The world according to the Koinon

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Originally Posted by Quirinus Kuhlmann

Aymar de Bois Mauri: Thank you for reading so carefully. I have already edited the post, so now the phoenician parfumers are thrown out of Oxtraca, as it has to be. I had a lot of difficulties with the proper spelling of settlement-names, especially the town of Bratosporios was misspelled by me in four or five different ways.

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No problem. Yours is a great AAR. And you have a very funny sense of humour. Great work. :thumbsup:

Thanx again, Aymar! Will be updated during next week.

So here it comes again:

The world according to the Koinon Hellenon

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Cut 5: The year of 222 / World in turmoil

Due to certain evolvements in the world, the structure of the post has been changed a little. So now the headaches of Casse-King Mowg are no longer the headliner-news of the world.


Prologue: The Koinon History of the last ten years

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Map of the Koinon Hellenon

To the relief of many Koinon Noblemen the reign of King Pergamos was only an intermezzo of a few years. What they did not know, was, that they would remember this years as a golden aera of relative peace and prosperity. Because now King Haimon Eurypontidos Lakedaimonios entered the throne and started to reign.

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King Haimon

The first thing he did was disinheriting a well educated, popular and peaceful man of the greek mainlands and declaring the completely unknown strategos Chares Keramaikos Attikos as his heir because of his military-skills (one star). Epicureian philosophers in Atheai also claimed, that the complete lack of management skills, that Attikos shares with the King, might have been a reason for this decision.

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The new heir

Then the king ordered „permanent rearmament“ in Attika and personally started an expansive war against the Arche Seleukeia. Soon Tarsos fell to the Koinon powers and after several huge battles Haimon and his Spartan Hoplites conquered the great Antiocheia to the shame of the arche. But even that did not satisfy our Kings lust for life on the battlefields. So, approaching Edessa, he was attacked by the extremely annoyed Arche King Timoxenos in person, conquerer of Damaskos and certainly one of the best Generals of the world. The heroic victory in the battle of Edessa, in which Haimon himself put the Arche King to dead, was the the peak of his military career so far. Satisfied with himself and his proper beard he rested in Edessa, refusing to improve his management-skills as always.

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The dead Arche-King

Meanwhile on the opposite coast of Asia Minor, the people of Trapezous made a revolution against their new Hayasdan rulers and joined the Koinon by free will. Emediately the Hayasdan-Kingdom declared war. After the first two attacks against the polis were heroically pushed back by simple skirmishers of Trapezous, Koinon sent help from the Krim. King Haimons plan was as follows: By conquering one more Arche settlement and one more Hayasdan-Settlement, Pontos would be completely surrounded by Koinon borders and should become a client-reservation in the near future, where nobles from the greek mainlands could spend their holidays. That would look nice on the map too. What Haimon not thought of, was the desperate resistance of Pontii and Hayasdan and the unbelievable annoyment of the Arche. So the following things happened:
Two middle aged generals, both filthy minded, were constantly envolved in desperate battles against the Hayasdan, who threw their entire military power against Trapezous. In spite of permanent support from the Krim they did not manage to push them back yet.

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Situation around Trapezous

In western Asia-Minor Nikaia had to defend herself against the Pontos for about five times with average troops, because the king needed all the elite soldiers for his war against the Arche.

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Situation in western Asia Minor

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Nikaia-Captain fighting the pontic chariots

The king himself got stuck in Edessa and now has to be freed from Arche siege by a minor general with the next Koinon elite army from Attika. This general has to save the king, so he was not able to help out Tarsos, which was also heavyly besieged by Pontos. So the unlucky Gouvernor of Tarsos decieded to sally, knowning, that in the past Koinon had always won against the unskilled pontic armys. But this time, to the great shame of the Koinon, the demoralised elite spearmen were overrun by the gaulish and eastern overpower. Tarsos fell, our people are slaves now and all our buildings are crumbled.

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Situation in Syria

So now King Haimon has to face a military catastrophy, which can only be compared with the loss of Athenai to Macedonia in 269 BC. Haimon is forced to change his plans and he also is forced to change his mind about the Kingdom of Pontos. As a man of radical mindswitches, he decides as follows:
After the siege of Edessa hopefully will be broken, this town and also Antiocheia will be given to the Ptolemaic Empire either for a ceasefire, either for free, just to annoy the Arche. Then revenge will come over Pontos like Achilles came over Hector, and this time Achilles will be called Haimon Eurypontidos Lakedaimonios.

Meanwhile in main Greece our new heir was informed about certain alarming developments on the Italic Peninsula. So the rich mineur-centre of Dalmatia was quickly taken from the Epirote League, and a few years later also Attikos gets his army to join in the italic game. Currently he besieges Taras, the capital of the Epirote Empire, which in his opinion, grew a bit too quick during the last decade.

To make the troubles even worse, the polis of Emporion at the shores of northern iberia rebelled to the Koinon last year, so that the Safot Softim bi'Qartadast joined the great club of Koinon enemies. We for shure appreciate the will of the people as always, but his is for shure too much, so that Emporion will immedately given back to them.

Untouched by all this affairs, a certain gouvernour spends his golden years in Epidamnos. We already said goodbye to him in the last cut, because a sudden death due to livestyle causes seemed to be certain, but as you see below, Ponponios Hyperteleatos is still rockin':

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But now let's take a look at the

News from the rest of the world

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Map of the world in spring 222

The Punic War: The Italic Peninsula and the Roman Empire

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Map of the Italic Peninsula

Epiros

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Sabyron Sasonios, successor of the great Pyrrhos

Into spring: What happened to the Epirote League during the last decade can only be compared to the outburst of a vulcano, that had been calmly collecting power for decades. It was a steamroll beyond comparison. One roman legion after the other crossed the alpes to defend the homeland, but it was not really their homeland, because this legions all consisted of the beloved gaulic warbands of Consul Blasio. These tatooed wildmen now had to face hellenic elite-troops for the first time of their lives. Almost always it was the last time too. Epirotan forces crushed one legion after another and soon the great Roma herself fell in shame and all the citizens were killed. And against the desperate roman resistance - and in spite of the loss of Dalmatia to the Koinon - the Epirote steamroll lingered on. Now the border settlements of the League are Segesta and Medilanum. Also Epirote diplomates bribed a young roman general, who was disappointed, because the Consul refused to show up at the front.
In the south, which was firmly held by the new poenician friends, the League felt safe for a long time. That's over now due to the arrogant traitor from main greece and the fact, that the borders to Rhegion suprisingly turned red again last year. But Sabyron Sasonios is not really worried. He's the conquerer of the central Roman Empire and he's in possession of an original strand of Pyrrhos' beardhair, which he bought off some honest looking getai-merchant on the black marked in Roma. So no man or woman in the entire world should even try to harm him or his subjects.
...into summer: Minor backlash at the northern-front, as the roman heir is victorious against an epirote army.
...into autum: Sabyron is raving mad through his chambers, because Taras, the capital of his uprising kingdom, fell under the Koinon rule after heroic defense. Also a big Epiros-army under the gaulic traitor Acco was defeated by the Romans in the alps. As Taras is defended too strong, Sabyron orders his forces to go north and declares alliance with Pontos, as he knows that the Koinon Hellenon will be annoyed about that.
...into winter: For whatever reason there will be, stupid northern romans retreat from northern Italia. Also the roman- and the gaulic traitor join together in one army, where they now can make cleverness-competitions with eachother.
PS: Harrharr, Epirote-style-revenge for Taras. An assassin did a good job!

