[Huzurdaddi]

Turn 6

This is where the fun begins. To the west I see a farm lands provice with 40 units of heavy cav and heavy Infantry I send my pretender against this. My other adjoining plains provicnes are heavy cav and my normal army could lose to them. Instead I send them to the west through the waste. Perhaps to go to the planes to the north. I attack province 55 containing 20 LI and militia.

The 2nd force is all of the infantry I have created so far plus my starting forces ( 11 principes, 5 standards, 10 hastatus, and some number of Velite ) and I add to that 4 thurges. I script the thurges to cast quickness, body etherial ( BE), BE, BE, BE, cast. I place the Theurgs inside the infantry and I script the infantry to hold and attack.

With this setup my infanty will not be invulnerable, but will be quite difficult to kill.

I script my pretender for : quickness, mistform, ironskin, Mirror image, and air shield.

I set my tax rate back to 100%.

I start recruiting Theurg Acolytes to save on cash.

Turn 7

Success. My SC took his province and so did my army. Sadly my army lost a man. He will be remembered.

My main army will press north to Dathen (74) a plains province with 70 Hi, LI, and archers. Since there are archers I place one token Velite far infront of my forces. No need for the expensive Theurgs to die from a stray arrow.

My pretender presses north as well to Eryx (53) a plains province with 40 barbarians.

I lower my taxes in my new provinces to 80 until they are at 0 unrest. I also add a couple of points of PD.

Turn 8

Success. My SC took his province and so did my army. Sadly my army lost a man. He will be remembered.

My pretender presses north to Typhia (59) which is protected by 30 HI, LI and archers and my army presses north as well to Mud Wood (87) which is protected by 10 blowpipes, bloodhenge druids and blood vines.

I recruit a scout in one of my conquered provicnes to make forts with.

Turn 9

Ouch I lost 4 troops against the blood vines! Both armies take their provinces.

My army presses north to Oak halls (103) protetect by 50 LI, Milita and archers. Since there are ranged units a sacrifical Velite is placed in front. My pretender attacks Meer (62) which is gaurded by 50 HC, LC, and Militia.

I start construction on a watchtower in Dathen (74).

Turn 10

The main army loses the sacrifical Velite, luckily the losses are limited to this.

My main army ( currently only 27 men left! ) attacks Assad (95) a plains province with 70 HI, Milita and Archers.

My pretender presses north to Faerie Cressent (69) guarded by 30 heavy cav and HI.

I commense construction of a watch tower in Eryx (53).

Turn 11

The main army loses the sacrifical Velite, luckily the losses are limited to this. I've just noticed that my usually automatic GK has picked up TWO afflictions limp and lost an eye! Well reggardless he will press on.

My main army ( currently only 26 men left! ) attacks Questria (99) a plains province with 50 HI, Milita and Archers.

My pretender presses west to Ralothia (64) guarded by 70 HI, LI, and milita.

I start recruiting communicants at my new fortress. And I switch to thurges at the capital.

Income: 527

Turn 12

The main army loses two men! It is slowly getting worn down. My GK is successful.

Misforune strikes! Faerie Cressent is overrun by barbarians. Drat the luck.

I also see my 1st gimpse of the computer. Marigon is to my north in province Carnag (112).

My main army falls back to 74 to get a couple of units. And to face off the barbarians.

My pretender goes south to Erfel (53) since there are more farms along that route.

In Questria I have my 1st good fortune: a library! I will have to construct a fortress and a labratory here.

Turn 13

My pretender is successful in Erfel. Erfel has an Inpot End site, which basically renders the province unuseable.

My pretender goes south to Grey Mirks (38) which is guarded by 70 LI, Militia, and archers.

My main army goes to Faerie Crescent (69) to capture it back from the barbarian hordes.

I continue to recruit theurgs at the capital and communicants in all other fortresses.

Income 633.
Treasury: 227

Turn 14

The barbarian horde is turned back by my main army and my pretender takes the province he was assigned.

My main army goes west to Ralothia so that it can move north. My pretender goes fro Holburg. Holburg is strangely defended by 30 Heavy cav/Medium Cav. I guess they outsourced defence!

I beging the construction of yet another fortification this time in Faerie Crescent.

Income: 736
Treasury: 133

Turn 15

My pretender is successful against the outsourced defence of Holburg.

My pretender continue to move west and takes Glimmering Fields (43). I see T'ien Ch'i to the north of this province. Expansion may be comming to and end.

My main amry moves to Summerlands (73) a farm province guarded by HC, MC, and militia.

Income: 822
Treasury: 460

Turn 16

Aiee. A horrible day for the empire. My principes broke before the heavy cav. My Theurges were overrun. A day that will be remembered in infamy. 4 Theugres dead. 16 noble warriors dead. They will be avenged.

My pretender was successful on his side. Glimmering fields now belongs to pythium.

Level 5 evocation was successfully reseached. I will soon extract retribution!

I begin construction of two new fortresses. One in Meer (62) and one in Typhia (59) .

At this point I start searching for magical sites with my pretender.

Turn 17

My pretender found a site! The doom cloud. It explains the massive unrest in this province 156.

I move my pretender for more site searching.

Income: 885
Treasury: 331