Empire 6: Embers of Dawn IC

[Jade_Tarem]

The Solais Empire: Round 23 (Year 89-92)



Actions:

[Diplomacy]: Stabilize Region 138 (Success)

[Diplomacy]: Stabilize Region 171 (Success)

[Diplomacy]: Raise TSR Reputation from 2 to 3 (Result 18. Basic success, but will it be contested?)

• It seems likely that SCR will reach Rep 4 this turn, leaving a spot at Rep 3 open. If not, SOL will attempt to take SCR's position.
  

[Faith]: Seek Aid on raising TSR Reputation (Failed)

[Faith]: Contribute to the South Windstone

[Faith]: Contribute to the West Windstone

[Faith]: Contribute to the East Windstone

Rolls can be found... here.

Non-Actions:
Resist all unauthorized Buyouts and Conversions.
Authorize and Support all conversions to the Way of Eauden.
Artifacts not in use will be kept by the two Holy Orders within SOL territory.
Rauri carries the Ring of the Phoenix.
Set Glimmer Woad's benefit to prevent unit loss from disease.
Send All Cures to the Truthseers (TSR).
Spend two Sentinel favors to stabilize The Sidhe Valley and the Ladorian Lowlands (Regions 139 and 156). After this turn, that should leave the Solais with a net 0 SOS favors owed or held.
Attend ULD's Event in the Carrion Ward.

Embassy-Based Non-Actions:
Accept all incoming techs from the Dannu-Gaon (DAN).
Accept Mountain Access from the Dannu-Gaon (DAN).
Trade all Plague Cures to the Dannu-Gaon (DAN).

Ruler Stats:
Lessa the Firecrown, High Thane: Diplomacy 10, Military 10, Opulence 10, Faith 6, Intrigue 10

Expected Stat Increases: Faith +2

News and Rumors:
- Lessa begins courting the TSR in an effort to obtain additional guidance in choosing a successor.
- The clans begin rapid deployment of resources to areas still affected by the warfare and disease of years past, hoping to get things under control at last.

[JBarca]

Round 22
The Dolod, Twilight Pioneers
Nellen

Led by The Lucid Ones [Riseaesir, Ileaeli, and Ealedelae]
D2 +1; M5 ; O7 ; F10 ; I3

Actions

1. [DIP Become a Vassal State to the Alodite Imperium]
   The Elves seem to promise less moon-reverence and more orthodoxy.
   
   
2. [MIL Recognize Hero] Emsme
   Esmeaemse, Esm, and Mse return with a child born of their failure. Emsme is moontouched, like two of their parents. Their only memories are competing in the Trials and those they make on their own, but they are absolutely loyal to their parents. Naturally, Esm and Mse are incapable of making use of this loyalty, but Esmeaemse guides the young Dolod toward a brighter future for Nellen.
   
   Where they are lacking in memory, they make up in stature. Emsme is nearly five feet tall. Their smaller arms are as large a normal Dolod's larger set, and their larger arms are like trunks. Their two rows of teeth are like granite, and their eyes are fixed on some spot in the middle distance at all times.
   
   
3. [FAITH Begin Guardian Sanctum in Dannu-Gao (96) 1/4]
4. [FAITH Continue Guardian Sanctum in Dannu-Gao (96) 2/4]
5. [FAITH Continue Guardian Sanctum in Dannu-Gao (96) 3/4]
   The Dolod travel far to Tarandi, reaching out to the wise and mysterious cousins to the Ashir. They are excited to establish contact and guide western Tarandi back into contact with the world.
   
6. [FAITH Begin Guardian Sanctum in Caler Myrfddin (34) 1/5]
   The strange creatures of RUIN have reached an agreement with the Dolod, and their new home shall host a Sanctum as well. The workers who travel to Mamut are fearful, though. Between the corruption of the flower and the enmity of the rock, the Dolod have not found peace in Mamut before. Progress on the Sanctum is slow owing to the abundance of caution.
   
   

Non-Actions

1. Resist all Conversions.
2. Accept all tech except Writing.
3. Resist all Buyouts.
4. Accept all Embassy gifts.
5. Use liege score to resist MIL/INT/DIP actions over endturn (in that priority order, should it matter)
6. Spend SOS favor to stabilize Nellen.
7. Ask Dark about HS bonus and the Sanctum question, both in the OoC.

Rumors and Stories

• The SOS are called in to banish the remnants of madness from Nellen.

Spoiler: Ruler Information

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The Lucid Ones

Stat	Value	Increase?
Diplomacy	1	+1
Military	4	+1
Opulence	7	-
Faith	10	-
Intrigue	3	-

Riseaesir, Ileaeli, and Ealedelae lead from Nellen. Six siblings and children are abroad - two in Troll Country, one with the Congress of the Honeyed Child, one in Ta Netjer, one with Zidan, and one who travels freely.

New Ruler: No

Spoiler: Regions

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Region Name	Region Number	Resource	Holy Center	Holy Order	Status	Bonuses
Nellen	307	Desert Bells - Spices (Great)	The Urelleru	The Corona	Capital, Unrest	-

Spoiler: Technology/Specialties

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Specialties

Type	Name	Effect(s)	Permanent?
-	-	-	-

Technologies

Type	Name	Effect(s)	Required Resource?
O	Pottery	+1 Buyouts	None
O	Animal Husbandry	+1 to Opulence and Diplomacy exploration	None
O	Irrigation	+1 Stabilization	None
O	Masonry	+1 to resist Raids and Sacks	None
O	Coinage	+1 to resist buyouts to players w/o coinage; +1 to buyouts	Gold or Silver resource
O	Towers of Light	+2 to defend against raids if attacker moves through a region with a TP you control. +1 to Investigate per other owner of this tech taking the Investigate action this round (Max +2)	Silver resource, Masonry tech
O	Advanced Masonry	+1 to resist Raids/Sacks	None
O	Caravansarai	+1 to resist Raid/Sacks	Masonry Tech, Clay or Stone resource
M	Thin-Blood Elixir	+1 to Battles/Quests w/ Gluttonous Shadows	N/A
O	Stele of Light	+1 vs Errant Questing // Bonus/Penalty against Theft equal to ((-1)*DSP Rep)	Mystical Stone // Sunstone, Towers of Light tech
O	Seekers	Deep Desert Traversal	Nakhla Stone
O	Restoration Tonic	+2 to Cleanse Blight from a person/area	N/A
-	-	-	-

Spoiler: Mechanical Bookkeeping

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Trading Posts Owned: 12

1. Clay, 299
2. Clay, 269
3. Shattered Runestones, 306
4. Silver, 308
5. Desert Bell Seeds, 291
6. Kelp Oil, 266
7. Sand, 301
8. Iron, 310
9. Giant Kangaroos, 318
10. Wombats, 284
11. Gamebirds, 208
12. Sunrock, 328

Faith head of The Path of the True Dawn

Holy Site Total	Effect	Category
5	+1	Resist Assassination/Kidnapping
10	2d8	Investigations
20	T1 Tech	TD Heroes Assist at a +3?
40	T2 Tech	N/A
80	Bonus	N/A

Military Units CAP: 5

Heroes

Artifacts

• All-Seeing Memory - Grants holder +1 to one roll per round when defending against Intrigue actions.
• The Scorching Shield - Grants holder +2 vs Leader Loss rolls. - Held by the Ashir

Treasure
5 Current

Special Actions Used
F5 - Holy Order
F10 - Holy Land
M5 - Hero

[Nefarion Xid]

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Ashirian Sultanate
Led by the Sultan Zidan il Kasima
D 10 • M 10 • O 5 • F 10 • I 10

News & Rumors

• Zidan and Jana visit Lim Xiuling on some secret errand.
• As Harun is restored, so is the ordained line of succession. Through a paragon of health, Harun spends years at his father's side absorbing his wisdom before Zidan retires to the life of a scholar.
• Harun's daughter, Azra il Roka, is appointed his successor and the next sultana. Her twin brother Salem is given command of the Bahith-al-Zael.

Actions

• [Opulence 5] Create Trading Post in 270, improving Onions resource from Good to Great
• [Opulence] Begin 270 Civic Infrastructure Great Project 1/5
• [Intrigue] Investigate Mockeries in Sikar (26) - With the Mockeries dealt an unexpectedly devastating blow, the Bahith seize the moment to hunt down the last vestiges throughout Sikar.
• [Intrigue] Steal the Nail from NGH (19) - Left as the undisputed masters of the deep desert, the Ashir dispatch agents to pry the Nail of Nemoikriosus from the scattered remnants yet still loyal to the Daughter of Madness.
• [Intrigue] Complete Research on Disruptive Sympathy 5/5 - Ever busy, the Bahith complete their magnum opus, at long last exposing one of the final secrets of the foul art of alchemy.
• [Intrigue] Secret, 1 Treasure Spent

Non-Actions

• New Ruler = Harun il Jana
• Offer to host TSR Conclave
• Spend 2 SOS favors to stabilize 292 and 299.
• Share cures with TSR
• Accept all gifts
• Spend 1 Treasure to resist any Assassination, Kidnapping, Theft or Betrayal
• Generate 1 Treasure from TPs
• Support conversions to True Dawn

Spoiler: Bookkeeping

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Stat gains: +1 Op, +2 Int
Next Round: Unclear!

Regions: 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 292, 299, 302, 303, 305, 307, 313, 315
Capital: 302
Treasure: 6
Trading Posts: 292 City Nakhla Stone, 295-1 Mountain Goats, 302-1 Ashirian Horses, 279-1 Peppercorns, 282-2 Copper, 289-3 Waterbuffalo, Silver (Argent Heart), Ashirian Horses (Zahir Al-Rahan)
Vassals: None
Embassies: CRO, DOD, HYD, NTK
Technologies Known (Military): Composite Bows ⭐, Recurve Bows ⭐, Bronze ⭐, Saddles ⭐, War Drums ⭐, Crab-Claw Sails ⭐
Technologies Known (Other): Animal Husbandry ⭐, Pottery ⭐, Writing (Kagahara) ⭐, Irrigation ⭐, Sailing ⭐, Coinage ⭐, Masonry ⭐, Advanced Masonry ⭐, Towers of Light, Wheel & Axel ⭐, Seekers ⭐
Translations Known: Mamut, Kiswa, Tarandi
Great Projects: Sun Temple 302 (+1 Hero Loyalty), Truthseer Headquarters 302 (+1 Create Claim, +1 Investigation, +1 Mythica, cannot enter Unrest, -1 Reputation for attacker)

Hero: Jana Al-Zamira (10)
Wielded Artifacts: Sun Sword (+2 Duels), Scorching Shield (+2 Leader Loss), Golden Lion Pet (+1 Battle, +1 Duels), Zahir Al-Rahan (+1 Battle)

Active Military Tech:
Special Materials: Bronze
Armor:
Melee Weaponry:
Ranged Weaponry: Recurve Bows
Cavalry: Saddles
Scouts and Logistics: War Drums
War Beasts
Fortifications
Combat Drugs and Medicine
Sappers and Siege Weapons
Subterfuge

Army Units: 13 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🏹🏹🛡️🛡️👳🏾👳🏾
_____• Sultan Zidan with 120 Elite Light Cavalry
_____• Amira Nasrin with 200 Light Cavalry
_____• Amira Mahira with 200 Light Cavalry
_____• Amira Naja with 200 Light Cavalry
_____• Amira Hana with 200 Light Cavalry
_____• Amira Qadira with 200 Light Cavalry
_____• Amira Leah with 200 Light Cavalry
_____• 200 Mounted Elven Archers
_____• 200 Mounted Elven Archers
_____• Sharif Vashur with 400 Heavy Infantry
_____• Sharifa Briga with 400 Heavy Infantry
_____• Sheikh Adamu with 1000 Light Infantry
_____• Sheikh Hakim with 1000 Light Infantry

Spoiler: Ashiric Phrasebook

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"A shala elem" - Traditional greeting, lit. "Be you at peace". Informally shortened to "A shala" and just "Shala". Used quite literally, it means they do not intend to fight you.
"Ashta hazid" - "Hear this" or "Bear witness" or "I swear", lit. "Witness truth". A preface used to assert that what follows is avowed true and may not be disputed without most grievous insult.
"Abin barat" - "Forty blessings". The standard number of blessings for a joyous occasion, such as marriage.
Amir/a - Prince/ss
Malak - Master or Great. Used as an aggrandizing modifier.

Spoiler: Family Tree

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Spoiler: Peerage & Organization

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Malak Amir - The Grand Prince and leader of the Ashir. The Malak's successor is chosen from among any princes of the clan, though tradition has favored first born child as age, experience and strength tend to yield the best war leaders.
Amir/a - A prince or princess. Any grandchild of any previous Malak Amir. As only matrilineal ties are definite and casual sex with multiple partners quite common, a male Malak Amir and his sons must avow that children are theirs. Known to be a reliably honest people, this is seldom an issue, but has assuredly led to some children being mislabeled as princes.
Sharif - A lord or count. Regional rulers who are considered peers to Amirs and subordinates to the Malak Amir. A representative of a Sharif attends the Ashir royal court to relay their concerns and provide counsel.
Sheikh - A chief or elder. Typically the leader of a village, the patriarch of a large family, or an overseer of arable land.
Sahib - Any estimable person, usually a courtesy title for family of a Sharif or Sheikh.
Akaid - A military captain who commands a company of 40 Farsan.
Faris - A cavalier, or rider in an active war company. Plural: Farsan.
Sayis - A cadet, groom, or squire too young to serve as a full fledged Faris.
Muatin - A member of the clan who never served as Faris.
Hajin - Anyone born to Ashir parents, but who never develops nightvision and is thus expelled from the clan upon reaching adulthood.
Ajnabi - Anyone who is not Al-Ashir.

Spoiler: Dice Rolls

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[bc56]

Veramondo
Vassals to the Vygra Confluence
Region 218: Veramondo
Region 228: Adzbark Wetlands
Region 229: Flaschorikia
Region 230: Qsmar

Actions
Rolls

[Faith] Convert 203 to the Way of Green
Spend a Treasure

[Faith] Convert 216 to the Way of Green


[Intrigue] Build Dream Speakers headquarters in ???


[Diplomacy 5] Create CI: Friendly Outreach
2d8 Reputation Raise

[Diplomacy] Raise Reputation with the Sentinels of Stone
Spend a Treasure, use Liege Score (7)


Nonactions

Support conversions to Way of Green
Resist everything else.

Vygra Embassy
Accept Pin-Tumbler Locks and the cures for all diseases.

News and Rumors

Spoiler: National Info

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Units: 7/12 land, 1/6 sea
Treasure: 5/5 (+2 per round)
Heroes:
Kata the Fatherless (7)
Relics:
Twilight Lens: -2 Cross-Continent penalty.

Spoiler: Technologies

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Name	Effect	Requires	Usable?	DSP?
Advanced Masonry	+1 resist Raid and Sack	None	Yes	No
Advanced Poisoning	+1 theft, assassination, kidnapping, incite betrayal, and related Secret Actions	Medicinal/Poisonous plants	No	No
Animal Husbandry	+1 to Opu and Dip explore	None	Yes	No
Arctic Survival	May cross arctic borders	Lumber	Yes	Yes
Bronze	+1 battles, +1 leader loss	Copper, Materials slot	Yes	No
Caravanserai	+1 resist Raid and Sack	Masonry, Stone or Clay	Yes	Yes
Celestial Navigation	Cross additional deep water border and -1 distance loss over water	None	Yes	Yes
Coinage	+1 resist buyout against those without coinage, +1 buyout if you have gold or silver	None	Yes	Yes
Comet Phylacteries	+2 leader loss rolls	Comet Shards, Medicine slot	No	Yes
Composite Bows	+1 battles	Hooved Animals, Ranged slot	Yes	Yes
Crab-Claw Sails	-1 distance loss, increase deep water transport by 1	Sailing, Logistics slot	Yes	Yes
Eleftherian Diplomacy	New non-dynastic rulers get +1 to two stats their predecessor had 8 or more in	Writing	Yes	Yes
Equestrianism	-10% casualties	Horses, Animal Husbandry, Cavalry slot	Yes	Yes
Feathered Capes	May contribute an extra hero to quests without extra actions.	Feathers, Armor slot.	Yes	Yes
Increased Defense Budget	May spend 1 more treasure on a battle, +1 to battle for every 2 treasure spent	Gems or Precious Metals, Logistics slot	No	Yes
Irrigation	+1 Stabilize	None	Yes	No
Masonry	+1 resist Raid and Sack	None	Yes	No
Mechanical Joints	+1 Buyouts and Opulence Exploration	None	Yes	Yes
Mountaineer Clothing	Can cross mountain borders	Furs and Hides	Yes	Yes
Off-Track Betting	When spending treasure, you may roll 1d6. On 1, no benefit. On 6, +2 instead of +1.	None	Yes	Yes
Peltae	+1 to Battle	Wood, Armor slot	Yes	Yes
Pottery	+1 Buyout	None	Yes	No
Recurve Bows	+2 Battle	Composite Bows, Hooves, Ranged Slot	Yes	Yes
Saddles	+1 Battle, -10% casualties.	Cavalry tech, Animals, Cavalry Slot.	Yes	Yes
Sailing	May cross deep water	None	Yes	Yes
Seekers	May cross deep desert	Nahkla Stone	No	Yes
Stage Plays	+1 Stabilization	Refreshments	Yes	Yes
Steering Oars	+3 TM in naval and coastal battles	Sailing, Cavalry Slot	Yes	Yes
Song of the Sea	Cross 1 additional deep water border. +2 Leader Loss in naval battles	Sea Creatures, Animal Husbandry, Sailing, Logistics slot.	No	Yes
Song of the Wind	+1 Sea exploration, cross 1 additional deep water border.	Flying Beings, Animal Husbandry, Sailing	Yes	Yes
Thin-Blood Elixir	+1 to battles and Quests against Gluttonous Shadows	Medicine slot	Yes	No
Towers of Light	+2 resist Raids, +1 to Investigate per other with this tech that investigates this round (max +2)	Silver, Masonry	No	Yes
Treasure Ships	+1 Sailing range and can make Trade Routes over deep water	None (?)	Yes (?)	Yes
Uzii Battlesmithing	-10% casualties	Hard Metal, Armor slot	Yes	Yes
Viskari War Bows	+1 to battle	Wood, Ranged slot	Yes	Yes
War Drums	+2 tactical maneuvering	Logistics slot	Yes	Yes
Wheel and Axle	+1 Opu explore, overland exploration not limited by adjacency	None	Yes	No
Wolf Riders	+1 to battle	Wolves, Cavalry slot	No	Yes
Writing	+1 conversion resist, +1 conversion against people who have Veramondi Logography	None	Yes	No

Trade Posts:
Ashiran Horses: 302.1
Cacao: 218.C, 218.1
Copper: 204.1, 282.3
Flamingoes 229.C
Orichalcum: 245.1
Quaggas: 230.1
Rice Wine: 228.1
Stone: 213.1
Timber: 192.1
Wild Asses 212.1

CIs
Practiced Debate: 2d8 on Conversions. (Permanent)

Rep Bonuses
DSP 1: +1 Exploration
DSP 2: Incur distance losses every 5 regions.
Keeper of Fables: +2 secret action resist, gain all techs owned by 5+ nations, may treat a DSP exploration as own Inquest great success once per round
SoS 1: +1 Stabilization
SoS 2: +1 existing Hero related rolls
TSR 1: +1 Establish Claim
Fortresses:
Atasamar Kanorage (218)
Cities
Kanorage (218) Does not count towards city count limits.
Flamakar Sangrisil (229).

Spoiler: Ruler Info

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Enavi Hadev
Diplomacy: 5+1
Military: 8
Opulence: 5
Faith: 8+1
Intrigue: 6

Descendants and Heirs:


Spouse:
None

Other Family:
Oram Hadev III - Uncle
Vari Hadev - Aunt
Kata... Hadev? - Cousin
Karsha Hadev - Sister

[Silent_Interim]

The Great Scrimthun Unity
Glory be to Thun, which remembers what it is owed.
(Round 23)


(Regions: 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 69, 75)
Vassals: SMI (78), BOZ (85, 86, 87)
Leader: Thunspeaker Atir, First-Born of Arrakh-Rah, Keeper of Fables
D: 8+2 | M: 10 | O: 6 | F: 4 | I: 4+1

Actions:

1. [Diplomacy] Raise rep with the TSR from 3 to 4. Spend 1 treasure. Use off-track betting. Success!
   Even as the Thunspeaker devotes a great deal of attention to working with the Dreamspeakers to reforge their order, they spend a great deal of time currying favour with the Truthseers at the local tower. To what end? Who can say.
2. [Diplomacy] Establish claim: Establish a claim on region 66. Spend 1 treasure. Success!
   It was an error on the part of the Scrim to allow their relationships to grow stale. The Juhan Axemen are faded, between blackfire and plague. The Unity would restore them to greatness. To that end, a Scrimspeaker, carved of the Thunspeaker's own stone, is selected, a young basalt diplomat by the name of Ronta, to establish a new kind of tie in a land where previously the Scrim have only had mercantile ones.
3. [Diplomacy] Diplomatic Mission: Explore North of region 62. Spend 1 treasure. Success!
   The Northeastern area of Mamut remains a mystery. Not, though, for long.
4. [Diplomacy] Gift 3 treasure to the Holy Uldran Empire (ULD).
   Service begets debts. The Unity pays its debts, even if it is sometimes regrettably later than intended.
5. [Intrigue] Begin construction of the new DSP HQ in region 65, retrofitting the existing Speaker's Tavern. (1/4)
6. [Intrigue] Continue construction of the new DSP HQ. (2/4)
   
   Spoiler: A New Home for the Dreamspeakers

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   The Twilight is no longer safe for the Dreamspeakers. The war against the blight continues on many battlefields, and a central location is needed for the once very de-centralized group to organize, to plan... to recuperate. After much arguing done through intermediaries across the seas, an agreement is reached. Arkusa will be host to the new order of the Dreamspeakers, the center of their world.
   
   In years past, the Gathering at Arkusa was full of trepidation, but it eventually welcomed the presence of the local Speaker’s Tavern. The Arkusans are wanderers born and raised, and where in many places those with the Twilight Sight found themselves outsiders, foreigners, at the Gathering they found kindred spirits, willing to give them a home. So is it not a natural place for the Dreamspeakers to gather too?
   
   There are many across the world of Ember with high towers and thick walls- the Scrim included. The depradations of blight alone would be enough for the world to need displays of might, rallying cries frozen in stone to remind the world that there are those who fight to defend, that you need not be alone. Fortresses stand defiant on high hills, places of strength. There is much value in these places... but that cannot be what the Dreamspeakers bring.
   
