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Somewhere past 6k mark, split in three parts.

5a 5b

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You decide to lead the Army yourself!

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Congratulations! Cyl I embarks on another military campaign!

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As your Army enters Ceodwell, three border forts stand before you, spread within half a day distance from each other. You quickly convene with your offices and three options become available, and you decide to...

A) Spread your forces equally between these three to conquer them.
B) Smash one of the forts open with all our might, and that will be our entry point.
C) Besiege all three with minimal amount of soldiers while the rest continues forward.

6a, 5b

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You adopt the tile of 'Conqueror'!

Few days later you learn that Ansbach was successful, kind-of. After defeating Calahan in battle near the gold mines, the old Ceodwellian monarch has disappeared, with numerous rumors circulating that he was wounded, fled or outright killed. One of his trusted officers has taken over the diminishing loyalist forces and is fighting at the border, while Ansbach decided that it is a good moment to declare the fall of the tyrant, and crowned himself King Ansbach I of Ceodwell.

Having some scholars dig up his ancestry got him connected to Ceodwell's dynasty somewher 6 or 7 steps up the family tree, legitimizing his rule. That what matters for the noblemen; the common folk praise him as 'liberator' and 'protector' against increasing Gubta influences on the country in the past years.

A) Now is the time to strike! Onwards, against Ansbach and Kingdom of Ceodwell!
B) Maybe this one won't be a dick. Let's send him a congratulatory letter.

You lead your men northwards, to the forested areas of Tiftit!

Five days later, as your Army is marching through a forest tall and dark, suddenly Hurthlings attack from both sides! Your Army's formation and the thickness of the forest forbid any useful deployment and use of Fireblood machines, not that your engineers have the time! And the Hurthlings picked best moment for ambush, too - what are your scouts doing??

2*

Your Army fights back chaotically as the forest clearly gives the Hurthlings a home field advantage, their javelineers and bowmen popping up from behind or on the top of the trees. Your Army is still numerous, so by numbers alone they have time to regroup and counterattack.

5*

And that some time to regroup is all that your Army needs; the soldiers run into the thicket en masse, pursuing and cutting down any and every armed Hurthling they find. The battle is won, but this time some three hundred Methiantese soldiers won't be coming home. Bodies of Hurthlings are twice that in numbers.

Fortunately, after a week of trek total, your Army emerges into highly populated farmlands area. Some initial resistance is squashed but before your soldiers can 'teach' the little peoples a lesson, a group of Hurthlings clad in chainmail and pink cloaks hurries toward your position, wearing the white scarves of truce.

They kneel in front of you and smooch the dirt, crying aloud.

"Oh grate Hooman King, spare our lives, we will be nice agiin! We swear to never hurt a big man again, and we will be nice, but pliis stop with the killings!!" You decide to...

A) Satisfy yourself with this promise and return home.
B) Add their bodies to the pile, as the final day of Hurthling race is at hand!!
C) Demand they return the stolen supplies and money.
D) Demand they kiss your royal signet and begin their lives anew as your vassals!

You decide to lead your men on a military campaign against the Hurthlings!

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Congratulations! Cyl I embarks on a military campaign! During his absence, Queen Esta and the royal Council will take care of political matters.

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It's been a week since your Army deployed and so far, it has been an easy conquest. Few times did the Hurthlings present any resistance, and none of these times they inflicted more than few casualties while their slingers, javelineers and archers were mowed down by your cavalry or brutally melee'd by your well-armed and trained soldiers (the fact that Hurthlings doesn't seem to work with any sturdier metal than copper probably helps a lot). Their settlements and homesteads, dug into hills or into the ground are easy pickings for your torch-bearers or Fireblood machines.

Forests now separate the settlements further north, and there are some hillside villages to the south which would probably require pacifying. Some of your officers ponder if maybe the Hurthlings should be offered a parley.

A) Let's continue conquering in northernly direction.
B) Let's mop up work in the south.
C) Send an offer of negotiation to the Hurthlings.

You decide to send some money and supplies to the Hurthlings, hoping they will appreciate the gesture.

1

The report makes your court furious. Either by Hurthling violent nature or mayhaps a wrong gesture on the behalf of the caravan, your men has been attacked, their supplies seized and taken deep into the lands of Hurthlings. Few of the fifty men sent to escort the food and cloth in the wagons returned to tell the tale of this brutal attack!

You decide to...

A) Send the Army to bring order to the lawless swamp that is Tiftit Kingdom.
B) Send some diplomats to demand return of the stolen goods and money.
C) Let this incident pass without consequences.