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The last time the council ring convened was at the end of the year, mere weeks before Sacred Time. This last year has not been kind to the Sky Sons; we lost our clan leader, Garstal to a hero quest, and were forced to re-organize the council ring in order to satisfy Eurmal's mad whims. Not to mention our assaults on the blight-born Vostangs have yet to net anything except dead soldiers.

Perhaps the dawn of a new year will change the luck of the Sky Sons, but what should we pursue in the last few days of this one?

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>>26605452

Perhaps the most pressing concern is the diminished number of weaponthanes; trolls slew many of our trained warriors this year, and without more, we'll have difficulty protecting caravans or even our tula without stretching our forces too thin. We could take on more warriors in this space before Sacred Time.

>>26605575

Thankfully, our food problems from last year are mostly resolved; now we're not at risk of a sudden shortage. Though when we lost some of our farmland to a sudden opening in the earth, we did promise the cottars that we'd cut down more forest to make room for farms. We will need more cattle if we wish to expand and take down more than a few hides worth of trees, however.

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>>26605782

The profit of our markets has also improved after finally entering a trade agreement with our allies, the Wolves. Now new goods flow into our coffers every season as opposed to every year. We're supporting about as much trade as we possibly can right now, though with more veneration to Issaries, our wealth will increase even further.

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>>26606081

The Sky Sons have more enemies than allies out in Dragon Pass, unfortunately. An alliance of opportunity was forged with the Blackrocks, thanks to our shared worship of Humakt and our shared respect for duck-kind. The Swamp Ducks and Beaker Ducks also regard us well, the latter for allow them to use our shrine to Humakt and the latter for entering into peace agreements when we first discovered them.

The Vostangs are our eternal hated foe, and while we feud with the Peluskis, we do not hold the same level of disgust and sheer rage at them that we reserve for the Vostangs. Relations with the Stag Hearths has not gone well either, due to the intractibleness of their women.

>>26606081
Holy crap, we finally got the wolves to trade with us?

>>26605575
Recruit more weaponthanes.

>>26606583
Sad that we need so many weaponthanes when we've never had a successful raid.

>>26606371
I suppose a cattle raid on the Vostangs is out of the question.

>>26606638
With 12 thanes total? I'd think so.

>>26606650
>>26606638
Low on thanes and low on cows, this is not a good situation to be in.

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>>26606570

They desired access to a cache of gems that Ernaldess found while exploring our tula. Hankorl negotiated the trade agreement while Valensta was off on another mission.

>>26606583
>>26606614

.... unfortunately, Valensta took all of the spare horses with her to market with the Kadarvis. Until she returns with the one she couldn't sell or we acquire them through some other means, we cannot take on more warriors. I apologize for this oversight.

>>26606693

Ones she could not sell, that is. Valensta is a skilled trader, but I do not know how much the Kadarvis hurt for horses.

>>26606693
Well fuck. At least we have truesword, fat lot of good it has been doing us.

>>26606693
>More population than cows
>More children than farmers

The absolute WORST.

>>26606693
Explore our Tula, perhaps?
Can't think of much else to do otherwise, that doesn't cost us funds.

>>26606693
We have an awful lot of people sick, are our farmers overworked?

>>26606767
Yeah, normally I'd suggest emissaries but we're too poor right now.

>>26606810
Too poor to bribe people not to rob us.
Ain't that a hoot.

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>>26606757

Hopefully Valensta will return with many cows from the Kadarvis. At least, that is why we sent her to them.

>>26606767
>>26606810

Ernaldess was our go-to explorer now, but her position on as war leader on the ring means that Voskandora will explore our tula in her stead.

>>26606804

As of this moment, no, though they have been for the past few years. Chalana Arroy's Curing ritual will hopefully get our cottars back on their feet.

>>26606831
Truly we are a cursed people.

>>26606832
Make it so then.

Maybe we'll find a treasure.

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>>26606832

While Voskandora explores our lands, the Wolves come with their yearly tribute of goods in exchange for our gems. The increase in silver is always welcome, as is the respect of our allies.

>>26606857
Maybe we'll eventually save enough enough goods to build that stone wall.

Sure would be nice.

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>>26606857

While our explorers hunt our lands for wealth, a number of the noble ladies approach the ring and voice many complaints about our new chief, Endal. Some of their complaints are out of his control, while others are disagreements about his priorities as a leader. How should we settle this matter, fellows?

>>26606920
I bet Renatha is behind this.

>>26606920
Ask who put them up to it.

>>26606920
Does Endal not have good leadership?

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>>26606950
>>26606964

Renatha is not behind the anger of these women; it's actually Arene, a former member of the council ring. The women repeat their complaints, and demand that something be done.

>>26606986

His is Good, but Arene's is Excellent.

