get +1)

>>484112
Forgot the add, the young king is now four years old, long live to the king!

>>484112

The farms would make for a wise long-term investment. It wouldn't do if we had only local fisheries and Imports to feed ourselves.

>>484117
Ah, perhaps we could hold a modest birthday party for his Majesty? I must think of a present.

>>484112
Can we do anything to increase our action points? Like hiring more civil servants or something like that? We'll probably need gold for that though.

>A
>C south

>>484172
Well I don't want that many actions per month because the king would take a lot to get older, but maybe when the kingdom gets bigger we could upgrade to 2 AP per turn somehow.

>>484140
If you want to give the King a gift before I post, you can do it for free obviously.

Doing A and C in a few moments if noone else shows up.

>>484172
Seconding this action.

As per th last thread, I would like to propose that we have three orphaned human girls grow up alongside the King. They will serve as his elite bodyguards and, if the need arises, harem.

Additionally, what is the status of religion within the kingdom?

>>484294
For free, you say? I suppose that i can gift His Majesty a Book of Fables.

I'd think that the King would be a lot able to make creative decisions if he grew with an active imagination.

Thus, I shall go along also with A. But it feels like saving just a bit of our AP would pay off.

>>484300
Okay, I'll have your proposal in mind on the next post.

The kingdom has not any offical religion, the religious differences are primarly divided by races, although there are not any temples on our city, there certain religious precense on out people:

Most of the elves minority pray to the elf mayor god Liothiel, god of Nature.

Dwarves minorities in our Kingdom are mostly part of the Church of Gulthyn, dwarven god of exploration.

As for the Humans, I'd let you freely sugest the deity we follow.

A new cult had been brought to the Kingdom lately, it's a Nectomatic Cult from a far away land, it is known as the Murak'Zul cult.

>>484335
What a fool am I.

I forgot to mention, AP points do not stack up.

>>484112
My, not telling me when the next assembly is...it's almost as if someone is trying to discount my voice in our fair kingdom's prosperity.

In any case, the people cannot eat gold. I will back >>484140 on his proposals, he has the ear of the lower class and their support is always welcome.

>>484357
Is there a god of trade and prosperity, perchance?

>>484422
I would much rather follow a God of empathy and kindness.

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This month's assembly wasn't as uneven as the past, it even finished so quick that the counselors starting to drink and tell stories about the old king.

Konstantin Wolfe: (A)
Francis XII: (A, C)
Commander Jerik: (A, C)
Merchant's Representative: (A)

The merchant ships that left the capital last month are already back, bringing different products to the city, and few inmigrants, mostly elves escaping from the war in the Tendalle Republic.

It's been a while since our explorer left to the north, and he's finally back, dressed with stained rags, he apparently was captured by thieves and pirates, and held prisoner in an island, but managed to escape.

We've sent a new explorer to the south through the river, may he be blessed with better luck than our last expedition(0.5 AP).

The citizens have started to prepare the plains south to the capital to make farms, it'll take two months more to finish(1 AP).

The young King turned four years old, there was a party and he was given a gift by Konstantin Wolfe, the Lower Class' Representative, it's a book of fables, the king will improve his reading skills significally with it, we have also ordered to find three orphan Human girls to serve and grow alongside the king.

An ambassador from the powerfull Rhayd Empire has arrived to the kingdom's court, he'll gladly sell us a map of the empire's know lands for the right price.

The treasury has grown! +1 GOLD

What are your orders?(1.5 AP / 1 GOLD):

>A)Buy Iron from the dwarves to make tools, improving our farm development speed (From 4 months to 2)
>B) Send and emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>C) Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>D) Repair the west bridge (1 Action points).
>E) Get in debt with the merchants and buy the maps. (3 GOLD)
>F)Write-in (1 Action Point).

>Note: Thanks to our now active trading routes and taxation laws, we'll start making 1 GOLD per Turn! (Previously was 1 GOLD every 2 turns.)

>>484450
Oh shit, I read this after I posted, sorry for the typos.

>>484444
>>484422

Oh, It seems we've got a new topic for the next assembly.

1)Follow the God of empathy and kindness.
2)Follow the God of trade and prosperity.
3)Write-in?

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>>484450
And the new cartography of the northern sea is ready.

>>484464

Let us follow the God of Empathy and Kindness, and be the Kingdom that all others look to for inspiration!

>>484450
I'd say i would favor A, getting those Farms done sooner rather than later would be a wise move, i feel.

>>484450
Let us meet with the dwarven ambassador, and accept his earlier proposal. Show them that we are men (and elves and dwarves, I suppose) of our word.

I would remind all assembled that while empathy and kindness are truly virtues to aspire to, one of the truest acts of demonstrating one's generosity involves cold, hard coin.

I believe the true path for our kingdom lies in prosperity. Let us be kind and just to all people in all lands, aye, but let us first be kind to ourselves, by seeing to our own well-being. Let us first recognize the divine spark of Trade and seek this god's blessings, so that we might turn over a wealthy, prosperous kingdom to our King when he comes of age.

Onto another matter. Thieves and pirates are truly only another name for traders, just...cut from another cloth entirely. Perhaps it might do us some good to cultivate...relationships...with these elements. If we do not, we will doubtlessly see more of them regardless, as our ships grow fat with bounty and their eyes turn southward. The other option that lies before us is to begin work on a navy of some sort, that we might protect our trade routes better (and perhaps extend that protection toward our allies as well).

>>484444
Fool!

Divine blood flows through the veins of our King and Lord. It is only right that His Majesty is the focus of the Kingdom's worship.

>>484450
>A
>D

>>484464
I suggest a god of wisdom and law


Also, Francis completely ignores the fact that he's a month late and gives his majesty a pet puppy as a gift.

>>484603
And should we place the young King on that pedestal, what then to those that take umbrage at our religion?

Should we force His Majesty to ward off more threats at such an early age, those that would cry "Heretic!" and seek to end him with an assassin's dagger?

Tis wiser to establish a religion now, one with tenets that cannot be ended on the point of a blade, and then when our stewardship is ended, allow His Majesty to step into his appointed role, as King and Prophet of this state religion. The God's Avatar here on Earth.

As such, we should see that his education is reflected in our choice of gods. I, of course, believe Prosperity and Trade to be the highest calling, but if I am shouted down, I point to >>484657
as another wise suggestion. Our King will also need the wisdom to guide our Kingdom successfully, and while it might not be my first choice, better to compromise and gain half a loaf than none at all.

>>484779
>>484657
>>484603
>>484477

Okay, so this far we've got:

Konstantin Wolfe: (A)
Merchant's Representative: (A and F) (F=Send an emisary to the thieves island and see what they're up to)
Francis XII: (A and D)

On the religious matter, the God of widsom and law is leading for now.

If noone wants to change his vote, I'll be writing finishing this turn in a couple minutes.

>>484977
Aaaand I'll be rolling between F and D.

>>484983
Okay, rolling.

1 = D
2 = F

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>485236
That fail...

1=D
2=F

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>>484450

And yet another month passed, this time there was a partial tie in the assembly:

Konstantin Wolfe: (A)
Merchant's Representative: (A and F)
Francis XII: (A and D)

Rynath and Francis were discussing for a few hours, while Konstantin fell asleep on his seat.

Suddenly they decided to bring the young King to decide, both parts tried to explain their positions, but the only answer they got was "I like bridges!", the king had spoken.

The repairs on the bridge started the day after, it won't take more than a month to finish.

By partial consensus of the council, the official faith of the Utland kingdom will be praying for Ulfric, the god of Wisdom and Law.

It seems that some of the elves that the merchant ship have brought from Tendalle have built a temple in the capital, where everyday more and more people join together to pray to Liothiel, the god of nature.

We traded metals with the dwarves, gold for iron, our blacksmiths didn't take long to start forging farming tools, the speed of development of our farms has significantly increased, by the next month they will be done.

The expedition sent last month to the south has already returned, they've seen a few golbins settled to the southwest, a dwarven kingdom to the south, and further south they have found one of many towns under the Rhayd Empire.

The royal army is on decay, there are not many soldiers, barely enough to defend us from bandits.

The young king is currently being educated on politics and magic, he hasn't learnt anything remarkable yet, but he's on his way.

>We've found three female human orphans as the council requested, they're three year old and will meet the king shortly, where should their education be aimed towards?

The treasury has grown! +1 GOLD

What are this month's orders? (1.5 AP / 1 GOLD):

>A)Send and emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B) Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>C) Get in debt with the merchants and buy the maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Get in debt with the merchants and fund one of the mayor guilds in the kingdom so they can open an academy. (Warriors, Magic.) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>E) Keep funding the Merchant Guild so they can finish their academy. (1 AP) (1 GOLD)
>F)Build the Temple of Ulfric, god of Wisdom and Law (1 AP).
>G) Send an emisary to the Guk'Daral Kingdom, requesting to buy iron to make weapons and armors for our troops.
>H) Write-in (1 AP)

>>485299
G = (0.5 AP / 1 GOLD)

>>485299

>H

I say we must , at least temporarily, raise a Volunteer Militia to supplement our Armies, with what forces we have now, we will be hard pressed to defend the people should the worst come to pass.

If we cannot protect even our own citizens, then how can we call ourselves Representatives?

>>485299
>Girls
Train one as a Knight Protector, one as a defensive Mage and one as an assassin.

>Kingdom
>G
>H
Increase the size of the Royal Army via feudal levies. Promise them better weapons and armour next month (defer payment till next month of required.)

>>485299
Hey guys, mind if I join the party?
>One girl should be trained in diplomacy, one in espionage, and one in magic/arcana
>F
>G

>>485299
Whilst I find myself hard pressed to admit it, certain things must come before profit. If we cannot defend our borders, what good all the gold in the world?

To that end, seek the purchase of more iron, to arm and equip the troops we do have. Levies I oppose, what good will recruitment of green volunteers do with nothing to arm them with?
>G

I would also like to stress that the Merchant's Guild does not back Ulfric's religion, save that our land also pays homage to Prosperity and Trade. I believe that there is enough room in both our lands and our people's hearts that these faiths can coexist. If that is acceptable to all concerned, of course.

Now, should you good gentlemen all concur with this idea, I will, of course, back the idea of building a Grand Temple to the faiths and beliefs of our sovereign nation.
>F (conditionally)

>>485378
Of course not, Baron. Tell me, are you of the Coastal Brockways or the Inland Brockways?

Regardless, I hope that we might come to agreements in this month, particularly on the issue of the temple. Tis quite a situation to be sure.

It is my hope that Francis also might find it within his heart to agree to my compromise.

>>485299
>G
>F

>>485436
I'm a personal believer that most of the gods are part of the same pantheon led by ulfric so I don't mind if we are going to build the main temple where all gods can be worshipped. We can probably even use the Elfs current temple as a base if they'd agree to that of course.

Mind if I chip in?

>F
Large works are another way of promoting our nation's excellent constructors and mechanics, and raising the bar in what Men can do.

>G
A capable army is paramount to the continued independence of our country.

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This month's assembly has had a high participation rate, the voting took place as follows:

Konstantin Wolfe (H1 and G)
Commander Erik (H2 and G)
Baron Godfrey(F and G)
Merchant's Representative (F cond. and G)
Francis XII (F and G)
Engineer Ned: (F and G)


>Results: (H, F and G)

((I've decided to merge Hs and F as an unique "Remilitarization of the Kingdom" action.))


There's a clear consensus about buying Iron to craft equipment for our troops, we have despached an emisary to Guk'Daral to fulfill the task.

Both Konstantin's and Commander Erik's proposals to raise a Volunteer Militia and levies from the kingdom has been also accepted by the commanders of the realm, we need men, so we'll recruit them, though they won't be active soldiers until we get our hands on more equipment.

