The maps: https://www.europabarbarorum.com/downloads_artwork.html
Edit them with a good image program, like Photoshop. I personally use GIMP ( http://www.gimp.org ) as its basically the same as photoshop but totally free (gnu license). ~:)
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The maps: https://www.europabarbarorum.com/downloads_artwork.html
Edit them with a good image program, like Photoshop. I personally use GIMP ( http://www.gimp.org ) as its basically the same as photoshop but totally free (gnu license). ~:)
OK i got the antique map and imager, but it wont let me get the plain map to paintfill with which im sure will be 500x's faster an more accurate.
Umm how do i play with the colors im GIMP??
The colors it gives me are way too dark and many of them get spammed into the same color(grey). How do i fix it to where i can get bright reds, blues, GREEN to #@#@%$#@ing work???
Well this is as close as i can get GIMP to give me good colors.
The current map as of 363AD
https://i477.photobucket.com/albums/...deserts3bi.gif
The "Red" that is in Western Europe is the WRE
The darker blue in Grecce, Egypt, Asia Minor and Syria is the ERE
The "Green" above the WRE is Germania
The black in Britain are the Saxon conquests
The iron grey are the conquests of the Huns
The cyan blue is the Akkadian Empire ((Same color as teh oceans))
The white is the Sassanid Empire
The brown is Haydisania ((Armenia))
The yellow above the ERE is Gaetia
PLZ disreguard the yellow in the Sahara/Arabia for those are desert markers, it came with the map
Nice! ~:)
Great to see that you've made it. Ahh.. cool... now I get a good imagination... :egypt:
Nice map:smiley:. Good to finally see how the world looks.
I got the same problem with you at first, mate. I'm using Paint to... well... paint the map to my preferences and got the same colors as you. I found out that by using 'Freehand Painting' in Microsoft Picture!It (a program I use) and placing stamps of different colors (like red and green that are not displayed with Paint), I can open the map with Paint and by using the 'Select Color' tool on the stamps then 'Fill' on the region I want to recolor makes it the color of the stamp. Here is an example from some 'work' of mine:
https://img68.imageshack.us/img68/2346/ebmapcv2.gif
I think it's pretty onvious as who's who, with the exception of the light blue color in Illyria. That's Epeiros moved over, renamed and recolored as an Illyrian faction. The pic is from my ongoing AAR, by the way.
Maion
P.S.: Unfortunately, your rapid pace has left me far behind in terms of reading, so I've lost most of your AAR by now:sweatdrop: I'll read it sometime though, when I find some time. Maybe even on Christmas Holidays.
Is it just me Maion or do u have a thing for killing Eporoites?
Also i will try to apply ur method to my next map. Thx
Chapter Six: The Evils of Hell.......
Spring 364AD
We have finally comfirmed the evils that so many have been speaking of over the past years. There are a set of tribes under the rule of a people that call themselves 'Huns' out on the steppes. Through force of will and blade they have crushed the souls out of the former steppe peoples. The Centaur have been overthrown and enslaved, many tribes of Slavs have fallen under their sway, the Alans have been crushed, and as for the Pontos Euxine Greeks and the Sauromete slaves of the Centaur, well..... lets just say that they didnt survive. Even those fierce warrior women have been forced to flee to the great forests north of the steppes to escape the vile Huns. Reports come to us sparsely for they kill all that oppose them in their paths. But what we hear is nigh demonic in nature. The Huns tear their victims apart piece by blood-soaked piece. They give the strongest of their victims males to thier weakest women, in order to breed a stronger blood back into them. They make mountains of heads and worship evil sprits upon them. They bring down demons from the blackened air around these mountains of death to serve in their armies, or as they term them, Hordu. They raise the dead to serve them as slaves and as fodder. They practice waerlinga magic freely as if they were the most normal thing in the world. While the stories of them never leaving their saddles is false, many Hunnic women dont know how to walk, forcing them to ride or be carried around their whole lives.
