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>>4385176
Technology:
>Agriculture - New tools
Culture:
>Society - Architectural innovation
>Language - Dialects
Miscellaneous:
>write-in

>>4385181

>Society - Architectural innovation

It only seems fit that we ought to improve the state of our architecture, what we can build, for such things are far more permanent and long-lasting than any tools.

>Society - Architectural innovation

When other civilizations gaze upon our great city, they must weep, as they shall never rise to our greatness

Or something like that

>>4385181
>>Society - Architectural innovation

>>4385181
>>Society - Architectural innovation
We will become a kingdom of bricks as the iron age is born.

>>4385476
>>4385197
>>4385189
>>4385183
The old woman lets you go after about a week of intensive care. You're skeptical if all of this was necessary, but you have a realm to rule. Before you went she told you that she wasn't done, but that old quack had a creepy look on her face that you didn't like.

Returning to the palace, with nothing major to do anymore, you spend months upon months doing simple checkups and solving minor disputes among the squabbling rabble, and you witness as the city landscape slowly changes over time.

Though a great many homes have been built either partially of arize, or significantly reinforced by it, truth of the matter is, that we still rely mostly on wood and straw for construction. In recent years however, you have come to witness something remarkable.
Though most buildings have been either partially made of or reinforced with arize, many young couples have been tearing down their family homes and building them anew, this time out of mostly arize. These new homes come in the most bizarre of shapes and sizes, making it clear to you that the ways of our ancestors must appear woefully inadequate for the new lifestyle we have built for ourselves since the days of Aitlaz.

Technology:
>Agriculture - New Tools
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
Miscellaneous
>write-in

ignore the first half of the third paragraph
I forgot to delete that

>>4385692
>>Agriculture - New Tools
Agriculture boom!
>>4385696
What first half of the third paragraph?

>>4385698
the draft for the post

>>4385692
>Agriculture - New Tools

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just for reference
the highlighted bit is the "first half" you can safely ignore
this is not canon

>>4385701
was kidding but guess thats my fault for not clarifying.

>>4385708
my guy, it's 1am, I'm about to go to sleep
I'm no longer capable of sarcasm at this hour

>>4385711
Heh sure, sweet dreams.

>>4385692

>Agriculture - New Tools

Empires need to be fed, and even though we aren't there yet, preparation is great

>>4385714
thanks, good night

>>4385711
Night man

>>4385705
>Agriculture - New Tools

>>4385692

>Agriculture - New Tools

>>4386015
>>4385972
>>4385715
>>4385702
>>4385698
Farming is tricky business, not only do you need knowledge on how to plant seeds correctly and how to till the earth for it, but it is hard, grueling work, almost year-round.
Forging our tools of brontsay has improved the conditions, but it's still difficult.
In recent years however, you saw new tools crop up, one strikes you as particularly strange, being shaped like a half-moon.
Other curiosities like a huge hoe being attached to an ox, strike you as so simple yet ingenious. Why did nobody think of this before? it makes so much sense.
Things are looking bright for the realm, but not for you. You have been feeling worse and worse over the years, you're too young for this, but you fear your time might have come sooner than expected.
Maybe that old lady, way back when, was onto something?

(pick 2)

Technology:
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
>Government - Advanced mathematics
>Government - Codified grammar
Diplomacy:
>Alliance - Political marriage
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Culture:
>Society - New cuisine
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4386927
>try to find the old lady

>>4386927
>write in
luxury gay transhumanism

>>4386927
>Society - New cuisine

I feel like we need to add a bit of cultural flair, and this seems like a good way to do it.

>>4386940
>>4386939
>>4386935
I'd like to remind you
you have 2 picks

>>4386927
>>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)

>Government - Advanced mathematics

>>4386944
Oh, sweet!

Well,

>>Society - New cuisine
Gotta get dat culture

And
>>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)

Moar ox for fields

>>4386927

>Government - Advanced mathematics

Given the problems we faced with mathematics trying to build the walls, we don't want to end up having to go through that whole mess again. Best get this squared before it becomes a problem again.

>Society - New cuisine

I agree with the other anon, we need some more cultural flair. Paintings are all well and good, but now we'll have something even more recognisable and exportable: food.

>>4386944
Well after reconsidering the sexual revolution will have to wait.
>Society - New cuisine
>Agriculture - Breeding insights(cattle)
>>4386966
But moo moos

>>4386927
>Government - Advanced Mathematics
Need to crunch those numbers to crunch those empires.
>Soceity - New Cuisine

>>4386927
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
>Alliance - Political marriage

take care of succession. Also, bees.

>>4386927
>Alliance - Political marriage

>>4386927
>Government - Advanced mathematics
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
If we control the bees we can control the world.

>>4386927
>Alliance - Political marriage

>

>>4387474
Fucked up the post. Should be:
>Government - Advanced mathematics

>Alliance - Political marriage

>>4386927
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
We need a more diversified economy and more different trading goods.

oh boy
let's see what we have here

bees IIII
maths IIII I
cattle III
food IIII
marriage III

well I didn't expect a tie on this one

>>4387476
>>4387211
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>>4386967
>>4386966
>>4386962
>>4386961
[This decision has been enacted with Tie-breaker rule]
Quiet has it been since the departure of your late father, he was a lively man, albeit annoying at times, still he was your father and you admired him for his devotion to the office.
In his last days, you often bore witness to his moronic ramblings about a witch's curse. You thought nothing of it, for it was merely an early onset of senility. Long have you awaited this moment, the moment in which you would bear the crown, but truth be told, you did not want it to be this soon, not for your own inability but the faint hope for father's longevity. Destiny however is cruel and the ancestors have decided to take him from you before his time.
Though the thought is an embarrassing one, you don't think you'll ever love another man as much as your father.
You receive the crown from the wisepeople, much to the dismay of many subjects, whom have arrived as guests, eager to lay eyes upon their new King.
Their prejudices are irrelevant to you however, you are now Askkizo, the avatar of Aitlaz on earth.