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Epirote northern borders

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Epirote roman turncoat

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Epirote gaulic turncoat

SPQR

A) Northern Empire

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Aemulius Favonius Corpulentus, Consul of the Northern Roman Empire

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Roman Second Consul Lucius Neratius Asina

Into spring: Second Consul Neratius has turned into a grim man lately. Having experienced one military catastrophy after another, he spent his days desperately trying to teach those illiterate gaulic merchants to wash themselves at least a little and to stand in line properly. Now finally the greek expansion seems to slow down slightly and Neratius finds time to think about the man, who is in charge of all this mess. His thoughts are no friendly ones.
Consul Favinius Blasio has gained a little weight due to his germanic cook in Gawjam Hattoz, where he prefered to stay, as the civitas of Italia was murdered. So now the first latin word, that an average „roman“ barbarian learns, is usually „Corpulentus“. First he was angry about his new name, but when his favorite druid told him, that in the northern culture fat men were always seen as blessed by the gods, he was quite proud and gained self respect again. So, as bad news from home came too frequent to be ignored, he provided a diplomat with a really huge amount of money and told him to travel south. That however is one theory, wich tries to explain, what has happened in Sicilia about one year ago.
...into summer: Brave Neratius pushes back the greek enemy in northern Italia. A roman diplomat visits the humble clients of Avernia, maybe to threat them a little. No news from Corpulentus.
...into autum: A certain Gallus, general of the northern roman empire, defeats the Epirotes in the alpes, maybe because of the two triarii units, that could have dicided the apart from that all-gaulic battle between Roma and Epirus.
...into winter: The messengers of Corpulentus told the armys at the southern borders, to come a little closer to their Consul, because he feels uncomfortable in Gawjam Hattoz. Neratius obeyes grimly.

PS: In spite of all the roman victories, Epiros is still the bigger power in northern Italia.

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Roman victory in the alpes

B) Southern Empire

Into spring: Nobody but the involved characters will ever know exactly, what really happended in former Qartadast Sicilia around 223. Koinon spys were sleepy and all of a sudden, the Southern Roman Empire appeared. It consists of the the three Settlements Messana, Rhegion and Syrakousai an is led by a doubtful guy called Cheiron Saunites, who is obviously of Qartadast origin and leads a big army of hellenistic levy troops.

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Cheiron Saunites, now probably a rich man

A certain Decimus Cluentius, an untalented diplomate, is suspected to be real founder of this indignified conglomerate of traitors. He must have bribed a whole Qartadast settlement and Cheiron did the rest. Now by simple corruption Roma is back into the southern game again.

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Decimus Cluentius, subject of rumours

...into summer: For now, Cheiron keeps calm.
...into autum: As Taras is now under Koinon rule, Cheirons diplomates arrange a new alliance with the arrogant Pharao, which indeed is a masterpiece of diplomacy. Cheiron himself collects his hellenic forces and marchs onto Lilibeo.
...into winter: Now Lilibeo is besieged.

PS: Lilibeo is conquered in summer, so now whole Sicila is under Roman rule again.

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Southern Roma


Safot Softim bi'Qartadast

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King Himilcar

Into spring: Safot Softim bi'Qartadast is the by far biggest military power of the world. In spite of that, the old loyality problem led to results beyond believe in Sicilia. First everything turned out so well: Epiros did all the dirt work for Qartadast and soon the hellenic tyrants of Sicilia where buried and forgotten by phoenician forces. But now nearly everything is lost again. Only Lilibeo kept faith and now desperately waits for reinforcements from the homelands. And baal, these reinforcements would be ready to go, if there only were fleets to carry them. „Bring me the head of this Cheiron Saunites“, King Himilcar cried out, but he resides in deep Iberia, and the traitors head would be quite smelly until reaching him. „Smelly or not, bring me the head“, the king screamed again.
Iberia on the other hand, is almost completely under Qartadast rule. Completely? No, some mindless greeks in Emporion made a glourious revolution and declared themselves as members of the Koinon Hellenon. What they don't know: Instead of the fleets with reinforcements, that they await so desperately, a diplomat will show up, which is told to give them back to the Poenicans for present. Yes, such are international politics sometimes.
...into summer: Qartadast besieges another iberian village. Still no fleet for Sicilia at the horizon.
...into autum: Alliance with Epiros. The Qartadast navy emerges from iberia, but is weak and still has a long way to go.
...into winter: Now two qartadast fleets are at least near the reinforcment armies around Karthargo. Emporion is independent now and the greeks disappeared, after theit offer of ceasefire was denied.

PS: Fleet has reached Karthargo. The iberian village fell under Qartadast rule.

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Qartadast reinforcements at Lepki

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Qartadast cruelity in Iberia


The northern Barbarians

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Map of the North-West

Aedui

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King Baeren oi Neamha

Into spring: „It's not a good idea to settle down in Bratosporios“ became a popular proverb among the people of the Aedui. Indeed the poor northern gaulic settlement has been the subject of constant fights from the beginning of history until now. Reconquered by brave gauls about eight years ago it soon fell into the hand of a faithless creature, which was paid by the red walrus of Gawjam Hattoz, and which name is forbidden to speak out by King Baeren even in chronologies like this one. But we have a picture:

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The faithless creature ruling Baratosporios with his „legion“. In opposite of the most original roman generals he at least spared the lives of the citizens

Nevertheless, now Bratosporios is save under Aedui rule again, and peaceful times may come, because the intruders seem to be in real trouble down there in their homeland. So King Baeren, who is still young, but really wise and respected, ordered his men to go for Burdigala, a village in the south, which is ruled by an aging grimbeard with lots of warbands. But Aedui, who are wisely allied with the Poenicians and the Epirote Greeks, are in a good position now, so maybe Burdigala will join them soon.
Meanwhile the constant war against the Avernian relatives seems to be not so hot in the last years. Maybe gaulic trickyness is at work, and the war is only an official one to keep the red fatbag of Gawjam Hattoz satisfied.
...into summer: Two small Aedui forces are thrown out of Avernian lands. Maybe just for show?
...into autum: Another small Aedui army is defeated in Avernia, but the big Avernii forces refuse to pursue it into aeduan territory. The siege of Burdigala ended in a catastrophy, but nevertheless, the town is besieged again.
...into winter: The siege of Burdigala goes on and is reinforced.

PS: Also the second Burdigala siege was in vain. But in summer, Aedui win a great battle against the Avernii and now the southern Avernii town of Vesontio is besieged.

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The lands of the Aedui

Avernii

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King Nammeios

Into spring: No big news from the Avernii. As the world around them turns upside down, they ceep cool and take baths in the mediterean sea. „Well protected, well respected“, as King Nammeios alway sais. Meanwhile the so called „Baeren-and-Nammaios-jokes“ are the new fashion among Massilian greek comedians, which exploit the great difference between the two Kings, regarding to intelligence and proper clothing.
...into summer: hmmhmm, in spite of the little victory against the Aedui, what is that arrogant roman diplomate in charge of.
...into autum: Perhaps we never will know about it.
...into winter: Still no news from Avernia.

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Pushing out the Aedui

Sweboz

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King Harjawulfaz

Into spring: Still Swebotraustastamnos, the unspellable stronghold of the germanic illiterates, lies peaceful among the great forests. King Harjawulfaz nevertheless is quite satisfied: The undercover-cook, which he sent to Gawjam Hattoz to weaken the Roman consul by overfeeding him seems to do good. „'Corpulentus' they call him now“, the king said during a thing last summer, „but wait till they call him 'Hydroabdominatus Maximus'.“ Unfortunatly none of his vize-kings dug the joke.
...into summer: and the cook cooks on.
...into autum: Now it's the seasoon for tasty deer-roast with heavy gravy and cranberrys. Corpulentus agrees with enthusiasm.
...into winter: Ice-fishing season, so Corpulentus will have a little change in his menu.

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The swebic empire

Casse

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King Mowg

Into spring: While aging rapidly, King Mowg strongly suffers from headache, and none of the casse herbalistst are able to stop it. Maybe some fresh air would do good, out on the fields, where those Eleutheroi are.
...into summer: On the other hand: He's not as young as he used to be.
...into autum: And now the britannic river-duck has to be hunted down.
...into winter: Time for the Casse winter-sleep.

PS: In spring more headache after waking up.

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The Casse capital and it's inhabitants

Will be continued in a minute...

Very nice, just as always, keep it up :2thumbsup:

Minor Asia

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Map of Minor Asia

Pontos

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King Asarmes Kianes

Into Spring: As king Asarmes heard about the plans of his favourite enemy Haimon to turn Pontos into a reservation, where Koinon nobles would spend their holydays, he decided to teach this arrogant modern Alkibiades some respect. After several losses at the wooden walls of Nikaia finally Tarsos was conquered and the inhabitants had to suffer on behalf of Haimon. Now King Asarmes starts worrying again, because finally he suspects, that more respect for his kingdom could also mean more invading armies of the Koinon.
...into summer: But alas, now is the time for conquer, so more troops invade Koinon owned southern Asia-Minor.
...into autum: The 6th siege of Nikaia is pushed back by the Koinon, and suspicious things seem to happen in Syria. Asarmes now is a bit more worried than he usually is.
...into winter: Now it's all clear: The Koinon King himself appeared near Tarsos. The town must be hold at all costs, so reinforcement troups are sent into the town, which is now fully garonised.

