Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[Smowz]

Taking the save.

[Smowz]

save returned:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1137-4.rar

Following the big (for the Asteri) victory the Asteri lads (plus the invited Nikiphoras) go to Iconium to celebrate.

[_Tristan_]

takig save

[_Tristan_]

new save

Re-did my turn per TC's order

Same as before

[Ituralde]

Taking the Save! Should be the correct one this time!

[Ituralde]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1137-6.zip

Did the same thing I did before. Lost a few more men but on the upside I received a Berserker retinue!

[Privateerkev]

taking the save

[Privateerkev]

Report for 1137:

The Templars have ceased to exist as a cohesive faction. This year, I was able to institute "phase 2" of my plan. With the Templar army drawn out of their castle last year, I was able to send spies in, open the gates, and conduct an amphibious landing. The Grandmaster of the Templars was killed in battle and the castle was occupied. While there are still armies out in the field, these have gone "rebel." The Templar Cardinal and Templar Spy in Antioch have both retired and gone home.

Armies:

Forces in Diyarbakir have been retrained the past couple years.

Lisas's Army has been formed. He already has 2 peasant archers in Trebizond. A peasant and horse archer were trained in Tbilisi. 2 town militia were taken out of Sinop and sent towards Trebizond. 2 town militia were trained in Sinop to replace the 2 that left. Taxes had to be lowered in order to keep with Pavlos's SOT.

Building:

Tortosa started a small chapel
Aleppo started a mustering hall
Bucharest started a port
Sinop started a town hall
Iconium started a small church
Adana started a castle
Tbilisi and Yerevan both started communal farming

Events:

Sold trade rights and maps to Portugal for 2000 florins.

A major earthquake struck Aleppo.

Methodios has a new daughter named Aleksandra. (OOC: I'm sure YLC will love that... )

The Moorish Jihad is just to the west of the capital. I wish the defenders luck.

Permissions:

Lisas can move the 2 town militia that are on the road in Sinop province.

Who ever is leading the Asteri army can move the 2 peasants in Iconium province.

Annios can move his army.

Stavros can move his army.

Methodios is authorized to accept or deny the Merchant Guild in Alexandria.

OOC:

I moved Ig according to his wishes. I was also able to get IK where he wanted to go. W&F did not send me orders for this turn. But, since his SOT does not prevent me from moving his avatar, I moved him towards Medina like he wanted last turn.

When you guys take the save, please make sure the guild offer survives.

I'm taking tomorrow off. The free move period will go on until Monday 9:30PM GMT. Remember, this is the last free move period of the term. Once I do my 1138 moves, we will have the 1140 Senate Session.

LOTR-1138

[Dafuge]

Taking the save

[Dafuge]

http://files.filefront.com/LOTR+1138.../fileinfo.html

Stacked up siege equipment

[woad&fangs]

taking the save

[woad&fangs]

da save

ooc: My next character is going to be much more concerned with his own safety

[Smowz]

Taking the save.

[Smowz]

The save is back.

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1138-4.rar

Nevoulas ek Philadelphius still in command of the Asteri armed forces, decided to take forces of the finest men with him towards the Capital and help with the possible Moorish fallout.

Nikiphoras and Ioannis and several of the former army have been left behind in Iconium - the peasants have been moved inside.

[Ramses II CP]

Taking the save for Dongola.

[Ramses II CP]

Dongola was taken:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bbnnmkyqtmy

[Privateerkev]

taking the save.

[Privateerkev]

Report for 1138:

I have finished my last turn as Megas. I wish to announce right off that I am not running for re-election. Let someone else try to fill these shoes. I have heard many others tell me how I could have done things better. So, let them try their hand at it.

I did what I could to rebuild the economy while maintaining the military. I oversaw expansion while defending what we have. I oversaw the spread of our faith into places that have not heard the Word of our God in some time. I sent merchants to trade in the exotic spices that are abundant in Asia. I sent diplomats around the known world to sell our maps for money.

Pretty much every settlement saw development during my term. For last year, Alexandria has just gotten a merchant guild and has started land clearance. Dongola started a small chapel. Athens and Thessalonika started paved roads. And Caesarea and Diyarbakir started communal farming.

The Moorish Jihad has now besieged our capital. Last year, despite the abundance of military commanders, as well as army units, no one attacked the Moors. I wish you luck as you try to sneak past the road blocks on your way to attend the Magnaura Session.

Last year I sieged the Fatimids in Acre so they would stop trying to reinforce Gaza. They sallied and I took and occupied Acre. It is now the property of the new Grandmaster of the Order.

Not much else to say. It has been an honor and a privilege being your Megas for this term. I thank the Senate for giving me the opportunity to balance out some of the injustices we suffered during our Caesar's criminal neglect.

Makedonios Ksanthopoulos
Knight of the Order of St. John
Duke of Nicosia
Ex-Megas Logothetes

LOTR-1140

[TinCow]

Updated save for the 1140 AD Senate session.