The beginning of your reign sees your introduction to a new court chef, who has taken it upon himself to serve you delicacies from across the realm. You are adamant about these dishes, not least due to his flirtatious demeanor, which you are less than fond of. You deem it unbecoming of a servant to as much as attempt to seduce his superior. For all the contempt you hold toward him however, you must accede that his work is superb, these bizarrely sweet, roast cuts of flesh, based upon honey he claims, are nothing short of delicious.
The tincture he serves you along with it smells sweet akin to the food, it does not bear the usual color of wine, rather you find it reminiscent of honey. A sip of the beverage reveals that it is honey, though far more liquid and with a hint of berries. You ask what this concoction is, bringing your chef to unveil to you the mystery that is Aztar, a wine made of honey.
As your dining experience draw to a close, your mind returns to different matters, ones far more important than mere nutrition. Indeed, what lie before you may perhaps be the greatest achievement you ever have laid your eyes on. A measuring device, using fingers as a unit of distance. The creator of this artifact claims to have been involved in the wall project and while struggling to upscale the models to their true size, was blessed with an ancestral epiphany. The result of it and years of tinkering, have lead to this device. You have yet to contact your opinion to him, but you are quite astonished. With this, one would be able to not only effectively scale models to real size, but also measure distances that exceed the physical increments of the artifact.
Once you finish your meal, it is imperative to bring this man to court!

>>4387941

Technology:
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
>Government - Codified grammar
Diplomacy:
>Alliance - Political marriage
>Politics - Internal propaganda
>Politics - Silence dissenters
>Politics - Personal diplomacy
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4387942

>Politics - Internal propaganda

Best to get our regime properly settled before any of our subjects begin to get antsy.

>>4387942
>>Politics - Internal propaganda

>>4387941
>Politics - Internal Propaganda

I'd say we should probably also follow up with a Political marriage and Personal Diplomacy, then lastly silence dissenters if necessary. We can't let there be a tradition of succession crisis every time there's a slightly off kilter monarch in the eyes of the subject.

>>4387942
>Politics - Internal propaganda

>>4387942
>>Politics - Internal propaganda

>>4387942
>Politics - Internal propaganda
You know the priests can help us with this.
We need to make it clear that fighting against a person who is an avatar of kings is just foolish every time a new king is crowned. We are the AVATAR of the previous king. All treaties to the previous one still count to you because you carry on the essence of the previous ones.

>>4388069
>>4388030
>>4388016
>>4387988
>>4387975
>>4387963
You locate the inventor of the device and unceremoniously offer him the position of court mathematician. Taken aback by your bluntness, he seizes the opportunity to advance his career and accepts.
In a matter of weeks, your mathematician has lived into his new position, its responsibilities and the comforts of palace life.
Intelligent he may be, that much you can deduce from his contributions, manners he has not. This impudent cretin has questioned your statesmanship on a great many occasions already and were it not for his work and the odd information about the commoners he provides, you would have had him executed with you bare hands by now.
From his most likely unintentional slip ups every now and again, you infer that his impudence toward you is most likely a direct result of the commoners' resentment toward you.
You begin to draft up a plan to win over the hearts of the people.

In the following months, you hire artists to make dyangburaz of you as Aitlaz; You pay orators to liken you to your father; You make several large orders of pots, to appease the potters; And lastly, you double your efforts in resolving local disputes efficiently and gently, to get them to spread word of your good deed among their peers.
You won't know any time soon how all of this plays out, but you pray to Aitlaz that it works.

Technology:
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
>Government - Codified grammar
Diplomacy:
>Alliance - Political marriage
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4388281
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
because BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
>Alliance - Political marriage
Make a tourney in orrating, Fighting and being a leader. The best one may marry you. (merrit based)

>>4388288
only 1 pick this time, friend

>>4388281
>>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)

>>4388281
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
AAAAAAAAAA

>>4388281
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)

Need more honey for our new cuisine of course

>>4388281

>Alliance - Political marriage

Leave the bees for later, right now we need to cement the stability of our reign so we can focus on other developments without constantly having to worry about rebellion.

>>4388281
>>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
our queen likes honey

>>4388315
Changing to this

>>4388281
>Alliance - Political Marriage
As great as honey may be, we need to cement our rule.

>>4388281
>>4388306
Actually, yeah. We're the first Queen since our resettlement, time to get our ducks in a row.

>>4388290
>Alliance - Political marriage
Make a tourney in orrating, Fighting and being a leader. The best one may marry you. (merrit based)
Well as much as I like the bees meme we need to secure aliances and keep the line going

>>4388312
Fuck it ill change mine too

>>Alliance - Political marriage

But make sure they recognize that WE rule, and not our husband

>>4388281
>Alliance - Political marriage
But a man we can control

>>4388371
Good point actually. Maybe better marry some wimpy kid from an important family rather than Mr wise, powerful, respected warrior who comes in with all kinds of opinions.

>>4388404
We still need to rely on our partner for statescraft and our raising our children so not too wimpy.

>>4388403
>>4388371
>>4388358
>>4388321
>>4388315
>>4388319
You've seen some success with your approach over the course of the past year, indeed the success is so unexpectedly vast, affecting the kingdom's peripheries especially. Such course of events cannot be organic, you figure, and attribute the overwhelmingly positive feedback to your campaign to a poorly thought-out attempt at blending with the masses. They earnestly believed feigning zealotry for you, would avert your attention away from them. Unfortunately you've caught on to their little scheme and decide to play along so that you may ambush them when the time comes.

However these were not the only results of your reputation enhancement; for 3 months now, suitors from across the realm and even beyond, have come to court to woo you, day in and day out. These imbeciles have diverted so much attention away from other matters, that a series of disappearances around Ongiza is going completely uninvestigated and it irritates you immensely.
In order to return to more normal affairs, you decide indulge in this farce to accelerate its termination. You pick several suitors whom you find at least mildly pleasant to look at and gather them in an empty silo, where they ought to complete several tasks to test whether there is a functioning human being underneath these pretty faces. You did not think to forbid them to cooperate on their tasks, surely these troglodytes won't even consider it.

>wait until these idiots are done
>send someone to check up on them
>spy on them, maybe they *are* smart
>just go in there and see for yourself

>>4390004
>spy on them, maybe they *are* smart
Best not to underestimate, plus watching personally might spoil the test, it'd be better to see how they act outside our presence.

>>4390004
>>spy on them, maybe they *are* smart

>>4390004

>spy on them, maybe they *are* smart

Gotta make sure they're suitable, but
remember guys, we need one that we can at least keep in check

>>4390004
>spy on them, maybe they *are* smart

>>4390004
>spy on them, maybe they *are* smart

>>4390662
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>>4390024
>>4390013
>>4390012
The thought of marrying to what amounts to a caveman sends a shudder down your spine, you feel compelled to see for yourself what they're doing, but you don't want to disturb them, lest they behave differently with you around. You go to the silo and peak through some of the cracks in the wood.

