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You decide to simply continue the siege, letting starvation do the deed.


Your officers and scouts praise the stubborn courage of Estanquanortan defenders; your quartermaster did some math and by now, all the rebels should have to eat is moldy bread and old cheeses, yet they remain resilient.

One of the Spymaster's agents meets with you a few evenings later.

"My liege, I'm here to report that my colleagues have infiltrated Estanquanorta successfully. We could sabotage their granaries or poison the few of their still functioning wells, or we could prepare an opening of city gates for the assault." He pulls out a scroll from within his hooded robe.

"There's also a letter from The Chamberlain, my liege, addressed to you." You take the scroll and inspect it - there's no seal or customary red rope of Chamberlain's office.

"Where's the courier?"

"The courier is one of my colleagues, too. The Chamberlain wanted this to be delivered in secrecy, my liege."

You decide to...

A) Read the letter.
B) Decide how to use your spies inside Estanquanorta.

Although few voices murmur about negotiations, the majority of your officers clamor for a siege of Estanquanorta, and you happily follow that path!


Scouts and raiding parties bring reports that the smaller settlements suffered from lack of grain and trade, and many have submitted the Court or your captains, while you and the Army of Kastoria besiege Estanquanorta.

The defenders, along with Ximon and his supporters, remain steadfast.


The heavy rains of Spring has eroded much of enthusiasm and hope that outlying settlements had, and, if the reports are to be fully trusted, no keep but Estanquanorta remains opposed to your rule!

Having been at the siege for two months, many believed that the city would've fallen by now, alas.

One Spring evening, few younger officers enter your tent. "My liege!" One of them says out loud. "We besiege the city that's ought to be on verge of starvation and despair by now. Why not construct the towers, craft the ladders, and swarm upon the walls of Estanquanorta, bringing the rebellion to a swift end? Nobody but the stubborn, doomed fools inside the walls remain to deal with!"

You decide to...

A) Stick to the plan and continue the siege, the inhabitants will surely bring the heads of conspirators to you on a silver platter anytime soon!
B) Send bribes and offers of amnesty to those inside the city. Maybe this will bring out some unforeseen advantanges?
C) Rally an attack force, and order construction of siege equipment, and prepare for the assault upon the walls of Estanquanorta!

LEVEL UPS WITH EXTRA GUY:

60, 14, -, 2, 71, 93, 8, 65

Niels: +HP, +STR, +SKL, +RES

50, 62, 27, 2, 17, 51, 9, 90

Siegfried: +HP, +MAG, +SKL, +DEF, +RES

98, 1, 42, 43, 39, 76, 69, 51

Brunbrun: +STR, +SKL, +SPD

67, -, 17, 18, 16, 93, 18, 48

Altha: +HP, +MAG, +SKL, +LCK, +RES, +SPD

28, 81, 46, 47, 30, 53, 82, 69

Simona: +HP, +MAG, +LCK

53, -, 58, 63, 6, 27, 55, 37

Shaelynn: +HP, +MAG, +LCK, +DEF, +SPD

10, 93, 94, 21, 81, 1, 16, 81

Jann: +HP, +SKL, +DEF, +RES

92, 90, 65, 95, 64, 3, 7, 52

Malcom: +DEF, +RES

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13, 5, -, 55, 30, 20, 44, 3

Captain Astleich: +HP, +STR, +SKL, +DEF, +SPD

Updating HP spoiler, hold yo horses!

Kingdom of Connachta
Soldiers of Connachta defend Argyll, Ayr, Lothian, Inverness, Moray, Sutherland, The Isles, Aberdeen, Angus and Lanark, but no enemy comes.
Connachta conquest of Ulaid is slowed down by soldiers of Aberdeen: 10+9 vs 1+3 = 19 > 4
Connachta conquers Ulaid! Ulaid pillaged for 1.
Connachta conquest of Cromarty is slowed down by soldiers of Aberdeen: 1+3 vs 1+1 = 4 > 2
Connachta conquers Cromarty! Cromarty pillaged for 1.
Connachta conquest of Perth is slowed down by soldiers of Aberdeen: 1+3 vs 1+6 = 4 < 7
Connachta fails to conquer Perth!
Connachta conquest of Fife is slowed down by soldiers of Aberdeen: 1+8 vs 1+10 = 9 < 11
Connachta fails to conquer Fife!

Kingdom of Glamorgan
No outgoing orders this time...

Kingdom of Aberdeen
Soldiers of Aberdeen defend Orkney, but no enemy comes.
Aberdeen conquest of Ui Neill is slowed down by soldiers of Connachta: 11+4 vs 12+4 = 15 < 16
Aberdeen fails to conquer Ui Neill!
Aberdeen conquest of Airgialla is slowed down by soldiers of Connachta: 10+4 vs 12+1 = 14 > 13
Aberdeen conquers Airgialla! Airgialla pillaged for 2.

