OT: Mystic Wars: (IT HAS BEGUN!!!!) Join Up

[NarfsCompIsBack]

OOC: Given the cost set on my lifemages (50 gp for 1), it would seem I would have to change my current army composition to 1,500 skirmishers and 500 engeneers (20 gp for 50).


Skaldron stopped at the edge of the circle of light in the center of Esthia's working room. This was a wise precaution, as Esthia was researching. Research, with a mage as powerfull as Esthia, this time, took the form of strange shapes in a globe, appearing and dissapearing in a way that suggested, to Skaldron's untrained lifemagic sense, hidden dimensions. Skaldron waited silently. Even the least trained knew that the consequences of interupting a mage's experiement could be dire - And not as a result of anything Esthia would never do.

Slipping back into reality, Esthia loosed his hold over the multiply-dimensional energy, letting the peices fade back to the places they came from. Slowly, he became aware of the local standard-dimensional space, aware of Skaldron waiting patiently and aware that Skaldron had been waiting for two hours.

E: "I apologize, my friend. What is the days news?"
S: "No need. The lifemage accademy graduation occured today. Twenty. Combat-trained, of course. The council has set them to repairing the thornwalls."
E: "That is good news. What is the margin of the vote, this time?"
S: "Sixty-five to thirty-five. The council also decided, by the same count, to convince as many lifemages as possible out of retirement."
E: "So. Five councilers have discovered wisdom. Or at least prudence."
S: "Not entirely. Three were recalled when the populace found that we have not been entirely forgotten. Elantris sent a messanger. We have them in the visitors warren." A wise descision, that, if not entirely friendly. The visitors warren was basically a pleasent-seeming maze outside of the city that had seen many well-trained assasins wandering untill the guards, who knew the entire layout, found them. Usually swiftly. "The council respectfully asks if you would interview him."
E: "Of course. Tell him he will be granted an audience, but do not say with whom or how he will arrive." Esthia, too, knew the value of prudence.

OOC

Now, I just need to know the content of that message. Thanks for the unit costs.

About the rulership of Slianthia: Both the council, who are elected, appointed, by rank, by wealth and with nearly as many different methods as there are councilers, and Esthia hold the powers of government. There are specific documents stating who has authority over what; generally, the council governs matters internal, monetary or the army; Esthia governs matters external, magical and scholerly. This leaves the lifemage accademy in the odd position of being run by Esthia but having it's recruitment set by the council. In this case, the council had, by a vote of 60-40, retired all the lifemages and set the recruitment too zero, hence Esthia's comment about '...wisdom. Or at least prudence.'

[NarfsCompIsBack]

OOC

Whoop. City population is about even, since the've been in one place for so long. 14,000 in the capital city, 13,000 in the other two. Names to follow.

[Irulan]

Ic 02:

General Briareus walked slowly across the training facility of the infantry: the Royal Academy of Pentekostys. His mind was troubled, he just heard some interesting but yet disturbing news, farmers in the borderlands reported that there was an increase of strange folk, even riders of a strange nation have been seen, informing about directions,The queen thought it was nothing to be worried about… but Briareus knew better, strange folk would mean trouble, and trouble was something we could not afford... he had to do something!

The General moved quickly to the main recruitment centre of the academy. where he went to the academy commander.

‘there are problems ahead, I can feel it, this is time for action... send word to all our cities that new regiments of soldiers will be set up as soon as possible. but the capital defence has priority‘

‘yes General…is there anything else?’

‘yes, not only do I want to train another infantry unit, but I also want selective recruitment for the Amazon corps, and prepare the sailors, take only the best you can find for this, here are the specifics for the recruitment of that and of the other troops’

‘but’… the man hesitated… ‘what about the queen? Does she knows about this? I don’t see her royal sign on it’

‘ oh… don’t you worry about that... now get ur men together and start recruiting more troops! Oh and start battle drills, I want the Medium infantry Phalanx up and running when I get back!’

…

Hours past, and General Briareus tired of waiting, and the news of the riders of another nation worried him… what would thy want from us?