The son of a nearby morcantaz chief seems to have completed your test already. The Bolgoz prince seems to have achieved the same. While the handsome commoner, your favorite by far, is about to start with his. Curiously, you spot a figure making his way from the Bolgoz prince to the commoner and helping him out. With the commoner finishing his test, the figure now heads for another suitor. It appears as though he's helping out everybody. As he comes closer to your side of the silo, you are able to make out his physical appearance.
A skinny boy, quite possibly younger than you by a couple years, he has no muscles, no flesh on his bones, he's merely a walking piece of skin, but he's solving your tests, and rapidly too. You've given each of these drunkards in the making, a personalized puzzle to solve, some physical, others intellectual, akin to a riddle. It appears none of them were able to solve theirs, until they recruited this boy from somewhere. You don't recognize him, but he looks familiar.
You are done with the charade and decide to confront the boy, after all, everyone else failed your test, and you would be a fool to let this human among masked pigs simply walk away.

You burst into the silo and point at the boy, who has frozen in shock. The suitors huddle around you like a pack of dogs, proudly proclaiming they've completed your tests, when they notice you pointing at the boy, the huddle around him, one picks him up, eager to beat him to a pulp.
You slap the brute and drag the boy along with you. You announce that they have all failed and send them home.
The Bolgoz prince, not taking kindly to this slight, follows you around and demands an apology. In his fury he attempts to force himself on you, but the boy you've had to let go because of him, chokes him from behind, enabling you to escape.
You call upon your guards and have the Bolgoz prince expelled from your realm.
In the moments between your guards' arrival and your escape, the prince and the boy have engaged in combat with one another. One would think this a one-sided battle, given the prince's oppressive stature, but the boy came out of this with no signs of injury. How he managed this is unknown to you, but where there once was mere interest, there now is morbid curiosity. Who is this boy?

>talk to him in private
>investigate on your own
>ask the farmer [who owns the silo]

>>4390751

>ask the farmer [who owns the silo]

>>4390751
>investigate on your own
We need to find out everything we can about this boy and why he was there.

>>4390751
>>investigate on your own

>>4390751
>talk to him in private

just ask him. why make everything complicated?

>>4390751
>>investigate on your own

>>4390807
>>4390812
>>4390843
You decide to get to the bottom of this mystery, using only your wit, logic and networking capabilities. Starting with the remaining suitors who are still in the capital, you ask them about the boy. The answers are as vague as they are inconclusive, but you did manage to extract some interesting information; Apparently he just came in.
Next you contact your guards and ask if they've seen anybody skulking about the silo's vicinity. They've seen nobody unusual, only the farmer and his apprentice.
You send someone to visit the farmer and ask about this apprentice, upon their return they inform you of a scrawny fellow who tills the fields when sowing season comes, contrary to your expectation, this apprentice was described as dimwitted and otherwise lethargic, so it couldn't possibly be the boy you're looking for, can it?
Your next step consists of digging up more information about this apprentice of the farmer, though it sounds unlikely, your hopes are best placed on this possibility at the moment.
Asking around the capital about some skinny farmer's boy does yield results.
There's such a person living on the outskirts by himself, in a shady little hut he built himself. Rumor has it that he's an orphan raised by foxes.

>check out the hut at night
>check out the hut at day
>check out the farm at day

>>4390876
>Check out the hut at day

>>4390876

>check out the hut at day

>>4390876
>>check out the hut at day

>>4390876

>check out the hut at day

>>4390876
Also another idea with us becoming more god monarch we should get an intertribal council (somewhat small with limited power parlement which deals with problems that are to small for us to deal with. With this we could focus on the bigger picture) and give some local powers to local leaders. We should not get to much power to ourselves because it could corrupt generations in the long run and could generate powerhungry people who want to usurp us.

>>4390920
>>4390891
>>4390886
>>4390883
you decide to inspect his cabin during the day, when he should be out doing field work. The door is unbarred, he seems unfazed by the prospect of being robbed, perhaps he believe there's nothing worth stealing inside. What ever the case may be, you enter the apprentice's tiny home. You dare not call this a house, it's too small to even be a room, it's barely the size of the haystack he calls his bed.
Curiously, there is a worn brontsay sword beside it, along with a dyangbura of you.
Other than these items, there is not a whole lot going on here, some potted plants, a pitcher of wine and a few guzbenes.
Wait, that doesn't sound right, commoners can't read or write, why would he have those here? Maybe he's an aspiring artist who seeks to break free from the farmer's life.
You pick up the stack of guzbenes and go through them, but before you can really take a gander at them, you hear a voice from outside, shakily demanding you put them down.
Looking out the barely covered hole which you suppose must be a window, you spot him, the boy. So he is that farmer's apprentice after all huh?
You hold onto the guzbenes and step outside, demanding to know the meaning of all of this.
The boy stutters and stammers his way to an answer until he takes a deep breath and reveals that he is an admirer of you.
You confront him about the incident in the silo and sure enough, he helped those numbskulls solve their tests, so that you may marry one of them, it is after all, what you wished for, he merely wanted the best for his Askkizo.
An interesting motive to say the least, but decidedly foolish.
You sit down on the dirt outside his cabin and invite him to seat himself as well, he obliges.

>ask about the sword
>ask about the admiration thing
>ask about the guzbenes

>>4390944

>ask about the admiration thing

Looks like he won't overstep! Though, it is a bit creepy...

Meh

>>4390944
>ask about the sword
>ask about the admiration thing
>ask about the guzbenes
He admires us why not ask about everything.
Btw this guy being so extremely fond of us is kinda a red flag. Maybe he has some mental problems that we have to be ready for.

>>4390944
>>ask about the sword

>>4390944
If we can't ask all then,
>ask about the admiration thing

>>4390958
If we can't ask all then the administration.

>>4390963
>>4390960
>>4390947
You want to know more about his admiration for you, after all, you've never met before today so this seems vaguely alarming to you.
He goes on to explain that you have indeed met before, though you would logically not remember, he sells the farmer's produce on the marketplace every fall, he has laid eyes upon you plenty of times, you even exchanged a few words here and there, this was before the passing of his majesty, your father. Even before then, he alleges, you played together as children a couple times when your father came visiting his hometown.
You do remember a kid like that, but you played with a lot of other children when you were but a fledgling, you enjoyed the attention.
Still, you remain curious.

>ask why he's alone
>ask why he lives in a different town
>ask why he didn't just become a suitor

>>4390969
>ask why he lives in a different town
don't go directly nuclear we need to inspect what we are dealing with.
Also just saw that I said administration instead of admiration lol.

