>>4362107

While Rhaddia may have died, and his spirit ascended to the heavens, that doesn't mean that this is the end, for there's his son desmon, to follow up on his footsteeps and continue building the power of the despotate.

Yet, the grace of Sol, appears to be weaker on him and it was on his father. Not all men are equally destined for greatness, and it appears that he will have to deal with many crisis and though times ahead.

And that, cause Sol, has selected another person, to be blessed with it's graciousness, and bring light to his corner of the world.

It is you to select, however, which story shall we follow next.

>A)Continue playing with Laconia
>B)Switch to another nation.

>>4362110
>A)Continue playing with Laconia

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By the way, if we were to play with another nation, we would be doing it in a new region, that being that of the dreaded sea of dark, continuing on from the year 1050

>>4362110
>B)Switch to another nation.

I think switching would be best. Laconia looks like it's going to be able to streamroll most of it's competition right now. Also I'd like to see more of the world, and see it from something that's not from the Solist-Laconia perspective.

>>4362110
>B)Switch to another nation.
Could be cool

>>4362136
>B)Switch to another nation.
We can unite the world later, Desmon can have his own life until then.

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>>4362136
>>4362153
>>4362169
Alright then, as per your wish, we shall leave the Laconians and the white sea to venture into the wonders and mysterious of the sea of dark.

The dark sea, also known of the sea of dark, or Marea Neagra, is a large sea conected to the sea of light through the straits of Byzantion in the byzaian empire. Infamous thanks to it's dark and stormy waters, full of pirates, and it's lack of civilization.

Compared to the numerous civilizations and noble empire that had littered the sea of light's shore through the centuries. the dark sea and it's shores remains an unexplored and untamed wild place, full of barbarian and nomadic tribes, as well as adventurers and daring merchants, seeking to tame it's waters.

Within this land, there are many people and kingdoms looking to control it, either to civilize the place in the name of their gods, build an mighty empire, or to sack and subjugate anyone that stand in their way. These people are:

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>>4362185
>The restored Byzaian empire (Purple), lead by Constance the restorator, he wants to restore the glory of the old empire and to make it into a force to be reckoned with, however, he knowns that expanding into the laconian dominated white sea, like the trakians once tried to, would be an mistake, and so, he looks towards the south with ambitious eyes.

>The Empire of pontus (light blue), lead by Alexios the blessed. Having gained independence from the trakians, the people of pontus, lead by their new emperor, want to make their own mark upon the world, by spreading the light of sol through these dark water, as well to create an new empire worthy of competing with their neighboors.

>The Trakian kingdom, (Dark salmon), having been kicked off Byzantion by constance, the surviving trakians retreated back to their southern homelands to lick their wounds. Beaten but not broken, these trakians aspire to reconquer their old empire. However, trapped between the resurgent byzaians and the barbarians tribes from the south, they will have a hard time doing so.

>The voivodeships of Dachia, (dark gold), these wild and rowdy mountain people, have had endure numerous conquerors and invaders in the past, however, with the decline of the trakians, they now find themselves free for the first time in centuries, to either raid or conquer as they wish.

>Principiate of the Goths, (Dark blue), Having migrated from the cold north to settle in the warm waters of the dark sea, this nation of raiders and pirates, seeks not only to plunder, but also to create a new homeland for their people. In adition to that, while they might be solists, the principate is neither of the dawning or rising sun, for they follow an almost heretical denomination of it called the dark sun.

>Skithian Khaganate, (yellow), a nation of nomands and herders coming from the far west, this confederation of nomads have come to settle in the fertile plains of sarmatia, and coverted to the lunarian faith, yet, their thirst for raid and conquest remains.

>Alani tribes, (Brown), a mixture of mountain people in the north, and nomad pastoralists in the south, these wild untamed tribes of caucasia, have endured and survived the rise and fall of multiple empires and faiths, thanks to their abilities as fearsome mercenaries and horsemen.

>>4362202
>The voivodeships of Dachia

It'd be a shame if someone were to sack the great city of Byzantion...

>>4362202
Which brown are the Alani? I see multiple browns on the map

>>4362213
The one to the west of the goths

>>4362215
>Alani tribes

Changing my vote Alani, I though the ones west of goths were the Dachia.

>>4362110
>A)Continue playing with Laconia

>>4362202
>Alani tribes, (Brown), a mixture of mountain people in the north, and nomad pastoralists in the south, these wild untamed tribes of caucasia, have endured and survived the rise and fall of multiple empires and faiths, thanks to their abilities as fearsome mercenaries and horsemen.

>>4362215
Sure, let's go with them

>>4362202
>Alani tribes, (Brown), a mixture of mountain people in the north, and nomad pastoralists in the south, these wild untamed tribes of caucasia, have endured and survived the rise and fall of multiple empires and faiths, thanks to their abilities as fearsome mercenaries and horsemen
Let us unite a new kingdom

>>4362202
>Principiate of the Goths
I want to sack cities

Current vote Tally is 2 for the goths and 3 for the Alani.

It is that ok, or does anyone else want to change their vote, or something.

>>4362314
Switching to the goths
Raiding time

>>4362314
I only see like one vote for the goths.
>>4362233
Are you talking about this dude? I'm pretty sure he's voting for the Alani

>>4362314
>Principiate of the Goths

>>4362314
>>4362325
Yeah, sorry if I was unclear, I meant "sure, let's go with the Alani" as in voting for them. I'll still play if we end up going with Crimean Goths though

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>>4362342
>>4362328
>>4362325
>>4362322

(Alright then, don't worry i have an idea.)

A long time ago, before the death of Rhaddia, the goths and alani were nothing but just two barbaric tribes on the shores of the dark sea, battling and raiding with each other and with their neighboors for loot and plunder. It was a simple life for these simple people, as it had been for the last centuries of so. Yet, what neither of them knew, was that things would change drastically for them, and that their destinies would be intertwined.

In the year 1025, on the darkest of days, during the middle of a solar eclipse, a pair of twins were born on the Gothic-Alani border to a humble and poor mixed family.

Shortly after their birth, their parents died from a skithian incursion that was happening at the time, forcing the two boys to live in the wild for many days, before each of them was rescued by a Gothic sailor and a Alani herder, separating the twins, as each of their adoptive guardians brought them further inland of their respective nation.

What neither of their new guardians knew at the moment, was that the two of them were marked to be destined for greatness, not by sol nor luna, mind you, but by the dark gods themselves.

>What were their names ?

>>4362387
Abaddon and Solomon

>>4362387
>Mike Hunt
>Ankhbayar

>>4362387
Alani: Alkas
Gothic: Abaddon (I'm a sucker for 40k)

>>4362408
Support for this

>>4362387
Seconding>>4362392

>>4362408
The names of the two boy were Alkas and Abaddon, those who were destined to bring a new age for the dark sea.

But before can talk about them, let us talk about their rise to power, beggining with abbadon, whose hair was as gold as his fortunes, and his eyes as green as his ambition.

After being brought to the city of theodoro by his sailor step-father. Abbadon spent most of his youth learning the ropes of being a good warrior and sailor, going on multiple raids and bringing the best loot, eventally becoming a strong, corageous, if a bit dim, man. Rapidly rising up the ranks of the army to become a general of his own at the young age of 24

Near the end of the year of 1049, taking advantage of the current leader's weakness unpopularity after a failed war, and with most of the army support, he executed a coup , deposing the king, taking up his place, and moping up those loyal to him.

Now, king and prince of the goths, Abaddon, must stabilize the internal situation of his realm, lest it hold him back on his ambitions.

Politics of Gothia

>Stability: Low
>Royal court: unhappy
>Army: loyal
>Influence: mild.

>Write in what to do using a d10

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>4362454
Let's have a raid on those Pontics, and be sure to bring the whole court along.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4362454
>Increase stability
Thus begins the reign of Abaddon the Despoiler

>>4362458
+1

>>4362458
Rolled a 8
Since the entire point of his coup was to demostrate that he ws an stronger and better leader than the one you replaced, Abaddon decided that is first order as king, was to launch a raid on the pontics, to and bring loot to the nation.

The raid was a sucess, bringing some much needed wealth and influence to his cause, and with a couple of bribes to the right people, Abaddon had secured internal support, even if the kingdom was still prettt unstable.
>Influence goes from mild to decent
>Court goes from unhappy to neutral.

>>4362515
Following his successful raid against pontus, Abaddon proceeded to review the army he had inherited from the previous king. While not as good as he expected for them to be, he was confident that he would make his army the best of the land.

>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) numbers 3000
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 4/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 3000
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 2000

>Write in using a d10 for military action

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>4362525
This rabble needs more discipline!

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>4362525
Focus on our cavalry so we can better engage in fast raids and overwhelm our enemies!

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4362525
Force them to go through tougher drills to make sure they are in top shape!

>>4362540
Rolled 7

With most of the gothic army composed of infantry, one would think that Abaddon would focus on improving them, but no, for he instead, focused on improving his cavalry, as he believed that no army should have a weak link, dragging everyone else down.

>Gothic knights discipline goes from 4 to, defense goes from 5 to 6

Either way, having now reviewed his army, Abaddon moved towards something that he himself admited he was not good at, the economy, for even despite how small and simple the economy of the principiate was, he sometimes struggled to comprehend it, that said, nevertheless he made an effort into improving it.


Economy of Gothia
>Goat herding, size 4/10, rudimentary(0.5), profit 2◘
>Fishing, size 4/10, rudimentary(0.5), profit 2◘
>Farming, size 2/10, basic (1), profit 2◘

>Taxing, Medium, Inefficient: Revenue lost 1◘

In adition to the complexities of the internal economy, the principiate adquired most of their money through the use of raiding, which, while effective, only worked as long as you were stronger than the other, and you had enemies to fight.

>Raiding size: 3, Profit 6◘, (each size requires 2000 soldiers to mantain

>Write in using a d10 for economic action.

>>4362716
(stupid phone)

>Gothic knights discipline goes from 4 to 5, defense goes from 5 to 6

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>4362716
Improve fishing technology

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4362716
>Increase the size of farms

>>4362745
Rolled 1 (1d10)

With farming being the most technologically advanced fields, that the goths had in their economy, Abaddon wanted to improve on that area, with the intention of becoming rich through the use massive farming complexes.

However, that idea failed as soon as he began working on it, as a particulary nasty winter, prevented him to construct more farms, and even buring some under the snow. That said, not wanting to give up in his ambitions, he instead ordered the displaced farmers to just fish or goat herd while he dealt with the problem.

>Size of goat herding goes from 4 to 5
>Size of fishing goes from 4 to 5
>Size of farming goes from 2 to 1
>Income remains the same.

Either way, having now consolidated his new realm, Abaddon was ready to look outside his domain, however, just before he could do that, he recieved a note from none other than his long lost twin Alkas. Who had now becomed the new highchief of the alani.

>>4362840
With abbadon rise to power stablished, let us look a now at the one his brother Alkas, whose red hair is as bright as his spirit, and his blue eyes as cold as his mind, had.