On the other side, the heretic's cult of Lothiel is gaining followers since they built their temple of the capital, so it is the Council's will to build the temple of the gods, to bring back our citizens to the rightful faith.

We've requested to the elf priest to build a Grand Temple were every citizen of the kingdom would pray to their god, regardless their religion, but he strongly disagreed, we'll have to keep our temples separated.

Our temple, built under the command of Ned, chief of Engineers, will have an altar for each human god, including both minor gods "The goddess of empathy and kindness", and "The god of trade and prosperity", and there will also be an altar on the center, with a huge sculpture of the mayor god "of Wisdom and Law", Ulfric.

Regarding the orphan girls, the council has come to an agreement.

>One will be trained on espionage and assasination.
>Other on magic, and diplomacy.
>And the last one, as a Knight Protector.

The three of them have already met the king, the four seem to be building a friendship.

>----------0----------<

Our farms have been finally expanded to the south, this is causing a food surplus which is exported to the dwarf kingdom, generating income. (+1 GOLD per turn) It'll also attract inmigrants, both situations will last until the realm's demand and offer of food gets balanced.

The west bridge is now ready to use, connecting us to the Drendald kingdom, which is still fighting an offensive war against the Tendalle Republic.

An emissary from our old trading partner, the Tendalle Republic has been recived at our court, they offer us a good portion of their armors and weapons to arm our man if we join their war against Drendalds, they'd also split the Drendald's kingdom with us if the war is won.

There are news from the south, it seems there's some strong border frictions between Buldar and Guk'Daral kingdoms, they have decided to close the borders between each other.

(CONT)

>>485838

It seems one of the bourgeois' trading ships has disapeared in the middle of the sea, the Northern Thieves may be the cause, but there's no confirmation.

Our treasury has grown! +2 (+1 from taxes, +1 from food surplus)
The kingdom is growing, +0.5 AP from now on!

It's time to vote (2 AP / 2 GOLD):

>A)Send and emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B) Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>C) Get in debt with the merchants and buy the maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund one of the mayor guilds in the kingdom so they can open an academy. (Warriors, Magic.) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>E) Keep funding the Merchant Guild so they can finish their academy. (1 AP) (1 GOLD)
>F) Accept the call to arms, but only after our troops are properly equiped. (0.5 AP).
>G) Send and emissary to the thieve's island to see what're them up to. (0.5)
>H) Build more farms. (1 AP)
>I) Pay our neighbour kingdom, the Echians, to send mercenary for the upcoming war (Only available if we accept the call to arms) (1 GOLD).
>I) Write-in (1 AP)

>>485841

I've just read my post, it seems I've been cursed with awfull typos.

>>485841
>E
>F
>B, east

I actually wanted to fund the magic academy but I feel like we should finish the merchant one first.

I feel like getting a part of drendald will make solidify our control over the bridge. Which we can then start demanding tolls over. We don't need too much land though, just enough to get a foothold on both sides of the bridge.

Exploring east to try and meet another country we can trade with.

>>485841
>H
If we build more Farms, the surplus would give our treasury income a needed boost.
>F
I loathe unnecessary intervention in a war that has nothing to do with us, but we need that Iron.

And with the territory should we win, i would VERY much prefer that the former Drendalds are treated respectfully. There's no need to kick someone when they're down.

>>485841
We have one academy almost done. Sage Francis has expressed faith in my fellow Merchants to aid this nation, this is also a task near and dear to my own heart as well. More to the point, my superiors have demanded that I push for

>E) Keep funding the Merchant Guild so they can finish their academy. (1 AP) (1 GOLD)

I am very much against war with our current state of preparedness, but I can sense the political climate shifting towards a militaristic attitude. I would urge you both, Francis and Konstantin, if you are absolutely certain that we MUST take part in this action, please spend our remaining efforts toward determining what these pirates have planned in our northern seas.

>F) Accept the call to arms, but only after our troops are properly equipped. (0.5 AP)

providing that the two might agree with me that

>G) Send an emissary to the thieves island to
see what they're up to. (0.5)

is a priority as well. Otherwise, I would rather build the farms, and not go to war at all.

>>485841

If we do enter the war, we might benefit more from opening on of the other guilds' academies instead of finishing the merchants'.
>D over E if we go that way

Also, if it's war, we will need defensive structures, we could fortify our side of the bridge and maybe develop some war machine (balista, catapult, the sort)
>J Start development of such a machine

If we don't join the war then we could either build more farms to increase exports, or try to deal with the pirate problem
>G or H
I'm putting these for discussion with the other council members, as this doesn't fully cover the possibilities

How relevant are the merchants' maps by now? Since the scout revealed some more of the map

Okay, this far we're weighting towards war, I'll wait a few minutes more, meanwhile I'll start writing.

>>486004
Well thought, but remember that the Drendalds are already having problems to win the war, if we join in, they'll fighting a two fronts war so they probably wouldn't try to push inside our kingdom

>>486010

They'll show us a big chunk of the south/southeast regions, it's size could be compared to the size of our map to the west of the bridge.

But since we've already sent an expedition eastwards, I'd suggest to wait for it to come back before buying any maps, it may even lower it's cost since we'd need less information.

Oh, and if anyone's got any idea or feedback to throw in, feel free to do so.

>>485841
>>485875
>>486037

Actually after thinking about it it might be prudent to discover if we can actually win the war before we throw the dice.

So instead of F I vote for
>J, get information over about the situation of the war

>>486004
I don't think we need to spend a dedicated action point to build those machines though, I assume that is just part of the army being build up.

>>486040
>>486037
>remember that the Drendalds are already having problems to win the war
Never mind.

This far:

Konstantin Wolfe (H, F) (F= WAR)

Merchant's Representative: >E) AND if G accepted, then F) (Cond. WAR)

Engineer Ned: (IF WAR: D, J) (If peace: (G/H)

"War hawk, sudden coward, and war hawk again" Francis XII: (E, F, B to the east) (WAR)

>>486060

So, we going to war.

"F and "E" win.

There's 0.5 AP spare, we have a tie between Francis (B) and Rynath (G).

>>486070
I don't mind if we do G instead. Though I assume they are just regular pirates and don't really want to talk.

>>486077
I do assume that as well myself. Sadly.

But at least then we'll know for an absolute certainty that a navy will need to be in our future if we are to continue seabound trade.

Regardless, since you're assisting me on this, and I remember you had expressed interest earlier, my vote will be with you if you wish to pursue a Mage's Academy at our next convenience. Give a little, get a little.

This month's assembly took a bit longer than usual, luckly the counselors have reached an agreement.

First of all, we've accepted the call to arms, but only after we receive the equipment, the elf ambassador sailed immediately to the republic to send us what he promised.
The iron we bought from the dwarves has been turned into swords, spears, armors and shields for our recently recruited troops.
We've recruited an important number of troops, and doubled the size of our army, not all of them are equiped yet, but all of them are being trained, the fact that an important mass of inmigrants came from the republic has helped a lot, most of inmigrants have regained hope and are now eager to save his fellow elves. But more troops also means more maintainance. (-1 Gold per turn.)

The Merchant's Guild has started to build the Mercantile academy right between the city's market and the port, this will attract people to the city, as well as inversions and commerce, and thus wealth.

It was hard to find someone willing to accept this mission, but finally, an emissary has been sent to the Thieve's Island to make contact with them.

The temple's doors are now open to the public, there are priests from every branch of the religion, teaching the ways of the saint trinity, led by Ulfric.

There hasn't been this much soldiers in the capital for years, they keep coming and going from the barracks to the training grounds.

You've noticed that the young king is clearly excited by the soldiers' presence, even if he doesn't understands very well the concept of war, he plays every day in the gardens acting as if he's a soldier fighting a battle alongside one of the girls.

(CONT)

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>>486371
<One month has passed>

Our emissary hasn't yet returned, he's expected to return next month.
The Mercantile Academy is still under construction.
The promised equipment finally arrived, and our troops are now fully trained, so they've been mobilized towards the frontlines, our army composition is as follows:

>8.000 Infantry troops.
>2.000 Archers.
>500 Heavy Knights (Cavalry).
>40 Battle wizards.
>8 Trebuchet.

Since both our allies and enemies have been fighting for a few years now, their troops have been weakened, both sides are exhausted, our fresh troops have a clear advantage.
Our allies count with around seven to eight thousand total troops, Dreandalds with around ten thousand, but split between fronts.
Our troops crossed the bridge and advanced a few miles through the enemy lands until they found an improvised fortification filled with around five thousand Drendalds, they were waiting for us, after all it is quite hard to keep such a large incursion in secret.
We doubled their numbers, and their troop composition was a mixture of both genders, adults, elders, teenagers. As soon as the Drendald's king heard that we were about to join the war, he ordered that every citizen that could wield a sword should fight for his king.
The battle didn't lasted long, most of our enemies surrendered or fled, after all they were fighting an practically lost war, the morale of the Drendald's was horrendous.
Our troops advanced deeper and deeper into the kingdom, before the end of the month we reached their capital, the siege started.
The enemy king had retreated his best troops to defend the capital, he even ordered to take all the reserves of food from the towns of the kingdom to stockpile enough food for a year in the city.
We don't know yet how many troops they've got in there, but they're probably many.

What are our troops' orders? (free, must pick one)

1) Blockade the city, prepare our trebuchet to throw some rocks against the city's walls. (May hurt civilians and city buildings but heavily damages both enemy numbers and morale, some may surrender or leave the city).
2) Just Blockade. (Damages enemy morale, some may surrender or leave the city).
3) Get the ladders! Begin the assault!

The treasury has grown! +1 GOLD (+1 from taxes, +1 from food surplus, -1 Army maintainance)

What are your orders?(2 AP / 2 GOLD):

>A)Send and emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>C)Get in debt with the merchants and buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund the Warrior's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both numbers and quality of our troops, unlocks army related researches). (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>E)Fund the Wizard's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both numbers and quality of wizards, unlocks magic research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>F)Build more farms. (1 AP)
>G)Create a proper military fleet. (1 AP 2 GOLD)
>H) Write-in (1 AP)

Oh, and about this:

>>486037

>But since we've already sent an expedition eastwards, I'd suggest to wait for it to come back before buying any maps.

forget I said that, we didn't send any expedition eastwards yet.

>>486374
>2 or 1, but absolutely not 3, not yet.

>F
>E

We'll wait for the pirates response before we start building up our fleet.

we should do D the next time we have the money though, maybe do G first.

>>486374
>Siege
1

I think that occupying the enemy capital is more trouble than it's worth, so let's just finish this war and grab our territory.

>Kingdom
>D
>F

>>486378
had we not sent a scout ?
(what missions are still outstanding)

>>486374
>1
Though innocents may be harmed, it is best for everyone that this be ended as soon as possible.

>D
>F
We must improve the quality of our troops, better training may very well save their lives!

If it comes to a direct assault for the enemy to capitulate, i will personally lead the charge if need be!

>>486487
Right now only the diplomat we just send to the pirates.

>>486477
Nope, sorry to confuse you, we were about to do it but we didn't.

Right now we're waiting for the emissary to come back from the thieves.
And the Merchant's Academy is being built.

>>486374
1)

G) and B east southeast

>>486374
War is a terrible business. We must end this quickly, but I shudder at the amount of our people's blood that a full on assault would bring.

