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You decide to appease the dwarves and proclaim that looting dwarven settlements during this time of crisis will be punished.


You Army sent north comes back with money! They also bring a letter from the grateful Queen Dogethe, who, while not needing your soldiers' at the front, felt much more stronger having someone to protect the heart of her nation. She reached an agreement with the Agaresians, which secured the Cydwyllian colonies in the east and got the Agaresians to look south rather than west.

Few days later you receive an envoy from Lametania.

"Greetings, good king Cyl. My master, King Umar, has sent me here with an inquiry - are you interested in again providing us with protection of your Armies? Our skilled miners have recently found wealthy copper deposits, which we can send to you, if you will not accept hard cash of course."

A) "Sorry, not interested this time."
B) "Trifle copper? You must be joking. I want more than that!"
C) "Sure, money for protection, that works."
D) "Sure, copper and its crafts in exchange for my soldiers."

You decide to stand still and silent.

The raven caws at you and you could swear it did that with certain degree of irritation. It also feels a bit darker around it. And is the raven larger than a moment before??

A) Tell your name aloud.
B) Run away to safety.

You decide to not overspend yet.

5

Fortunately, many cities organized festivals on their own (either from own savings or by asking wealthy citizens for donations), and thus there was no discontent in Methiant. Phew.


It is one of colder nights when you decide to take a walk to the higher floors of the palace, ultimately ending on one of the towers with splendid view on the Capital city to the side and the majestic lake to the other, that flanks the royal forest.

It is after a long moment of gazing that you see, out of all the birds, a raven fly to the balcony and silently perch on one of the cranellations. It opens its beak and you expect a caw, but...

"Cyl... Cyl of Methiant..." It whispers in most hissy voice possible.

A) It calls for me! I ought to introduce myself!
B) Let's Stand Still, Stay Silent.
C) Run the fuck away, tis another of magical murder beasts!!

You make the Spymaster keep a lid on this while you write a letter to Queen Dogethe; one of Spymaster's agents is sent rather than a normal courier, just in case.


As the skies continue to be reddish and dark, the time goes by and the yearly rituals must be maintained. For example, the yearly ritual of the Advisor coming by to your chambers, with Scrolls of Kingdom Status in his hands.

Happiness: 4
Population: 7
Economy: 2
Army: 5

"I must inform you, my liege, that our Treasury has been drained by our continuous procurement of supplies so our peoples can survive the winter. And the censuses seem to indicate that most of refugees have decided to settle down in Methiant after all."

"Still we, ought to repair our Treasury a little bit. Shall we raise the taxes?"

A) "Absolutely yes!"
B) "Absolutely no."

Please tell me the Royal Physician didn't go to the same college as the Spymaster.

Eyyy boi, this going into my sig.

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You decide to pester various food merchants for grain and other everyday supplies.

5*

After some time, your cash fills the pockets of traders while their grain and herbs fill your keeps and storages.


The Spymaster bumps into you at dark, cold night.

"Greetings, my liege. I bring an offer from some of your noblemen."

"Why do my nobles need my Spymaster to speak business with me?"

"It is their request which I felt proper to fulfill. They have friends in the lands conquered by Queen Dogethe and, to be honest, those friends of our noblemen aren't quite happy with Dogethe's iron-fisted rule. They dream of independence but that probably won't happen, so at least a change of ruler would do, and it happens that their holdings are right at the border, just north of Tven mountains. Your courtiers thus wonder if the Crown would sponsor some... trouble in the north."

A) Subterfuge, aw yiss. They have my monies and my support!
B) Nah, not interested, there's enough chaos in the region without rebellions.
C) Queen Dogethe is struggling and her noblemen wish to abandon her at first sight of trouble? I ought to inform her!
D) That sounds fine with me but I'm not going to anger the iron lady outright; I can give them support on a later date.

You decide to search for a wizard, and the healer concurs; truly one is most needed now!

When you duck the silver goblet thrown by your wife, you realize that it wasn't the best idea maybe.

"I don't need a Wizard!" Your wife screams as two maidens try the hot compresses and painkiller tinctures. "I need some blackseed milk!" You decide to get to the kitchen yourself so the maids can care for Esta, but...

A) It's obvious she has been possessed by forces most evil! My beautiful, calm and quiet Esta couldn't be on her own such fiery tempered and angry creature! Truly, it's time to call up some Pantheonist exorcists.
B) It's obvious that it is just a hard pregnancy. No need to panic. NO NEED TO PANIC! Maybe I should get some blackseed milk for myself, too.

aaaaaaa
ccc

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You decide to send your Army north to Kingdom of Cydwyl to help Queen Dogethe deal with the invaders from the east.


There's a reply to your letter from the dwarves. It was written by the leader of Zasitost, and your courtiers say that only in most important matters do dwarven aristocrats reply personally rather than via envoys and messengers.

In the letter, the leader of Zasitost, one Vabuk Kobalak, says that they can deal with the emergency occuring in their fortress and that your assistance is not required at the moment.

Few days later you receive a report from your Army; Queen Dogethe has delegated it to guarding the core lands of the Kingdom while Cydwyl soldiers are battling Agaresians on the frontlines.

The same evening, one of the palace healers meets with you.

"My liege, I bring ill news about your wife's pregnancy. The child inside Queen Esta is either very large or some evil tumor has formed in the womb! Just a moment ago we helped the Queen through a bout of pains. Wise heads speak that many such painful pregnancies occured this year; surely it's an omen, a terrible curse!"

A) "Stop with those superstitions and take care of my wife properly, or else you shall suffer my wrath!"
B) "Evil tumor!? Send donations to the altars immediately, I do not wish to be a father to demonspawn!"
C) "Anybody but her! Announce a search for a Wizard, the curse must be lifted from my dearest wife!

You let the army messenger in.

"My liege! Our officers have managed to, well, question some of the fleeing dwarves. It appears that they have, or the calamity of Smoking Mountain have, awoken up some underground force of evil that was sleeping deep within the earth. Their military and runemasters have had hard time containing the beast and more and more of underground levels of Zasitost Fortress are being lost, so preemptively the dwarves are sending their civilians away before the 'sealing' ritual is to take place." Your courtiers ask you for a course of action, as an underground evil is nothing to sneer at!

A) But that is dwarves' problem, not ours. Just keep on observing Zasitost, at least for now.
B) Time to preemptively hire some lvl40+ adventurers!
C) Time to send a letter to the dwarves, offering our assistance.
D) Time to send our Army to help the dwarves, no matter if their pride allows it or not.
E) Time to find a Wizard?