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

[Starhawk]

IC: The masked rider looked at the scroll case carefully, looking over every inch of it, then opened it-rather carelessly-and inspected every inch of it for weapons, poison or creatures that may try to harm the King.
"You will not ride to see the king this day, however I will take you to his son, the commander of this army." The rider spoke in a tone that allowed no retort or appeal and mounted his fleet footed horse without another word, the other riders remained in a circle around this stranger and rode towards the camp, leaving the sword behind them to be picked up by one of the lower ranking amongst them.

Moments later the riders stopped outside of a tent that looked like all others except for the coat of arms upon it baring the symbol of Prince Kalathin.
The captain of the riders led the Senate reprasentative past the two golden legionaiires into the well lit warmth of the Princes' tent, it was not an ornate thing, a simple desk in the corner, a cot not unlike that of an average warrior's the prince himself however was a startling contrast to the average warrior, he was tall, had long golden hair hypnotic green eyes lit with a fire of intelect and whit, he wore the Eldornethi steel banded armor of a legionaiire but his was far more ornately forged, additional bands added for his increased protection were also present, his helm which lay on the desk had the same face guard as the standard legionaiires but a wonderous plume of many kinds of feathers sat atop the proud peice of craftsmanship.

"What does your senate wish of me guest?" he asked in a calm wise and youthful voice as he poured the stranger a cup of fine elvish wine.
"I will hear your reasons before I send you on to my father, if of course I choose to send you on and do not turn you back to your homeland after hearing your reasons." The prince handed the man the wooden cup with a polite smile and sat across from him waiting for this "Senate representative" to speak.


Yeah brainy I made a few mistakes on my first post and havn't pinned them all down yet thanks


You get 3 cities with a starting population of 40,000 to start with
Ever 1 city= 10,000 extra people per page
Every 10,000 people equals 1,000 gold by average.

As for pay periods, no the only posting started on 2 an you only get your pay period at the start of the next page (for example next pay period will be page 4).

You get 50% extra gold per pay period because of your 5 points to income, (don't count the 30,000 people you got this turn until page 4's income).....understood?

Sorry for not clarifying it you guys I'll try to pin down more of those errors I made and fix them.

[Edit]Brainy your starting population was 40,000 I added up your military recruitments and got 2161 people in the military which means the population you get gold from is 37839)

37839 People= 3,784 gold
50% Bonus for your people=1892
Your Total Income= 5676

[brianeyci]

==

Location : An open plain in Elantria
Legionary Headquarters of Legio I



"How goes the recruitment?"

"Well. We should have the legion up to full fighting strength soon."

"Splendid."

"There is a problem of training. Throwing this many untrained soldiers saps the strength of the veterans."

"Nothing you can't handle. Unless you need assistance."

Gaius scowled. "Of course not, everything is under control."

"Good, I expect your recruits to be ready for inspection tomorrow."

"Are we at war?"

"Mind your business."

"Senator, you call up every able bodied man in Elantria..."

"I said mind your business. Unless you want to be replaced."

"Of course not."

"Then ask less questions. Be ready for tomorrow's inspection."

Gaius waited until the Senator left, then spat on the floor. "Politicians...", he muttered. They had no idea the amount of training, discipline and time needed to raise such an army. The Last war was fought and won by men like himself, who sacrificed everything to turn weaklings into disciplined fighting men. Now all the Senators were interested in were parades and uniforms. Strange that only one Senator had visited him. Perhaps the expansion didn't have the support of the Senate.

Gaius shook his head. No, scheming and politics was best left to others. He knew how to fight, and how to train people to fight, and how to win fights. That was enough.

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OOC : Thx for doing the math =D.

Combat ready forces deployed in large camp outside capital city Elantris
1761 Republican Legionnaires (Heavy Infantry +6 42/100 740 Gold Spent)
200 Republican Skirmishers (Light Skirmishers 56/200 56 Gold Spent)
100 Elvish Scouts (Light Calvary 32/100 54 Gold Spent)
100 Republican Engineers (Special Unit 35/100 35 Gold Spent)

Army in Training
10000 Republican Legionnaires (Heavy Infantry +6 42/100, Gold Spent 4200)
Split up into two camps, Legio II and Legio III. Legio I consists of all forces already trained and ready for combat plus new recruits.

2000 Republican Skirmishers (Light Skirmishers 10/50, Gold Spent 400)

1000 Republican Engineers (Special Unit 35/100, Gold Spent 350)

1000 Elvish Scouts (Light Calvary 32/100, Gold Spent 320)

Gold Left : 406
Total in Treasury : 436



Begin construction of forts for Legio I, Legio II, and Legio III.

