KingMaker - let the Ascension War commence!

[Foodstamp]

Hot molten magma .

[atul]

And let it be known that Fall of the 6th year of Ascension Wars was the time when a group of Markatas, part of Monkey PD, killed a fully equipped Niefelheim Jarl.

And thus end all the jokes about Monkey PD being bad, since which other nation has such a feat to boast?

[Zeldor]

Nice battle at Uliathum, Xietor.

[DonCorazon]

Damn, those Niefels seem to be dropping like flies these days. They are losing their mystique...

[Xietor]

In what military tacticians will someday refer to as the battle of Uliathum, an excerpt from the Sleeper who was the Battle Commander of the forces inside the castle. With the stout castle defenses beaten down, a hard decision faced the Sleeper.

To stay inside the walls and let LA Marignon's superior forces attack at their leisure, or carry the battle to the enemy. Though greatly outnumbered, and having about 40 fewer mages at his command, the Sleeper, who had previously slain a Harbinger in hand to hand combat, decided to sally forth and meet the host on the field of Battle at a time of the Sleeper's choosing.

With mundane troops like militia and short bows comprising the bulk of his army, only superior tactics could carry the day. The Sleeper did have 15 elephants, and he hoped to use these units as a decoy, drawing most of the enemy fire, while a knot of seasoned trolls, lions, and a banelord carried the real attack on the other flank.

To harrass the enemy, flaming arrows were cast, turning the short bows into something a bit more useful against the heavily armored foes. But to prevent the enemy angels, devils, and imps from taking out the few mages the Sleeper had, the difficult choice was made to put up storm in battle, even though it would hurt the effectiveness of the flaming arrows.

The Sleeper's plan worked, though the banelord was lost when enemy angels also chose to advance down that side of the battlefield. Though the Banelord fell to an Angel of Fury and an Air Elemental, the Sleeper soon avenged him, taking out the Angel of Fury. When the Angels fell, and the knot of trolls fought through the devils and and men at arms, the forces of LA Marignon routed.

But they had nowhere to run. Rocky the Gargoyle had flown to an adjacent province and taken it cutting off the retreat.

The Siege was lifted. The Host of LA Margignon destroyed to the last man(or devil).
Dead on the field of battle, or killed retreating into enemy lands by hostile border guards were a staggering 46 commanders, 3 of which were Angels, many with many gems,
386 men, and 4 fire snakes.

In other news, Ruin successfully broke the siege of his other castle, though there were not many troops remaining there to kill. Most fled before the battle. Those that remained met a gristly fate.

Ruin is now entertaining, for a short period only, peace offers from nations who wantonly attacked him with no justification. Such offers should include recompense for harm done to the peoples of LA Arcoscephele.

Ruin will also say that despite the tenacity of his resistance thus far, his greatest threats remain unleashed. Had LA marignon won the day and stormed the castle, inside they would have met their Fate. But for now they will have to wonder what could be worse than Ruin? There are worse things. There are.

[Zeldor]

To be honest it looked just like a bad scripting on Marignons side

[Xietor]

The Ai will typically cast paralyze at elephants after the script runs out. I was counting on that. BTW the elephants are fine. A few have afflictions, but we can heal them right up!

What spells would you have cast? Fire spells are not as effective with storm up. But he did cast a lot of the fire staples. Summon imps is a staple but likewise useless in a storm. Summon air elemental was a good spell to cast, and he did cast it. But I did have an army, I was not going to lose to air elementals

I also know for a fact his research is way down the conj and blood lines. So that leaves out many of the high level alteration and enchantment spells. And his research is not that high.
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[JimMorrison]

A Gath scout managed to see this battle ensue, and it was indeed carnage.

However, our account seems to show a Water Elemental getting the final strike in on that Angel of Fury. Perhaps your Sleeper is a bit boastful, and after praising him for the victory, you may wish to chastise him for his pride.

[Xietor]

The sleeper killed the Angel of Fury. The water elemental got the last hit on the Harbinger.
Sleeper also had the harbinger down to 15 hps and a heart on him when the water elemental polished it off.

In effect, you could say the Sleeper killed 2 angels, making his tally for the game 3. You may want to examine closely the Sleeper's weapon!

In the 1st fight with a harbinger, he won with a fire brand in hand to hand combat. In this battle, he used a different tactic.

[Darkwind]

I patrolled with my Smiths and found 7(!) scouts in MA Ulm, including Bandar Log and EA R'lyeh scouts. I'm touched to know Ulm is such a hotspot nations probably halfway across the world want to know what's going on in Ulm.

In other news, my income is back on track and is currently higher than my upkeep. Finally. Who knows; perhaps reascendance to a minor power, instead of a one-province well province, is in store for MA Ulm. It's doubtful, but one can hope.