After leaving with his adoptive father to the inner mountains of Alania, Alkas grew to be an skilled and cunning mind, who used his intellect to work as an silk merchant, becoming one of the most influential persons in the realm, and being invited as an advisor by the king of the Alani for his numerous talents.

However, this was product of nothing but the first of many plots that Alkas would execute over the years, to position himself closer to the king and gain his trust. One day, the elderly and sonless king of the alani, agreed to hold a vote for the confirmation of who should succed him, as per Alkas request, who unsurprisingly won the vote, becoming the prince of the Alani.

Naturally, the king would come to die of illness a couple of years later, making Alkas the new king of the Alani as he always wanted to be. However before he could use his powers as king to manage the army and economy of Alania, he had to first consolidate his political position.

>Stability: Medium
>Council of Elders: Cold.
>Army: Disloyal
>Influence: High.

>>4362866
>Write in what to do using a d10

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4362866
>Pull a few strings to quietly reorganize key leadership positions in the army to our supporters

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>4362866
>Discreetly sow conflict between the Council of Elders and the Army, allowing Alkas to convince both sides to cede power and loyalty to him

>>4362954
supporting this

>>4362954
Rolled 10 (1d10)

Alkas knew that since neither he was an elder nor an warrior, he wouldn't be able to secure the loyaly either, however, he had in his disposal the tools and methods to sow discord between the two sides, so that he could emerge as an compromise figure, and convice the two give them them power and authority for fear of the other.

>Influence goes from high to very high
>Army goes from disloyal to cold.
>Stability goes from medium to medium-high.

With the realm of politics now pacified, Elkas turned his attention towards the army, who after years of internal conflict, now needed to be rebuilt.

>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) numbers 2000
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 2000
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 2000

>Write in using a d10 for military action

>>4362954
,+1

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>4363102
>Bolster the light cav's numbers

I swear if I roll my third straight 1

>>4363172
Rolled 4 (1d10)

With the army smaller than ever in decades, rebuilding it was one of Alkas top priorities, as he planned to use them to raid and conquer the skithians and pontics, and cement his dominion over the dark sea. Unfortunately for him, however, due to his unpopularity with the warriors casts, only a part of the warriros he asked for came to him.

>1000 Alani horsemen built for a total of 3000

Deciding to deal with the army at a latter date, Alkas focused his attention to the High Chiefdom's which while it was bigger from what you would expect from a barbarian nation such as the alani, it still had some room to grow.

Economy of Alania

>Silk trade (3/5), Improved(2), profit 6◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (3/10), Basic (1), profit 3◘
>Mining, (2/10), Rudimentary (0.5), profit 1◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0 (You can lower taxes to encourage growth at the expense of revenue and viceversa)
>Raiding size 2, profit 2◘

>Write in using a d10 for economic action.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>4363214
>Buy foreign expertise to advance our knowledge of mining

>>4363290
Rolled 1 (1d10)

Seeking to improve the economy of his small realm, Alkas decided to import some foreign expertise from the newly resurgent Byzaians in order to impove Alania's mining industry.

Unfortunately for him, however, Emperor Constance wasn't too keen on sharing imperial secrets with such simple barbarians, so Alkas had to plead and plead, in order to recieve the technology he so desired. At the end of the day though, Constance agreed to help the alani by sending them mining equipment, but not before practically robbing the high chiefdown blind.

>Mining goes from rudimentary(0.5) to basic(1), profit goes from 1 to 2.
>The Alani won't begin the game with a treasury.

(well guys, i hope you're liking this new take on the game, i am excited to show you the ideas and scenarios i have prepared, but that will have to wait until tomorrow, see ya)

>>4363390
Either way, having now consolidated his reign over the Alani, Alkas turned his attention towards his western neighboor, the gothi. But more specifically, their new leader, Abaddon, who according to his research, was none other than his long lost twin, and so, with that in mind, he sent him a note.

A few days later

>"So, you're now the new highchief of the Alani right, brother", said Abaddon
>"Yes, and i have too noticed that you're the new gothic king, Ab", said Elkas.
>", Yeah, i ousted the previous king for being a weakling, how did you got in power ?", asked Abaddon.
>"ohh, nothing, i just tricked the highchief to make me his heir, and waited for him to die", Elkas responded.
>"Did you kill him or something ?", replied Abaddon.
>"Oh course not, doing so would have created more problems for me, than just waiting", Elkas replied.
>"Well, either way, why did you summon me brother ?", Abaddon questioned.
>"For a treaty", responded Elkas.

And so, with the meeting a sucess, the two brothers made a pact, to lead their respective nations towards glory together, and look for eachother when the other need it the most.

>Gothia and Alania becomes military Allies

>>4364026
YEAR 1051

With their new pact stablished, the two brothers would work together to lead Gothia and Alania towards greatness, but first, each of them would have to continue to consolidate their position.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) numbers 3000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 2◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 3000, Upkeep 2◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘

--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 5/10, rudimentary(0.5), profit 2.5◘
>Fishing, size 5/10, rudimentary(0.5), profit 2.5◘
>Farming, size 1/10, basic (1), profit 1◘

>Taxing, Medium, Inefficient: Revenue lost 1◘
>Raiding size: 3, Profit 6◘, (6000 ocuppied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Low
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Cold

--OVERALL--
>Income 11
>Expenses 5
>Yearly profit 6
>Treasury 30

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 6 for each.

>>4364028
ALANIA REVIEW
--MILITARY


>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) numbers 2000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 2000, upkeep 2◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 2500, upkeep 2.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (3/5), Improved(2), profit 6◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (3/10), Basic (1), profit 3◘
>Mining, (2/10), Basic (1), profit 2◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 2, profit 2◘ (4000 occupied soldiers)


--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium-high
>Council of Elders: Cold.
>Army: Col
>Influence: Very High.

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Very Unfriendly
>Skithians: Neutral

--OVERALL--
>Income 16
>Expenses 6.5
>Yearly profit 9.5
>Treasury 0

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 6 for each.

>>4364030
Are we playing as both nations?

Rolled 6, 3 = 9 (2d10)

>>4364036
Nevermind, I cant read apparently. This looks exciting QM
For Alania
>develop pastures
>develop the silk trade
So far its the most profitable trade we have so might as well get it done.

Rolled 4, 1 = 5 (2d6)

>>4364028
>Improve fishing tech
>Improve herding tech
They are quite big and if we can up their tech, it’s a lot of money for us.

>>4364046
>>4364075
Alania

Rolled 6, 3 = 9 (2d10)

With their alliance secured, the alani under alkas began to focus their efforts into improving the economy of the high chiefdom, by expanding their silk and pasture industries as they would be doing most of the heavy lifting regarding the money supply.

>Pastures go from size 3/10 to 5/10, profit changes from 3 to 5
>Silk trade goes from size 3/10 to 4/10, profit changes from 6+3 to 9+3

Gothia

Rolled 4, 1 = 5 (2d6)

Meanwhile, abbadon began to focus their efforts into improving his realm's technology, as he knew that if he wanted to challenge the northerners, he would need to have a better economic base, to support and supply his armies.

>Fishing goes from type rudimentary(0.5) to basic(1), profit changes from 2.5 to 5
>Goat herding goes from type rudimentary(0.5) to basic(1), profit changes from 2.5 to 5

>>4364095
YEAR 1052
With the economy of the principate now growing in rates unseen in years, Abaddon felt more secured into investing into a bigger army, with better weapons and armor, with Elkas feeling the same.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) numbers 3000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 2◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 3000, Upkeep 2◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘

--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 5/10, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Fishing, size 5/10, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Farming, size 1/10, basic (1) , profit 1◘

>Taxing, Medium, Inefficient: Revenue lost 1◘
>Raiding size: 3, Profit 6◘, (6000 ocuppied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Low
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Cold

--OVERALL--
>Income 16
>Expenses 6
>Yearly profit 10
>Treasury 36

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4364101
ALANIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) numbers 2000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 2000, upkeep 2◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 2500, upkeep 2.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/5), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/10), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Mining, (2/10), Basic (1), profit 2◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 2, profit 2◘ (4000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium-high
>Council of Elders: Cold.
>Army: Cold
>Influence: Very High.

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Very Unfriendly
>Skithians: Neutral

--OVERALL--
>Income 21
>Expenses 15.5
>Yearly profit 9.5
>Treasury 9.5

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 6 for each.

>>4364104
Sorry for expenses it should 6.5 and for profit 14.5, in adition to that the dice is 10, not 6 (stupid phone)

Rolled 9, 5 = 14 (2d10)

>>4364101
For Gothia:
>Military Action: Build a fortress along our narrow border with the Skithians (or improve it if we already have one)
>Military Action: Recruit more professional pikes and knights

Rolled 4, 9 = 13 (2d10)

>>4364104
For Alania:
>Military action: Improve discipline of all the troops
>Military action: recruit more troops (get them to 3000 each)

Everyone, since we're playing two nations at once, i'm going to need two actions for each of them.

>>4364148
>>4364171
+1

Rolled 10, 1 = 11 (2d10)

>>4364179
very well.
For Gothia
>Increase stability
and
>Increase efficiency of taxing

Rolled 8, 6 = 14 (2d10)

>>4364179
Oh, I thought we would only give actions for one nation per poster. So we would post 4 total actions with 4d10 per post, right?

If so, add to my previous post:

For Alania:
>Military Action: Introduce drills to improve troop discipline
>Political Action: Centralize tax collection to make it more efficient

>>4364148
Rolled 9, 5 = 14 (2d10)

Gothia

With conflict on the horizon, Abbadon made the decision to build a new castle in the Gothic-skithian border, with the clear intent of not only building up his defenses, but also as a show of force agains't the nomads.

>Krim castle built (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

Aditionally, he made the call for new pike and knight recruits, to counteract the Skithians forces, i was a little expensive to pay for their equipment, but he knew it was worthy.

>2000 gothic knights and 2000 gothic pikemen built for a total of 4000 and 4000.
>16◘ treasury spent.

>>4364171
Rolled 4, 9 = 13 (2d10)

Alania

Alkas knew that if he was going to fight agains't the pontics, he would need to match their disciplined and professional forces, and so, for that reason, he proceded to execute a widespread purge of all incompetent, lazy and nepotistic soldiers and commanders in the army. While this made a dent in his numbers, it also increased their overall quality and discipline.

>All units lose 1000 men, all units gain +1 discipline.

Having now gotten rid of the undisciplined rabble, Alkas then proceded to build again his forces from the ground up, making a general call for new recruits, valoring individual talent and expertise instead of high class priviledges and nepotism.

>2000 Alani horsemen,2000 alani lancers, 2000 alani swordsmen, and 1000 alani cataphracts built,

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>>4364193
YEAR 1053

With their armies strong and numerous, both Alkas and Abbadon knew that it was time for them to expand their borders, however, even with all their recent sucesses, and combined strenght, they only had enough forces as to take a single opponent at the time, so they had to be careful to choose their target. Which leaves us with two possible options.