==

Brian

[brianeyci]

Starhawk said:
IC: The masked rider looked at the scroll case carefully, looking over every inch of it, then opened it-rather carelessly-and inspected every inch of it for weapons, poison or creatures that may try to harm the King.
"You will not ride to see the king this day, however I will take you to his son, the commander of this army." The rider spoke in a tone that allowed no retort or appeal and mounted his fleet footed horse without another word, the other riders remained in a circle around this stranger and rode towards the camp, leaving the sword behind them to be picked up by one of the lower ranking amongst them.

Moments later the riders stopped outside of a tent that looked like all others except for the coat of arms upon it baring the symbol of Prince Kalathin.
The captain of the riders led the Senate reprasentative past the two golden legionaiires into the well lit warmth of the Princes' tent, it was not an ornate thing, a simple desk in the corner, a cot not unlike that of an average warrior's the prince himself however was a startling contrast to the average warrior, he was tall, had long golden hair hypnotic green eyes lit with a fire of intelect and whit, he wore the Eldornethi steel banded armor of a legionaiire but his was far more ornately forged, additional bands added for his increased protection were also present, his helm which lay on the desk had the same face guard as the standard legionaiires but a wonderous plume of many kinds of feathers sat atop the proud peice of craftsmanship.

"What does your senate wish of me guest?" he asked in a calm wise and youthful voice as he poured the stranger a cup of fine elvish wine.
"I will hear your reasons before I send you on to my father, if of course I choose to send you on and do not turn you back to your homeland after hearing your reasons." The prince handed the man the wooden cup with a polite smile and sat across from him waiting for this "Senate representative" to speak.

==

Flavius bowed. "Your highness, our people have long been brothers and have long shared an open border. I bring a message from Consul Septimus of great importance."

"True, you have discovered my ruse, but I could not reveal myself to the ordinary man. Even... here, the Elantrian Senate has ears."

"The Treaty of Lucius is soon coming to an end. I have the authority of the Consul to negotiate a new... agreement, one that will be beneficial to us all. If you allow me to speak to your father, all will be revealed."

"If you wish more information, I may reveal it to you now. But be warned, all things come with a price. The information I have is quite... how shall I say it... unhealthy."

==

Brian

[Irulan]

'General, there are tracks of horses, only a hand full it seems that thy are passed here not to long ago, leading south-west into our county'

'good work men, it seems that the traveler is heading towards the river in the hope to find a crossing... well I know this land and I know where the nearest crossing is. and we shall be waiting for him there... we got him.... quickly now gather all man, we're leaving!'



an hour later Briareus reached the crossing.

'make a screen of riders before the crossing. no one may pass it without my authorization'

the cavalry deployed in silence. and thy waited.... when suddenly after twenty minuets of waiting, an horseman came towards the crossing, he seemed to have traveled from far. when he saw the riders blocking his path he halted, but he did not turned around....

the standoff Lasted a few seconds, Briareus was wondering who it could be, it was probably just an lone traveler, not worth his attention, but still the unknown man had a certain look in his eyes, and his clothing where no clothing of normal peasants, but more for messengers...

'Halt!'shouted Briareus 'you have entered the Kingdom of Heodai. what is your buisness here?




meanwhile in the capital city.

Cyrene was worried, Briareus was gone scouting the borders, one moment the general was here the next he was off with the entire cavalry....


'he knows what he is doing' she muttered... 'but do I know what I am doing?'

Cyrene walked to her window, outside she could see the harbor and parts of the city. she loved the city, but she feared for her. scouts came in yesterday with news about massive armies being gathered in other nations, rumors about the lizards who where increasing there numbers.... we should not stay behind Cyrene thought, the new taxes where gathered at the moment. and we could start increasing the army size...


Cyrene took up an small bell and signaled for an servant.

quickly a man came out of no where... 'yes m'lady?'

'send word to Epheus that thy have to increase there medium infantry with 5000 man as soon as possible. Epheus is our border town, if an enemy want's to strike against our capital then thy first have to take Epheus...'

'ofcourse m'lady' I'll send word right away, is there anything else?'

yes, also send someone to the docks, tell our shipbuilders that thy have t build 30 new warships, and 20 transport vessels right away.'

'30 new triremes and 20 small transport ships m'lady?'

