Newb Network EA Aran (Full and Playing)

[Eressil3]

Thousands years later, archeologists will found a mysterious stone tablet and will ask about its meaning.

[tromper]

If only the elephants had WINGS.

*dreamy Auguror Elder exhausted and hiding Miss Secretary - April '07*

[Tequilich]

Wow Vanheim! looks like we now know the winner.. haha

[Thrawn]

Yeah, no doubt! Vanheim just conquered my entire province collection in one turn. Congrats... I've never seen that many province loss notices in one turn before.

/shudder

[thejeff]

I haven't seen the actual turn yet, just the stats page, but it does look like that went as well as I'd hoped.

It's not quite as impressive as it looks, though. Arcosephale still has both castles and most of his armies. He had no PD or troops in most of his provinces. I took 3-4 of those with scouts and others with Call of the Winds.

Now can I hold any of it?

[vfb]

The Soothsayers of Marverni have consulted the entrails of a badger and determined that the nation of Vanheim has grown powerful beyond reason, and must be stopped at any cost. It is probably already too late.

Woe that we did not heed the warnings of the heroes of the Sauromatian Resistance earlier! Despair that we feasted on the brains of the Lankan monkeys who only sought peace with us! Marverni is such a nation of noobs!

Vanheim, know now that Marverni can no longer remain in alliance with your nation. Also be warned that our pact of non-aggression has been terminated, and in three moons we shall march to your borders and engage in battle. Or maybe we will march to our borders now, then engage in battle with you in three moons. We are sure your spies will figure it out, in any case.

-- Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Relations, Marverni

[Tequilich]

Our moon priests advise us that we must also terminate our non-aggression pact with Vanheim. So be warned Vanheim in three months we shall be at war. We can only hope our God will awaken soon and lead us to victory!

[tromper]

The Shroud Congress has no reason to conflict with the large men as of yet, and will remain focused upon recovering our lands and freeing our people from the yoke of the blood worshipping Mictlan hordes.

The inability of the apostate were-men to see reason, and return these lands, shall spell their doom. May their next age be a nobler one. With hope, we burn a pyre in the central Colosseum - for peace and weal for all citizens of Aran, be they ignorant savages that are unaware of the testaments that Pontificus brings through our Augur Elders or otherwise.

Our memories are long. Righteousness and rectitude shall be ours, down to the last Leve if it must come to that.

- Archbishop of the Shroud

[vfb]

The Shroud Congress has failed to learn from the sad tale of woe that is the story of the Marverni nation. An early conflict over one small province escalated into a vicious war, with the result that both Lanka and Marverni are severely weakened.

Marverni rejected peace with Lanka, as our leaders feared our peoples would become angry and vote them out of office, were we to surrender the disputed province.

People of Ermor, rise up in a glorious revolution, and depose your shroudy congress who persists in squabbling with Mictlan! Cast off your present rulers, and join together as an autonomous collective, an anarco-sydicalist commune. Look to your North, where Arco is ravaged, for that is your fate if you do not make peace with Mictlan now. Accept our wisdom, for we were once unwise, and now we are all doomed if you do not join us against the Vanheim.

-- Secretary to the Minister of Subversion, Marverni

Edit: Our battle with Lanka is done, and we can turn our eyes to the east. We have executed several of our mages for refusing orders to cast Magic Duel in the Battle of Lanka.

[thejeff]

The great war has begun.
The world must be prepared for Shaiar's return.

We knew that the other powers would turn on us when we attacked Arcosephale so there was no choice but to strike as hard and fast as possible, in hopes of being able to deal with them before having to defend ourselves.

Malverni, we regret your decision to break our alliance. It was a good alliance and benefited both of us. Do not regret the deaths of the demonic monkeys. We would have been glad to aid you further against them, but they fell to fast and only one of us could seige their capital.
We look forward to meeting you on the battlefield.

Mictlan, our Vanheres have long wished to test themselves against your jaguars. The battles will be glorious.

Ermor, we salute your honor in continuing our fight against the blood-worshippers who have oppressed your people.

Hakon, Prophet of Shaiar



OOC:
Thrawn, I feel guilty about trashing you that brutally, but I really felt I had little choice.
Wherever I attacked, I think the others would have struck as soon as I was occupied. You I could take out quick, since you had left yourself wide open, leaving me with only a three front war.
Next game, I bet you build provincial defense, though

This game isn't over by any means. I just watched a brutal battle between Ermor and Mictlan. I don't know if I could have beaten Mictlan's army. And he lost, badly.