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You send orders for the Army to intervene and crush the rebellious insects under their heavy boots!

The artisan finally is let in.

"Greetings, your majesty! I'm Anselm Astarsson, a jeweler and sculptor by trade. The parsian gemstones recently acquired by the Crown are of best quality for what I had in mind; a monumental statue made of lapis lazuli, opals and onyxes, which are mined there. I wouldn't adorn a marble with gemstones, no - I'm thinking about fusing and polishing hundreds of gemstones together to create something truly beautiful."

"You want funds?" You ask, and the artisan shakes his head.

"No, I would like sole access to Parsian gemstones this year. And maybe next, yes, so I can pick the shiniest for top layer and those of lower quality for the bulk of the statue."

A) "You are cray cray, what do I need a gemstone statue for??"
B) "Sounds lovely. You have the gems! Make the best statue you could dream of!"
C) "Alrighty, but I'm telling you what will be the sculpture's theme."

will artifacts get more expensive as magic declines?

If artifactmakers go caput, the price for existing ones will sure skyrocket.

Europa Universalis III, more to test all the modding I did to it, because you just can't have HRE not fragmented into one-province minors (say hi to Nurnberg, and Regensburg, and Metz, and Zurich, and Worms, and Carniola and Carinthia...).

Bless be Paradox for putting most of game code into .txt files. BLESS!

You decide to deal with Parsian rebellion first.

As it turns out, one of minor local nobles in eastern Parsia has convinced the preists of Eleven Graces that he is bound to free the proud Parsian people from the yoke of western weaklings. So they've annointed him with oils of the Eleven and told 'go, and kill the Methiantese', because as far as it goes, this man, Manan Kakebab, has took over a small garrison and from there, he is directing his supporters to assault Methiantese people, be it soldiers on patrol or ordinary citizens. So far, his efforts are very local and others elsewhere in Parsia aren't willing to help him.

A) We ought to negotiate, he is doing more harm to Parsia than us!
B) A small fly, he will die off before he gets anywhere.
C) Do you hear that? It's the sound of our Army kicking his face in!

Does this change of era already affected artifacts?

It's weakening of magic which will do that, not a new page on calendar ;v

G10

The businessdwarves are let in.

They wear golden robes; indeed, the fabric glitters as they move, made of pure golden thread. On their heads there are circles of silver and with gemstones set at forehead. They bow before you and clap their hands. The one with longest and whitest of beards steps forward to speak.

"Greetings, Emperor Yoe, we here to make business. We see trade and people keeping their coinage at home, or with less than trusted persons, but we the dwarves have the Vaults."

He further elaborates that Vaults are places where dwarves store the money of their clients, in exchange handing them out a stamped writ of guarantee. Then, that person can travel all the way across continent to another dwarven hall, bring the writ to local vault, and take out money, with only a small 'handling fee' substracted from the amount.

"Even humans and elves give money to us, to keep it safe!"

"Why would they trust you?"

"We skilled coin-makers and proud warriors. Money is life - and life is valuable, yes yes?"

A) "This strange Vault organization will have no place in Methiant!"
B) "A neat idea, I will keep it on my edicts' list for future consideration."
C) "Money given out for a paper? Where do I sign up for this??"

You let the messenger in.

Kotekbacek Greedpus the Inks of Violation has arrived! An enormous centipede made of pure steel, with head of a small feline. It's enormous legs cause tremors with each move. Thunderbolts strike the hapless victims whenever it opens its maw. Its whispers are heard behind any wall and even by those who are asleep. Beware its paralytic gaze!

The beast in question has simply appeared on southern horizon one day, and has been slowly making its way to the Orcworld Fortress, killing every scout that tried to get close. The officers of the Fortress called in reinforcements from other side of the portal whilst sending this envoy with request of assistance from the Crown, too.

A) Send in the Army! It will blow this insectoid chimera up in no time!
B) We must find a Wizard to kill this thing, and quick!
C) Stop aggroing and it will go away on its own, you idiots!
D) Adventurers? Yes, lvl40+ adventurers should do the trick!
E) Fools! Get me the sword, your Emperor will kill it all by himself!!!