   The Dreamspeakers would bring peoples closer together. To that end, they cannot be a bastion, they must be a commune. The Scrim who arrive to reshape Karoth Plateau do not build high- they build the ensuing structures spread out, wide across the landscape. No building stands glorious above the others, but instead it becomes a complex web of structures, sometimes joined, sometimes not, across which the Dreamspeakers may flow freely, not commanded from above, but co-operating, together.
   
   In the end, most of the work comes not in rebuilding, but in reorientation. Though the Twilight can still be used for communication when needed, it cannot be the center of the world for the Dreamspeakers any longer. Instead this, the Gathering, must be that center, where records are kept, where decisions are made, and where all those with the Twilight Sight can find respite.

Non-Actions:
Standard:

• Attend any events to which we are invited.
• Accept any gifts or embassies that do not have diplomatic strings attached.
• Resist all unsupported buyouts with a +1 against those without Coinage.
• Resist all sacks at a +2 from Masonry and Advanced Masonry; resist raids at a +4 from those and Towers of Light.
• Resist thefts, assassinations, kidnappings, and spark rebellions (including secret ones) with a +1 from Eyes Above.
• Resist secret actions at an additional +2 from Keeper of Fables.
• Resist all unapproved Errant Quests in our territory.
• Support all conversions to the Trinity of Light by groups other than the Agent of Ruin, whose conversions will be ignored; resist all others with a +1 from Writing (Hraban Runes).
• Gain 3 Treasure at the beginning of the next round from passive income. Earlier trade continues to pay dividends.
  Organizations:
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  Embassy
• Accept regions 50 and 67 from the Crimson Sundom (ARK).
  Other:
• Host an event with TSR Rep 3.
• Accept embassy from Smiaurskotor (SMI).

News and Rumors:

• 
  

Spoiler: Bookkeeping

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Land Units: 5/25
Naval Units: 4/10
Tactical Doctrine: Endurance of the Earth (-10% friendly casualties and +2 leader loss)
Heroes: Warspeaker Steady-Hand-Spills-Black-Blood-On-White-Snow, Champion of Light, Dances-With-Bees (10)
Tulao, Ember Twin (9)
Passive Treasure Income: 3
Treasure: 6/10 [=>3/10]
Embassies: ARK, KOB, NTK, [+SMI], TAR
Technologies:

• Masonry
• Writing (Hraban Runes)
• Animal Husbandry
• Pottery
• Irrigation
• Sailing
• Arctic Survival (Active, 65.1)
• Bronze (Active, 24.2)
• Cloud Striders (Inactive, Battle Toads or large flying animals)
• Campaign Grift (Inactive, need more alcohol)
• Eyes Above (Active, 61.3)
• Increased Defense Budget (Active, 18.2, 75.C)
• Off-Track Betting
• Stage Plays (Active, 1.1)
• Three-Wind-Bows (Active, KoF)
• Treasure Ships (Active, 37.3 and 18.2 or 75.C)
• Uzii Battlesmithing (Active, 33.2)
• Viskari War Bows (Active, 65.2)
• War Drums
• Mamut-Daezirn Isles translation
• Mamut-Kiswa translation
• Mamut-Sikar translation
• Mamut-Tarandi translation

Spoiler: Keeper of Fables Techs

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• Advanced Masonry
• Celestial Navigation
• Coinage (Partially active, need gold or silver)
• Composite Bows (Active, 55.1)
• Crab-Claw Sails
• Eleftherian Democracy
• Mechanical Joints
• Mountaineer Clothing (Active, 53.1 and 53.C)
• Recurve Bows (Active, Composite Bows and 55.2)
• Steering Oars
• Thin-Blood Elixir
• Towers of Light (Active, 89.1)
• Wheel and Axle
• All plague cures

Spoiler: Inactive

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• Advanced Poisoning (Medicinal or poisonous plants)
• Caravanserai (Stone)
• Comet Phylacteries (Comet shards)
• Equestrianism (Horses)
• Feathered Capes (Feathers)
• Peltae (Additional wood)
• Saddles (Cavalry tech and animals)
• Seekers (Nakhla Stone)
• Song of the Sea (Sea creatures)
• Song of the Wind (Flying beings)
• Wolf Riders (Wolves)

Spoiler: Unit Breakdown

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• 1 Arkusan Homeguard
• 1 Watchers
• 1 Vagabonds & followers
• 4 Scrim Elites
  Naval-
• 4 Scrim Sailors

Spoiler: Characters (WIP)

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Thunspeaker Atir: Ruler, round 19 to present. Self-styled as First-Born of Arrakh-Rah. Scrim, made from suevite.
Warspeaker Steady-Hand-Spills-Black-Blood-On-White-Snow, Champion of Light, Dances-With-Bees: Hero, score 10. Introduced round 13. Watcher.
Holn: Translator for Steady-Hand. Introduced round 16. Scrim, made of basalt.
Tulao, the Ember Twin: Hero, score 8. Introduced round 20 as a replacement for Warspeaker Arman. Scrim, made from Ember Stone.
Tradespeaker Lejah: Economic advisor to the previous Thunspeaker. Failed to return after undertaking a mission for then-Thunspeaker Nithor in Targiz, returned in round 21 after the whole Targiz blight sitch, wears a mask now. Scrim, made from marble.

Deceased characters:
Thunspeaker Nithor: Ruler, round 9 to round 18. Now part of the foundation of the Fortress in Thun. Scrim, made from slate.
Thunspeaker Ulun: Ruler, round 1 to round 8. Now a statue on the throne in the Thunspeaker’s Palace. Scrim, made from marble.
Warspeaker Tior: Hero, introduced round 1, formalized as a hero in round 4, died in ignominy battling native defenders in round 12. Scrim, made from marble.
Ex-Sentinel Arcor: Hero, score 8. Introduced round 5, retired to the wilderness in round 8 being replaced by Arman. Human.
Warspeaker Arman: Hero, score 8. Introudced round 10 as a replacement for Ex-Sentinel Arcor. Died of old age in round 20, replaced by Tulao. Human.

Spoiler: Trading Posts

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Region No.	Resource	TP1	TP2	TP3	City	Acquired?
1	Wine	SCR	Open	Open		Round 18
18	Emeralds	TAR	SCR	Open		Round 4, Round 12
24	Tin	CRI	SCR	XX		Round 14
33	Copper	SCR	SCR	Open	ARK	Round 14
37	Living Wood	Open	TAR	SCR	DER	Round 21
40	Cheese	SCR	TAR	TAR		Round 13
50	Truffles	SCR	Open	Open		Round 2
53	Furs and Hides	SCR	TAR	Open	SCR	Starting, Round 4
54	Barley	SCR	Open	XX		Round 2
55	Goats	SCR	SCR	XX		Round 14, Round 17
61	Falconers	TAR	CRI	SCR		Round 17
65	Timber	SCR	SCR	XX		Round 21
Intercontinental
Region No.	Resource	TP1	TP2	TP3	City	Acquired?
75	Pyroemeralds	SMI	AVI	AVI	SCR	Acquired?
173	Silver	SCR	XX	XX		Round 16
299	Clay	Open	SCR	HYD		Round 15, DSP

Spoiler: Previous Rounds & Land Posts Reference

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Lands Thread
Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
Round Six
Round Seven
Round Eight
Round Nine
Round Ten
Round Eleven
Round Twelve
Round Thirteen
Round Fourteen
Round Fifteen
Round Sixteen
Round Seventeen
Round Eighteen
Round Nineteen
Round Twenty
Round Twenty-One
Round Twenty-Two

[Epinephrine_Syn]

Turn Twenty Three

My Round Actions
Lands of the HYD
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Game Round Opener Posts
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Ruler: Jenifu, The Hydran Sovereign (born 240 AFD, Age 52-56)

Dip 5+1
Mil 5+1
Opu 7
Fai 7+1
Int 3

Actions
Mil Raise Unit x2 (1 naval, 1 land)
Mil Conquer 262

Spoiler: Conquer 262

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Sending troops to assist the Naherin as they lead the battle with Aesira against the natives of 262 and the Soreni
Unit Travel Pattern
0 Losses
HYD
2 Land units 263>262
2 Land units 265>264>263>262
4 units total
10% Losses
2 Naval Units transport the Naherin forces to the battle, traveling from 277 to 276>275>269>265, 0.2 rounds down to 0.
4 Naherin units come from 277>276>275>269>265>264>263>262
0.4 rounds down to 0.

Battle Techs/Etc
+10 Aesira
+4 HYD units, +6 NAH units
(Naval units stay home in port)
+6 (Chariots +2, recurve bows +2, blade sharpeners, bronze)
+2 War Drums Tac Doc
20% reduced cas (uzii, chariot)
10% increased enemy cas (worm wrangling)
+1 leader loss (bronze)
Allow Aesira/Ti/Naherin to lead the battle.

Mil Defending 221 by stomping the hyena

Spoiler: Stomp the Hyena in 221

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Unit Travel Pattern
10% Distance Losses
2 units from 265>264>263, links with

2 units from 263>266>267, links with
6 units from 268>267, all 10 units move
267>223>222>221
The shortest distance traveled by any unit is 5, the longest distance traveled by any unit 7, all fit under 10%
10*.1 is 1 unit lost, Celestial Navigation reduces this to 0


Battle Techs/Etc
Allow the Hydran Troll Warparty to be led by Fanat, using the Skirmish Tac Doc(??)
Fanat +10 Hero
HYD Units +10, TRL units +7
Accepting/Asking for Duel
Duel Score: 2d8+10

Equipped Techs for the Hydra+Troll Defense Warparty
* Special Materials (Bronze) +1 Battle, +1 Leader Loss Rolls Black Iron (TRL) +2 Battle
* Armor (Uzii Battlesmithing) -10% casualties
* Melee Weaponry (Sharpened Weapons) +1 Battles
* Ranged Weaponry (Recurve Bows) +2 Battles
* Cavalry (Chariots) +2 Battles, -10% friendly casualties
* Scouts and Logistics (Celestial Navigation) -1 Flat Distance Losses
* War Beasts (Worm Wrangling) +10% enemy casualties
* Fortifications (none)
* Combat Drugs and Medicine Thin Blood +1 to Quest/Battle with Blightspawn
* Sappers and Siege Weapons (none)
* Subterfuge (none)

Fai Artifact; The Starcoil Crown
Effects: Perceive all stars, in varying intensity depending on focus. Never get lost due to mastery of Celestial Navigation in tandem with Star Sight. Can sail the Obsidian Sea with very mild proficiency (read: just enough to not ****ing die while doing it).
(Mechanical effect to be determined.)
(Give it to Jenifu to bear as the rightful Sovereign.)
Fai Seek Aid on the battle roll attacking (7 Fai, seek aid CI from naherin vassal) TN 12 Roll = 12
[roll]2d8+7[/roll]
Dip Raise Rep with SoW (5 dip, treasure)
[roll]2d6+6[/roll] TN 10 Roll = 17
Dip Stabilize 263
(Stage plays, SoS rep, irrigation, treasure, 5 dip)
[roll]2d6+9[/roll] TN 12 Roll = 19

Sub-Actions
remember to write up 263 Written up in ooc, yay.

Embassy Actions
Toss Treasure Vaults to the Sewune and the Naherin.
Trade Wormlurk Tunnels to the Naherin
Trade 2 treasure to the Naherin.

Non-Actions

Spoiler: Default Non-Actions

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Require permission from an Agent of Ruin for any interaction.
Accept all trade gifts (treasures, units, technologies, embassies, etc)
Resist all Buyouts and Errant Quests not explicitly allowed within HYD territories or of HYD TPs.
Resist all conversions to religions other than Path Of The Ancient Ones.
Support all conversions to Path Of The Ancient Ones.
Use 2 treasure if needed to roll resist for any kidnapping, assassination or betrayal of ruler or hero (to use Wormtunnel Networks for a net +3 to the defense).
Invalid actions should be contributed to a GP.

Support the Alodites in buying out TP 2 of Wild Horses in region 289.
Spend 1 Truthseer Favor to gain access to Secret Lore.

Spoiler: Rumors and News

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A local chefs stand tries making a killing with Honey Roasted Steak. The highly expensive honey immediately drives the otherwise fairly successful elven diner into destitution as, for some inexplicable reason, everyone around supremely dislikes the blend so damn much.
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Jenifu takes great consideration into helping her merchant class proliferate all over Kiswa to produce trade deals. They rally with the Sewune to construct a little town with the help of Zezau, making it function as a trading hub for greater prosperity. Lavender Grove, it’s called. The two kingdoms each collect goods, and you can pretty much find anything in the entire southern hemisphere… for a price.
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Within the capital of Lhungho Saar, deep into Troll Country, Joy especially helps craft deals with the ruling class of trolls while the Night Elven armies rally to help defend their lands. The first troll-elven marriage is held, though such practice is still very sparse as many Night Elves find both the troll body and the troll method of governing their ‘thralls’ distasteful and repugnant.
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Spoiler: An Amber Feather

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264 AFD; A tiny, blue scaled child looks at a bunch of adults screaming at each other. Several of whom are her parents, many more half-parental, and a few medical professionals and clergy entirely unrelated. They hold a newborn corpse.

The feather she was given to kiss away her boo boos is swiped out of her hair, given to the newborn instead. It abruptly wakes up, and bellows with a sob.

245 AFD: The child is not given a name. It is presumed she will die any week now, but still, with the feather the infant persists. For the adults, it is a fascinating study into just how powerful these feathers are. For the little girl walking through the garden trying to play pretend-mommy with her younger sibling, it’s something else entirely.

249 AFD; The golden scaled child is perpetually bedridden, and the blue reads every scroll in the library out to her. Their other siblings collect feathers from all over the Nocturnal Hydra’s hunting grounds, but to no avail. It’s one peculiar type of feather that does the trick, one of frustrating rarity, and in the weeks between one batch and the next the amber child sleeps dreamlessly.


253 AFD; Having heard the pleas of her blue scaled daughter, their mother mobilizes the vast wealth of the empire to clamp down on the source of feathers. With a dozen feathers, she can stand. She cannot go play in the battlefields with the rest of her sisters, but her blue sister likes it indoors better anyway and keeps her company.

259 AFD; The perfect child, the true red scaled worm, the only one that deserved this throne… has passed. Valiantly, saving the queen. Most of the royalty mourns, but the blue child does not have time for such things. She’s the official successor now.

265 AFD; The golden girl, an elf kept hidden away from the public. Barely three dozen people know of her existence. The queen-to-be spends so much time on her. The current queen is too busy dealing with wars to chide her for it.

273 AFD; Having enough economic know-how, she convinces the Hydran Empire to expand its portfolio in numerous ways, and one of those is obtaining a monopoly of the Simurgh beasts. Not only can they access feathers, but her younger sister can have one as a pet.

If only it were well trained.

279 AFD; Plague. A foe Jenifu understands intimately, and despises with all of her heart. It took her mother, first into isolation, after from their lives. The new queen ascends to the throne with a new breed of problem to overcome, even as her other sisters have taken on far-off mantles.

284 AFD; Fort Hexennest is complete. True mastery over the glowing feathers and the wings they are born on is obtained. Joy roars with triumph as she rides one across the plains, and Jenifu cheers loud enough from the balcony that the amber scaled princess can hear it from that high up.

Despite all the political drama and creeping madness and threats of war, this thing, this one thing has gone right.

291 AFD; Jenifu hires an expert seamstress to help Joy become one with the feathers. Similar to how she once had a lone feather buried within her skin for maximum exposure, she now had hundreds buried within her scales. Little ribbons to help hold them in place and facilitating ease of replacement them once their magic has run dry.

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A golden simurgh clad to the beak in sapphire silk and armor descends on region name here, invited to discuss with the troll royals. The Night Elf that steps off seems more like she came out of the glowing guardian sanctum than from the night sky, glistening with feathers woven into her skin and scales. She almost seems to float and bounce along the air current as she strides forward, letting her mount trail in slow tow.

Her name is Joy, and she has given herself a mission. Mend relations between the hostile kiswan neighbors and the night elf settlers. For decades things have been tense, and that’s as long as she’s been alive. She’s come to learn of their culture, and while she must return home at the setting of every season twice a year, her mode of transport means that isn’t a long delay.

In gifts she bears a short clip of her hair and a set of bamboo pipes with which to smoke copious amounts of tobacco. Really, it’s amazing how the stuff seems to have no effect on her. Or at least, she’s always chipper enough that one can’t tell the difference.
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Artifact; Starcoil Crown

Spoiler: Fluff

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Wuuluu and Jenifu stared each other down within the halls of the Windowless Tower. It was a cold, empty moment, perhaps having something to do with Wuuluu being a specter sitting casually on top of her skeletal corpse, pursuing a book from the Windowless Tower as if she were deep inside her studies, as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Something had happened, though. Her personality was ice cold, rock solid in raw determination, and absolutely devoid of love. This wasn’t the mother Jenifu grew up with.

Yet… whatever happened, whatever this thing before her was, it still cared for her offspring, even if one wouldn’t call the feeling love. Only bear the crown if you are worthy, she said. Even then, prepare yourself. Ground yourself. Become as loose as the four winds. Hold a sharp awareness of your identity, and what you hold most dear. If one sailed the Obsidian Sea without an anchor to the shores of reality, they would never come back.

The first Hydran Sovereign could very easily have not given the second this warning. Let her make this choice unprepared. And yet, it wasn’t really a choice, was it?

Jenifu knew with ironclad certainty that if she turned back now, closed this door and left the crown behind, she would never find this place again. Never find her mother again. Leave the greatest mysteries of the universe undiscovered. And she was worthy, she was of royal blood. If anybody was capable, it was her. With a deep breath, the Sapphire Queen crowned herself. And everhnthignd fad12ednhnstokjsdyjnhgfdmowe,hs Sdfsdkjnkoimr,wemrn.jdfs fergotermoqweklpklzxcwmek

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Everything was Blight. Bright. Light. Time passed. Years, Centuries, Minutes, what was the difference, and they went whichever direction they pleased. Distance held no meaning either. Numbers literally could not describe the vastness of the Obsidian Sea. It was a thousand thunder seas long. It was a thousand thousands, it was a thousand thousand thousand thousand thousand thousand thousand thousa…

…and she could perceive all of it.
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…………..mnbvkwert..............yuiuytrrgkoioiu...... .....kh
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The stars were eyeballs. She could zoom in, gaze into the distance, keep home in sight. She had to go home, must not lose sight of her purpose. Even now, her proverbial fingers were slipping. She had an empire to rule. A teeny, tiny empire on a forgettable speck of stardust.

There had to be something worth coming back to. Right?
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The Hydran Sovereign screamed so loud it tore her throat, and that very pain transformed the screech into a roar of triumphant laughter, loud enough to make the trees rattle in fear. The wrenching pain of coughing up blood was euphoria. Even the rancid stench and festering bugs burying her naked body felt fantastic. It was real, she was real again. She… where was she?



… two hundred miles south of Marsport, in the dank swamps of northern Grovelia. Huh. How’d she get there? How’d she know?



Not important.



What mattered was the fact that she’d dove head first into the obsidian sea and come back in one piece. Showed you, mom. Said mother smiled approvingly, giving her a nice tight hug. It was cold as the dead of deep space, but still loving all the same.

And with a violent suplex, dunked her back into the abyss.

Armies and Coffers of the HYD

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Heads of the Hydra: HYD, NAH
(+1 to ruler turnover, +1 to land unit cap)
Owned Regions:
Cs 280, 281, 282, 283, 289
nCs None
Ck 204, 265, 268, 203
nCk 263

C9, NC1, V1 (3-1+C N) (6-2+(2*(C+NC))+V A)
Update formula?

Spoiler: Night Elven Armies And Coffers

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Coffers: 7/15 Treasure, 4/11 Naval Units, 14/25 Army Units
+3 treasure passive
give 2 treasure to the naherin
spend 2 treasure on rolls
net -1 treasure this turn.

Trading Posts/Cities Controlled: 19/2
Favor/Rep Status: 2/2 with SoS, 0/2 with DSP, 2/2 with TSR, 1/0 with SoW

(Who knows wtf happens to the DSP)
Gain +1 Rep with the SoW

Spoiler: Opulence TP Stuff

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Spoiler: Owned TPs

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204/City/Copper
211/2/Tvila Clay
214/1/SeaFood
216/2/Droggen Berries
220/2/Tobacco
238/2/Granite
242/2/Earthblood

263/2/Bamboo
264/1+2+3/Sapphires
271/1/Moose
278/2/Bloodfire
280/1/Flavored Water
282/1/Copper
288/1+2/Water Buffalo
289/City/Wild Horses
293/1/Simurgh
299/3/Clay
302/2/Ashiran Horses

Spoiler: TPs in Owned Territories

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Table
280 Fla Wat HYD/Open/NAH
281 Maize RAN/Open/XX
282 Copper HYD/ASH/NAH
283 Maize ALO/Open/XX
289 Wild Horse SEW/Open/Open/(HYD)


268 Sea Food Open/XX/XX
263 ownership get?

204 Copper VER/LIM/XX(HYD)
203 Dyes Open/Open/Open

Spoiler: Naherin

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6 Land Units, 1 Naval Unit
6 treasure minus last turn’s expenditures

Spoiler: Techs/Bonuses

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Total Tech List: All Default Techs, Comp Bows>Recurve Bows, Equestrianism>Saddles, War Drums, Bronze, Sharpened Weapons, Crab Claw Sails, Worm Wrangling, Uzii Battlesmithing, Chariots [Thin Blood Elixir, Feathered Cloaks]

Coinage, Wheel and Axel, Seekers, Advanced Masonry, Thin Blood Elixir, Caravanserai, Arctic Survival, Feathered Cloaks, Mountaineer Clothing, Stage Plays, Advanced Poisoning, Djinn Contracts, Treasure Vaults


Flowerlands (Mamut) Codex
Blightlands (Kiswa) Codex
?????? (Tarandi) Codex
PotAtO +1 Def Battles

Cure for Sand Lung, River Fever, Scale Pox, Corpse Plague
To-get: Island Fugue

Spoiler: War Tech Table

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Equipped Techs
* Special Materials (Bronze) +1 Battle, +1 Leader Loss Rolls
* Armor (Uzii Battlesmithing) -10% casualties
* Melee Weaponry (Sharpened Weapons) +1 Battles
* Ranged Weaponry (Recurve Bows) +2 Battles
* Cavalry (Chariots) +2 Battles, -10% friendly casualties
* Scouts and Logistics (War Drums) +2 Tac Doc
* War Beasts (Worm Wrangling) +10% enemy casualties
* Fortifications (none)
* Combat Drugs and Medicine Thin Blood +1 to Quest/Battle with Blightspawn
* Sappers and Siege Weapons (none)
* Subterfuge (none)
Organization Bonuses
+1 Leader Loss from SoW Rep 1

Spoiler: Hero Titles

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Liyae and Char have earned the mantle of Storm Slayers, gaining a +2 to Errant Quests in Sikar.