Stories like these are all that we can get out of the shattred survivors that we encounter at our borders. Many of the die after they retell these horrors, as if killed by the memories. The High King has called all of the warriors together, the Eastern borders have been strenghtened and we have also begun moving refgees into the less populated areas of Germania, they should provide a workforce to replace the one that is being levied for the upcoming invasion that the High King and everyone else is sure that will soon come. The Polish tribes, desendants of Slavic tribes that settled there, to the east are still squbbling with each other over territories, all the while the Hunnic threat comes ever closer. They are fools, for if they are not united they will die and nothing can stop it. With the resent civil war over those that remain with us are totally loyal to the current High King. The rebel tribes that fled are still running, and trying to take lands from the dying Twin Empires. All of this should not be happeneing, we need to be united against the Huns before they get here, else one at a time, we will die. The monsters will arrive soon enough, i can only pray that we are ready.
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@Maion What is Microsoft paint and does it come standard on Vista or do i gotta buy it?
Chapter Seven:....arise from the pits. (Part One)
Autumn 364AD
We have had spies witness first hand the CHAOS of the Huns, for they have invaded the lands of the Poles. The first great battle happened three weeks ago. The slaughter was unbalieveable.
The Hunnic army is made up of mostly cavalry,
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What little infantry they have is mostly made up of slaves. However they deploy as if the slaves must take the brunt of the enemy, so that their cavalry can destroy their enemies.
They also enjoy ambushes, in this case it was a two set ambush, one flanking force out in the open the other hidden, mainly cavalry archers, to spring a horrific surprise upon their foes the poor Polish forces.
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The Polish formed their battle line, made mostly of infantry, and prepaed to charge.
However it was the Huns whom charged first, the scout that saw the battle told us. This is a shock, but with the amount of cavalry that make up their armies it should be no real surprise that this is how they fight. The charge was devastating to the Polish cavalry.
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They also charged head on into a unit of Polish spearmen. None of the spearmen were left alive afterwards. The Huns then turned upon the Polish archers and wiped them out as if they did not exist. At this point the Hunnic horse archers deployed on the Hunnic left. The scout then described that it appeared to rain on the Poles, however when the rain fell, people died in its wake.
Some of the Poles that had been surrounded by the Hunnic cavalry formed a shield wheel.
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However this caused the Huns to turn their bows upon the poor fools. The Polish warlord tried to save the spearmen. All that did was get him killed by the now unstoppable Hunnic cavalry.
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The morale of much of the Polish army broke at this point and the infantry hadnt even engaged YET!!!!!!
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However there was a set of superior spearmen that the over confident Huns did not count on. These spear formed up and managed to halt the Hunnic cavalry in its tracks. However the Huns that had been stopped simply broke off and fled behind the lines to regroup, most of their horses too tired too keep giong after having broken half the Polish army. It was then that the pitiful Hunnic infantry moved forward. What was left of the Polish army attack this force hoping to break it before the Hunnic cavalry could reform and rest. However it was then that the cavalry that had been waiting in the woods sprung the trap. The heavy Polish spears were winning against the pitiful Hunnic infantry at a surprisng speed.
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However in seconds it was all over. The Hunnic ambush cavalry and the Horse archers moved in for the kill of the now pinned down heavy spearmen, which in our scouts opinion had been the only real threat to the Huns all along. The charge shattered the whole rest of the Polish army. Even the Hunnic Warlord, whom had been sitting back and watching the fight joined in at this point so he could make his bravery claims and such back at camp i guess.
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The victory was total. The battle lasted barley an hour and 1/4th of the Polish "army" had been wiped out in a single stroke.
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The only real losses had been among the pathetic Hunnic infantry that had been bulled into the fight.
After the fighting ended our scout left for the Huns searched for survivors. He was lucky to escape with his life. The women and children of the Polish villages that that army protected were ripped to shreads and all of the heads were put into one of the Black Altars that they worship their demons at. Several of the tribes of Poles have tried to surrender but the Huns would never allow such weaklings into their great empire, as they put it. The emmisaries have not been seen since the meetings and only on of theirservants managed to escape with the message that that Huns gave to Europe. It was simply this, "Prepare to die, for if you cannot best us in even the simplest of battles you deserve no better than the fate of dogs and pit spawn." The servant then up and died from shock and organ failure.
Many at court are fightened at this turn of events for we WILL be next once Poland is destroyed. I can only pray to the High Gods that we do not suffer the same fate as them.