>A) Attack the Pontics, Favoured by Alkas, he wants for the dual alliance to make a preemptive strike against the empire of pontus, lest them become a serious thread in the far future. While the rewards would be great, so would the risks, as the Pontics small but well trained army could give them a tough fight.

>B) Attack the Skithians, Favoured by Abaddon, he wants for the dual alliance to get rid of the immediate thread that supposes the Skithian nomads. While that would get rid of these raiders and invaders, doing so, could also be a dangerous gamble, as the Skithians, weak but numerous forces could drown them out.

>C) Wait a few years to further build our armies

>>4364198
>B) Attack the Skithians, Favoured by Abaddon, he wants for the dual alliance to get rid of the immediate thread that supposes the Skithian nomads. While that would get rid of these raiders and invaders, doing so, could also be a dangerous gamble, as the Skithians, weak but numerous forces could drown them out.

>>4364198
>B) Attack the Skithians, Favoured by Abaddon, he wants for the dual alliance to get rid of the immediate thread that supposes the Skithian nomads. While that would get rid of these raiders and invaders, doing so, could also be a dangerous gamble, as the Skithians, weak but numerous forces could drown them out.
We can bait them into attacking our castle, where their numbers will be meaningless in the chokepoint

>>4364210
They are probably divided in clans too so perphaps we could incite a civil war too.

>>4364198
>B) Attack the Skithians, Favoured by Abaddon, he wants for the dual alliance to get rid of the immediate thread that supposes the Skithian nomads. While that would get rid of these raiders and invaders, doing so, could also be a dangerous gamble, as the Skithians, weak but numerous forces could drown them out.

>>4364221
>>4364210
>>4364205
>B) Attack the Skithians,

After talking about it for a while, both Alkas and Abaddon reached the same conclusion, that the skithian thread must be dealt with, if they were to survive, lest their constant raids and assaults destroy any chance they had to dominate the dark sea. With that said, using a minor raid as an excuse, they declared war on the skithians and gathered their warriors to fight.

>War has been declared between the dual alliance and the Skithian nomads.

>2000 Alani horsemen,2000 alani lancers, 2000 alani swordsmen, and 2000 alani cataphracts will be available to the battle.
>4000 gothic pikemen ,2000 gothic levies, 2000 gothic bands, and 3000 gothic knights will be available to the battle.

That said, having been so focused in the discussion about the target, both Alkas and Abaddon had forgotten about discussing what would their war plan be before they declared war. Meaning that as the Skithian khan gathers his hordes, the two of them will have to set up a war plan and fast.

On one hand they could play defensively, with Abaddon focusing on defense with his new castle while Alkas uses his superior cavalry to attack the skithians in the back. But on the other hand, they could be agressive, with Abaddon launching a naval assault on the skithian's costal towns, while Alkas rushes in with his cavalry to destroy the skithians before they are ready. With another possibily being for Alkas to sow discord among the skithian clans, while Abaddon picks them one by one, avoiding the larger force.

>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>4364328
The goths should give their cavalry to the Alans, and then play defense. Have all the outlying peasants start gathering their resources and preparing to move either into or behind the castle.

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>4364328
Now, with this great force of cavalry, the Alan's should run through Skithian territory, burning as they go and most importantly, looking for a major fight.

The alani infantry may follow at their own speed, taking whatever wealth they can find.

Rolled 57, 90 = 147 (2d100)

>>4364328
>Gothi strategy should be to capture Skithian lands
>Alani should focus on harassing the enemy army

>>4364369
Supporting this

Rolled 45, 12 = 57 (2d100)

>>4364328
>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
Gather forces at the castle and use it as a launching point for raids and general attacks.

>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100
Aid Gothia in their raids and harass the Skithians with their more mobile force.

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>>4364369
Rolled 57

Using the advantage of surprise, and having the first move, abaddon ordered twelve thousand of his men to move in against the skithians before they had a chance of react, and capture as many villages and loot as possible.
The strategy was largely sucessfull early on, with the gothi capturing village after village, unhowever, it turned out that this was a strategy of the skithians, to draw them in, while they executed hit and run attacks at they retreated back to the capital, which now stands close to the gothi front.

>500 gothi levies and 500 gothi bands lost.
>Gothi captures 2 months worth of supplies, and advances close to the capital.

Rolled 90

Meanwhile, for his part, Alkas decided to use his superior cavalry force to harrass the skithian army and advance deep into their territory. Not expecting to deal with two coordinated attacks at the same time, the skithians retreated back to their capital, ceeding the alani much of the east, but not before fighting back.

>Skithians lose 1000 Skithian horse archers.
>Alani lose 500 alani horsemen.
>Alani captures 2 months worth of supplies, and advances close to the capital.

>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100

>>4364441
Skithian army composition

>Steppe horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 5/Discipline 5/ Tactics 7/ speed 9/ equip 4) numbers 4000,
>Steppe lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 7/ equip 5) numbers 3000,
>Steppe tribesmen (axe inf) (atk 5/def 2/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 3) numbers 5000,
>Skithian horse archers (Horse arch) (atk 8/def 3/Discipline 7/ Tactics 8/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 4000,
>Skithian cataphracts (H.cav) (atk 7/def 6 /Discipline 5/ Tactics 4/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 2500
>Noble amazonic archers (arch) (atk 5/def 4/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 4000,

Rolled 13, 51 = 64 (2d100)

>>4364441
>Gothi strategy is to continue marching and raiding
>Alani continues it’s harassment

Rolled 29, 41 = 70 (2d100)

>>4364441
>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
March towards their capital area, taking loot as they march and being ready to fight.
>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100
Continue to harass the enemy, but be ready to pincer the Skithian army if they engage onto the Gothi. Sort of like a hammer and anvil, I guess.

Rolled 1, 39 = 40 (2d100)

>>4364441
Supporting>>4364505

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>>4364535
Rolled 29
The gothi continued on with their march towards the skithian capital, taking and capturing many villages and loot as the marched fowards. But unfortunately for them, however, this was exactly what the skithians wanted as they deliberately left their villages undefended so that the gothi army would become heavy and slow due all the loot, making them vulnerable to more hit and run attacks.

>Gothi capture 20◘ in loot
>Gothi army speed reduced
>Gothi arrive at the Skithian capital
>Gothi lose 500 gothi levies and 500 gothi bands

Rolled 41

At the same as the gothi advance ocurred, Alkas and his alani began to plan an pincer attack against the skithians to deal with their army by attacking them with the gothi in multiple directions, and to surround the capital. The plan went well at first, with Alkas moping up some minor skithian forces, and managing to arrive at the Skithian capital just in time to link up with the gothi.

Unfortunately for him, however, he had realized a rather serious mistake during his manouver, as he overextended his forces to thin in order to reach the capital, puting the alani army at a grave risk of being cut off by the still largely intact skithians.

>Skithians lose 1000 steppe tribesmen.
>Alani arrive at the skithian capital
>Alani army links up with goths
>Alani army becomes spread thin

In such situation, both Alkas and Abaddon, know that they have basically two choices at this point, either they attack and siege the Skithian capital, which while short on heavy defenses, would leave them exposed at the flanks by the skithian army. Or they could decide to first deal with the Skithians left behind, and hope to deal with their capital later.

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

>>4364604
Our current combined army

>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) numbers 1500,
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 2000,
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000,
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 2000,


>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) numbers 1000.
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 4000,
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 1000
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 4000,

Total numbers: 17500
Enemy numbers: 22500

Rolled 57, 17 = 74 (2d100)

>>4364750
>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
Secure loot (if possible share a portion with the Alani), kill stragglers and forces not safe in the skithian capital and consolidate forces and new land space capture while planning to lay seige to the Skithian capital

>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100
Destroy stragglers while capturing loot . Efforts must be made to consolidate forces leaving strong lines of communication and reinforcement among troops in the area . Care must be taken to make efficient use of the Alani warriors, ensuring that they are safe from additional looses at the hands of the Skithian . Harassment is still a powerful choice here

Rolled 24, 1 = 25 (2d100)

>>4364604
Gothi action: Start pillaging and burning everything as well as aiding the Alani
Alani action: Go hunt down the units that are outside the capital with hit and run tactics

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>>4364874
>>4364883
Rolled 24+57 /2, = 40.5

Knowing that in order to win the war, he would have to break the skithians first, while elevating his own position, Abaddon ordered his men to secure even more loot and to burn and pillage down all the villages and outliying forces they came across as they surrounded the capital, as well as to send back the loot to theodosia. While half of it was intercepted by a skithian raid, they were able to capture some more, but not without paying the price.

>10◘ of loot sent back to theodosia
>Gothi capture 10◘ in loot
>Skithians lose 1000 steppe lancers
>Gothi lose 1000 pikemen.
>Gothi surround skithian capital

1 = 25 (2d100)

While Abaddon was focused on the capital and the loot, Alkas decided to focus his forces into dealing with the Skithian forces they left behind, lest them become an hindrace.

His strategy for dealing with them, was to use hit and run tactics to harrass them and thin their numbers. While this strategy worked initially, the Skithians weren't just sitting idly while this was happening, and so, they counterattacked by ambushing and encircling a full regiment of Cataphracts.

The Cataphracts, of course, weren't going downwithout a fight either, and so, a bloody skirmish ensued, with both sides taking heavy casualties. At the end of the day, though, the Skithians were forced to retread to organize their forces inside the pocket, allowing the Alani to fully encircle them, but not without losing half their cataphrats.

>Skithian army encircled.
>Skithians lose 1000 noble amazonic women, 1000 steppe tribesmen and 1000 steppe horsemen. and 500 Skithian cataphracts.
>Alani lose 1000 alani catapracts

Despite the heavy loses, With the both the Skithiancapital and the main Skithian army encircled, both Alkas and Abaddon now found themselves at a critical oportunity to wipe the skithians out. Meaning that they cannot afford any mistakes in the next move.

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

>>4364947
(well everyone, that's everything for today, i hope you're enjoying this, see ya tomorrow)

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>4364947
Encircle them, but leave an area of the circle conspicuously open so that they won't fight to the death.

Rolling for the Goths.

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>4364947
Finish off the remainder of the army
Rolling for the Alani

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>4364947
Supporting >>4364991

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>>4364977
Rolled 65 (1d100)

With the capital almost completely encircled, Abaddon decided that if was the best time now to close in and attack the Skitians, while at the same time, leaving them and small gap to let some of them escape so that they wouldn't fight to death.

The battle was intense, with the skithians lauching volleys and volleys of arrows at the gothi, and them forming shield walls to stop them. Eventually though, the gothi arrived at the wooden walls and palisades of their settlement, which they dealt with by setting them on fire, opening an breach, and preparing to enter inside the city.

While some skithians managed to escape from the city, and some gothi were lost during the advance, the gothi now find themselves ready to conquer and sack the place.

>Skithians lose 1000 noble amazonic women, 1000 steppe tribesmen and 500 skithian horse archers.
>1000 skithian cataphracts, 1000 noble amazonic women and 1000 steppe horsemen flee the city to regroup in the east.