I propose that we take our surplus food for this coming month, and distribute it to the civilians of Drendald who must go without. Then order forth the trebuchet, let us end this war with as few casualties to our brave men and women as possible. Doubtlessly we will need them, and soon...
>1, also use food to garner goodwill? among the citizens of Drendald

As I promised to Sage Francis, I will support his initiatives as he has for me. Let us fund the Magic Academy and also continue to expand our farms.
>E
>F

>>486722
((wow I almost miss your vote, I actually clicked on the "post" button and had to cancell it))

It seems we have a tie between E and D, if noone's switching his vote, we'll have to bring the young king to the court.

>>486735
I can break the tie, we can go with the Wizards' Academy. Help of the supernatural can be a nice boost

>>486741

Got it, posting now!

Last month's voting was divided, we almost bring in the king, but Engineer Ned broke the tie:

Commander Jerik: D and F
Konstantin Wolfe: D and F / 1
Merchant's Representative: E and F / 1
Francis XII: E and F
Engineer Ned: G and B / 1 (Switched to E)

<War Reports>
>1) Blockade the city, prepare our trebuchet to throw some rocks against the city's walls.

During a whole month our trebuchet threw rocks against the city fortifications.

The republic's army has reached the capital and joined the siege, since we started it, we're now at command of the entire force.
It seems that the enemy king is not letting anyone out of the city, our guards have reported to see people trying to escape, but they were quickly shot down by the wall's archers.

Today the council has received a letter from our commanding officer:

"Last night an elf was found by our patrols on the city's outskirts, well, rather he found our patrols.
He told them that he was a Dendald captain and requested a meeting with me, and so we met.
He told me that their king has gone mad, he's teaching young kids to fight, he's only feeding those who are able to fight, young kids, weak females and some elders are starving.
Most of his subordinates families have perished, but there are still a lot alive. He's got a plan to take as many families as he can out of the city, around two hundred elves, including children, females, elders and his subordinates.
He's asking us for shelter, they do not wish to die fighting a hopeless war for a mad king which would let his whole kingdom die before leaving the throne."

What should we do about this? (Free action):

1)Give them all shelter on your kingdom.
2)Give shelter only to their families (females, children and elders).
3)Do not give any of them shelter.
4)Let them all out, but lead the refugees into a trap, and sacrifice them to the Necromancer's cult. (Holy shit, seriously?)

Also, what are the battleplans?:

>Hold the siege for another month, there's no rush.
>Begin the assault!

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>>486758

<Kingdom Reports>

>D)Fund the Wizard's guild so they can build an academy.
>F)Build more farms.

We decided to use our gold reserves to fund the Wizard's guild, the construction of the magic academy will start shortly, this will improve our knowledge on magic and sorcery significally.

Our kingdom has been growing rather fast these months, and soon there won't be enough food to export, so we'll start preparing the soil in the southeast to make new farmlands for the realm, they should be ready by the next month.

The emissary has returned from the Thieve's island, the thieves seem to be building a fleet, and preparing their men with militar equipment, their presence on the sea will clearly increase in the next months, the emissary has also discovered the missing ship, they've captured it.
After a few weeks trying to negotiate with them, he sees only a few posible alternatives (Free action):

>Hire them: Buy their services by giving them ship and equipment, they'll raid the seas stealing anything they find, and they'll give us half of what they may find. ( 1 GOLD per turn) (Might lower our relations with other kingdoms if they find out)

>Do not make any deal at all; Keep in mind that they'll start stealing our merchant ships, which would decrease our income. ((I'll be rolling 1d2 dice every turn until we've got a decent fleet to defende ourselves, if we get 1 it means they succesfully stealed a merchant's ship (-1 GOLD), if we get a 2 nothing happens)) .

>Pay for protection; (-2 GOLD) they PROMISE not to touch any of our ships (if lacking the money we can get in debt).

<------0------>

The treasury has grown! 1 GOLD ( 1 from taxes, 1 from food surplus, -1 Army maintainance)

What are your orders? (2 AP / 1 GOLD):

>A)Send and emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>C)Get in debt with the merchants and buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>DFund the Wizard's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both numbers and quality of wizards, unlocks magic research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>E)Start building a proper military fleet. (1 AP 2 GOLD)
>F) Write-in (1 AP)

>>486765
"D" should be the same but warrior's

>>486758
An assault might provide a diversion to help the people escape, should we decide to help them.

>>486765
Does gold accumulate over turns?

>>486770
It does

>>486758
Allow them to settle in the kingdom. It could be a trap, perhaps, but it is much more likely to be a desperate call for help.

At this point, I would also suggest taking charge of the surrounding lands, land from the bridge to the capitol of Dendald. Let us organize the men and women there, and help them begin rebuilding, with a token force to protect them from bandits. Without this help they are not likely to survive any sort of winter. Also, hold our siege. The King will likely be deposed by the will of his people soon, with these sorts of actions.
>1/Hold the siege.

>>486765
We shouldn't give in to bandits, I say we hold the gold to start E next turn, and meanwhile we can actually send the scout out.
>B east southeast

>>486758
>1
>hold the siege

>A*2
lets send an emissary to both Echia as wel as Tendalle to try and get an anti piracy agreement going.

I would write something in but since I can't think of anything I also suggest

>B*2
to the east and west try to figure out the coast line.

>>486794
>>486765
and
>Do not make any deal at all
forgot to decide on that one.

>>486780
((I think you didn't see the second post))
This is what we've got for now:

Merchant's Representative: 1 and F1 (Seize control over the captured lands, help the locals to rebuild)
Engineer Ned: B to the east/southeast
Francis XII: 1 and B(coastline) and A (Anti piracy agreement)

>>486765
Excellent, while I wait it seems my fellow councilors assist me in making up my mind.

No deals with piracy, regardless of how tempting the extra gold might be. Our fleet and equipment I would keep for ourselves, so that we might begin work toward a military fleet.

>No deal at all with the pirates.
>In preparation for construction of a military fleet.

Perhaps we are better served by using our scouts to infiltrate the camp of our enemy.

With such a need for fighting men, this King cannot surely look too closely into the background of every soldier. Should we manage to slip a force in there, a few whispers in the right ears could bring the cards toppling to the table faster than even our siege engines could.

>Infiltrate the enemy city, begin lowering morale (more)
>East and Southeast scouting, if we can manage that as well

>>486828
I also agree with my fellow council members in the
>Do not make any deal at all

and >>486830 Rynath's suggestion is cunning, I second his motion

>>486836
>>486830
Okay, so we're:

>Holding the siege.
>Giving shelter to the elves
>Not making any deal with the thieves.
>Sending our explorers east/southeast, specially alongside the coastline.
>Seize control over the captured lands, help the locals to rebuild.
>Infiltrate the enemy city, begin lowering morale.
>Save up money for our own fleet.

((Since there are soooo many things happening, I wont be counting how much AP we spent on this turn.
I'll take a short break before I begin to elavorate the next turn.))

>>486836
Forgot the namefagging

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Another month has passed, it's winter by now, there's no snow on this part of the world, but still you can feel how the cold penetrates your skin.

<Siege Report>

We're still holding the siege, everyday there are more and more people fleeing from the capital, this time not every guard's shooting the civilians, some groups managed to escape.

We accepted the captain's proposal, and a few days later, and just as planned, under the darkness of the night, the capital's gates were opened, a huge crowd of unarmed elves ran past the gates, directly towards our camp, running as fast as they could. Suddenly, after a few minutes the gates were again closed. The elven captain that had organized the escape wasn't between the refugees that made it to our camp, it seems that he and his soldiers were killed by the royal guards while defending the gates open, but it was worth it, the plan was to release at least two hundred elves, but there were around five hundred. They were fed and sent to settle down on the towns under our control.

But not only five hundred elves managed to escape that night, in the middle of the chaos, we managed to send in ten of our own kingdom's elves, dressed as civilians, they are highly trained assassins and spies that will sabotage the military structures from inside, and organize a militia to overthrow the king.

((I'll be rolling each turn from now to see if our spies are succesfull))

<Kingdom Report>

Our new farms are already producing! (+1 GOLD per turn)

We've decided not to send our emissary back to the Thieves, there'll be no deal with them.

A group of scouts has left the kingdom with two orders, first one is to go east and southeast as far as they can, the second is to be back before the next month.

A portion of the army has been re-ubicated to patrol the conquered lands, helping the elves to settle back on their towns.

We've got news from the Mercantile Academy, they have created a new system of tariffs and taxation to take advantage of our trade routes, it will be implemented for the next month. They have also though about an infraestructure project to rebuild the conquered lands, it'll help the elves to recover faster, and it'll make their lands productive again, but it needs investment.

It seems that the hostilities between the dwarf kingdoms have finally started a war over the control of the river that separates their kingdoms.

There aren't any reports of the Thieves attacking our convoys yet, but we better get ready.

The treasury has grown! 3 GOLD (1 in stock, +2 From food surplus, +1 from taxes, -1 Army Maintainance)

What are your orders?:

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Send emissaries to Tendalle and Eccia, to try and get an anti piracy agreement going. (0.5 Action points)
>C)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund the Warrior's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both quantity and quality of troops, unlocks military research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>E)Start building a proper military fleet. (1 AP 2 GOLD)
>F)Start sending part of our food surplus to the conquered elves to help them settling back. (-1 GOLD per turn) (0.5 AP).
>G)Fund the "Elven Lands Reconstruction" infraestructure project. (Rebuild roads, productive facilities and towns, this project also includes point "F" (sending them part of our food surplus.)) (-2 GOLD) (-1 GOLD per turn) (1 AP)
>H) Write-in (1 AP)

>>487047
We need a fleet, sooner rather than later, to protect the our nation's gold via trade.

>E)Start building a proper military fleet. (1 AP 2 GOLD)

I believe we should save the rest of our gold, in order to work on infrastructure in our newly captured lands. With the rest of our energies, we should work on getting this anti-piracy agreement passed. This will benefit us in the long run.

>B)Send emissaries to Tendalle and Eccia, to try and get an anti piracy agreement going. (0.5 Action points)

>>487222
>E
>B

Personally, we should consider Option G once we have a surplus of gold, but be warned, the longer we wait to address the problem, the worse it will get.

>>487241
>>487222

Thanks for keep posting all day!

I have to be up at 5 AM so I'm gonna try to get some sleep.

See ya tomorrow folks!

>>487052
>B
>E
>F

Next turn we can do G but for now I think we should at least do F.

>>487052
>E
>B

I think we should do G on the territories that became part of our borders, but it can wait another turn so we can start protecting ourselves from the pirates.

>>487792
actually I'm changing F to A because I want to get in contact with the goblins. We gave bloody pirates a chance so I want to see if the goblins are willing to have a peaceful relationship and trade with us. We will have to be careful so that the goblins don't mistaken our intentions.

i think A in order to get more trading routes and rhayd is probably good for that (if the river is sailable and probably E+B

>>487052
Yes, yes, well...
>B
>G

This pirate situation has me worried, but there is no reason to take the full cost ourselves. All the ports in the region are at risk.

These new lands are ours now, and we need to take care of them. The sooner we restore order to the land the better, even if the war has still not ended.

I'll also agree to spend the remaining AP on Sage Francis idea of sending a messenger to the goblins. I'm not happy to let them know we are here, but if they get hostile their first target will no doubt be the Dwarves near them.

High Mage Alister B and G and A (goblins)
Merchant's Representative: E and B
Konstantin Wolfe: E and B
Francis XII: E, B and A (to goblins)
Engineer Ned:E and B
Newcomer: E, B and A (to rhayd)

E, B and A to the goblins win.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Rolling for the pirates.

1=success
2=failure

Rolled 8 (1d10)

Rolling for the spies

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<Siege Reports>

The seas have been calmed.

There's more people escaping from the capital everyday, it seems that the number of guards still loyal to the mad king has decreased.