>>26607006
Right, I was thinking Arene was Renatha. I get them Ernaldans mixed up.

Anyways, we need to have arene killed.

>>26607006
Either dispute or remind them of their duty.

>>26607006
Reminds them of their duty, yeah.

>>26607006
If we're good enough at arguing, debate it.

If you don't think we're up to the task then I suppose we should just remind them of their duty.

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>>26607042
>>26607091
>>26607110

Thankfully, the band of nobles do listen to our lawspeaker, Kulbrast, as he points out that Endal is our proper chief and they are sworn to follow him. Perhaps his difficulty is in speaking to Stag Hearths, not women.

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>>26607131

Valensta also returns, bringing over two score of cattle with her. A very welcome sight indeed.

>>26607147
Hey, 6 horses!

You know what to do with those.

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>>26607147

Unlike Valensta, however, Vosokandra comes back empty-handed. Though, I would not call this cause to be concerned just yet; after all, Ernaldess explored for two seasons before finding the gems that the Wolves desired so much.

>>26607161

Valensta traded six horses, she didn't acquire them. Though I do not now precisely how many she left with; perhaps she did not sell all she took to market.

>>26607190
Oh, sorry.

Still, we made a hefty profit. The cow to horse rate is 4 to 1.

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>>26607235

Very true. Valensta is the most skilled trader in the entire clan, and is eager to take silver and cows from other clans.

>>26607190

Speaking of the situation of our warriors, some of the thanes approach the ring and demand that we take on more. Satisfying them shouldn't be too difficult, since it is what we desired in the first place.

Should we send Valensta out on a mission to find more thanes, or accept any that step forth? Or take another path that the clan desires more?

What's the mood of our clan at the moment?

>>26607267
send Valensta out for two or three seasons or as long as it takes, really

>>26607267
Woo, free warriors!

>>26607273

Our failed heroquest has not inspired a lot of confidence in the clan. Overall, they are dissatisfied, the farmers are shaken, and the thanes are resolved.

>>26607024
Well, I'm pretty sure we could find use for her abilities, such as making her our emissary. *cought* to Cragspider *cought*.

>>26607315
if the thanes are resolved, we could maybe get out of this with a poem and seek out weaponthanes by our own schedule.

>>26607321
Trolls are already raiding us enough, we should put it off until we are on better footing.

>>26607296
I don't think we'll need her to trade for a while so send her for as long as it takes.

>>26607346
Yeah, but this gives us weaponthanes without having to waste an action. Win-win.

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>>26607296
>>26607399

Valensta will spend two seasons abroad searching for strong sword-arms to serve the clan. Hopefully she can lead them home just as she led home the cows she took from the Kadarvis.

And with that, this less-than-fortunate year comes to a close. Thanks to the last bit of trading, however, we do look a bit more prosperous than we did a year ago. Our failed heroquest and change in leadership still stings, however.

>>26607413
Buncha goods, very nice.

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>>26607413

And indeed, fortune smiles upon us this Sacred Time, and the omens are good for avoiding kinstrife this coming year. Given the enemies that surround us, the last thing we need is to fight amongst ourselves. And the omens for crops aren't poor, either.

So, now, what should we give magic to this year? Heroquesting may not be wise, given our failure this year. We still hold the ire of the trolls, so some magic to war would be prudent as well. We have many sick, so healing magic would be useful, too.

>>26607413
Whoa, new shrine to Chalanna arroy? Interesting, although I've always find it to be kind of worthless.

>>26607463
Shit, has our reputation fallen since last Sacred Time?

>>26607463
2 crops
2 war
1 herds
1 health
1 trade

>>26607557
Looks like it, back at the middle.

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>>26607546

We have many sick farmers, to the point where it was interfering with our ability to harvest crops. The idea was to use her Curing ritual until they were better, then enact rites of Healing when we took many injuries in combat.

>>26607557
>>26607582

Not since last Sacred Time, no. It's the same as it was then.

>>26607616
Yeah, but you don't need a shrine to get curing. You can just sacrifice a bit to her and she'll cute some right away.

Should we invest in diplomacy?

>>26607567
I'd do this, except switch war and health, because I don't know if we'll be able to raid that much.

>>26607699

This is true, though the shrine protects us from maladies incurred after we sacrificed to her, and will keep our people healthier overall.

>>26607754

That is up to the clan ring. Magic given to Diplomacy will help us interact better with our neighbors, such as when attempting to establish trade relations, end feuds, or start alliances. If this is what the clan desires, then investments there are wise.

>>26607784
War helps in defense as well.

>>26607802
Would diplomacy magic have any effect if we don't send out emissaries?

>>26607830

It would have less of an effect, but it could help us in certain events. Such as if the Stag Hearths lobbied more complaints against us, or if our carls desired for us to try and make peace with the Peluskis again.

