Turn 79
Victory to the glorious armies of Kailasa! All of my armies defeated their foes with minimal losses!
Bishen was counter-attacked before he could storm the ramparts, and used his magical gems to protect against this attack, which meant that he didn't have any for the assault. I was nervous about this, particularly considering that one of the spells he is supposed to cast is Arrow Fend, to protect my unarmoured Yavanas against missiles. Especially before storming a fortification this is a good spell to have in effect. However, this potentially disastrous situation turned out to be ok, because Vanheim, in his haste to counter-attack left his garrison without any leadership, so as soon as I started advancing they retreated. I took the fort without a single loss!
Devasura and Balastha successful took their respective provinces with little resistance. The real coup however, was with Dhritiman's army: he attacked in force, but not necessarily expecting a lot of resistance, and found Vanheim's pretender with only a few bodyguards. Of course he pressed the attack, and even though he took the field himself, Vanheim's false god was slain. Below is a picture of the unfortunate just before his life was taken.
With the loss of their god Vanheim's morale must be low - we will sweep the dissenters away and emerge as the one true ruler of this world!
Accordingly, Balastha is storming the castle in the province he just took; Devarama and Dhritiman are pushing south, and Bishen is moving westwards. After this turn Vanheim should only have 3 provinces left, and only one castle.