KingMaker - let the Ascension War commence!

[LoloMo]

Haha, I shall attempt to make LA Caelum worthy of their EA predecessors. Too bad the advance of civilization have made the birdfolk such dirtheaded slackers hahaha.

[Hadrian_II]

Xietor said:
In the 1st Big Game the Late Age races were crushed. While it is still early, they seem to be doing better this year than last.

Werent EA nations the crushed ones? At least LA Ermor, Rlyeh and Pangaea where around in the end of the game. From MA there where Pangaea, Ctis and Agartha while from EA just Pangaea was around.

If i remember correcty, the problem was that the weak troops of the EA Nations let them crumble in the early game before they are able to get a benefit from their magical superiority. That Pangaea was the only EA nation to survive does almost prove that point, as Centaurs are very good at going head to head with an enemy army.

[Xietor]

That is what we call revisionist history.

LA Pan was crushed in the first Big Game by MA Van. LA Pan survived because velusion saved them and they became a vassal to LA Ermor. Of course LA Ermor and LA Ryleh were the notable exceptions to the rule in the 1st Big Game.

I am not talking about the very end end. EA Lanka, Mictlan,
Pangaea and other races from the early era well did well into the midgame. If you check the other game thread, I think you will see many were surprised that the LA nations fared so poorly.

[Hadrian_II]

Xietor said:
That is what we call revisionist history.

LA Pan was crushed in the first Big Game by MA Van. LA Pan survived because velusion saved them and they became a vassal to LA Ermor. Of course LA Ermor and LA Ryleh were the notable exceptions to the rule in the 1st Big Game.

I am not talking about the very end end. EA Lanka, Mictlan,
Pangaea and other races from the early era well did well into the midgame. If you check the other game thread, I think you will see many were surprised that the LA nations fared so poorly.

Both LA and EA did not do so good, from EA just Pan was around and from LA pan, ermor and rlyeh were around. While from MA Pangaea, Ctis, Agartha and i think Ermor, Machaka and Pythium were in fighting shape. So both EA and LA did not do very well. (there is a small discussion in the Perp thread on page 130 about this)

[Xietor]

Well,

you have to take the endgame with a grain of salt. EA Oceania was a major power, but got double teamed by la ermor and la ryleh. I mean no nation could withstand that.

Then Baalz, as la mictlan got special attention from la ryleh, who by that time was wishing 5 times per turn. again, what nation could withstand that?

So I think it is a mistake to look at the endgame to see how the nations fared. Any nation singled out by la ryleh or la ermor(and his unholy alliance) was likely not long for the world. Except of course, the resilient Lizards.

[Hadrian_II]

Xietor said:
So I think it is a mistake to look at the endgame to see how the nations fared. Any nation singled out by la ryleh or la ermor(and his unholy alliance) was likely not long for the world. Except of course, the resilient Lizards.

The Lizards did not have too much to fear, one of their flanks was protected by their strong pangaean allys, and the other on was guarded by almost 2 layers of puppet nations

[Lingchih]

Well, Lanka appears to be weak and defenseless. We Pythians took half of their provinces this turn. Anyone else that wants to attack Lanka, now is the time.

[Zeldor]

I think you blocked Lanka's neighbour anyway

[Lingchih]

My oh my. Lanka seems even less well-defended than we had thought. Quite a pushover, we would think. All bordering nations should now move in to take a piece of the dying Lanka empire.

[Darkwind]

by reporter Orangescrags Grapesquiggle

This just in! In a bizarre twist of fate, MA Ulm has attacked a nation known traditionally as the attacker, LA Mictlan. We are told that MA Ulm was helping its serpentine allies in C'tissians of various ages. Anonymous, the Mouth of Monny, has called C'tissians "trusted allies - especially my little Serpent Dancer here"; EA C'tis has not told reporters about how the Serpent Dancer came to Ulm.

The battle involved roughly eighty Ulmish and twenty-five Mictlani lead by the Hell-King of Mictlan, a Moloch, and his personal retinue of unholy hellspawn. The Black Acolyte attending the battle, known as "Alarik", reported being "surprised that I was actually useful; I just expected to, y'know, sit there and bless the Smiths or somethin'". The Mictlani Jaguar Warriors were easily dispatched by the Guardians of MA Ulm; however, the Moloch simply flew towards the Guardians while they were defeating his revered and legendary force and struck back. One of the Smiths, called Anonymous, reported feeling that the Moloch (whose name is unknown; the Mictlani language was too primitive ("oog oog tudd" was one Guardian's rendition of their speech) to understand) was "f9b4ohgodohgodPLEASEHELPMETHENIGHTMAARES". What this means is currently unknown; what is known is that three of the horrifyingly ugly Toad-Priests of LA Mictlan (a strange offshoot from the Atlantians) were present at the battle.

As for the battle itself, much of it consisted of archer volleys and Magma Bolts fired at the pathetically weak Jaguar Warriors and a desperate attempt to even hurt the Moloch. Though the Guardians fled early into the battle after wiping out the last remnants of the Jaguar Warriors, the Black Knights stayed until the very last fell, valiantly attacking the Hell-King of Mictlan and smiting his retinue. The Smiths' Magma Bolts, though they destroyed the Jaguar Warriors, did nothing to harm the absurdly lucky Moloch. In the end, after the last of the Black Knights Fell, the Smiths decided that Monny was better served alive and ran for the hills to join the Guardians and archers.

The Black Knights who gave their lives have been declared holy, and those remains not eaten by the Moloch were cremated in the Forges of Ulm to give strength to those who need it most - those on the frontline, defending their family, their friends, and their country.