Hum... will Abysia be able to defeat the might of Shinumaya, where Machaka failed?
OK I think I will rather concede than be burnt to cinders. But at least let me try to negociate something. Maybe, as the new Pantakrator, you can designate my Pretender as the semi-deity of a small bakemono tribe lost in the mountains?
My perspective on the game was rather, hum, limited. My very early war against Machaka went wrong for me because of distant spells on my capital. Dai Bakemonos were doing an OK job against the spiders, but a blight spam stopped me from recruiting anything and basically I lost the economic war. Very efficient rushing strategy. After that I just played basically a castle defense game. A bit of luck helped me to win two storm attempts by Machaka, and then I think every one kind of forgot/ignored me...
For a new game, I'll maybe have to stay reasonable and refuse, as I am about to start an exciting new job and I don't know how requiring it will be...