[Torv]

Smiaurskotor
Glaondi Yejon
Daezirn Isles
Year 1-4 S.E.

Storhusbandi Vinolygur
D 5 • M 1 • O 1 • F 5 • I 3
Gains: +1M, +1I


The Skota-guild:

• [Diplomacy 5] Establish an embassy with SCR
  
  From the shores of Varai-Lades Vinolugyur begins strengthening bonds established in previous years, sending ships to the gathering in Avicennia and to the Mamut coast. Despite the Scrim’s unfortunate lack of holdings near the ocean in their homeland many Ugglos find their way to Frastham, able to survive the cold mainland thanks to their liege’s imparted knowledge of sleds and snowshoes. Finding the Scrim’s own carvings fascinating a few of the Smiaurskotor stays behind, enjoying their benefactors’ ability to usher in peace in this land of furred beings. Soon a steady stream of communication begins to flow between Frastham and the scattered ships of the other Smiaurskotor, a few daring Ugglos venture deeper into the land-sea to Thun itself. Adapting to the steady roll of Scrim bureaucracy they form a permanent home in the city of stone, overseeing the steadily growing trade along the formerly barren coast of Frastham.
  
  
• [Military] Raise a naval unit
  
  With Vinolugyur ushering the Smiaurskotor into a new era, away from Glaondi Yejon a need for more seaworthy vessels quickly arises. With the guilds spread far and wide in the isles fast ships to spread messages are invaluable, after multiple falling to pirates and errant blightspawn the works of a slightly slower but sturdier militia takes shape. A few years later the first guardships sets sail, with the goal to ensure safe passages throughout most of Daezirn.

Nofnlousmythvitodurkarndrypiskip:

• [Military] Assist the blight in 'the Scouts' epic quest with Nofn (21)
  
  The Lion-Hornets stretch their wings again, foolishly descending upon Varai-Lades when their hive is under attack. Having ventured deep into it and seen the might of their Queen Nofn hopes her lords will keep it safe once more, when she ventures out slay anyone intent on harming the children during their joyous expeditions.
  
  
• [Intrigue] Investigate Nofn's bond to the blight (19)
  
  Nofn’s mind rests easy, embraced by visions from her elder brothers. She finds herself on a field, dark pillars rising above, ensnaring and entombing all below. The earth shakes and the monoliths crumbles, a swarm of insects rising to the now open night sky. From behind hands closes around her throat, the caretaker refusing to let her leave this falling prison, as her vision darkens a smile curls on her lips, she understands.
  
  Exchanging one dream for another she begins walking the familiar path of her own downfall, towards the knot of rage and hatred placed at her core. Not seeking to unravel it she instead searches for the tethers binding it to her, both those tied by her false overlord but in particular those stemming from the twlight itself.
  

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• [Intrigue] Secret
  Orisons. Darkness. Expertise.

Non Actions:

• Support BOZ buyouts of open TPs
• Resist all conversions and other buyouts

Embassy Actions:

• Gift BOZ all plague cures
• Trade BOZ R78 for 2 treasure

News and rumors:

• Working in the blistering heat of the Oceanforge Balvodur notices some oddities with the Slate-hornet’s maintenance of the runes. Carving too shallowly one rune sometimes get overlapped by another, creating something new and subtly changing the tale swirling around the forge. Over the following weeks the Hornets begins to make more mistakes, flying drunkenly and scraping against pyroemeralds where they shouldn’t and bumping into the smiths. Catching one of them Balvodur is surprised by the weight, feeling the bones under their hard chitin, as it feebly struggles to get back to its duties, she begins to connect the dots. Bringing with her a cadaver the next day the Slate-hornets devours it in the blink of an eye, their behaviour returning to normal shortly thereafter.
  
  
• Krafuhofi boils at the sight of Daezirn’s break from unity, both her kin and congregation now following some foreigners, ignorant to the proper ways. But she has her beloved, still respecting the might of the Scrim the tribe dares not embrace the Sagu-guild publicly. The exiled mystorinn is familiar with the turns of history, this might not be her time, but she can lay low a few more years, the Sagu-guild will set things right again. Her passion grows only hotter in the frigid north, while she schemes.
  
  
• Following their dance throughout the palace of Glaondi Yejon a few northern Bozuls return with the Eaudanites to Siryno Yejor. They continue their flight of friendship and hard work, bringing prosperity to a region rarely given a second thought by the meagre merchants of the Smiaurskotor, save for their own joy. With the wealth of Ogrontir behind them the Bozuls helps the Galtur raise their harbours into proper settlements, a fresh breeze of prosperity replacing the one of rotting fish. At the outskirts abandoned murals gets restored and extended with tales of the euadanite practices, alongside those of Glyemo and the region’s own history, transforming the stagnated rivers of blood into a Styinn epic of unity and co-existences.
  
  
• The reminder of Nofn’s apprentices devote themselves to the practices of their teacher fully, strengthening themselves with Hroythslo carvings and guarded knowledge shared by their patron. Seeking to elevate themselves in similar manners they work to understand the chains dampening the powers of their idols. Proving to be a futile endeavour on their own they spread throughout the isles, searching for those able to help.

Spoiler: Bookkeeping

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Owned Regions

R78, Siryno Yejor
Army Units

Land:0
Naval:0

Heroes
Nofn (10)

Cultural Identities
Everlasting Records, gain 2d8 to Investigations

Owned Resources

Resource	Region	TP
Pyroemeralds	75	1
Boats	74	1

Owned Techs

Tech	Effect	Requirements
Writing(Styinn)	+1 Conversion Def, +1 to Conversions if sharing same writing	None
Sailing	Can traverse over one deep ocean border	None
Animal Husbandry	+1 to Opu and Dip explores	None
Irrigation	+1 to Stabilization rolls	None
Masonry	+1 to resist raids/sacks	None
Pottery	+1 to Buyouts	None
Mamut Translation	Understands CULTURE	none
Celestial Navigation	+1 Sailing, -1 Distance loss for deep water	none
Viskari War Bows	+1 to Battle	Wood
Tarandi Translation	Understands FAITH	None
Kiswa Translation	Understands STABBING	None
Treausure Ships	+1 sailing, allows naval trade routes	Building material, trading goods
Arctic Survival	Can cross black borders	Wood

Miracle Effects

Oceanforge (R75): Items created in the Ocean Forge are slightly more powerful, if their effects relate to water and/or transformation.
Oceanforge V2: After a Kingdom has succesful investigated a curse with Styinn the Smiaurskotor may purify the object in the Oceanforge. Doing so removes all curses from the object, while retaining the benefits. Wooden or other combustible items may not survive this process.

Organised Faith Bonuses

Tier	Effect
HS5	+1 Investigations
HS10	2d8 to pressing claims and resisting buyouts in or adjacent to regions that write Styinn.

Regional Effects

Region	Type	Effect
75	Miracle	Ocean Forge
75	GP: Bryikkun	Other kingdoms using Styinn may send a named character to the ocean forge with a diplomacy action, enabling them to use it. Requires the region owner’s consent.

Named characters
The Spriklondi Era begins at the end of round 22
Hofmyejon, cult leader (42 as of 1 S.E)
Balvodur, Oceanforge smith, (17 as of 1 S.E)
Krafuhofi, Sagu mystorinn (30 as of 1 S.E)
Vinolugyur, Ruler (28 as of 4 S.E)
Nofnlousmythvitodurkarndrypiskip, ”Nofn/Knight of Thorns”, Blighted hero (29 as of 1 S.E, ageless)

Spoiler: Glyemo

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Glyemo begun as the act of meticulously recording everything in writing, to expand the knowledge of those coming after. Not everything is worth remembering though and writing takes time from other chores. While it is common for families and guilds to keep their own internal records the Sagu compiles it and shape the overall picture.

Records

The scale and focus of the summaries vary and thus there are multiple societal murals, encompassing everything from the number of fish in a certain lake to the founding and upkeep of an entire hregger (approx. underground village). Of the murals two surpass the others in importance. First there is the Somfélog, detailing the combined history of the Smiaurskotor, since the false dawn’s beginning. Secondly there is the Smido, a record of all things related to smithing, some more sensible than others.

Equally important as recording the knowledge itself is the act of ensuring it only reaches the intended audience. Because knowledge only gives an absolute advantage while others lack it. As such becoming a member of the Sagu guild includes many trials and requires any other ties to be forsworn. Even if murals are the prevalent form of record keeping many contains secrets guarded by both families and guilds alike, if the location is unsecure it is usually written in code. Many have combined the two features but a Sagu aspire to read every mural unhindered, as such any rivalling ties are forbidden.

Obsessions

While most skills can benefit from Glyemo the Smiaurskotor are obsessed with mastering smithing once more. If the obsession stems from the public Smido-mural or if the mural is a byproduct from the obsession is a subject best avoided unless one seeks a lengthy argument, ultimately leading nowhere.

Less widespread is the search for the Daezirn's origin and whereabouts, a tall and mighty race which controlled many an isle before the false dawn. Those getting sucked into the mystery often acquire an almost fanatical devotion to their searching. Unwilling to share their findings to anyone else than other devotees little is known about their actual goals.

Afterlife

Believing skulls to keep the wisdom of the dead burial of the body takes place at sea, after the cranium has been prepared separately. The skulls are often kept as talismans. Prosperous guilds might have entire walls decorated with successful members from the past. Once a cranium has been properly inscribed by the Sagu it seems to hold forever and some even claim to get guidance from the skulls in their daily lives.

Magic

Often objects of importance are engraved in Styinn, telling a story of fiction, their creation or past. This practice is believed to imbue the object with a will of its own. Anyone can etch runes into an object but imbuing it with the essence of those runes is a much more complicated process. An art practiced almost exclusively by the Sagu Somtvinno uses the object’s own surfaces to shape the runes and adjusts the sentences after the shape and curvature of the object, bringing the tale to life

Gods

There is undeniably beings of great power in this world. Those following them can easily reap great rewards but those benefits can just as easily be revoked. It is the being granting the rewards, not the adherent understanding them. Following gods is not inherently wrong. Doing so with blind devotion is. Every boon should be scrutinized and turned inside out so that the follower might learn how to achieve it by themself and eternalize the trick for others in writing, instead of relying on a fickle and prejudiced source.

Holy Places

Just south of Glaondi Yejon lies Grytt, a rocky isle with few living things except grass and birds. This is the most common place for Smiaurskotor to send of their dead into the sea, usually inscribing memories of those gone into boulders and cliff faces on the isle. Over the years this etching tradition has turned the whole isle into a giant collective mural.

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Kingdom, Character, Round x- y (not forever)
Smiaurskotor, Balvodur, Round 22-26
Bozuls, Forgemaster Visulu, Round 19-23

[Zayuz]

The Night Kingdom
Liege of RUIN and the Targiz

Iorwerth Nahaar, King of Night and Breaker of Shields
Diplomacy: 10
Military: 10
Opulence: 3
Faith: 5
Intrigue: 3

Actions for Round 23

• [Military] Attack the Deru's Capital, R37!
  Using 10 units, lead by Virne the Dragon Rider (Mil 8)!
  Tacman total: +7 (10 (ruler mil) - 3 (army size)), using skirmish!
  Using Peltae and Bronze Techs - +2 to battle, +1 to leader loss roll
  Using 1 treasure, +1 to battle
  
  Total: +21 to battle, +1 to leader loss, +7 tacman (Accept duel but do not challenge)
  
  Kingdoms rise and fall, coups happen and the pilots of history change in time. The new ruler of the Deru rises from the tatters of his old kingdom, guiding it to prosperity and strength once again. Normally, the Night Kingdom could not be bothered to interfere in the south outside of Targiz lands, but the leaders deposed by Runarn's coup were of Iorwerth's dynasty. They may have forsaken their claims, but the King and his court are determined to have a Mamut dominated by their bloodline one way or another. A missive is sent to their potential foes, demanding that Runarn marry into the bloodline and kneel to one of the realms ruled by the Nahaar lineage or to be deemed a threat to the family and deposed in favor of one of Iorwerth's relatives. If he waits until the armies have arrived in Bhaile-Koma, it will be taken as a refusal and blood will be shed.
  (OOC: Fluff marry into the family + vassalize this round and the attack will be called off!)
  
• [Opulence] Save the Economy (Complete great project to stabilize capital) 1/5
  Over the last two generations, the people of Alqar have been forced to deal with and accept more and more cultures from across Mamut, lands that are not as stable and require more attention than the humble origins of the sprawling dynasty now enveloping lands near and far. Indeed, since the reign of Kalm Alqar the top liege of the realm has not even been Alqari in heritage, and while other, even smaller realms enjoy prosperity from trade, the war-torn Night Kingdom has seen no such returns to their own realm. As unrest brews, Iorwerth begins what he believes will settle this issue once and for all - a network of roads connecting the river docks throughout his realm to the settlements further inland. The first order is charting and navigating these routes, which is done with considerable efficiency thanks to the help of the dragons and his own flying mount.
  
• [Opulence] Save the Economy (Complete great project to stabilize capital) 2/5
  The next component actually involves constructing the roads and marking the docks on maps for traders, informing the wider world that the Night Kingdom is preparing to conduct trade on par with the rest of the world. While there is something to be said about the danger of the roads, smart traders hire protection through the wilds and begin to make huge profits selling goods to those realms that never have seen the sort of exotic material that foreign lands might provide.
  
• [Opulence] Save the Economy (Complete great project to stabilize capital) 3/5
  Fledgling trade alone will not afford a massive empire their expenses. A census is conducted across the realm, taking particular note of those lands newly conquered and ensuring that all land-owners are paying their due taxes. Not only does the crown have a somewhat accurate estimate of how many people live within its lands for the first time, but it knows roughly where those people are and basic details about them.
  
• [Opulence] Save the Economy (Complete great project to stabilize capital) 4/5
  Those subject states under the reign of Merlyn, Laughing Wolf, and Nyct find their realms also subject to a census and are given the results to do with as they see fit. As tariffs begin to be established for foreign realms, notable exceptions are given to merchants from within the Night Kingdom's subjects, and their longstanding allies in the Sundom. In fact, it becomes known that the Targiz intend to send both slaves and orichalcum to help fill the needs to the capital in the next year or two, sparking a wave of hope and optimism. This is where Iorwerth's actions to help restore the economy end. There are still those who complain, saying that this brief appeasement is a step in the right direction but far from the luxury that the common folk forming the heart of an empire should have. These loudest voices slowly go missing, one after another, until the capital is finally calm and subservient once again...
  
• [Opulence] Contribute to the Reconstruction of Arrakh-Rah! 3/5
  
• [Opulence] Buyout R20 TP1 (Megaloceros) from Open with permission using CI for buyouts in regions owned by dynastic members [Success!]
  

Expected Improvements: +3 Opulence

Non-Actions
Give TAR R42 via embassy
Marry Janna (King's sister) to Hede Hedero
Accept TAR's Vassalization via embassy
Receive Campaign Grift and Increased Defense Budget from TAR via embassy
Give Composite Bows, Recurve Bows, Three-Wind Bows, and Saddles to TAR via embassy
Accept 1 treasure from ARK via embassy
Give TAR permission to buyout the TP in R41!

News and Rumors

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The Kingdom of Rankalore
Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11

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Thaban, the King of Rankalore

Diplomacy: 6
Military: 10
Opulence: 5
Faith: 7
Intrigue: 2

Projected stat increases: +1 Diplomacy, +1 Opulence
No new ruler next round.

Actions:

1. [Diplomacy] Explore west of Region 5
For too long has contact not been established with parts of the peninsula. Okeneth departs there with a delegation of Rankalore's best dignitaries, with propositions of peaceful annexation to the natives.
Roll: 19 Great Success!

2. [Diplomacy] Stabilize Region 6

Roll: 15 Success

3. [Military] Aseltia defends Region 8 with 7 land units (+17)
While Aseltia's revised tactics on the battlefield had raised complaints of it being an inglorious way of fighting, the glory of a clear victory was also hard to deny. Thus when the elvish commander leads Rankalore's armies against the remnants of the Hounds she does so with the aid of significantly more obedient officers as the drums of war sound once again.

Aseltia +9, Units +7, Path of the Ancient Ones HS5 Bonus +1
Will challenge to duel (Dueling CI)
Using Skirmish TacDoc (+10 Thaban, +2 War Drums, -1 Army size = +11 total)
Aseltia has +2 to Leader loss roll from Ajanna's Blessing

4. [Military] Raise two land units (fortress)

5. [Opulence] Buyout TP 1 of Desert Dragons in Region 6
Thaban and Aidha express great interest in the dragons of the newly conquered region, but domesticating them proves more of a challenge than anticipated.
Roll: 9 Failure

6. [Opulence] Buyout TP 1 of Copper in Region 26
While the merchants of Rankalore have long struggled the collapse of the Crimson Kingdom avails them a chance to secure a source of copper for both the kingdom and their pockets.
Roll: 13 Success

Nonactions:
-TBD

News and rumors:
-This season the old rivalry with the Ruin Runners is rekindled with two head-to-head matches. While the Greenhorns best them in their regular season game, the Ruin Runners get the last laugh by ending the Greenhorns' season on a bitter note. But unlike when Thaban was an active player the teams are sure to meet at least once a season from now on...
-The officially established diplomatic ties with the Alodite Imperium have born fruit, as traffic in the Strait of Sandy Waters has increased tenfold. Migrants to and from Ixkarr have made the crossing, as old grievances have been forgotten.

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Diplomacy:
Cultural identities:

Glory or Death (dueling) [permanent]
Dreams of Splendor (buyouts) [temporary]

Embassies:

Alodite Imperium

Military:
Army units 7/14
Navy units 2/7

Heroes:

Aseltia, the Cackling Commander (9) [Odds-Maker: +2 to errant quests in Mamut] [Ajanna's Blessing: +2 Leader loss rolls]

Technologies:

Bronze (special materials)
Cloud Striders (war beasts)
Comet Phylacteries (combat drugs and medicine)
Composite Bows (ranged weapons)
Increased Defense Budget (logistics)
Uzii Battlesmithing (armor)
Viskari War Bows (ranged weapons)
War Drums (logistics)

Opulence:
Trade posts:

Slaves 48.2
Wine 1.C

Resource requirement: Manpower (fulfilled)

Treasure 0/10

Other items:

N/A

Technologies:

Animal Husbandry
Arctic Survival
Celestial Navigation
Irrigation
Masonry
Pottery
Sailing
Seekers
Treasure Ships
Writing (Non'rathk Script)

Faith:

Artifacts:

Ajanna's Blessing: +2 Leader loss roll (worn by Aseltia)

Miracle effects:

Visions of the Past: Reduce foreign continent penalty in Sikar by 2. +1 to Investigations.

Official faith: Path of the Ancient Ones (Faith Head)

HS5: +1 to defensive battles (active)
HS10: 2d8 to Seek Aid (inactive)

Great Projects:

Thetokirr, the House of Dreams (Grand Archive) - Region 1

Previous rounds:
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22

[Moriko]

Sewune of Gehudu Forest
Regions: 216(C), 215, 222, 227, 231, 232

Round 23 Actions:


1. [Diplomacy] Contribute to the Daezirn Isles Translation Great Project - Anthem of the Archepelago (3/5) (TSR quest 1 action counts for 2)

2. [Diplomacy] Stabilize region 227 using liege dip score 17

3. [Intrigue] Investigate the island on the east side of the map 20

4. [intrigue] secret useing 2 treasure and worklurk tunnels 16

5. [Opulence] Buyout wild asses in 232 TP 2 from Open using pottery, coinage and WOG bonus 17

6. [Opulence] Buyout 231 in 231 TP 1 from Open using pottery, coinage and WOG bonus success 13


Non Actions:

• Accept plague cures from VYG
• Trade Chariots to VYG for pin tumbler locks
• Accept treasure vaults from HYD
  [*}Accept Dhraanish Medicine from TRL
• Accept any technologies offered
• Resist all conversions except for conversions to way of green
• Oppose all unauthorized buyouts
• Resist all thefts

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• Embassy with the Vygra
• Embassy with the Nocturnal Hydra
• Embassy with the Lim Dynasty
• Embassy with the Lhungho Saar
• Embassy with the Night Kingdom

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King Clrasan:

Diplomacy: 3 + 1
Military: 8
Opulence: 6 +1
Faith: 2
Intrigue: 8 + 1

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Count	Region	Trade Post Slot	Resource	Category
1	46	1	Wood	Wood
2	189	2	Purple Sea Snails	Living sea beings / food?
3	208	1	Gamebirds	Living beings / food?
4	210	2	Bananas	Food
5	211	3	Tvila Clay	clay?
6	213	2	Flint	??
7	215	1	Artisans	Skilled beings
8	216	1	Sweet Droggen Berries	Food
9	216	City	Sweet Droggen Berries	Food
10	217	2	Sorghum	Food
11	218	3	Cacao	Food
12	221	3	Healing Herbs	Medicine
13	223	2	Dag Yaks	Living beings
14	225	1	Elk	Living beings?
15	226	3	Copper	Metal
16	235	1	Hemlock	Poisonous plant
17	239	1	Ivory	???
18	240	1	Aquamarine	Precious mineral
19	241	2	Tin	Metal
20	289	1	Wild Horses	Live Animals
21	291	3	Desert Bell Seeds	Seeds
22	292	2	Nakhla Stone	Stone
23	295	2	Salt	???
24	303	2	Desert Foxes	Live Animals
25	307	2	Gold	Precious Metal
26	308	2	Silver	Precious Metal

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Round	Reason	Change	Total
4	Passive TP income	+1	1
4	Gift to sentinels of stone for rep	-1	0
5	Passive TP income	+1	1
5	Great Success Exploration	+1	2
6	Passive TP income	+1	3
6	Use one for investigation	-1	2
7	Passive TP Income	+2	4
7	Use on for the attack on blightspawn	-1	3
8	Passive TP Income	+2	5
8	Help stop unrest in 215	-1	4
8	Assist on buyout	-1	3
9	Passive TP Income	+2	5
9	Investigate Shadows	-1	4
9	Investigate Shadows	-1	3
9	Investigate Shadows	-1	2
10	Passive TP Income	+2	4
10	Investigate earthquake	-1	3
10	Assist on Epic Quest	-1	2
11	Passive TP Income	+2	4
11	Blood Ingot reward	+2	6
11	Investigate evil presence revealed by the earthquake	-3	3
12	Passive TP Income	+2	5
13	Passive TP Income	+3	8
13	Great Success Exploration	+1	9
13	Great Success Exploration	+1	10
13	Use on Secret	-3	7
14	Passive TP Income	+3	10
14	Claim on 232	-3	7
14	Investigate shadows in 209	-3	4
14	Trade with Vygra	+4	8
14	Trade with Hydra	+1	7
15	Passive TP Income	+3	10
15	Investigation into the Glutonous Shadow Corpses	+5	15
15	Investigation assassination on Queen Wuuluu	-3	12
15	Investigate The alchemical mixture found in the holy spring of Lumo Taher in Vermando	-3	9
15	Secret action	-3	6
15	Trade to TRL	-2	4
15	Trade from HEN	+3	7
15	Trade from LIM	+1	8
16	Passive income	+3	11
16	Assist on exploring the sand storm	-3	8
17	Passive TP Income	+3	11
17	Dra Runa assist Kro Thorael	-3	8
17	Translate the leather bound journal	-3	5
17	Trade from UBT	+2	7
17	Trade from HYD	+1	8
18	Passive TP Income	+3	11
18	Secret	-3	8
19	Passive TP Income	+3	11
19	Secret	-3	8
20	Passive TP Income	+3	11
20	Secret	-3	8
20	Gift from HYD	+1	9
21	Passive TP Income	+3	12
21	Investigate Salt demons	-3	9
21	Secret	-3	6
22	Passive TP Income	+3	9
22	Secret	-2	7
23	Passive TP Income	+3	10

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Name	Naval	Weapons
Panneac yna husso	No	Bows
Taan yna husso	No	Spears
Puyn yna husso	No	Daggers
Amg yna husso	No	Swords
Pentcyna husso	No	Slings
Pentc yna husso	No	Cavalry
Cay Chyem yna Dycdo	Yes	Boat!
Vecr yna Dycdo	Yes	Boat!