>Skithian capital walls breached
>Gothi lose 500 pikemen and pike gothic knights.

Rolled 10+78 /2 = 44

The Alani for their part continued on trying to finish off the remainder of the Skithian army trapped inside the pocket, and while they did have some successes mooping up some minor troops, most of the core of the army took advantage of the thinness of the Alani lines to escape through a gap to the east to reorganize.

>Skithians lose 1000 steppe tribesmen.
>1000 skithian cataphracts, 1000 noble amazonic women, and 1000 skithian horse archers and 1000 steppe horsemen flee the pocket to regroup in the east

>Western pocket closed.
>Alani lose 500 alani swordsmen

With the capital breached, and most of the skithians fleeing to the east, it's time now to knock them out of the war

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

Rolled 16, 48 = 64 (2d100)

>>4365768
>Gothi assault the capitals breach
>Alani cut off the retreat for the capital

>>4365850
Rolled 16,

With the capital open for the attack, The gothi tried to lauch a knight incursion into the city to deal the remaining skithians, however, the skithians refused to let them into the city, with both warriors, women, elders, and even children working together to stop the gothi advance.

It looks like Abaddon will have to slay the capital's population into submission before he can conquer the place.

>Gothi advance halted
>Gothi lose 500 gothic knights

Rolled 48

Meanwhile, back with Alkas, he ordered the Alani to cut off the retreating skithian soldiers using his cavalry to catch them before they could arrive in the east. However, unfortunaly for him, while he managed to cut down some of them, the majority of the army once again, managed to escape from his grasp.

>Skithians lose 500 skithian horse archers.
>The rest of the Skithian army manages to escape east.

Either way, while the skithian army may have managed to escaped into safety, their capital now is practically defenceless, time to deal the killing blow!

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

>>4365922
Sorry for the duplicate

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>4365922
For the Goths. Leave no person or property untaken.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>4365922
>Alani join the assault of the capital

>>4366032
>>4366040
Rolled 58 + 38

With most of the skithian army having fled east, it was time now for Abaddon and Alkas to finally conquer their capital.

Knowing that it would be a hard thing to do, specially with all of it's inhabitants joining up on the defense. They decided that they would have no mercy, and that they would slay anyone that opposed them regardless of age, gender or status. The skithian menace had to die.

And so, with that, what followed was nothing short of a bloody massacre, as the combined gothi-alani force killed, burned and looted everything in their path.

At the end of the day, though, after a though fight, the dual alliance had risen victorious, as the city the khan's royal tent was their's, albeit, not without sacrifice.

>Cimmeria captured
>Skithian garrison slaughtered
>30 in loot captured.
>Gothi lose 1000 gothic knights, 500 gothic levies, and 1000 gothic pikemen
>Alani lose 500 Cataphracts, 1000 alani lancers, and 1000 alani swordsmen

>>4366087
With his capital captured and burned, and with most his western territories invaded, the Khan of the skithians, facing an open revolt in his remaining eastern territories, decided that it was time to cut his loses, and migrate east. And so, he sent a letter to Alkaa and Abaddon calling for peace and a truce, surrendering his western territories to them.

While Alkas was more than happy to end the war in a good note, Abaddon for his part, wanted to continue the fight not matter what. And so, the two of them began to discuss about what should they do.

>A) accept the treaty
>B) continue the war

>>4366093
There are many more opponents for Abaddon to face. Accept the treaty.

>>4366093
>A) accept the treaty

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>>4366102
>>4366096
>A) accept the treaty

And so, after discussing it for a while, Abaddon came to the conclusion that they were more opponents for him to fight in the future, and that they should rebuild their armies now, by first accepting the treaty

>The war between Skithians and the dual alliance has ended.
>Gothia and Alania annex Cimmeria and Maeotis respectively
>7 year truce stablished between Skithians and the Dual alliance.

YEAR 1054
Having kicked the Skithians east of the donbass, both Abaddon and Alkas have become the masters of the Maeotis sea, which while tiny compared to the wider dark sea, it's still a stepping stone for the two brothers to abtain greatness.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) numbers 1500, Upkeep 0.75◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 2◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 1500, Upkeep 0.5◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 1500, Upkeep 0.75◘

--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 5/12, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Fishing, size 5/10, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Farming, size 1/12, basic (1) , profit 1◘

>Taxing, Medium, Inefficient: Revenue lost 1◘
>Raiding size: 3, Profit 6◘, (6000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Low
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

---Province integration
>Cimmeria: (3/10), Natives: Angry

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile, Truce (Expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 16
>Expenses 5.5
>Yearly profit 10
>Treasury 46

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4366200
ALANIA REVIEW

With Alkas having proved himself in battle, he has gained the trust of part of the military, however, with his heavy loses, he will have to rebuilt his army again practically from scratch.

--MILITARY

>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 500, upkeep 0.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/5), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/10), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Mining, (2/10), Basic (1), profit 2◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 1, profit 1◘ (2000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium-high
>Council of Elders: Cold.
>Army: Neutral
>Influence: Very High.

---Province integration
>Maeotis: (2/10), Natives: skeptical

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Very Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile (truce expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 19
>Expenses 2.5
>Yearly profit 16.5
>Treasury 29

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 6 for each.

Rolled 7, 4, 4, 9 = 24 (4d10)

>>4366200
Gothi:
>Military action: Replenish troops
>Economic action: Put tax reforms in place to decrease inefficiency

Alani:
Military action: Recruit Light cavalry
Political action: Send settlers to Maeotis

>>4366311
Rolled 7, 4, 4, 9 = 24 (4d10)

Gothia

With most of his army in low numbers due to the war, Abaddon made the decision to replenish it as soon as possible in order to prepare for his next target. Of course, doing so wouldn't be free, as it would cost a lot of money to train and arm those new troops. So to deal with that, he began to implement some minor taxing reforms in the principiate, which while weren't enough to stop tax evasion, it was an start.

>1500 Gothic levies, Gothic bands, and Gothic pikement recruited, alongside 500 gothic knights for 30◘
>Taxing goes from Inefficient(revenue lost 1◘) to somewhat inefficient (revenue lost 0.5◘)

Alani

Meanwhile, Alkas focused on recruiting more light cavalry to his army, as well as to start the integration of Maeotis by sending alani settlers there, by rewarding warriors with land there to graz and settle.

>2000 Alani horsemen built for a total of 3000
>Integration of Maeotis goes from (2/10) to (6/10)

>>4366325
YEAR 1055
With their armies rebuilt, and peace finally stablished, the next step Abaddon's and Alkas's list should be to integrate and consolidate their new conquest, before they can prepare agains't their next target.


GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) numbers 3000, Upkeep 1.5◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2500, Upkeep 2.5◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 3000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 3000, Upkeep 1.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 5/12, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Fishing, size 5/10, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Farming, size 1/12, basic (1) , profit 1◘

>Taxing, Medium, Somewhat Inefficient: Revenue lost 0.5◘
>Raiding size: 3, Profit 6◘, (6000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Low
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

---Province integration
>Cimmeria: (3/10), Natives: Angry

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile, Truce (Expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 16
>Expenses 7.5
>Yearly profit 8.5
>Treasury 26

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4366338
ALANIA REVIEW

With Alkas having proved himself in battle, he has gained the trust of part of the military, however, with his heavy loses, he will have to rebuilt his army again practically from scratch.

--MILITARY

>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) numbers 3000, upkeep 1.5◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 500, upkeep 0.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/5), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/10), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Mining, (2/10), Basic (1), profit 2◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 1, profit 1◘ (2000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium-high
>Council of Elders: Cold.
>Army: Neutral
>Influence: Very High.

---Province integration
>Maeotis: (6/10), Natives: skeptical

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Very Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile (truce expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 19
>Expenses 3.5
>Yearly profit 15.5
>Treasury 29

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

Rolled 10, 1, 3, 10 = 24 (4d10)

>>4366338
Gothi:
>Military: invest yet again in boosting troops
>Economy: invest in goat herding for greater revenue

Alani:
>invest in silk trade
>rebuild army, looking especially at cataphract units

>>4366650
Supporting this

>>4366650
>Rolled 10, 1, 3, 10 = 24 (4d10)

Gothi

Abaddon knew that Gothia's strenght in the dual alliance was their ability to boast greater numbers to battle that the Alani, and so, since quantity has a quality of it's own, he made the call for more and more warriors to join his army.

>2000 Gothic levies, Gothic bands, and Gothic pikement recruited, alongside 1500 gothic knights free of charge.

In adition to that, he also made the effort into improving the methods by which the principiate herd goats, and how to increase their yield. It took many tries and a few pasture were burned in the process, but at the end of the day, they managed to get the stronger goats to reproduce with each other instead of the smaller ones.

>Goat herding goes from basic(0.5) to improved(1)
>Goat herding goes from size 5/12 to size 3/12

Alani

Meanwhile, Alkas and the Alani focused on further developing their silk trading industry, which were one of their most profitable ones. Unfortunately for them, however, they soon realized that there was a limit on how big they could make it grow, as there was only so much demand for silk at the time. Not to mention that they only controled one node of the silk route.

>Silk trading goes from 4/5 to 5/5

Either way, like the Gothi, most of the alani army had suffered serious casualties during the skithian war, and needed to be replaced. Luckily for Alkas, however, his victories during the war, had brought him the respect and loyalty of the army, something he realized the importance of, as thousands of new warriors came to his banner.

>2000 Alani cataphracts, Alani Lancers, and Alani swordsmen recruited, alongside 1000 Alani horsemen free of charge.

>>4366776
YEAR 1056

News come out to Abaddon's and Alkas ears that the pontics under Alexios the blessed is preparing a major anti-piracy operation in the dark sea to be held in a couple of years, surely putting them both at risk. Meaning that they should prepare for such event.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) numbers 5000, Upkeep 2.5◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 4000, Upkeep 4◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 5000, Upkeep 2◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 5000, Upkeep 2.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 3/12, Improved (2), profit 6◘
>Fishing, size 5/10, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Farming, size 1/12, basic (1) , profit 1◘

>Taxing, Medium, Somewhat Inefficient: Revenue lost 0.5◘
>Raiding size: 3, Profit 6◘, (6000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Low
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

---Province integration
>Cimmeria: (3/10), Natives: Angry

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile, Truce (Expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 17
>Expenses 12
>Yearly profit 5
>Treasury 34.5

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4366784
ALANIA REVIEW

--MILITARY

>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) numbers 4000, upkeep 2◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 3000, upkeep 3◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 3000, upkeep 1.5◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 2500, upkeep 2.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/5), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/10), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Mining, (2/10), Basic (1), profit 2◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 1, profit 1◘ (2000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium-high
>Council of Elders: Cold.
>Army: Neutral
>Influence: Very High.

---Province integration
>Maeotis: (6/10), Natives: skeptical

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Very Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile (truce expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 19
>Expenses 9
>Yearly profit 10
>Treasury 44.5

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

(well guys, i hope you're enjoying this, see you tomorrow)

Rolled 11, 16 = 27 (2d100)

>>4366784
You know who's good at this spear business? Folks in the sea of light.

