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How dare you call the Arcoscephalans treacherous. They were the only ones who had the courage to step up and challenge the mighty Ulmish empire in the time of our greatest need. Without their help Shinuyama would have fallen long ago. The ulmish barbarians have visited untold suffering on the people of Arcoscephale and Shinuayama. It is only fitting that they shall live in fear of the dark from now on.

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I would just like to take moment to thank Arcocephalae for handing us a sizable peice of real estate by declaring war on Bandar's noble friend and ally. In retrospect, the Skeptical Ones probably should have attacked Bandar rather than Ulm given the long border we share.

I have a creeping intuition though that Shinuyama will be doing the same as soon as he decides Ulm has taken an adequate beat down and comes after us!

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Man condemns the contemptible T'ien Chi. Amidst our negotiations they attacked with out provocation. All nations that currently have dealings with this upstart nation, be warned - they are deceiving and untrustworthy; negotiations should not be considered. They will ultimately backstab you, so devoid are they of honour!

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Hmmm...that sounds similar to some accusations made many turns ago from the Old Man somewhere in this thread

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hEad:

Man received no guaranties of peace from T'ien Ch'i. Man attacked us treacherousle 30 turns ago and now tries to stop our armies by fake peace talks. We got no real offer, just a messenger that failed to answer any of our questions.

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Ok, there was no contact with owner of C'tis and he staled more. Acenoid will take it over. I have no idea what relations previous player had, so talk with Acenoid now about everything. I hope game will move faster now.

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The eastern gates of Ulm have fallen (think Osgiliath in LOTR). Shin has now taken over 3 forts once held by us and will soon be at the doorsteps of the great Iron Keep of Ulm. If anyone has earth gems to trade for any other kind of gem or can recommend some good Earth spells that can be cast by low level smiths, let us know - destruction and bladewind have had little effect. Ulm is trying to find some way to stop this menace and our only hope is to find some earth magic that might stop these stinky sorcerous hordes that threaten all good men.
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The great Ahirbudhnya has fallen in battle, killed by Trollish arrows. His wise words and clean white fur will be sorely missed in Bandar lands. The White Council of Rishis will have to retreat to consider who among them can carry on the struggle in his stead.

On a brighter note, Bandar finally won a battle against the trollish Shinuyama. The aptly named Fort Love Lost will soon be in our hands.

To the new leader of C'Tis: If you have water gems to trade, PM me!

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C'tis greets all other pretender (demi-)gods and goddesses http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

In the previous turn we began to re-organize our troops, assess the current situation with our neighbors and to answered all incoming messages.

It seems that we are not on best terms with some of our neighbors, we are going to respond to all diplomatic and trade requests shortly again.

OOC (out of character): What is the best way of communicating with the other empires? How about having an IRC channel for our game?

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I guess we have mostly been using the forum to publicly taunt one another and PMs to conduct diplomacy, lest I am out of a loop somewhere.