Hero

Name	Military Stat	Special Effect
Dra ranu	8	+4 bonus on Errant Quests in Sikar and +2 in Kiswa
Olx and Sep Blight-Trixters	9

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Organization	Rank	Favours
Sentinels of the Stone	2	0
Dream Speakers	1	0
Truthseers	2	0

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Project Name	Project Progress	Project Effect	Project Location
Sikar Translation	Done	Reduce penalty to -4 when dealing with Sikar	N/A
Tarandi Translation	Done	Reduce penalty to -4 when dealing with Tarandi	N/A
Mamut Translation	Done	Reduce penalty to -4 when dealing with Mamut	N/A

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Artifact Name	Artifact Effect
Bunker Key	The holder of this artifact can use it to power a secret bunker, granting the powering of 1 tech per round without meeting its resource requirements.

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Military

Tech Name	Primary Effect	Primary Resource	Primary Resource Met	Military Slot
Alskan Worm Wrangling	+10% Casualties for Opponents	Liquid Resource and Animal Husbandry Tech (should include berries)	Yes	War Beasts
Blade Sharpeners	+1 to Battles	Tvila Clay	Yes	Melee Weaponry
Bronze	+1 to Battles, +1 to Leader Loss Rolls	Copper or Tin Resources	Yes	Special Materials
Chariots	+2 to battle and -10% casualties for Allies	Horse or Asses resource. Saddles (Cavalry Type Tech and Animals Resource) Wheel and Axle	Yes	Cavalry
Comet Phylacteries	+2 to Leader Loss Rolls	Comet Shards Resource	No	Combat Drugs and Medicine
Composite Bows	+1 to Battles	Hooved Animals Resource	Yes	Ranged Weapons
Crab-Claw Sails	-1 Distance Loss, permits exploration and troops transport over deeper waters	Sailing Technology	Yes	Scouts and Logistics
Equestrianism	-10% casualties for Allies	Horses Resource, Animal Husbandry Tech	Yes	Cavalry
Feathered Capes	When active, on an Epic Quest or Battle action, you may contribute one additional hero to the quest or battle roll (for a +2 bonus contingent on succeeding on a TN 12 roll vs. Hero score) without spending additional actions on those heroes.	Feathers Resource	Yes	Armour
Peltae	+1 to Battles	Timber Resource	No	Armour
Recurve Bows	+2 to Battles	Composite Bows Tech and Hooved Animals resource (effectively 2 hooved animal resources)	Yes	Ranged Weapons
Saddles	+1 to Battles and -10% casualties for Allies	Cavalry Type Tech and Animals Resource	Yes	Cavalry
Song of the Sea	Allows for +1 Deep Sea border crossing and gives +2 to Leader Loss rolls during ocean/coastal battles with naval units involved	Sea Creatures Resource, Sailing and Animal Husbandry Techs	Yes	Scouts and Logistics
Steering Oars	+3 to Tactical Maneuvering in naval battles and battles in coastal regions	Sailing Technology	Yes	Cavalry
Thin-Blood Elixir	+1 to all Battles and Quests involving the Gluttonous Shadows	N/A	Yes	Combat Drugs and Medicine
Uzii Battlesmithing	-10% Casualties for Allies	Hard Metal Resource	Yes	Armor
Viskari War Bows	+1 to Battles	Wood Resource	Yes	Ranged Weapons
War Drums	+2 to Tactical Maneuvering Rolls	N/A	Yes	Scouts and Logistics
Wolf Riders	+1 to Battles	Wolves Resource (of any kind)	No	Cavalry

Non-Military

Tech Name	Primary Effect	Primary Resource	Primary Resource Met
Advanced Masonry	+1 to resist Raids and Sacks that stacks with the bonus of Masonry	None	Yes
Advanced Poisoning	+1 to theft, assassination, kidnapping, incite betrayal and related secret actions	Medicinal or Poisonous Plants Resource	Yes
Animal Husbandry	+1 to Opulence and Diplomacy exploration	N/A	Yes
Arch	None	N/A	Yes
Arctic Survival	Permits exploration and troop transport across Arctic borders.	Lumber Resource	Yes
Caravanserai	+1 to resist raids and sacks, which is cumulative with the bonus from Masonry.	Masonry Tech, Stone/Clay Resource	Yes
Celestial Navigation	Allows transit of one additional deepwater border and grants -1 distance loss to deep water travel	N/A	Yes
Coinage	+1 to resisting buyouts from anyone without this technology (no requirement); +1 to buyouts (requires silver or gold)	Gold or Silver Resource	Yes
Djinn Contracts	You may spend 1 treasure as part of a secret action to hire djinn to do your bidding. Regardless of the success or failure of the action, it is much more difficult to trace back to you.	Writing (Kagahara) Tech, Coinage Tech, Shattered Runestone or other magic catalyst Resource	No
Dome	None	N/A	Yes
Eleftherian Democracy	This technology enhances the attribute rolls of new non-dynastic rulers, giving them +1 in up to two attributes their predecessor had an 8 or higher in.	Writing Technology	Yes
Irrigation	+1 to Stabilization rolls	N/A	Yes
Masonry	+1 to resist Raids and Sacks	N/A	Yes
Mountaineer Clothing	Allows exploration and troop transport across Mountain Borders	Furs and Hides Resource	Yes
Public Education	+1 Opulence on Ruler Generation	None	Yes
Pottery	+1 to Buyouts	N/A	Yes
Sailing	Permits exploration and troop transport over deep water borders	N/A	Yes
Song of the Wind	Allows crossing of 1 additional deep water border. +1 to exploration over water	Flying Beings Resource, Animal Husbandry and Sailing Technologies	Yes
Seekers	Permits exploration and troop transport over deep desert borders	Nakhla Stone Resource	Yes
Towers	None	N/A	Yes
Towers of Light	+2 to resist raids. Additionally grants a +1 to investigation rolls for each player with this tech that uses an investigation action in the same round. (+2 max)	Silver Resource and Masonry Technology	Yes
Wheel and Axle	+1 to Opulence Exploration, Overland exploration is not limited by adjacency.	N/A	Yes
Wormlurk Tunnels	Increase the amount of Treasure a kingdom may spend on intrigue by 1. If a kingdom spends 2 treasure on a action, that action gains an additional +1 bonus.	N/A	Yes
Writing (United Blemmyae Tribes Script)	+1 Conversion Defence, +1 Conversions in regions that share your writing system. Sharing the technology shares the writing system. A new writing system may be adopted with a Great Project.	Alskan Worm Wrangling + food	Yes

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Attribute	5/10	Action	Effect
Diplomacy	5	Create Embassy	An embassy with The Vygra was made.
Diplomacy	10	Create Embassy	An embassy with The Night Kingdom was made.
Intrigue	5	Did a thing	The thing happened
Intrigue	10	Incite Betrayal on the Black Pharaoh	The Black Pharaoh joined the Sewune
Military	5	Raise Hero	Dra Ranu (8) is recognised
Military	10	Create tech	Created a tech.
Opulence	5	Raise City	Manticore Rise now exists
Opulence	10	Become a Merchant Prince	The Sewune now benefit from the Merchant Prince Title

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Round	Action of Note	TP's bought	Tech Gained
1	Received writing tech from Blemmyae and adopted their scripts	Droggen berries 216 TP2	Writing, Animal Husbandry (start tech), Irrigation
2	Acquired required resource in the form of copper TP 3 in region 226	Copper 226 TP3, Cacao 218 TP3
3	Founded Manticore Rise	Elk 225 TP1, Tvlia Clay 211 TP3, Healing Herbs 221 TP3
4	Started building a military	None
5	Officially converted to Abiherism	None	Pottery (secret)
6	Did an investigation that pointed us to the Gluttonous Shadows!	Bananas 210 TP2, Sorghum 217 TP2	Sailing (secret)
7	Helped the Sons of Sirrvat with an invasion from the Gluttonous Shadows. And conquered region 215	Granite 238 TP2	Crab Claw Sails, Masonry
8	Stopped unrest in 215 and made an embassy with the Vygra	Tin 241 TP2, Artisans 215 TP1, Flint 213 TP2
9	Mass investigation on the origin of the Gluttonous shadows	Gamebirds 208 TP1, Aquamarine 240 TP1	Wheel and Axle
10	Become a merchant prince, assist with cancer in the vale and investigate the earthquake	Seafood 214 TP1	Bronze
11	Assisted with Into the blightlands and Sikar translation	Tvila Clay211 TP2	Thin-Blood Elixir, Advanced Poisoning, Blade Sharpeners, Coinage, Wardrums, Composite Bows
12	Massive trade deal with HYD	Hemlock 235 TP1, Wild Horses 289 TP1, Gold 307 TP2, Fox 303 TP2, salt 295 TP2, Desert Bell Seeds 291 TP3. Lost: Tvila Clay211 TP2, Droggen Berries 216 TP2, Granite 238 TP2, Sea Food 214 TP1	Steering Oras, Mountaineer Clothing, Equestrianism, Celestial Navigation
13	Stole the Black Pharaoh	Dag Yaks 223 TP2
14	Started pressing claim on 232	Nakhla Stone 292 TP2	Towers of Light, Feathered Capes, Advanced Masonry(secret)
15	Investigated murder on HYD leader and cleared mockeries from Veramondo	Silver 308 TP2	Recurve Bows (secret)
16	Invastigated explosion in gehudu forest, Investigate mockeries, Assist with deep desert explore	Ivory 239 TP1	Alskan Worm Wrangling
17	Send Dra Runa to assist with the SandStorm, Investigate the book found in the explosion, Embassy with NTK	Purple Sea Snails 189 TP2	Peltae, Arch, Towers, Dome and Djinn Contracts,Caravanserai
18	Expand Military	Wood 46 TP1	Saddles, Comet Phylacteries, Uzii Battlesmithing, Song of the Wind, Wolf Riders, Arctic Survival, Song of the Sea
19	Expand Military explore the sea
20	Investigated Neferkare (give up), earthquake, and stealing of mothers milk, Create tech Chariots		Chariots, Eleftherian Democracy, Public Education, and Viskari Warbows techs
21	Investigated salt demons vassalised to Vygra assisted in cures for Sand lung, Corpse plague and did the ritual of blood.		Wormlurk Tunnels
22	Investigated salt demons, converted to way of green, conquered 222 and 227.

[Tentreto]

Symphony of Kalatar
Region 136+135+132+157+159+158+161+134+160

Keeper Poav Polahi
Dip 8
Mil 8
Op 7
Faith 7
Int 3

Actions:

1:[Opulence] Buyout Timber in 152 tp1 15

2:[Opulence] Buyout Reindeer 161 tp1 15

[B]3:[Faith] Help construct Southern Windstone/B]


4:[Faith] Convert 106 to Ancient Way 15

5:[Military] Raise 2 units

6: [Military] Attack 152, with 4 navy, 8 units under Vralis, with techs (Viskari Bows, Equestrianism, Saddles, Copper, battle drums) 25
Will Duel, use Taunted Charge tactic, song of rest is in effect
Stats:
New Ruler:NO
Non-Actions:
allow resupply for expedition in 159
LYRE: INT
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Hinarah Returns home

Embassy Actions:

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Owned Trade Posts

136 TP1: Musical Instruments
142 TP1: Eagles
140 TP1: Skyclad Dancers
113 TP2: GlimmerWood
155 TP1: Wild Horses
159 TP1 Copper
131 TP1 Wooly sheep
132 TP1 Einkorn

1 Treasure generated per turn
Embassy:
CAW
SHA
DAN
UZI
Stone blooded Kharnate
ARK
SCR

Claims: 131

HO: The Herald 136 AW
Fountain 159 Children

Fortress:136


TD: Taunted Charge (+1. +10% enemy)

Miracle: Song of rest

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When Sangar participates in the invasion of a region, that region will no longer fall into unrest. In addition any battle in which Sangar leads one side incurs 10% fewer casualties on both sides as the Song of Rest cools savage bloodlust

Orgs:
Dreamspeakers: Rep 1,
Sentinels of Stone Rep 2, 1 favour
Truthseekers: Rep 0
https://www.familyecho.com/?p=WI66X&...50599954769564
Technology: Masonry +1 resist raids and sacks
Irrigation +1 stabalisation
Animal Husbandry +1 Op and Dip Exploration
Writing (CAW) +1 Conversion defence with same alphabet
Pottery: +1 to buyouts
Sailing
Bows +1 to battle
Song of the Wind
Bronze
Wolf Riders
Battlesmithing
Battle Drums
Song of the Sea
Saddles
Thin-blooded elixer
Celestial Navigation
Mountaineer Clothing
Arctic Survival
Composite Bows
Stage Plays
Crab Claw Sails
Treasure ships
Cloud Striders
Advanced Masonry
Coinage
ALL CURES FOR PLAGUE
Recursive Bow
Equestrianism
Mechanical Joints


The Lyre of the Temperamental Song
Units: 13/18
Navy: 4/More

Treasure: 3

Heroes: Vralis 10
Hinarah the Rider (guardian Blood) 9


Required Resource: Animals met)

[Aedilred]

Kingdom of Limdimon, Round 23

News and Rumours

• With the threat from the south quelled for now at least, the king turns his eyes north and sends the army of Limdimon to reclaim the former capital of the Bel-Dan Armada from the Blight.
• Missionaries range even further north into Melis, hoping to establish some sort of bastion of faith among any of the population who remain sane.

Spoiler: The Tale of Creation

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Fariyell hehītēc el ēvath all ēvathall ehrc ēvath
All lutūll ahr onān vehepūd gubavath, onān am ēvath
All Fariyell sūwemūng hetonath, ill onā āturrevath all lommitūng azipoyoth, all lūng ēb vaga azāluvath all eraga ēvath.
All Eragell an lommitūng ēb azāluvath all Fariyem ilc denguyoth all īella evath all īella carelmeng gīzavath all Fariyell bosavath.
Āng Eragell farūm ilc ngemovath all leracimyūll all leramīmbecyūll inpevan all all Fariyell bosavath.
Āng langoyē all eribē all sūweganē all laplōjē tocuvan all Fariyell bosavath.
Ū eraconca tish tihoyoth all laconcyūll dosavath all langoyē truchovan all zechovan all lacimyūll chetevan all inpevan all langoyēng nagīyon
All Fariyell Erageng dellavath ū lūll tish tihovath.
Ēāt Fariyell Erageng onān erayad el chāzavoth ēāt eraconcang zhūtihoyoth āll hemanūm tihovath.
Ū Fariyell tish heyēdhūm tish dijovath āng lūng cagayoth all cizoyoth.
All carablerē all caratretē onān carayad eng mojavan all farūng ilc tirrtovan all lūng crāvath all Fariyell tish bosavath.
Ēāt Fariyell Erageng onārd el chāzavoth all tharibac all tharapelmyūg carapamē bū mojavan all farūng tirrtovan.
Ū ahufē carapamē ēvan all carablerēd angobāvaning all gānevaning, all Fariyell tish bosavath.
Ēāt Fariyell Erageng onārd el chāzavoth all bannandē all banavadūtē all banagūrē all banabrocē all caralamē alijē bū mojavan.
All carablerēng angobāvan all ering buravan all Fariyell bosavath.
All Fariyell Erageng dellavath orh ū lūll tish tihovath.
Ēāt Fariyem banamtē Erageng angobāyon all lūng burayon all Fariyell lūng gashayoth dāth all erārho ēvath.
All Erageg sūwegigē eratazhang all leracangopyūng ngemavath lutūng ilc, all ālt vaga ēvath, all laracillē ēvan.
Fariyell shūverēd cetovath, all dobovath.

Yom onāc banamtē ēm, all and yomēc eradanpāc lacatūll yomēm ēth.

Spoiler: English translation for the lazy/culturally insensitive

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In the beginning there was Fariyell and she was and she was all that there was.
And there was a canopy around her which shrouded her in darkness.
And Fariyell wished to see, so she cried out and rent a hole, through which came light, and that was the sun.
Then came Eragell through the hole in the canopy which she had wrought and it gushed forth across Fariyell and that was water, and the water filled with fish and Fariyell was pleased.
Then Eragell sprayed across the land and there grew up stones and mountains and Fariyell was pleased.
And then there grew up plants and trees and fruit and flowers and Fariyell was pleased.
But the torrent did not stop and the waters rose high and the plants tangled and thickened and the rocks amassed and tumbled and crushed plants beneath them.
And Fariyell implored Eragell to stop but it would not.
So Fariyell took Eragell in her mouth to stop the flood and for a time it was stopped.
But Fariyell could not stomach it forever and in time she released Eragell and vomited.
From her mouth came monsters and malformed beings and they spread across the land and ravaged it, and Fariyell was saddened.
So she took Eragell inside herself and then forth came the beasts of the forests and the fields and they spread across the land.
But the beasts were dumb beasts alone and they were set upon by the monsters and devoured, and Fariyell was saddened.
So she took Eragell inside herself again and there came forth men and elves and giants and dwarves and others.
And they fought the monsters and slew them, and Fariyell was pleased.
And once again she implored Eragell to stop and it would not.
So the children of Fariyell set upon Eragell and slew it, and Fariyell cast it away, and its body was the Moon.
And in its death throes it splattered its blood and its fluids across the canopy and where it landed there was light, and these were the stars.
Fariyell was exhausted by her labours and so she slept.

We are her children, and this is our mother’s bequest to us.

Actions
[Military] Invade region 195 via 194:

• 12 land units
• Ivigamta commanding (10, hero)
• Duel (with 2d8) unless opposed by an actual Champion of Blight
• We Were Giants (+3) tacdoc
• Bronze (+1, -1 leader loss), Increased Defence Budget, Recurve Bows (+2)
• Uzii Battlesmithing (-10% losses)
• Total battle bonus +25, +3 if tacman won, +duelling

[Military] Recruit 2 land units
[Diplomacy] Work on the Daezirn translation project taking advantage of the Truthseer bonus (3/5)
[Intrigue] Secret
[Faith] Convert the holy site in region 196 (+1 for shared script): 17 (success)
[Faith] Convert the holy site in region 189 (+1 for shared script): 16 (success)

Embassies


Non-Actions

• Accept any technologies offered
• Resist all conversions
• Oppose all unauthorised buyouts
• Resist all thefts, raids, sacks, etc.
• Gain 1 Treasure at start of next round from owned trading posts

Spoiler: Ruler stats

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King Oniyellīs

D 10
M 10
O 5
F 8
I 4

Stat increases:

Next round: probably nothing


D 10
M 10
O 5
F 8
I 4

Spoiler: Stuff

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Regions: 189 (Meyzee Tshilleh), 190 (Faragumūll/Kledehem), 191 (Dum-Hong Deng), 192 (Ilcerapirūll/Farilpūll), 193 (Faranandūll, capital), 212 (Farazhēla), 214 (Galghälani)
Units: 12 land units, 1 naval unit
Treasure: 7

[D&D_Fan]

Great Soreni Kingdom

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Leader: King Valrek Sekthel
Stats:
Diplomacy 9 -> 10
Military 9
Opulence 7 -> 8
Faith 5 -> 6
Intrigue 2

Actions:
[MIL] Attack 262 with 5, Valrek (Leader, Military 9) as commander, and all available techs (War Drums, Battlesmithing, and more that I am trying to figure out now.) Tactical Doctrine pending, but probably reckless, because I need the extra points.
[MIL] Raise units by 2
[OPU] Explore W 325
[OPU] Raise Treasure by 2
[FAI] Faith GP (2/10)
[FAI] Faith GP (3/10)

Nonactions:
TBA

[Rolepgeek]

The Great Kingdom of Ngedhuun Thukhulu Saar Lhungho
a.k.a.
The River Lords

Years 289-292
Region 221 - Troll Country (Ljung Ghrakka Saar)
Region 220 - Unghlaban
Region 210 - Narava
Region 208 - Inkhwabi
Region 205 - Aangzi
Region 197 -

Usuukhusaa Lhungho, Prophet-Queen of the Dhraan, River-King of the Mikra of Narava, Foremost Sage of the Tribes of Unghlaban, Bulwark Of Civilization, Matriarch of the Children of the Great Mother, Regent of the East Wind, Rekindler of the Green Star
Diplomacy 7
Military 10
Opulence 5
Faith 10
Intrigue 5 -> 6

Actions

1. [Intrigue] Secret Action, spending 1 Treasure [Roll Result: 13(?)]
   