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Reinforcing Tarsos

Hayasdan

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King Mher the Lame

„If you won't eat your porridge emediatly, King Mher the Lame will come and take you this night“, that's, what children of Trapezous is told, if they refuse to eat their porridge. King Mher the Lame, who knows about that fact, whishes the story to be popular all over the Koinon (In Attika kids are threatend with a similar story about Ponponios Hypertyleatos, who by the way, is still alive and rockin'). So the wild Hayasdan stopped their sucessful invasion of the Sauromateian outback and threw their entire military powers against the two filthy generals, which are in command on this part of the Koinon. And the longer Trapezous held out, the more evil Mher the Lame became. By now he is so evil that even his lameness starts to get better. And for now the war is not decided.
...into summer: Another battle at the gates of Trapezous is lost, but Hayasdan are powerful and will easily replace the losses. Also they own the Town of Kabalaka at the caspian sea now .
...into autum: „These rulers of Trapezous are a pair of middle aged morons!“ Mher the Lame roars at his generals. „It's a shame, that you didn't beat them to Hades by now. If I wasn't so lame, I'd go myself. Now kill them all, or I'll come to your houses tonight and take your children with me!“ And so more Hayasdan armies emerge onto Trapezous.
...into winter: Another defeat against the Koinon near Trapezous. Mher the Lame makes a night visit at the house of the responsible captain.

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Invading Trapezous

The southern East
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Map of the southern East

Arche Seleukeia

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King Apollonios

Into spring: After the heroic dead of King Timoxenos at the gates of Edessa, young Apollonios Nabataekos was enthroned and had to take some backlashes in the first years of his reign. War with the former allied Arabs from down under broke out and Apollonios in person led the Arche Phalangites throughout the waterless deserts of Arabia. But for now the Arabs won, and Arche lost the settlement of Homna at the sinus persicus. Currently Appolonios retreats, maybe for Syria, where the more important things happen. Antiochea lost? Unbelievable! Arche Seleukeia now fights against two hellenic enemies, and in spite of the conquering of Bostra from the Ptolemaic Kingdom, times get hard these days. Also, the Pahlavii-Expedition seems to turn out into a complete failure. King Appolonios knows, that many people secretly compare him with the great Timoxenos. He will show them, that he is a dignified successor.
...into summer: Will he? Arche retreats from Pahlavii lands and from the Sabyn desert. One Arche General even is pushed back and hunted by the Sabyn Jau.
...into autum: The great retreat goes on. But also rumours about another great retreat are received with interest by Apollonios.
...into winter: Apollonios gains very good news. Edessa and Antiocheia are Arche towns again. Koinon-troops had left them alone and Arche was quick enough to take them. Apollonios orders the harsh punishement of the Edessa-inhabitants, but the folks of Antiocheia are spared, because they rebelled to Arche at „free“ will. Now the Arche retreat from Arabia is obsolete, so Apollonios tells his soldiers to wait for the Arabs to come and die.

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Retreating King Apollonios

Ptolemaii

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Pharao Leontiskos

Into spring: The Ptolemaic Kingdom truly suffers under the constant wars of the last decades. Now even Bostra is lost. Pharao Leontiskos feels too old to fight again and again with almost no results but ceeping up the status quo. So do his subjects. But do they have a choice? Alexandria, the beautyful is for shure the best place to live in the whole world. Never shall it fall into the smeary claws of the so called Arche. So the fight must go on, and it will overlast Pharao Leontiskos, who sooner or later will find his peace in a small but precious pyramid near the big ones.
...into summer: Only minor military migration in the lands of the Pharao.
...into autum: Because the Pharao was in a good mood, alliance with those ridiculous Epiroteans from the barbaric peninsula in the north is accepted with mercy.
..into winter: Triumph! A seleukid general is pushed out of Ptolemaic territory near Palmyra.

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Alexandreia, the beautiful

As'Sabyn wal'Jau

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Nasha Karab Il Bayin, Hegemon of Arabia

Into spring: The self-confidence of the Sabyn wal'Jau was never stronger than today. As Sabata is reconquered, the priests recentently started to tell the old and long forgotten story of the queen of Saba again, and in their version, old King Salomon only plays a minor role. The Sabyn Jau are right to be self-confident. Whole Arabia is now under their rule and they finally dared to make a stand against former Arche allies, which they never was too fond of anyway. And for now, exhausted by the merciless deserts, the Arche-King himself and his mighty but clumsy armies seem to flee the holy lands, which are ruled wisely by Nasha Karan Ilk Bayin, dignified follower the legendary Halik Il Watar.
...into summer: Huge and mighty Sabyn armies march towards southern Arabia to hunt the Seleukid.
...into autum: And on goes the march of the five armies on the great southern-arabian road from Ubar to Gerrha.
...into winter: And on goes the march. But Seleukids refuse to flee now.

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The great Sabyn march

The northern East

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Map of the northern East

Bactrii

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King Dion „Alexander“ Euergetes of mighty Bactria

Into spring: Now under the rules of King Dion Euergetes, Bactria has turned into a hellenistic superpower. The borders of the Empire go from Patala at the shores of the Indian Sea to Gava Yugra in the deep northern wastelands. Peace with the Arche lasts and the Saka nomads are still under protectorate. King Dion could be the happest king in world, but no! Mislead by greed and drunken of the feeling of greek superiority, the former friends from Pahlavia were firstly forced into a protectorate and then, as if that was not enough, betrayed and invaded. Now Kiat and Antiocheia Margiane are, to the anger of their inhabitants, bactrian towns and Nisa, the last of the Pahlavi settlements, is about to fall to an overpowered blue army. Dion Euergetes can nothing but smile about his own brilliance, when he thinks about the endless Arche-Pahlavii war, which was a complete failure to the Seleukids in the end. „One has to know, when to strike“, he keeps telling his subjekts, who, as it has to be, honour him with eastern-style humbleness. „Now who is the new Alexander?“ Meanwhile in Kiat the grim of the people grows and somewhere in the wastelands, King Thruxra seeks revenge.
...into summer: Mission accomplished.
...into autum: Satisfied with itself the great bactrian empire, who has no more enemies now, takes a little rest. Dion Euergetes has to think about, what has to be done next? Maybe another betrayal? These red nomads in the north recently became kind of cheeky. Fortunately a general with enough troops to kill them all is near. Dion decides to sleep over it.
...into winter: Arche is teased with troops on her territory again. If they would dare to attack, they would soon be crushed by mighty bactria.

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Observing the Client


Pahlavii

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King Thruxra, the last of the great Pahlavii Kings

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Pahlavi Situation in spring 222

Into spring: Oh how painful are the sweet sounds of the steppe-birds this year! Out there in the wastelands King Thruxra and his small bunch of Pahlavii Loyalists struggle for their bare survival. But Thruxra has no fear. He has lived through too much treatchery, too much sheer evilness in the last years of his reign and now his thoughts are pure and sober. Never will he let himself be forced into a protectorate and then be betrayed again. He knows his people are behind him. As Antiocheia Margiane fell and the doom seemed to be there, people of Nisa rebelled and threw out the Arche garnison. Now, as Nisa is under Bactrian pressure and about to fall again, a rebellion in Kiat is the last hope in this horrible times. But even if the last Pahlavi-town is crumbled under greek sandals, Thruxra and his heir Gaspar will not surrender but continue their struggle as free and independet masters of the great Pahlavii-plains.
...into summer: This summer the steppe birds refuse to sing and the lands are filled with sadness and silence: The Palavii-Empire does not exist anymore. Led by not even a regular general, the bactrian traitors conquered Nisa, while Kiat did not manage to revolt against the greeks. A last glourious attempt of Gaspar to free Nisa from siege failed. In spite of constant heroic defence, the Phalavii Empire was doomed by treachery, greed and superiour military power. Now Thruxra and Gaspar are on their own, sneaking the plains like disinherited lions in seek of blood.
...into autum: Thruxra and his guards are completely alone now. Slowly black bitterness creeps into his blue mind. „Out of the blue and into the black“, he softly sings, „they give you this and you pay for that. And once your gone, you won't come back, when youre out of the blue and into the black..“
...into winter: Now Gaspar is dead, but Thruxra has two new allied eleutheroi-generals to support him in his mission, which is to bring death to the Bactrii of course.

