Peccary - upload pretenders!

[Renojustin]

secretperson said:
Kailasa so kindly decided to invade my lands at first sight and I am quite occupied with them. I met Ermor early and we made peace decided upon our borders. With a war already on my hands, I thought it incredibly unwise to go to war on another front.

Wow, you're fighting against one nation? That must be very difficult indeed. My heart bleeds for you.

It's one thing to go to war against two nations. It's something else to go to war against two nations that are fighting someone else.

It's something else entirely to be attacked by three nations that have no other wars than against you by turn 15. After frustration and defiance, finally I've come to acceptance and now humor; I will laugh when I drink to their bones.

In Sauromatia they will only find their doom.

[Renojustin]

As you can see, Abysia, we have experienced Demonbred before. Your smuggling them into our demesne has shown your true colors... moving assassins into the lands of those with whom you are in peace discussions is, it goes without saying, a hostile gesture, as well as an ineffective and wasteful one. Not to mention underhanded, deceitful, and, well, you get the picture. Anyway, we obviously expected it.

Prepare for the destruction of your nation. We may be appeased by gifts of virile young girls for the cooking pots.

[Rorschach]

The bastard son of Rhaux was the only one that dared show up at the death match, and deservingly won the prize.

Sauromatia still tries to prolong discussions by "misunderstanding" key elements of the negotiations. No more.

They will burn along with the forest around them. Only by brute force will these stinking swamp-dwellers be convinced of their folly.

[Rorschach]

I am going away for the weekend to a wedding, so I was hoping for a postponement for the next turn until monday. Is that okay with you guys?

edit: Otherwise, if you are too eager to play during the weekend I'll have a friend of mine sub for the next turn. That's no problem.

[das123]

I'm happy either way Rorschach. Don't know what the protocol is to delay the turn.

[llamabeast]

Oh right, I'm still admining this game. Okay, game postponed by 60 hours.

I'm just about to go away for the weekend, but when I get back it'd be great if one of you guys could take over admining this game for me. It can get a bit much keeping track of lots of threads so I try to delegate them all out.

[Rorschach]

I'm happy to administer the game

I hope Sauro doesn't crush me within a few turns though

[das123]

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THE AUTUMN BATTLE

Throughout the Kingdom of Ermor the heralds and messengers had called young boys and retired veterans to join the legions. In the dark swamps envoys command the lizard men assemble their Auxiliaries. The Sauromatian leaders had been ambushed and the time to take back the outer villages was at hand. Winter approaches and only week remained to launch an attack before the snows and rain make marching all but impossible.

And so, in the early dawn, the legions of Ermor stream once more from the mountain pass while the Lizard Auxiliaries ford the river, attacking the masses of Sauromatians encamped in the forest. The battle is long and bloody with honours fairly even. In the end, the high morale of the flesh eaters wins the day but the field is strewn with hundreds of bodies from both sides.

Small pockets of troops assemble for days later, dwindling back into the camps. The final count of the dead is devastating. Over half all the Ermorian troops are gone. The only saving grace is the knowledge that the Sauromatians also lost many men in the battle.

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[Renojustin]

Rorschach said:
Sauromatia still tries to prolong discussions by "misunderstanding" key elements of the negotiations. No more.

Be assured that it was impossible to misinterpret the presence of your assassins in our land during peaceful negotiations. It showed your intentions and character clear enough for all to see.

Rorschach said:
I hope Sauro doesn't crush me within a few turns though

We would, having the capability, but Ermor is much more dangerous than Abysia. Still we shall hold sufficient forces in reserve to repel Abysia and Pangaean attacks.

Soon enough, the other wars will be won and you will feel the cold winds of the north breathing down your neck.

(I hope your friend submits your turn soon. Llamabeast said that the next turn would be 72 hours. Submitting your turn, thereby cancelling the 72 hour timer, was your own action, and I assume that your friend will be taking your turn, and that if you did not take this precaution, that you will stall. Llamabeast can't hold everyone's hands in all the games he's hosting!)

[das123]

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FALL OF THE NORTHERN PASS

The legions of Ermor all flock into the Northern Pass. It should be a quiet Winter. The Sauromatians have been bloodied as have the Ermorian troops. Just before the first snows fall, a single creature enters the pass with hair twisting and squirming and with gigantic bat wings. This is the Sauromatian pretender! A gorgon of immense power.

The legions quickly assemble and advance of the Sauromatian abomination. But before the Ermorian troops can form line, the Sauromatian gorgon is amongst them. Scores of men are turned to stone and others succumb to poison. Not a single drop of the gorgon's blood is spilled and so, with terror in their hearts, the last of the Ermorian troops that hold the pass turn tail and run.

The Northern Pass has fallen and no Ermorian legionnaire is left on the Western side of the great river. One gateway remains to hold the Sauromatian troops from the fertile lands of Ermor. Somehow the Ermorians need to hold the river fords.

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Wow! So that is what a SC looks like. Awesome work Renojustin.

BTW. My main computer has crashed this afternoon so I'm playing this from my laptop. Hope to have the main computer back up sometime tomorrow.