   
   
2. [Intrigue] Investigate the Mockeries Disintegrations/Remnants for clues to their lairs in Kiswa [Roll Result: 14]
   
   
   
3. [Military] Subdue the Cosmic Hyena in Troll Country (221) with 7 TRL Land Units and 10 HYD Land Units, spending 1 Treasure, led by Fanat of the Talons [Hero 10], using Black Iron Weaponry, Blade Sharpeners, Recurve Bows, Chariots, Uzii Battlesmithing, Celestial Navigation, and Worm Wrangling, attempting to Skirmish, challenging to a Duel [Cultural Identity applies], attempting the Skirmish Tactical Doctrine, and benefiting from Children of the Great Mother HC5 bonus and Students of Wonder Reputation 1 Bonus
   Total Combat Bonus: +34 ; Tactical Maneuvering Bonus: +6 ; -20% allied casualties, +10% enemy casualties, +2 to Leader Loss roll
   
   
   
4. [Military] Recruit 2 Land Units
   
   
   
5. [Faith] Help the Truthseers with the Eastern Windstone
   
   
   
6. [Faith] Convert the Lands of the Targiz (Region 19) to Children of the Great Mother, spending 1 Treasure, with support [Roll Result: 19]
   
   
   

Non-Actions
Standing: Accept any Embassies or Technologies offered...from anyone except RUIN.
Send Dhraanish Medicine to SEW and VYG via Embassy
Support all conversions to CotGM
Offer to host the Grand Conclave for the Truthseers [Roll Result: 16]
Request Seek Aid from TSR for Investigation this round (no favor cost)
TSR Request:

Spoiler: Cultures, Taboos, & Mores, WIP

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Dhraan (elite/primary/military):

• Prestige, food supply, and status go hand in hand for the Dhraan. Though the royal family and position of troll-monarch is hereditary, this is true in significant part only by their continued demonstration of capability in ensuring prosperity and adequate food for the kingdom’s inhabitants.
• To become feral is dreaded and feared as a loss of self and fate worse than the stonesleep, but to die in truth is hated even more.
• When first meeting, if one has not been granted flesh from the host to consume and offered their own in kind, one is not protected by guest-right. As such, this is seen as suspicious and rude - exceptions are made for non-trolls, as the Dhraan understand that less resilient peoples would find such gifts difficult to recover from. Recently, though, a practice from Unghlaban has become more popular, in which a lock of hair is offered instead of flesh - usually alongside a gift of tobacco, if the host or guest was wealthy enough to afford such. What this lock is used for varies significantly - some will have such locks braided together and preserved, believing that having very long braids shows a history of hospitality and respectability. Others will burn it with the tobacco in their pipes, consuming it by means other than ingestion, but many in Lhungho Saar simply burn it to dispose of it, the practice of smoking tobacco being still uncommon in the capital.
• Supposedly, the relationship between trolls and their thralls are meant to be mutually beneficial - the trolls provide guidance, protection, and just governance, while thralls owe labor, food, and loyalty to their lords. In practice, this is commonly little more than fantasy, and while thralls are meant to have certain rights of grievance and treatment, the enforcement of these rights are commonly weak where they aren’t ignored entirely. The spread of the faith of the Great Mother has been steadily changing this, however - to both the benefit and detriment of thrall communities, as crueler lords find their malice blunted by the love of the Great Mother, while formerly aloof ones interfere needlessly in the previously more autonomous governments of their thralls.
• Punishments for wrongdoing are usually determined by either mutually agreed arbiter, or a higher ranking official within the hierarchy of Dhraanish society, and range from simple fines of goods up to dismemberment - this is less lethal than it might be for other species, but is still a significant debility. Often, the limb is given to the aggrieved party for consumption. In extreme cases, the offending party is banished - this is not far from a death sentence in the eyes of many trolls, though being reduced to a feral state is not the certainty it once was in such a case.
• Of particular note is the law against the cannibalism of thralls. Instituted nearly two centuries ago now, even when thralls are to be punished by limb removal, their flesh is forbidden to be consumed. Elven thralls are permitted to eat their dead, as is their custom, and enemies slain in battle are permitted for consumption, but no others among the thralls. The reasoning behind the law is expressed succinctly in a Dhraanish proverb: “To swallow topsoil is to plant starvation.” Those who break this taboo are punished harshly, and even wrongful death among the thralls by their lord will, when justice can be had, often be punished by dismemberment and the loss of position for the offending party - the limb removed is often weighed out to be equal in weight to the deceased, often necessitating multiple cuts. It is sadly frequent for such deaths to be found as mere accidents and the true perpetrator blameless, unfortunately - a symptom of the broader corruption that has become endemic alongside the growing prosperity of Lhungho Saar.
• Sin eaters are a position of some notoriety among the Dhraan - in some regions, sin eaters are Dhraan who are held to know the secret to concentrate the accumulated evil one collects in the normal course of life into a specific part of the body, which they will then eat, to take the evil into themselves. In others, it is a term for a specific specialty among Dhraanish priest-doctors, who understand how to cut out tumors with great skill and will consume them to banish the death they hold. But the most common use of the title is for those who will be invited to feasts for those who have fallen, irreversibly, into the stonesleep, and there they will consume a great quantity of food and drink while the bereaved speak on the fallen, taking from them in the process their sins and evils, so that when they awake again, they might be purified. It is thought that to wake without having been so cleansed is the cause of the blood frenzy that overcomes so many who awake, the evil having festered within.
• Both before and after battle, great feasts are held in which the thrall warriors also partake - all who are to fight are to eat their fill. The feast before battle is, ideally, devoid of meat, while the feast after is almost entirely meat - most of which is made up of the bodies of the fallen, both friend and foe. Dwarven thralls are typically granted exception from this practice, for it is their custom to fast before battle, consuming only their thick, fermented leann drink for up to a week before the time of battle was expected, supplemented with a meal of lean meat every few days if it was to extend beyond that length of time.
• Prior to the spread of the Children of the Great Mother, returning Dhraanish warriors would undergo ritual purification by way of consuming a dry, yellow-brown clay-like mixture of soil and straw known as thuuna, followed an hour later by consuming a simmered drink of mashed berries, rotting leaves, and animal blood which would cause vomiting. The material left from this process was called inegaazi and was thought to make the ideal fertilizer for those herbs which were grown for medicinal use. This practice has morphed with the influence of the Children, and specialized communion services have become commonplace for such purposes.
• Barge trolls are a much more frequent sight than once they were, but make up only a fraction of the merchants that travel along the Sur - Cha-Daně-Dan making up the bulk of the traders that thrive along the river networks, but traders from as many peoples and walks of life as the Sur itself has tributaries and more. The Cha-Daně-Dan in particular are notable for the special privileges granted to them as pre-eminent sailors and merchants for the trolls, especially the royal family.

News and Rumors

• Cultural changes...
• The Children of the Great Mother…
• Guardian Sanctum…
• Usuukhusaa teaching her children about the Guardian Dream and the responsibilities of Regency?
• Grand Conclave
• Putting family members in charge of certain areas for administrative burden easing
• Nikara passes away, finally overcome, it seems, by grief and the lingering poison of old scars. His mantle is taken up by a Kro whose company he began to keep more and more frequently - Fanat of the Talons. It is with surprise, however, that the royal family learns this Kro seems to have established one of their kind’s strange contracts with a number of dhraan - as such, they can assume trollish form, skin a glossy black and with broad feet fitted more with talons than claws or webbing. Still, it is a pleasant surprise, and though they appear to be somewhat more mercenary in disposition than their predecessor, their price is not so high as to be unreasonable for a being with their talents.
• Prince Maat of the Alodites is appointed to a venerable position, as Captain of the Royal Guard. It is with him that the Prophet-Queen places her trust in ensuring the safety of her family - for a bow may strike from so great a distance as to make it no trivial thing to draw near with hostile intent.
• Venaayndr, Yenkuuvydan, and Jheshalhrad, birth siblings to the High Queen Usuukhusaa, alongside their kin brother Enganral, and all sired by Tyja Pemmelg while the Way of Green held sway over the court of Lhungho Saar, find themselves bereft of children and the unhappier for it. Unlike some half-breeds, without the magic that gave them life, it appears they can produce no children, whatever their efforts. Burdened by this knowledge, they depart the court of the East Wind, with Veramondo their destination. Though they claim conversion to the faith of their adopted lands, they are given cold welcome, and only Enganral, accustomed by their more distant relations to the High Queen of the Dhraan as compared to the others, is willing to remain, and attempt to carve out a life. The others travel instead to the lands of their father - the Sewune. With newly acquired lands governed by the Sewune nearer their home, they settle in the lands southwest of Troll Country. It does not take long until their actions galvanize others, and an exodus of those half-breeds unsatisfied with the lot given them follow soon after.

Spoiler: On the Origins of the Red-Starred Hyena

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At the False Dawn, a great terror crashed to earth - the Wyrm. Divine manifestation of death in its myriad forms, torn from the heavens by the hubris of the Ruinous Emperor. Devastation most terrible was wrought - not only upon Ember, but upon the Wyrm itself. For when it struck the earth, its form fractured - selfsame devastation so tainting the mortal mind that it could not remain intact and as it was. Gone now is the peace and contentment of death. Gone now is the closure of endings. Gone now is the revelry and euphoria of destruction. In their place has bloomed wrath, melancholy, and spite - a grief and rage so profound in their depths as to scar the world.

The last of these fragments fell between realms, as the Guardian Dream grew to oppose the darkness that threatened the world. And there it sat wedged, like a splinter, until the Kiswan Guardian collapsed beneath the weight of duty and pride. And in that moment, the fragment - containing all the joys of destruction, the revelries of unmaking and the ecstasy of endings - found entry. Within, the Father of Rivers, besieged by Nightmares even as its body was consumed, found an ally - for the Hyena found these intruders as unwelcome as the Guardian did. Together, Red Star and Green fell upon them and drove them from that realm.

But betrayal came swiftly after. For where the Father was wearied, the Hyena was buoyed. And as the Guardian lounged in repose, the Red Star struck - tearing them apart in their vulnerable state. So was the essence of the Father scattered through the Guardian Dream of Kiswa. And so has the Hyena patrolled, gnawing on bones it could not break and ripping starmeat from a still living carcass that would not die, guarding and feasting the selfsame corpse - for no scavenger but they would be allowed this meal.

'Twas only when our Prophet-Queen had delved the depths of the Guardian Dream, and returned to the Green Star their living form, that the Hyena found itself deprived their feast. And so therein that they sought entry to the realm of mortals....

Spoiler: Actions on hold for the time being

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Making an Embassy with DRA or ANB or ??

Spoiler: Recorded In Chorus

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State Religion: Children of the Great Mother
Bonuses:
Conversion Resistances rolled at F10
HC5: +1 to Leader Loss Rolls
HC10: Unused
HC20: The Long War: +1 to Battles and +2 to Duels versus Blightspawn.


Trade Posts:
Faranandūll (193) - TP3 - Avocados
[Singhön] Narava (210) - City - Bananas
Adzbark Wetlands (228) - TP2 - Rice
Flaschorikia (229) - TP1 - Flamingos
Himara (237) - TP3 - Furs & Hides

Treasure: 6/10
Passive Income: +1
Spending: -3

Artifacts:
None

Fortress: Walls of Singhön [in Narava (210)]

Units:
7+2/16 Land Units
4/8 Naval Units

• Land:
• Royal Guard [15dh++h-dh|dw]
• Snapping Maw [20dh++e/dw]
• Broken Scales [20dh++dw]
• Stone Spitters [23dh++e]
• Thunderpoints [140e+e]
• Efryt Exemplars [170vk+vk]
• Green Star Zealots [85h-dh|dw+e]
  
  
• Naval:
• Mikra Primals [210vk+vk]
• Mikra Primals [220vk+vk]
• Cha-Daně-Dan Salt Hawks [190bd+bd]
• Velata Tower Guard [300vt++vt]
  
  

The Unbound:

• Light Bringers [18dh+dh]
• Shade Breakers [19dh+dh]
• Dhraanish Hardbacks [21dh+d]

The Fallen:

• River's Surge [20dh+++e/dw]
• Lashing Tail [24dh++++e/dw/bd]
• Vyrka Primals [230vk++vk]
• Mikra Exemplars [160vk+vk]*
• Efryt Primals [230vk++vk]
• Ravyk Cardinals [260vk++vk]
• Gnashing Teeth [22dh+++e/dw]
• Cha-Daně-Dan Salt Hawks[180bd+bd/e/dw]*
• Bloatlurks [19dh+e/dw]*
• Dhraanish Bonesplinters [24dh++e]
• Spitting Stones [20dh++e]
• Hybrid Zealots [65h-dh|e++e]*
• Bravyk Mountaineers [270vk+dw]
• Mikra Radicals [320vk++vk]

Techs:
Animal Husbandry
Irrigation
Sailing
Writing (Veramondi Logography)
Pottery
Masonry
Crab-Claw Sails
Thin-Blood Elixir
Bronze
Mountaineering Clothing
War Drums
Steering Oars
Off-Track Betting
Uzii Battlesmithing
Blade Sharpeners
Peltae
Feathered Cloaks

Tactical Doctrines:

Embassies:
HEN
UBT
VYG
CRO
SEW
DOD (Sanctum)

Organizations:
SOS: +3 Rep, 1 Favor
DSP: +0 Rep, 0 Favors
TSR: +2 Rep, -3 Favors
SOW: +1 Rep, 1 Favor

Spoiler: Legends and Legacies

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Troll King Haanhangandhal - Slain Through Subterfuge, xxx
Diplomacy 10
Military 8
Opulence 5
Faith 1
Intrigue 2

High King Ruunandaraghal - Slain By The Use Of Poison, mid-252
Dip 10
Military 10
Opulence 5
Faith 2
Intrigue 5

The Royal Family
Royal Matriarch & High Queen Usuukhusaa
Great Chief Dora-Mak, of the Mythic North

Royal Patriarch & High King Ruunandaraghal
Great Father Geputen Kw'Torineti
Low King-Father Mhanmosochaan
Grand Princeps-Father Tyja Pemmelg
Herald Prince-Father Parvahdi of Harkatna

Royal Matriarch & High Queen-Consort Ichippā of Henanda
Great Mother Klarakrudkhani
Low Queen-Mother Lorna MacGill, formerly of the Anbroch
Grand Princess-Mothers Kamiya & Tuvini
Eminent Princess-Mother Ingalhiikhudile

Heroes:
Nikara of Singhön (Hero 10)
Ghaali the Falconer (Hero 9)

The Royal Family

Ingkannu Isidi, Champion and Daughter of Ghrakka Yonghalo (Former Hero 10 - Slain in one last act of spite by monstrosities)
Scionary Prince Onoynoyis, Champion of Saar Lhungho (former Hero 10 - slain in battle during a vain attempt at redemption against foul creatures plaguing his people.

[Ausar]

The Deru
Bhaile-Koma, region 37 (& Illia, region 38, Luaithraeak-Molok, region 7, Nal Dryb, region 35, ---, region 10)



We do not speak for the trees. We are the trees. By the grace of the Sannha, we stride.
We are the blessed of the Sannha. We are all its children. By the sacred waters, we abide.

Annointed Runarn Ascendant, Lord of Banners, Master of Leaves, Protector of the Illian Clans, and Packleader of the Mortal Howl (47)
Diplomacy: 5
Military: 6 (+2)
Opulence: 3
Faith: 5
Intrigue: 1


Listener's Faithful:
1: Faith (5): Artifact: Infused Banner of the Ancestors: This tattered banner magically amends itself with the symbol of every people its holders have ever ruled. When the holder is leading a battle (must be a ruler) they gain +1 to the battle roll for each region they have successfully led the conquest of, max +3.

Lord of Banners
2: Diplomacy (5): Set new cultural identity: Patchwork Banners (2d8 on duels)

3: Military: Raise 2 land units (fortress).

4: Military: Raise a land unit.

Knights of the Red Rose
5: Military: Raise a naval unit.
Onfroy watches the new ruler with keen interest from his Sanctum beneath the palace in Bhaile-Koma. The ageing hero is becoming something of a recluse, rarely ever leaving the holy place. Asha-Shuran taking root leaves his son, Arnfroy, the master of the fleet. Ships are a natural home for the Knights, living vessels they can commune with. Eager to retain this leverage of power, Onfroy directs his followers to grow more of the things, and busies himself with the intricate political wrangling and intrigue the Knights rely upon to survive.


6: Military: Defend Region 37 with 3 land units led by Onfroy (9), using Indefatigable Few (+1 to Battle Roll, +10% enemy casualties, -10% own casualties) and duelling with +1 to Tac Man from faith, +3 to battle roll from Fortress and City, no artifact.
Runarn issues his reply by way of travellers from the Night Kingdom, merchants and wanderers, impaled on flagpoles with their legs gnawed off to the knee by sand hounds, every ten miles from the borders of Nal Dryb to the banks of the Straumr. The bodies are covered in growths of crimson flowers. Runarn rounds up his generals and prepares for a grim defence of the Green Fields and Bhaile-Koma. The devotees of the Listener, the Knights of the Red Rose, the Bannerets of the Patch and the forest itself settle in to repel boarders. Meanwhile Karakhita sets off in secret, absconding towards the approaching army, hoping to be taken in. He is found lying near-dead on a stream-bank, his ankles and shin-bones shattered with mallets.

Non-actions: Support all conversions to Bouquet of the Corpse Flower, support all buyouts of unowned TP's by TAR, accept all gifts, & accept diplomatic traffic from TAR.

To-Do - important characters (we're getting there).

News & Rumours

- The Regents-In-Exile concede their claims to the Caretaker's throne, Jofry & Olea residing now with the Targiz, in exchange for a renewal of the mutual defence treaty instituted by the first Caretaker, Leafhair, decades ago.

-Knights, for real this time, promise.
-Cult of Rebirth. It's a thing!

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Spoiler: Important Characters

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The Brythions

Leafhair Brythion [79] (Deceased)- Former Caretaker of Illia & the Deru, wearer of the Circlet of Leaf & Chain. Installed in the midst of a succession crisis, Leafhair transformed the governance of the Deru from a loose group of religiously aligned groves into a hereditary monarchy in a union with the neighbouring Illia peoples. Wed to Elora, Chosen of Illia, the two ruled in concert. Pursued by advancing age, Leafhair announced his intention to abdicate in favour of Esfrey on his 70th name day. This he did, and now serves as an adviser on the loose council that has developed around Esfrey's court in the Green Fields. He grieved for both his wife and son, and refused to believe the rumours that the dashing Sir Onfroy was to blame. With the reappearance of his youngest son Leafhair is a man at peace with the world, trusting in his children to protect Bhaile-Koma better than he ever could. Slipping into mild insanity in his later years, Leafhair rejoiced at his son Jofry's return, but soon barely remembered his disappearance. He spent much time reminiscing with his old Deru companions, themselves near to taking root, of his first days amongst the great trees, and the wonders of the forest he barely knew. At last he died peacefully napping in the woods, buried beneath his old friends, themselves taking root earlier that year.

Elora Brythion née Covenantes [57] (Deceased)- Former Chosen of Illia, join ruler of Illia & the Deru. Wed to Leafhair. A standout warrior in a strong warrior culture, Elora has led the peoples of Illia for three decades, since her choosing. She strengthened the power of the sightless ones, spiritual leaders & masons of Illia, made peace with the hill-dwellers by taking Norren the Mortal into vassalage, and presided over a prosperous aftermath of the new dawn. She and Leafhair have 3 children. Increasingly growing distant from her twin children, viewing them as straying from Illian traditions and exploiting their privileged positions, she spent increasingly more time with her youngest, Jofry. While still a formidable warrior, Elora's sanity began to fray, a congenital Covenantes failing her forebears traditionally pushed through until their deaths in battle. In her 57th year, Elora was found dead in her youngest son Jofry's chambers, flayed alive, her corpse already festooned with blooming flowers.

Esfrey Brythion [53] (Deceased) - Former Caretaker of the Illia & the Deru, Chosen of Illia, wearer of the Circlet of Leaf & Chain. Eldest daughter of Leafhair & Elora, Esfrey was a rambunctious and headstrong youngster, taking well to the traditional Illian trials. She proved a precocious student, achieving her right to bear spear & sling by age 10. Completing the trials at age 16 alongside her twin Esfrey was ecstatic to have been named heir to her father, and routinely arrived to take command of forces during exercises in the Green Fields. A reckless adrenaline-junkie Esfrey had an odd aversion to duelling, preferring to let Onfroy defend her honour while she prepared for her next escapade. Taking the circlet only fed Esfrey's appetite for adventure, and she spent most of her time hunting & leading mock battles, as well as scouring the woods for poachers and raiders. She seemed unfazed by Onfroy's transformation, welcoming him back to the capital with open arms. Outraged at her forced removal from the battlefield against the Orcs of Ixkarr Esfrey became dangerously aggressive and borderline unstable. Followed by defeat against the Master of Fire and Dust Esfrey crossed the borderline, requiring bodily restraint in her moments of madness. The Illian clans and dog-men's packs became dangerously autonomous during this period of intermittent rule, permitting the Listener to gain increasing sway. After a particularly bad fit on her return home Esfrey fell into a coma, finally dying at age 53.

Onfroy Brythion [62] - Eldest son of Leafhair & Elora, twin brother of Esfrey, Onfroy is a similarly headstrong youngster, although a little less confrontational than his twin, preferring more thoughtful methods of dealing with those who contest him in the trials. He has progressed similarly swiftly in his studies, achieving his right to bear spear & inscribe letters by age 10. Pressed into service as his twin's champion, Onfroy channels his resentment of the role as fury unleashed upon his opponents, maiming several peers Esfrey claimed had slighted her in some petty manner. Furious he was not named heir in his sister's place, believing his martial and intellectual prowess outstrips her own, Onfroy was sent away from council at age 17 to train under the Targiz hero Petal-Head. He returned a very different man, stronger, faster, leaner, able to tear his flesh and extend red thorns to pierce his foes. To duel the young knight is to die a slow death by blood loss as innumerable small cuts and slices from thorn after thorn drain the life from his foes. He stays close to his sister, her staunch defender and bodyguard. The foremost advocate for the Bouquet of the Corpse Flower within Esfrey's court, Onfroy wields substantial influence. Esfrey delegates much of the day-to-day running of the kingdom to her brother, and he takes it quietly in his stride. More recently he developed a relationship with Alhambra, a survivor of No-Climb Cliffs he duelled during the Uzii's contest of might. While the pair rarely found the time to spend together, they always came back to the temple beneath Caretaker's Hall in the end. Onfroy is a fearsome figure within the court in no small part due to Alhambra, as after her transformation into a Thorn of the Red Rose her martial murderous might rivals Onfroy's own. Together they quietly and in some cases very publicly eliminate dissent. They have had 2 children together - the first, an unnamed daughter, disappeared three days after her birth, missing from her cot of flowers. The second, a son called Arnfroy, was born with skin mottled and patterned, split by imprints of 5-petalled red roses.

Jofry Brythion [58] - Youngest son of Leafhair & Elora. He was an inquisitive child, but lacked the dexterous coordination of his siblings. Elora worried, but Leafhair was confident he'd find his way through the trials somehow. While he struggled, the youngster showed a remarkable determination and managed to cling on to life during the arduous tests. Elora grew increasingly attached to him, while Leafhair neglected his youngest to focus on Esfrey's education. Jofry had few friends amongst his peers, and spent most of his time outside of the trials in the company of young Deru, preferring their down-to-earth, measured approach to life. Few of his peers were willing to combat the might of even a sapling Deru, so he escaped physical bullying for the most part. He had not been seen since his mother's death, despite extensive searching. His closest friends, 2 sapling Deru and a young dog-boy were also missing. He resurfaced during the Dawn Council, stumbling upon visiting dignitaries from the Scrim. Apprehended during his attempted flight by Onfroy the boy disappeared once more for nearly a year before re-emerging as an emissary for his older twin siblings, loyal to all outward appearances. Marked out by two birds, a hawk and a falcon, perpetually adorning his shoulders, the boy-turned unusually hard man was struck by a chance encounter at the Festival of New Horizons, and a new feeling long left undrawn upon begins to return - love. He and Olea stole what time they could while his twins were away on campaign and he left the regent of the Deru. Attending the Union of the Crimson Sun together the pair seemed insatiably inseparable. Their bond has remained true, the two taking the responsibility of regency frequently while Esfrey wars and Onfroy prowls the lands for 'converts'. Now, with Esfrey incapacitated, Jofry and Olea serve as regents once more, for her young son Karakhita.