>>26607860
Isn't our main diplomat busy, though?

Well invest the magic and be done with it; Let's get this train wreck a rollin'.

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>>26607881

Valensta is our best trader, but Hankorl is a good diplomat and trader as well.

Does this satisfy the desires of the ring?

>>26607950
I don't exactly know what we're planning for the year ahead, but this should be ok regardless.

>>26607950
Looks good to me.

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>>26607950

The magic is sent out, with our hopes for a better year with them.

Our first bit of news isn't pleasant, though; Gadrostan, a skilled hunter and follower of Odayla, has died at the age of 65.

>>26607985
Survival, I hope.

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>>26608062

With the rituals for Sacred Time complete, we enter into Sea Season. A bit of good news is that the cows Valensta procured has more than doubled the amount of land our cottars can add to our fields. We did promise to clear more land when a gaping chasm opened in our fields; now may be a good time to clear the forests and gain more farmland.

>>26608116
Destroy the elfhomes!

>>26608116
Take on 15 more hildes.
Leave some wiggle room so those that die and get sick or wounded don't lead to the rest being over worked.

And yeah, cut down as much of the trees as we can. They make it easier to raid us.

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>>26608162

The Sky Sons take axe to the wild lands, and once they are done, we have more worked lands than unworked ones. Our tula is so vast, though, that there are still plenty wild spaces left in our home.

>>26608201
We shoulda taken more pastures to displace more elves.

Ah well, At least we have a good bunch of cows.

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>>26608201

While we uphold our promise to the carls, they come to the council ring once more. Led by Jarosar, they complain of our failed raids the last few seasons, and the impact they've had on the clan's ability to farm. This is an opportunity to improve the attitude of our farmers, if we so choose. How should we respond to these requests?

>>26608251
Persuade him he's wrong.

Because he fucking is.

>>26608251
What do they want us to do, not get raided by trolls? Yeah, we'd all like that.

>>26608382

I think his desire is for us to not assault others at least for a little while, in order to lessen the strain on the fyrd. Less raids means less counter-raids, after all.

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>>26608374

Attempting to persuade Jarostar against what many believe was less fruitful than hoped. Given the lack of loot taken from the Vostangs the last few seasons, it's easy to see why.

>>26608251
Let's curtail our raids for a little while, then.

>>26608422
You'd think, but even the people we've never raided seem to have it out for us.

>>26608511
Fucking carls.

>>26608374
>>26608511
Why would you try to reason with carls? They're going to carl no matter what.

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>>26608511

Our decision has done little to raise the spirits of our cottars and carls; we'll need to take some more drastic actions if we want to raise their moods. Though on a better note, our sick are recovering much better, thanks to the intervention of Chalana Arroy and a more balanced workload.

Valensta has not yet returned with more warriors; she should return sometime in Fire Season, hopefully. What should we do with the rest of the planting season, fellows?

>>26608601
It's not reasoning, it's persuading.

It's worked before!

>>26608603
Lift their spirits with a surprise early raid!

>>26608603
Ooh, almost enough goods for a stone wall.

That'll be handy.

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>>26608656

>>26608603
Can't think of much else to do besides exploring.

Normally I'd say try trading some but we need those goods for fortification and our best trader is away.

>>26608658
Maybe if we explore somewhere, we can find either goods, or some sort of resource to get more goods so we can get our wall up.

Who are we in debt to?

>>26608684
True. However I don't think it's a good thing to have our already small amount of weaponthanes far from our tula during fire season.

Maybe in earth we can have them branch out more?

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>>26608658

Indeed; perhaps come Fire Season, our markets and crafters will have made enough profit for us to build a stone wall to protect our tula.

>>26608682
>>26608684
>>26608715

Vosokandra stands ready to search the darker regions of Dragon Pass on our order. Should we send her out of our tula, and perhaps into the wilds around us in hopes of treasure? Or keep her close to home?

>>26608732
I'd like to send her further but in the harrowing fire, I don't know if we can afford the risk.

>>26608696

Quite a few tribes, unfortunately. We owe favors to the Arnorings, Blue Spruces, Boskovis, Karandolis, Kadarvis, the Narris, the Orlevings, the Rakstanti, the Taralings, and the Wolves.

>>26608787
Yeah well, you can't get water from a stone so good luck to them.

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>>26608808

For now it just means that we should be honorable if they come to us for aid, and if we happen upon a surplus, giving it to them without being asked will make others see us better.

Voskosandra sets out to our tula, hoping to find riches and treasure once more. In the meantime, a gargantuan monster of chaos with a taste for mutton looms upon us! All agree that we do not have the might to slay such a creature on our own, and that we need aid to do so. Where shall we seek it; in neighboring clans, from Uroxi, or from the Storm Bull himself?