One of the refugees brings us news from our spies, it seems they've organized a resistance formed by both civilians and renegade soldiers, the city's on civil war, there are riots everywhere, more and more soldiers turn against their lord everyday.

<Kingdom Report>

The scouts we sent to the east have returned, they've find a maritime path to reach the Rhayd's main port.
They have also made contact with the Republic of Luga, some kind of city-state ruled by rich merchant families.
Both locations are important trading destinations for our kingdom.

The new system of tariffs and taxation to take advantage of our trade routes has been implemented, in great timing with the discovery of new horizons, from now on our wealth would increase by the hand of the number of trade partners we've got.

We've sent diplomats to both Tendalle and Eccia to get an agreement on how to deal with the pirates, we expect them to return next month.

The ammount of new citizens since we conquered the new lands is now demanding the kingdom to export less food to our neighbours. (-1 food surplus), luckly our new farms were done last month and we still have food excess.

Carpenters, blacksmiths and engineer from all the corners of the kingdom have met together at the capital's port to start the development of a proper kingdom's fleet, they will be working day and night to provide our kingdom with the desired ships to patrol the seas.

We've also sent an emissary to the goblin tribes, even if most goblins are hostiles, this may not be the case, either way it is worth to know their position.

Since the start of the war, the young king is showing more interest in the kingdom related topics, he has shown multiple times to his keepers his strong curiosity about the ongoing war, he even asked to be taken to the siege, to meet the soldiers, what should we do about this?

1)Accept, take him all the way to the Drendald's Capital to see the siege, heavily guarded.
2)Deny his request, it wouldn't be prudent for us to let the young king be in such a dangerous place.
3)Other?

Changing topics, the great success that our spies are having in the war has brought a request by one of the kingdom's commanders, he wishes to create an espinoge network to train trusting humans, elves and dwarves in the arts of espionage and assesination and send them to every corner of the world, to be our eyes, ears, and even our knife if we need them to.

>>489978

The treasury has grown! 5 GOLD (1 in stock, 1 from food surplus, 1 from taxes, 2 from trade -1 from army upkeep)

What are this month's orders?:

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Fund the espionage network. (1 AP, 2 GOLD)
>C)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund the Warrior's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both quantity and quality of troops, unlocks military research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>E)Start sending part of our food surplus to the conquered elves to help them settling back. (-1 GOLD per turn) (0.5 AP).
>F)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>G)Fund the "Elven Lands Reconstruction" infraestructure project. (Rebuild roads, productive facilities and towns, this project also includes point "F" (sending them part of our food surplus.)) (-2 GOLD) (-1 GOLD per turn) (1 AP)
>H) Write-in (1 AP)

>>489984

((I didnt posted earlier because my pc is fucked, tomorrow I'll posting regulary, I'll also keep posting tonight if there are enough of ya'll around))

>>489978

((And also this is a mixture of outdated maps I found on my cloud, there should be 3 farms around our capital and our borders should have expanded, but again it's all in my fucked up PC))

>>489978
I don't know if a siege is a sight for a 4 year old, but I suppose seeing the king would be a morale boost for our men.

I'm for the espionage network

>>489984
>B
>G
We have the resources to start rebuilding infrastructure in our new lands, we ought to return it to normality soon.

>>489989
I'll be heading off now, what time zone are you in, if you don't mind me asking?

>>489984
We now have the funds, now we must continue turning the tide of this war. Not with arms and armor, but with the opinion of the people. Let us begin rebuilding the section of Drendald that we have occupied, so that the few pockets of resistance see how their life will be better under our kingdom's rule.

>G)Fund the "Elven Lands Reconstruction" infraestructure project. (Rebuild roads, productive facilities and towns, this project also includes point "F" (sending them part of our food surplus.)) (-2 GOLD) (-1 GOLD per turn) (1 AP)

And while we are building infrastructure, I feel it would be prudent that we invest in our troops, even if my personal thoughts are of the utility a spy network would provide. First, we must look toward the security of our kingdom's borders.

>D)Fund the Warrior's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both quantity and quality of troops, unlocks military research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)

>>489978
I welcome the heir and his interest in our politics and wars, but I fear for his safety at this age and at this time. If he is truly adamant about seeing the siege, however, as a loyal subject of His Majesty, I have nothing to do but accept.

Still, would he not rather see the docks, instead, where we will be constructing the first grand fleet of our nation, in order to destroy the pirate presence to our north?

>3. Try to persuade the young king that ships are much more fun to tour than a battleground, if possible.

>>489978
>1)Accept, take him all the way to the Drendald's Capital to see the siege, heavily guarded.

It would be good for the young king to see the horrors of war from the front. The Mad King of the elves is not in any position to hire assassins.

>G
>B

Our future king will benefit from our investments now in espionage, and these elves are now under out kingdoms rule. It is our duty to help them. Hmmm. Yes, yes...

>>490039

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>>490039
>>490044
>>490068

So, this far is a "Yes" for the king's request or anyone wants to back Rynath's idea?

>>489984
>His Majesty
1

Seeing his most regal Majesty will provide a morale bonus to our weary men at the frontline. He will of course be protected at all times by myself and the Royal Lifeguard!

>Kingdom
>B
>G

>>490130
Hmmm, yes I do think it would be prober for the young king to visit the front lines to see for himself, yes.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Pirate's roll

1=success
2=failure

Rolled 2 + 8 (1d10 + 8)

>>490206

Spies roll

Before I go, if in the next few turns you have spare AP, try to send a scout to find the coastline to the west. Seeing as all trade routes increase our income we should get a little more.

On the subject of his Majesty, we cannot keep him away from the terrors of war forever.
>1
However, i feel as if paying a visit to the wounded would lift the spirits of the men, as well as sobering any 'Romantic' views the King may have of war.

On the other issues;
>G
>D

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<Siege Report>

The young king was scouted by the Royal Guard, led by Commander Jerik himself, for a few days they marched through the kingdoms' roads straight to the siege, there he met the commander in charge, and he was guided through the camp, being taught about the siege machines, he's still young to understand most of it, but he was clearly excited to be there.

Suddenly, and just a few days before this council meeting, the enemie's capital gates opened, it seems that the mad king has been overthrown. Some elves are cheerfull, others sad for those whom lost, but all of them are hopeful, a bright future is ahead of them, or atleast a better one than under the rule of their old king.

It is time to sign the peace treaty, the Tendalle Republic will obviously let us keep the equipment they gave us, alongside the lands we conquered, and half of the farmlands, but they've been fighting this war for years now, they didn't had it as easy as we did, they're requesting to keep the capital for themselves.

How shall we react to the request?:

>1) Let them keep it, it's not worth it anyways. (Friendly relations kept, non aggresion pact signed)
>2) No, split the capital between the kingdoms. (Relations switched to Neutral)
>3) No, we've sieged it and we keep it! (Relations switched to hostile)
>4) Who said we're stopping here? (War declared)


<Kingdom Report>

The pirates haven't touched our ships yet, but we received a report of a missing ship from the Eccians.

Our diplomats have returned, our neighbours have decided to increase the sizes of their fleets in order to protect the trade routes, the Eccians suggest us to invade the thieves, they'll fight alongside us, but the republic says they're still too weak after the long war they've fought. What should we do?:

1)Accept the Eccian's proposal, start preparing ourselves to invade the Thieves.
2)Wait for the republic to gain strength.
3)Other

Winter's getting every month colder, the elves have it difficult to resettle, luckly for them the "Elven Lands Recontruction" project has started, roads, buildings and farms will be repaired, towns will be expanded. (-1 Food surplus, -2 GOLD)

The espionage network has been funded, we're already training agents from all ages and races, by the next month we'll start sending them to foreign lands. (-2 GOLD)

One of the engineers leading the contruction of the Kingdom's fleet has requested an audience with us, he has explaines why their current budget is not enough to end the warships, so he request even more.

The emisary we sent to the goblin tribes has not yet returned, he's spected to come back by the end of the month.
(CONT)

>>490339

The treasury has grown! 3 GOLD (1 in stock, +1 from taxes, +2 from trade -1 from army upkeep)

What are our orders? (2 AP 3 GOLD):
>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Keep funding the kingdom's fleet. (1 AP, 1 GOLD)
>C)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund the Warrior's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both quantity and quality of troops, unlocks military research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
>E)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>F)Build more farms.
>G) Write-in (1 AP)

>>490345
Farms = 1 AP

>>490339
Issue of the Capital
>2
Well we can't afford to piss them off on this issue, but i feel that splitting the Capital would be for the best. I do not trust the Tendalle Republic to treat their Occupied Population very well after years of war.

On the Issue of the Pirates.
>2
It would probably be best to wait to gain strength, no sense in going in with only a half-barrel of anything, eh?

>F
More farms, i say! Between the surplus and trade we'll be the breadbasket of the continent!
>D
I still think a proper Warrior's guild would be a wise investment.

>>490339
Siege
>Ensure that the enemy King is found, tried and executed for his crimes.
>5.) Sign the capital over to our allies, but request that they provide a small monetary payment to us (1 Gold) as it was our men who shouldered the burden of the siege.

Kingdom
>B
>E - West along the coast
>G - Plan a grand triumph for our Army and His Majesty in our capital to honor our victory in this conflict.

>>490339
>Let them keep it, it's not worth it anyways
Friendly relations with our neighbors are important, yes...
Though we started the siege before them, we will own half the farmlands and more than half the people of the previous kingdom. If our future king wishes to unite the lands later, let him.

1)Accept the Eccian's proposal, start preparing ourselves to invade the Thieves.
Every season that passes where the pirates can raid our peoples ships uncontested is an affront to the Gods, is it not! If the Elven republic respects themselves they will compensate us and the Eccians after our attack is successful.

>B)Keep funding the kingdom's fleet. (1 AP, 1 GOLD)
Hmmm, these continuing costs make me very suspicious of our friend Ned, but so be it.

>D)Fund the Warrior's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both quantity and quality of troops, unlocks military research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)
It's past time we establish a guild! For too long have monstrous creatures roamed the land! Our great kingdom needs an official organization to respond to this threat! I willingly defer the construction of a magic guilt until we are properly ready for such a feat! Yes, yes...

>>490427
I hate to interrupt someone whilst they're building up to a good rallying speech, Lord Mage, but we've already built the Mage's Guild some months ago.

>>490345
Well, allow me to weigh in with my proposals then.

Although we've gone...overbudget...it seems, we must have our warships. Continue funding them.

>B)Keep funding the kingdom's fleet. (1 AP, 1 GOLD)

And as to the rest of our activities, I would like to see us become a haven for the educated. First Merchants, then Mages, now Warriors. Let us finally fund our last guild before looking outward at the wider world.

>D)Fund the Warrior's guild so they can build an academy. (Increases both quantity and quality of troops, unlocks military research) (2 GOLD) (1 AP)

As far as the diplomats are concerned, I propose to them a compromise, one that I believe will satisfy all parties.

Although we did most of the work capturing the capitol, I have no qualms about turning the city over to Tendalle...PROVIDED they offer us support in our attack against the northern pirates. With this support we will gain a modicum of peace on the seas, and we can move on to happier times. Even if their help is only logistic and transportation, it will make everyone's burden much easier to bear.

>1) Let them keep it, it's not worth it anyways. (Friendly relations kept, non aggresion pact signed)

I am also interested in invading as soon as possible, although in the interest of a win with as little cost as possible, I will delay our plans to attack, unless the Republic is goaded to action by the offer.

>>490381
>>490395
>>490427
>>490469

It is decided that our allies will keep the capital conditionally, but we should decided what will be our request, in case they don't accept both of them.

