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You have the money sent to your senior.


There was a mighty hail and thunderstorms that went about the Duchy, destroying nascent crops. Fortunately, your Hurthling subjects managed to save the farmlands!


Queen of Lametania has abdicated for retirement. Your son, Salus, became the next King of Lametania! He has so far proven to be a sturdy, healthy man who isn't touched by fatigue nor sickness.


Your new wife, Ygwylla, gives birth to a boy! She has named him 'Yvin'.

Salus, King of Lametania, has sent you a letter; he asks you for monetary help, as the Kingdom that he had inherited has several tributes set up by the retired Queen to maintain peace with the Khanate and the Damdamians, and this year the Lametanian treasury is a bit empty.

A) Of course I will send my boy some money!
B) Nuh-uh, ain't got cash for that!

You decide to meet the girl whom you learn later is named Ygwylla.


The Marshal and the Advisor enter your study, and pile several scrolls upon your desk.

"It is done! The parchment is inscribed and orders are ready to be sent, my liege! No longer we shall rely upon draftees and peasants, but skilled and well-equipped soldiers!"

"All we need is your signature." Adds the Advisor.

"How long will it take?" "Few years, definitely less than a decade."

A) Sign the papers and begin modernization of the Army.
B) Stay with feudal levies and hired blades.

You tell the Yardsmaster to keep an eye on the situation and call you in half an hour as you have an important guest from the Parliament.

You let Lord Enval on the situation the moment he sits down.

"A terrible tragedy, that." He muses. "Hopefully it won't bring any long-term damage to the yards. Now onto business at hand."

"Our military attache at Empire of Qinga has observed a battle between the Qinga torpedo boats and the Saravangi cruisers. The cruisers were overwhelmed 4 to 1 but the Saravangi lost all six cruisers and the Qinga lost only two torpedo boats. The Parliament and the Navy Office is in buzz! No one ever sent torpedo boats against cruisers like that, but it seems that torpedos will be the new kings of the sea."

"Therefore, the Parliament will soon be expanding on your budget. I, acting as the will of the Parliament, have come to ask you on your idea about how to potentially overcome the torpedo boats."

A) "Clearly, we need better armored cruisers!"
B) "Clearly, we should concentrate on submarines and torpedo boats ourselves!"
C) "Clearly... we need to design some fast, agile ship that can catch up and defeat the small torpedo boats."

I think it was top-down perspective, actually, rather than anything 3D ;v

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You send the Army to deal with the problem.

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And they do it! Though many hundreds of soldiers die, the locusts are eradicated, and their Mother Locust is slain in epic struggle in a big pit in the hills. Your soldiers are called heroes of the duchy.

You cancel the search for the Wizard.


"My liege, its been many years." One of the courtiers walks up to the throne. "And your side remains empty. Mayhaps it would be a good time to marry again?"

A) "Sure, if you have someone on mind."
B) "No, I'm not really interested in second wife."
C) "Yes, but I'm waiting for an offer from abroad."

You agree to spend the monies.


"Locusts, sire! Locusts!!" The courtiers murmur as the terrified messenger from the western parts of the Duchy arrives.

"Locusts? There have been no locusts in these parts for centuries, not since the Age of Deserts-"

"No! Not normal locusts! Huge, like a horse, locusts! They chomp down everything! Livestock, pets, people!" The murmuring goes into shouting and gasps of terror.

"Where did they come from?"

"We d'nt know, sire!" The messenger takes off his hat and rolls it in his hands. "Once during a normal summer day, we heard a loud rumble come from the forest near our village, and next day those hideous giant insects attacked! Since then they spread to other places, and heard people saying they even munch on trees..." Something must be done to defeat these locusts, but... how do you fight a horde of giant locusts in the first place?

A) This is a job for lvl20 adventurers, who need to find the nest and kill the mother of all locusts, or something.
B) Our Army shall go and vanquish the alien insects from whatever place they came from!
C) Huge locusts don't appear on their own - clearly there's something supernatural about it, so we need to find a Wizard.

You spend some hours trying to explain to Ulan that military tactics and leadership are necessary for even the most pacifist off Kings.

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He apologizes for his behavior, and, truly inspired by your speech, decides to excel in both mathematics and battle tactics.


Revenues from the gold mines and taxes from the dwarves have arrived in the Treasury on schedule.


Once upon a midnight dreary, when you're busy with paperwork, your Advisor and the Marshal arrive to speak with you.

"My liege!" The Marshal half-shouts as to not wake up other people in the palace. "The Advisor and I have stumbled upon a nice find in the library of governor of Luathbas!"

"A treatrise on the structure and logistics of Houlandine armies. It was some sort of mandatory scheme, whereas all youths are taken into the army camps for a year of training. And instead of noblemen providing their own armors, the state pays for equipment of every soldier and officer."

"That sounds costly." You say, and the Advisor nods.

"It is, but this would allow us to replenish our numbers much faster, and our men would have basic training no matter their age and status."

"Truly a boon, considering how violent our neighbourhood is lately, my liege!" The Marshal places hands on his waist.

"Should we begin working out our own system of mandatory draft, my liege?"

A) "AB-SO-LUT-LEEEY!"
B) "Naw, it will only consume money."