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Ermor provided the bastion from which I was able to brace myself against the early, furious simultaneous assault by Arco, Ulm, and Utgard. Unlike those three aggressors, I do have a sense of honor and feel bound to aid he who stood by me since the beginning dark days of this war.

And Ulm really needs to read better. I've already stated that Ermor has never directly aided Caelum except through a mutual exchange of gems. That means no gold.

And the Pretender Arkolaos might need a new set of britches. I believe I witnessed him stain his current pair this last month. I think I also heard the *ping* of a birdcage bar breaking.

By the way, Midgard isn't looking too shabby either. Don't let his forked tongue take all the attention away from his steady gain of power.

--Gabrielle, High Avatar of Caelum

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Yes, I am King of the Beggars. Less than 50% compared to the topmost player in every useful end-game stat. Midgard FTW!!!

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Well, as long as the person you attack keeps doing stupid things like hit end turn after having taken a peek and stales himself well... (and thus had the turn run before he could do anything doh!)

I am so annoyed with myself, staled damn near a quarter of the game, only once preventable.. At least I can give myself a lame reason for losing.

Rathar

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All graphs taken together, I'd put you in 2nd or 3rd place. What I don't understand is why you insist on only possessing one fortress. A few more fortresses and you'd have much more research done, easily putting you in a solid 2nd place.

But I'm sure there's a reason for this.

--Gabrielle, High Avatar of Caelum

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Just FYI:

Ermor has the Air Queens

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Indeed if this is the case then we shall brace ourselves for the dead when they begin to arrive, for the Ashen Empire stands for only one thing and that is death, like a vile plague it spreads from their lands, Honour has been mentioned recently - most notably an attack on my good name, but what can the dead know about honour?

We call all nations to do what they can to halt the Ashen empires rise to power.

...and you lapdog of a liche,your recent victory was fortunate, had your Seraphs and yourself fought like honourable foes you would not have hidden behind your magical "fog". No matter we shall be better prepared for your magics , no doubt when your vile necro-loving pretender returns with more air gems.

Arkolaos, friend and protector of the living.

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Majiks which aid my forces in battle are dishonorable? I did not know that. Well in that case I shall not use any more "dishonorable" tactics. Not.

Look closely and you'll see that my Storm Generals wear red tunics. Recently one of my Raven Guard asked why. The Storm General replied that wearing a red tunic prevents his troops from seeing the blood pouring forth when the Storm General is grievously wounded.

Rumour has it that the Pretender Arkolaos wears yellow pantaloons for similar reasons.

--Gabrielle, High Avatar of Caelum

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C'tissians don't wear pantaloons http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

We use our majiks to make sure our robes don't open http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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One pretender dead..

Who is next?

Rathar

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Heh. Cocky, arent you? Killing a 43hp pretender isnt too much of an accomplishment http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Tho routing me again was. My Vans are really proving to be a disappointment.

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Ugh... I made a BIG mistake with my research. Curse spells that I thought I had but didn't! >_< I'm growing rusty in my old age ...

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If you are the last the turn please turn twice.

Been a lot of every one is in cept one dude and then they don't play twice and we end up waiting again for them :-(

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They're probably staling, then.

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Arkolaos hears reports of a thousand strong undead army of Ermorian leigonaires approaching through the narrow sea straights of #78 soon to be in #102. His aides notice he seems rather jumpy and irritable after reading the reports.


OOC - *swats Rather with a large mullet for stalling so often, & points to IC post above - gg guys, thats going to be a tough nut to crack, It has been very challanging up against Caelum despite the IC flame war, OOC'ly it has been a lot of fun more - cheers : ) .....it ain't over yet though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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An accurate prediction!

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1000+ :-( time to get spying mechanics in place to watch the carnage

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I have staled 3 times all while I was out of town thanks very much..

Rathar

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your welcome!

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OOC: Yes, it has been a very fun game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Tough and challenging opponents really make this game shine.

IC: Burn in Hell Ulm and Arco.

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yeah can't wait to play this type of game again (either LA again with a modified ermor hehe) or EA or MA.