((I'll start writing while you decide this))

1) Request a monetary payment (Jerik's Proposal).
2) Request them to join the fight against the pirates (Rynath's Proposal).

>>490438
Now, I would know if there was such a mage guild myself...

The last vote we had considering a mage guild was >>486765
and we decided to hold off, yes indeed...

The time will come soon I hope though.

>>490516

Oh, about that, the blame it is mine, for I wrote the wrong list.

((Sorry, check what I wrote after that, it was a typo))

>>490514
Hurm, the Gold would help fund more projects, but the more allies the better when it comes to fighting the pirates.

>2
The Pirates are a far more pressing threat, they must be dealt with.

>>490514
1) Request a monetary payment (Jerik's Proposal).

It's unreasonable to ask for money after a long war, yes... But not as unreasonable as expecting them to fund a navy at the current time.
Perhaps after some time when they are able to pay, then.


Also, it sure is great to have a mages guild, which we have certainly had for some time now that I remember...

((It seems we have a tie, if noone breaks it for when the next post's ready, I'll be rolling.))

>>490588
((It does seem a rather tough choice, Funding for vital Projects for the Kingdom, or taking care of the Pirates, which COULD be done later, but might be tougher than doing so now...))

>>490588
A token fleet or a battle fleet, either I will be happy with. I take back my earlier vote to ask for direct payment.
Cooperation with our neighbors is the most important, yes indeed...

>>490604

((Okay, then we're asking them to join the battle against pirates, posting in a few seconds))

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Another cold month passed, days are getting slightly warmer.

The enemy capital is now under the control of our troops, the Mad King's head has been found stuck in a pike at the entrance of the throne room.
The streets are covered with dead bodies from both royal guards and civilians, the smell is awfull.
We have decided to accept the ambassador's proposal and grant the capital to the Republic, but only if they promise both to treat the occupied population respectfully, and help us to defeat the pirate's threat.
They accepted. Both Eccians and Tendalleans will prepare their navies for the invasion.

War is over for now, part of our army stayed in the occupied lands just to protect and serve our new citizens, but most of our army is back, they, alongside the king, have been received with a great celebration in the capital, it was a festive day, the streets were full of cheerful people.

The royal fleet has been finished, our warships are now escorting the merchant ships through the seas.

The Warrior's Guild has received enough money to build their Military Academy, they expect it to be ready after a couple months.

The emissary we sent to the Goblin Tribes is back, he barely escaped, sadly the goblins do not seem willing to negotiate with us, they even kidnapped one of the emissary's guards and ate him.

The man at charge of the espionage network says that he's got the first group of spies ready to be sent to any kingdom, their objective would be just gather information, but we could gave them any orders we want, in which kingdom should this first group of spies settle?

1)Tendalle
2)Eccia
3)Rhayd
4)Other
((The thieves island is not considered as an option for them to settle because they don't have a "open borders" policy.))

The infraestructure project in the occupied is going well, but it is expected to take a couple months more to finish. (-1 GOLD per turn)

We've been an increased number of dwarves lately, clearly caused by the ongoing war on their lands. The dwarven comunity on the capital has asked us athorization to build their own temple to pray to their gods.

>Allow them.
>Do not allow them, they'll have to worship our gods, the real gods.

Our troops could use a month to rest before we attack the pirates, but that's up to the council.

The treasury has grown! 2 GOLD (0 in stock, +1 from taxes, +2 from trade -1 from the infraestructure project)

What are our orders? (2 AP 3 GOLD):

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Prepare our men and ships, call in our allies and start the invasion.
>C)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund a magical or military research project. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>E)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>F)Build more farms. (1 AP)
>G) Write-in (1 AP)

>>490679

((Sorry, we've got 2 GOLD, not 3.
Also this will be the last post for tonight, I'll come back around tomorrow midday))

>>490679
On the matter of Faith
I see no reason to disallow the Dwarves their Faith.

>D
>F
We must use our time wisely, fighting so soon after the War will leave our troops exhausted.

>>490679
No need for flowery speeches. We're prepared and have planned well for this moment.

>B)Prepare our men and ships, call in our allies and start the invasion.

As far as our spies go, have them take up positions in the land of Eccia.

>2 - Eccia


I would also take this opportunity to extend some goodwill to our neighbor, if they will have it. We have soldiers near the capitol that they will be occupying, let us offer them what aid we can manage to undo some of the damage done by the lengthy siege.

>G - Offer military/civilian aid in restoring the city Tendalle will be occupying.

If we still have the manpower after this, perhaps we might use our scouts to examine the unoccupied island to the north? Is it habitable? Resources, perhaps?

>E - Send a scout to explore new lands (North Island)

And now, finally, the dwarves.

We once had the opportunity to become a nation with only one deity to guide us. Instead, we chose to honor Ulfric as the head of our pantheon, with other Gods to guide us under his watchful and wise eye.

With this in mind, how could we deny another people their god? As long as they do not hinder our praise of Law and Prosperity, Kindness and Wisdom, let us likewise not hinder them.

>>490679
Hmm, now, let's see...

I think all council members will agree there is no harm in letting the dwarves worship their gods. We all know who the true God is after all. Liothiel

Yes, yes...
I'll agree with Master Rynath on the initial placement of our spys in Eccia. Our only other real option is the empire after all. Perhaps we will uncover a way to unify our people.

>F
>D

More food for the common folk is always welcome to grow the cities, but we should look to our growth as a magical center. My magi will earn their keep, I promise the counsel. Indeed...

I'm afraid I can't agree with spending so many of our resources on restoring the city. Half of our monthly resources? Hmmm, yes, that is beyond generosity and is just wasteful. Let our elven friends care for their new holdings while we consolidate at home.

>>490679
Spies
>2)Eccia

Faith
>Allow them to construct a temple.

Kingdom
>E - West
>F

>>490679
>>Allow them.
>F
>E west
>E south

>>490679
>2) The map spells it Echia, what gives?
>Allow them

>F

For D what kind of researches are available?

>>490427
>these continuing costs make me very suspicious of our friend Ned

I guess it's a wizard's predisposition to be suspicious, but I assure you: no funny business happened. As a sign of good faith, I'll support a decision for a magic research, if it pleases you.

>>491107

((Finally someone noticed, It's a typo I made several times should be Eccia.

On the research issue, it's up to you to pick the topic, (Siege weapons, crossbows, etc. Powder is not available yet., on the magic side it would increase the relative power of the army's magicians, our make up any special project you've got in mind))

Konstantin Wolfe: (Allow Dwarves, D and F)
Merchant's Representative: (Allow Dwarves, B, G and E)
High Mage Alister: (Allow, F and D)
Commander Jerik: Allow, E2 and F
Francis XII: Allow, F E2 and E3)
Ned: F

>>491547

This far, we've picked D and F, we should specify the field of research (Military or Magical)

>>491547
Are we truly going to abandon the advantage we have and allow the pirates to grow stronger while we delay an attack?

If that is the course this Council chooses, so be it, but let it be known that we had the opportunity, when several months down the road this threat becomes even greater and our losses, much more pronounced.

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It's the last month of winter.

The dwarves have been granted permisson to build their temple.

The first group of spies has succesfully settle on the Eccian's capital, they would send us any relevant information from now on.

It took less than expected, but he Military Academy is now open, they are mostly training officers in battle tactics, and preparing war engineers to improve our siege weapons.

We've given a portion of our wealth to the Magic Academy to start an research project on magical weapons and spells, it'll surely be an usefull tool in upcoming battles.

The infraestructure project has significally advanced, our engineers expect it to be done by the next month. (-1 GOLD per turn)

Our troop are fully rested and ready for the invasion. Right now only 80% of our troop are available, 20% of them are in the occupied land protecting our newly aquired territories, sholud we leave them there, or recall every men for the invasion.

>Bring them back.
>The situation in the occupied lands is still delicate, we should leave them there to protect our newly aquired territories.

More food means prosperity, we're prepearing the plains at the west of the river to make even more farmlands.

The young king is almost five years old, he's slowly showing a better understanding of the world around him, his education will be more relevant from now on,

The treasury has grown! 3 GOLD (1 in stock, +1 from taxes, +2 from trade, -1 from infraestructure project.)

What are this month's orders? (2 AP, 3 GOLD):

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Prepare our men and ships, call in our allies and start the invasion. (1 AP) (-1 GOLD per turn for upkeep)
>C)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund a military research project. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>E)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>F) Train more soldiers. (0.5 AP) (1 GOLD) (Increases 1k infantry, 0.5k Archers, 250 knights and 5 battle mages.)
>G) Write-in (1 AP)

>>491551
Yes, yes, I propose the research be of a magical nature. While military wartime potential is a fine thing to have, our kingdom has no immediate threads apart from the pirates to the north. We also have two friends on our borders and the Dwarven Holds and Empire in the distance have their own troubles. Now is the time for us to invest in the future.
The young magi are excited to conduct magical experiments with crops, and we should fully support them! I personally hope they find a way to increase the farmers crop yield. We would all be better for it.
I was too late to vote, my fault. Next time

>>491745
Now master Ryanth, a single month to rest after a long siege is enough for the men.

>>491112
Mostly in jest, I know you craftsmen take much care in ensuring quality.

>>491764
>The situation in the occupied lands is still delicate, we should leave them there to protect our newly acquired territories.
Yes, now, order in the lands is our highest priority.

>B)Prepare our men and ships, call in our allies and start the invasion.
>F) Train more soldiers. (0.5 AP) (1 GOLD) (Increases 1k infantry, 0.5k Archers, 250 knights and 5 battle mages.)
We should not hold our sword. The pirates were able to prey on those focused on wars, but they won't stand against us. I'll defer our remaining AP to the rest of the Council

>>491764

>The situation in the occupied lands is still delicate, we should leave them there to protect our newly aquired territories.
This initial period of change is where it's most likely that any friction could occur. We need to show them that they are a part of our nation now, and integrate them.

>B
The merchants' representative is right in saying that the sooner the pirates are dealt with, the less our losses will be.

I'll wait to see what the rest of the council says, but if there's the manpower avaiable (like if we do as Alister suggests), I suggest
>E West (or at least follow the coastline in that direction)

>>491764
Again, I urge taking care of the pirate problem as soon as possible.

>B)Prepare our men and ships, call in our allies and start the invasion. (1 AP) (-1 GOLD per turn for upkeep)

The situation could be inflamed by more troops, but for the moment, I believe leaving them there to be the best option. It's unknown if there are any disputes about the borders, and in recently conquered lands brigands are often a problem at first.

>The situation in the occupied lands is still delicate, we should leave them there to protect our newly aquired territories.

As far as education for the King goes, let him spend some months learning trade and law, and the religions of the land, learning alongside the clerics. They, along with the knights, can be his tutors. He will learn the ways of quill and sword, for I do not believe the ways of magic to be a fitting study for a King. It is a path that demands much time spent in research...time that would be spent better ruling our nation.

I defer any other decisions for the month, in favor of simply seeing the pirates taken care of.

>>491764

Hmmm, yes, I support
>E West (or at least follow the coastline in that direction)

>B
We cannot delay. This must be dealt with.

I also say the troops stationed in the New Territories should stay to ensure Law and Order.

The king should learn the ways of Law and various subjects relating to reading and writing, i have no doubt that an early start to these matters will be a great boon down the road.

Wait, that new island we discovered, we should claim it, or at least send the scout there. We don't know if there's any valuable resource there, but at the very least it could be an outpost for our navy.

>>491764
>The situation in the occupied lands is still delicate, we should leave them there to protect our newly aquired territories.

>B
>A goblins
>E west

>>491973
We just got a big piece of land so I don't think we need to aggressively claim any more at the moment.