PS: In summer 221 Thruxra is still alive and alone.

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The last battle of the Pahlavii, lead by Gaspar

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Thruxra, the rebel

Saka Rauka

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Moga, King of the Saka Rauka

Into spring: Great news in the Saka reservation, as the village of Gava Saka is now a part of the red Nomadship. The new King Moga sees that as a first glimmering light at the end of the tunnel of frequent humiliation. Eagerly he jumps on his horse to have a look, at what is going on over there. Oh, how he wants to show those greeks, where the steppe-rabbit hides his family-jewelery.
...into summer: Oops, a big bactrian army marchs the steppes onto the small Saka expedition forces...
...into autum: ...so the Saka-expedition is orderd to go home again, because Moga just heard about what happened to his old collegue Thruxra and his peoples.
...into winter: Now the Saka forces dare to march on into the lands, closely followed by the Bactrii.

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Exploring the new lands

Sauromateans

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Phidas, the Sleepy

Into spring: Peaceful lay the lands of the Sauromateans at the gates of dawn. Meanwhile King Phidas worries a little about the new deep blue borders in the north.
...into summer: But for now he only worries a little.
...into autum: ..and what do those deep blue armies want in Phidas beloved wild prairie-plains?
...into winter: ..who knows?

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Sauromatean troops hunting the Eleuteroi

The dwarfes

Geatae

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Dwarfmaster Koson

Into spring: Still in charge of his dwarfes, master Koson has a serious problem: „If I want to tell them to stop drinking that hallozinogen brew at least before sunset, I would have to be sober most of the time too“, he often mumbles, before falling back into one of his brew-inducated journeys to the centre of the earth again.
...into summer: Heyho, heyho! A great victory against the Euleutheroi occured on the fields. That of course has to be celebrated seriously.
...into autum: But what the hell is going on now? For the first time since decades, Getai forces take the offensive.The independent town of Sigidunum is besieged and, due to weak defenders, will eventually fall under dwarf rule this year. Responsible for this earthshaking event is faction heir Rhemaxos, who even hired a bunch of greek phalangites to fulfil his plans.
...into winter: Now the Getai attempt to besiege Naissos but are pushed back by Eleutheroi. Maybe Koson has heard about the greeks of Pella calling him „dwarfmaster“ and now finally will teach them and the cronist to stop that.

PS: Sigidunum is under Getan rule now and for that, the Pella greeks and the chronist agree and promise, that the Getai will never be called dwarfes again.

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Getan uprise


Epilogue: Koinon during 222

In summer Qarthadast refuses the offer to take back Emporion for Ceasefire. The army (mostly iberian and massilian spearmen) in town is then evacuated by a Koinon spy-tranport-fleet, and the towns nobility is suggested to choose the Eleuteroi-way in the future.
On the fields near Trapezous another Hayasdan-army is pushed back. Not the first and sincerely not the last one.

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Lonley captain fighting the evil Hayasdan-Kataphraktoi, Museum of modern art, Trapezous

Also this summer will be remembered as the season of the great retreat from Syria. Our King is freed from his trap in Edessa by one of his generals and now both armies are on their way back to Asia-Minor. Also the antiocheian garrison left the town. Unfortunately the arrogant Pharaones refused to make peace and take the towns, so the majors are simply left alone with the decision, what side theiy will be on in the next years. King Haimon is not too pleased about all that. His heroic victory against the Arche-Basileos turnd out to be a failure. All this energy sacrified in vain, and also Spartans are among the thousands of dead soldiers. Next time he hopefully will think twice before ordering an invasion.
Meanwhile in Italia, the Epirote Capital of Taras is gloriously conquered by our heir against the deperate resistance of the defenders.

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Defenders of Taras

In autum the King appears near Tarsos. Also the gouvernour of Ipsos, a skilled and virtuous general called Nicodromos Pallenaios Atticos, collects an army of troops, that were entirely recruited in Minor-Asia, and marchs on Ancyria to help in the so called „revenge project“ according to Pontos. Antiocheia and Edessa are taken over by the Arche, and the fact, that all unprotected Edessa inhabitants are killed, leads our king into rage and depression at the same time. His entourage has to suffer honestly.

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Nicodromos approaching Ancyria

In winter ther „revenge projekt“ starts to steamroll: Haimon pushs back the first pontic defender-army and now almoust stands at the walls of Tarsos. Nicodromos almost reaches the wooden palisades of Ancyria. Next year siege instruments will be built once more. Meanwhile Mantios Thisbios, filthy but successful defender of Trapezous beats back the Hayasdan one more time.

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Filthy Mantios

PS: Katastrophy and shame! Our beloved heir was killed by an Epirote murderer in Taras. King Haimon, who besieges Tarsos now, sponanously declares the brave Nicodromos as new heir. May he be luckier. Also the king orders his young son Soson to Taras, to improve his skills as a general and leader of the Koinon in a far away future.

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The murderer (killed soon after his deed)

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The new Heir

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The King's son

Also another dead has to be mentionend. It's the dead of a dirty old man, which was expected for a long time, but anyway came much too soon. Our old friend Ponponios Hyperteleatos died of „natural causes“ in his hometown, where he spent his last 20 years in a constant foaming celebration.

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PPS: Summer 221: Ancyria and Tarsos are under Koinon rule now

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The battle of Ancyria

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Pontic forces sally in vain at Tarsos

PPPS:

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A great Philosopher who made a slightly different career in the world according to the Koinon

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World Map Summer 221

Hope you enjoyed,
yours Quirinus Kuhlmann

This AAR is so cool! :2thumbsup:

I love at the pace you're going at Quirinus. I'm playing a Seleukid h/m campaign the same way with slow expansion and prosecution towards my wars with the Ptolemaio and the Pahlava.

Can't wait for your next update! :yes:

Truly one of the best AARs I have ever read! Very well written, enjoyable humour, a nice pace and I love the report-like way in which you write it. :2thumbsup:

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Still very good and very funny!

Great! Continue with the good work.


I especially liked Epikouros the Assasin

Classy!

Particularly like the Red Walrus!

Thank you all, I'm glad you liked this stuff.

This is simply amazing. I wish we could get links in other history fora to things like this AAR and the Wastelands. So many people would download EB immediately if they could see how interesting it can be if you really role play the characters and factions.

Really terrific job QK. You're A-OK in my book.

Thank you again! This is an interesting writing experience for me by the way, because I can write a really long story and am not responsible for the plot. The game makes it up for me, and that's a really comfortable writing position.
I now decided to post this on the RTR-AAR forums too, because the positive feedback encouraged me to do so and I think it could be interesting for the readers over there.
But now I have to continue the campaign for an hour or perhaps two....

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But now I have to continue the campaign for an hour or perhaps two....

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Keep on going, MAN, you're the ONE! :yes:
Great AAR :2thumbsup:

MINIME NEED MORE! :laugh4:

Minime will get more! Update is under heavy work, will be completed soon.

So here is a little preview for the next update, which will come tomorrow, because I'm definitly too tired to upload all the screenshots tonight.

The world according to the Koinon Hellenon

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Cut VI: The year of 212 / Attack of the dwarfes

Preview: The Koinon Hellenon during the last decade

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Map of the Koinon, Spring 212

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King Haimon, lately feeling his age

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Nicodromos Pallenaios Attikos, our new Heir, also a man in his best years...

It is now about 9 years ago, that King Haimon proclaimed, that the rebellious Pontic Kingdom should be pacificated, before the first grey hair would start to decorate his beloved and glorious beard. And so, with the help of the new heir, he conquered one pontic settlement after the other, until only Sinope was left. The pontic King Arsames lost his live in the last major battle against Nicodromos, and Haimon hoped, that Arsames' successor would prefer becoming a client king of the great Koinon to a shameful dead. So Sinope was spared for now and the great project of developing the Minor Asian infrastructure to calm down the rebellious former inhabitants of Pontos was emerged with lots of money and manpower.

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Situation in eastern Minor Asia.