>>4390969

>ask why he lives in a different town

>>4390969
>>ask why he lives in a different town

>>4390969
>Ask why he lives in a different down

>>4391128
>>4391031
>>4390974
>>4390973
You inquire as to why he left his hometown, after all this is not something people usually do. He sulks a little at the question, it doesn't sound like a situation he's comfortable in sharing, looking down he merely states that his father is to blame, refusing to elaborate beyond that. You press him a little, he looks like he acts like he doesn't, but he sounds like he wants to share. His father, he says, left his town for the capital, it's normal for a man in his position he claims, having merely followed him to see him from time to time.
Open he might be, he caught on to your questioning and now turns his attention to you, desiring to know why you sought him out in the first place, surely you're not here to have a chat about his life.
You sheepishly admit that you're grateful for saving your purity, but also your fascination with the whole situation surrounding it.
He displayed potential yet those whom you've questioned about him all claimed him to be an imbecile, a moron, no better than the brute he stood up against for your sake.
You just wanted to know more about the boy...no, man who could hold such contradiction.
There's a moment of silent reflection...

>apologize and leave
>...!
>...?

>>4391209
>...?
We need to know more about him.

>>4391209
>...!
Perphaps the most exciting option?

>>4391209

>...!

Oooo the suspense; what would warrant an exclamation point

>>4391227
either violence or...

>>4391240
Quest gonna be horny as always.

>>4391209
>...?

Let's keep a level head for a while longer.

>>4391281
You are right, we are the wise ruler of the most civilized kingdom, not some harlot.

>>4391209
>>...?

>>4391209
>...?

>>4391814
>>4391566
>>4391275
>>4391212
You want to break the silence and stutter in the process, enough for him to cut you off, "Glasteth" he says, that's his name. He reaches a hand out to you with a friendly smile, you return the gesture and shake hands with him "Loiur, daughter of Onizar". He expresses pleasure to have met you and proceeds to get up after this brief introduction. You ask what he will do next, he responds by asking a favor of you while going back into his hut, he requests you take his sword and deliver it to his good for nothing father, whom you supposedly see every day. When asked how you would recognize him, he simply says that it is he who will recognize the sword. He also asks you, if possible, to deliver a message along with it, but you refuse to utter such profanity. He laughs it off, not expecting you to have heeded this request in the first place. You don't say much else to one another, he asks of you to return his guzbenes to him before you leave, you oblige and asks whether you liked what you saw. You tell it as it is and inform him that you didn't see anything, he threw you off before you could do so. He breathes a sigh of relief and suggests that next time, he'll show you what's on there.
You quietly get up and take your leave, he shouts after you, telling you to get home safely and that he's looking forward to seeing you again.

Technology:
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
>Government - Codified grammar
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4392057
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)

BEEEEEEEEES

>>4392057
>Government - Codified grammar
Our reign is new - the more we can centralise aspects of our government / culture, the better for us.

>>4392057
>>Government - Codified grammar

>>4392057
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
Grammar may be nice and all but BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

>>4392057
>Government - Codified grammar

So the suitor thing was a bust?

>>4392151
not quite
you found husband material and your very first crush
the official suitors were a bust tho

>>4392057

>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)

>>4392154
Don't forget we need to deliver the sword.

>>4392057
>Government - Codified grammar

We need to keep our Grammar gucci so we can DESTROY our enemies with FACTS and KNOWLEDGE

>>4392151
>>4392110
>>4392095
>>4392198
Another dawn means another day of little to nothing to do. Sometimes you envy the harshness of peasant life, for all their worries and hardships, at least they know not the endless abyss of boredom. Thinking back on glasteth's guzbenes, you are struck by a thought, maybe commoners should be able to, at the very least, read. Such a development would certainly make your life easier, as you could simply hand out your orders to a messenger who can read them out loud where ever you send him.
There's just one problem, no one has any idea how your language really functions, thusfar you've only been writing down the word as it would be spoken, and while there is little room for misinterpretation, to read these, one must have a fundamental understanding of both our writing and our language. To achieve the former for the commoners, you gather the wisepeople for a special occasion: the codification of the written word.

>base it on common speech
>base it on court speech
>base it on idealized speech

if you want examples from real life of what these look like

basing it on common speech is what english and russian did
basing it on court speech is what french and chinese did
basing it on idealized speech is what german and latin

>>4392201
>base it on idealized speech
I'm assuming this would be the one where a means "ah".

>>4392201
>>base it on common speech
If more people are literate, there will be more literature.

>>4392218
not necessarily
it's more of a "if you don't sound like a textbook, you lose points"
>>4392222
the style of your written language has little to do with literacy
it's merely a design feature
also, quads checked

>>4392201

>base it on common speech

>>4392223
So the impact is more cosmetic?

>>4392223
>if you don't sound like a textbook, you lose points
Good, a strong language is required to detect possible infiltrators.

>>4392229
yeah
not everything has to have a catastrophic impact

>>4392201
>>base it on idealized speech
There shall be to many dialects in the future so we need some sort of standard language.

>>4392241
>>4392218
[This decision has been enacted due to tie-breaker rule]
The wisepeople and you reach the consensus that it would be preferable to focus on the correctness of language, rather than any lofty ideas of usage, as such you style the grammatical basis for the use of the written word in a rather rigid fashion, reflecting the use of the language as a whole in it's current state, prescribing these rules onto future generations.
This act took you two entire weeks to accomplish, but with it's completion, the written word now follows a strict pattern of correct language, bringing both uniformity and easy learning along with it.
As you return to daily affairs once again, one of your guards approaches you, asking about the sword you carry. You ask whether he knows it and indeed he does, he was unsure whether to speak to you about this, lest he might offend his highness with insolence, but you assure him that no such thing was perceived. However you do want to know where he knows this sword from, so begins elaborating on it, the sword has been handed down in his family for generations now, legend has it that this blade was forged by Aitlaz and the ongizaz chief, the patriarch of their family, at the time, to symbolize the friendship between our peoples. Since then, the first born has received this sword upon their 16th birthday, it is a precious heirloom to their clan. You nod and explain that this weapon was handed to you by his son, he interrupts you, asking whether you've actually met glasteth, with a wave of your hand he quiets down again, but you confirm that you have met him and he asked you to deliver this sword back into his possession.
The guard is visibly shaken, you don't know what this transaction means to his family, but you can infer that it must be something undesirable.
The guard excuses himself and abandons his post. You let it slide, whatever you just did, clearly caused some emotional trauma, you're not so heartless to punish him for that.

Technology:
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Roleplay:
>private - meet glasteth
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4392311
>private - meet glasteth
Would be nice to have our mysterious boy before he gets killed for traumatizing his family.