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IC: Oh holy harpyclaw. A lesser horror drove off our 8 trologdytes and some pd. How annoying. We'll have to add 'guard retreat ways better' into the ancients songs of strategy. These so called jotun woodsmen are clearly an affront to nature. Much prettier as pigs. But too many to change them all.

ooc: Earlier I thought my gorgon would kill tons of jotun woodsmen once it was ready, in practice not so... the times I sent it solo utgards force of flyers was with the army and she fled at 8 hp. Ah well.

Ermor using their 15 gems/turn for well of misery was pretty brilliant.

Fun game, fun to try unusual settings.

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Lesser horror was very lucky. For some reason, it did not annoy the Jotun!

Next game, special rules needed if Ermor plays! Still a fun game.

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special rules needed if Ermor plays! Still a fun game.

Seems to me you folks let Ermor become what they are and didn't prepare for the event. Before three nations jumped on me 5 turns ago I had 20 indy priests and I didnt even have an undead neighbor.

Shrug, I know I made mistakes in other areas!

Rathar

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I had 30-40 odd priests with herald lances in the unlikely event of an Ermorian invasion across the sea. Of course, that /across/ the sea makes it rather difficult to effect Ermor too. Heh XD

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*gets home from work - cracks open a beer - checks latest turn....*

"doh"

*gnashing of teeth*

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Gets home from work, cracks their 10th beer,..

Is not sober enough fo4 the Gnashes teeth but realizes that 3 territories suffices..

/gnash /gnash

Rathar

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Ermor isn't that good some of you may think. LA Ermor is primary undead hordes. Every simple mage needs gems to get it. The game settings may help ermor to get armies fast but it also helps every other nation to research counters very fast. I'm always pleased in a LA mp game when the ermor player and no other rocks the graphs because there are so many counters in late game to defeat them.

The hosting settings are more and more a problem for me. Is it possible that we go to a 48 hour qickhost? Coordinating so many undeads needs very much time. You've to make sure your armies are seeking arrow save, etc. Its really not easy!

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That battle should absolutely not have been that decisive. I was frankly quite surprised by the outcome. I outnumbered you but with far less quality troops.

I have two suggestions which I think would have won you victory, but I'll hold off for now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

--Gabrielle, High Avatar of Caelum

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FYI, I'm in San Francisco at the moment. Sheap is subbing for me until I return.

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Sheap needs to make a turn ASAP. =\

Ermorian Situation
 

Well, since Ermor decided to invade me, I'll throw my lot into the alliance.

I hereby call into order, the full smash of Ermor through magics. As many of you may have noticed, I am very capable in the research and most of the gem department. If nations pool together their astrals gems for my nation, I shall power a dispel /per/ turn to crush the Well and throw down the Soul Gate within the next two turns.

If you supply me with information regarding his mage locations, I shall target them with one to two Earth attacks PER turn.

If any locates provinces where he has non astral mages, I shall supply that location with mind hunts.

I am also able to trade herald lances/flambeaus/gate cleavers if provided the gems to create them. I guarantee, if our nations all joins together, we can crush the Ermorian menace off this map within 10-15 turns.

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Eh, I find the map situation better for Ermor though. It's rather hard to attack you without mass sailboating since there's a lot of water on this /wraparound/ map, which conveniently enough seperates my land forces from yours while allowing you to pretty much control the water ways since we have no water nation. =(

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You still working on that Well of Misery, KB?

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Notice it recasted -.-.

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Does this mean Patala's declaration of war extend to Caelum who have made it clear that they are Ermor's staunch ally?

Even now the three undead legions rage through my lands working in concert with the Caelian Army which lays seige to my capital.

I also call on Pangaea and Utgard too come to a ceasefire agreement, the two of your nations are in a splendid position to carve up the lands of Ermor and Caelum, as your nations currently weaken each other by fighting, who do you think will win in the end? Neither of you....one will fall but the other shall be so weak that the unholy Ermor alliance shall swoop in for easy pickings....

I also call on C'tis, Vanheim and Abyssia to lend whatever aid they can, I can offer plenty of targets should you wish to strike at the Unholy alliance remotely.

Arkolaos. Commander of the free living armies of Arcoscephale.