Meanwhile at the Hayasdan Borders, Mantios Thisbios, a filthy old warmonger whith no other skills, had to fight battle after battle against the blue moutain wildmen, who threw army after army on their unwelcome new neighbours. It was probably the happiest time in Thisbios life so far. Kotais and Ani-Kamah fell under his supervision and he even entered the Koinon history-books with a heroic victory. King Haimon was not too happy about that, because now the heroic charts of the Koinon were no longer led by him alone. Nevertheless, Manthios Thisbios made a good job, altough the Hayasdan are still strong by now.

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Manthios Thisbios, a filthy kind of hero

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The glorious battle of Ani-Kamah

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Hunting the Hayasdan Kathaphractoi

Also constant Seleucid and Ptolemaian attacks had to be pushed back and the eastern borders of the Koinon are far from secure until now.
One day our beloved King Haimon discovered the first grey hair in his beard. Having spent several years in Minor Asia, he then decided, that something completely new had to happen in his life. Also he was yearning for the company of his young son Soson, who was in charge of the Italic town of Taras and became a great economist there. Haimon therefore felt kind of alienated to his son, and that had to stop. After five minutes of thinking a great idea invaded the head of our king and one year later he landed on the shores of Africa with about 800 brave men at his side.
While Soson and the main reinforcement troops from Italia and Attika were delayed a little bit, Haimon was soon attacked by about 2000 ptolemaic levy phalangites near the town of Palaitonion. So, as he finally met his son again, he could tell him about another heroic victory in his career, so that the standings between him and Manthios are 2:1 now.
Palaithonion then was conquered and left in the hand of an assistent-governour called Pheiton. King and son fought their way through the desert, so now Alexandria, the beautiful is in the hands of the Koinon Hellenon, skillfully gouverned by Soson and defended on the fields by our glorious king himself.

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Haimons Heroic Victory

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The Koinon in Africa

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Ptolemaic Phalangites attacking

Palaitonion was heroicly defended by Pheiton then, and the Kings troops had to suffer serious losses in the several battles against the extremely annoyed Pharaones. But for some reason, the ordered reinforcements from Attica didn't show up. What Haimon does not know, is, that the Epirotean League started to spam the sea with disgusting battleships, who are superiour to the best Koinon fleets. Nearly our whole naval power is destroyed by now and rebuilding takes time. So the King and his son are trapped in Africa now and will have to fight for their lifes on their own. May the gods of the olymp be with them.

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Pheiton hunting the Ptolemaics off the walls of Palaitonion

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The evil „Flying Epiroteian“, who brought death to our best admirals

Meanwhile in the mainland, more than terrible things occured: First of all, Nicanor Aithalidos Atticos, an old man, who spent his live bringing wealth and happiness to the people of Pella, was severely killed by a professional murderer. Then, all of a sudden, the brown barbarians of the Getan tribes, who had been our closest friends for decades, broke into the Koinon mainlands, attacking both Epidamnos and Pella. Their first wave could be pushed back by the sons and grandsons of the legendary Ponponios Hyperteleatos, but those mainland generals, who didn't see a battle in their whole life, then decided, that a more skillful man was needed in this case. This man could only be Manthios Thisbios, who was a little bit bored in Ani-Kamah anyway. Receiving the news from home, he traveled to Attica as fast as he could.
The first thing, he proclaimed reaching Pella was, that the worthless Getan intruders would be officially called dwarfes again. „These ridiculous darkmen“, he stated, „may not be shorter in height than we are. But dwarfdom is not always connected with sheer body-height. In this case it's a state of mind. Anyway, these stinking juggernauts need a lesson to be taught and this time, I will be their teacher. My lessons, as you all know, are about suffering, bleeding and being killed in various ways, as for instance....“
It was a long speech, that will not be told here, as Manthios is not a great orator. Anyway, he now leads a punishment expedition towards Serdike, which, to the anger of the dwarfs, will be a hellenistic town soon.

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The poor victim of dwarfish deceitfulness

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Manthios' punishment expedition

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The first battle against the dwarfes

Meanwhile in Asia minor, the Pontic King refused to become a Koinon-klient for the 3rd time. So, as King Haimon can not be asked, our heir in charge lost his patience and decided at his own. Now a genereal called Anthagoras Atticos is told to lead the last battle against Pontos, no matter what Haimon would say about that.

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Anthagoras Attikos at the walls of Sinope

So the Koinon Hellenon goes through hard times and 212 will be a year full of blood and battles. But enough of that for now. Tomorrow we will hear about that year, and we will hear about the troubles, triumphs and the more gloomy incidents, which happend not only to the Koinon, but to to all the other peoples inhabiting this precious world.

See you, yours Quirinus Kuhlmann.

Wow I just discovered this AAR today, GREAT JOB QK:2thumbsup:! I'm looking forward to the next update with great anticipation!!

Ok. here comes the second and main part of this update. Epilogue will follow in a 3rd post.

The world according to the Koinon Hellenon, Cut6, pt.II:

The rest of the world in the year of 212

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Word map, spring 212


Italic affairs

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Map of Italia


Epiros

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League-king Apolonios

Into spring: The times of conquer and glory somehow faded away for the Epirotean League. In the north, they did not manage to push the Romans out of Italy decisively and in the south, the loss of Taras is a constant pain in the ass of new king Apolonios Aiakides. After years of stagnation, this man now ordered more engagement in the south. Currently, a strong army led by a promising 19 year old General approachs the town, to crumble the still strong Koinon garrison. Also the worthless southern Romans are attacked in Rhegium.
Meanwhile in Capua, highly payed naval architects are working on another fleet of great ployremes, warships, that are so awesome, that no man has dared to write a description on them yet. So the Capuan people have a great time, singing shanties about the „Flying Epirotean“ and about crushing down the great Koinon seapower, sendig their Admirals to the deep bottom of the ocean.
...into summer: Epiros is pushed back from Rhegium by the South-Romans. That doesn't matter too much, because the skilled invasion force sent by the king himself layed siege on Taras, which shall no longer be ruled by Koinon usurpatores.
...into autum: The Taras-siege continues. Siege leader Aenereas Sasonios, a son of the former League-King Sasonios, ordered to build siege towers now. His proper army is reinforced by another one of nearly equal strength. Hard times for Taras Governour Eurynous Rhodios.
...into winter: Now the second army lays siege upon the Koinon fort next to Taras. Next spring will be wall-crumbling-time.

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Taras under siege


SPQR

Northern Empire

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Aemulius Favonius „Augustus“, alias Corpulentus

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Roman heir Caius Justus Scipio

Into Spring: The fact, that Aemulius Favionius, the corpulent food-worshipper of Gawjam Hattoz, has lately proclaimed himself as „Augustus“ was not suitable to enlighten the gloomy mood of his heir Caius Scipio. Not only, that the a roman renegate still rules the town of Medilanum for the Epirote League, right in front of Scipios noble roman nose. Not only, that the gaulic barbarians now sit behind the roman-built stonewalls of Bratosporios. Not only that! Also Vindobona, an eastern town, which resisted to the attacks of about ten roman warband-legions in the past, is now under the possession of those strange brown darkmen, that emerged from the Getan mountains to spam the world without warning. And „Augustus“, as usual, refuses to be interested in all that facts. He prefers to lay around in Gawam Hattoz, making up entertaining punishments for those poor Warband members, that fail to spell his new name properly. Scipo, who has been seriously annoyed from the day he was inherited, comforts himself with thoughts about the future. When this corpulent consul finally would have swallowed his last supper, he, Scipio, would be first man in the Roman Empire and then, yes then the times, they would be a-changing!
...into summer: Favonius Augustus is still alive and rockin'. Roman forces try a siege on Eburonum in the east.
...into autum: The siege of Eburonum goes on. No news from the court of the divine glutton.
...into winter: Another defeat for the Romans at the walls of Eburonum. Indiginated and indigested Favionius Augustus orders his troops to give Bratosporios another try.

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The western borders of northern Roma


Southern Empire

Into spring: In soutern Roma, Cheiron is still the only nobleman in charge. Ruling over three big armies of greek levies, he feels quite safe, although Rhegium is besieged by the Epiroteans. Anyway, in the light of day he does not think so much about his constant nightmares, where his old relatives from Qartadast keep appearing on the horizon of the blue sea with their warships and wallcracker-armies. But, knock on wood, this is never going to happen in real life.
...into summer: Rhegium is free again and a big Southroman army seems to go into invasion mode, but with Cheiron you can never be shure.
...into autum: As Cheiron seems to be satisfied with his lands in Sicilia, invasion mode is frozen again.
...into winter: Now four full levy-armies obey to the fabulous renegate. Maybe next year he will reconquer Roma herself with 'em.