>Military Action
Hire someone from the Sea of Light to turn our Gothic Levies into a new unit

>Political Action
Increase stability by sending out a guy whose job it is to listen to the people's grievances.

Rolled 53, 48 = 101 (2d100)

>>4366788
>Military Action
We must have gotten some Skithian bows in the war. Train the horsemen in their use and turn them into horse archers.

>Political Action
Assassinate some guys on the council of elders and replace them with people loyal to us.

>>4367024
>support
Later on we can hit and run the byzantion army.

>>4367024
>>4367016
Rolled 1, 6 (2d10)

Gothi

With the army expanded to high numbers, Abaddon decided that it was now the time to improve the quality of his troops, starting with the Gothic levies.

To that end, he hired a Laconian military advisor to overseer the training of his troops, and while he did delivered on his job by giving them proper training, his fee for the job was such ridicously high, Abaddon had to give away the entire treasury.

>Gothic levies (spear inf) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 4/ Tactics 4/ speed 5/ equip 5) become Gothic Spears (Spear inf) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6)
>34.5 treasure spent.

To deal with the money trouble, Abaddon decided, for once, to first stabilize the internal situation of the principiate by sending out a guy whose job was to listen to the people's grievances, and try to fix them.

>Gothia stability goes from low to Medium

Rolled 5,4 (2d10)

Alania

As this was happening in Gothia, back in Alania, Alkas decided to use some of the captured Skithian bows from the war, to train his Alani horsemen into the art of Horse archery. It took a while to do, but at then end of the year, he had his decent, if a bit more expensive to mantain, horse archer units.

>Alani horsemen (L.cav) (atk 5/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 6/ speed 9/ equip 5) become Alani Horse Archers (Horse Archer) (atk 7/def 3/Discipline 6/ Tactics 7/ speed 10/ equip 5) Upkeep changes from 2 to 2.5

In adition to that, he also tried to make the effort to secure the internal situation of his realm by assassinaing some guys on the council of elders and replacing them with people loyal to him. While the plot worked, and those most opposed to his rule were dead, it also hurt the internal stability of Alania as people dropping dead doesn't inspire much confidence.

>Alania stability goes from medium-high to medium
>Council of elders goes from cold to neutral.

>>4367698
YEAR 1057

As conflict with the Pontics becomes a ever more real posibility in the future, investing into a proper navy and siege equipment could prove to the be the key for Abaddon and Alkas to win, against the professional and advanced Pontic troops.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic Spears (Spear inf) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 5000, Upkeep 2.5◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 4000, Upkeep 4◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 5000, Upkeep 2◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 5000, Upkeep 2.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 3/12, Improved (2), profit 6◘
>Fishing, size 5/10, basic (1), profit 5◘
>Farming, size 1/12, basic (1) , profit 1◘

>Taxing, Medium, Somewhat Inefficient: Revenue lost 0.5◘
>Raiding size: 3, Profit 6◘, (6000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

---Province integration
>Cimmeria: (5/10), Natives: Angry

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile, Truce (Expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 17
>Expenses 12
>Yearly profit 5
>Treasury 5

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4367708
ALANIA REVIEW

--MILITARY

>Alani Horse Archers (Horse Archer) (atk 7/def 3/Discipline 6/ Tactics 7/ speed 10/ equip 5) numbers 4000, upkeep 2.5◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 3000, upkeep 3◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 3000, upkeep 1.5◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 2500, upkeep 2.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/5), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/10), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Mining, (2/10), Basic (1), profit 2◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 1, profit 1◘ (2000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Council of Elders: Neutral
>Army: Neutral
>Influence: Very High.

---Province integration
>Maeotis: (6/10), Natives: skeptical

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Pontus: Very Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile (truce expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 19
>Expenses 9.5
>Yearly profit 9.5
>Treasury 54.5

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

Rolled 1, 8, 4, 8 (4d10)

>>4367708
Gothi

Economy: Expand fishing for greater revenue to rebuild treasury

Politics: Send settlers to Cimmeria

Alani

Military: Invest in Navy

Politics: Send settlers to Maeotis

>>4367773
+1

>>4367773
Rolled 1, 8, 4, 8 (4d10)

Gothia

Seeking to increase the treasury of the principiate, Abbadon decided to expand his fishing operations deeper into the dark sea, unfortunately for him however, a gothic sailor accidentaly stranded to the pontic shore, where he caused an altercate, which alexios decided to use as an excuse to declare his war against the dual alliance.

>Fishing goes from size 5/10 to 8/10
>Pontus declares war on the dual alliance.

In other, happier, news he also sent gothic settlers to the cimmerian plains to populate the place, managing to bring cimmeria just an step before the final integración.

>Cimmeria integración goes from 5/10 to 9/10

Alania

Meanwhile, with the war beggining out of nowhere, alkas rushed to build a proper navy to face the pontics, however due to his people inexperience with naval stuff, they could only build some war galleys.

>6 war galleys built

That said, he also worked hard on integrating Maeotis into his confederation, by sending more migrants and nomads to the place. Putting it like with Cimmeria and the gothi. Only one step away from integrating the place.

>Maeotis integración goes from 6/10 to 9/10

>>4367874
With war coming once again to the dual alliance, both Abaddon and Alkas must draw their strategy for the conflict for there's many ideas floating around their heads.

Either the Alani focus on holding the line through the mountains of caucasia while the Gothi focus on building their navy for a naval invasion. Or the Alani rush in from the mountains into the pontic shore while the Gothi focus on defending their combined shorelines from any pontic naval attack.

>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100

Rolled 4, 51 = 55 (2d100)

>>4367889
Gothi military is swelling. Protect mutual coastlines of the dual alliance

Alani strategy: Spy on the Pontics seeking any info that can be used to ensure victory, hold the line through the mountains . it will be difficult for the pontic to win uphill skirmishes

Rolled 88, 89 = 177 (2d100)

>>4367889
>Gothi prepare for a naval invasion building ships
>Alani hold the line through the mountain of Caucasia

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>>4367967
Rolled 88, 89 = 177 (2d100)

Knowing the pontics would preparing their ships for a naval invasion of Taurica, Abaddon ordered their men to build as many ships as they could to form his own navy, in adition to buying or conscripting many private vessels.
The force that he created, while relatively small, it was an start, for the big fleet he dreamed off.

>New Unit created, Cog, (Light ship) (Atk 4/ Def 4/ Speed 6/ Tactics 5/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 1,000 each) Numbers: 4◘, upkeep 2◘

>4 war galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each) built

Meanwhile, knowing that he couldn't compete with the pontics in either numbers or quality of troops, Alkas made the decision to play defensively and so, ordered his men to build many hill forts inside the caucasia mountains, and to hold the line against any pontic advance.

>Caucasian hill forts built, (+10 to defensive rolls in Caucasia),(upkeep 0.5◘)

Surely enough, this paid off, as the Pontic advance soon stopped a third of the way of their track, as the hit and run tactics, unforgiving terrain, and lack of supplies, killed many of their men.

>Pontus lose 500 Trebizond archers
>Pontus advance stopped.

You will think that this would be the end of their offensive, but the truth was that this was far from the case, as they instead, ordered a naval assault on the Gothic capital theodosia.

While Abaddon could chose to intercept the Pontic navy with his newly created fleet, the thing was that the pontic navy currently outnumbered them two to one, making this a very risky affair, as the gothic navy still needs further preparing.

>A)Intercept their landings not matter what.
>B)We will defend ourselves in the ground while we continue building the navy
>C) Other, write in using a d100

>B)We will defend ourselves in the ground while we continue building the navy

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>>4368164
>B)We will defend ourselves in the ground while we continue building the navy

Knowing that his navy wasn't strong enough to take on the main pontic fleet head on, Abaddon made the decision to let them land uninterrupted near theodosia while he focused on building a bigger fleet.

>The gothi will finish construction next season
>The pontics land uninterrupted

The pontic army that lands near theodosia is rather powerful for his size, for while they are a 10,000 strong forced compare to your 15000 men in the capital, their equipment and training is impresive compared to the Skithians, meaning that taking them out will be a difficult task.

Pontic invasion force

>Trebizon archers (arch) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000,
>Pontic royal cavalry (M.cav) (atk 7/def 7/Discipline 6/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 2000,
>Pontic swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000,
>Pontic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 6) numbers 2000
>Pontic peltasts (skir) (atk 5/ def 4/ Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ Speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000
>Scorpions (siege) (atk 6/ def 2/ Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ Speed 4/ equip 5) numbers 4

Surely taking them out in a field battle wouldn't be a good idea for Abaddon, and fortying inside Theodosia wouldn't be easy task either, due to the city only having wooden walls while the Pontics have scorpions. But he isn't going down without a fight

>Write in using a d100 for the gothi

Rolled 50 (d100)
Ready a defense force comprising soldiers of the Dual Alliance, goad the Pontics into coming further inland while harassing and retreating, cut them off from their ships and surround them

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>4368225
you have to type dice+1d100 in the options menu to roll

>>4368239
>dice+1d100

Thank you

Rolled 75 (1d100)

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>>4368239
>>4368257
Rolled 67+72 /2 = 69

As much as Abaddon wanted to face the Pontics directly, he knew that doing so would lead to a pyrrhic victory at best. And so, with great reluctance but fully determined, he made the move to allow the pontics to move further into Taurica, with the idea of harrasing the pontics as they marched, and cutting of their access to the sea once they came deep enough.

The results the strategy were satisfactory if a bit mixed, as while the Gothi were able to inflict many casualties to the Pontics and cut them from the sea, the Pontics had also sacked and captured many inland villages, stealing 15◘ worth of treasure from the principiate

>Pontics steal 15◘ of treasury from the Gothi
>Pontics lose 500 pontic Peltasts
>Pontics lose comunication with the sea (won't be able to retreat for better or worse)

With the pontic army marching through taurica at a great pace still, it's time for Abaddon to make his next move, lest the pontics kill and sack eveyrthing in their path.

>>4368331
>Write in using a d100 for the gothi

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>4368332
All-out attack?

>>4368339
+1 nice roll

>>4368339
+1

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>>4368339
Rolled 88 (1d100)

With most of the pontic army encircled and cut of from the sea, Abaddon decided that it was time now for an All-out attack against the pontics in all sides, and so, he gave the order, and personally led the attack.

What followed couldn't be described as anything but a bloody massacre as Abaddon and his soldiers rushed in and killed all soldiers in their path, using the dark of night and the roughness of the Taurican hills to their advantage.

The pontics were absolutely taken by surprise, and weren't able to mount an effective response to the attack, and so, they were decisively defeated by the gothi, albeit not without fighting back, with only a fifth of the army managing to escape.