>>26608869
WHAT
THE
FUCK

Never saw that before. Are we going to die very soon?

>>26608869
Oh shit.
Get some Uroxi warriors up in here. We've seen the prowess of their warriors, even if the one in question was a filthy traitor who served the chaos-wielding Vostangi.

>>26608941

Hopefully not, if we can destroy the monster before its tastes change from sheep to farmers.

>>26608869
Uroxi warriors live for this shit, let's get them

>>26608869
Send for Uroxi warriors, tell them that it drops rare equipment, but they can only fight it if they gather a group of 40.

>>26608869
Ah. I wondered about the consequences of that failed heroquest.

That answers that, huh?

>>26608982
Elmal is no longer guarding our stead.

>>26608956
Farmers nothing, that nigger has a taste for temples and fortifications.

Get some Uroxi to kill it dead.

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>>26608952
>>26608959
>>26608974

Two Uroxi slay the terrible beast, but after it's consumed two of our horses; a loss we can ill afford. The Storm Bulls advise us to give proper deference to their god in the future, something that many see as wisdom.

>>26609011
I bet the Vostangi are behind this.

>>26609029
>Vostangi

Of course... The classic two-man con.
One of them summons up a chaos beast and sics it on us, while the other claims to be Uroxi and kills it.

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>>26609011

Er, wait, no they don't slay the thing; I misread what the response was. I apologize; this is the first time I've seen this event myself.

The terrible creature continues to loom over our tula. Should we take the advice of the Uroxi, or perhaps trust in our own power and attack the thing on our own?

>>26609011
Can we afford to sacrifice right now?

>>26609056
welp

>>26609011
We learned that lesson the hard way, we should get an Urox temple up, posthaste.

>>26609057
We can't afford NOT to sacrifice.

Make it so, may the storm bull grant us his scouring winds.

>>26609057
Can we afford to be eaten by a chaos monster? Sacrifice that shit.

>>26609056
I say we dress Kenstrel as a horse and use him as bait to distract it while we sacrifice to Urox.

>>26609011
>Two Uroxi show up
>We lead them to the monster
>It's busy eating all our horses
>The Uroxi point at it
>Oh, well here's your problem. Looks like you've got chaos beasts. Big 'uns too.

Thanks, guys.

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>>26609107

What gifts are appropriate to invoke Urox's protection?

>>26609137
I bet they're going to charge a consultation fee for that, too.

>>26609139
Let's sacrifice goods. It might put us a bit further behindin getting the stone wall, but we can't eat goods.

>>26609139
15 goods and 15 cows.

So much for that stone wall.

>>26609139
20 cattle is standard, right? We're in a desperate situation, but we can't exactly afford a big sacrifice, so 20 should do, and cattle instead of goods, because Urox is a cattle, I think.

>>26609147
Fucking Vostangi.

>>26609172
Why would we kill cows to gain the approval of a bull god?

>>26609196
Cuz he likes blood.

>>26609196
You're sending the animals to his realm, and he wants to be with his kind.

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>>26609169
>>26609171
>>26609172

The monster continues to plague our tula as we make our offerings to the Chaos Smiter, but the god-talkers say that Urox received our gifts and gave us his blessings in combat.

I can think of no other time to attack, fellow thanes. Should we trust in the Storm Bull and slay this foul creature?

>>26609219
Naw it doesn't work that way.

Cow sacrifices don't go over well with Uralda for instance.

>>26609229
Yes, we're not in a position to go asking for favours.

>>26609229
Fuck that was a lot of cows.

Nothing else to do now but ATTACK

>>26609229
Don't got much choice otherwise aye?

>>26609229
We have the two Uroxi Warriors with us and a bless from Urox, so there's nothing left but to slap some shit

>>26608869
Truly we are a cursed people.

>>26609229
CLEAVE AND SMITE

>>26609262
Maybe it will be so stuffed from eating all our cows sheep and horses it will fall asleep.

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>>26609289

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>>26609252
>>26609254
>>26609257
>>26609289

The foul monster lies dead. Its body may have polluted our tula, but at least it is no longer consuming our livestock. Urox be praised.

>>26609294
Maybe it will fall asleep after it's done FUCKING YOUR MOM ALL NIGHT!

Wanker, we kill the beast now. End of the line.

>>26609307
Great, now we have a dead chaos spot on our tula. Lovely.

>>26609307
Well shit. Have we lost much farmland?

>>26609307
Fucking chaos. Even when you win against them, you lose.

>>26609307
Well that could have been worse.

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>>26609307

After the hubbub of the chaos assault dies down, Renatha reports that the carls are thankful that we honored our promise to them, and that their spirits are lifted. A bit of welcome news after such a poor turn of events.