'yes, I want to prepare an expedition... leave now and do as ur told..'

================================================== ===

new page: gold and population increase: (right?)

3798 extra gold due to taxes over 37.980 people in 3 cities.

3798 + 166 rest gold = 3964 gold.

reached page 3. so population increase 10.000 per city(right? if I'm messing things up, sorry I also did not entirely got this part )

Astra 18.980 + 10.000 people = 28.980 people
Epheus 08.000 + 10.000 people = 18.000 people
Meteora 11.000 + 10.000 people = 21.000 people

total army size:

2700 med. infantry
500 archers
500 sailors
200 Livana Amazon guards.
120 light horseman.

total navy size:
5 heavy Trireme warships

(new Units Training)

5000 medium infantry at Epheus, total population remaining in that city: 13.000
-1000$
(shipbuilders)
30 triremes. 1/3 ready (60 gold for 1 ship) -1800$
20 transport vessels 1/3 ready (20 gold for 1 ship)-0400$

gold: 3964 -3200 = 764 gold remaining

[brianeyci]

'Halt!'shouted Briareus 'you have entered the Kingdom of Heodai. what is your buisness here?

==

The rider dismounted. He drew his sword. Then -- he tossed it into the ground.

"I come under the protection of the old treaties. I am Gaius Aelius Probus, a representative of the Elantrian Senate. I desire an audience with his royal majesty and come with a message of urgent importance."

Aelius frowned. It had been a long time since he had official contact with the... what did the man say? Kingdom of Heodai? Eight long years since he had been here, and the Empire had changed their name? No matter, it would all be sorted out -- in due time. At least he would get to see his good friend again.

==

Brian

[NarfsCompIsBack]

OOC: I've expanded on your breif sketch of Flavius, hope you don't mind.

Skaldron tapped an amulet hidden beneath his tunic. There was one simple reason he played this game on Flavius, he mused as his suroundings transposed...He didn't like the treacherous little backstabber. The first time he had come, an expensive ornamented brooch had somehow 'fallen' into his pocket. If Flavius hadn't accidently tripped on some low-lying moss, he would have gotten away with it, too. It was against certain signed treaties to search a messanger without risking grave offence. Unfortunatly. And it wouldn't be worth it to arrange an 'accident'. He was no threat to the realm. Unfortunatly.

At the appointed hour, Esthia transported Flavius to his working room, making sure that Flavius arrived without dizziness or nausea and without the slightest delay. Never mind that a mind like Flavius's couldn't understand why, even were Esthia human. 'Responsibility' probably equalled 'fool' in his mind. For that matter, he probably thought Esthia had a cowl on his cloak to look mysterious. Fortunatly for him, Esthia was never even tempted to take it off. Yet.

"Flavius. Welcome to Slianthia. I understand you have a message for me?"

OOC

Heh. A clue to Esthia's cowl.
Of course, I just put it in to look cool. But the real reason is...Budda Budda BOOM!
What, you didn't hear over the drums? I havn't decided yet.

As you may have noticed, Skaldron is not entirely nice.

Army and money stuff tommorrow. I've got a headache and my stomach is bothering me.

[Irulan]

brianeyci said:

The rider dismounted. He drew his sword. Then -- he tossed it into the ground.

"I come under the protection of the old treaties. I am Gaius Aelius Probus, a representative of the Elantrian Senate. I desire an audience with his royal majesty and come with a message of urgent importance."

Aelius frowned. It had been a long time since he had official contact with the... what did the man say? Kingdom of Heodai? Eight long years since he had been here, and the Empire had changed their name? No matter, it would all be sorted out -- in due time. At least he would get to see his good friend again.

==

Brian

"the old treaties?.. hahaha.... you shall find no old treaties here, you have not been in this part of the world for a long time Gaius Aelius, the Empire your senate signed treaties with is no more, there once mighty armies and great cities are gone and the royal line that ruled the Empire is no more... these lands are now under the rule of Princess Cyrene"

Briarus pauzed to see the reaction on the face of the man, to his delight the man seemed to be a bit shocked by the news

"therefor I cannot and I will not give you protection in name of the old treaties. couse thy no longer apply in this realm. However I shall not deny you passage since you are a messenger from the Elantrian Senate, and the old the empire was on friendly terms with yours."

Briareus thought for a while and then he continued:

"I will grant you passage deeper into our realm but you cannot go alone, fifty of my horseman will go with you as an escort. Thy will protect you during the remainder of the journey, but thy will kill you if you endanger them or the Kingdom. do you understand this?"