Chapter Seven: .......arise from the pits. (Part Two)
Winter 366AD
The news coming out of Poland is making me sicker and sicker everyday. Several hundred more villages have been obliterated. The Poles cant fight this anymore for decades of in-fighting have destroyed any ability to resist that was left in the Poles. News of what happened in Poland has scared the life right out of many tribes and other peoples in the area. Even the Twin Empires are afraid of what is brewing out on the steppes. However they continue their indifferent policies as i the destruction of the Poles did not occur. However the tribes just beyond their borders have started a mass invasion in order to get to saftey. In the Balkans the Gauts have invaded and are plundering their way towards Constantinople, hoping to use the invincible walls to hold off the Huns. The Alemannez have the same idea however they have been slower getting out of Italy than the Gauts over the Danube, therefore are behind the Gauts in the race. The Subez have also crossed the Danube but they are heading for Athens and the Roman Imperial fleet there, hoping to use it as a means of escape across the Roman's lake ((Med Sea)). The Emperor Valens of the East is away on Campaign in Syria but will soon be returning to fight the Gauts and Alemannez.
About the only people that are not afriad are the Saxonz dogs, for they have become lords of Britannia and have the Sea between them and the Huns if Germania and the Twin Empires fall.
Summer 367AD
The Poles have fallen utterly. A second great battle has been fought. The result was the same as the first. However the whole of the Polish people was destroyed this time around.
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As a result the Poles have either died or fled into the north forests were the Huns cannot go due to cavalry's limitations and ae much safer there than we are for our forests are nowhere near as thich as the Baltic ones.The Huns have begun to head south rather than west. They haveencircled the Iron Sky Mountains and have the Vampire Lords trapped within the valleys of said mountains. The tribes that surronded those mountains, however, were obliterated as if they were never even there. The chaos on the River Danube has just BARELY prevented them from crossing. The Emperor Valens has hurried home at the news that the Huns would soon invade his empire. He has arrived at Constantinople, our spies have reported and his vertans will soon march north to confront the Gauts, Alemannez, and Subez.
There are also reports that the Abandoned Tribes have left the fold of the High Gods and embraced Christianity. But this is not the Christianity of Rome. No this variant is peached by the followers of a man named Arius, whom says that the angels are things that they are not. Arius himself was killed by the Emperor Constantine Magna many years ago but his words still would not die. Now our former brothers have fallen to his lies. It is a sad, sad world where such things can happen. The Huns and their demon masers are responsible for all of this. THAT i am sure of. It will be up to my people to save this world from the monsters, for the Twin Empires are full of cowards and the other tribes have either fallen or be destroyed by the Huns themsleves. This cannot happen or the Demons that the Lady worked so hard to destroy will rise again. THAT CANNOT HAPPEN!!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!
I like to see it as 'practice' to the battles against Diadochoi Kingdoms ahead of me:wink: By the way, it's Epeirotai mate. Just a correction here, as I see you've been using the wrong 'Eporoites' quite frequently:yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Olaf Blackeyes
Maion
Nice AAR you have going there.
Go Huns GO! Show the Settled peoples who are the true future rulers of the earth!! :whip: :laugh4:
(Just a question: as I read the first act i noticed it showed the perspective of two people on the opposit side. Is the 2. act going to be liket it or will it stay singular like it has till now??:dizzy2:)
@Maion--- Thnx for the correction, since my Greek is well..... non-existant i guess that i was using that wrong.
@HunGeneral--- Dont worry i have plans for your "precious" Huns (insert super evil laugh here). Also i will diversify the POVs asap. However, i must set up more of the plot, so Aioulfuz still has plenty of time left.
Here comes a SUPER EPIC post for all of you history buffs.
Chapter Eight: Great Battle
Autumn 368AD
The news from the Balkans is devastating. After the Gauts fled the Danube, the ones that stayed were annihilated. This drove the Gauts into a feared frenzy of panic. They have surged south en-masse heading STRAIGHT for Constantinople. They pray to their new God for guidance and help, and at the same time killed innocents and plundered villages in their flight toward the Capital. The Emperor Valens had not been idle however. His two veteran legions had returned from a camapign in Syria almost a year ago. The new threat provided by the Gauts forced the Emperor to take the field once again. His army marched north to confront the Gauts.