>Pontics lose 2000 pontic royal cavalry, 1500 trebizon archers, 1500 pontic swordsmen, 1500 pontic peltasts, 1500 pontic pikemen, and 4 scorpions.
>Pontics remaining forces retreat back to the shore
>15◘ in loot recaptured
>Gothi lose 1000 Gothic spears, 1000 Gothic bands, and 1000 Gothic pikemen.

With most of their army absolutely destroyed, the remnants of the Pontic forces decided to flee back to the shore and call for their navy either bring new reinforcement or to transport them back to the homeland, leaving them in a vulnerable position, that Abaddon can choose to exploit,

>Write in using a d100 for the gothi

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>4368497
>Intercept any Pontic reinforcements or transports with our newly built navy.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

Seek to capture the remaining Pontic troops for ransom and leverage, if not possible drive them back into sea

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>>4368519
Rolled 95 (1d100)

Having spent most of the las few last months keeping the pontic army busy, the gothi were finally able to finish their naval construction program uninterrupted, doubling the size of the current Gothi navy, in adition to creating a new ship of their own, the Drekkar

>4 war galleys and 4 cogs built for a total of 8 and 8 respectively
>New unit created, Drekkar (Medium ship) (Atk 5/ Def 5/ Speed 6/ Tactics 6/ Discipline 5/ Carrying capacity 1,500 each) Numbers: 1◘, upkeep 2◘

Using his newly created 19-ship strong fleet, Abaddon ordered them to attack and intercept all Pontic reinforcements and transports in the dark sea. Sinking and capturing dozens of pontic ships, and only getting a galley destroyed and a cog damaged in the process

>Pontus lose 6 war galleys and 4 dromons
>Gothi lose 1 war galley and get 1 cog damaged.

With half of their fleet destroyed, their reinforcement sleeping in the bottom of the sea, and facing death and starvation.The remaining 2000 pontic troops decided to give up their arms and weapons and surrender peacefully to the Gothi, making them war prisoners to be ransomed back or put to work if Abaddon desires.

>Remnants of the Pontic invasion force surrender.
>Gothi obtain 2000 war prisoners

Now that the pontic advance has been stopped in both land and sea, it's time now for Abaddon and Alkas to make their own move upon their foes.

>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100

(well guys, you know the drill, see ya tomorrow)

Rolled 1, 84 = 85 (2d100)

>>4368699
>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100
Launch a counter attack now that the bulk of the Pontic army has been crushed
>Write in what should the Gothi strategy be using a d100
Use naval transport to get our army deep into their territory to launch devastating raid and take unprepared areas

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>4368699
>>Write in what should the Alani strategy be using a d100
Invade them, anyone City/Town that surrenders will be tax free for the next 3 years

>>4369064
+1

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>>4368954
>>4368954
Rolled 1, 84 = 85 (2d100)

With the bulk of the second Pontic army destroyed, and the first one suffering from severe attrition over to the mountains. Alkas determinated that i was time now to launch his counterattack over the Pontic mainlands.

With no reinforcements to help them, the second Pontic army decided that it was for the best of them to retreat back to Colchis, suffering harrasment from the Alani as they fled. However, not seeking to just give up, the pontic commander ordered his men to execute a scorched earth policy, burning all green pastures for the Alani horses, and destroying many bridges and mountain passes, thus, delaying the Alani advance.

>Pontics lose 500 pontic swordsmen and 500 pontic peltasts
>Pontics retreat back to colchis
>Alani lost 500 Alani lancers
>Alani army speed reduced (-10 next roll).

Meanwhile, the gothi, taking advantage of their newly found naval superiority, decided to launch a series of devastating raids over to the pontic shoreline, destroying many port cities, and capturing countless loot.

>Gothi capture 30◘ in loot from the Pontics
>Pontics ability to build ships is now reduced.

Being invaded on two fronts, Alexios the blessed of Pontus, decided to change strategy, and appointed another commander as his main general. This general gave the order to gather all remaining pontic ships and soldiers into two great groups to launch a great counteroffensive push to the dual alliance.

>>4369672
>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for thr Alani

Rolled 64, 100 = 164 (2d100)

>>4369771
Gothi
Move quickly while the Pontus are still reorganizing with a large invasion force, with your superior numbers, at land and sea, be a wedge between the first and second Pontus defense forces ensuring that they do not consolidate

Alani
Follow the Second Army into Colchis to destroy them with your now superior numbers, moving east to join the Gothi, taking care to only harm warriors, taking prisioners of war where possible, once you destroy the second Pontic defense force, consolidate with the Gothi and continue east

>>4369819
Rolled 64, 100 = 164 (2d100)

Due to the pontic terrain being hilly and rugged, as the empire itself having a large but thin shape, separating it into two halfs with a wedge attack was exactly what Abaddon had in mind when he ordered his men to rush from the coast to the galatian border, killing and defeatimg everything in their path.

The end result was good for Abaddon and his men as they were able to divide the pontic empire in two, and splitting thier remaining forces in half. Albeit not without some loses.

>Pontic army becomes split in half
>Pontics lose 1000 pontic pikemen.
> Gothi become spread thin
>Gothi lose 500 Gothic knights

Meanwhile, Alkas and the Alani, decided to continue on their march north towards colchis, using their superior numbers to their advantage.
When they arrived a Colchis, they found the city fortified to the teeth by their garrison and forces of the second pontic army.

The solution that Alkas came to deal with the city was simple. Threaten it's inhabitants with death and slaughter unless they surrendered and delivered to us their garrison as prisoners, and in return, the Alani will promise not to harm the civilians, and would grant them tax free status.

With such terrifying yet actractive terms, the civilians of Colchis decided to agree to Alkas's terms, and so, they surrendered to him, and gave him the pontic garrison.

>Colchis surrenders peacefully.
>Alani obtain 5000 war prisoners.

With their forces stuck between a rock and a hard place, it's time now for Abaddon and Alkas to give the final blow.

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>4369853
>>Write in using a d100 for the Alani
March Forward! Death and torture for anyone who doesnt surrenders
Surrenders and you get to live, a basket with fruits and bread and less taxes

Rolled 41, 78 = 119 (2d100)

>>4369853
Gothi Action: Send forces to defeat one half of the pontic army
Alani action: Help the gothic army defeat the half of the Pontic army

Rolled 63, 36 = 99 (2d100)

>>4369853

Gothi
Destroy the remnants of the Pontic forces, be the aggressive strongman

Alani
Consolidate your forces to join the Gothi in the the final stroke but also leave an olive branch extended to the non-military populace, continue to use diplomacy if possible

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>>4369909
>>4369904

Rolled 63+41/2 =52

Having now divided the Pontic army in two, Abaddon led an attack agains't the relatively unprepared and smaller second pontic army, rushing in with his knights and crushing everyone with his spearmen.

Eventually though, despite enduring countless punishment from part of the Gothi, while not being able mount an effective defense, or coordinate with the first pontic army, the pontic commander was determined to fight to the death in the name of Pontus.

>Pontics lose 1000 Pontic swordsmen, 1000 pontic pikemen and 1000 pontic peltasts.

>Gothi lose 1000 gothic knights and 1000 gothic spears, as well as 500 gothic bands.

78+38/2 = 58

Meanwhile, the Alani under Alkas continued on with their march eastwards towards the Pontic capital. However, along the way, they suffered many loses due to the attrition, as well as local hostile forces, alkas tried to repeat his same strategy as with Colchis by offering mercy, only to obtain mixed results as some towns choose to fight instead.

>Pontics lose 1000 trebizond archers
>Alani army arrives near to Trabizon
>Alani lose 500 Alani swordsmen and 500 Alani horse archers

And so, the fight continues on between the dual alliance and the Pontics
>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

Rolled 94, 26 = 120 (2d100)

>>4370063

>Gothi: Split the forces into two very mobile bands, one is to head west to join the Alani and take the capital, the other is to crush the obstinate commander once and for all

>Alani: Take the Capital, whoever resists destroy.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>4370063
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani
Give the enemy some fake Intel/ Orders via a tratior to Lure them into a ambush

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>>4370190
Rolled 94,

Dealing with both the capital at the west and the second pontic army at the east, Abaddon made the decision to split his force in two mobile bands, with one of them led by a trusty commander ordered to assist the Alani in the west, while Abaddon continued to crush obstinate commander once and for all.

After some relentless fight, and with most of his army dead, the Pontic commander eventually fell dead on the field by the hands of abaddon himself. With his replacement reluctanly deciding to surrender the remaining forces to Abaddon in exchange of mercy

>Pontics lose 2000 royal pontic cavalry and 2000 Peltasts.
>Second pontic army surrenders to the Gothi
>Gothi optains 3000 war prisoners
>Gothi lose 1000 gothic bands

Rolled 26 (+ 20 due to gothi help)

Nearing the capital, Alkas in a fit of excitement and confidence, made the order for his cavalry to take on Trapezun and kill everyone there. Unfortunately for him however, the capital's defenders managed to mount an effective defense that stopped their advance short.

This could have been the end of Alkas himself as he fell from his horse during the exchange, but luckily for him, the goths soon arrived at the scene as their reinforcements, thanks to which, Alkas managed to avoid an disaster, upon which, he decided to surround the capital instead.

>Trapezun encircled
>Pontics lose 500 royal pontic cavalry
>Alani lose 500 cataphracts
>Gothi lose 500 gothic knights.

With the capital surrounded, it's time for Alkas and Abaddon to engage in a lenghty siege.

>Write in using a d100 for the Alani-Gothi force.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>4370289
They fucked with the wrong people
Lets demorals them with trommel music and our war cries in the night
They will fear us

>>4370349
+1
I'm guessing trumpet though

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>4370289
>Alani-Goth force

Take the capital. Seek for traitors to betray the city allowing for swift victory, and less losses on our way west...

>>4370349
Rolled 82 (1d100)

Since, Abaddon and Alkas knew that they were going to have a lenghty and tedious siege, they decided that at the very least, they would have some fun doing so, and so, while the Pontic goverment ordered strict rationing and martial law over the city. The dual alliance's forces, decided to just havy a party and drinks lots of booze, stolen of course, to mood up the spirit and morale of their soldiers.

>Alani morale goes up
>Gothi morale goes up

Upon seeing the party outside, many hungry pontic defenders tried to desert the city to join up with our forces, only to be court martialed by the goverment. Which gave Alkas a good idea.

What he did couldn't be considered nothing but bizarre yet creative, as he gave each of the sieging soldiers war trumpets and horns, and ordered them to play them as loudly as possible during the night.

Surely enough, the sheer noice of such event, prevented many Trapezun soldiers and civilians from having a good sleep, which demoralized them even further.

>Pontic garrison morale goes down.

With the city demoralized, and the troops ready to battle, it's time now to prepare for an assault of the city.

>Write in using a d100 for the Alani-Gothi force.

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>4370498
Establish camp and make preparations for the siege

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>4370498
>Send scouts to try to find a weak spot in their defenses before attacking with the combined force

>>4370587
Rolled 21 (1d100)

After speding most of the previous nights boosting morale and preventing the enemy from sleeping, Abaddon and Alkas began preparations for the siege of the city, by first, setting up their camp, and chooping up some wood for siege weapons.

