Jotunheim:Utgard AAR

[Arryn]

Turn #23, Late Winter of Year 2
A small prophetable battle.

This month, no travellers bring word from afar of events in distant lands.

Farmers in Ancyrna bring in a harvest of winter wheat, increasing revenues by 30g this month, and reducing all unrest in the province.

The Ashikagan prophet (a taisho daimyo), and a mixed force of 6 aoi standard warriors, 3 samurai swordsmen, 4 yamabushi monks, and 8 light footmen attacks my army in Saetica just after my avatar (and other reinforcements) arrives. My overwhelming force of giants makes short work of the attackers, with the (mounted) false prophet being the first to flee the battlefield. At the end, only the Ashikagan prophet and a lone samurai managed to escape. Jorgun and Bove each acquire 4 trophies (no kills) from this lopsided battle. If Ashikaga continues to suicide a score of its troops per month in attacks against me there won't be much left to face me when I decide to invest their capital. So I will continue with my plan to strip them of their (rich) holdings while simultaneously bleeding them white.

Due to being otherwise occupied by the above-mentioned battle, Bove's patrol of Saetica is able to catch only one troublemaker, while the battle itself inspires three more opportunists into increasing the unrest. Oedre discovers the location of Man's capital (#109) just north of the Rim Mountains, and that Atlantis has spread (at least) to the end of that mountain range to the northwest as well as the coastal plains to the southwest. Furthermore, it is very likely that Atlantis is at war with Man. I base this theory on the lack of any activity on the part of Atlantis towards me, and that Atlantis controls two provinces directly bordering the Man capital. Between Atlantis and Ashikaga, Man has been completely unable to expand to their east. Bdvar reports a score of tribal archers and warriors in Zanthrast, and that Marignon is confining its eastward expansion to provinces near the coast.

The Enchantress Sade (1F1A1W1N) has joined my researchers at the Well of All Waters.

My realm has:

• __6 Dominion max.
• __6 Temples
• _21 Provinces converted
• 562 Treasury.
• 822 Income. (+11)
• 283 Upkeep. (+12)
• 141 Resources in Jotunheim. (unchanged)
• 185 Resources in Pythium. (+1)

• _13 Provinces controlled
• Jotunheim: Dom=6, PD=25, Unr=0
• Zenthra: Dom=6, PD=10, Unr=0
• Eribon: Dom=3, PD=7, Unr=0
• Gwyrth: Dom=3, PD=10, Unr=0
• Iron Range: Dom=6, PD=10, Unr=0
• Saetica: Dom=0, PD=10, Unr=17
• Black Alps: Dom=5, PD=3, Unr=0
• Ancyrna: Dom=3, PD=10, Unr=0
• Bel: Dom=2, PD=2, Unr=0
• Pythium: Dom=4, PD=10, Unr=0
• Feral Woods: Dom=1, PD=1, Unr=0
• Ultima Typhia: Dom=5, PD=10, Unr=0
• Well of All Waters: Dom=4, PD=10, Unr=0

Gem income is:

• +1 Fire (19)
• +0 Air (--)
• +6 Water (12)
• +0 Earth (03)
• +7 Astral (23) (includes 4 Clams)
• +1 Death (10)
• +6 Nature (35)

Magical knowledge (stars denote schools being researched):

• 6-Conjuration*
• 3-Alteration
• 0-Evocation
• 4-Construction
• 3-Enchantment
• 0-Thaumaturgy
• 0-Blood Magic
• 129 RPs (of 160 available at labs)

I recruit and 5 Jotun spearman in Pythium and another Enchantress in the Well of All Waters. I raise the PD of Eribon to 10, Bel to 3, and Feral Woods to 2. These preparations drain the treasury of 362 coins (leaving 200 for building).

I lower the tax rate of Saetica to 50% to quell unrest there.

I have the Skratti Tunne forge another Clam of Pearls and I allot 10 water gems for the task.

The Norna Skade continues her monthly ritual of Awakening Vine Ogres, at a cost of 1 nature gem per month. The Norna Rimdriva uses alchemy to convert 4 nature gems into astral pearls, then she prepares the ritual of Acashic Record for the Feral Woods, expending all of the treasury's 25 astral pearls.

Bdvar moves east into the independent river delta of The Dawn Land (#44). I decide to leave Oedre in place to observe Man and Atlantis, while sending Rod the Scout north into the Second Forest (#143). Tahmar is sent back to Pythium to fetch the next batch of Jotun recruits. Geiserik begins building a temple in the Feral Woods, Erkeborn and Rod the Firbolg move on to Saetica from Ancyrna, and Albrecht moves from Bel to Ancyrna. Bove, now with 41 Jotuns under command, moves to Ultima Typhia (as a sort of temporary, mobile PD), while Grymis the Prophet begins preaching at the temple he just finished in Saetica. Jorgun and Sigrdriva decide to pay a visit to the Ashikagan province of Hoburgdorf ...