[llamabeast]

Last month, for the second time in only a few months, the great armies of Pangaea and Lanka clashed. Since the dawn of the era the two nations had been at war, but recently the greatest battles of all took place.

In the first, a sea of Maenads faced off against a wall of hardened palankashas supported by thunderstrikes. Countless Maenads were slaughtered, but one by one the palankashas were brought down, torn asunder by the claws of the wild ones. For a long time it seemed that Lanka might win, but finally the mighty Pangaean Gorgon flew into battle, and eventually the palankashas broke and fled.

At that point Lanka seemed doomed, but somehow another might army was scraped together, even as territory after territory was lost to the Pangaean raiders. All the mages of the Lankan research teams were brought into battle, for a secon massive confrontation. Once again for a long time victory seemed hopeful. The maenads were killed in their hundreds. But ultimately the palankashas were driven from the field once more, and this time almost all the Lankan mages were killed too.

Lanka is doomed, and has been set to AI. We warn all free nations to beware of the Pangaean hordes.

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I felt pretty much doomed the whole time in this game, since I took over rather than set Lanka to AI when they'd been staling for some time. Despite that I really really enjoyed playing. My war with Pangaea has been constant and vicious. At one point the Lankan armies beat the far larger Pangaean empire right back to their capital, which our allies from Niefelheim then occupied - victory seemed certain. But the maenads broke out, drove off the giants and swarmed back south in such numbers that we were eventually defeated. Well played Pangaea (especially using Destruction and Strength of Giants against me) - it was a fun game.