‘assemble the light cavalry, we’re riding out in an hour, we’re going to patrol the borders, I have a strange feeling that we might run into something, or someone… make haste!’


Ooc:
Elantrians are not close to any major bodies of water, and thus the idea of naval warfare or transport is unknown to them….

Therefore I figured your diplomats / messengers have to travel quite some time before thy actually reach my cities since I’m at the coast…



( Units trained)
In capital city:
200 medium infantry -040 gold
500 Pelagia sailors -200 gold
200 Livana guards. -080 gold

Population remaining in capital: 18.980
Gold remaining: 126. A decrease of -320 gold.

(Fleet construction)

5 Vessels completed. Testing runs in progress. (combat ready next turn)

[Starhawk]

Sanowin and her escort of riders came across reached the borderlands of Elantris undiscovered, they knew how to be stealthy and traveled rapidly for miles a day, only traveling by night, they scouted many of the smaller villages outlying the major cities and even now her and her riders patroled the foreign land along the borders that faced her homeland, to discover whether these myths of military mobilization were true.

On the Borders of Eldorneth the entire current military strength (other then the 1,000 light infantry guarding the capital) was mobilized on the frontier and the badlands that seperated Eldorneth and Elantris:

(Mobilized Army)
1,000 Golden Legion
500 Elven Rangers
180 Horse Archers
200 Archers
600 Heavy infantry
total Forces= 2480
Remaining Population= 37460
Total Incom per turn= 4,700 (I think I got that right)

[brianeyci]

==

"Psst. You'd better take a look at this.", said Bato.

"What's that?", murmured Bitus.

"Wake up you bonehead. Take a look."

Bitus sat up. They were sitting on high observation post several hundred feet from the ground at the border between Eldorneth and Elantria. These observation Posts dotted the Elantrian borders at regular intervals, manned by men like Bitus and Bato who lived for months at a time. They were quite large and spacious, and had food and drink regularly delivered to them.

Bitus peered through his dwarven telescope. "So what, a small fire, probably the Eldorneth's having a picnic."

"You idiot. Look at how many fires there are. That's not the paper thin guard that normally patrols the border you dope."

At that moment, the small bell attached to a string that ran down the tower rang.

"[censored]. Someone's here. Stand up, get your helmet on, it might be an officer."

"Who disturbs the men of the watch? Speak!", shouted Bitus through a horn.

"Valerius Severius. I command thee to provide meal and drink for a representative of the Senate!"

Bato nodded to Bitus. Bitus picked up a large bucket filled with rations and waterskins. They started lowered it down a rope.

"Think we should tell him?"

"Tell him about what you moron?"

"You know, about the fires."

"You mean about the increased activity at the border?"

"Yeah, that."

"Nothing to say. Let him go. Not our concern."

Bitus curled up. Bato kicked him. "Its your turn to watch, my turn to sleep." Down below, the sound of a horse moving off as the messenger left.

"Uh, Bato?"

"What."

"The messenger is heading straight for the border."

"Well that's his problem. Maybe he'll run into a few Eldornethian patrols that will straighten out his attitude."

==

Brian

[brianeyci]

==

He had found another dead end.

Flavius swore. The lizard people insisted that he go through this maze every time he came. He did not know the intent or the purpose of the maze, other than to delay and irritate. Despite being here several times in the past, Flavius could never remember the layout. It was as if every time he left, he had the memory of the maze erased. Or perhaps the maze actually changed.

However they did it, Flavius didn't like it. He had been chosen for this assignment because his father was one of the leading diplomats to Esthia. He had tried to protest, but had been overriden. Somebody had a grudge against him. Now he was stuck as the messenger to Esthia, a land of trickery and magiks which made his skin crawl.

Flavius turned a corner. He had been consistently preferring the right. Logically, Flavius would eventually reach the end of the maze. If the sorcerers didn't change the rules in the middle.

A rustle. Perhaps they had tired of the game. Flavius turned around...

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[NarfsCompIsBack]

OOC

Whoops. Lack of data on that maze. There's plenty of rooms and resting places. Of course, they all look the same to someone not trained...