The Gauts had settled in to siege the city of Adrianople. The day of the great battle, the Gauts were waiting on their cavalry to return from a foraging raid. The Romans utterly surprised the Gauts with their apperance. The leaders of the Gauts, Fritigern and Alaric, came up with a desperate plan. Alaric went out to stall the Romans, while Fritigern hurriedly sent messengers out for the cavalry to return immedaitley. Alaric is a very crafty man indeed, for he managed to keep negotiations going for nearly half the day before they fell out.
At this point the Romans formed up outside of the Gautic camp, ready to attack.
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The Gauts, having no other real choice, formed up to protect their wives, children and treasures.
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As the Romans marched forward......
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....the Gauts set the fields before them on fire. This was to hamper their progress and to infuriate them as well, to disrupt the Roman formation.
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The ash and smoke did in faact enrage the Romans, however the Emperor Valens saw this and ordered that if an of his men broke formation they would be executed and so would their families. The threat worked, for no Romans broke rank. The Gauts then tried to disrupt the Romans by firing arrows into the air and having them land straight down upon the Roman heads.
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This failed miserably. At this point the Gauts had run out of time, for the Romans assulted the walls of their camp.
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Some of the Roman archers even strated to fire into the Gauts ranks,and at the Gautic women and children. The enraged Gauts ALMOST broke rank, but Fritigern barley managed to keep order amongst them.
It did not take the Romans long to break down the Gautic walls.
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Fritigern ordered the spearmen forward to halt them. The spearmen couldnt halt them entirely and began to take heavy losses. Then Fritigern ordered his levies forward. They didnt halt the Romans either. Fritigern in desperation then ordered his reserves forward, and went with them. It took all of THAT to bring the Roman war machine to a halt. However the Gauts were still taking heavy losses. The batte became increadibly desperate for the Gauts.
Then suddenly horns blew in the distance. The thunder of hooves came out of the hills behind the camp.
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The Gautic cavalry had arrived. The Gauts still alive cheered with all of their heart and engaged the romans as best as they could to givew the cavalry time to do their grizzly work. Their first target, the Roman cavalry, including the emperor Valens' personal bodyguard. The Roman cavalry hurtled forward to halt the Gauts.
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When the two bodies of horseflesh and men met, the crash was deafening. When many of the men recovered the Roman cavalry had been wiped from the face of the earth, and what was left of it was fleeing. The Gauts could not see the Emperor among them. The Romans couldnt either and began to panic. This sealed their fate for they broke foramtion. That was all it took.
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The mass of fools was wiped out almost to a man.
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It was a total rout for the Romans. and what was worse was that out of the whole Eastern army, which was comprised of only FIVE legions, two had just been obliterated. The crippled Eastern military is in total shambles. Panic gripped the streets of Constantinople. Levies have been quickly raised to fight the demonic Gauts as they put them. The siege should be starting soon, if it has not already, according to the reports. I look at this description with horror. The Romans are THIS WEAK!?!?!?! How in Hel are we supposed to get help in they cant even put down some rebel tribesmen?!?!?! I shudder at the thought of what the Huns will do when they reach us, all alone as we are. I hope the High Gods have a plan, for if not the world WILL fall to these demons. Of that i am sure.
Im kind of sad now. It took me three tries to get that battle right in the last chapter and noone even recognizes it. :furious3:~:mecry:~:mecry:~:confused: Oh well. Just to let you guys know i recreated that battle after a historical one, so i hope u guys enjoyed it.
Chapter Nine: First Blood
Spring 370AD
I write this at the celebration of a great victory, our first against the Huns. While we have drawn first blood, the Huns are FAR from finished. Let me begin.
It was nealy three weeks ago that we recieved news of the Huns' invasion of Germania. They destroyed the scout forces along the Wesser and marched west. The High King put out a general call to arms and gathered the Royal Army in Gawjam-Dezeroz, the Capital. I was amongst those that marched east with him. We passed the Oder without incedent. However on the eastern fringes of the German forests we encountered the Hunnic Hordu that was attacking Germania.
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They formed up on a clear hill and we were forced to prepare at the bottom of this hill.
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We looked at what we faced. It was not the gigantic demon horde that had cushed Poland.However the High King figured that we only faced a single piece of the Greater Hordu. The battle was soon to begin when we heard much noise from our right. It appered that the Franx had responded to the call to arms.