>>491973
We called for aid from Eccia and Tendalle, they have some measure of claim because of their aid. But perhaps we can come to an arrangement. We should try to claim the land for our kingdom.

>>491973
It 'Could' serve as a resupply point for the navy, yes.

>>492010
A big piece maybe, but less still than Tendalle. Is there any reason why we should not claim the land?

>>492010

We already sent an emissary to the goblins
>>490679
>The emissary we sent to the Goblin Tribes is back, he barely escaped, sadly the goblins do not seem willing to negotiate with us, they even kidnapped one of the emissary's guards and ate him.

>>492034
None at all.

There is also no reason why we should not claim the land that the pirates occupy currently.

We know that Tendalle is exhausted from their recent war and is stretched thin.

We also have spies in Eccia.

If need be, we can disrupt Eccia long enough to claim both islands, while Tendalle will be too weary to contest it.

It would have likely helped if we had aided Tendalle in their restoration, as then we could call upon their goodwill when this matter comes to a head, but it will likely still work now.

>>492045
We did? well never mind that then.

>>492010
changing A to another E southwards.

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Winter's over, the first warm days of spring have arrived.

We've thickened the size of our army, our current forces composition is as follows:

>7.250 + 1.000 Infantry troops.
>1950 + 500 Archers.
>475 + 250 Heavy Knights (Cavalry).
>40 + 5 Battle wizards.
>Siege weapons

Our invasion force will be formed by 9.176 troops, leaving 2.294 troops as occupation forces.

Transport ships and warships from the three kingdoms have merged on our port, 3.000 troops form the weakened Tendalle, 7.000 from Eccia, we make a total of over nineteen thousand men, our ships sail towards the north, if everyything goes as planned they'll reach the Thieve's lands by the end of the month.

The infraestructure project has been finished! the occupied lands have now been fully integrated to our kingdom. (-1 GOLD for this trun).

From now on, we'll start taxing and producing food and wood in our new lands. (+1 Food surplus, +1 wood, +1 taxes.)

The farmlands we started to prepare last month are not yet ready, it'll take one more month.

Our king will now be tutored by both clerics and knights, learning trade, laws and religion.

Another group of explorers has been dispached towards the west, through the coastline.

The mayor from the capital has came to the court with a request, our engineers have made the blueprints to build a sewer system in the city, this would increase the quality of life in the capital, attracting more inmigrants to our kingdom.

The treasury has grown! 5 GOLD (2 in stock, +2 from taxes, +2 from trade, +1 food surplus, -1 infraestructure project, -1 fleet upkeep.)

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Fund the sewers project. (1 AP, 2 GOLD)
>C)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund a military research project. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>E)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>F) Write-in (1 AP)


((last post for a while, I'll come back tonight (in 4 hours aprox))

>>492119
Proper sewers!? Now we won't have to dump our own filth into the streets? We must fund this Project immediately! The Quality of Life in the poorer districts would soar!
>B
>D

>>492119
>B)Fund the sewers project. (1 AP, 2 GOLD)
>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (Guk Daral) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points).

Before we could not take the offer the Dwarves had for us to purchase their iron, but now we can. Even if they won't buy our wood, we should buy their iron. And we might learn something, such as with the sewers. Hmmm...

Hmmm, Yes, very impressive. I'm impressed how many men the Elves send against the Pirates with us. And Eccia seems to be sending quite some men as well.

Eccias surprising military power must come from it's position, next to the Empire. Ore prehaps our military is simply weak.

>>492119
>B
it's pretty unambiguously a good think to have a proper sewage system.

>F
I think our current town/size ratio is pretty bad. Tendelle is only a little bigger but has 3 towns while we have only 1. So we should build one on our territory on the other side of bridge.

>>492191
well, we used to be around their size just a few turns back and we only increased our army size by a relatively small amount since we grew. so them having 3/4th (assuming they aren't sending their full army of course) sounds about right.

>>492227
>>492119
I'm changing my vote from sending an emissary to building a town. There would be mo immediate benefits from getting a supply of iron apart from improved construction times, if I recall...

>>492376
I shall also change my vote, building a Town would be a great boon along with the Sewer Systems.

>B
>F

>>492119
I cannot understate the importance of the sewers system, it will be a dramatic change in the quality of life of our people.
>B

My collegues make a good point regarding the building of a new town. I'll support that decision.
>F (Build a new town on the other side of the bridge)

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<War reports>

The fleet has reached the enemy island, it seems we caught them preparing their defenses to receive us, they were fortificating their campaments and coasts, luckly we didn't gave them another month to prepare the beach head.
As our ships charged toward the coasts, giving and receiving waves of arrows, there were hundreds of enemy archers on the beaches, some of them perished, others retreated when our ship got closer.
We've had minor loses, our troops are already at the beach preparing to advance towards the main camp.
Our scouts have informed us that the enemie's main camp is surrounded by a long palisade with deep ditches, the only entrance to the camp is a three meters wide bridge over the ditch, a bottleneck.

Even if we're estimated to triplicate their numbers, fighting in such a bottleneck would significally increase our number of casualties.

Our war engineers propose to make mobile bridges to place over the ditches and then attack the camp making holes, or simple use hooks to pass trough the palisade, this would be a much better tactic since we'd avoid the bottleneck, but it'll take a month for preparation.

>1)Attack right now through the gate.
>2)Prepare bridges to avoid a bottleneck.

<Kingodm Reports>

We've got even more farmlands ready to produce! We're now known as the "world's barn". (+1 food surplus)

The explorers we sent westwards have not yet returned.

The sewage system is being built, it'll be ready for the next month. (-2 GOLD)

Urgent news from our spy network in Eccia, it seems their king has been assasinated, he had no heir and several noble families want to claim the throne, there's no civil war YET, but if one of the families is stronger enough to show clear superiority, the others would not go to war and they'd accept it.
Our spies suggest that we could finantiate one of the noble families so they can pay mercenaries to place themselves in the throne, if we do so, the new Eccian king would be our puppet.

((The "town" icons in the map are actually cities, there are several minor towns per kingdom but they aren't shown in the map))

We've decided to use our wood surplus and money to start expanding one of our towns west of the river, there are plenty of citizens looking forward to move there, it may turn into a mayor city soon. (-1 wood, -1 GOLD)

There are news from Tendalle, it seems that groups of goblins have raided some small towns in their south borders.

The king will be truning five years old next month!

(CONT)

>>492864
The treasury has grown! 6 (2 in stock, +2 from taxes, +2 from trade, +2 food surplus, -1 fleet's upkeep, -1 army upkeep)

What are this month's orders?:

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Support an Eccian family to raise their candidate to throne (Puppet king, may help us to unificate lands later). (1 AP, 4 GOLD)
>C)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>D)Fund a military research project. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>E)Send part of our forces to defend the south Tendalle borders from the goblin's incursions. (1 AP)
>F) Start the construction of walls in the borders of the kingdom. (South, east or west borders.) (1 AP, 2 GOLD)
>G) Write-in (1 AP)

((I'll stop posting now, I'm going back to my appartament, if I get to fix my PC today I'll be posting tonight (I have to format it install drivers etc.))
((If I do not post tonight, I'll posting tomorrow at the same time as today, see ya'!))

Lol of course the goblins couldn't resist the elf nation.

>>492876
Well.

Our spy network is paying dividends already, I see. Let us choose our noble family carefully, and take advantage of this opportunity.

>B)Support an Eccian family to raise their candidate to throne (Puppet king, may help us to unificate lands later). (1 AP, 4 GOLD)

I would also suggest the building of walls, but at the moment, I think keeping hold of a small reserve of gold might be wise. Instead, let us train our soldiers.

>D)Fund a military research project. (1 AP 1 GOLD)

As far as the war effort goes, now that we have them on the run, we can afford to be a bit more cautious. Blockade them in, prevent any others from getting close, and let the engineers do what they can to minimize our casualties.

>2)Prepare bridges to avoid a bottleneck.

>>492864
>Pirate War
How about we use their bottleneck in our favour?
We place archers around the palisade, and a large force waiting by the entrance. We then set the camp on fire (via fire-arrows, or equivalent), and then just wait.
Should they try to climb their own walls, the ditch will work in our favour, and we'll have ample oportunity to shoot them. If they try to leave through the main gate, they'll have the same problem we'd have invading.
All the while reducing our own casualties.
>3

>Kingdom
We should take advantage of our current wealth to gain access to the Eccian kingdom.
>>B
We are enjoying a relatively stable period. Building walls might make our neighbours uh.. antsy. So I say we refrain from getting them for now, but we can still prepare ourselves.
We could develop a vessel fitted with a siege weapon. Something like this could've been used against the pirates, and can be used in the future against any coastal threats.
>D Siege vessel
(If anyone has any other research idea, do share)

>>492876
A bottleneck is troublesome, yes. But we can simply set the enemy on fire from a distance. We have a massive ranged advantage, though I suppose I should leave the military matters to someone more competent. Along that line,
>2)Prepare bridges to avoid a bottleneck.
We can make several openings through the wall as well as kill them from afar while they hide.


>G Train more soldiers and Mages
>B Support an Eccian family to raise their candidate to throne (Puppet king, may help us to unificate lands later). (1 AP, 4 GOLD)

The Goblins are a problem that we will have to solve later. I will be in my tower, looking for magical solutions to research and fund.

>>493013
I defer to your expertise in these matters, Lord Engineer. I will back your proposals on these topics of engineering, for they seem quite sound.

>>492876
I agree with Engineer Ned's Proposal on using the bottleneck in our favor.

>B
Supporting a candidate to the throne will increase stability in the region, if anything.

A civil war could very well cause Echia to collapse.

>>493453
>>493275
>>493120
>>493013
Okay, we're using Engineer Ned's idea in the frontlines, as for the kingdom related affairs:

Rynath: B and D
Ned: B and D
Alister: B and G
Konstantin: B

We'll start with the development of a naval siege weapon:

((writing))

((While I'm writting, check this:))

[[Since our income is getting thicker, and I do not want us to have nothing to expend the money on, I've come with a new mechanic:

Theere will be three new stats, every stat directly connected with the each other:

-Population Points: Indicates how much cities we can populate depending on our number of citizens. (if we have 2 cities and 1 pop point, only 1 city will be populated, thus we'd only get income from the populated city, if we have 3 pop points and 2 cities, means we can build a new city and expand)

-Overpopulation: (Minium -10, maxium 10): If we reach -10 it resets to 0 and we lose 1 Pop point, if we reach 10 it resets to 0 and we get 1 pop point.

-Relative Life Quality(Min -5 max 5) aka overpopulation per turn: Indicates how our Overpopulation would change in the end of the turn, does not resets, depends on per turn modifiers.

Example

Right now our Realtive Life quality would be at (+1) because:

At war (-2)
Proper Infraestructure (+1)
We have food Surplus (+1)
Recent built Sewers system (+1)
Plurarity of Faith (+1)
Close to an Empire (-1) (Inmigrants tend to pick them rather than us because of security reasons)

This would mean, next turn we'll have 1 Overpopulation, and the next 2, and after that 3.

Once we reach 10 points, it resets to 0 and we gain one pop point so we can expand.

At this speed it would take us 10 months to expand, but when the war's over, the -2 modifier would disappear and it would take us just 3 months to expand.

Creating soldiers will also consume overpopulation.]]

((Our current stats are:
Pop points: 2 (all being used due to the new city)
Overpopulation: 0
Relative Life Quality: +1 ]]

>>493543
So they're stats to regulate expansion?
Would increasing the number of farms (or other food production) also increase the surplus bonus?