Briareus waited to hear the reaction of the man.

ooc
(Naval construction)

30 triremes. 2/3 ready
20 transport vessels 2/3 ready

[brianeyci]

Irulan said:"the old treaties?.. hahaha.... you shall find no old treaties here, you have not been in this part of the world for a long time Gaius Aelius, the Empire your senate signed treaties with is no more, there once mighty armies and great cities are gone and the royal line that ruled the Empire is no more... these lands are now under the rule of Princess Cyrene"

Briarus pauzed to see the reaction on the face of the man, to his delight the man seemed to be a bit shocked by the news

"therefor I cannot and I will not give you protection in name of the old treaties. couse thy no longer apply in this realm. However I shall not deny you passage since you are a messenger from the Elantrian Senate, and the old the empire was on friendly terms with yours."

Briareus thought for a while and then he continued:

"I will grant you passage deeper into our realm but you cannot go alone, fifty of my horseman will go with you as an escort. Thy will protect you during the remainder of the journey, but thy will kill you if you endanger them or the Kingdom. do you understand this?"

Briareus waited to hear the reaction of the man.

==

Gaius nodded. "Then I must speak to the heir of King Phillip, or whoever commands the realm in these parts. If you would take me to him, I will surrender my horse and my sword, and reveal my intention soon.

==

Brian

[Irulan]

brianeyci said:
Gaius nodded. "Then I must speak to the heir of King Phillip, or whoever commands the realm in these parts. If you would take me to him, I will surrender my horse and my sword, and reveal my intention soon.

Brian

Briareus walked closer and picked up the sword from the ground. "this is a good weapon, you should not toss it away like that. And your intentions…. We’ll see about them" Briareus turned to one of his man;


"lieutenant?"

"sir?"

"take 50 riders and escort our guest to the capital city. you will leave right now. I will remain in these parts for some more days with the rest of the riders"

"yes sir"

Briareus turned back to the messenger. "here is your sword, carry it with honor"


and the messenger and his escort rode off again. and after half a day the arrived at the capital. slowly the riders rode towards the crowded city, the riders passed the main bridge to the city, there where no walls to guard this city, the city was surrounded with some massive cannels. wide and deep. there where five wooden bridges across, that could be burned when an enemy was near. every bridge was guarded by a massive guard tower manned with only the most loyal soldiers.

after the bridge came the city, slowly the riders rode across the city, everywhere ya looked ya saw small merchants selling and buying goods in the crammed streets.

after some time the riders reached the military part of the city, again thy had to cross an large bride with massive guard towers next to them. This was off limits to civilians. only if you had to go to the harbour ya could go across this erea after being searched. the main academy with her training grounds and the main barracks where on the right, ya could see some platoons of medium infantry conducting drills every hour of the day. and the royal buildings where on the left. it was not a great fortress, but it was an elegant building made out of white marble. with only a few towers for defence. these towers where the highest buildings in the entire city. straight ahead ya could see an large fleet in the harbor, consisting of large warships and transport vessels, but also fishing and merchant ships.

The cavalry lieutenant:
“ we’re here, I will escort you to your room. There you can rest until u are being summoned, thought that might take some time... would you please follow me?”

Without waiting for an answer the lieutenant dismounted his horse and walked inside the building. The inside was also made out of white and grey marble, every few meters there stood an guard.

The lieutenant walked quickly to the west wing of the building, in an rather large room he stopped and turned around. The room furniture was simple, an large bed, an sofa, two simple chairs and a table with some fruit and water in a bottle. On the walls where some paintings, but also two crossed swords. The floor was covered with light red carpet that felt really warm. There was a small fire in the fireplace. There was one small window watching over the city.

“this is your room Sir, I hope all is to your liking?... I must return to my men now, but there is an small bell on the table if you need anything like food or wine. An personal servant will come right away and ame sure ya have everything you need.” the lieutenant bowed and walked away, closing the massive wooden doors behind him.

(militairy training

30 triremes: ready
20 transport vessels: ready

[Starhawk]

Kalathin stood silent for long moments before turning to Flavius "You tell me that this news is unhealthy and dangerous yet you expect me to take this message to my father? The king of this entire realm, do you honestly think me a fool Elantrian?" Kalathin snapped harshly, and his guards drew their long curved swords awaiting their lord's order to strike this man dead.
But Kalathin did not give that order he placed the scroll on his desk and looked strongly into the man's eyes "Answer for yourself now or you will not leave this tent..."