>>26609307
>Down 25 cows, 15 goods, who knows how many horses and sheep, 1 weaponthane, 1 magic, some cropland.

A few more victories like that and we'll all be dead.

>>26609354
Great. Make up for the sinkhole and then a chaos orgy pollutes our land.

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>>26609334
>>26609329
>>26609409

Despite the noxious form of the rotting chaos beast, it does not affect our ability to grow crops or keep our cattle. It must have died somewhere out in the woods, perhaps.

And with that, Fire Season is upon us. Neither Valensta or Voskandra have returned yet, so the traditional raiding may want to wait until they return with more stout warriors. Invoking Urox's favor against further chaos may be a wise action to take. Or whatever else is the clan's desire. I await your orders.

>>26609428
How many patrols do we have? Maybe we should beef them up a little

>>26609428
FIVE horses?

Fuck man.

>>26609473
We can't, we don't have enough horses.

>>26609428
Let's get righteous with Urox. Maybe with the favor of he and Humakt, we can finally defeat the damned Vostangi.

>>26609428
Time to bunker down and farm our losses away?

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>>26609473

Half our thanes are on long patrol, while half of the remainder are on close patrol. We could put more of them on defense, but no time to rest or train will lead to them growing weary and irritable.

>>26609516
Naw. We should wait and get a Stone Wall first.

Fortifications only have the upfront cost and help in all raids after that.
And a stone wall is POWERFUL.

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>>26609556

Unfortunately, we lack the resources to construct a wall of stone just yet, and our best trader is still out searching for more warriors to defend us with. We can afford Urox's aid right now, however.

Should we ask for his aid once more, or pursue something else in these sweltering days?

>>26609604
Of course we can't afford it right now, but we will be able to very soon.

>>26609604
Urox is busy, let's improve morale with a good old fashioned raid.

>>26609556
>>26609525
I see the wisdom in this. Very well, let us bide our time.

>>26609604
Urox can wait.

>>26609634
We're not strong enough right now, and the carls are about to revolt. A raid wouldn't help mood, and would probably just result and us getting cattle raided.

>>26609662
It's fucking ridiculous. EVERY RAID against the Vostangi we've outnumbered them and killed more of their people with almost no casualties.

AND WE'VE STILL LOST EVERY TIME

>>26609687
Perhaps the spite of our men has them focusing on direct confrontation, rather than profit? I dare say, raiding them with such a bias is foolhardy. We ought to go after someone else for once.

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>>26609662

The clan mood was improved when we held our word, but no one can yet call it positive. More failed raids will indeed lead to more quabbles, omens against kinstrife or no.

>>26609687

It was the same way when we were assaulted by trolls; we relied on our fortifications to protect us, and they found no way to enter our tula.

If we truly wish to strike at the Vostangs, we should weaken them before going for a mortal blow. Perhaps by having Eurmal curse them, or by trying to destroy their fortifications instead of just taking plunder.

>>26609725
What, and piss our neighbors off even MORE?
At least with the Vostangi we know where the hate is coming form.

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>>26609742
>If we truly wish to strike at the Vostangs, we should weaken them before going for a mortal blow. Perhaps by having Eurmal curse them, or by trying to destroy their fortifications instead of just taking plunder.

>>26609742
Destroying fortifications is really, really hard though.

>>26609777
>Can't succeed at plunder, the easiest kind of raid
>Decide to try and make it easier
>By attempting the third hardest kind of raid

>>26609768
Having Elmal curse them is awfully appealing...

But sacrifices are expensive

>>26609814
Err, Eurmal I mean.

>>26609814
So farm up, bunker down, capitalism ho!

As far as that's possible in KoDP... getting 'rich' always takes so long in this game...

>>26609858

So what would you have us do for this season? Simply pass the time until our emissaries return?

>>26609858
Shame we're not super powerful like you know who.

They LIKED getting raided, because it meant fertilizer for their fields and another 200 goods each time, with horses as icing on the cake.

>>26609876
What else could we do? Explore that tula some more?

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>>26609897

We're still waiting for Vosokandora to return from an exploration. We could send another out, but I'm not sure of the wisdom of it.

>>26609934
We are? Where did we send her?

>>26609934
So we should chillax and just farm away right?

>>26609934
I 'spose just wait then.

Nothing more we can do.

>>26609934

Sending an emissary out to ask for gifts from those in our debt is also another option. The Blackrocks might gift us with silver to finish building our walls.

>>26609963

At the end of Earth Season. She should return swiftly, assuming no foul luck befell her.

>>26609970
>>26609972

If that is the desire of the clan, I will do so.

>>26609970
We could try a cattle raid.

Of course, if we get caught then we'd be powerful fucked.

So yeah, nevermind.