>>493590
((

It does regulates expansion, but it was mainly made so the gold it's actually worth to have, because at this rythm gold would shortly be acumulated, with this system we'll have more things to spend on.

The "We have food Surplus (+1)" stays in +1 whether we have a +1 food surplus or a +999 food surplus.

On the other hand, the exporting food mechanic will stay the same, ( it does takes in count how much extra food we have.)

Next post will be posted in a few mins.))

(Hello all, new player here and just finished reading the thread. Looks amazing so far.)

The Warriors guild has nominated a representative to speak on the council and ensure funding for the Academy is not sent elsewhere. Grom, is a wounded veteran of the recent elven war and former calvalry officer.

I think we should add an elven and Dwarven orphan to the Kings retinue. His closest friends being all human in a multi-racial Kingdom is just a ticking time bomb.

Also QM, could you tell us the current diplomatic treaties we have? Are tendall/eccia military allies or just trading partners that fought with us.

>>493622
((Thanks for joining.

Defensive Allies:
Eccia

Non-aggresion pact:
Tendalle

Neutral:
>Drendald Kingdom (Elves)
>Guk'Daral Kingdom (Dwarves at war with Buldar Kingdom)
>Rhayd Empire (Mixture, mostly Humans)
>Buldar Kingdom
>Luga

Hostiles:
>Goblin Tribes

At war:
>Northern Sea Thieves

Tendalle and Eccia are fighting with us just to end with the Thieves' threat
))

(We haven't had any "difficult" wars yet, but I have a few surprises planned for the future, and a massive enemy yet unfound in the map.)

>>493634
((Luga = Mostly Humans
Buldar= Dwarves
Eccia= Mostly Mostly Humans
Tendalle= Elves))

>>493622
Yes, our thanks for your service Master Grom. We were lacking such a representative. Another voice for arms and magic is always welcome, indeed!

With the recent threats to peace, now more than ever we need a stronger military.

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<War Reports>

Ned's plan has been executed, our infantry made a sort of barricade in the bridge, while our archers and battle mages made a fire rain on the thieves settlement, it didn't take long to the military tents and wooden structures to light up, the enemy's troops were panicked, some of them tried to jump the palisade right into the ditches and tried to climb their way out, but in that position they were an easy target for our archers.
Others tried to fight they way out, but couldn't make their way through the bridge, our men slained every single wave of enemies.
There were about three to four thousand enemy casualties, most of them killed in the ditches by archers or by the burning flames.
Our casualties were barely six hundred men, all of them killed in the skirmish of the barricade, only 250 from those men were from our kingdom.
Mind over muscle, this result was certainly better than any prediction, the plan worked perfectly.

Although most of enemy's troops were here, this wasn't their main settlement, our scouts have found the way to their port, dozens of ships are docked in there, it seems they're trying to fill their ships with their belongs in order to leave the island, we cannot let them escape, we must end this threat for once.
Our troops advance towards the settlement by land, as our fleet does it by sea.

The battle starts both by land and sea.
On land our overwhelming numbers and better equipment, alongside with our skillful mages are no match for their old swords and worn shields, our casualties are minium.
On the other hand, the naval fight was tight, these pirates have spent most of their lives on their boats, they know how to use them, if wouldn't be for our bigger numbers, we would have lost the maritime battle, but we didn't.

In this battle our coallition lost two four thousand men, fifteen hundred were ours.
Half of our warships were destroyed or fully damaged.

The thieves will not be a problem anymore.

Our army is coming back, peace has been re -established.

(CONT)

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>>493730
<Kingdom Report>

It is the second month of spring by now.

Our king has celebrated his 5th birthday!

We have assigned our military masterminds to develop some kind of maritime siege weapon, they'll inform us as soon as there's any advances in the project.(-1 GOLD)

We've dispached an heavily guarded diligence to send money to financiate the Eccian family's mercenaries so they have oposition to take the throne, if they succed, their king will follow our orders. (-4 GOLD)

The upgrades in the town on the other side of the river have finished, it is now considered a city. (+1 taxes per turn) (-1 Food surplus).

The explorer we sent to the west has returned with news, it seems that there are only mountain through the coastline before the sea expands. But there's also an un-populated island, there are mountains, plains and a big forest, it may we worth sending some settlers there, there could be iron in those mountains.

Tendalle's explorers have scouted the goblin's region, it seems there are several tribes fighting under the lead of their some sort of king, since this may be a threat for both of us, they've decided to share this information with us. (this was thanks to friendly relations).

<Kingdom Stats>
>Population Points: 2 (Used)
>Overpopulation: 1
>Relative Life Quality: +3
[Proper Infraestructure (+1)
We have food Surplus (+1)
Recent built Sewers system (+1)
Plurarity of Faith (+1)
Close to an Empire (-1))]

The treasury has grown! 5 GOLD (1 in stock, +2 from taxes, +2 form trade, +1 from food surplus, -1 fleet's upkeep)

What are this month's orders? (2 AP, 5 GOLD):

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Build schools. (1 AP, 2 GOLD) (+1 Life Quality) (Faster research)
>C)Build Alchemist's college. (1 AP, 2 GOLD) (+1 Life Quality) (Better health)
>D)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>E)Send part of our forces to defend the south Tendalle borders from the goblin's incursions. (1 AP)
>F)Start the construction of walls in the borders of the kingdom. (South, east or west borders.) (1 AP, 2 GOLD)
>G)Repair the royal fleet. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>H)Train more soldiers. (0.5 AP) (1 GOLD) (Increases 1k infantry, 0.5k Archers, 250 knights and 5 battle mages.)
>I) Write-in (1 AP)

>>493737
>E
>B

Having schools would greatly benefit those who cannot afford private tutoring. That is to say, everyone not of the upper class.

And we cannot ignore what threat the Goblins pose. I have heard many... Unsettling rumors throughout many local meeting places for the poorer districts about the terrible things that Goblin raiding parties have done to the unfortunate Tendalle villages that have been attacked.

Details are possibly quite otherwise blown out of proportion, but even those that are not terribly outlandish have been quite disturbing.

>>493737
>>493758
B - schools
I - write in

I agree with councilor Wolfe's proposal to build schools. The brightest of our population should not be wasted away as stable hands because of financial lack.

However I don't agree with sending our troops to fight for the elves when we are not even allies! Let the elves handle their own problems. We can step in when offered more of a reason than the rumored suffering of unknown villagers.

I propose we send a small continent of civilians and troops to occupy the northern Island. The docks their are an enormous strategic location that must belong to us. The added possibility of metals in the mountains are something I think most of us can agree would be useful for trade with our warring neighbors.

>>493737
>G)Repair the royal fleet. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>E)Send part of our forces to defend the south Tendalle borders from the goblin's incursions. (1 AP)

Though I would much like to start the construction of the schools, it must wait until his majesty's fleet is repaired and our friends are secure.

>>493758
Indeed! Our friends in Tendalle have fought side by side with our people for battle after battle. Many of our own people share blood ties with them! Is it not our duty to help those who have suffered more then us in our shared victories?

>>493784
Master Grom, I know of no ritual to make islands disappear. Let us return to the islands next month.

>Add a Dwarfven and Elven orphan to grow with the king.
On behalf of the king, we should lay claim to the islands. Repairing the pirate port and using it for our own uses would be easy enough to start, once things have slowed down. I will personally examine the flow of magic in the air, hmmmm, yes...
A great shame the king is too young to see the work up close. Later in his education I will show him to read the magic in the air.

>>493784
Forgot to add.

Kings education. Let's get him a language tutor so he can learn elvish and dwarven. It will be easier at his age to learn and immensely useful when he is the head of state.

(Free?) Also find a dwarven and elven orphans to add to his retinue, both boys. Their education should be focused on trade for the dwarf and administration for the elf. What do the other councilors think?

>>493803
Yes, there will be disagreement I think.

>>493797
Councilors, while repairing the fleet to keep our military strong is always a priority. The Pirates are dead and the only ships on the seas are friendly ones. There is no need to rush the repairs now.

However we can not afford to wait and chance the tendalle or eccians taking the northern Island. Right now it is free for the taking, but if they take it there would be a high cost to buy it. Assuming they would ever release it willingly.

>>493758
>>493784
I will concede my vote for schools in exchange for supporting the tendalle and capturing the island. I also pledge my support to Councilors alister and wolfe for their votes at the next meeting.

E - help tendalle
I - write in, capture Island port

>>493838
>>493797
>>493737
Hmm, yes, well...
I will change my vote to
>E
>I write in, capture Island port

Why, telling others that something can wait when you suddenly realize what you voted for can wait as well...

>>493838

With northern island I assume you refeer to the Thieves' island, not the recently found island.

>>493926
Yes, thieves port.

>>493928
((Writing, sorry for the delay))

>>493737
My apologies, Councilors, the Merchant's Guild called me away for this month. Happily it seems like interests are coinciding rather well.
>>493803
You...wish to advance the King's education in trade? Sir Grom, you have my utmost respect, and my full cooperation in this.

His current education is...actually quite close to what you have proposed, but languages are always useful, I have found. I will support this initiative.

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>>493730

It is the third month of spring, the countryside looks everyday greener.

From the 9.176 troops we sent to deal with the thieves 7.426 made it back, if we count the troops left patroling the kingdom, we've got a total of 9720 men.

We've got another group of spies ready to settle, to which kingdom should we send them?

>Luga
>Tendalle
>Guk Daral
>Rhayd Empire
>Buldar

The king's education alongside the clerics and the knight will not be interrumpted, but he'll now also be taught foreign languages.

Our plan to place a hand picked king in the Eccian throne has worked out as planned, from now on we could financiate a propaganda campaign about how good it would be for the Eccian people to merge their kingdom and ours, it would take time to convince the people, but it can be done. The people in Eccia also prays to different gods than we do, if we'd build a temple on their capital, that'll help the assimilation process.

The engineers at charge of the maritime siege weapon have requested us money to fund their firsts prototype, accepting this request would help this project a lot.

The Magic acadamy has made outstanding breakthrough on the field of spells, they've developed healing abilities for our mages, which will be of great use in the battlefields.

We've dispatched over one thousand men to the south Tendalle borders to help them defend against the goblin incursions.

We've also sent a group of settlers, alongside of five hundred soldiers, to the recently conquered northern island, they would take over the port and try to repair the small town the thieves lived on, even if we don't have enough people to fully populate it yet. (-2 GOLD).


<Kingdom Stats>
>Population Points: 2 (Used)
>Overpopulation: 4
>Relative Life Quality: +3
[Proper Infraestructure (+1)
We have food Surplus (+1)
Recent built Sewers system (+1)
Plurality of Faith (+1)
Close to an Empire (-1))]

The treasury has grown! 7 GOLD (3 in stock, +2 from taxes, +2 form trade, +1 from food surplus, -1 army upkeep)

What are this month's orders? (2 AP, 7 GOLD):

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Build schools. (1 AP, 2 GOLD) (+1 Life Quality) (Faster research)
>C)Build Alchemist's college. (1 AP, 2 GOLD) (+1 Life Quality) (Better health)
>D)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>E)Fund the siege weapon's prototype. (0.5 AP) (2 GOLD)
>F)Start the construction of walls in the borders of the kingdom. (South, east or west borders.) (1 AP, 2 GOLD)
>G)Repair the royal fleet. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>H)Train more soldiers. (0.5 AP) (1 Overpopulation) (1 GOLD) (Increases 1k infantry, 0.5k Archers, 250 knights and 5 battle mages.)
>I)Financiate a propaganda campaign in the Eccian kingdom. (2 GOLD) (0 AP)
>J)Build a temple on the Eccian capital. (1 GOLD) (0 AP)
>K)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>L) Write-in (1 AP)

>>493980
>I
>J
>B

The merging of our Kingdoms could be a great boon, we have the gold to spare.

