Ascendant - Game On!

[Frumious]

So, if R'lyeh and Atlantis team up to keep all us land nations out of the oceans, should us land nations decide to keep R'lyeh and Atlantis from taking a single land province? Who loses more, there? Not us.

[secretperson]

Fat chance on getting all 13 or 15 or however many land based nations to all work together on that

[Darkwind]

It appears Sauromatia already has an astral income. Thanks for showing me our armies, Reno.

[Mozkito]

R'yleh? The ssstar children do not ssscare me. You will rue the day your crystal landed on thisss world!

[Darkwind]

Mozkito said:
R'yleh? The ssstar children do not ssscare me. You will rue the day your crystal landed on thisss world!

What star children do you speak of? Remember, at this point R'lyeh proper is still falling from the sky. Aboleths rule the seas, and a giant shard of flaming gas hasn't squashed them yet.

[Mozkito]

...why you gotta ruin my fun like that? I meant it in a metaphorical sense anyhow ;P

[Darkwind]

I never said my pretender was as old as Ascendant, nor any of the individual Aboleths. Only the Aboleth race as a whole.

By the way, Reno, why is your pretender right next to one of my provinces? I still don't get it.

[Zenzei]

A wind cold and silent as the grave itself blows from the Spire Horn towards the lands of the monkey people and ravens black as night come along with it as they can already taste the coming feast. Soon the ancient people of Kailasa will depart this world and join their ancestors residing the celestial sphere.

Third party nations should think twice about the whisper of R'lyeh, which are trying incite a larger war. Getting involved in the war between Caelum and Kailasa isn't wise for by doing so one is only serving the devious agendas of the aboleths.

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@Shigure: We will have a major battle soon enough.
Please don't nurture hateful thoughts towards Caelum for Eagle Kings are quite fun. Instead, give them a try yourself and soon you will love the sweet odor of ozone.

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@Darkwind: Now that's quite an announcement your Aboleths made there.

[Shigure]

Zenzei said:
We will have a major battle soon enough.

I was really hoping you'd go straight for my capital instead of taking the scenic route through the hinterland. But yes, soon: yavana versus mammoth! ... why do I suspect I'm in trouble?

Please don't nurture hateful thoughts towards Caelum for Eagle Kings are quite fun. Instead, give them a try yourself and soon you will love the sweet odor of ozone.

Oh, I know, I know. I was this close to choosing Caelum for my first game, and almost did this time around, too. But I am getting thoroughly sick of fighting them.

I would make a proposal to all the creatures, be they ape or hairless, of the land -- indeed we should ban the creatures of the sea from our pristine shores, but also the creatures of the sky have no place here. Let them rest upon the water like ducks or soar among the winds, but the land must be reserved for those who would walk or swing from the trees!

[Renojustin]

The prophet of Sauromatia thusly spake, "if the powers of the east and west seas make common cause, nor they shall taste the sweetness of the air long, and be relegated to the depths evermore."

Simians gibber in righteous fury and counterstorm the lands of the winged men, led by shining demigods. The Eagle Lords watch in amusement from their mountain fastnesses and send more of their giant beasts of war to crush their debris-flinging enemies. All of Ulm takes up arms as the expert builders of Marverni raise the first great fortification.

The manflayers seal their borders tight against possible aggression, their heavy taxes oppressing the people who have no choice for the enless, cruel patrols of their masters. The hanged kings and cursed ones quietly and efficiently conquer province after province with none the wiser. The demons, sated from gorging on the hapless populace of their first devastating assault, take another land and begin to feed anew.

The masters of the five elements relentlessly scour their empire for sources of magic, finding trove after trove of places of high magic, and the snake people of the south pursue the secrets of life and death as though their entire culture may depend on it.

The ancient aboleths whisper from the cold seas, and the sleepers awaken...