>>4392311
>private - meet glasteth

>>4392311

>private - meet glasteth

>>4392311
>>private - meet glasteth
Matters of state aside, let us meet our husbando

>>4392366
>>4392352
>>4392325
>>4392323
You go to bed after a long day to get some rest, but before you can even close your eyes, there's a knock on your window. You open it and hear a thud, followed by a quiet yelp. You look down and see glasteth on a ladder, waving with his idiotically friendly smile. He asks whether you remember those guzbenes he wanted to show you. You tell him that this an improper time to be talking about them, let alone be in her quarters. He remarks that he is not in fact in your quarters and not even in the building. You'd be lying if you said this didn't piss you off, so you tell him that he knows what you mean, or ought to anyway. He just grins at you and claims to have no idea. Without further ado, he climbs the ladder to the top and simply hops into your chamber. This is outrageous, to simply burst into a lady's private quarter like that, this is unheard of, downright criminal, perverted even, you're about to give him a piece of your mind while, not noticing that he's unpacking something from a bag he brought along.
Your fury is halted by your confusion and you just stare in disbelief at him arranging guzbenes like a puzzle.
Upon the completion of his task he gets up and covers your eyes with his hands, much to your displeasure. He makes a hissing sound to tell me to quiet down. You have no idea what he's thinking but if he thinks he can get away with thi- he steps aside and removes his hand, directing your gaze at the ground.
It's a face, a beautiful face, the most beautiful thing you've ever seen painted, it looks quite familiar to you as well. You ask what, no, who this is and he replies "you".
This is you? he made this? for you?
You're speechless, both at the art and the unprecedented audacity on display.

>forgive him
>slap him
>kick him out

>>4392385

>forgive him

>>4392385
>kiss him

>>4392405
damn anon, you're a go-getter
but you gotta pick one of the options present
or else I'll pick for you ;)

>>4392385
>forgive him

>>4392385
>slap him
>forgive him
First a slap for just bursting in cause that shit is no bueno and then forgive him.

>>4392413
I mean, it's not like a slap is the end of the day, right?

>>4392385
Which is the "I appreciate this but you still did something stupid" option?

>>4392418
well, it's there, you gotta take an educated guess

>>4392422
Damn you and your cryptic dubs.

>>4392385
>slap him

>>4392413
This of course

>>4392439
I will now go to slap due to tiebreak

>>4392417
He's just a tad bit too enthousiastic.

>>4392439
>>4392427
>>4392413
You slap him squarely across the face, making an audible wack, before he gets the chance to touch the after-image of your hand, you grab his arm and kiss his red cheek.
You're even now.
Glasteth fails to utter a proper word and just absentmindedly heads for the window. You watch as he suddenly disappears, followed by a loud thud, there's no yelping this time. You rush to the window to look outside and see him lying at the bottom of the ladder, you ask if he's alright, he holds his head and casually remarks his well-being. You smile and close the window.

Technology:
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4392449
>agriculture- breeding insights (bees)
The time has finally come.

>>4392449
>bees
They are buzzing at my window help

>>4392449

>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)

Bees bred to have no stingers!

>>4392508
Fuck bees not cows

>>4392510
it's hip to fuck bees

>>4392449

>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)

>>4392449
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)
Bees are way more difficult for breeding than cattle and creates a rarer commodity.
Also the other argument is BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES.

Cattle are simply more worthwhile for us right now.

>>4392538
Cattle is way easier than bees.
See it as a rare trade good that shall bring us lucrative deals for different goods.

>>4392449
>agriculture- breeding insights (bees)

>>4392545

But the uniqueness of stingerless bees...

WE WILL OWN THE HONEY TRADE

>>4392570
I am for bees also brother.

>>4392592
Praise Bee

>>4392594
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEES.

>>4392628
THE BEEEEEES HOLD THE SECRET TO IMORTALIBEE!

>>4392449
>>Agriculture - Breeding insights (cattle)

>>4392935
We have no room for your bovine inferiority.

>>4392449
>Agriculture - Breeding insights (bees)

>>4393197
>>4392562
>>4392537
>>4392510
>>4392454
>>4392452
While you ponder what exactly happened last night, in a vain attempt to make sense of this stupid, perverted, troglodyte and your own stupidity for kissing him, your daily routine of interrupted by none other than the Bee-man.
You inquire into his presence in the palace, whether he is here to present you some kind of new honey. Your foresight, he says, is extraordinary, he brings you a whole new honey made from a very special breed of bee.
Breed of bee? You can...you can breed bees? That's news to you, but then again, you are talking to the man who invented the practice. The Bee-man enlightens you on the existence of mother bees, who seem to be solely responsible for the brood of the hive, not by merely tending for them like you would expect a mother, but also birthing the entire stock.
By controlling Mother bees, one can control an entire bee nation. Having discovered this several years ago, he has opted to exterminate those bee nations, including their mothers, that did not yield enough honey.
The result is several distinct nations of bees, producing different honeys. And this creation, a white honey so thick one could mistake it for paint or rotten milk, is the work of the newest nation his careful extermination and rewarding of good mothers has yielded.
You graciously accept this honey and promise to give it a taste once the opportunity arises and will make sure to see that money will find its way into his pocket.
The Bee-man thanks you for your patronage and leaves contented.
You order a wiseman to go make his way for the Bee-man's estate so he may record the process of bee "breeding" for posterity.

Technology:
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
Roleplay:
>private - seek out glasteth
>public - the bolgoz envoy
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4393946
>public - the bolgoz envoy
Now let's see what they want.
LOL that bee craze.

>>4393946
>public - the bolgoz envoy
Always take the roleplay option first.

>>4393946

>public - the bolgoz envoy

>>4393946
>public - the bolgoz envoy
Not doing this is neglect of duty.

>>4394037
>>4393987
>>4393966
>>4393948
As if this day wasn't long enough already, a stranger has arrived at your court, seeking an audience with you. Well, it's been a fair amount of time until someone asked formally, so you are willing to hear them out. This stranger claims to be an envoy to your majesty, from the chief of the bolgoz. He demand reparation for the insult of exile you have inflicted upon his son. You are beyond outraged at this request, this is an insult deeper than any grave. You decide to give the envoy your answer, damned his people might be, he did you no wrong.

>send an apology for diplomacy's sake
>decline and send a pragmatic reason
>have him bear your anger and carry it to his master

>>4394067

>send an apology for diplomacy's sake

>>4394067
>decline and send a pragmatic response
The prince's offense against us was plain to see, he failed the challenge by seeking non suitor aid and when having done so lashed out assaulted us and when stopped challenged the person that stopped him. His honor is forfeit.

>>4394067

>decline and send a pragmatic reason

>>4394067
>decline and send a pragmatic reason
They should apologize for their prince's insolence

>>4394107
>>4394105
>>4394102
You tell the envoy that you will do no such thing, instead he shall inform his chief that their prince had it coming, there will be no further discussion of his exile, but you are willing to make compromise for a continued alliance.
The envoy nods and leaves your court.
Had you been born a pot, you would be fuming right now.