Unfortunately for them however, they were interrupted out of nowhere, by a an Pontic atempt at sallying out from Trapezun in order to break the siege, caughting our troops off guard, before they could organize a proper defense.

>Gothi lose 500 gothic knights
>Alani lose 500 lancers

Abaddon and Alkas must now organize a counterattack to kick the pontics back into the city, lest them breaking their siege.

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

>>4370649

Gothi:
Organize forces and push the Pontic citizens back into the capital looking for any possible breach to cut this siege short

Alani:
Continue to draw up the preparations for the siege. Continue the construction of seige weapons.

Rolled 14, 70 = 84 (2d100)

>>4370649
Got excited @ rolling

>>4370696
>>4370699

Rolled 14, 70

With such potential disaster at their hands, the two brothers decided to reorganize their forces, to clear this mess out. With Abaddon focusing on repeling the Pontic garrison back into the city and Alkas focusing on setting up the preparations for the siege, and build siege weapons.

Abaddon's part was definitely so far the most difficult of the two, and while he was able to push the Pontics back into the city, at least for now, he had suffered many casualties in the process, not to mention that he got seriously wounded in the effort, meaning that won't be able to command the goths for the remainder of the siege.

>Pontics get pushed back into the city
>Pontics lose 1000 royal pontic cavalry
>Abaddon gets injured (-20 to the next Gothi roll)
>Gothi lose 2000 gothic pikemen and 1000 gothic bands

Meanwhile, Alkas for his part was more sucessfull at reorganizing the army and preparing for the siege, even managing to build some quick battering rams for the army. With the only bad thing happening being that the Pontics in their retreat, had captured much of the loot the Gothi-Alani forces had spent the last months gathering.

>3 Rudimentary Battering rams built
>Dual alliance loses 15◘ in loot

With the battering rams built, and their attempts at sallying out thwarted, Alkas can now beginning the proper assault of the city. However, due to Abaddon's injury messing up things a bit, maybe waiting a few more weeks for preparation might be the best idea

>Write in using a d100 for the Gothi
>Write in using a d100 for the Alani

(It's getting late, so see you tomorrow)

Rolled 75, 25 = 100 (2d100)

>>4370743
Not many tactics to be had during a siege. Charge the walls and gates.

>>4370743
Rolled 75, 25 = 100-20 (2d100)

With the Pontic atempt at sallying having left their walls exposed and their gates undefended. Alkas knew that it was time to strike.

Gathering all of the dual alliance forces under his command, he ordered his men to man the battering them rams and force open those gates.

The remaining pontic garrison tried to to stop them, but at the point, they were too low on arrows for their archers as to fend off the attack, and so, they were unable to stop the Alani and gothi from breaking open their gates with ease.

>Trapezun gates opened
>Gothi-Alani lose 500 Alani swordsmen.

With the gates open, it is time now for Alkas to conquer the city and sack it.

>Write in using 2d100 for the Gothi-Alani force.

Rolled 35, 54 = 89 (2d100)

>>4371565
>Assault the city and overpower the garrison

Rolled 95, 3 = 98 (2d100)

>>4371565
Offer the Pontic garrison a final opportunity to surrender with honour, either way have your men take the Capital of Pontus, also where is Alexios "the blessed" at? not very "blessed" his idea at coming our way

DIce Gogs be with me

>>4371625
Rolled 95+3 /2 = 49

With their walls undefended and the their gates forced opened, Alkas decided to be merciful for once at his foes, and offered the pontic garrison one final last opportunity to surrender with honor. Give us the city, and no one will be harmed.

Alexios the blessed, their emperor, who once dreamed that he would be the one to bring the light of civilization to the dark sea, not wishing to see more faithful die, decided to reluctantly accept his offer, With the condition that Alkas and Abbadon allowed the freedom movement to priests of sol to preach through their territories, and too guarantee the rights of the pontic citizens in their newly adquired territories.

>Accept his condition and finally end the war.
>Who does he think he his to make us a counter offer, march fowards!!

>>4371781
>>Who does he think he his to make us a counter offer, march fowards!!
That would bei see as sign of weakness
WE dont follow the Orders of the weak
Also WE are no Monsters, treat anyone who surrenders with respect

>>4371852
>>Who does he think he his to make us a counter offer, march fowards!!

Alkas knew that accepting his counter offer would set a precedent of weakness in the eyes of his troops and that Abaddon wouldn't like for the dual alliance to follow the orders to the weak.

And so, he decided to reject his demands, and ordered his troops to march into the city to kill anyone that opposes them, while showing mercy to anyone that surredered.

>Trapezun captured
>Alani-Gothi lose 500 Alani Cataphracts.
>The dual alliance captures 20 in loot.

With the capital of the pontic empire secured, Alkas and Abbadon can now proclaim themselves as the masters of the western black sea, yet it seems that this isn't the end of the war, for Alexios the younger, son of the now deseaced emperor, fled alongside most of the court and royal guard to the western province of Paphlagonia to continue the resistance.

Should Alkas and Abaddon crush what remains of their enemy, or should they just keep what they gained, and focus on integrating their new conquests into their reamls

>Write in what should the dual alliance do

>>4371896
>>Write in what should the dual alliance do
Keep marching at the weakend enemy while promsing to not interfear with their way of living of anyone who surrenders
Also try to get the people on our Side by rewarding any new artist and statesmen of talent with some free land of nobles who stood against us
God i hate autocorrectur

>>4371896
March on to Paphlagonia. The enemy is weak. With the empire of Pontus under our control we should gain their tech and other ways of life better our own. Have Pontus the Younger submit to the Dual Alliance or perish. There is no denying the will of Sol.

Then we will consolidate.

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>>4372008

With the enemy weak and on it's last legs, Alkas gave the order to the army to march towards Paphlagonia to defeat them once and for all, gaving the order to spare those who surrender and crush those who not. Something that Alexios the younger appeared to understand very well, as knowing that unless he did it his people would be destroyed, he decided to voluntarily surrender to the dual alliance and flee along with most of his supporters to the Byzaian empire, becoming a vassal of them as the autonomous governor of Paplagonia.

>Empire of Pontus annexed by the Dual alliance and the Byzaian empire.
>The dual alliance win the war

In adition to that, with the capture of Trapezun. Alkas and his men came across many impressive forms of technology and scientific discoveries and techniques, something he decided to use for the betterment of Gothia and Alania's economy

>Alania Mining goes from basic(1) to Improved(2)
>Gothia Farming goes from basic(1) to Improved(2)

>>4372029
YEAR 1059

Having now recovered from his injuries, Abaddon now has to, once again, manage his realm's affairs. Due to the loses of the war and demobilization, the army will need some rebuilding, not to mention that Cimmeria still needs to be intregated inside the principiate.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic Spears (Spear inf) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 1000, Upkeep 0.5◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 1000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 1000, Upkeep 0.5◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 1000, Upkeep 0.5◘

>War galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each), numbers 6, upkeep 1.5◘
>Cog, (Light ship) (Atk 4/ Def 4/ Speed 6/ Tactics 5/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 1,000 each) Numbers: 8◘, upkeep 4◘
>Drekkar (Medium ship) (Atk 5/ Def 5/ Speed 6/ Tactics 6/ Discipline 5/ Carrying capacity 1,500 each) Numbers: 1, upkeep 2◘


--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 3/12, Improved (2), profit 6◘
>Fishing, size 8/10, basic (1), profit 8◘
>Farming, size 1/12, Improved (2) , profit 2◘

>Taxing, Medium, Somewhat Inefficient: Revenue lost 0.5◘
>Raiding size: 2, Profit 4◘, (4000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

---Province integration
>Cimmeria: (9/10), Natives: Angry

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Byzaians: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile, Truce (Expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 20
>Expenses 10.5
>Yearly profit 5
>Treasury 60

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4372038
ALANI REVIEW

Like with Abaddon, Alkas will have to spent the next few years rebuilding the army, and taking care of the Kingdom's economy, not to mention to integrate and rebuild all the rich pontic provinces they annexed.

-MILITARY

>Alani Horse Archers (Horse Archer) (atk 7/def 3/Discipline 6/ Tactics 7/ speed 10/ equip 5) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘

>War galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each), numbers 6, upkeep 1.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/8), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/10), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Ore Mining, (2/12), Basic (2), profit 2◘
>Gem Mining, (0/6), Basic (1), profit 0◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 1, profit 1◘ (2000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Council of Elders: Neutral
>Army: Neutral
>Influence: Very High.

---Province integration
>Maeotis: (9/10), Natives: skeptical
>Colchis: (2/10), Natives: skeptical
>Pontus: (2/10), Natives: skeptical

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Byzaians: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile (truce expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 17
>Expenses 6.5
>Yearly profit 9.5
>Treasury 90

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

Rolled 6, 1, 1, 4 = 12 (4d6)

>>4372038
>>4372046

Gothi
Military: Rebuild Navy. Promote Pontic Engineers, and Artisans who assist in furthering this endeavour.

Politics:
Fully integrate with Cimmeria. Perhaps some feast, or veneration of an elder in the province can be done to boost friendly relations among groups.

Alani
Work with the remaining Pontic warriors to boost unit tactics and rank. Rebuild Military troop numbers.

Politics
Integrate with Maeotis. Seek to boost relations with inhabitants.

Rolled 8, 4, 8, 2 = 22 (4d10)

>>4372046
Gothi:
>Politcal Action: Finish integrating Cimmeria, have a meeting with a local leader
>Military Action: Rebuild infantry numbers

Alania:
>Political Action: Finish integrating Maeotis, send settlers
>Political action: Send missionaries to all pontos provinces we annexed

>>4372079
ill support

>>4372079
Rolled 8, 4, 8, 2 = 22 (4d10)

Gothi

Due to the war breaking out of nowhere, the gothi didn't have enough time to finish the integration of Cimmeria, leaving it's status in limbo during the war. Now that Abaddon is back to managing his country, his first order was to finish what was unfinished.

>Cimmeria integrated within the Principiate,
>Farming max size increases by 2, Goat herding max size increases by 2

In adition to that, Abaddon also ordered the recruitment of more infantry within the army to replenish it's rank, using much of the war loot to pay for it.

>1000 Gothic spears,1000 Gothic knights, and 1000 Gothic bands recruited for 20◘

Alani

Back with Alkas, he too did the same as with Abaddon, finishing up the integration of Maeotis within the high chiefdom by sending settlers to Maeotis

>Maeotis integrated within the high chiefdom
>Pastures max size increases by 5

Seeking to do the same with the newly adquired pontic provinces, Alkas decided to send shamans of the dark moon to them, in order to convert them to the true gods.
Unfortunately for him, however, the deeply devout Solist population kicked off the shamans before they could even atempt conversion.

>Colchis, Pontus and Trapezun natives go from skeptical to annoyed.