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1140-1b.zip

Acre title given to Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX)
Caesarea title removed from Theophylaktos Petzeas (Ibn-Khaldun)
Pagan Magician removed from Stavros ek Amarinthou (Knights_of_Palma)
Dongola title removed from Vissarionas ek Lesvou (Ramses II CP) and given to Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX)
Scopia title removed from Methodios Tagaris (Tristan de Castelreng) and given to Nikiphoros Manouelitis (Warmaster Horus)

University Traits:
Ioannis Komnenos (Ignoramus) has been given the trait Cultured at level 1.
Andronikos Komnenos (woad&fangs) has been given the trait Just at level 1. (This order was submitted by Motep while he was still playing Andronikos.)
Methodios Tagaris (Tristan de Castelreng) has been given the trait Castle Education at level 1. (Note that the description for this trait is erroneous, it says it increases piety but this is wrong and it increases movement as intended.)
Ioannis Kalameteros (deguerra) increased the trait AcademyTrained from level 1 to level 2.
Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX) removed the trait PoorLogistics.

Note (1): There is currently an adoption offer up with the adopter as Andronikos Komnenos (woad&fangs). For convenience, this may be accepted or declined by anyone at any time during the Senate session, once woad&fangs indicates what he wants to do.

Note (2): Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX) is currently maxed out on ancillaries. If he gains any more province titles without getting rid of other ancillaries, they will not be added to his retinue.

[edit]1b version:
Tortosa title removed from Makedonios Ksanthopoulos (Privateerkev) and given to Stavros ek Amarinthou (Knights_of_Palma).
Adoption offer declined.

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Note: Privateerkev's 30 day Throne Room ban includes altering the save for any reason at all. Any changes he makes are to be discarded. If he wishes to have his avatar killed off, someone else can do it with his permission or he can wait until I return from vacation.

[Smowz]

I wish to officially open up the save:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1140-1b.zip

I will be taking it back at 1800 GMT on Monday 22nd September

Please feel free to Pm me any movements you wish your avatars to make in the event of you not being able to make the moves. Remember to also update your Status and Order threads please.

Nevoulas ek Philadelphius

[_Tristan_]

Taking save

[_Tristan_]

Save is back :

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1140-2.rar

Moved Methodios north and shuffled some garrison between Alexandria and Cairo for PO.

[Ituralde]

Taking Save.

[Ituralde]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1140-3.zip

Moved Byzantine Cavalry from Yerevan to Tblisi.
Disbanded two units of Town Militia in Sinop.

[OverKnight]

Taking the save.

[OverKnight]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1140-4.zip

Moors defeated.

[Smowz]

Taking the save.

[Smowz]

Report for 1141:

My fellow senators and royal family of the Komnenos let us all rejoice in the following news:



My admiration go to all those that managed to defeat these fanatics and furthermore invade their territories. It is entirely appropriate that armies under the command of our legendary leader Basilues Aleksios Komnenos dealt the last blow to the jihad. I understand that one of the few casulaties was a personal friend of the Basilues, I pass on my regrets. As I have said in the senate I shall not rest until these heathens are brought to heel and feel the Roman sword in their homelands.

Priorities:

Pavlos Chrysovergos has had the Byzantine Infantry retrained and two Trebizond archer units recruited in Tblisi as requested. However I was unable to retrain the Trebizond archers in Dyanbikar as requested due to the absence of the correct facilities. Further troops will be built in Tblisi when more men are found (OOC: next turn). The prioritized Leather Tanner will have to wait until work on the farmlands in Tblisi has been completed.

With the completion of the Walls in Constantinople the building will begin right away on the City Hall that the Basilues has requested.

Senator and family announcements:

Comes Vissarionas ek Lesvou has been moved west from Dongala towards Thebes, it was fortunate that he crossed the Nile as he can now see a medium sized Egyptian army directly across the river. It seems the Fatamid's still have isolated warlords loyal to their cause.

Strator Nikolaos Aristenos has began the long journey from Sofia towards the lands of his new master across the seas. His first journey his toward the port of Thessolonica where a small fleet has been made available for the crossing.

I, Nevoulas ek Philadelphius have modified my journey after the defeat of the Jihad at our Capitol and now make my journey south west toward Smyrna.

My congratulations to Comes Methodios Tagaris on his fourth child, a girl named Theodora may she inherit her mothers good looks.

Further congratulations to Isaakos Komnenus on the birth of his second child named after his brother Ioannis (yes another one!!!).

Andrinikos Komnenos has yet another candidate for adoption

Building:

My extensive building works will no doubt catch the eye, I said some time ago that I believed the empire contained too many military outposts and not enough money spinning city like settlements.

I pass on my thanks to Pavlos Chrysovergos and Lisas Attaleiatis for allowing me to convert Trebizond from a Castle to a Town.

I have also made similar modifications to Scopia and Aleppo as I felt necessary.

My desire to aid House Illes Korakas in appeasing their settlements, compelled me to build some Council chambers in Cairo.

I have also commissioned garrison quarters to be built in Belgrade and a Bowyer in Corinth, to aid my plans of fortifying the west.

Work has finished of the Chapel at Nicosia, the Port in Bucherest, the Town hall in Sinop and the small chapel in Dongola.

Thessolonica has an offer for a Merchents Guild - I have left the offer open for Patrikos Ioannis Kalemetros to consider.

Misc:

Due in part to the Moorish sackings in the west, the people of Arta, Athens and Thessolonica have had to appeased with lower tax rates to avoid the danger of full scale rioting.

The Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean has been consolidated in Acre, with the ambition to blockade gaze as soon as possible.

Aragon and Sicily are now at war.

Relations have impoved further with the Kievan Rus.


I open up the save here:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1141.rar

I will be taking it back at 22:30 GMT on Tuesday 23rd September.

humbly,

Nevoulas ek Philadelphius

[Ramses II CP]

Taking the save to move Vissa, back in a minute.

[Ramses II CP]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1141-1.zip