Technology:
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
Roleplay:
>private - seek out glasteth
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4394121
>private - seek out glasteth
We need back up.
After this BEEEEEEEEEEEES.

>>4394121

>Society - Bee craze

Culture for the win!

>>4394121

>private - seek out glasteth

>>4394121
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
Architecture sounds cool.

>>4394121
>>Architecture - Insulating shapes

>>4394121
>private - seek out glasteth

>>4394174
>>4394127
>>4394124
You need to vent somewhere, at someone, be it who may, it's irrelevant to you, although you're levelheaded enough to not consider your courtiers, they are too important for such mischief, but whom could you shout at without risking repercussions?
You don't know, but instinctively, you head for the farm near the palace and ask the farmer whether he's seen his apprentice anywhere. He tells you that this ne'er-do-well has quit his apprenticeship.
You make haste for glasteth's cabin and sure enough, you find him there. He greets you ever so cheerily. You call him outdoors so you may speak. He obliges and proceeds to be bombarded by furious complaints, ear-shattering screeches and a flurry of punches to his torso. While you continue to eat your heart out at the unbridled audacity people show around you, merely because of your birth, he simply embraces you to ease your suffering.
He suggests to lift your burden, and asks to be your spear and shield. Let him fulfill your dark desires.
Truly, you have never heard more comforting words uttered. Looking into his eyes for a fleeting moment, you can feel the honesty in his heart. You order him to pack his things and move to the palace. He obliges and let's you go.

Technology:
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
>Espionage - Networking
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4394294
>Architecture - Insulating shapes
Would be nice to have.

>>4394294
>>Espionage - Networking
We have enemies so we need to see what they are doing.
We can build in peacetime, but sadly I think there shall be plotters and outside threats that want to depose us. Like always the beginning of a reign is a turbulent one.

>>4394294

>Espionage - Networking

>>4394294
>>Architecture - Insulating shapes

QM your discord invite expireeeeed. Make a new one plss

>>4394336
https://discord.gg/EVrChg

>>4394294

>Espionage - Networking

>>4394334
>>4394308
[This decision has been enacted due to tie breaker rule]
As you settle back into a daily routine, now featuring glasteth at your side from sunrise til sundown, it has come to your attention that buildings are being restructured all over the capital, indeed it appears as though a new building style has settled in. Where there was chaos and disharmony before, uniformity begins to return. The needs of your people have adapted and evolved over time, you know this from having witnessed the radical abandonment of wooden structures all over the realm. For a few years now you've had to lay eyes upon bizarrely shaped buildings, the likes of which resembled bee hives more than houses. However, now a new norm has emerged, in which the entire structure is shaped like conically, like furnace chimneys.
Sending people to investigate this development, it is brought to your attention that someone who built his house like this accidentally, was experiencing milder seasons. Winters were warmer and Summers were cooler in his home, from whence friends and family of his adopted this design and the entire town of Zoribalthari followed. It has grown into a fad kingdom-wide.
You're adequately pleased to hear good news like this for once.

Technology:
>Espionage - Networking
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
>Business - Increased demand (brick)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
>Society - Plant discovery
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4394401
shit, I'm so sorry anon
I posted before I saw this

>>4394410

No worries, it happens.

>>4394406

>Espionage - Networking

Best get this out of the way first and establish our power base. After that, I say we start working on our economy.

>>4394406
>Espionage - Networking
First maintain stabilty then grow the economy.

>>4394406

Votin for espionage baby

>>4394406
>Espionage - Networking
The economy falters without stability

>>4394406
>Espionage - Networking

Next we should go for bee craze, it'll give us some more unique cultural stuff

>>4394406
>Espionage - Networking
I feel like we’ve been very domestic / economy focused thus far

We need to ensure our military isn’t falling behind

>>4395016
>>4394622
>>4394585
>>4394464
>>4394432
>>4394424
Not having heard from the bolgoz in weeks, you assume your message must have fallen on deaf ears, as is expected of morcantaz. No matter, your b-boyfriend has made it a point to prepare not just you, but the whole kingdom for emergencies, such could be achieved via a cohort of secret messengers, strategically placed all around the realm, possibly even outside it. This, he states, would liken our communication and response paths, to a net, far flung yet connected in consistent intervals.
Those are perhaps some of the most intelligent words you've ever heard spoken by glasteth and you jokingly remark on it, asking whether there was a genius hiding behind his idiocy all along. He gives you a devious smile, as if this was intentional, as if he really was hiding something, merely pretending to be an idiot this whole time. If this was so, he would be leagues smarter than you've initially given him credit for.
Never-minding this for the occasion, you agree to his plan and he immediately gets to work.
You feel like he is some kind of beast, and you've just unshackled it. Perhaps it's just your imagination, but you've never noticed how pretty he is.

Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (pottery)
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
>Business - Increased demand (brick)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
>Society - Plant discovery
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

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>>4395713
>Business - Increased demand (brick)
Bricks for the clay god! But more bricks for more building sounds good.

>>4395713
>Currency - New coinage
Let the free market sort itself out - let’s just worry about the Kingdom asa whole.

>>4395713
>>Society - Plant discovery
New stuff to trade and maybe medicine?

>>4395713

>Business - Increased demand (brick)

It's economy time!

>>4395910
>>4395726
Due to a recent building boom, incentivized by new architectural developments among the commoners, potters across the country have begun producing more and more arize. The recent arize trade has increased so much, that some savvy businessmen have begun setting up potteries themselves, specialized in arize production. These arizeries are looking out to be quite a profitable business, the only question is how long this situation will last.

In other news, glasteth's efforts bore fruit and in the short time he has been under your employ, he managed to create wide-ranging connections and even start an investigation into the disappearances around Ongiza.
You're not convinced he managed all of this in a few nights, he has had to have had connections prior to this and merely expanded from there, which is also no small feat, but slightly less impressive.

Technology:
>Government - Written Law
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
>Society - Plant discovery
Roleplay:
>private - a date with glasteth
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4395946
>private - a date with glasteth
Roleplay should always be done first.

>>4395946
>private - a date with glasteth
We need him. We can do more when we finally have him.

