Re: Global situation. Turn 10
My little band of Seers are delighted by your summary YellowCacti.
I was thinking of pasting the rumours in this thread as well. They are fairly cryptic and ominous, so I guess they would be the words of some prophet. Incidentally, if you would like to send a rumour, feel free to do so (or the gist of a rumour).
The highlights after turn 6:
- The realm of Vanheim is the biggest in the known world, and their wealth is second only to the Iron Kingdom of Ulm.
- Pythium and Pangaea have been blessed with an abundance of magic jewels.
- Caelum remains the most enlightened realm in the world, and their knowledge of arcana is unparalleled.
- The land of Ermor is a place of great importance for the spirituality; nowhere else is the power of a Pretender greater than in their realm.
- The armies of Mictlan and Ermor are the most numerous at present.
The highlights for turn 7:
- The Sibling realm of Pythium and the Blazing realm of Abysia are the smallest in the known world; these nations seem content with their ancient possessions.
- Ermor is the poorest land in the realm, where even copper is worth a small king's ransom.
- The Iron realm of Ulm, the Antediluvian realm of Arcoscephale, the Fiery realm of Marignon and the Northern Marches of Jotunheim are the lands where fewest magic jewels can be found.
- The Fiery realm of Marignon is the place where knowledge is the least pursued, perhaps as a side result of the work of the Inquisition.
- The deities of Mictlan have the least power among their subjects, surely because they require much more of their believers than those soft Goddesses and Gods do.
- The army of Caelum is the smallest in the world; the Caelites are said to have lost any taste for weapons they might have had, and perhaps all measure of courage they ever had.
Turn 8:
Everything seems so quiet now that fall is coming to an end. With the ever shortening days and the white mantle of winter spreading over the land, warfare should come to an end... or so was hoped.
Rumours of an unlikely union between the two realms of the Northern Marches, Jotunheim and Vanheim, were becoming more common. Together, the Northern realms hold more land than any other, and winter will certainly not prevent them from expanding their holdings further. It appears that blood will dot the snow after all.
Turn 9:
During those long nights in the heart of winter, the common folk gather by the fireplace, exchanging stories to raise their spirit. Where the harvest was bountiful, a few prayers in glory to the One can be heard, thanking the Pretender for this new found abundance. Where food is scarce, the One is called upon in the hopes of better days to come.
Boasts about the greatness of one's nation are frequent, regardless of the actual welfare of the realm; but not all the braggarts have equal reason to be so content. Bold would be the one claiming to know the future, for there was no telling which realm would be first to fall; when faced by the cold iron and the fury of magic, pride means so little.
Turn 10:
The longest day was over, and the grip of winter was weakening day after day. Many times the sun would rise and fall before the green hues of spring would arrive, as all were reminded by the biting cold in the mornings. Soothsayers spoke of this year as the Bittersweet winter, an herald of the times to come, and of the increasing strength of the Icy Gods.
The weather was not the only reason for some of the shivers that were felt this year however. Dire tidings from the Sibling realm of Pythium were brought by travellers; their words were not for the wonders of Pythium, often called the jewel of civilisation and humankind, but for the battles that were fought near the city. Some had it Pythium itself had already been sacked, others claimed the invaders had been crushed; each time the story was told, the fate of Pythium changed.
On one thing did the rumours agree: that Pythium could be endangered thus, or fall so swiftly, was no good omen for the future.
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