Utopia - new MA rich game! (game on!)

[Squirrelloid]

Ux'xthllphlai contemplated the pool of dark liquid in the bowl before [it], heavier than the surrounding sea water. It swirled erratically. The glowing corals in the room pulsing along with its movements, creating the effect of a strobe light triggered by the movements of a rabbit in a sealed plastic bag. Suddenly the behavior of the liquid changed. It eddied into dimensions other than the physical. The bowl deformed, becoming a klein bottle; similar to the proverbial cat in a box, it both contained and didn't contain the universe. When the universe was in the bottle, it had no volume. There was no in the bottle. Ux'xthllphlai looked out of the bottle at [itself] looking at [itself]. Colors out of space and shapes out of time paraded in the nothingness that may or may not have been contained by the bottle with no volume. An electron traveled forward in time, and when time ended, it became a positron and traveled backward in time. Ux'xthllphlai became the bottle, and suddenly the path became clear.

Hours later, Ux'xthllphlai regained consciousness. The corals glowed but dimly, a low constant light. The bowl was once again a bowl, empty of anything except the usual sea water. Righting itself, Ux'xthllphlai went to find the council. [It] had seen what [it] needed to see, the things with the fish tails would soon understand that the falling of the star was to be their doom.

*translators note: [it] denotes a genderless pronoun that nonetheless is distinct from the pronoun used for objects, and specifies a member of the elder peoples who remember the time before the star fell.

[Zeldor]

Shinuayama is land of peace and prosperity. Our leaders, from smallest province to our glorious capital city, care for order and harmonious growth. Our hearts are filled with love for all that lives. So when we started to hear scary rumours from refugees, coming into our southern provinces from Ermor, we could not ignore them. Those were tales of extreme cruelty, death, satanistic rituals, practicing forbidden arts on defenseless citizens. Each day there were more and more of those tales, as refugees kept coming, asking for shelter and help for their families. We could not sit and watch someone build empire on pain and cruelty. Shinuyama decided to come and bring aid to enslaved people, living under Ermor oppression!

[Quitti]

Albrecht von Alemanya surveyed the battlefield. Dying and dead men, both Ermorian and Ulmish. Slaughered horses, translucent scantily clad girls with shadowy spears, struck down and maimed by the antimagic theurgy of black halberds. Black knights, armor and horse barding pierced by ermorian javelins. Crushed skeletal horses and horsemen, crossbow bolts sticking up from the field the feet of the two armies had ground to something resembling more mud than hard earth, soggy with blood. The smell of blood was overwhelming.

Yes. It had been a good fight. A hard victory. Though only a handful of forces remained, they had reached the sea, and messages told that reinforcements were on the way.

Later that night, at the temple of the false Ermorian god, one attempting to usurp the title of the Lord of Forges. Barrels after barrels of rich mineral oil was called up from the deeps by the remaining master smiths. Bodies of the killed Ermorian Hastati, wrapped in plain cloth, wet from the oil, filled the temple. They had to be burned to ashes with the temple, or the ermorian priests would surely practice their unholy magic upon them, reanimating the poor and misled, though well trained soldiers.

Albrecht conjured up a bolt of flame and threw it inside the temple of the false god.

[Zeldor]

BTW, I will be changing hosting to 36h around turn20 [on Friday], as there are some wars starting

[Agent Smith]

Times have been hard in the land of Marignon, war ravages the frontlines, the fires of many battles glow in the distance from the Capital. The people of Marignon look to the future uneasily. These will be no easy times for this nation, the hordes are at the gates. In the nations hour of greatest need, the ruler, Trumanator was incapacitated to add to this nations troubles. The situation is grim ..... a noob, Agent Smith has taken over .......

[Quitti]

Notification to the nations of the land of Utopia! The rightful Lord of the Forges, Hermann von Alemanya has decreed that Dwarven hammers are now available to the other nations, for a price. We accept earth gems or astral pearls (in limited quantities!) as payment. Current pricetag is at 14 gems. PM us if you wish to buy our superior wares, or to negotiate another agreement. Hammers are served on first-come-first-served basis.


Thought of the day: Faith is the sturdiest armour. Hatred the surest weapon.

- Ulm, Ministry of Industry. Official pamphlet sent to anyone concerned.

[namad]

wtt fire/air/water gems for earth gems pst


also ... WTB earth boots x1

[vfb]

Long did the goblins whisper their sweet promises into the ears of the spiders, seeking to seduce them with offers of vast riches. Silly goblins! We spiders do not seek riches, we are just interested in snacks!

We will taste a small sampling of goblin snacks this month.

[namad]

WTB: skull staff x1, WTB: earth boots x1


paying in gems: fire, air, water, or pearls

(looking to acquire earth gems/death)

[Lingchih]

The Nation of Man declares war upon the failed state of Abysia.