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We actually beileved that we stood a chance at that point, for the Jarl of the Franx guard the Rhine against the Romans and has access to advanced Romanweapons thorugh tradin and raids. The rest of the tribes and Jarldoms must get such weapons by trading with the Franx, so they have the most of them by default. The noise however attracted the attention of the Hunnic warlord as well. He ordered most of his Hordu after the Franx.
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The High King was stunned by this turn events. The hill was what had made him afraid to attack. Now that it was nearly abandoned he ordered a full charge straight up it.
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We surged up the hill like lunatics. We did encounter some Hunnic infantry on the way up. These were of a better quality than the Hunnic infantry that had been reported in Poland. However in spite of that they were still FAR inferior to our warriors. They broke easily.
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I was with the cavalry at this point. We chased the Horsebows off the hill itself.
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While they fled before us we chased them a little ways.
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Then, thinking them crushed, we made to regroup with the infantry. Halfway back we got hit from behind by archer fire. The Horsebows had returned with avengence. The cavalry was forced to split in half. I had been dismounted so i went with the half that made for the infantry. The other half went after those horsebows, we didnt see them for the rest of the battle. When my half reached the infantry, the hill was ours. However we began recieveing fire from the other side of the hill. More Horsebows, probably the resevres. The rest of the cavalry and some ofthe infantry went after them. More of us began to go, but it was then that we heard the sounds of more battle horns from the forests below the hill.
The Franx had been broken.
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We watched as their few remaining Shield Wheels were surrounded and crushed. Some of the men on the hill began to speak of fleeing. I killed one of them to restore order. Then i ordered them to form a biouvack of Shield Wheels to protect the infantry atop the hill.
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However the Skudjonez werent at the top of the hill. They were trying to cover the Franx retreat. I yelled at them to come up the hill and get inside the Biouvack. They didnt hear the command. It was then however that the Hunnic cavalry turned their attention to the Skudjonez. The Huns emerged behind the Skudjonez hurtled THROUGH them.
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It was as if the Skudjonez didnt even exist.
We then saw the main body of the Huns coming out of the woods below our positions on the hill. Barley a third of them had been killed in fighting the Franx. We readied ourselves as best as we could.
Then the rain began.
It was as the scouts in Poland described. The Hunnic Horsebows put out so many arrows that it looked as if it was raining. However this rain was lethal, not life-giving. About 1/4th of the biouvack was killed in the rain. However the Huns ran out of arrows after a while and we were still there. The Hunnic warlord became infuriated. He then decided to surround our postion with his cavalry. He then came forward and halt 300 hands away from our postion. He then spoke in accented Slavic a language i understood. I will write the conversation down as best as i can remember.
The Hun yelled at us, "DOGS!!! I wish to see your warlord before me NOW!!!" I replide in my best slavic to the bastard, "Well you will have to ask nicer than that DEMON!" At this the Hun laughed a sickeneing laugh and said to me,"Well i can assume that you are in charge of this group of curs then?" I came to the front of our lines and said,"Yes i am foul one. What do you want of me before you die?" The Hun laughed again and said, "Such arrogance from a lesser being. You certainly seem confident little cur. However look around you. You are surrounded, cut off from all help, and soon to be slaughtered. However i am impressed by your peoples strenght and bravery. If you surrender you will be spared and given positions amongst the infantry of my army. What do you say to that, eh?" I looked at him like he was insane, which i clearly thought he was. "Germans NEVER surrender FOOL! I would never even wish to become like the poor bastards that you call infantry. To us killing them was a mercy for the poor filth. And YOU and your ilk deserve to die for the crimes that you have commited against inummerable peoples. We will see to that, rest assured." The Hun looked at me with a curious look, and then he said to me,"Tell me little dog were is it that you get such arrogance and courage from?" I said to him,"I could ask you the same question demon. But as for me and my people, we are FREE MEN, we keep ourselves free by being strong. People such as you whom seek to rob men of their free will for power and cruelty are scum that must be purged from the Earth." The Hun said,"You are wrong little dog. Strength comes from the ability to put people before you in their place, such as i will soon do with you, one way or the other. If you have power you MUST use it to better yourself and worsen others. Otherwise power is worthless. If you will not be put in your place by reason, then it WILL BE BY THE SWORD!!!"