>>4395946

>private - a date with glasteth

>>4395984
>>4395976
>>4395963
In light of recent events you decide to do something a little unorthodox and invite glasteth to go wandering with you, he gladly accepts, though your trip is somewhat delayed by his preparations, what he is preparing for is a mystery to you, when asked about it, he merely states it to be for your well-being, what it is exactly, he refused to say.
You head for the woods south of zoribalthari on a bright summer day, walking under nature's lush green canopy, you can feel the world's beating heart beneath your feet and hear it's song above your head.
In such a peaceful moment, you share your deepest thoughts with your boyfriend, in essence the story of your life. After an episode on your relationship with father, the only hold you've ever had, you try to pass the conversation onto him. Glasteth is reluctant to tell you about his father, but he trusts you keep it between the two of you. In truth, Glasteth, though having a family, was more or less an orphan, born sickly and frail into the chiefly family of the ongizaz, he was a disgrace to them, bullying between siblings was normal and expected, though he is the eldest, he was treated as if he were the youngest, going so far as to be bullied by his own parents.
They only passed the Blade of Oath down to him out of obligation, they'd much rather have given it to Kadwin, their second born.
He was never even given the opportunity to become a warrior like it would have been expected of him, all he could do is watch as the other children trained and copy it in secret. Every time he was caught practicing, his father would break his nose. This is why, he ran away to the capital, to start a new life. Of course, his father would be there, he knew this, so he would follow him around from time to time, to see what he's up to.
You are touched by his sweetness, despite his mistreatment, he found it in him to watch over his family.
He goes on to explain that, ever since he left them, his family has devolved into petty fighting and his mother even went as far to leave his father. Seeing how they fare, he says, is the least he can do for them.
You sympathize with his situation, not nearly as extreme as his, you felt similarly toward your people, until he reconciled you with your fate as a ruler.

You keep wandering a while longer, having bonded over your dysfunctional families, you watch the sunset from a clearing and as the moon rises and the wolves howl to it, suddenly, you see a wolf dangling in front of you.
You turn to glasteth in bewilderment, but before you can say anything, he asks for your hand in marriage.
Overjoyed, you accept and let him put his wolf-shaped vow-amulet on you.
Tonight, you have not returned to the safety of the palace, it would be something to remember.

Technology:
>Government - Written Law
Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
>Society - Plant discovery
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4396113

>Society - Bee craze

>>4396113
>Society - Bee craze
Let's see what it's about

>>4396113
>Government - Written Law
Codify our rule

>>4396113
>Government - Written Law
Best to make use of our peoples uptick in literacy.

>>4396113
>Government - Written Law
I'm sure the bee craze will last a while longer.

>>4396113
>>Government - Written Law

>>4396113
>>Government - Written Law
WE ARE the LAW

>>4396229
Fair enough changing to LAW

>>4396309
>>4396256
>>4396229
>>4396223
>>4396181
With your court in a constant writing frenzy, trying to catch up on lost opportunities to record knowledge for posterity, it is clear that for your latest stroke of genius, you have to get your own hands dirty, metaphorically and possibly somewhat literally as well. Thusfar all laws were simply laws of the land, people were expected to know them and had no basis in authority, rather they were entirely traditional. When a dispute was at hand that was the first of it's kind, one had to proceed with caution as such intervention would immediately set a tradition, from whence future laws were derived. Such reckless arbitrariness must not be condoned by you and as such, you begin to write down these laws and make them uniform across the realm. You do employ the help of your promised-one in this, as it is a tremendously time-consuming effort, in which having another pair of hands available, is highly advantageous.
The precedent for written laws was already set over a century ago by none other than Aitlaz and his gospel, that no human being shall be property of another. You decide to begin with the re-codification of the abolition of slavery, since the original is written in a script that is nigh unintelligible to us today.

With the assistance of Glasteth and the occasionally available wiseperson, you manage to put all our laws into writing in merely a week.
In the meantime, you've also made preparations for the wedding ceremony that is to take place in 5 days.
Yesterday however, word has reached you of another bolgoz envoy, currently on his way to the capital, you wonder what he wants.

Economy:
>Currency - New coinage
>Business - Increased demand (honey)
Culture:
>Society - Bee craze
>Society - Plant discovery
Roleplay:
>public - return of the envoy
Miscellaneous:
>Write-in

>>4396378
>>Society - Bee craze

>>4396378
>public - return of the envoy
Definitely worth addressing.

>>4396378
>public - return of the envoy
Oh boy.

>>4396378
>>public - return of the envoy
Not doing this is irresponsible as a ruler. Also its really quick.

>>4396394
>>4396393
>>4396391
2 days away from your marriage, the envoy reaches the capital, he is escorted to the palace by your guards post-haste. He refuses to kneel before you this time and proclaims, that by the honor of the chief and his son, the bolgoz declare war on the despicable boggdonyoi. May your end be one of suffering and pain.
You have this jester executed on the spot and your army is mobilized. Strangely, your head of guards has not shown up in days. You send somebody to investigate, and mere moments later they return, the ongizaz chief is dead, at first glance it appears to have been suicide.
Your promised-one enters the court with more grave news. The mystery of the disappearances has been solved, they have betrayed their ancient oath and joined the bologoz in their attack. Word has it, that they are lead by your aging uncle Kynbel.
Your anger is palpable, the throne room guards cringe in fear.
If it is a war they want, then a war they shall have.

(pick 1 of each)

Offense:
>The Levy [exclusive with mass mobilization]
>Gather at Morcantari [exclusive with gather at zoribalthari]
>Lead the army yourself
>Lead the army with Glasteth
Defense:
>Mass mobilization [exclusive with the levy]
>Gather at Zoribalthari [exclusive with gather at morcantari]
>Wait for scout reports

>>4396419

>The Levy [exclusive with mass mobilization

And >Wait for scout reports

We'll get our levies and retinues ready, and wait for scout reports to make a plan. Could Glasteth help in that effort?

>>4396430
he could

>>4396419
>The Levy [exclusive with mass mobilization]

>Wait for scout reports

>>4396419
>The Levy
>Wait for scout reports
Welp, we'll need to play to our advantages and their weaknesses.
If the bolgaz are still running in without any armor we'll need a lot more projectiles or traps and good scouting info.

>>4396440
BASED, lets use Glasteth to cause infighting

>>4396449
Ranged skirmishing (hit and run) should do the thing while we moblize.
Also 1+.

>>4396572
>>4396449
>>4396447
>>4396430
Your wife-to-be wants you to lead the army into battle for her, it's part of your promise anyhow.
She puts you at the front for morale, and stays in the back for strategy. A smart move, really.
You'd imagine her being at the front in her war gear would arouse the men, rather than motivate them.
Bare legs are an unusual sight to begin with, even if they're armored. Her curvatious figure and male-esque stance would probably seem very inviting for the enemy soldiers as well. Boosting the opponent's morale is not your goal here.

At her behest, messengers are sent out to all known settlements, ordering the meeting of the local warriors and town-guards at Izagorininian.
Once you and your loved one arrive at the town, you sit back and await the return of the scouts. The enemy may know our land, but they are slow.
With each passing fallmark more reports of enemy movement come in.