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Southern Roma, ruled by the notorious renegate, Cheiron, publivc enemy no.1 of the Qartadast


Safot Softim bi'Qartadast

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King Himilkar

Into spring: In the whole Safot Softim the number of people, who have caught a glimpse of King Himilcar in their lifetime, slowly decreases to nearly zero. Himilcar prefers to spent his divine time in the village of Tyde in the hispanic outbacks since more than twenty years. He starts to become legendary and some comedians constantly make jokes about his non-existence. So without the King around, Safot Softim seems to follow a policy of staying home and enjoying life. Sicila will be reconquered, yes, and that Cheiron will be crucified upside down, sooner, or, maybe better, later. The borders to the hellenic world in Africa are more than well protected and also Iberia is firm in the hands of Safot Softim.
Whole Iberia? No, a small village by the name of Oxtraca still prefers to be independent, and people there still call themselves Lusitanian Kingdom, when the nights are long and the cerveza is strong.
But what the heck! Great Kart-Hadast enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity for decades now, and that's not the worst way to lead ones life.
...into summer: A minor Qartadast exploration force kindly leaves Aeduan territorium.
...into autum: Qartadast seems to have given up the rebellious Oxtraca. Leaving these unteachable people on their own might be a wise decision.
...into winter: In absence, Himilcar is declared as god in the great metropolis of Kart-Hadast. Maybe next year news about that will reach the divine king.

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The great Kart-Hadast


The lands of the north-western barbarians

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Map of the west with Qartadast Empire


Aedui

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King Baeren oi Neamha

Into spring: The 50 birthday of king Baeren was permanently celebrated during the last three weeks in the villages of the Aedui. And the mighty gauls had good reasons to party till total exhaustion, as the number of those villages increased lately. First the stupid subjects of the „Gorgonic Glutton of Gawjam Hattoz“ conquered Bratosporios again and, sweating out their guts, built a magnificient stone wall around the town. Then mighty Aedui reconquered the town and now are the proud possessors of that wall. The independent Burdigala was finally conquered too. But the most precious thing is the town of Viennos, which brave general Borvo snatched from the worthless Avernii after defeating them heroicly in the fields near Bibracte. So it was no surprize, that Borvo-reigned Viennos was declared as Aedui party-capital number one during the heavy celebrations of the last weeks.

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Borvo ruling Viennos

...into summer: Near Gergovia an Avernii general with a big bunch of warriors seems to get a little bit dangerous. Nearby, serious Aedui forces hide in the forests. Maybe the trick will work.
...into autum: After a small Aedui spamming-commando has weakened the main Avernii field-forces near Gergovia, the glorious Litaviccos oi Cerunnos breaks out of the forests with his huge Adui-Elite Army and marchs on Gergovia. A great showdown might take place in this lands before the year is over.
...into winter: Glorious Litaviccos is a lot more glorious now, because he defeated the main Avernii field-force near Gergovia. Then another full Aedui army from Viennos did the rest of the work, so that the Avernii-general in charge has passed away now. The following siege of Gergovia might have been a little bit too early though. The garrison sallied and pushed back the Viennians. Anyway, the enemy is seriously weakened now and the town will fall soon.

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Aedui movements into winter from step one to four. (In step five they will be pushed back by Gergovia garrison.)


Avernii

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Young king Cintugnatos oi Lugos

Into spring: Sometimes it is not really advantagerous to be a protectorate of the Roman Empire. Especially when the first consul is called Favonius Augustus and refuses to give the protection, which, as new King Cintugnatos always says, is implicated in the word „protectorate“. So now the Avernii Clientsmanship is divided into two pieces and Cintugnatos, grown up with the jeunesse doree of Massilia, suddenly has to think deeply about different possibilitys and tactics to stop the decrease of his little empire. Maybe it's not to late, but serious decisions have to be made in the near future, no matter, what the roman ambassador promises.
...into summer: A large force of Avernii soldiers beats a small Aedui force out of the homeland near Gergovia. Does King Citugnatos try to defend his Kingdom by attack?
...into autum: The Avernii-force, led by mighty Cadeyrn moc Mallii, crushes another Aedui Spamgang and takes rest near the borders. But spys inform the general about a serious Aedui intrusion nearby. Cadeyrn, who puts his trust on his skilled shock-infantery, looks foreward to the possibility to gain a litte glory for him and his Tribesmenship in the near future.
...into winter: Bad news for the king. His brave Cadeyrn died on the fields! Gergovia held, but is weakened seriously. Maybe soon the king himself will have to leave the still comfortable Massilia to join in the struggle for survival. His hope, that Favonius Augustus will show up at the borders to protect his protectorate, have decreased lately.

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A small spring-victory for Cadeyrn moc Mallii, who will bite the dust half a year later


Sweboz

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King Reikiwulfaz

Into spring: Still the glorious history of the swebian uprise is an issue of the future. King Reikiwulfaz feels to old to start anything serious anymore, and the swebian cook in Gawam Hattoz, who constantly supplys the infamous Augustus with heavy food, is still the only one in the kingdom, who at least is making a kind of history.
Meanwhile the Swebic colony of Gordu Neuriji, where no nobleman ever showed up, seems to turn into a failed state. Most of the public buildings are broken and the Gordu people start to mumble and grumble, hoping to join the Eleuteroi-craftmenship again soon.
...into summer: Forest-birds are singing the sweet songs, that Reikiwulfaz loves so much, that his mood always becomes extremely peaceful in summer.
...into autum: And in autum, the birds sing on.
...into winter: Now the birds are silent, but the wolves howl. Reikiwulfaz loves that too.

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Swebic business as usual


Casse

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Caratavg dyn Ballii

Into spring: So, after King Mowg died of stroke a few years ago, now Caratavg dyn Ballii is in charge of the tattooed tourmentors of the brithish isle, who bravely guard the bridge, that leads to their beloved hometown.
...into summer: The bridge will hold at any cost necessary.
...into autum: He'll be sorry, who would dare to violate our precious bridge!
...into winter: So far nobody dared.

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Casse bridge


Getae

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King Rhemaxos per Drobeta

Into spring: Soon after the dead of „Dwarfmaster“ Koson per Drobeta, his brother Rhemaxos took over the Getan Tribesmenship and everything changed. Rhemaxos enforced a law, that forbid to mix hallocinogen ingredients into the getan cerveza (the so called „Getan Purity Bill of 221“) and held a speech in Buridava, in which he severely attacked the Koinon Governour of Pella, Nicanor Aithalidos Atticos: „He called us dwarfs, but the real dwarf is an evil and smelly inhabitant of his ridiculous toga. Every boy and girl under sixteen years around Pella knows, what I'm talking about. So let's show those sophisticated molesters, that call themselves our 'friends', what dwarfdom is able to do!“
The the Getans invaded their northern hinterlands, conquering Singidunum, Ak-Ink and the brave Vindobiona, that held out against the Romans so long. After that Rhemaxos felt strong enough to ride the dragon. Against the warnings of his spies, he first ordered the murder of old Nicanor (which was quite easy, cause Nicanor frequently used to roam the red light districts in Pella disguised as a troubadour, and every human being in town knew that. So the „troubadour“ was slaughtered with a poisoned darts-arrow while performing in a sticky basement pub), and then told his brave generals to attack the arrogant Koinon Hellenon in Pella and Epidamnos.
Now, after the first attempt failed, the notourious Manthios Thisbios suddenly showed up in the Getan lands, with haughty soldiers, who constantly dare to perform primitive songs about dwarfs in public. This Thisbios will not leave the seven hills alive, swears King Rhemaxos at the grave of his dead brother.
...into summer: Oh, how painful is the sting of the iron pikes of the Koinon elite phalangites. And double-oh, how even more painful are the shameless swears, which are thrown among the poor people of the fallen Serdike by that unbearable bastard by the name of Thisbios. But someday king Rhemaxos will get hand on that bugger, and then pain and shame will be on his side.
...into autum: But hurray again! Money makes the world go round! The Spy-stories about the notorious corruption of the Eleuteroi from Sarmiszegethusa were true. A little monetary present, donated by an ambassador by the name of Duda, and these people gladly joined in the Getan Confederation. Now the expression in your eyes is as stupid as the brain behind them, Thisbios!
...into winter: In spite of the minor defeat at Serdike, Getan imperialism goes on. Duda, the bribesman has loaded another sack of gold and walks towards Eburonum now. The Euleuteroi, who defeated the Romans lately, might like a little protection by an emerging barbarian power too.