>>4372146
YEAR 1060

Having reached their tenth year since they got in power, the two brothers have created one of the most fearsome and feared alliances in the known world, but to keep that status, they will need be stay vigilant for any foreign threats.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic Spears (Spear inf) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 1000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘

>War galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each), numbers 6, upkeep 1.5◘
>Cog, (Light ship) (Atk 4/ Def 4/ Speed 6/ Tactics 5/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 1,000 each) Numbers: 8◘, upkeep 4◘
>Drekkar (Medium ship) (Atk 5/ Def 5/ Speed 6/ Tactics 6/ Discipline 5/ Carrying capacity 1,500 each) Numbers: 1, upkeep 2◘


--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 3/14, Improved (2), profit 6◘
>Fishing, size 8/10, basic (1), profit 8◘
>Farming, size 1/14, Improved (2) , profit 2◘

>Taxing, Medium, Somewhat Inefficient: Revenue lost 0.5◘
>Raiding size: 2, Profit 4◘, (4000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Byzaians: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile, Truce (Expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 20
>Expenses 12
>Yearly profit 8
>Treasury 50

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4372155
ALANI REVIEW


-MILITARY

>Alani Horse Archers (Horse Archer) (atk 7/def 3/Discipline 6/ Tactics 7/ speed 10/ equip 5) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Alani catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘

>War galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each), numbers 6, upkeep 1.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/8), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/15), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Ore Mining, (2/12), Basic (2), profit 2◘
>Gem Deposits, (0/6), Basic (1), profit 0◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 1, profit 1◘ (2000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Council of Elders: Neutral
>Army: Neutral
>Influence: Very High.

---Province integration
>Colchis: (2/10), Natives: Annoyed
>Pontus: (2/10), Natives: Annoyed
>Trapezun: (2/10), Natives: Annoyed

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Byzaians: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile (truce expires 1061)

--OVERALL--
>Income 17
>Expenses 6.5
>Yearly profit 11.5
>Treasury 100

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4372155
>>4372166

Gothi
>Military: rebuild military numbers especially elite knights. The Truce with the Skithians ends next year. Perhaps we can make them a tributary or a trading partner in the future.

>Economy: Regularize taxing for greater efficiency and bottom-line coin in the coffers.

Alani
>Military: make haste to bolster your military might. Looking at your Horse Archers and Cataphracts especially. Is any upgrade in military tech possible?

>Diplomacy: make a positive overture to the Byzaian empire.

>>4372155
>>4372166
damn

Rolled 9, 9, 10, 3 = 31 (4d10)

>>4372186
i promise im usually not this bad

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>>4372188
>>4372183
Rolled 9, 9, 10, 3 = 31 (4d10)

Gothi

With his infantry replenished, Abaddon move in rebuild his cavalry force, in adition to that, he also began to regularize his taxing code in order to improve efficiecy and get more money for his coffers.

>2500 Gothic knights built
>Taxing goes from Somewhat Inefficient: Revenue lost 0.5◘, to Standardized: Revenue gain 0.5◘

Alani

Meanwhile, the Alkas decided to review his military, more specifically, his cataphracts and horse archers, who despite being some of his best troops, he knew that they could be improved, and so he did, using the army technology found in his new pontic territories to make them better.

>Alani horse archers (Horse Archer) (atk 7/def 3/Discipline 6/ Tactics 7/ speed 10/ equip 5) becomes Alani heavy horse archers (Horse Archer) (atk 8/def 6/Discipline 7/ Tactics 8/ speed 9/ equip 7), Upkeep increases

>Alani Catapracts (H.cav) (atk 8/def 7/Discipline 7/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 7) becomes Noble Alani Catapracts (H.cav) (atk 9/def 8/Discipline 8/ Tactics 5/ speed 3/ equip 9), upkeep increases

However, while his troop review worked absolutely great, his diplomatic ventures didn't go anywhere as the Byzaians rejected making any concesions or negotiations with the Dual alliance, as Constance the restorator had ambitions on making the dark sea his.

>>4372305
YEAR 1061

With the truce with the Skithians finished, and the Byzaians making their way into the remains of the Trakian kingdom, it looks like there's a cold war of sorts between the empire and the dual alliance for control of the dark sea. Something that will have to be taking care of whether by the way of war or intrigue.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Gothic Spears (Spear inf) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 3500, Upkeep 3.5◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘

>War galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each), numbers 6, upkeep 1.5◘
>Cog, (Light ship) (Atk 4/ Def 4/ Speed 6/ Tactics 5/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 1,000 each) Numbers: 8◘, upkeep 4◘
>Drekkar (Medium ship) (Atk 5/ Def 5/ Speed 6/ Tactics 6/ Discipline 5/ Carrying capacity 1,500 each) Numbers: 1, upkeep 2◘


--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 3/14, Improved (2), profit 6◘
>Fishing, size 8/10, basic (1), profit 8◘
>Farming, size 1/14, Improved (2) , profit 2◘

>Taxing, Medium, Standardized: Revenue gain 0.5◘
>Raiding size: 2, Profit 4◘, (4000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Byzaians: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile,
>Trakians: Warm
>Dachians: Cold (Allied with Byzaians)

--OVERALL--
>Income 20.5
>Expenses 14
>Yearly profit 6.5
>Treasury 58

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

>>4372311
ALANI REVIEW


-MILITARY

>Alani Heavy Horse Archers (Horse Archer) (atk 8/def 6/Discipline 7/ Tactics 8/ speed 9/ equip 7) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani Lancers (m.cav) (atk 6/def 5/Discipline 6/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 1◘
>Alani swordsmen (Sword inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) numbers 1000, upkeep 0.5◘
>Noble Alani Catapracts (H.cav) (atk 9/def 8/Discipline 8/ Tactics 5/ speed 3/ equip 9) numbers 1000, upkeep 2◘

>War galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each), numbers 6, upkeep 1.5◘

--ECONOMY

>Silk trade (4/8), Improved(2), profit 8◘+3(rare)
>Pastures (5/15), Basic (1), profit 5◘
>Ore Mining, (2/12), Basic (2), profit 2◘
>Gem Deposits, (0/6), Basic (1), profit 0◘

>Taxes, High, inefficient: Revenue change: 0
>Raiding size 1, profit 1◘ (2000 occupied soldiers)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Council of Elders: Neutral
>Army: Neutral
>Influence: Very High.

---Province integration
>Colchis: (2/10), Natives: Annoyed
>Pontus: (2/10), Natives: Annoyed
>Trapezun: (2/10), Natives: Annoyed

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Gothia: Friendly, Military alliance
>Byzaians: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile
>Trakians: Warm
>Dachians: Cold (Allied with Byzaians)


--OVERALL--
>Income 17
>Expenses 6
>Yearly profit 11
>Treasury 100

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.

Rolled 10, 9, 3, 7 = 29 (4d10)

>>4372311
>>4372316
Gothia
>Military: A strong defense is a strong offense. Continue to build military might. Knights can do with an upgrade as well as Spears.

>Economy: expand fishing. Improve it with Pontic tech.

Alani
>Double down on military recruitment.

>Politics: Plant a syncretic "spiritual man" who finds a middle ground between Alani & Pontic faith

>>4372389
Rolled 10, 9, 3, 7 = 29 (4d10)

Gothia

Using the pontic tech that the dual alliance captured during the war, Abaddon decided to take advantage of it, by first ordering the upgrade of all of his current Knights and Spear soldiers using better armor and training techniques, and second, ordering the further expansion of the fighing sector alongsise introduction of new tools and techniques.

>Gothic Spears (Spear inf) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 5/ speed 5/ equip 6) become Elite Gothic Spearmen (Spear inf) (atk 8/def 8/Discipline 6/ Tactics 6/ speed 5/ equip 7), upkeep increases
>Gothic Knights (m.cav) (atk 6/def 6/Discipline 5/ Tactics 6/ speed 6/ equip 5) become Noble Gothic knights (atk 8/def 8/Discipline 7/ Tactics 6/ speed 7/ equip 7) upkeep increases
>Fishing goes from Size 8 to 10, goes from type Improved(2) to advanced(2.5)

Alani

Meanwhile, Alkas focused on double down on military recruitment, for currently his army was only 4000 men strong, unfortunately for him, however, due to the huge amount of troops that he requested, they won't be ready to be deployed for a year or two.

>Troops requested will arrive next year

In other news, he also decided to continue the integration on the pontic provinces into his realm, by appointing a sycretical "spiritual man" who finds a middle ground between the Dawning Sol pontics, and the Dark moon Alani. While the huge difference between the two religions prevented any significant merging, it appeared that his efforts to introduce some Alani customs into the populance had it's effects.

>Integration of Colchis, Pontus and Trapezun goes from 2/10 to 3/10

>>4372501
YEAR 1062

With tensions growing not only the empire and the dual alliance, but also with the resurgent Skithians for control of the dark sea, it is expected that conflict over something will arrise somewhere soon.

GOTHIA REVIEW
--MILITARY

>Elite Gothic Spearmen (Spear inf) (atk 8/def 8/Discipline 6/ Tactics 6/ speed 5/ equip 7) numbers 2000, Upkeep 2◘
>Noble Gothic knights (atk 8/def 8/Discipline 7/ Tactics 6/ speed 7/ equip 7) numbers 3500, Upkeep 5◘
>Gothic band (Sword inf) (atk 6/def 4/Discipline 3/ Tactics 5/ speed 6/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘
>Gothic pikemen (pike inf) (atk 4/def 6/Discipline 6/ Tactics 4/ speed 3/ equip 5) numbers 2000, Upkeep 1◘

>War galleys (galley) Atk 3/ Def 2/ Speed 8/ Tactics 7/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 500 each), numbers 6, upkeep 1.5◘
>Cog, (Light ship) (Atk 4/ Def 4/ Speed 6/ Tactics 5/ Discipline 4/ Carrying capacity 1,000 each) Numbers: 8◘, upkeep 4◘
>Drekkar (Medium ship) (Atk 5/ Def 5/ Speed 6/ Tactics 6/ Discipline 5/ Carrying capacity 1,500 each) Numbers: 1, upkeep 2◘


--ECONOMY

>Goat herding, size 3/14, Improved (2), profit 6◘
>Fishing, size 10/10, Improved (2), profit 20◘
>Farming, size 1/14, Improved (2) , profit 2◘

>Taxing, Medium, Standardized: Revenue gain 0.5◘
>Raiding size: 2, Profit 4◘, (4000 ocuppied soldiers)

---Buildings
>Krim castle (+15 to defensive rolls in Krim),(upkeep 0.5◘)

--POLITICS

>Stability: Medium
>Royal court: neutral
>Army: loyal
>Influence: decent.

--DIPLOMACY - STATUS

>Alania: Friendly, Military alliance
>Byzaians: Unfriendly
>Skithians: Hostile,
>Trakians: Warm
>Dachians: Cold (Allied with Byzaians)

--OVERALL--
>Income 32.5
>Expenses 16.5
>Yearly profit 16.5
>Treasury 64.5

Having review the situation for the current year, it's time for you to chose TWO actions to take during the year, rolling a dice of 10 for each.