At that point we broke off the conversation. Battle began in earnest as the bastard sent his cavalry to assil us from all sides at once. The fighting was brutal. The Shield Wheels barely managed to hold them off with their spears. The Runic-Hand swordsmen fought like mad dogs, with their firey swords burning thorugh man and horse alike.
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One of the Shield Wheels broke after the third charge.
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So we reorganized the biouvack before the fourth one.
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This formation broke most of the remaining Hunnic cavalry. The enraged warlord then ordered his infantry forward, himself with them. While the infantry was worthless, his bodyguards were the best horsemen i have ever seen. However in the end we overwhelmed his men.
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At one point i met the warlord in battle and killed his horse out from under him. However instead of showing me his so called strength he fled, getting on another horse whose rider had been killed. I roared at him to come back and face me if his strength existsed at all. He only glared at me as he rode away with one of his guards.
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We cheered victory but did not leave our position until another hour had passed, just to be sure that there were no more of these demon out in the woods. When we dertemined it to be safe we when over to the piles of bodies and began surching for survivors. There were few to be found. The High King returned with the cavalry that night. I was awarded for my valor and command ability. However even though it was a victory we lost almost 2/3s of the army. As for the Franx, well out of 9000 Franx only 600 returned home alive. I hope that we can survive this kind of war. For, no matter what people say and hope and pray, it has only just begun.
The old man reaches over and grabs another book. "Who wrote this one grandpapa?", the little boy asks. He smiles at his grandson, "A wise lady did." He opens it. It is written in Greek.
((BTW i am attepmting to use Greek. If i screw up plz correct me. That means u Maion.:beam:))
Chapter Ten: Revolution
Spring 370AD
(From the Greek book:)
My name is Zoe Archias. My family has just taken the reigns of power from the former Romaioi governors. As we have become quite rich i have taken up writing in this Codex. My brother has taked me with writing down the Histories of our newly freed people. Im afraid it will not be an easy start.
After Valens's defeat against the Barbaroi, things have grow rather chaotic. In particular the tribe of Goths, whom crushed Valens, have been killing and murdering good Greek peoples. We have currently repelled an attack by the Goths on Konstantinopolis itself.
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This has secured my brother, Basil, the Basilieon. However it is a much reduced Basilieon thatwe have gotten from the deal. All that we hold for certain at this point is Konstantinopolis and its surroundings, Krete, Hellas, Makedonia, Rhodos, Kypros, the western shores of Mikra Asia, and Southern Epiros.
After their defeat at Konstantinopolis, the Barbaroi fled south down past the Hellespont, and into Mikra Asia. Several other Barbaroi tribes followed them. They Goths are heading for Aiegyptos. The Langobards have claimed Syria and Antiochea as their own. Meanwhile the Alemannoi have claimed Thrace as their own. Aiegyptos is in flames, many of the natives attepmting to throw off the rightful rule of the desendants of Alexandros; as is most of the wheat crop for the next twenty years. The Vandals ((In German Subez)) have catured half of the Imperial fleet outside of Salonai. They have sailed for parts unknown. I can only hope that they meet their deaths out on the Mare Mesogeios.
My brother will have a hard road rebuilding this Basilieon, but i am more than confident that we can do it. After all ours is the blood that defeated the Barbaroi Persians at Marathon, Salamis, Issus and Granicus. We whom conquered and colonized the world, we whom gave rise the Megas Alexandros, we whom brought civilization to the Romaioi. However that last one was to our later regret.
My brother has appointed our cousin Anthimos as his high general. I can only hope that we can defend against Barbaroi like those, i think it is said as Huns. The stories i have heard about the north bank of the Danube..UGH!!!.. it is HORRIFIYING!!! And if we cannot the same things will happen to good Greeks not just other Barbaroi. However i must be off, for i have courtly matters to attend to.