>>26609983
People being in debt to you makes them more lenient to you though. It's a good thing.

>>26609983
>Sending an emissary out to ask for gifts from those in our debt is also another option. The Blackrocks might gift us with silver to finish building our walls.

What are the chances of success for that?

And what are the scenarios of failure.

If failure just means we had some dudes walk a lot, big deal. But I don't want to see more resources going down the drain you know.

>>26609983
Oh, you mean the lady we sent to get more Weaponthanes?
Or an actual explorer?

>>26610022

An actual explorer. One of our best combatants and a worshipper of Vinga.

>>26610020

By Orlanthi law, clans are honor-bound to return favors owed when called upon unless they are literally incapable of fulfilling what was asked for. Asking for more than the traditional amount will earn us the ire of our neighbors, and asking for less will make us appear generous. The only opportunities for failure are if whomever we approach has nothing to give, or if the caravan is attacked while traveling.

>>26610086
Of course, sending out a group asking for favors leaves less thanes around the tula to defend.

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>>26610110

This is true as well.

While Voskandora is exploring our tula, they meet a man who dresses himself in scales of bark. He utters a prophecy, in which we will become embroiled in a feud over stones, after which we must give away one of our treasures, else we will fall prey to more beasts.

Almost everyone on the ring considers him mad, though Kenstrel sees a kindred spirit and wishes to adopt him. What should we do about this unique man living on our lands?

>>26610086
So what I'd like to say is that we'd ask our weakest allies for gifts.

Since they're weak, there's a big chance they'll ask us for a gift sooner or later, so we'll have our influence back.

Sounds solid right?

Of course, if we can only get gifts from powerful clans, I'd rather keep that influence for later, when we're back on our feet.

>>26610201
Shit, I never had this event.

>>26610201
Bah, it's just random gibberish.

No way should we give our treasures away.

Maybe we should trade blacktail for a less mortal treasure though.

>>26610201
Search to adopt him I suppose, although I doubt we'll have any luck.

>>26610244
Are you sure?

>>26610263
Of which part?

>>26610282
That bark-man is just a madman.

>>26610201
>>26610201
What are his exact words about the treasure and the beasts?

>>26610326

His entire prophecy is in the image.

>>26610326
Well, we'll see won't we?

My bet is the rock he's talking about is the War-rock of that one clan.

>>26610344
It cuts off at dispute?

>>26610201
Do nothing.

Time will test his prophesies, we can do no more.

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>>26610371

Sorry, uploaded the wrong pic. Here's the full text.

>>26610201
Looks kind of like the Teller of Lies...

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>>26610384
>>26610244

At least now we have the crazy man's prophecy; if he turns out to be correct, we will know what to do come that time.

>>26610402
>>26610402
Slimy monsters? I'm sure we can handle them.

Treasures are valuable man, giving one up is crazy.

>>26610415
Now you mention, for a prophet he sure uses events that happened very recently.

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>>26610438

Valensta finally returns to us as well, with nine strong warriors in tow. Now, everyone agrees, the Sky Sons have more than enough to defend themselves, and even enough warriors to perhaps attack another clan if we so chose. Everyone breathes easier now with almost double the amount of thanes we had at the beginning of the season.

>>26610509
24 thanes?

Now that's what I'm fucking talking about.

>>26610509
Do we still only have 25 horses?

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>>26610509

Both Vosokandora and Valensta returned just in the nick of time, as the Oak Trees come once more for Sky Son blood. Thankfully, we saw them approach, and with the full might of the fyrd, we match their footsoldiers and have double their trained warriors.

How should we go about protecting the tula?

>>26610540

I can't look at that right now, but I believe these new warriors bring their own horses.

>>26610558
Charge, drive them off?

>>26610558
That stone wall sure would have been nice right about now.

Fucking Chaos behemoth.

>>26610558
I dunno man, I'm bad at combat.

Just do whatever we need to do to win with a good win margin. We don't need more losses.

>>26610580
Shame we haven't done Orlanth's heroquest, that Klanth treasure would be incredibly handy.

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>>26610580
>>26610597

We quickly make our way to the Oak Tree lines, bringing our blades to them while they were giving sacrifices to the gods.

Once battle is joined, Fantarl is challenged to a duel by an enemy Humakti. Under the laws of their god, Fantarl is supposed to accept, but this opponent will offer a challenge to him. How should he deal with this foe?

>>26610655
HONOUR OVER DISHONOUR!

>>26610655
LET HUMAKT JUDGE

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>>26610689
>>26610723

The fight was honorable, and the better man stood after the duel. To die in combat is one of the highest honors for a Humakti; Fantarl now resides in his god's stead.

>>26610762
That sucks. We better still win the battle.