Lilium 'Lily' Interspinus Brythion [31] - Eldest daughter of Jofry & Olea. Lily's goliath blood flows strong, and at 7 she was already the size of an Illian 12 year old. While Esfrey bordered on commanding the girl commence the trials, both Jofry and Olea did all they quietly could to keep Lily under Esfrey's gaze. The trials death rate has risen to almost one in two under the Listener's supernatural gaze, as penalties for even slight failure are harsher than ever before.

'Arnfroy' Arnoldii Brythion [29] - Eldest son of Onfroy & Alhambra. Arnfroy's abominable heritage is immediately evident in his mottled & split skin, crossed by imprints of five-petalled red roses. He is an exceptionally quiet man.

Karakhita Brythion [28] - Eldest son of Esfrey & Rakatak, born on the eve of the first skirmish of the third war against the folk of the flames. Orc blood runs strong through his veins. In stark contrast to his elder cousin he is an exceptionally rowdy fellow, brave to the point of idiocy.

Other Notables
Norren the Mortal [159] (Deceased)- This cunning old dog-man leads the pack that serves Elora as her vassal. While in his youth the wily soldier fought long and hard against the Illians of the rock, when the war became so entrenched as to approach a war of extinction he betrayed the elders of his pack and led his fellow disaffected's over to Elora's side. Faced now with overwhelming odds the remaining packs retreated to their hill-forts to lick their wounds. Norren was charged with protecting the foothills, and with his pack now granted respite from the century of war and fed by the Illians is exceptionally effective. His pack has grown strong, and he now serves Leafhair & Elora as equal masters. His moniker was given by a soothsayer many moons ago who predicted his death in battle. Norren replied that while he is no more than mortal, his death will happen only when he so chooses. He has been tested and tested, and remains a capable warrior even has his age begins to catch up with him. Having crushed the remaining Dog-men of the highlands, Norren split his pack amongst his pups and theirs, preparing for a great trek westwards. In the aftermath of the failed expedition west, Norren has struggled to bring his pups back to heel, and their packs begin to vie with his for control of the dog-men. Tensions and tempers run high. The death of Norren by choice in battle, defending his sworn liege Esfrey, accelerated the collapse of semi-independent dog-men packs. The infighting his death triggered threatened to tear the packs apart and endanger wider Illia. In the struggle, a trying time for all involved, 6 packs emerged as strong contenders to reunite the dog-men. All fought, each wary of the other, until through subterfuge and intrigue one gained ascendance, subjugating the others. For a year and a day the order stood. Until the Listener came. At his command the 5 packs were freed, empowered, and set upon the last, the ascendant pack. When the blood-frenzy abated the Listener was pleased, and promised that in time there would be game aplenty to feed all the packs, for their sacrifice had been accepted.

Asha-Shuran [82] (Taken Root) - this Wattlea was the Deru's finest tactician, outfighting all comers in a series of exhibition matches between the Grey Grove & Widhu's Wrath. A rarity among the Deru, she was renowned for her quick temper and agile mind, and was usually raring for a fight. She found a kindred spirit in old Norren, and spent long hours discussing theories while the two hunt. Concerned at the growing pugnacious spirit of the Uzii, and trusting the Crimson Kingdom to stay in their mountains high Asha spent most of her days teaching Esfrey to lead warriors in battle, although she despaired of ever teaching the Illian to refrain from a charge. Asha then retreated a little from the capital, spending more and more time with Norren in the foothills. Esfrey made no attempt to force her to remain. Finding her favour at court again restored as Onfroy sought allies Asha-Shuran led a force against the blightwhales, conducting herself admirably. Devastated by the death of Norren she resolved to do right by Esfrey in her remaining years of service and while she again fell out of favour as Esfrey was enraged that she was removed from the field Asha remained a powerful commander with the loyalty of the Ashan Grove until finally taking root peacefully after 82 summers.

The Listener ?? - this former sightless one is a mysterious figure, a red rose & crimson poppy sprouting from where his eyes once were. Claiming to speak for the ancestor spirits, to hear the voices of the rotted, the sacrificed, the deplored derided and defamed. He delivers their counsel, for in death they have nothing left to lose. The sightless ones, once an order of mute & blind stonemasons, has grown massively in size since the Listener's rise, now ranging far and wide to preach and proselytise, giving seeds and stirring the fertility of barren land in exchange for sacrifices and the bodies of the dead. The Listener himself has a near-iron grip on the Rock and its surrounds, facilitated by Esfrey's growing insanity. For years he has waited, prepared, sent feelers out to all who would listen, but now he preaches more. That the time of trials and terror is at hand in earnest. Now he marches on Bhaile-Koma to proclaim his visions and revelations to the court, backed by an army. He will make them listen.

Gormeric Runarn [47] - the Lord of Banners, Gormeric leads the Enkel of Luaithraeak-Molok.

Spoiler: Admin

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Embassy with Targiz

Required Resource - Living Beings (Satisfied with Cattle)

No new leader

Leader stat increases:
Mil +2

City in region 37 (Bhaile)
Fortress in region 37 (the Green Fields)
Holy Order in region 37 (Knights of the Red Rose)
Holy Land Holy Order in region 37 (Cult of Rebirth)

TP's:
Region 37 TP1 (Living Wood)

Naval Units: 3/6
Units: 3/14

Established Units:
Old Grove - Warrior-trees.
Widhu's Wrath - A horde of woodland beasts guided by Castainn custodians.
Knights of the Red Rose - Onfroy's fanatical followers.
Listener's Faithful - fanatical followers of the prophet of the Garland of Souls.

Factions:
Listener's Faithful
Lord of Banners
Knights of the Red Rose

Religion benefits:
HC 5 - +1 to Tac Man.
HC 10 - something something buyouts something something
HC 20 - +1 to hero generation

Treasure: 0.

Heroes: Arnfroy, the Silent Bloom (8), Sir Onfroy (9)

Cultural Identity(s): Children of the Sannha (2d8 on raising organisation reputation) (temporary).

Tactical Doctrine(s): Indefatigable Few (If you are fighting alone: +1 to Battle Roll, +10% enemy casualties, -10% own casualties) (temporary).

Artifact(s):
Circlet of Leaf & Chain: A stone chain circlet with ever-green wattle leaves entwined throughout, permitting communication with the voices of Councillors & Chosen past, granting +2 to own leader loss rolls when ruler is personally leading troops.

[PepperP.]

Holy Uldran Empire
Regions 99, 100, 101, 102, 107, 108, 109, 110, 119, 120, 129, 130
Tarandi

Round 23 Actions:

1. [Diplomacy]Host an event in the Carrion Ward with VIS blessing. Event Actions Below.
2. [Diplomacy]Raise SoW rep from 0 to 1. (+1 Treasure) 13
3. [Military]Raise 1 Unit.
4. [Military]Raise 1 Unit.
5. [Opulence]Buyout Salt tp 1 in region 109. 17
6. [Opulence]Buyout Sapphires tp 1 in region 101. 14
7. [Faith 10]From RUIN to rest, the sedation of the Grey Lake! Elu's Miracle! Return the Grey Lake to its base, non-hell portal state via the power of prayer and friendship.

Event Actions

• Accept 3 Treasure from SCR.
  Accept the gift of Mechanical Joints and Feathered Cloaks from CIT.

Spoiler: 40 HC Bonus Turn Tracking Round 23

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CURRENT: Full Moon: [Blessings and Celebrations] Eauden followers can attempt a non-action seek aid that round.

Waning Half-Moon: [Transition and Forgiveness] +1 Stabilization Bonus for the round.

New Moon: [New beginnings and Potential] +1 to new ruler stat at random.

Waxing Half Moon: [Momentum and Action] +1 to one Military Action.

Embassy Actions:

• DAN:
• ELF:
• SHN:

Non-Actions:

• Support the Khanate's Buyout of Hemp.
• Non-Action Seek Aid on DAN's investigation of the Mockeries. (Full Moon Phase.)
• Passive treasure accumulation: +1/round. (1)
• Resist all unauthorized conversions and buyouts.
• Support all Eauden conversions.

News and Rumors:

• Matsokah leaves a widow and a young child...
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Ruler info:

Holy Empress Elu, Beacon of the North.
Diplomacy 4
Military 4
Opulence 4
Faith 10
Intrigue 5


Expected Stat Increases:
+1 Dip, +1 Mil, +1 Opu

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Regions 18 (unrest), 19 and 36
The Targiz
Current Leader: Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Nyct” Nyctagina
Current Abilities: D3, M6, O8, F10, I4

Round 23

Actions:

• Nyct, managing the Recovery
  
  • Opulence - Buyout [Region 3, TP #1] (Success)
  • Opulence - Buyout [Region 3, TP #2] (Success)
    
    The slow work of rebuilding the Targiz economy after the devastation of the trifecta of plagues in southern Mamut falls on Nyct’s shoulders. The woman works herself in sleepless nights managing contracts and disputes between merchants squabbling over ruined commodities and missing contacts. In four years’ time, however it seems that the bulk of Kursaal’s trade is as great as it once was prior to the Nightmare City and the plagues. Whether the great commercial kraken continues to grow or retreats to lick its wounds – only the dice know.
    
    
• Aste, looking for Forbidden Alchemy
  
  • Opulence - Buyout [Region 41, TP #1] (Success (with Support))
  • Intrigue – Investigate – Using the opportunity provided by death of The Nameless and his burning of his followers' life force, Aste tries to use the trail of burned bodies in the former lands of the Protectorate to find a Mockery Laboratory (13)
    
    Aste is not a cautious woman – in her youth she had journeyed to Kiswa on a whim and there had imbibed the sacred milk on a fancy. Since then, however, she was a steadfast warrior against the blight. And while others may battle the infestation with daggers and sorcery, swords and magic, shields and fire, Aste’s war was conducted by strength of coin.
    
    When Aste build a home to the Students of Wonder in Kursaal, she had always spent her wealth throughout Mamut to develop an information network to rival even Danneta-Yvaon. The reach of her gilded arms sought the secrets to the blight. As she had told her father and even Rosie in Kiswa, till now the Sentinels of Stone and all the nations in the world only fought bitterly against the cancer never delving deep enough towards its cause to truly extinguish it.
    
    Reports filtered to her that individuals in Mamut spontaneously combust into flames their life force burned away. While Aste did not know of Talákin’Záni’Quêzí’s, Amira-Mak’s and Matji Varsha’s epic confrontation in twilight, she did know enough to understand that these burned souls were of the Mockeries. The Mockeries were dangerous, but they had also held many secrets of Alchemy and Blight. If she could find an intact Mockery Laboratory, the Students of Wonder’s own research would leap forward by bounds.
    
    
• Laughing-Wolf, creating a Bond
  
  • Opulence - Buyout [Region 21, TP #1] (Success)
    
    Signed, Sealed, Delivered.
    
    
• Secret
  
  • Intrigue - Secret Action

Non-Actions:

• Laughing Wolf takes over his Father Running Ox as hero of Targiz
• Trade Increased Defense Budget and Campaign Grift to NTK. Vassalize to the Night Kingdom. Accept Region 42 from the Night Kingdom and all techs (non-embassy actions with NTK)
• Generate 3 Treasure with passive income (20 TP owned at beginning of round) –> 14 Treasure owned beginning of round.
• Accept all tech and treasure from SCR (non-embassy action with SCR)
• Grant Corpse Plague, Island Fugue and Sand Lung cures to DER. Accept all tech and treasure from DER (non-embassy action with DER)
• Accept all tech from HEN (non-embassy action with HEN)
• Accept all tech from UBT (non-embassy action with UBT)
• Accept all Embassies and Sanctums if offered or gifted.
• Aste uses her growing influence as the Patron of Wonder and heir to the Vault of Kursaal to begin spreading her own faith, borrowed from far-flung Kiswa, in the city. She hopes to one day provide the Mother’s Milk as freely in the city as wine. Aste supports any conversion of Region 19 to the Children of the Great Mother.
• Tattered Dancers meeting the Comet Dancers
  
  
  Spoiler: A Gathering of Dancers

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  They dance together in the shadows
  Their feet barely touching the ground
  Waltzing through the night
  Lightly thinking, lightly stepping
  Hardly breathing at all.
  
  Their tattered feathers falling
  Kicking up dirt and filth
  They revel in disgrace for grace was not in their taste
  Their teeth craved for more
  Meat and thoughts and dreams.
  
  Their laughter echoes through the darkness
  Singing with the beat
  Their eyes glisten with malice and lust as they head voices nearby
  They draw nearer by the second
  Yet with each passing breath they still did not come by.
  
  Have you come to dance with me?
  Have you brought with you some light?
  Our home is in darkness
  In the shadows of the night
  The night blooming flowers our companions.
  
  This is the world we live in
  Do not judge us for what we are
  Proud and raw
  Our thoughts of chains and nightmares
  We are happy to divide.
  
  The voices shriek in response
  Of fire and pain
  They too are raw and dark
  Laughing in the night, they say
  The night is our canvass and we are but sharp-clawed painters.
  
  Pulled along by empty hands
  Marionettes of a wandering star
  Conducted by a fever dream
  Crackling roar, tempo beat
  Of an endless fleeting dance
  
  Midnight is our wings
  The milk-strewn skies is blood
  Pouring from our veins
  We are the black nobles the live opposite the sun
  Glad to meet you, Sisters, Brothers, we are one.
  
  The wee small hours shall be your blanket
  The sunless sky your cure
  Feathers flock together
  Tattered flame fueled sharing Bread salt and earth.
  
  The comets steak the sky
  Gashing the heavens
  Tearing the veil
  Red streaking and falling
  Felled but unbroken.
  
  They danced together in the darkness
  Adorned with midnights clothes
  Black light surrounded them
  Claws groping for the music
  Beaks gaping for the lyrics
  
  They became shadows composed
  of pink and blue pastel
  floating along
  the streets of the city
  through the forests.
  
  Dancers dancing the dance
  Cruel tones and chimes
  Dancing until the sun comes down
  Dancing until the full moon rises
  Dancing until everyday dies.
  
  
  
• Use up to 3 treasure if needed to roll resist for any kidnapping, assassination or betrayal of ruler or hero, using gambling bonus (Carceral Adaptations CI active, Eyes Above tech active).
• Use up to 3 treasure if needed to roll resistance for any theft of any artifact, using gambling bonus ( Eyes Above tech active).
• Use up to 3 treasure if needed to roll resistance for any Incite Rebellion (Eyes Above tech active).
• Nyct sends another message to Aneirin asking for the release of Gled to the Night Kingdom, stating that she will transfer control over Targiz holdings in the former Crimson Kingdom upon his surrender from the Night Kingdom to the Targiz.

Spoiler: SPORTS!

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The World League

X	Bhaile-Koma Canopies	Blessed Vale Jewels	Targiz Hemlocks	Thun Avalanches	Na'karat Zealots	Ixarr Greenhorns	Sang Songs	Ruin Runners	Moonworm Cavalry	Ta Seti Cattle Drivers	Berry Bouncers	Bannanda Splitters	Dolod	Singhön Strikers	League Total
Bhaile-Koma Canopies	X	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	11
Blessed Vale Jewels	0	X	0	0	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	14
Targiz Hemlocks	3	3	X	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12
Thun Avalanches	3	3	1	X	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	1	18
Na'karat Zealots	1	3	3	3	X	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	16
Ixarr Greenhorns	3	0	3	1	3	X	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	20
Sang Songs	1	1	1	3	1	3	X	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	17
Ruin Runners	3	1	3	0	1	0	1	X	3	0	3	0	3	3	21
Moonworm Cavalry	3	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	X	0	3	3	1	3	20
Ta Seti Cattle Drivers	3	3	3	3	1	3	0	3	3	X	0	1	3	3	28
Berry Bouncers	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	3	X	1	1	0	22
Bannanda Splitters	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	0	1	1	X	3	3	28
Dolod	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	0	6
Singhön Strikers	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	X	12

Champions Tournament

Quarter Finals

Tie-Breaker for Seed 1: Ta Seti Cattle Drivers vs Bannanda Splitters -> The Splitters win the First Seed in a 3-1 victory.

Bannanda Splitters (Seed 1) vs Sang Songs (Seed 8) -> Splitters Win (3-1)
Ta Seti Cattle Drivers (Seed 2) vs Thun Avalanches (Seed 7) -> Drivers win (2-0)
Berry Bouncers (Seed 3) vs Moonworm Cavalry (Seed 6) -> Cavalry wins in tiebreaker.
Ruin Runners (Seed 4) vs Ixarr Greenhorns (Seed 5) -> Runners win (3-2)

Semi-Finals

Bannanda Splitters (Seed 1) vs Ruin Runners (Seed 4) -> Splitters win (3-2)
Ta Seti Cattle Drivers (Seed 2) vs Moonworm Cavalry (Seed 6) -> Drivers win (2-0)

Finals

Revenge match from the First Seed Tie-Breaker its Ta Seti Cattle Drivers vs Bannanda Splitters. The Splitters win again in a 2-1 victory.

Spoiler: Leader Information and Technology

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Current Leader: Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Nyct” Nyctagina (52 Years Old)

New Ruler Next Round: No
Succession: Hereditary (Matrilineal primogeniture but with no male exclusion, meaning that it is absolute primogeniture if no immediately related female heir) –

1. Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Aste” Asteracea (32 Years Old)
2. Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Olea” Oleandera (48 Years Old)
3. Lilium "Lily" Interspinus (28 Years Old)
4. Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Acon” Aconita (Stillborn)
5. Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir Ffiona (Died in Infancy) – Reborn as the Honeyed Child
6. Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Gled” Gleditsio (56 Years Old)
7. Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Hede” Hedero (32 Years Old)
8. Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Malv” (12 Years Old)

Expected Stat Bonuses: +2 Opulence, +1 Intrigue

Other Characters:

Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Rose” Ogra (78 years of age)
Ces Arnif – (deceased – old age against all the odds)

Hero Ages:
Roaring Ox – ? – Odds Maker (+2 Errant Quests in Mamut. Must oppose Petalhead)
Ank’Anske’Thalez’ir “Gled” Gleditsio – 52
- Successor: None at the moment
Petal Head – N/A
- Artifacts Held

• Nightmare Pom
• Disquiet Pom (Stolen)
• Skystruck Torc
• Gelid Bush

Miracles:

• Blessed Dynasty: Twice per round, a ruler character descended from Merine may make a seek aid action targeting a roll has already been determined, so long as it is taken before the war deadline has passed.
• Epialesian Apotheosis: Petal Head may now participate in two actions every Round. Petal Head no longer suffers continental penalties while Questing, and ignores otherwise impassable terrain types while Questing.
• Apostle of Nightmares: Whenever Petalhead embarks upon Dark Dreams, his Errant Quests no longer result in Unrest. Instead, a Blightspawn Incursion is summoned by the King of Nightmares’ presence.

Opulence Technology:

• Masonry: +1 to resist Raids and Sacks
• Advanced Masonry: +1 to resist Raids and Sacks that stacks with the bonus of Masonry
• Writing: +1 Conversion Defense, +1 Conversions in regions that share your writing system (Hbaran Runes)
• Irrigation: +1 Stabilization
• Animal Husbandry: +1 to Opulence and Diplomacy exploration
• Pottery: +1 Buyouts
• Arctic Survival: Permits exploration and troop transport across Arctic borders
• Sailing: Permits exploration and troop transport over deep water borders
• Off-Track Betting: Whenever you spend a Treasure on a roll, you may choose to roll 1d6. On a result of 1, the Treasure provides no bonus. On a result of 2-4, the Treasure provides a +1 as normal. On a result of 5 or 6, the Treasure provides an additional +1, for a total of +2.
• Coinage: +1 to resisting buyouts from anyone without this technology (no requirement); +1 to buyouts (requires silver or gold)
• Eyes Above: +1 to resist theft, assassination, kidnapping
• Treasure Ships – +1 to Sailing Range and allows trade routes over dark blue borders
• Mamut -> Sikar Translation Project Tech
• Mamut -> Daezirn Translation Project Tech
• Mamut -> tarandi Translation Project Tech

Military Technology

• Campaign Grift
  
  • Slot: Subterfuge
  • Resource: Alcohol
  • Effect: The kingdom may spend treasure in a battle to cripple their enemies before they even take the field. For every treasure spent in this manner, opposing non-blightspawn armies suffer an additional 2 regions in distance losses.
• Bronze:
  
  • Slot: Special Materials
  • Resource: Copper or Tin
  • Effect: +1 to Battles, +1 to Leader Loss Rolls
• Viskari War Bows:
  
  • Slot: Ranged Weapons
  • Resource: Wood
  • Effect: +1 to Battles
• Increased Defense Budget:
  
  • Slot: Scouts and Logistics
  • Resource: Gems or Precious Metals
  • Effect: Increase the amount of Treasure a kingdom may spend on Battle by 1. For every 2 Treasure a kingdom spends on a single Battle, that Battle gains an additional +1 bonus.
• Uzii Battlesmithing
  
  • Slot: Armor
  • Resource: Hard Metal
  • Effect: -10% Casualties
• Comet Phylacteries
  
  • Slot: Combat Drugs and Medicine
  • Resource: Comet Shards
  • Effect: +2 Leader Loss rolls.
• Wolf Riders
  
  • Slot: Calvary
  • Resource: Wild Dogs (approved by Jade as Tech Creator)
  • Effect: +1 to Battles
• Cloud Striders
  
  • Slot: War Beasts
  • Resource: Battle Toads
  • Effect: +10% Casualties for opponents
    
• Cinnabar Warclubs
  
  • Slot: Melee Weaponry
  • Resource: Cinnabar
  • Effect: +10% Casualties for opponents
• Non-Active Mil Tech
  
  • War Drums
  • Feathered Cloaks
  • Orichalcum Arrowheads
  • Horned Cavalry
  • Cliffstep Riders

Artifacts

• Nightmare Pom:
  
  • A Hero holding the Nightmare Pom is resisted in Errant Questing by a Faith Roll. Success on a Errant Quest using the Nightmare Pom awards no Treasure, but allows the controlling Kingdom to attempt to convert an Open or unorganized Holy Site in the region. A great success on the Errant Quest grants a +2 bonus to this conversion roll.
• Disquiet Pom:
  
  • +1 to Errant Quests, Corpse Flower Holders may Errant Quest as a Faith action.
• Skystruck Torc
  
  • When the wearer wins a duel or achieves great success on an Errant Quest they inspire a Possessed Rebellion in the region where the duel or quest took place with 1d2 units, led by a Skystruck Wraith of strength equal to half hero score. If the wearer would die they are instead lost beyond the veil. They arise from the Grey Lake in 1d3 turns physically unharmed, but changed. This Artifact ceases to function if no Agent of Ruin is active in the world.