Your going quite well there:2thumbsup:
I see you have made a good "replay" of the Battle of Adrianople - you could aswel write as Alarik one day:idea2:
Good luck with this AAR. Its realy getting more and more interresting:beam:
@HunGeneral YAY!!!!! Someone recognizes it.:smash::beam::beam::beam::2thumbsup::yes:
Well i do my best to serve. I was intending it to be a twin set of books. One covering the collapse of Roman power in the East, the other about the Hunnic wars. So there are ur multiple POVs.
barbarian invasion mixed up to europa barbarorum? nice idea!
Chapter Eleven: Of Egypt
(From the Greek book:)
Autumn 371AD
The news from Aiegyptos is grim, very grim indeed. We have apperently lost the province to native rebels. We managed to get the majority of Greek citizens out. The rebels rose in the south after Valens's defeat at the hands of the Goths. The battles were bloody and hard fought.
Even after all of the victories....
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...all of the battles....
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...and bloodshed...
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....we just couldnt put down the filthy barbaroi. Our Basileus finally decreed that the army would pull out and so would all Greek citizens still loyal to the throne. The army and refugees fled to the port village of Makieson, Alexandria having already fallen to the rebels.
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However the Aiegyptai follwed them to the coast and surrounded the town.
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The remains of the Imperial fleet was anchored offshore, awaiting the citizens and soldiers. However they were cut off by an army of rebels.
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The battle for the village was short and swift, but VERY brutal.
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However in the end we pushed the rebels off for long enough so that the citizens could flee. We even managed to get most of the army away as well. However we have lost Aiegyptos, and many fear we will never reclaim it. The troops have been reassigned to the northern frontiers. I must leave off for now, duty calls.
Spring 372AD
Well the Aiegyptai have once AGAIN been conquered. The Goths overwhlemed them almost three months ago. They besieged Alexandria and crushed what forces the rebels had within.
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After butchering the inhabitanats as heathens and establishing their "Arian" churches within, they then proceeded to travel down the Nilos and butchered many natives and replaced them with their own peoples. The few Aiegyptai that remain are slaves to the Goths. We have also recieved reports of Akkadian attacks on the Levant and Syria. The Langobards are having "fun", as they term it, with the prisoners. What is this world coming to? These vile heretics and demons are acting against God's will. They must be for God would never allow for such evils to occur. My brother is putting the army back together from scratch. We are leaving behind the infantry for they proved how useless they were at Adrianopolis. I can only hope that cavalry does a better job. I must be off, for i need to sleep.
What on earth, that screenshot second from bottom looks like a unit of lettuce marching out the gates???
OMFG LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. This made me lol for 8 seconds. I think hurt myself loling.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnhughthom
As for what it is, that is SUPPOSED to be a unit of Berber peasants trying to hold off the Gothic cavalry. I find that bug a LOT during my games. The units "ocsilate" they shrink and then grow back to normal size and shape a BUNCH. Look at the Gothic cav in front of them and u will see that they are missing their legs. It affect all units on the map. Been trying to solve this for almost two YEARS now. Cant really find nothing.
Besides its just a graphics thing. It doesnt affect the gameplay at all. But i have been trying to keep out pics like that to avoid posts that are:
WTF!?!? OMFG FL4T TR009Z!!!!!!
Sorry that this one slipped through.:oops::embarassed::embarassed::shame:
No I'm glad it did, it's always nice to see something funny after reading about mass carnage.:laugh4:
Well i just tried to get the battle of Carthage done. That had to be the WORST set of bugs ive EVER seen. I mean two units of spearmen had one of those mass suicide of the wall moments.:furious3::furious3::furious3:
The siege tower makes it to the wall fine, the units climb up it perfectly and then, when trying to get from the tower to the top of the wall this happens....
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They step off of the tower and about HALF of them fall THROUGH THE WALL?!?!?!?!? And that was only the first unit.
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The next unit up the walls lost 90% of its men to this bug. If i removed the wall there would be a PILE of dead bodies there. The whole "unit ocsilation" bug was running full Blast most of the battle. There is another common bug for me. The dead bodies will sometimes "GROW" out. This means to me that their pixels expand MASSIVELY, royaling $!@$!ING up my view of the battle. That was running full speed WTF during the battle. AND i SWEAR that i saw one of the WRE units running in the air next to the wall top for three seconds before reverting to the ground next to the wall like they were supposed to be. I didnt take many during this battle. The WTF factor was too massive.
OK EB .org i need ur help for this act. I have 2 options for u.