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>>26610762

Rallied by the victory of their champion, the Oak Trees press hard and manage to take two cows from our herd. However, they pay dearly for the two heads of cattle, while we suffer little. A loss, yes, but far from the worst we've endured in recent days.

>>26610762
God damn it.

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>>26610796

While we tend to our wounded, an injured Uroxi makes his way to our tula. He claims that he was ambushed by worshippers of Chaos, and seeks aid from the Sky Sons. How should we treat this unexpected visitor?

>>26610796
>Vastly outnumber them
>Inflict massive casualties
>Still lose the battle

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>>26610762

>>26610829
He's probably a fucking Vostangi... But I suppose we owe him the benefit of the doubt after the Uroxi helped with our little chaos problem.

Tend to him and then lend him warriors to fight Chaos.

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>>26610762
One of our best men. Succeeded in gaining us a treasure from a heroquest even.

He'll be missed, but he's with Orlkarnth now.

>>26610829
Let him stay. Perhaps this will turn the favor of Urox to us, and aid us against the Trolls and other forces of Chaos which have plagued us of late.

Rolled 2

>>26610903
>>26610859

1 we keep him, 2 we send warriors with him.

>>26610829
We had a chaos monster on our tula, we need all the Uroxi help we can get, let him stay as long as he wants.

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>>26610966

Our warriors follow the Uroxi to the place where he was ambushed, and slay the cultists. The battle was gruesome, but in the end, we triumphed over Chaos. The Storm Bull would be proud.

>>26611006
Huzzah!

>>26611006
HOLY SHIT WE HAD A CULT ON OUR TULA?

Do these events randomly pop up, or did we just destroy the source of the chaos beasts?

>>26611054
Destroyed A source of chaos beasts. Not THE source.

This should result in less chaos encroachment on our lands however.

>>26611054
No, the Vostangi are, unfortunately, still alive.

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>>26611006

By the time our kin are back on their feet, Earth Season is upon us. We can rest safe now that the Oak Trees and the Vostangs are likely to be too busy with the harvest to try and attack us again. The question then becomes: what should we do while the cottars bring in the harvest?

Now could be a good time to send Valensta out on a trade mission, if we want the last few goods we'll need to construct our wall or to trade one of our treasures. Or we could call upon favors, explore our lands, or make sacrifices to the gods. Whatever the clan desires, I will strive to deliver.

>>26611054
Semi-random, however some events are signals of certain things.
Like this one tends to pop up when Chaos is strong around your lands... But sometimes it will pop up even when it isn't, leading to a waste of time.

Hard to know for sure, y'know?

>>26611006
Take that, Vostangi!

>>26611118
So close. A few more seasons and we should have it...

>>26611118
We don't really have anything we could afford to trade for goods. We need cows since we're still low, and we're dangerously low on horses already.
Trading a treasure for something like goods is right out.

>>26611118
Yes, trade for goods to complete our walls. We've suffered sneak attacks far too often; we must defend our people!

>>26611187
We could send someone abroad on an exploration in hopes of finding goods.

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>>26611184

There is the option to trade food. We have almost enough to last us until next Earth, and the harvest is not yet done. It may cut us a little close, but it's what we can give up if we want silver.

Is that the path we should take? Or do we want to go another way?

>>26611251
If the harvest turns out bad next year, this is going to look like the worst decision ever.

"You HAD food, and you sold it? For a wall!?"

>>26611375
Yeah. I say we hold off on the trading.

>>26611385
So what instead? MORE tula exploration?

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>>26611375
>>26611385
>>26611424


In that case, the idea of exploration was tossed around. With the threat of Fire Season raids gone, we could let our explorers venture further afield, and find greater and more mysterious treasures. Do we want to send Voskandora outside the tula?

Screw it, this game is awesome and I have it installed, I'm going to play along side this thread

>>26611438
Got a full view of the map?

>>26611438
Eh, sure. Might as well.

Not much else we can do.

>>26611483

Pretty much what you see is what the Sky Sons are aware of. We haven't explored past the boundaries of anyone's tula before.

>>26611460
Play on hard mode and see how long it takes to lose.

>>26611438
Let's look into some unexplored area. They're probably not as chaos infested as our tula.

>>26611517
We technically have, because some of those events don't show up on your own tula.

>>26611517
We went to Quivin mountains that one time.

Lotta good that did us.

>>26611438
Explore to the west.

>>26611537
I guess I should be more specific, the path west of the Fire Quartz tula looks interesting.

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>>26611496
>>26611537

Voksandora journeys north into unexplored territory, hoping to bring back wealth, knowledge, or anything else that could assist the Sky Sons. It'll be some time before she returns, given that she's exploring thoroughly and going quite far afield.

The harvest continues on without interruption, our stocks swelling with plenty of food for the upcoming months. How should we spend the last few days before the cold comes for us?

