Silent Seas AAR

[st.patrik]

Turn 20
Caelum once again sent a flock of hawks to attack my border province with T'ien Ch'i! And once again they were beaten off handily. Also, an ill omen was seen (allegedly) in Caelum's capital, and some of my troops were cursed! I think the ill omen was more for him than me - as in 'you are soon going to all be dead'.

Divya has made has way back to the capital and is setting up the ritual to call some Apsaras. Ananda is building another temple adjacent to Caelum's capital. Everything else is quiet.

Below is a map showing the extent of my empire, including the Caelian capital under siege.

[Nerfix]

Hmm, have you considered snatching some neutral provinces to help your war efforts? Or is it not worth it?

Also, do you plan to use the harvested blood slaves for something?

[st.patrik]

Yeah, I am going to take those remaining indys now that I have Caelum boxed up.

re. blood slaves, I don't really have specific plans for them just yet... Maybe I will try to forge something fun later on.

[st.patrik]

Turn 21
Three beautiful Apsaras answered the call and are being entertained in the palace as we speak. Being basically dancing girls they aren't really armed per se, though they have a strong aura of awe (+3) and tend to inspire the (male) Yavanas to do great deeds in battle. I told Divya to do the ritual again.

False belief went down in the province I just built a temple in, but true belief in me has not increased in the other temple province. It seems they need time to make a decision about which god they will follow. Worse still, belief in this false god of the Caelians actually went up in their home province! This despite Devasura's eloquent and rational explanation of why it would be a better idea to serve and follow me!

Ananda is moving into the last province that is adjacent to Caelum's capital to build a temple there. Hopefully these temples will encourage a wise course of action (namely following me).

[st.patrik]

Turn 22
Caelum AGAIN sent hawks against the same border province. Clearly Caelians are a little mentally challenged, either that or the hawks really love that one province. Needless to say I drove them off easily. They also sent hawks against another province, which was slightly less well defended, but thankfully my militia did their job and managed to make the hawks fly away.

Divya called up a few more Apsaras. I recruited a new Yaksha (Arana) to take them and the reinforcement Yavanas down to fortify the line. I think I wil leave an Apsara or two in each squad, to motivate the soldiers to do their best.

Asisa found a very helpful site in her searching that had eluded others: Rustwater. It looks to be some kind of Geyser which produces magical water, earth and fire gems.

Ananda is building a temple. belief in the false god went down in the province I built a temple in last month, but other than that no change.

[Nerfix]

Apsara...hmm, kick and holy. Fire 9 bless for Flaming Punches?

[st.patrik]

Turn 23
Very little happening. Belief in the false Caelian god fell a little. Ananda is now preaching - trying to explain why I am the smart choice for godhood.

[st.patrik]

Turn 24
Another uneventful month. Everyone has been quiet this winter.

Caelum threw some more hawks at me. Belief in him wavered several places. I recruited more troops. I waited patiently.

I guess while I am sitting around waiting for the Caelians to lose faith in their god I will build up an expeditionary force and take some more independant provinces. The border with T'ien Ch'i is strong enough to withstand a medium-sized assault, so I feel fairly secure...

Two years so far and I am still not free of my chains. Still, I am happy with my troops' progress: we have dominated one of the nations that compete for mortals' attention, and even though those mortals haven't yet given us their attention the end is in little doubt. Ghanivallika will conquer all!

[st.patrik]

Turn 25
All the provinces bordering Caelum's capital have given up faith in him. They have not yet embraced faith in me, so I guess you could call them atheists. This is an important step forward though.

Arana is taking what troops I have north, to exchange a few with Ananda. Then he will start a campaign against the remaining independant provinces.

I am recruiting another Yakshini in hopes that she will be skilled enough in nature magic to summon up more of her kind. I have a stockpile of nature gems that I could turn into Yakshas and Yakshinis if I only had the mage with skill enough to perform the ritual.

[st.patrik]

Turn 26
Balakrit, my Markata scout, witnessed some barbarians attacking Vanheim in the deep south of the world. In the fight was Sinfjotle, Vanheim's prophet, who is a hero impressive enough that I could wish he were fighting for Kailasa. His toughness is legendary, not to mention his incredible strength, and skill at both attack and defence.



In Kailasa itself things are less exciting. Arana is working his way north to attack independants. The Yakshini I summoned doesn't know enough nature magic to be helpful, so she has been given the job of helping the Yogis with their research. Otherwise things are stable and frankly uninteresting. Now if I were actually able to be present in the world things would be different...