AAR: The Caelum Confessional

[Calistas]

TURN 22

Turn Results
"...Research complete" - Alteration 5. Lovely. Really I have no idea what I'm doing with my research now other than going for Soul Vortex. Something else will come along I guess. Soon I will need Acashic Record so I might as well get that next.
"...Brigands in heavens hold" - bah! Humbug!
- Queeny easily beats 60-odd units in Stavang. Mind you, the 20 or-so heavy cav. dropped her mirror image.. and got her to 20hp. Ouch!
- Order restored.

Empire Status
- 9 provinces
- Income 543 (T 345) - look! funny backwards forwards number thing!! Ok, not that exciting.

Turn Orders
- Queeny to head into those farmlands even though Zanantes says they are defended by around 90 units. Hey, only a few can ever surround her at once, right!
- Scouty boy heads SE into some woods
- Astral sage heads to Isle of the Hundreds
- Another clam and owl quill are ordered
- 2 sages, a mammoth and some wingless are put on the tab.
- I order a sage to make a horror helm. I wanted a nice 'lead undead' item so I can take the three vampires from my home province (yeah I have some. Wonder if they are useful?) on campaign but for now I will just have to wait. I think Queeny will get the helm. Or more likely my Prophet as she might need all the help she can get if I send her into battle?

Comments
'Nuff said!

[Calistas]

TURN 23

Turn Results
"...Wind gems in Selebir"
"...Plague in Valogda" - Truely, I bring joy wherever I travel!
- Queeny slaughters her way through another independent!
- Unrest put down at home. You will like those high taxes or be damnned!

Empire Status
- 10 provinces
- Income 565 (T 413)

Turn Orders
- I spend a little on 10 PDs for a handfull of those rich provinces.
- Queeny charges off to South Vank. Sound.
- Another Seraph, some archers and a mammoth are ordered taking me down to 3 gold. The prophet heads off with the wingless to pick up the mammoth.
- General carries on patrolling and will meet the Prophet next turn.
- Scout heads south one province.

Comments
My new army is almost ready! I thrill with excitement at the prospects of bashing some heads in with it. Hurah!

[Calistas]

TURN 24

Turn Results
"...No astral site found on Isle"
"...Heavens Gate gets colder" - not having much luck are they? Not that I mind, or care, mwuaha!
- Queeny grabs another province! Nice watery one too.

Empire Status
- 11 provinces
- Income 578 (T 387)

Turn Orders
- My general and prophet head towards Valogda. I want those wastes at Shalen! We'll see how my men handle those flyers again this time.
- My searching scirbe heads to the capital on the way to Shalen.
- Queeny flies to the port of Armavir, that lovely rich one I've been wanting for a while.
- Scout continues to scout the north.
- Two more sages and a high seraph are ...persuaded to join the cause.

Comments
I should be able to take Shalen now I figure. Well, we'll see in a couple of turns! I might take Queeny along for the ride with a different spell set-up.

[Calistas]

TURN 25

Turn Results
"...Witch in Heavens Gate" - what have I done to raise their Ire?!
"...Troops starve in Valodga" - better get this fight on.
- Queeny sneaks into Armavir, spawns a vampire (who gets into a fight there) and then the vampire flees. Leaving me with making a small mistake. Oops.

Empire Status
- 11 provinces
- Income 561 (T 393)

Turn Orders
- Queeny ATTACKs Shalen with the armies and I have her set to cast 'destruction' a lot. This might be the best way to deal with those larger units.
- More seraph's, mammoths and wingless are ordered leaving me with 23 gold.
- Only 42 to Alteration 6 I put the rest into Enchantment and I order another Clam shell be created.

Comments
Lets see how this fight goes now!

[Calistas]

TURN 26

Turn Results
"...Research complete" - Alteration 6
"...Research complete" - Enchantment 2
- Yet AGAIN we don't take Shalen! Having Queeny sneak doesn't help matters at all! All wingless are lost. Damn. Well I'm sure she can take the place this turn. Grrr

Empire Status
- 11 provinces
- Income 554 (T 347)

Turn Orders
- Queeny to ATTACK! Lets hope she doesn't die (Which is why she pops back at home province I have at Last figured out?)
- Armies run home and relieve the starving and rearm.
- I order up a couple of storm general. Maybe a few of these appropriately equiped will make things a bit easier!

Comments
I'm sort-of not surprised by the outcome of the fight. I did take down most of the Gryphon thing so it should be an easier fight.. But Caelum troops are trickier than I'm used to (Jotunheim) so I am really going to have to think a bit harder here! Also, it's time for another fort I think.

[Calistas]

TURN 27

Turn Results
"...Research complete" - Enchantment 3 (great!)
"...Defence increase Isle of Hundred"
- With only amazons and a priestess and sorceress left Queeny snacks on Shalen and at Last it is mine ALL MINE!

Empire Status
- 12 provinces
- Income 565 (T 421)

Turn Orders
- Queeny searches. There must be something there. The sage joins her in that province.
- Army patrols at home.
- A new general flies to South Lakewood. With a good resource income there it will do fine for another fort place.
- I recruit another 2 sages and a seraphine.. Just because I can.
- Army recruitment continues but I don't get many wingless per turn.
- Remembering Acashic Record is CONJURATION I switch to the CORRECT BLOODY SPELL LINE!
- I order another clam and three longbow's of accuracy. I figure I might give my generals something to use and I don't want them tooo close to any bloody panicky Mammoths. I consider a spot of armor for the lads too but not this turn.

Comments
Have realised I need to get rid of the unrest in Heaven's Hold. Will have to do that next turn.

[Calistas]

TURN 28

Turn Results
"...Research complete" - Conjuration 1 and 2
"...Three magic sites found" - Queeny finds two wells of white water and a mercury pond. Four water crystals from one province!
"...Proclomation from Man"
"...Order restored in Starko"

Empire Status
- 12 provinces
- Income 602 (T 471)
- 245-odd research a turn btw.

Turn Orders
- Sage to search in Shalen.
- Soul vortexed and invulnerable Queeny heads to the wastes to the NE to bash some heads.
- Fort ordered in South Lankwood.
- General to Heaven's Hold with Mammoths to remove the unrest.
- Bows handed out.

Comments
Nothing spectacular. Plodding along as required!