Tac Doc: Never Tell Us the Odds – On success roll 1d3. On 1: Gain +2 to Battle Rolls. On 2: Reduce own Casualties by 20%. On 3: Increase Enemy Casualties by 20%.

Cultural Identities:

• Ruinous Sowing - 2d8 on Epic and Errant Quests in or adjacent to blighted regions, wilderness or regions in unrest.
• Carceral Adaptations - 2d8 vs Assassinations/Kidnapping and Inspire Betrayal by any Kingdom with positive reputation with the Sentinels of the Stone.

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Military Limits:
Land 5/8
Naval 0/4

Embassies:

• Deru
• Swampum
• Scrim
• Henanda
• Night Kingdom
• United Abiherist Tribes

Trade Posts (22):

7 #1 - Wild Dogs
7 #2 - Wild Dogs (Plague Loss)
8 #1 - Okra
17 #1 - Ulurothan Spearmen
18 #1 – Emeralds
19 City – Flower Wine
19 #1 – Flower Wine
22 #3 – Cinnabar
27 #1 – Iron
30 #2 – Comet Shards
33 #1 – Copper
35 #1 – Madder (Plague Loss)
36 #1 – Wheat (Plague Loss)
37 #2 – Living Wood (Plague Loss)
38 #1 – Sour Quinces (Plague Loss)
39 #2 – Battle Toads
39 #3 – Battle Toads
40 #2 - Cheese
40 #3 – Cheese
44 #2 – Cloth
46 #3 – Wood
48 #1 – Slaves
51 #2 – Kaffe Beans
53 #2 – Furs and Hides
61 #1 – Falconers
62 #1 – Fish (Plague Loss)

Favors Available at end of round:

1 SOS
2 SOW

[Gaius Hermicus]

Cult of the Cosmic Hyena
(Round 20)
The Cackling Curator




[Military] Raise 2 Land Units:
[Military] Defend the Hyena with eight units led by Sawut Kw’Torineti and Medmäsha Tänata, activating War Drums and Composite Bows, attempting to Duel, and using the Lead from the Front tactical doctrine:
[Military 10] Create a Technology:
[Faith] Convert 186(13) :
[Intrigue] Investigate a way to control the Hyena (11):
[Intrigue] Secret:

Nonactions:
Attend event
Resist buyouts
Resist all conversions except those to Oracles of the Elder Memories

TRO Embassy
Accept all techs
SKO Embassy
Accept all techs
TAR Embassy
Trade the Sand Lung and Corpse Fever cures for the Island Fugue cure
Accept all techs

Spoiler: News and Rumors

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Spoiler: Songs of the Korebita

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Spoiler: Technologies

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Writing
Sailing
Irrigation
Animal Husbandry
Crab-Claw Sails
Pottery
Thin-Blood Elixir
War Drums
Feathered Cloaks
Seekers
Advanced Masonry
Composite Bows
Wolf Riders
Eleftherian Diplomacy

Spoiler: Bookkeeping and Ruler Info

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Land Units: Torineti Warriors, Korebita Slingers, Sewi Warriors, Thunder’s Vanguard, Zemena Monks, Monopod Skirmishers, Cackling Cultists, Hydra Riders

Naval Units: Adeni Marines

Treasures: Black Gold, Blood Ingot, Kro Loot

Resources Controlled: Wild Asses (232.1), Tropical Birds (194.2), Flint (213 [City])

Fortress: Misig Zinabi (213)

City: Kema (213)

Heroes: Sawut Kw'Torineti (10), Medmäsha Tänata (8)

Artifacts: The Crimson Blade of Yedem Kali (Sawut Kw'Torineti)

Tactical Doctrine: Lead from the Front


Leader: The Cackling Curator

Diplomacy: 7
Military: 10
Opulence: 7
Faith: 10
Intrigue: 3 +1

[Elemental]

Aran Viska
By the Will of the Moot, Salana Tenzankad, Ara of All Viskari
May the Moon guide her in this life and the next

Actions:
Rolls.
Unit count: Twelve
1: [Faith] Contribute to the Eastern Windstone.
2: [Faith] Contribute to the Western Windstone.
3: [Faith] Contribute to the Southern Windstone.
The Viskari continue to assist the Truthseers with raising the Windstones. Their finest craftspeople and teams of labourers toil night and day alongside aid from further afield to complete the grand work. All the while they are watched over by warriors from the Viskari Host just in case.

4: [Faith] Forge Lesser Artifact using The Altar of Azanathazan. [1/3]
A young sorcerer has a dream and petitions the Moot to grant him the use of the Altar of Azanathazan. After hearing his proposal they assent and the sorcerer begins collecting materials. This takes over two years as only the finest will do for what he has planned, but in time he arrives at the Altar with the purest silver and the finest emeralds, schorls and aventurine. Once he explains his plans to the Moot's artisans they begin work on the stones, carving and polishing them into the desired shapes.

5: [Diplomacy] Stabilise The Carrion Ward, Region 137. Spending one treasure. Success.
It has taken many years, but with the growth of the Way of Eauden throughout the Carrion Ward and the slow and steady destruction of the unnatural abominations plaguing the land, the surviving people of the Ward can one again gather together in safety. A council of enlightened Vultures and Huskies, who have been recognised as Eaudenite priests by the Moot of Elders, soon assumes leadership over the land with the blessing and support of the Viskari. This council, modelled loosely after the Moot of Elders, takes on the name "The Wake of Remembrance" and vows to never forget the crimes done against them in the name of the Wyrm and those who lusted after its power. They appoint no leader of their council as none of them can remember a leader who has not brought hardship and suffering upon the Ward due to either incompetence or selfishness.


Nonactions: Resist all unauthorised buyouts and quests and all conversions save those to the Way of Eauden.

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Lazarul Havanak - Aranin Sarak of Aer Caladon - 93
Asha Marzul - Ara Sarak of Iskandrazac - 94

Zanak Jasana - Warchief of the Phoenix Warriors - 51
Nar Manik Kalsharaz - Warchief of the Winter Wolves - 77
Nar Torek Navrazak - Warchief of the Swamp Sabres - 49
Nar Jazredan Iskavan - Warchief of the Shade Riders - 47
Nar Caliak Tazanad - Warchief of the Mist Talons - 61
Tavanis Ren Kelsa - Commander of the Blackhorn Company - 90
Kallisthan Terridan - Sarak and Warchief of Iskandrazac's Champions - 85
Nar Varisa Veknat - Warchief of the Moon Guard - 40
Yarek Nazon - Frost Binder Priest and Commander of the Flamebringers - 87
Nar Zana Coravan - Warchief of the Blood Eagles - 36
Anyagaru the Patient - Captain of the Northern Hunt - 63
Mariad Ren Janna - Commander of the Bronzeaxe Company - 64
Nar Colevan Turan - Warchief of the Night Eagles - 41
Anara-Sul - Captain of the Crest Guard - 55

Mezanak Oshrik - Sorcerer Champion of the Moot - Hero - Slaughtered by CAW
Vanaruk Mazendan - Harbinger of the Damned - Hero - The weight of years holds no meaning for this individual

Valeris Rey Halon - Highlord of Cayshan Ver - 94
Tysan-Kal - Former High Chieftain of Sharu - 71
Emban Varusk - Great Chieftain of the Ivory Lands - 40
Varana Nalavan - Tanrak Nalavan's granddaughter - 37
Prince Arin Snowfall - 38
Queen Tali Snowfall - 60

Spoiler: Trade Details and Technologies

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Aran Viska, Region 111, TP1: Silver
Cayshan Ver, Region 112, TP3: Tin
Zarakor, Region 98, TP1: Dire Goats

The Emerald Coast, Region 95, TP3: Emeralds
Region 152, TP3: Timber

Treasure: 1 - 1


Animal Husbandry
Writing (Kagahara)
Irrigation
Pottery
Masonry
Arch
Mechanical Joints
Coinage - Powered

Viskari War Bows - Powered
Bronze - Powered
Saddles - Powered
Uzii Battlesmithing - Unpowered
Equestrianism - Unpowered

Spoiler: Ruler Information

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Diplomacy: 3
Military: 3
Opulence: 1
Faith: 6
Intrigue: 4

Age: 44

Expected stat increases: +2 Faith

[cactiguy3]

The Ilduri
Round 23

Actions:

1. [Faith] Seek aid for buyout action [13]
2. [Faith] Aid in the work on the Western Windstone
3. [Opulence] Buyout trading post 1 of Eleftherian Concrete in region 133 [20]
4. [Military] Quest into the unknown lands of region 104 [15]
5. [Diplomacy] Raise reputation with the Students of Wonder [18]

Non-Actions:

• Resist buyouts
• Resist conversions that are not the Way of Eauden
• Seek aid for questing into unknown lands (Full Moon bonus) [11]

News and Rumors:

Spoiler: Bookkeeping

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Representative Inga

• Diplomacy: 10 (+0)
• Military: 10 (+0)
• Opulence: 10 (+0)
• Faith: 4 (+1)
• Intrigue: 2 (+0)

Eramathuur

• Hero Score: 7

Land Units: 7/8 (-1)[*]6 Ilduri units[*]1 unit of Region 170 followers
Naval Units: 0/3 (+0)
Treasure: 5/5 (+0)
Regions: (2)

• Storvuur, 164 (Capital)
• 165

Trading Posts: (12)

• 164, Timber: 3/3 (+0)
• 131, Wooly Sheep: 1/2 (+0)
• 151, Lead: 2/2 (+0)
• 144, Copper: 1/2 (+0)
• 178, Iron: 1/3 (+0)
• 145, Diamonds: 1/2 (+0)
• 168, Dugongs: 1/1 (+0)
• 106, Furs and Hides: 1/2 (+0)
• 146, White Bronze: 1/3 (+0)
• 133, Eleftherian Concrete: 0/3 (+1)

Technologies:

• Pottery (+1 Buyouts)
• Writing (Hiverness Runes) (+1 Conversion Defense, +1 Conversions in regions that share your alphabet.)
• Animal Husbandry (+1 to Opulence and Diplomacy exploration)
• Mechanical joints (Grants +1 to buyouts and opulence expeditions.)
• Irrigation (+1 to stabilization rolls)
• Masonry (+1 to resist raids and sacks)
• Sailing (Permits exploration and troop transport over deep water borders)
• Bronze (+1 to battles, +1 to leader loss rolls)
• Advanced Masonry (+1 to resist raids and sacks; stacks with masonry)
• Wheel and Axle (+1 to Opulence Exploration, Overland exploration is not limited by adjacency)
• Uzii Battlesmithing (-10% Casualties for Allies)
• War Drums (+2 to Tactical Maneuvering Rolls)
• Military Organization [Requires War Drums; Requires Furs, Hides, or Cloth]
  (+1 to battles, +2 to tactical maneuvering)

[TheDarkDM]

Organization Actions
Round Twenty-Three

The Sentinels of Stone

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The Sentinels of the Stone (SOS) are an order of deeply mysterious itinerant warriors dedicated to slaying the twisted blightspawn that arose in the wake of the False Dawn. They wield unbreakable weapons of black stone and are rumored to be impervious to harm. Your most common interaction with them at game start is likely to be a Sentinel showing up, expecting your hospitality, and warning you against venturing into certain reaches until they return.

Slabs of Prowess (Open for submissions through Round 8): Bananda in Combat, Sangar in Combat, Uzii in Combat, Scrim in Combat, Alodite Styles, Koxrrit in Combat, Carrion Ward Styles, Soreni Styles, Dannu-Gaon Styles, Sọ́kǎu Tribes in Combat, Nocturnal Hydra in Combat, Shandole in Combat, Vygra in Combat, Ashir in Combat & Styles, Blemmyae in Combat, Veramondo Styles, Battle Mothers & Shaman, Goliath "Knife" Fighting, Fighting Styles of the Blemmyae, Fighting Styles of the Anbroch, Fighting Styles of the Nocturnal Hydra, Fighting Styles of the Trolls, Clann Arts and Crafts of War

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Donor	Continent	Treasure Amount
ELF	Tarandi	3
HEN	Kiswa	2
VIS	Tarandi	2
BDA	Kiswa	1
SIR	Kiswa	1
TRL	Kiswa	1
SHN	Tarandi	1
VYG	Kiswa	1
TAR	Mamut	4
SKT	Mamut	1
HYD	Sikar	2
VER	Tarandi	1
SCR	Mamut	1
UBT	Kiswa	1
UZI	Mamut	1
SKO	Sikar	4
DAN	Tarandi	1
ULD	Tarandi	1
ALO	Sikar	1
IXK	Sikar	1
DOD	Sikar	1
SEW	Kiswa	1
ASH	Sikar	3
SOL	Tarandi	1
SOS	-	4
GRAND TOTAL	-	41

The Trials of Iron have concluded! After many long days of toil, suffering, and combat, one Aspirant stands above the others. Hailing from the Vygra Confluence, first kingdom to prosper under the guidance of a Flame Tempered Soul, Taai of Tamago ascends as a Sentinel Hero 10! The other competitors now face a choice - to return home, burdened with more humble honors, or to remain at the Sentinel Fortress, to perhaps eventually prove worthy of joining Taai at the right hand of Alexios.

In the aftermath of the Trials, the Sentinels entertain the entreaties of Rauri and her entourage. As proven warriors against both Blight and Ruin, the Solais Empire is regarded as a worthy caretaker of the Claws of the Finger Wolf, and Rauri returns home with the last Phylactery.

A Warrior’s Homecoming - Newly ascended to the elite ranks of the Sentinels, Taai returns to Kiswa bearing Black Iron and girded in the scale armor of his peers. A celebration without equal in the Tamago Isles erupts when his great ship pulls into port, but it is not long before he is away on his first great mission, to cleanse Dozgasil alongside the Father of Rivers.

[Taai of Tamago attempts to cleanse Dozgasil (Region 194)]

Preparation of the Panoply - The hammering of the Sentinel forges continues, as the hardened masters of the secrets of Black Iron work in utter secrecy. Word only reaches the outside world from the excited rumors of those affluent or lucky enough to have attended the Trials of Iron, of the hellish glow emerging from the mountain’s heart, and the hammering just out of sight that somehow still penetrates through the earth.

The Right Hand - Victory against the Blightspawn is everything to the Sentinels, and to see it denied the gravest insult. As Alexios and Amka recover from the treacherous intercession of Petalhead on behalf of the Rotting Hive, Mildothur of Daezirn returns to his home waters. Guiding a strangely-built skiff of his own design, he moors in Citlallo, offering aid should Alexios choos to undertake the quest again, but ready as all Sentinels to stand against the Blight if necessary.

[Mildothur of Daezirn leads or aids in the Epic Quest against the Rotting Hive.]

Standing Offers

• Any kingdom that takes hostile action against the Champion of Blight or aiding a reformed Champion in reclaiming their lands will earn 1 Favor with the Sentinels of the Stone. Any kingdom that successfully cleanses a region held by the Champion of Blight (the Epic Quest following military victory) will earn 1 Reputation with the Sentinels of the Stone. The kingdom that leads the final attack that destroys the Champion of Blight (successfully invading their last region) will earn 2 Reputation with the Sentinels of the Stone. Should the Champion of Blight recant their allegiance, the Sentinels will instead offer 1 Favor for every region returned to them in addition to the 1 Reputation earned by cleansing a region of the Blight.
  
  
• Any kingdom may spend 1 Favor as a Non-Action to gain the use of a Sentinel Hero that round for the purposes of hostile action against the Champion of Blight.
  
  
• The Sentinels of the Stone request a Standing Stone be built in the territory of the Alodite True Dawn Imperium. If this request is met, the True Dawn Imperium will gain 1 Sentinel Reputation. Any additional kingdom that contributes to this project will gain 1 Sentinel Favor.

The Dream Speakers

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The Dream Speakers (DSP) similarly wander the wilds, but where the Sentinels of the Stone do it in search of monsters the Speakers seem driven simply to explore. They are all blessed with the Twilight Sight, the ability to pass beyond normal dream and into a realm of grey fog where distances shorten and they can converse across half a world. They are skalds and storytellers, carrying in their hearts tales of peoples never seen by those living in the four starts. However, there is a shadow that follows them, as the Twilight Sight is known to occur in children with no relation to the Speakers, and they will come to collect their errant neophytes.

Manual of Mamut (5/5) (Open for submissions through Round 5): Uzii During the False Dawn, Blightspawn in the Blessed Vale, The River That Carved the World, Stories Gathered From Drunks and Gamblers Part 1, Stories Gathered From Drunks and Gamblers Part 2, A Den Mother's Warning: Small Print,

Kiswan Collection (Open for submissions through Round 8): Histories and myths of the Bananda, Songs of Korebita, Songs of Korbita Pt. 2, Why the Moon Rises in the Daytime

The Dream Speakers fade, and their survivors begin to Dream of a new future.


The Truthseers

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The Truthseers (TSR), in contrast to the Sentinels and the Speakers, are not known to travel far. Instead, this illusive sisterhood dispatches members from their windowless towers to join the courts of every powerful leader. Blessed with the ability to faultlessly discern truth from lie, they often become trusted advisors and confidants to those they serve. However, the nature of their abilities and their motives remain unknown to all.

Histories of the Tarandi Dynasties (5/5): Sangar: Line of Polahi, Dannu-Gaon: Line of Mak the Wise, Hiverness: Line of Chief Rayen of Wolfenhall, Eleftherians: Line of Nel Sorgen

Histories of the Sikarian Dynasties: Nocturnal Hydra: Line of Zora, Ashir: Line of the Amir, Crow's Tribe: Line of Ancestor Crow

With the first Windstone completed, a change is immediately felt in the air of the Carrion Ward. Still alight with phantasmal flames from the incandescent murk of the Burning Lake, something stirs the manic conflagration to new and different patterns. Patterns which, in fits and starts, begin almost to form a sort of order. As the North Wind blows to contain the ruinous power of the Wyrm, the Truthseers immediately break ground on stones to mark the influence of East, South, and West.

Begin Construction of the Eastern Windstone

Begin Construction of the Southern Windstone

Begin Construction of the Western Windstone

Standing Offers

• Four Regents have been crowned, and now the promised reforging of the Four Winds moves from distant dream to impending reality. Once each of the Regents achieves an advanced Kingdom state (Great Kingdom, Merchant Principality, Holy Land, or Empire), the Regents will have the ability to form a Destined Empire. Should the four Regents agree to invest one among their number with this authority, they must each take a Faith 5 special action to reforge the Crown of Four Winds. Once this artifact has been completed, they must each contribute a Diplomacy 10 special to create the Destined Empire, with one chosen Emperor of the Four Winds. The Great Emperor title supersedes all normal advanced Kingdom states, grants eight actions of any kind, and may vassalize any advanced kingdom including Empires. The Destined Empire can only endure so long as all four Regents remain a part of it, as they channel the power of the Wind entrusted to them into the Emperor of the Four Winds.
  
  
• Any hostile Military action taken against the Agent of Ruin will result in a 1 Reputation increase with the Truthseers.
  
  
• The Truthseers offer to aid those seeking translations of distant lands! Any kingdom with Truthseer rep of 1 or above may take a Diplomacy action to add 2 steps to a translation project. However, this benefit is withdrawn if any kingdom of Truthseer rep of -1 or lower participates in the project.
  
  
• Any Kingdom that compiles a list of the most common cultures, taboos, and mores in their territory and publishes it in an Actions post will receive 1 Truthseer Favor.
  
  
• As a Non-Action, the Regents of the Four Winds may request the Truthseers Seek Aid on any Stabilization or Investigation.

The Students of Wonder

Finally ensconced in the ancient homeland of the Anbroch, the Students of Wonder finally dispatch agents through the wider world! Made up of peoples from across Ember, they are united by a thirst for knowledge and a consuming hatred of the Blight. As the Dream Speakers buckle beneath the weight of ignorance and the Truthseers and Sentinels brood beneath the veil of their shared origins, the Students of Wonder alone stand ready to shed light on the greatest mysteries of the world.

Spoiler: The Organization

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The Students of Wonder are an association of apothecaries, craftsmen, and scholars dedicated to empowering others, particularly common folk, to fight the blight on their own with knowledge and artifice. The highest echelons of the order swear themselves in service to the guardians, but the rank and file devote their time to understanding the world and teaching others their knowledge.

Rep Effects:
-3: Your kingdom is exceptionally dedicated to keeping secrets, from your own population and from others, but secrecy has its price for learning. You may take a second secret action each round but cannot exchange technologies as an event subaction or an embassy nonaction
-2: -2 to overcome against errant quest resistance as the Students of Wonder rile up commoners against your heroes.
-1: -1 to battles against blightspawn as you forgo the knowledge and assistance of the guardian sworn.
+1: +1 leader loss as Wonder alchemists are willing to heal your wounds after a battle
+2: +1 to buyout and conversion resistance as the Students of Wonder encourage the common folk to support your kingdom's interests
+3: techs from the Students of Wonder research projects have no resource requirement as the [guardian sworn] supply you with the materials you need to power them
Favors:
Rep 1: Permanently learn the technology from any Students of Wonder research project (investing in a project with an action gives a favor)
Rep 2: buyout a trade post on behalf of your kingdom
Rep 3: create an artifact

Strong rolls:
Investigations related to the blight, the guardians, and the world soul, Theft resistance, and buyouts. Can start great projects that produce a technology at the end (these projects may require more than five actions to complete, and do not benefit from Truthseer bases).

Base bonus: You can store objects in a guardian sworn laboratory as if it were a holy order. You receive the holy order bonus to actions taken to study objects stored in it.

Anodyne Against the Cold - Thanks to the contributions of the New Kingdoms, the Students of Wonder perfect their first marvel, the Restoration Tonic! Held within swollen leather bladders, the cerulean liquid serves one critical purpose - to banish the lingering claws of the Blight, and restore the vitality of the natural world.

[Danneta-Yvaon, the Dolod, the River Lords, the Lim Dynasty, the Targiz, Eleftheria, the Delta Queendom, and the Nocturnal Hydra all gain the knowledge of producing Restoration Tonic. It is an Opulence Technology with no required resource, which provides a +2 bonus on any roll to cleanse a person or area of the Blight’s influence. This bonus does not normally apply to Epic Quests against the Blight, as the Tonic must be administered over an extended period of time to prevent the lethal cascade observed in the venom of the Great Mother or lightning of the Storm Bird.]