Kingdom of Essex
Soldiers of Essex defend Norfolk, Cambridge, Derby, Hamp, Leicester, Oxford, Randor and Glamorgan, but no enemy comes.
Essex conquest of Lancaster is unopposed!
Essex conquers Lancaster! Lancaster is pillaged for 2.
Essex conquest of York is slowed down by soldiers of Aberdeen: 3+1 vs 1+3 = 4 ~ 4
Essex fails to conquer York!
Essex conquest of Lincoln is unopposed!
Essex conquers Lincoln! Lincoln pillaged for 1.
Essex conquest of Westmor is unopposed!
Essex conquers Westmor! Westmor pillaged for 1.
Essex conquest of Caernarvon is unopposed!
Essex conquers Caernarvon! Caernarvon pillaged for 1.
Essex conquest of Carmanthen: 10+8 vs 10+9 = 18 < 19
Essex fails to conquer Carmanthen!
Essex conquest of Worcester is slowed down by soldiers of Glamorgan: 5+6 vs 7+9 = 11 < 16
Essex fails to conquer Worcester!

Kingdom of Lancaster
Lancaster sends an expedition (5) to conquer Laighin, but their forces are opposed by soldiers of Connachta! 11+8 vs 10+2 = 19 > 12
Lancaster conquers Laighin! Laighin pillaged for 2.




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You decide to press on!

Traitor's army is first attacked by your cavalry, which outpaces your infantry.

3*

They ran right into Telleo's soldiers, amongst whom there are spearmen too! Minor casualties occur before the bulk of the army joins the melee along with rebel peasants.

5*

That's exactly when the quality of the men is worth more than their quantity! Kastorian soldiers and veterans hack away at the peasants, whose lines simply collapse and those at the back rout after just a while of fighting!

6*

The numbers are evened rather fast, and before you know it, your men are pressing into the deeper ranks of Telleo's formations! His peasant rabble is either dead or routed by now!

7!*

It's a gruesome slaughter of rebels, and none of those that throw down their weapons are spared! One of the sons of the nobles who joined you gleefully rides up to you, carrying in his left arm the bloodied, hacked-off head of Count Telleo!

You praise the boy's bravery and promise to reward him and his father greatly after the rebellion's truly over.

The war council gathers as the auxilliaries and healers count up bodies and tend to the wounded. There's four thousand corpses on the field, of which less than a thousand belongs to those fighting under your banner.

Your officers, clearly jubilant, are asking that you let them ravage the rebel keeps in the northern borderlands, to show what happens to those defying King Matin of Kastoria!

You decide to...

A) Send letters of amnesty to northernly settlements instead.
B) Let the dogs of war loose, and then hit the sack, dreaming of future glories.
C) Rest, regroup, and continue northwards in orderly way.

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Haaah, good one.

You decide to meet this attempt at overthrowing your dynasty's rule head-on, emerge victorious or die trying!

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Congratulations! King Matin is now fighting against usurpation of his rule!

If he loses, it's game over!

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Not leaving this treacherous Count Telleo much time to prepare, you gather your forces and march northwards.

5

It seems that the rebels have not planned for your rapid deployment of troops and the trip to their homelands, for your army have downed several armed groups of patrolling men and horse-riding scouts with ease. This allowed your five thousand of men to reach Telleo's domain fast and in organized way.

Your own men have gotten enough time to make a composite report on Telleo's forces. They number approximately eight thousand five hundred, but of that only about two thousand are well-paid and armed soldiers and captains. The rest is peasant folk, pressed into the fighting with promises of liberation, peace and prosperity if they get Telleo upon Kastorian throne. All they have is their clothes, mayhaps some leather, and they wield clubs, hatchets, bows, pitchforks and sickles.

That's still over six thousand rabble on top of two thousand soldiers that you will be dealing with. The numbers are still against you.

Your officers gather around the table in your tent as you consider your options.

A) Press on! Telleo seems indecisive, or at least sluggish in his actions - that will be his doom!
B) Let's fortify our position and let them come to us.
C) Send our horsemen to harass their lines and put pressure on the untrained peasantry.

You tell the Spymaster to discredit and blame the Regents while also dig up some 'treaty' that gives you a valid claim to the throne of Xane-Peon.

"That will be hard to accomplish, but we will do our best, my liege."

1

The Spymaster brings dire news!

Your attempt at the plot to take over Xane-Peon and blame the Regents for death of little Kemen went as bad as it could. One of the agents on the job was caught by the Regents' agents trying to disseminate the rumors, and in course of the interrogation, they've spilled information on your agents and your intents. The Regents wasted no time to make it a public knowledge that Xane-Peon's dearest ally is nothing but a political backstabber!

Not only it has negatively affected the relationship between your countries, but some of your own courtiers called you 'shameless' in talks between their peers. Your reputation and people's happines with your rule surely took a hit.

Even Elea, kept in your dungeon, had a hearty laugh at your failure.


An armed rebellion rose against your rule!

Led by a charismatic Count Telleo from northlands, peasants, artisans and nobles alike have rallied to topple you and the corrupt Lycwylian dynasty. Early reports put their army at anywhere between seven to ten thousand. The Marshal reports your personal troops number barely three thousands, and many of your nobles have outright refused to provide troops, for one reason or another, mostly pointing out they have barely any troops left.

You might scrounge up to five thousand if you're lucky.

The war council gathers, but you can see that many of your loyal supporters are silent or outright dissatisfied with your rule so far.

You decide to...

A) Lead the loyal men and women to a field battle against the traitorous rebel scum!!!
B) Take blame for the ruination of Kastoria and abdicate, for there's no future for Lycwylian dynasty in here!!
C) Gather men and wait for the situation to develop.