I still want to establish schools for the poorer districts, besides, a higher of average education would be a great boon to research

>>493980
Spies
>Tendalle

Kingdom
>I
>J

Increasing the speed of assimilation should be a key priority for our nation! Have our puppet King made Duke of the territory once it is incorporated into our Kingdom.

>G
>H
>E

Improving the martial strength of our Kingdom will leave us in good stead for the uncertainty of the future. With the Royal Fleet repaired and the Royal Army enlarged, we will be prepared for the threats of tomorrow.

>>493852
>>493972
I thank you for your support. It warms my heart seeing that this Council can work together and compromise. I expected it to be full of personal agendas.

>>493988
I - Eccian propaganda campaign
J - Eccian capital temple
B - Construct schools

I support councilor wolfes proposal.

>>493980
Is there a limit on how many classes the king can take? With military, religion, and language I'm assuming most of his day is being taken. We must let him enjoy his childhood some, I suppose, lest he grows up to have us all executed.

>>493980
As the seasons pass, our kin will see the merit in joining our people. We are stronger united, and only strength can keep order...
Yes, yes, the middle island was claimed with little trouble. Now is the time to invest in the future and our people.

Hmm, yes, I wonder how the war between the Dwarven kingdoms over the river is going. Not that we should aid one side or another of course, by the Tree! That war has little to do with us.

>>494006
Though my bones yearn to turn this land into a center for magical arts, I am in the end a kings-man. It will come in time.

>I)Financiate a propaganda campaign in the Eccian kingdom. (2 GOLD) (0 AP)
>J)Build a temple on the Eccian capital. (1 GOLD) (0 AP)
>B)Build schools. (1 AP, 2 GOLD) (+1 Life Quality) (Faster research)
>E)Fund the siege weapon's prototype. (0.5 AP) (2 GOLD)
>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points).

See if Guk Daral is willing to buy our wood or trade. Unfortunately I will have to retire for the night. I'm sure what the Council decides will be for the best, I shall return with new plans for the growth of the magi.

>>494006

>>494013
>>493988
I - Eccian propaganda campaign
J - Eccian capital temple
B - Construct schools
E - Naval prototype
A - Emissary

Also supporting councilor alister along with councilor wolfe.

((I, J, B, E and A wins, posting the last post of the night shortly!, alongside with updated map))

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>>493980
It is the last month of spring.

The settlers we've sent to the captured island have repaired most buildings and formed an small town, as soon as we've got more settlers to send we'll upgrade it to a city.

We've decided to send money to the King, (and future Duke) of Eccia in order to prepare both the propaganda campaign and a temple for the Eccians to pray to Ulfric and our minor gods (-3 GOLD).

Knowledge is power, the first public schools of the kingdom are being built in the capital, there kids from all races will be taught writing, reading, faith, and some mathematics, between other basic subjects. (-2 GOLD) (+1 Life Quality)

The engineers' siege prototype has been built, sadly after a few test in the middle of the sea, the ship blew up, but we must not be disappointed, the engineers said that they can easily fix the blueprints and the project will be done by the next month.

We've also sent an emissary to Guk'Daral to sign a contract to sell them part of our wood surplus, sadly they're in war and have no money to spend in anything not related to war, but they've given us another offer.
They would give us the blueprints of their renowned crossbows for the right ammount of gold.(Improves our archers to crossbowmen)

News from the Tendalle, it seems the goblins attacks are now even more aggresive, half of the men we've sent are dead, they requested even more troops, they've also decided that it is time to sign an alliance with us.

>1) Accept, sign the alliance and send even more men. (How many? there are 500 there, we've got 2294 men patrolling our kingdom and 6426 in reserves).
>2)No, it is time for the Tendalle to defend themselves. (Relations dropped to Neutral.)

There are rumors of a deadly plague somewhere in the lands, some say it is killing a lot of people in the Rhayd Empire, others in the Tendalle republic, others that it is simply a lie. There's yet no confirmation from any kingdom.

Our spies in the Tendalle Republic have settled, they'll send us any relevant information.

<Kingdom Stats>
>Population Points: 2 (Used)
>Overpopulation: 8
>Relative Life Quality: +4
[Proper Infraestructure (+1)
We have food Surplus (+1)
Recent built Sewers system (+1)
Plurality of Faith (+1)
Close to an Empire (-1)
Public Schools (+1)]

>>494059

The treasury has grown! 4 GOLD (0 in stock, +2 from taxes, +2 form trade, +1 from food surplus, -1 army upkeep)

What are this month's orders? (2 AP, 4 GOLD):

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (which?) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points).
>B)Buy the crossbow blueprints. (3 GOLD)
>C)Build Alchemist's college. (1 AP, 2 GOLD) (+1 Life Quality) (Better health)
>D)Buy the empire's maps. (0 AP) (3 GOLD)
>E)Fund the Magic Academy to start a new research project. (0.5 AP) (1 GOLD)
>F)Start the construction of walls in the borders of the kingdom. (South, east or west borders.) (1 AP, 2 GOLD)
>G)Repair the royal fleet. (1 AP 1 GOLD)
>H)Train more soldiers. (0.5 AP) (1 Overpopulation) (1 GOLD) (Increases 1k infantry, 0.5k Archers, 250 knights and 5 battle mages.)
>I)Send a scout to explore new lands (North, South, West or East) (0.5 Action points).
>J) Write-in (1 AP)

>>494006
Well, we could say that right now he can't take any more classes.

((A quick note, the northern island settlement is not considered a city yet, it will be once we have one more population point and decide to improve it to a city.))

Also good night, and see you tomorrow midday!

>>494059
>C
>H

With these Proposals, we can start on these problems of the Goblins and the rumors of Plague.

We will sign the Alliance, and thus make up sending away more men to fight off the Goblins.

Then, building the Alchemist's college will help improve the general hygiene and health of the population, thus lowering any chance of plague.

Hah, i bet you're all thankful for that sewer system now huh? If we didn't have that, the chance of plague spreading would be so much wor-

...

That's it! Is there any way to ask the other Kingdoms that seem to be producing rumors of plague whether or not they have sewers or other sanitary improvements?

>>494061
Very well, after a prolonged period in which I was forced to do a bit of politicking in the home base, as it were, I return to the Council. I hope you haven't set the kingdom aflame in my absence?

...I joke, I do have faith in the Council I have seen in action.

In any case, let us purchase technology while the opportunity presents itself. We do not know if this situation will arise again, and while I have faith in our engineers, they are busy at work explodin...ah, testing new ship prototypes.

>B)Buy the crossbow blueprints. (3 GOLD)

I would also like to take the time to repair our fleet. Let us establish ourselves on the seas so that our trade is protected from any new threats that arise, and so that the coastlines of our Kingdom will be safe from the same.

>G)Repair the royal fleet. (1 AP 1 GOLD)

Is Luga in need of any wood, perhaps? It would go well for us to have more gold in the coffers, an Alchemy Guild could certainly be an excellent use of our treasury, as could walls.

>A)Send an emissary to a nearby kingdom (Luga) (we have wood to export, we can offer it). (0.5 Action points)

As far as the Tendalle's war in the South goes, I would offer our aid again. However, I do not believe that we should simply pour manpower into this issue until we are bled dry. And certainly with no incentive for ourselves!

If the Tendalle wish our assistance, they should sweeten the deal. Perhaps they could go into debt in order to offer us persuasion of a financial nature? Or perhaps they might be able to offer something else, magical or military research that we could use in our own lands.

I would propose we tie those strings to our alliance, so that we get more out of this than simply the thanks of a war weary nation who might very well turn out to be rival in the distant future.

>1) Accept, sign the alliance and send even more men. (Up to 3000 to end the attacks if necessary). Only if the Tendalle nation is able to offer us something that compensates us for the blood spent on their behalf.

>>494061
Alliance
>1) Send one thousand additional soldiers and accept the alliance

Kingdom
>G
>H
>I - South, following the river

Expand the military and search for new lands!

>>494059
>>494086

Accept Alliance, send troops.
C - Alchemist college

I concur with councilor Wolfe, let us agree to the alliance with the elves and send troops. I think we should set a reputation for not taking our military lightly. Let's send all our forces that are not patrolling to attack in a joint assault with the tendalle army. We have no neighbors that might attack us while the army is away.

Also agree with the proposal for an Alchemist college. Sickness is pay off the trinity that leads to a nations death. War, sickness, civil war.

>>494101
A - Emissary to luga.

Supporting sending emissary to luga to inquire a trade agreement.

Let's see if the dwarves would be willing to drop the xbow price in exchange for the sewer plans. Exaggerate the rumors of plague in their empire neighbor. We don't badly need an improved military yet.

>>494103
>>494101
>>494086

How do the other councilors feel about demanding control of the conquered goblin territory for our support of tendalle.

>>494115
I would be more inclined to seek more substantial recompense, but if that is what is decided, I suppose it will have to do.

Simply consider a few things. We already have several islands we know of, which we have yet to settle, and there is much land in our kingdom to spread out upon. We may be shedding blood to purchase what will amount to a fallow field.

Then there is the possibility that we conquer no land at all, simply fend off the attacks for the moment. In that case we would gain nothing save corpses, which...are not terribly profitable, I'm afraid.

Of course, I'm only one Councilor, perhaps the others will see a wisdom in it that I do not. Still, I would only see it done as a last resort, I think, rather than simply expending the troops with no gain.

>>494115
>>494148

I agree we need more in return than just the land, we are doing their work for them. I'm just pointing out we can take the entire region instead of splitting it like in the last war.

I don't think we should let tendalle expand south. Whoever controls the goblins lands could join the Guk Daral in their war, suddenly our elven neighbor is bigger than we are.


We should name the towns we have so we don't have to keep saying "town West of the bridge" or "port city on the formerly thief Island".

>>494061
>>1)
There would be nothing worse than sending too little man and having them die needlessly. So I propose sending at least 5000.

>C

Ah, with the expansion of our lands and the tax they bring I have been granted a place on this council. What an honour.

Ahem, well, as to the situation at current.

Rumours of plague are disturbing. Plague often means huge loss of income, and should be avoided. As such, I support the construction of the alchemists guild wholeheartedly if this will help prevent it.

>C

However, as I said, plagues can be expensive. Not only are there less people, but it becomes harder to collect taxes, conduct trade and so on. I'd advise against spending too much too quickly, a surplus to draw upon would give a degree of security to the kingdom.


As for the situation in Tendalle, I'm no military man, so I'll leave dealing with the goblin menace to those who are. I hope you'll listen to me on the aftermath though. I don't see that control of the goblin territory would necessarily a good idea. Their people are hostile to us, and unlikely to settle down immediately. A good portion of our strength would need to remain there to keep order. Costs would be high, income likely low, and our forces would be widely spread, given that this land is far away. Given any potential future conflict with Tendalle, we could potentially have our forces split in half as well.

>>494165
People? Occupy? Goblins are not people, councilor, I've fought enough of them during my military days to know. They won't trade or make peace and live only for fighting. I say we kill them all and burn down their village.

>>494165
>>494171
Remember, I tried to get the goblins to be friendly towards us, instead they captured and ate the messenger. I don't necessarily agree with genocide but I understand the reason people would want it in this case.

>>494171
>>494172

My mistake. From the tax offices one loses touch with the finer points of individuals.

In that case, invasion of their land is even less sensible, in my opinion. Not only will it be expensive for us, but we'll end up with empty land. This is an area the size our own nation was just a couple of years ago, how could we possibly hope to settle it to a useful degree?