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Duda, the bribemaster at work


Arabic affairs: The great southern east

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Map of the great southern east


Ptolemaic Kingdom

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Pharao Semidas Apites

Into spring: Now old Pharao Leonthiskos has finally found peace in his tiny private pyramid, and the 40 years old Semidas has to deal whith the bloodstained affairs of the ptolemaic sucessor-empire. The first half of the decade went out quite successful for the pharaonic forces. They managed to starve out the great Antiocheia and take her over from her decimated seleucid garrision with no fight. They then reconquered Bostra from the Arche, so now Damaskos is an isolated Arche enclave, that will fall sooner or later.
But then the catastrophy occured in the western part of the empire. Notorious idiot-king Haimon, the „idignified imbecile from Lakedaimonia“ (Alexandria Examiner) dared to beat his iron fist right into the soft belly of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In spite of desperate defense, he and his stunningly inellectual son managed to grab the beautiful Alexandeia with their dirty claws. „This“, said King Semidas in front of the exiled redacteurs of the Alexandria Examiner in Memphis, „was the last sacrilege, that this moron allowed himself to committ. Spies gave information about a crushing sea-defeat of the Koinon against our Epirotean brothers. So, may your next headline be: 'Megalomaniac greybeard built his own trap. Arrividerci, Haimon'.“ Meanwhile in Alexandreia the people, who where not enslaved, start to think, that this Soson Lacedaimonios seems to be not such a bad guy at all.
...into summer: Pharao troops gather around Damaskos. No serious attempts to reconquer Alexandreia so far.
...into autum: The troops are led by brave Archimedes Nesou. Maybe in winter they will fight.
...into winter: No they won't. „Better wait until spring“, said wise Archimedes. Meanwhile the forces of the Pharao are ordered to reconquer Alexandreia by Semidas himself and now march through the not-yet-holy lands to finish off the notourious „moron with the crown on his pinhead“ and his indignified son.

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The march upon Alexandreia


Arche Seleukeia

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Archontos Apollonios Nabataekos

Into spring: Since more the ten years now Arche King Apollonios spends his time being member of a great army led by one of his generals and hanging around in the Sabyn Jau deserts. Rumours sneak around the Arche, that Apollonios and his companions are bewitched by a desert djinn and now can't move a muscle, until the divine Aphrodite herself will drop by and break the ban with a kiss or something.
Meanwhile, as Antiocheia is lost, Arche forces, who looked for the lost king, managed to conquer the desert metropolis of Dumatha from the notoriously cunning Sabyn Jau. But until Apollonios is back, the Arche will be even more clumsy than it is anyway.
...into summer: Apollonios moved a few miles and is now on Arche territorium.
...into autum: Now he disappeared into the desert again. Enlighted greek power seem to have a bad standing against arabian magic. Meanwhile the strong garrison of Damaskos prepares for defense.
...into winter: And still Apollonios and his men are lost in the shady labyrinths of the desert demons.

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The bewitched Apollonios in the desert


As Sabyn wal'Jau

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King Watar Il Watar

Into spring: Ok, Dumatha is lost, but the proud incense merchants of southern Arabia are quite happy in spite of that. Though their new King Watar Il Watar may not be the most brilliant or glourious nobleman in the world, they all love him, because he is a really, really nice guy. He even is spoken of as friend of a couple of desert djinns, who helped him to stop the invincible Arche Army from invading the lands of the Sabyn in search of the precious incense plantations. And the Djinns are quite picky in choosing their friends, so the niceness of Watar Il Watar must be even more carismatic, then any human being could suspect in his limited fantasies.
...into summer: Desert djinns cross the Arche borders to ceep Apollonios under control.
...into autum: Oops, the got him again.
...into winter: Though the great desert is spammed with seleukid exploration troops, who lost their way, the homelands of Watar Il Watar and his people are well protected. So now one of the princes decided to make a try on Dumatha again. Watar Il Watar waves him goodby, lights another incense-pipe and looks foreward to the great bathtub celebration with his 70 women, who all love him from the deep bottom of their very own precious hearts.

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Dumatha again?


The northern wastelands

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Map of the northern east


Bactria

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Vakhsuvar Ebousinoios, the young, but evil king of Bactria

After destroying the Pahlavii, the Bacrian Kingdom walked further on the bloody road of conquering the northern wastelands. While the Saka Rauka are still subjugated, now the western nomads of Sauromatea have to suffer under this unpleasant kind of crypto-hellenistic behaviour. King Vakhsuvar, who is still very young, proclaimed that nomadism as a way of life shall be whiped from the face of the known world during his lifetime. Meanwhile the so called „long, long borders“, that Bactria has with the Arche Seleukeia, are still one of the most peaceful regions of the world. But though this peace has lasted for decades, it is somehow poisened. Maybe because the ghost of Thruxra, last high-king of the Pahlavii, is rumoured to roam the lands of his lost kingdom.

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The long, long borders

...into summer: another step is made in the direction of a world without nomadism. The Sauromate village of Gava Yugra fell in the hands of the violent blue greeks and as usual most of the poor inhabitants were sent to their ancestors.
...into autum: Incredibly mighty and incredibly evil bactrian forces slowly march southwards throughout the wastelands. If they reach Sauromathia, there will be no hope for the nomads. These troops would be strong enough to put the Arche herself to her knees. Oh, what will happen?
...into winter: Not much so far, because of winter delay.

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The great Bactrian armies marchin through the wastelands, watched and cursed by the restless ghost of brave Thruxra


Saka Rauka

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King Gobusan of the Saka Rauka

The anti-nomadism-speech of Vakhsuvar was read to the illiterate King Gobusan by his greek wife from Alexandreia Eschate, so that his hidden hatred against the blue colonists started boiling in his head like a tasty steppe-rabbit soup. But looking at the firceful subjugation army near Gava Saka, who could take the town anytime, this godsdammed Vakhsuvar would order it, he decided to keep quiet, until hopefully some day better opportunities would occure for the glorious Saka-Rauka.
...into summer: Unable to react, Gobusan sadly receives the news of the massacre in Gava Yugra, which the western brothers of the Saka had to suffer. Oh, if he only could....but he can't.
...into autum: Godamn, he can't. Dreamed of himself as a steppe-rabbit hunted by metallic-blue wolves lately.
...into winter: A steppe-rabbit with broken legs, who is frozen to the ground.

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Saka-Rauka under „friendly“ observation


Sauromateans

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Sturanos, king of the western nomads

Now, as King Phidas, the sleepy fell asleep for ever, Sturanos is in charge of the free nomadship of the Sauromatean tribes. Times are hard these days, because evil greeks from the east have started to conquer the the western wastelands. The border-town of Gava Yugra is under heavy siege and may fall to the blue phalngite-demons this year, but Sturanos, who knows that he leads the last mighty nomad confederation in the world, will not surrender to these bastards, as Phidas did a few years ago, jusat to be betrayed by the Bactrians.
...into summer: Official sorrow is ordered upon the western wastelands, as Gava Yugra fell to the merciless greek blade.
...into autum: But worse than the sorrow are the worries about the near future.
...into winter: So far the winter is the friend of the western nomads. No blue steamhammer invaded the lands yet.

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Gava Yugra under siege, will soon be devasted


Asia Minor

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Map of Asia Minor


Hayasdan

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King Armenak

Into spring: Mher the Lame finally limped into another world, where old hostilities do not count anymore, so he can lay together with Ponponios Hyperteleatos, talking about the old times and trying to invade the nightmares of little children all over the world. Now young Armenak became king of the wild and fierceful Hayasdan. The Hay-empire is in turmoil, because the shameless Koinon Hellenon took two provinces, and in spite of desperate Hayasdan resistance could not be thrown out of them so far. Now these smeary greeks dare to ask for peace. Ha! Never there will be peace until Ani-Kamah and Kotais have returned to dignity.
...into summer: Calm are the borders of the Hayasdan this summer, but it's the silence of an upcoming storm by the name of Armenak, the Koinon-crusher.
...into autum: Now Hayasdan forces invade the Koinon borders from two sides, awaiting the reaction of this noble dungdigger, that claims to be the guardian of Kotais.
...into winter: Though a minor defeat occured in the mountains, Kotais now is under heavy siege of the mighty Haysadan, yeah!