OPTION1: Battle of Chalons ending (Huns obliterate WRE)
OPTION2: Death of Constantinople (Huns obliterate Greeks)
EDIT: OPTION3: All of the Above
I would say option 2 - lets rewrite history:idea2:
That what im trying to do:beam:
ALSO imma do one of the help me out things per act so Thnx for ur help in advance
Why choose? Do both.:2thumbsup:
Chapter Twelve: The World in Flames (Part One)
(From the Runic book:)
Spring 377AD
Death. It has become a part of my daily life these days. I see the dead everyday, haunting me, blaming me for their fate. Its not my fault that they died. ITS NOT!!!!!!! Over the past six winters i have been in command of much of the eastern marches. So many have died.
After their first loss to us, the Huns tried six more invasions of Germania. They have all failed, thanks in large part to my efforts, and to those of the people of Germania. The High King has had to deal with MANY issues that forced his attentions to other places. First the poisoning of his wife and two daughters. That was a feat the Huns tried to pull off in order to weaken the Royal family. Out of that debacle only the High Kings youngest Daughter survived. This due to the fact that she was at my hall that evening. The High King trusts me with his life after this event. I am honored, but i believe that if he keeps this pace up i may have to help his daughter onto the throne sooner that we hoped.
There was also the treaty with the Romans. After Adrianople, the Eastern Romans collapsed into chaos. However a Greek family managed to pull much of that Empire out of the chaos. However the Greek Empire, or Byzantium as they call themselves, has declared independace from Rome. The Romans that remain are too weak to reclaim it. There have been several plauges within the Roman Empire. With the Huns out there we believed that the Romans would give us aid to stop them, for we were sure that they could see the threat that was posed to them as well.
We were wrong. The fools claimed that internal troubles prevented them from aiding us, and that we could take care of it handily. Coming back from the delegation, i was stunned. These idiots were leading themselves to their own destruction. And we were still alone. No help, no extra weapons, no ANYTHING.
However recently the Huns have stopped sending their elites at us. They have instead been sending their slave soldiers and undead minions to try and overwhelm us with sheer numbers. They will continue to fail as long as they keep at it this way, at least if i have anything to do with it. Just last week we drove back a huge number of slaves and their overseers that were meancing minor Gawjams along the Wesser.
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We have lost many. The death rate, however, has fallen with the quality of the enemy. This reprieve is a welcome one for many of us. New warbands are being trained. New walls are being built. New alliance are attempting to be formed. I only hope it is enough.
(From the Greek book:)
Spring 377AD
DAMN THE BARBAROI!!!!!! They have taken Carthago as well. We recieved words from our spies in Roma that Carthago fell to the Vandaloi, using OUR fleet.
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The Vandaloi have made their home in the Northern Africanian territories. The Basileus has declared a state of emergency due the loss of so MANY grain sources. We may not be able to feed all of the true Greeks this year, much less the slaves. The Westerners are attempting to raise their grain from Silicia and Magna Graecia. We dont have such breadbaskets or such luck. But i guess it cant be helped.
We have reiceved words of war to our east. The Akkadianoi are fighting the Sassanids. The Sassanids have invaded and overwhelmed the pagan Akkadianoi in Media and Ectebana. The reason for this war is the Sassanids claim that the Akkadianoi god Marduk is the same god that the Persians worship, Ahura-Mazda. Their god has declared that the Akkadains displase him by worship other alongside him. He has tried over the centuries to convert them away from their other dieties Ishtar, Tirgis, and Euphrates. As his efforts have been crushed into nothing so many times he has finally declared a Holy War upon them. The fight goes poorly for the Akkadianoi. To be honest though few of them actually resist the advances of Ahura-Mazda's troops, due to the fact the many Akkadianoi have worshiped Marduk for centuries, practicing his religion in all but name. The gods Tigris and Euphartes have not been seen in centuries. In truth it is only Ishtar whom resists this Sassanids. And from what we have heard of this bitch over the centuries, i am kind of glad to see that she will soon be overthrown. The stories involve human sacrifices and blood soaked rituals of pain, sex, and death. Thingc that i cant even think about bearing to repeat are a daily occurence with her.
Well i must be off for i have important courty matters to attend to.