Boot Camp - Finished - Soyweiser/Jotunheim wins!

[Soyweiser]

I think you took the prov I was moving through. It was a mistake at my part.

[DragonRider]

Oh, so you were trying to move two west? I actually failed to take the intermediate province in the magic phase (catastrophically so; that's really going to set me back a lot), but I guess I DID take the one next to it that you must have been moving into. I'm pretty sure I had lost it again before the turn was over, but I guess that still blocks the move.

[DragonRider]

Loki,

I remember the day when first you presented yourself to our people. I remember the things you told us; the promises you made us. I remember the beating of my heart and the tears in my eyes; I remember the joy I felt being assured, at last, that our people would have a future in this changing world, and that you would lead us there.

I made an oath that day that I would do anything in my power to make that dream come true. I became your prophet and spread that hope far and wide. I stood before the masses and swore to them that the gradual dwindling of our numbers and slow recession of our magicks would at long last be reversed, and that the whole of the land would be ours again, as it once was. They trusted me, as I trusted you. Like me, they pledged their very lives to your cause; they fought and died in your name.

Today, as we continued our routine raids of Marignon, as you ordered, I spotted in Epernia a group of priests, a score at the most, marching across the plains with hardly a knight to escort them. I was certain that they were powerless, as any priest of a false god must be. My men rushed towards them, wildly brandishing their axes and praising your name, wanting nothing more than to smite down those infidels who would dare preach against you, their God.

I watched those men burn. I watched them writhe in agony; I listened to their screams of pain. And I fell to my knees and wept. I wept at the beauty of it; those flames from the sky, burning so brightly, glowing with a light so pure and true that I knew instantly that it could only have come from God. I wept in sorrow for the lives thrown away for nothing, on this day and all before it; lives wasted in service not to a God, but to a pretender. I wept in shame for the lies I told those soldiers; that their lives and deaths would mean something if only they fought in Loki's name.

My eyes are open now. For too long have our people suffered in the dark and frigid northlands, so far from the warmth and light of God. I shall bring the glory of the Eternal Flame to our home. I shall free our people from your damning lies and give them the long and prosperous future that they deserve. I only hope that when we march into Recenna I have the opportunity to slay you myself for your sins against the Jotun and against God.

--Blacker Than Darkness, Former Prophet of Loki, Emissary of the Eternal Flame



((PS: Who ever said the default mage AI was bad? Mass Enslave Mind for the win!))

[Valerius]

Thanks for the post, DragonRider. Reminded me of a game where I was playing MA Abysia and my main army, that had served me so well, was facing off against Machaka. Heavy losses on both sides but Machaka's King of Banefires was steadily killing off my forces. Then, completely unscripted, a warlock got his fatigue just under 100, took the last couple of blood slaves on the field and cast Infernal Prison. I promised not to say anything bad about the AI for a while after that.

[durecellrabbit]

Hi can I please a 24 hour extension. I've just been discharged from hospital after emergency surgery and will need some rest before I can do my turn properly probably missing the currently deadline.

[Valerius]

Yes, of course, hosting has been delayed 24 hours.

[Soyweiser]

Nice one DragonRider.

Really hope that my prophet counts as killed now. Probably not .

I'm actually more sad that I lost Hulvid. The protagonist of my last story. But that is still an interesting story. Especially as he disliked the way the Skratti where acting. Getting only 3 grand masters sucks. (Yeah spam magic on the Lamia, not the fire mages raining down flaming molten death).

Well, hitting into such a large group of mages was not expected. .

(Has anybody already discovered my naming scheme?).

durecell: you all right?

[durecellrabbit]

Originally Posted by Valerius

Yes, of course, hosting has been delayed 24 hours.

Thanks. Got my turn in.


I'm ok. Just got a bunch of medicine to take and to get my dressings changed everyday. Really sleepy as well.

What's up with these priests with militia that keep appearing?

[Duncan_Frost]

Hello again from the former ruler of C'Tis! I'm terribly sorry about staling out on you all, but my laptop self-destructed and I didn't have any internet access for quite a while. Good to see the game is still going strong, and good luck to the poor sucker who had to take over my nation

[Soyweiser]

Actually C'Tis is doing rather good at the moment. Research levels have dropped, but armies/land/dom etc is going up.