Questions and Answers - An extensive survey of the ancient Anbroch homeland reveals many hints of their lost origins, but some mysteries still haunt the Students. The preserved artifacts and murals of the ancient city speak of a time after the civil wars that expelled the Anbroch of the north, when the victorious Southern Anbroch grew increasingly isolationist and paranoid of the growing powers beyond the mountains. Though these precautions proved effective at holding the line against Blightspawn attacks, they could not prevent a subtler enemy from emerging. Some decades before the arrival of the Phoenix, the Southern Anbroch began to succumb to the influence of a charismatic political upstart and her new faith, a belief in the darkness and stability in the stone all around them. A belief in whose remnants the Students find many signs of the Blight’s more insidious manifestations. The Southern Anbroch were corrupted to resume their warlike tradition from the years of strife, boring ever deeper into the earth in search of raw materials to fuel an explosive invasion across Western Kiswa. An invasion that never came to pass. Something happened to annihilate these fallen dwarves, something that melted their deep tunnels to scabbed-over crevasses and burned even hardened copper to ash. No records survive past the sudden emergence of the Anbroch’s Doom, and there is no sign that any survivors managed to breach the city’s mighty gates to escape to the outside.

Troubling Parallels - Even as the archaeologists among the Students of Wonder present their conclusions to their peers, the more adventurous among the order look out from their laboratories towards the increasingly violent earthquakes and volcanoes plaguing the four great continents. That it is simply some manifestation of natural phenomena cannot be dismissed, but neither can the parallels between the doom of the Anbroch and the strife plaguing the world.

[Students of Wonder investigators are dispatched to Faranandūll to explore the newborn volcanoes.]

Current Project

None

Completed Projects

Restoration Tonic: +2 on any roll to cleanse a person or area of the Blight’s influence.

Standing Offers

• The Students of Wonder request Bases in Daezirn, Mamut, Sikar, and Tarandi. The first Kingdom to satisfy this request in each continent will gain 1 Reputation and 1 Favor with the Students of Wonder.

[Blossom]

The Celestial Kingdom of Citlallo
Regions 80, 81, 82, & 83
Round 23

Spoiler: Ruler Info

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Eleuia, Blessed Tlatoani of the Celestial Kingdom, Lady of Fire
Diplomacy – 10
Military - 10
Opulence – 7
Faith - 4
Intrigue – 2

Ruler Stats Next Round
Diplomacy - 10
Military - 10
Opulence - 8
Faith - 4
Intrigue - 2

New Ruler Next Round?
No

Actions

1. [Diplomacy] Attend ULD event at Carrion Ward
   Gift Mechanical Joints and Feathered Cloaks to ULD
   
2. [Military] Send Alexios on Epic Quest - The Rotting Hive [TN 20, Roll 24, Success]
   Bonuses: Hero 12, +1 SOS Rep 2, +1 Black Iron Weapons, +2 Rarras
   Support from Rarras (feathered cloaks), AVI, BOZ
   
3. [Military] Recruit Hero [Hero Score 8]
   Bonus: +1 SOS rep 3
   
4. [Military] Raise Unit
   
5. [Opulence] Buyout Buyout Region 82 TP2 (Terror Birds) [TN 12, Roll 14, Success]
   Bonuses: +1 Pottery, +1 Mechanical Joints
   
6. [Opulence] Buyout Buyout Region 87 TP1 (Wolverines) [TN 12, Roll 16, Success]
   Bonuses: +1 Pottery, +1 Mechanical Joints

News and Rumors

• Despite his uneventful experience at the Trials of Iron, Ehecatl remains determined to become a hero against the Blight. Seeing his determination, the Tlatoani grants him the title of hero and allows him to train and fight for the Isles alongside Rarras.

Embassy Actions
- Accept all embassy gifts

Non-Actions
- Support ALO rise to SOS Rep 4
- Resist all unauthorized buyouts and conversions

Spoiler: Additional Notes

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Embassies:
- Embassy with the Avicennian Isles
- Embassy with Danneta-Yvaon
- Embassy with Bozul

Heroes:
-Rarras (Hero 8)

Military Units: 1/9
- 1/6 Land
- 0/3 Naval

Organizational Overview:
- Truthseers: Rep 2, 1 favor, 1 Windowless Tower(R81)
- Sentinels of Stone: Rep 4, 1 favor, 1 Standing Stone(R82)

Translations:
- Tarandi
- Mamut
- Kiswa

Trading posts: 5

1. 72 (Wood) TP2
2. 80 (Nagaran Slingers) TP1
3. 81 (Glasswork) TP1
4. 82 (Terror Birds) TP1
5. 87 (Wolverines) TP1
6. 99 (Mammoths) TP3

Treasures: 1/5

Technologies: 15

1. Pottery:+1 Buyouts
2. Sailing: Enables exploration and troop transport over deep water
3. Irrigation: +1 Stabilization
4. Writing, Hiverness Runes:+1 Conversion Defense, +1 Conversions in regions that share your writing system
5. Masonry:+1 to resist Raids and Sacks
6. Animal Husbandry:+1 to Opulence and Diplomacy exploration
7. Viskari War Bows: +1 to Battles (Requires Wood)
8. Bronze: +1 to Battle and Leader Loss (Requires Tin or Copper)
9. Celestial Navigation: Allows transit of one additional deep water border and grants -1 distance loss to deep water travel
10. Increased Defense Budget: Increase the amount of Treasure a kingdom may spend on Battle by 1. For every 2 Treasure a kingdom spends on a single Battle, that Battle gains an additional +1 bonus.
11. Feathered Cloaks: When active, on a Epic Quest or Battle action, you may contribute one additional hero to the quest or battle roll (for a +2 bonus contingent on succeeding on a TN 12 roll vs. Hero score) without spending additional actions on that hero.
12. Treasure Ships: +1 Sailing Range and Trade Routes over Water (Requires 1 shipbuilding resource and 1 trading resource)
13. Saddles:+1 to Battles and -10% casualties for Allies (Requires Cavalry Type Tech and Animals Resource)
14. Mechanical Joints: +1 to Buyouts and Opulence exploration
15. War Drums: +2 to Tactical Maneuvering Rolls
16. Crab Claw Sails: -1 Distance Loss, permits exploration and troops transport over deeper waters
17. Advanced Sailing:
    Thin-Blood Elixer:

Spoiler: Links to Lands, Previous Rounds, & Fluff

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Lands Thread:
Region 80
Region 81
Region 82
Region 83

Round Posts:
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22

Events:
Daezirn - The Gathering in Bryikkun

OOC:
On the Citlalli

[LapisCattis]

The Avicennian Isles
Leader - Tana Brightshine

Round 23

Leader Stats:

Diplomacy - 4
Military - 3
Opulence - 5
Faith - 2
Intrigue - 3

Increase by: 2 Op

Actions:
Military - Send Amka to assist again with the Rotting Hive quest - 16 (added 3 instead of 9 to the original)

Resolute to her new rule of never eating shrimp before bed, Amka sets out once again against the long-time enemy, trepidation and perhaps a tremor of something else casting a matted glaze over both her spirit and her body.

Opulence - Buyout a Minor resource of Prism Shells from Region 73 (73.1) - Success - 14
Opulence - Buyout a Minor resource of Siren Stone from Region 79 (79.1) - Success - 19
Opulence - Buyout a Minor resource of Rabbits from Region 69 (69.1) - Success - 11+1 (Pottery)
Opulence - Great Project - Construct Vault (1/5)?

Anticipatory of flowing riches, excavation of a vault is begun to increase the amount of goods able to be stored on the islands securely

Dice Rolls

Non-Actions:
Resist all buyouts and conversions, and external progress on Great Projects

Attend the event - Tales of the Reminiscence and Her Voyages


News and Rumors:

New Ruler Next Round: No


Leader Stats Round 24:

Diplomacy – 4
Military - 3
Opulence - 7
Faith - 2
Intrigue - 3

Spoiler: Record-Keeping

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Units:
Naval: 3/3
Land: 3/6

Technologies:
Pottery
Sailing
Mamut Translation
Sikar Translation
Kiswa Translation
Irrigation
Masonry
Animal Husbandry
Viskari War Bows
Writing (Hiverness Runes)
Celestial Navigation
Treasure Ships
Cure for Scale Pox
Cure for River Fever
Cure for Island Fugue
Song of the Sea
Song of the Wind
Wheel and Axle
Coinage

Cultural Identity:
Silvertongues

Trade Posts:
69.1 - Rabbits
70.1 - Glowmoss
71.2 - Moas
73.1 - Prism Stone
74.2 - Boats
75.2 - Pyroemeralds
75.3 - Pyroemeralds
78.1 - Arctic Sharks
79.1 - Siren Stone



Treasure: 5

Ruler Age:
24/70

Hero:
Amka - Mil 9

Gleams:
Angio –
Abia –
Arsio -
Aegica –

[TheDarkDM]

The Stoneblood Khanate

Chuluun Khan
Diplomacy - 6
Military - 10
Opulence - 4
Faith - 4
Intrigue - 3

Expected Stat Gains: Diplomacy +1

Actions

• [Diplomacy] Stabilize Region 121 - 14
• [Diplomacy] Establish a Claim on Region 103 - 16
• [Military] Raise 1 Land Unit
• [Military] Invade Region 105 with 4 Land Units led by Pale-Bear-Scavenges-No-More (Hero 10)
• [Opulence] Buy Out TP 1 of Hemp in Uldra Region 119 - 12 (+1 Pottery)

Non-Actions

• None as of yet.

Spoiler: Details

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Leader: Chuluun Khan, 47 year old human
Diplomacy - 6
Military - 10
Opulence - 4
Faith - 4
Intrigue - 3

Military: 5 Land Units

Heroes: Pale-Bear-Scavenges-No-More (Hero 10)

Technologies: Animal Husbandry, Irrigation, Masonry, Pottery, Sailing, Writing, Bronze, Uzii Battlesmithing, War Drums, Eleftherian Democracy, Song of the sea, Song of the wind, Viskari War Bows, Wolf Riders

Trade Posts: None

[Lady Serpentine]

The Naherin Coalition
Sikar Region 278
Shizu of the Hydra
D7
M7
O6
F10
I4

News and Rumors:

Faith: Miracle.
Faith: Seek Aid on the battle in 262, spending one treasure (applies a +2 bonus if successful, due to the Scales of the Goddess). (Success!)
Military: Raise a unit of Ashen Slayers.
Military: Raise a unit of Scarlet Vanguard.
Military: Raise a unit of Scarlet Vanguard.
Military: Attack Region 262 with six land units, led by Aesira Bladedance and using Song of Slaughter. (Two land units travel from 264 to 262 by way of 263. The remainder meet with Hydran forces in 277 for sea transportation. Naherin forces are equipped with War Drums, Uzii Battlesmithing, and Worm Wrangling, and spend a treasure on the battle. The battle receives a +2 bonus from Seek Aid.)
Stat changes: Military +2

Non-actions: Accept all gifts.

[bupkis]

Eleftheria

Tarandi
Capital: The Free City of Azumaba Region 125
Other Regions: 133, 123, 124 (City), 125 (City)

Spoiler: Flag

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Actions

1. New Technology: Aqueducts
Opulence (10)
+1 to stabilization that stacks with irrigation (requires irrigation)

2. Miracle: Something
Faith (10)

3. Explore East of 159 and attempt to Circumnavigate!
Opulence (10)
(with permission to resupply from The Symphony of Kalatar)
Result: 21

4. Set a 10 Holy Site Bonus
Faith (10)
Cultural Identity: Indistinguishable Mortality (2d8 Theft & Incite Betrayal). Members of the Guardians of Despair are adept at walking in harmony, unnoticed, among the people of the world and can use this empathy to connect with even their greatest enemies.

5. Investigate Volcano in 151
Intrigue (2)
Result: 11

6. Investigate Artavazd
Intrigue (2)
Result: 13

Non-Actions:
- Raise Rep with SOW with 1 Favor
- Accept all Embassies
- Resist all Buyouts, Raids, and Conversions
- Accept all tech from Á'Shansholí
- Send Á'Shansholí any tech we have that they do not

Spoiler: Bookkeeping

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Leader: Vanthi Matathen
D: 1
M: 2
O: 10
F: 10
I: 2

Expected Stat Increases: +1 O, +1 F, +1 I
Specials Available: O10, F10

New Ruler Next Round? Yes
Gevaar Starian: The first member of GOD to be High Speaker. Unlike the isolationist Speaker’s Councils of Eleftheria’s past, the election of Gevaar Starian symbolizes a shift to a somewhat more proactive, outward facing voting body.
D: 1
M: 1
O: 4
F: 4
I: 4

Treasure 15/15 (+3 passive)
(-3 actions)

Faith: Guardians of Despair
Head: Yona Clade, Archeologist
5: +1 to resist conversion
10: The Greater Good (2d8 Thefts & Betrayals)
Enhanced Holy Order: 125
Total Holy Sites: 11

Military Units
2/12 (expected change +0)
5/6 Naval (expected change +0)
- Mon Ood Sen
- Rosegust
- Vai Ood Lur
- Disparatus
- Indignatus

Heroes:
- Cleis (8)

Great Projects:
- Akadēmos Azumaba Region 125 (5/5)

Embassies:
- The Arrok of Uldra
- The Dannu-Gaon Tribes
- The Brayewen Tribes
- Shandolé

Orgs:
SOS Rep 2 Favors 0
DSP Rep 1 Favors 1
TSR Rep 0 Favors 0
SOW Rep 0 (+1) Favor 1 (-1)

Technologies:
Sailing, Irrigation, Pottery, Animal Handling, Writing (Kagahara), Masonry
Eleftherian Democracy, Public Education, Public Housing
Viskari War Bows
Wolf Riding
Song of the Wind
Bronze
Song of the Sea
The Arch, The Tower, The Dome
War Drums
Celestial Navigation
Mountaineer Clothing, Arctic Survival
Stage Plays
Song of the Sea
Crab Claw Sails
Composite Bows, Viskari War Bows, Recurved Bows
Towers of Light
Restoration Tonic


Temporary Cultural Identity: Friendly Faces (Raid Resistance)
Permanent Cultural Identities: None

Tactical Doctrines
- Reckless Charge
- Skirmishing
- Cautious Advance
- Defensive Blockade (+3 when defending against deep water attacks)

Special Materials: Bronze
Armor: Battle Smithing
Weaponry:
Ranged Weaponry:
Cavalry: Wolf Riding
Scouts and Logistics: War Drums
War Beasts:
Combat Drugs and Medicine: Thin-blood Elixir

Fortifications:
Sappers and Siege Weapons:
Subterfuge:

Trading posts: (29)
Expected Change
- 133 (Lime) TP2
- 129 (Grousse Shark) TP2
- 136 (Musical Instruments) TP2
- 137 (Poppy) TP2
- 137 (Poppy) TP3
- 115 (Furs) TP2
- 123 (Saffron) TP1
- 123 (Saffron) TP2
- 95 (Emeralds) TP2
- 96 (Living Stones) TP2
- 114 (Diamonds) TP1
- 138 (Cranberries) TP 1
- 156 (Flax) TP
- 125 (Old World Artifacts) TP 1
- 125 (Old World Artifacts) TP 2
- 125 (Old World Artifacts) TP 3
- 126 (Pygmy Goats) TP 1
- 126 (Pygmy Goats) TP 2
- 118 (Wild Horses) TP 2
- 122 (Semi-Precious Stones) TP 1
- 124 (Wood) TP 1
- 124 (Wood) TP 2
- 91 (Bones) TP 3
- 120 (Granite) TP 2
- 123 (Saffron) TP 2
- 166 (Fruit) TP 1
- 166 (Fruit) TP 2
- 166 (Fruit) TP 3
- 172 (Crabs) TP 1

[Miltonian]

The Ko

Spoiler: Leader Stats

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Dragonlord Zinnia
Dip: 4
Mil: 10
Opu:10
Faith: 10
Int: 10

Actions:

• [Op] Buyout Region 23 TP 2 [Success]
• [Op] Buyout Region 36 TP 1 [Success]
• [Op] Buyout Region 29 TP 2 [Success]
• [Op] Buyout Region 34 TP 2 [Success]
• [Int] Secret

Non-Actions:

• Send the Targiz two treasure through the Scrim Embassy

Military: ???

Treasury: 5

Embassies: The Scrim

Spoiler: Active Effects

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Trapped Towerhome: +1 to Battle Rolls in the region
Translation of the Daezerin Isles (5/5)
The Star Map (5/5)
Ascended Drakko: +1 to 1 roll a round and +1 to leader loss rolls.

Spoiler: Artifacts

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The Blade: If a duel is won, gain control over a defeated hero
Sapphire of the Moon's Eye: An additional -2 is removed from actions on other continents

Spoiler: Characters!

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Towerlady Zinnia: Current ruler. As all Ko are, she is prone to schemes and plots, having in fact ascended to the throne by betraying Thicket. However, she has a fondness for the Uzii, who recognized her greatness before anyone else did, and is a very good administrator who ensured Thicket's orders were carried out in the years before betraying him.

Theris: The Greeeeeat and Magical Theris! Playwright extraordinaire, magician nonpareil! Now that Merine has taught her actual magic, her ego has only inflated more. And now, as the catalyst for the Ko's ascension to greatness, she is very, very full of herself.

Prince Onyx: Fortunately, the gem-encrusted dragon has matured a bit from his younger, petulant self. He no longer feels the need to demand things. He now requests them, with every expectation of being obeyed. Still, he is fond of throwing money at problems to make them go away so he can continue to enjoy his life of leisure.

Gooseberry the Seafarer: Explorer, adventurer, and uncharacteristically brave even as a Ko, she is the one who led the ill-fated assault on the Sokau lands before their internal collapse. Now, as a dragon, she seeks ever more ADVENTURE!

News and Rumors

[xanxosttheslaad]

Bozul
Round 23

All Glory and Riches to the Sister Queens of Ogrontir!
TOIL AND BE WITNESSED — DIE AND BE REMEMBERED

Queen Tarunde the Good:

— D9+1 — | — M6 — | — O3 — | — F6 — | — I6 —

Rolls!

Actions:

1. [Military] Cassiope, The Dreamer, assists on The Rotting Hive (Auto-Success)
2. [Diplomacy] Stabilize Region 85 (Auto-Success)
3. [Faith] Continue Great Project, The Solution (2/?)
4. [Diplomacy] Stabilize Region 86 (Auto-Success)
5. [Diplomacy] Stabilize Region 87 (Auto-Success)

Non-Actions:

• Support Conversions to Glyemo
• Resist Buyouts in Ogrontir
• Support Watchers (SCR) Buyouts of Penguins
• Allow the Scrim to Resupply in Ogrontir
• Reminiscence Sails for Pacha Verne!

Embassy Actions:

• Gift 2 Treasure to the Smiaurskotor in exchange for R78, Siryno Yejor

News and Rumors:

• Good morning, North Ogrontir! It's a bright, sunny day, and the first flowers are beginning to bloom. The hive is once again abuzz with activity, at the beginning of Thaw, as pollen and nectar are gathered, processed, and stored; it seems the perfect time to wake up from a decades-long coma!

Spoiler: Bookkeeping

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Land Units: 0/9
Naval Units: 0/5
Treasure: 0/5 (+0)
Regions: 3

• Ogrontir, 86 (Capital)
• South Ogrontir, 85
• North Ogrontir, 87

Trading Posts: (4)

• 86, Coal (0/2, C)
• 77, Whales (1/1)
• 81, Glasswork (1/3)
• 72, Wood (1/2)

Technologies and Translations:

• Pottery (+1 to Buyouts)
• Sailing (1 Dark Blue Border)
• Animal Husbandry (+1 to Opulence and Diplomacy Exploration)
• Irrigation (+1 to Stabilization)
• Masonry (+1 against Raids and Sacks)
• Writing, Styinn (+1 Conversion Defense, +1 to Conversions in Styinn Regions)
• Celestial Navigation (+1 Sailing Range, -1 Distance Loss from Deep Water)
• Treasure Ships (+1 Sailing Range, Trade Routes over Deep Water)
• Viskari War Bows (+1 to Battles)
• Increased Defense Budget (Battle Treasure Cap +1, additional +1 on Battles per 2 Treasure)
• Bronze (+1 to Battles, +1 to Leader Loss)
• Tarandi Translation
• Mamut Translation
• Kiswa Translation

Northern Bozuls:
Visulu (Ocean Forge Smith)
Cassiope (The Dreamer)
Diapensia (Diplomat to the Ko)

[zabbarot]

Crow's Tribe
Queen Kro Ashera
Round 23

Year 85-88 of the Kro Dynasty

News and Rumors

• The Flock of Dawnspeakers negotiates a deal with the Flock of Masons to build a temple on top of Highnest just outside the palace. Ashirian and dolod priests are brought out to help take measure and align the cornerstones to properly align with the solstice. The building is more than just a temple. As headquarters to the Flock of Dawnspeakers it is also built to protect their treasures, both the sacred artifacts of the tribe, and the tithes of the faithful.

Actions no rolls
Queen Kro Ashera - Crow's Tribe

• [Faith] [1/4] Great Project - The Sacred Vault of the Sun, built in Highnest with assistance from the TSR base(-1 total action requirement).
• [Faith] [2/4] Great Project - The Sacred Vault of the Sun
• [Faith] [3/4] Great Project - The Sacred Vault of the Sun
• [Faith] [4/4] Great Project - The Sacred Vault of the Sun
  

King Kro Karael in Exile

• [SECRET] The Exiled King’s minions travel on the wind.(-2 Treasure)

Non-actions

• Resist any buyouts (+1 from coinage unless they have coinage).
• Resist any non True Dawn conversions.
• Accumulate 2 Treasure from Trading Posts (17 owned)
• Accept all gifts given through an embassy.
• Accept region 296 from Lleban.

Ruler Info
Kro Ashera
D 3 • M 4 • O 3 • F 6 • I 9
Expected Gains:
+2 Faith

The Vault

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4 Treasure +1 at next turn start.
Shattered Runestone (TP1, City, Region 306)
Gold (TP3, Region 307)
Maize (TP2, Region 277)
Blightspawn Trophies (TP3, Region 275)
Slaves (TP2, Region 311)
Agave (TP2, Region 305)
Fish (TP2 Region 276)
Nahkla Stone (TP1, Region 292)
Desert Bell Seeds (TP1, Region 291)
Iron (TP3, Region 310)
Onions (TP2, Region 270)
Bloodfire (TP3, Region 278)
Kelp Oil (TP3, Region 266)
Sand (TP2, Region 301)
Golden Lions (TP1, Region 300)

[TheDarkDM]

End of Round Twenty-Three