Mid Era Orania (STARTED)

[Die51]

You moved off of my capital. Killed my raiding army, as 'everything I had' raided the then empty province of my capital.

You are good btw. Gotta give you congrats on that. Rocking my world.

[DrPraetorious]

48 hr host interval is now up.

[Baalz]

The fourth and final piece of the axis of evil has shown their hand. An army of the dead march into our territories as Vanheim continues to worry its hold on our neck like a bull dog. The armies of Man march against us, and it is only a matter of time before Marignon attempts more arcane strikes into our empire. Dark times indeed, my friends.

The horns have sounded, and an army marches forth to oppose the walking dead. Behind their vast legions a communion of Therugs hopes to match the power of our own communions, enslaving the will of free men so that they have no more mind than the shuffling long dead they march beside. They are in for a sad shock however, Arcoscoscephale has more than one trick up its sleeve. This battle should be joined in another month or two and, Baal willing, we will push back into the lands of the dead to teach them the lesson that the bloody noses of their allies tell and relieve the press applied to our Ulmish friends.

Good news on the western front. The hosts of Man have had their back broken as their leadership withers under a massive assault of mind hunts, their vine ogres crumble and brave knights left orderless. Everywhere their provinces fall and their castles are stormed as our Caelish allies help us rid the world of this misguided nation. They should be put out of their misery soon. Elsewhere our raiders push into Marginon land in an attempt to aid our aquatic friends in their battle with the fundamentalist zealots. As there come to be less and less lands of Man to conquer, more of our forces will push in and exact some vengeance for the foul sneak attack perpetrated several months past. Hopefully our monstrous allies will then be in a better position to aid in the overall war effort. One last annoyance from Man is the bards which attempt to spread discontent among our lands. Thus far they have been a mere annoyance, but if their numbers continue to grow they may require more of a direct response.

In the heartlands, the tale grows grimmer. With our forces pulled in so many directions Vanheim continues to slowly, methodically, inexorably capture our castles. Their hosts are vast, and their efforts tireless. Once the nation of Man is consigned to the history books and our war heroes return there will be hell to pay, but for the time being the castellans utilize stalling tactics and shell games to slow the advance to a manageable level. Their main host fears to split, so there should be time for reinforcements to arrive as our raiders bloody some of their own homelands. Sadly, we remain unable to recapture the great citadel in our capital as the cowardly Vanir maintain a flock of near 500 black hawks working feverishly to repair any damage to the walls. On other fronts, the van raiders tremble as they once again become the target of the mind hunts. In the time it took to chastise Man they have once again come to infest us like fleas. Ah well, as one master astrologist was heard to say this just makes for a target rich environment.

[FAJ]

Your posts need cliff notes dude!

[Die51]

Cliff notes:

Ermor, Marignon, Man, and Vanheim smell bad.

R'lyeh, Caelum, and Arco rule.

Ulm is kinda pathetic but we like them anyways.

[FAJ]

Phase 1: Marignon layeth the smackdown
Phase 2:
Phase 3: Profit

[DrPraetorious]

QHing is back on.

Sorry about that.

[DrPraetorious]

Server will be down briefly for routine maintanence.

[Baalz]

Not sure if it's a bug, me doing something completely retarded, or something more nefarious, but somehow on both my major battles this turn my large groups of mages got placed in front of my infantry. What a thoroughly depressing turn.

[DrPraetorious]

Nefarious? You have a password set, I assume?

If you put a commander inside the square of a squad, behavior can be erratic. Also, they are relative positions.... it can do strange things.