>>26611602
Send Valensta to trade with the Wolves for some goods.

>>26611683
But what do we trade for them?

>>26611602
Oh shit, that's a nice harvest. Maybe we can afford to trade food after all.

>>26611683
By dark we should have enough good for the wall either way.

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>>26611700

Perhaps trade food for more cattle and horses, then?

>>26611602
Have someone explore our own tula while the others are exploring abroad.

>>26611726
Horses.

>>26611726
I suppose we could try.

Horses are really expensive though.
Whats the food to cow trade ratio?

>>26611700
>>26611726
We don't want to spend down to zero goods though, because then we won't have any left for emergencies, so get some goods anyway.

>>26611726
Don't trade for goods.

>>26611778
We'll get more goods in storm season and more at year end from our markets. We'll have plenty of buffer.

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>>26611768
>>26611770
>>26611789

Valensta takes the familiar path to Wolf territory, laden with grains freshly pulled from the earth and dreaming of profit.

While Voskandora travels north, she encounters a group of bandits. She's quite the skilled fighter, and has a few warriors following her. Should she engage the bandits, or find another way around them?

>>26611831
Combat is probably her best option.

You only sent three thanes with her?

>>26611831
Ragged, malnourished brigands cannot stand against the might of our warriors. Teach them the error of their thieving ways.

>>26611831
>Combat: Excellent

The only thing we have to worry about is blood ruining her nice clothes. KILL THEM ALL.

>>26611831
Better not be wizard-backed bandits.

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>>26611846
>>26611869
>>26611874
>>26611882

The brigands turned out to be a bit more threatening than the ones we encountered in our tula, and deal some wounds to Voskandora. She does return to us, thankfully, to rest and heal. Perhaps explorers going outside our borders will need more accompaniment in the future.

>>26611933
3 thanes is just too few man. Always have at least 5.

>>26611933
Truly we are a cursed people.

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>>26611933

While our explorers deal with outlaws abroad, we're forced to deal with outlaws closer to home. Tusk Raiders charge into our tula and steal some of our harvest, and now the question becomes what to do about these interlopers.

>>26611933
Damn, got lucky. I expected a wizard to surf a spear through Voskandora's head.

>>26611970
Send a war-party I suppose.

>>26611970
Murder them.

With or without magic.

>>26611970
Let us turn these raiders against the hated Vostangi.

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>>26612023
>>26612043

Our warriors are ready to bring vengeance to those who would attack the Sky Sons, but first, who should lead the war party? Ernaldess is the ring's best fighter and the best solo combatant, but Karendra has better skills in leading warriors.

>>26612054
Knowing our luck they'd probably just take our money and tell the Vostangi.

>>26612139
Ernaldness is the only one there who worships a war god, unless you consider Orlanth one, either way pick Ernaldness.

>>26612139
No, Combat IS what determines how good Warleader they are.

>>26612188
Odayla's not really really a "war god".

>>26612139
Send Ernaldess.

Emaldness

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>>26612188
>>26612222
>>26612250
>>26612261

As the hands-down best warrior in the clan, Ernaldess is sent to lead the war party against the tusk raiders. Given that we're unlikely to be raided, we could put a full war party against them, but there is still food to be harvested; sending too many footmen would lessen how much we pull in. Thanes, however, we can send as many as we like.

>>26612268
12 thanes, I think we need 6 to leave behind for patrols.

>>26612268
>>26612268
15 thanes.

So I just got the game and I can't run it. There's a matching support option for the problem I'm having, which is that my screen resolution changes but the game doesn't run. Their solution was to kill processes for Google Chrome and Windows Live Sign-In Assistant, but I'm not running either. Anyone else have this problem?

>>26612268
I thought it was dark season already, since we sent out Voskandora at the second half of Earth.

>>26612335
Are you playing the GOG version, or a different one?

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>>26612350

With the number of warriors we sent and the skill Ernaldess exhibits in combat, the Tusk Raiders are easily killed. It's unlikely that they'll menace our tula once again.

>>26612350

Events happen before seasons change.

>>26612386
GOG version

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>>26612408

The last of the harvest is taken in, and snow blankets the tula as Dark Season falls.

Thanks to our markets and alliances, we finally have the resources to construct a wall of stone around our home. Should we go ahead and fortify our position, or do something else with our wealth?

>>26612408
I have the feeling they'll be back.

>>26612408
>>26612408
Eat it tuskfaggots.

>>26612433
MR RING BUILDER

PUT
UP
THAT
WALL

>>26612420
I have the same version, and I had the same problem, so here's what I have: make it run in 640x480, disable display scaling, and run as adminstrator. For some reason, that makes it work. Don't know which part in particular is the problem.

>>26612433
Let's go with the wall, we've already hyped up for it.