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Kotais under siege.


Pontos

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King Ochos Kianos

Into spring: Since the legendary king Arsames Kianos was killed by the superiour intruders from the Koinon, his son and successor Ochos refused to become a Koinon klient-king three times. Although the people of Sinope, who are yearning for normal lives, beg him to give in constantly, he will not. He is convinced to be a descendent of the god Oceanos himself and therefore daily awaits the flood, that will flush away this Koinon Army, which keeps besieging Sinope.
...into summer: The flood didn't come. What came instead was an indignified green genereal of the Koinon whith a few smelly warbands from Ancyria. Those where the men, who put an end to the great Pontic Empire. King Ochos took dozends of them with him, before he died under the constant beating of primitive gaulish ironblades. May he rest in peace and permant glory.

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The heroic dead of the last pontic king.

With this sad picture ends the main part of this update. In about half an hour we will see, how the Koinon Hellenon made it's way through this eventful year of 212. So watch out for the Epilogue,

yours Quirinus Kuhlmann

The world according to the Koinon Hellenon, cut 6, pt III

Epilogue: The Koinon Hellenon during 212

Summer: The punishment expedition of Thisbios was a success so far. Two dwarf-armies are defeated and the town of Serdike can now hope to be hellenised soon, wether the people there like it or not. At the moment they don't like it. To tell the truth: Nobody in the whole world would like to be ruled by Manthios Thisbios. But that's what faith does to some unlucky people.

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Thisbios awaiting the battle

Also the Pontic Empire does not exist anymore. Anthagoras Atticos fulfilled his sad but necessary duty. Anyway, Minor Asia is still not a good place for holidays in this times, because the people there are somehow kind of grim. But soldiers and money will do their work in the next years and the memory of Pontos will hopefully fade away soon.

In Italy, Taras is threatened by an Epirote force, which seems to be too strong for a quick sally. Maybe we should give up this town and concentrate on the dwarfs threatening Attica. But first it must be defended to save the lives of our brave soldiers there, not to speek of Governour Rhodios, who is a close mate of king's son Soson Lacedaimonos by the way.

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Trapped Governour Rhodios

Autum: Three battles had to be fought by the Koinon this Autum. All of them went out well. Thisbios defeated a minor dwarf-mob near Sedike. In the hills around Tarsos a victory was reached against a seleukid intrusion force of some strength and near Kotais, in the wild beautiful mountains of Armenia, our notourious eastern horse-archer army managed to push back the smaller of the Hayadsdan invading forces. Anyway, the bigger one still is threatening Kotais and probably will lay siege on the stronghold of our Heir next season.

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Escaping dwarfes near Serdike

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Hunting.time in the beautiful mountains of Armenia

Winter: In winter the siege upon Kotais was broken by our fierceful Horsearcher-army with the help of the heir. But in other parts of the Koinon the pressure emerged. Taras is now heavyly besieged by the two Epirotean forces. Also Alexandreia is attacked by a ptolemaic equipe from Memphis. May our king survive!


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Koitais is free again


PS: Spring 211: The defense of Taras was a close battle. The polis was attacked from two sides and heroicly defended by brave Rhodios and his men. In the end, four out of five soldiers were dead or wounded. Rhodios then made a hard decision: Being nearly killed, without the chance of beinig reinforced in the future, he decided to take his men, leave the town and return to the mainlands to help in the struggle against the dwarfes. Taras was not left to Epirote cruelity but given to the notorious Cheiron of southern Roma. The Romans, though acting strange and maybe without dignity, are on the other hand the only „civilized“ nation, who is not in war with the Koinon. So Rhodios wanted to give support to them, to let them fight against our Epiroteian enemy. Maybe after the dead of Corpulentus Augustus a real Roman will be in charge of the great Roma again. The King probably will kill Rhodios for all this, but the King is far away. Who knows, if or when he will ever return to the greek mainlands.

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Multicultural battle at the walls of Taras


PPS: Eburonum indeed got bribed by the Getan bribemaster Duda. The Getan Kingdom now has northern borders with the sweboz. And, to make this update complete: In Gava Mazsakata a Sauromateian civil revolt of suicidal character occured, while three Bactrian stacks hung around next to the town. This for shure is the work of King Thruxras ghost, who keeps roaming the wastelands with boiling unrest and will cause trouble everywhere, where trouble is needed.

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The ghost of Thruxra causing trouble in the wastelands

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Map of the world in spring 211


Hope you enjoyed,
yours Quirinus Kuhlmann

Consistently brilliant!

:balloon:

Waited a long time for it, and is still the best way to pass the time in this forum. There's a lot of suspense in it, too. Will Bactria ever be stopped? Will it crush the Arche to pieces? Will Rome unite again and will the Aedui annihilate the Averni? Very interesting still.:2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

Thank you for the encouraging posts, Orb, Nixalsverdrus and Caesar Augustus. This update was really a heavy piece of work and I'm glad, that you enjoyed it.
Nevertheless, as you say, Nixalsverdrus, the campain is still interesting in many ways. If now the Sweboz and Casse should take an example at the Getans and start some action, it will be even more amazing.
Lately I played a little as Sabyn Jau, and in this campain they and even the Lusitaniii expanded well from the start. So this strange barbarian paralysis is not an issue of whole EB but only of this campain. I still hope that in the next update they'll rise up like maniac piglets in the wind.

All right updates! :beam:

Awesome AAR Quirinus. I'm having weird problems with the 'barbarian' factions tooo. In one campaign the Casse dominated Britain, Ireland, and Scotland while the Aedui did nothing, and in another one Aedui rule all of Gaul and the Casse only have their starting city. Weird:inquisitive:

Yes indeed, though some factions in my campain finally awoke from their sleep. I think the developers are aware of that problem and take care of it while creating the 0.81 patch. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm shure it will improve the game decisively. Imagine: If the mines are tuned down and all the barbarian factions do well, it will be even more awesome, than it is now!
Nevertheless I'm glad that the patch takes a little longer than expected, because this gives me time to continue in this story. Making it up also always takes a little longer than expected.

Great work!

I just spent the last 2 days reading up on the whole story after having discovered the thread. Really, really awesome Quirinus. Totally different from any other AAR, very ambitious, and it's worked well. You've done a great job, thoroughly enjoyed reading every bit of it. Just put together masterfully. :2thumbsup:

Thank you! :balloon2:

It's got me really fired up for the upcoming 0.81 (0.90?) release, but I'm a bit worried. I don't know what your plans are, but I'm really hoping for at least one more update. I need to know what happens to Epirus, Rome, Getai and all the other interesting storylines. Must... get... to... turn of century.......... :eyebrows:

What can I say, Wonderland and Vorian, great thanks you for your compliments, which are truly appreciated!
You don't have to worry about the next update, it will come for shure, but will take it's time. Such a major update takes about four days of work for me and in the next two weeks I unfortunately have no possibility to snatch them from my life. But maybe I will make a minor one in between, because of certain serious developments, which happen in the Koinon world around 209.
Anyway, when 0.81 is out I'm planning to start something different with the Sabyn wal'Jau, but I will not start with it, bvore this one is brought to a dignified end.

I just read in the "Seleukid Reforms"-thread that Macedon and the Arche Seleukia have the possibility to fullfill the mission of recovering the body of Alexandros the Great from Alexandria in Egypt to Pella. So, as Koinon is currently in charge of both cities in your game: Did your General get the "Nikesas Alexandros" (hope spelled that right)-trait a turn after conquering Alexandria? Or doesn't have Koinon the possibility for that mission?

Yes, I read it too, and Soson imidiately ordered the destruction of the tomb. But all, what happened, was, that the people of Alexandreia got righteously angry. Soson didn't get no trait and he had to apologize. "I was drunk", he said, "drunk like Alexander in Persepolis, as he burned down the great palace and apologized later. So I hope you excuse this little sacrilege." To his surprize most people did.