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IF all nations do not set aside their differences and stand against Ermor, there is no question that he will win the game. Even though I hold an alliance with Vanheim and Abysia against him, he has impunity to roam the water ways as we have no way to traverse our forces across it. So far, I can only hold against him with my land forces but our nations are separated by the waters. Though my research speed is high, it will be still some time before I'm able to bring Thetis Blessing into play to allow our nations to counter attack against Ermor. Meanwhile his gem count and army growth is going unchecked ...

Lastly, I require all allying nations to send me at least 5-10 astral gems per global that ermor casts so I can toss a dispel to counter them.

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I figured Abysia would kill me before Ermor got the chance to, but it appears as though he may get me after all.

Anything C'tis can do against Ermor in battle? is wither bones worth it? I only have maybe 15-20 casters who can use it.

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Ahh so ermor is making its move!

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Noooo! Just when I was about to... make some vampires...

Ulm sucks.

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Actually, having seen the makeup of the Ermor armies (3 I think) that are rampaging through my lands, I can say that they arn't that impressive....only the numbers are impressive.

Caelum's main force on the other hand is a lot more of a handful to deal with.

I believe Kissblade when he says when we can win this.....I emphasize "we" .

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Midgard just *** raped the ermor army which looked to be trying to attack the Argatha VP.

Which other VPs are under attack?

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1000 undeads, an once great ermorian army were going into the dust it was created from.

In the depth of Shark's Maw they waited for the air queen Nephele which should bring the order to attack the sieging army of Midgard in Dry Reach. The meeting was short and interrupted. Out of nowhere a mighty pretender appeared. The Destroyer of Worlds KissBlade equipped with mighty unique items attacked our army.

After a longer fight the most of our etheral front units and our valueable cavalery was slain.
Our airqueen Nephele which was in the back of the army felt by a mysterious lifeloss. After we lose a third of our army the Destroyer of Worlds fled.

However the rest of our army has the order to attack the sieging army and orders have to be obey. So 600-700 souls and souless raise out of the seas and storm the camps of midgard in Dry Reach. Without the sacred cavalry and the ghost frontline it was a massacre. At the end of the day our army was history and midgard lost not even 100 vans, huskarls and barbarians. But several of the melees fled in fear.

We don't have an information what happened after this battle. We can only speculate that the remaing midgard forces tried to storm the castle and got a bloody nose. Anyway Dry Reach is controlled by Argatha again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I'm not sure why the air queen died. Maybe her own mistform or the soul vortex was responsible. However she was never adjacent to kissblades pretender and always behind my army so soul vortex shouldn't damage her.

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I wish I was able to do as well in expanding, diplomacy and the other components of Dom3 as I am doing with keeping my capital.. And only my capital..

Btw Midgaard hasn't stormed my capital in 8 or so turns, We keep throwing them out.

Rathar

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Ermor would do well to realize that is only the tip of the ice berg, Patala will lead the crusade against the unholy nation for it's attack. If other nations will stand with me, I shall crush Ermor beneath my heel.

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I think you meant heel. If you heal him, you'll help him.

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Nah, he's undead. =)

Oh crap, is he going for a VP grab btw??

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I need astral gems to throw down the burden of time, Once I get 40 in total from other nations, I will match it with my own and dispel the global.

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Hahahah, yeah. My tactics this game have been HORRIBLE. Just plain horrible. Tho honestly im not sure how you won that last battle, Rathar. My vans were only up against skellies, of whom they should kill at least 3/turn per van. Since there was only a handful in your backfield they should have quickly overrun them and your mages but somehow failed to do so?

Anyway, it appears that our war is over as I must return home to defend my lands from the undead menace. You fought really well tho. To my amazement I couldnt beat you in the field and had to settle for beating you by economy. Not really what I wanted to do but you left me few options which speaks to your abilities.

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No Astrals to give sorry, will possibly lose my capital province to Caelum in the next turn. Meanwhile I've only a handful of provinces left. I believe Ulm's capital is also under siege by Ermor too?

Once Caelum and Ermor have us out of the game - C'tis would be an easy kill for either of them.

Pangaea and Utgard really need to have a ceasefire and attack Ermor and Caelum.

Will give a bitter fight to the end!!!

Arkolaos

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Sorry guys, I should've got moving against Ermor earlier. =)