Skaldron slipped through the hidden archway and through some bushes to where the guards reported the guest was currently. Finding the messengers back turned, he coughed politely, satisfying his minimal demands of diplomacy. "You have been granted an audience. You will be summoned at the fourth hour." Pointing at a discreet, but visible, water-clock.

Skaldron cocked his head to the side. "In the meantime, use one of the side rooms to rest and refresh yourself." Pointing at a door. "Ring the bell inside for food."

OOC

As a side note, the 'only turn one way' rule only works if there are no circles. This maze works by repitition.
Also, the only doors lead to rooms.

Diplomatic Messages seem to take more time than the actual getting an audience and talking would. Shall we assume that most of the time is actually taken up with travel?

[brianeyci]

==

Flavius shot off a fake smile and bowed slightly. "Of course, I respect your traditions." He crossed his arms.

"How many times have we done this Skaldron? Is it really necessary to change the maze every time I come here? And why cannot I ever seem to remember the layout of the maze, despite my most excellent ability to recall all five thousand one hundred and eighty pieces of Elantrian law?"

Not waiting for a reply, Flavius headed towards the door. Once the door shut behind him, Flavius gently rang the bell.

Seemingly alone, Flavius opened the pouch secured at his belt. He had long ago figured out how to circumvent the royal seal without giving himself away. Five gold crowns. Enough to bribe his way into the Senate, hire a hundred whores, and live like a King for the rest of his life. Flavius sneered. The fool Septimus was an idiot for wanting to bargain with the lizard people.

Flavius sealed up the bag. No, there would be a time and a place to get rich. But not now, while under invisible eyes. He cursed himself for not checking the bag earlier. Now with the lizard sorcerers around him, it would be impossible to take one of the coins.

==

Brian

[Starhawk]

The man representing the Elantrian senate began to draw upon the Eldornethian position, the Eldornethi camp looked almost like a small city from this distance a several large campfires in cetnralized locations with a network of tents laid out in a grid pattern for almost a mile, armored figures stood watch at the "entrances" that led to the long pathways that would act as killzones should any raiders attack the camp during the night, several of the tents were large enough to be a complete temporary stable for the prized elvish warhorses of the Eldorneth Kingdom.

As the Senate rider drew closer to the camp the sound of running horses would have most likely startled him, he peered around seeing nothing but darkness even as the sounds drew closer almost before he noticed a few dozen yeards off he saw fast moving black shapes within the darknses, a small glint of metal the size of arrowheads sparkled in the moonlight, as he listened longer the man noticed that there was another group of horsemen coming at him from the opposite side, quickly the mounted warriors arrived in bowshot but instead of firing the two Groups of riders formed a circle around the man and stopped.
A tall man dressed in the black robes of an Eldornethi horse archer dismounted from his beautiful brown steed and placed his bow at his side, an arrow still noched, the other archers all pointed bow and arrow directly at the man, should he try to do anything.

"Who dares tred on Eldornethi borders without the permission of his most glorious highness the King?" the voice hissed softly behind the mask that covered the speakers face. The other archers froze in place and simply stared at the stranger that strode so bravely near their camps...some of the eyes had the shimmer of elvish appearence behind the robed faces, which explained why they saw the ornately dressed man so easily in the moonlit night.

OOC: I assume you wanted him seen by your post

Edit OH and My new population/gold:

Pop= 67460
Gold= 4,700

Units Trained:
2,000 Golden Legionaires= 800
3,000 Heavy Infantry= 1,020
500 Elvish Rangers= 200
240 Horse Archers= 128
2,000 Archers= 440
Total Expenses= 2588
Gold Remaining= 2112
Population Used= 7,740
Population Remaining= 59720

Overall Military Strength:
3,000 Golden Legionaires
2,600 Heavy Infantry
1,000 Elvish Rangers
2,200 Archers
480 Horse Archers
Total= 9,280 soldiers

[Starhawk]

Wierd in the forums it says 2 pages but when I get in here it says 3