Approaching from the south is the army of Kynbel
Approaching form the south-west are the Bolgoz.
Approaching from the south-east is a morcantaz army of unclear allegiance, this report is not yet confirmed.

You will destroy them, like you did your family

Offense:
>send fake defection notice
>strike the bolgoz
>attack Ongiza

>>4396761

DIVIDE AND CONQUER BABYYYYYYY

SEND OUT THE LETTERS

>>4396761
Very hard choice here, we should cons-
>>send fake defection notice
B-bu what ab-
>SEND FAKE

>>4396761
>>send fake defection notice

>>4396761
>send fake defection notice

>>4396761
>send fake defection notice

>>4396761
>send fake defection notice

>>4397689
>>4397246
>>4396934
>>4396787
>>4396774
>>4396767
To gain the upperhand, you write a letter detailing your betrayal of Loiur and your wish to join the rebel army. You prop up a scout to look as "civilian traitor" as possible and send him off with the message.
Meanwhile, your forces have all gathered up, you count nigh 600 people. Intelligence has it that we should be having three times that, but half of them are traitors and the rest are occupied by the rebel army.
Just to be sure, you write the same letter again, this time for Ongiza. If everything pans out as you intend, the remaining loyalists will join us from sheer outrage.

Your wife-to-be has played along with your scheme, now she's out for blood. You concur and ask what she's had in mind.

Offense:
>strike the bolgoz
>strike the traitors
>confront the morcantaz army

>>4397731
>confront the morcantaz army
Join or get punked.

>>4397731
>>confront the morcantaz army
Their intentions are important to know immediately.
mercenaries?

>>4397731
>>confront the morcantaz army

>>4397731
Testing

>>4397731
>confront the morcantaz army

Either they're with us, or going against the will of the ancestors

idea for soldiers. Using wicker shields. Quite easy to produce and quite light.

>>4398041
>>4397876
>>4397858
>>4397783
With your wife-to-be's main goal being the morcantaz, you, her and the army move to the south-east.
Avoiding the attention of the other armies, you take a detour through the woods.
Upon arrival you face the morcantaz army, they don't attack you. Their leader, a local chief, comes forward to talk to you.
He offers his services to Kynbel, whom he heard a lot about. Obviously, this man never met Kynbel in the flesh, otherwise he would have recognized you as not-Kynbel.
No matter, you can use this to your advantage.

>convince him that you are kynbel
>set up an ambush and be rid of his army
>take them by surprise right now

>>4398326
>convince him that you are kynbel

Use their army against the others, keep ours in reserve

>>4398326
>>convince him that you are kynbel

>>4398326
>convince him that you are kynbel
but keep a close eye.

>>4398326
alright... we might pull it off?
>convince him that you are kynbel

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Aight check this out

>>4398421
Based

>>4398406
>>4398388
>>4398376
>>4398359
Of course, you are kynbel, or so you claim, it takes some convincing, especially explaining what there's a woman with your army. You tell him the truth, kind of. That is your wife and she's here because she would rather die than live under a false king.
He finds the thought of a woman in combat gross, but he respects the determination, says he has a weakspot for feisty women.
Whatever the case, for now his army is on your side.
You still have to make good on that promise to drive your wife-to-be's enemies before her and preferably sodomize them to death in front of their peers.
Before moving out, you reassure to her that, there will be bloodshed. A heartfelt kiss later, your army, now bolstered by a good 1000 morcantaz, head for your next target.

On your march back to base, you receive scout reports detailing enemy troop movement.
The traitors have occupied Ongiza without resistance.
The bolgoz have begun taking Morcantari under siege.
Fortunately, your letter has reached Kynbel.
He requests a meeting with you.

>relief morcantari
>meet kynbel personally
>meet kynbel with the army

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Hmm...

I think we need to take the chance and attack the Bolgoz while we can. The alliance we have with this random ass army is shaky at best. Going to clash with kynbel is dangerous, since the army will be like "wait, two kynbel?"

>relief morcantari.

and have the savage army at the front. It will be destroyed by the Chad Bolgoz, but at least they might get tired before our real army goes in action.

>>4398475
>>meet kynbel personally
An army with while faking to be him is a bit much.

>>4398475
>meet kynbel personally

Ahem. ASSASSINATE

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>>4398556
Thirsty boi.

>>4398475
>>meet kynbel personally

>>4399556
>>4398504
>>4398503
You decide it to take the bait and order 10 warriors to come along with you.
You leave your sword and shield behind and break the tip off the spear, hiding it under your clothes.
You know the terrain around ongiza well, you place your men behind a foothill near the city and move on to the gate by yourself.
There he is, Kynbel, the traitor himself.
He welcomes you, you return the gesture.
His men pat you down to check for hidden weapons, they couldn't find your speartip.
He sends his men back into the city to talk privately with you.

>chat him up for intel
>kill him right then and there
>infiltrate his ranks

>>4399622
>>chat him up for intel
See if it's worth killing him.

>>4399622
>chat him up for intel
Let us see what he has to say. Then kil

>>4399622
>>chat him up for intel

>>4399622
Milk him for info then take out our sexu-er, frustration

>chat him up for intel

>>4399808
>>4399719
>>4399678
>>4399675
You play his game and talk, and oh boy does he talk. For someone who looks like the average morcantaz brute, he sure talks a lot.
You try to listen, you try really hard, gathering some clues on the plans for his army, albeit cryptic ones.
You can't believe how such a babbling buffoon would be considered a legitimate heir to the throne, by anyone.
No matter, you got what you wanted.
From what you have discerned, his army intends to take Izarogininian, not knowing our army is stationed there.
Following this, he intends to join up with the bolgoz and take down morcantari.
There appears to be little communication between their armies, as the bolgoz are already there.
Either that, or he's trying to trick you himself.
Regardless of what it is, you covertly pull your speartip from within a pocket between your clothes and armor and aim for his neck.
You don't know whether he expected it, but he blocks your strike.
Before a proper fight could ensue, you flee to the foothill, chased by a few of his men.
Your troops ambush them as they cross the hill.
You return back to your wife-to-be.

Offense:
>strike the traitors
>strike the bolgoz
Defense:
>reinforce izarogininian

>>4400161
>strike the bolgoz
They are probably the strongest of the two and we could get some traitors to defect to us

>>4400161
Fuck it, strike the strongest, but pick up army hopefuls along the way
>strike the bolgoz

>>4400161
>strike the bolgoz

>>4400271
How dare you vote after noon

>>4400161
>strike the bolgoz

As I said, we can't get the morcantaz army close to knybel.!!