Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[Cecil XIX]

Taking the save.

[Cecil XIX]

New save.

Shuffled some troops towards Damascus, moved Makedonios ahead to Antioch, continued moving Nathanail and the Grand Cross to Antioch, relieved Aleppo, scouted Edessa, moved the Town Militia forward in anticipation of a siege. Also, Armatos got a MoH with Andronikos as the sponsor. PM sent.

[OverKnight]

Taking the save.

[OverKnight]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1152-8.zip

Moved Tiv west.

[Smowz]

Taking the save.

[Smowz]

A defensive battle outside Damascus, a pm has been sent to Rowan.

[Smowz]

Report for 1152:

Rejoice, the Holy Land has been cleansed. I pass on my best wishes to the Order of St. John and one of its leading members Vartholomaios Ksiros for their successful seizure of the Large Town of Damascus. I know it was a long term vision of your founding members never would I have dreamed in my lifetime that such land gains would have been made in that area. The fall of Damascus represents the last Muslim stronghold in the region, we have chased them down to the bare bones. Let us do to them what they wish to do to us and chase them into oblivion!!!

After a truly breathtaking victory Vartholomaios Ksiros is a candidate for adoption into the royal family as the fourth of Andrinikos' available candidates. I have somewhat hastily accepted the previous adoption given the suitability of the candidate the grandmaster of the order no less. As the Muslim threat diminishes, so does the need for Fortified castles. The Castle at Acre has begun the process towards converting to a settlement more like Damascus and may even one day become a city of Antiochs prominence. In Antioch a pious place indeed, a fine Master Theologions Guild has been built in testament to the Order and its determination.

The Seljuks have sieged our North eastern settlement of Yeveren with a large force. I can only pray that privy council member and leader of the House of the Kommandaukai Pavlos Chrysovergos has the blessing that the above mentioned senator has. God speed to you. Your priortised units as requested for Andrinikos (retrianed men) have been recruited in Tblisi. I hope he can start to push forward on his dangerous journey toward Baku.

The Final settlements that remain under the Seljuk banner are Mosel and Baghdad. Our Spies have sent word that much like Damascus there are troops in quantity if not quality. It will remain up to us whether we continue to chase them across Arabia.

Meanwhile the Fatamids have been massively subdued, it seems they are desperate to remain an entity. Their pathetic governance is left to two men, the crown prince just outside Solomiea and also the Sultan Abdul Rahmen who is said to be seen as some sort of deity type figure to his men. What better way to end the Fatamid existence then to show the mortality of such a man by eliminating him in the conquest of Mecca?

I myself have set out on my journey to discover and confront the last of our sworn enemies, the scoundrals who besieged the Capital itself, the Moors. Isaakos Komnenus has likewise boarded a vessel and will rendezvous with myself shortly - I look forward to sailing with him.

I present you a report on further happenings in our empire in the year 1152.

Priorities:

Pavlos Chrysovergos has 1 out of the 10 PUs available. Work is now finished on the Priortised Leather Tanner in Tblisi.

The work on the City Hall has now finished and will serve as a fine memory to the late Basilues Aleksios Komnenus who priortised this.

His son, the recently crowned Basilues Ioannis Komnenus has all of his 2 of 2 PUs available. As Basilues it is my understanding that he is allowed a Priortised building or two. His announcement in the Senate for the priortising of a Stone Wall has been accepted of course and is now being built in Nicaea.

Armatos ek Naksou has 0 of his 10 PUs available. Work has begun on the Priortised Ikoners Studio in Antioch, a shining beacon of Orthodox Christianity.

Ioannis Kalematros has all 8 of his 8 PUs available.

Senator and family announcements:

It seems she has her mothers quality for turning a young gentlemens eye, I bring news of a second young suitor for Helena Kalameteros, the daughter of Ioannis and Anna Kalameteros. I have left it open for the father (or perhaps the mother) to accept the hand of this man in marriage. This candidate seems a more robust choice for a princess.

Domestikos Zigavinos Vasilakios continues to harry the pirates on the Black Sea coast, I estimate that he will have cleared the pesky rebellions in two years time.

Antypatos Aleksios ek Ikoniou continues his journey north to attack the rebels just North of Bucherest.

Building:

Our budget was mainly focussed on developments in the Holy Land this year, fitting given the events in Damascus. The detail of that building work has been mentioned elsewhere.

I was able to siphon off some funds to continuing to develop our settlements in Anatolia. A Market is being developed in Trebizond, the ongoing project of mine to develop more money spinning settlements in the empire. I estimate in 5 years this will mimic Iconium in earning potential. Indeed, in this very settlement a Town Hall has just been completed. A crowd pleasing Brothel has began business in Smyrna also, a welcome resort for weary sailors no doubt!!!

I am pleased to announce the completion of some fine stables in Belgrade, it would seem as many young senators move west we need a third well built castle to support any defense against the Catholic nations from the west. Belgrade will hopefully serve this duty well.

Misc:

The council of nobles have asked us to blockade Mecca.

There is a small rebel force to the north of Bucharest, there is another in between Sinop and Trebizond. My lord Zigavinos will soon eliminate the scum near Trebizond.

The save is here:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1153.rar

I will be taking the save back on Friday 17th October at 1800 GMT

NOTE this save will be our last moves of this term and thus the senatorial session is set to begin this weekend I would imagine.

humbly,

Nevoulas ek Philadelphius

[deguerra]

taking save

edit: Andreas Dermokaitis accepted as my new son-in-law. You don't get good statted candidates of the right age that often. Ideally I'd like to get someone to play him obviously, so if he could be advertised to any new joinees that would be great.

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1153-01.rar

[Ramses II CP]

Taking the save for V's battle.

[Ramses II CP]

The rebels near Medina were crushed, but the Fatamid Crown Prince fled into the desert, perhaps trying to draw me further away from Mecca. He will be caught and crushed, and soon followed by his Sultan.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yjemdr...TR-1153-02.zip

V got a veteran warrior.

[Dafuge]

Ignore this, won't let me download from mediafile for some reason.

[ULC]

Taking the save

[Ramses II CP]

Hrm, if mediafire is a problem I can find a different one, but the Mizus upload flat out doesn't work for me anymore and I don't know why since I can still download from there. What happens when I try to upload to Mizus is that it starts the upload and sits on it for a few minutes then 404s. Happens 5-6 times in a row.

[ULC]

Here is the save back

Moved Methodios and some units to besiege Mecca as he requested (I have his permission.) Moved fleet in Solomeia port to blockade Mecca.

[OverKnight]

Taking the save.

[OverKnight]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1153-4.zip

[Dafuge]

Taking the save.

[Dafuge]

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9...db6fb9a8902bda

Moved next to the Jerusulam border. It seem they locals have rebelled but I am sure there will be some German troops still in the area. Will wait to see if any Order or IK troops will assist.

(Now my Mizus is playing up.)

[TinCow]

Taking the save.

[TinCow]

Moved Methodios Tagaris back to Medina (or whatever it is called now), along with all units that were in his stack and the two mercenary units that were just north of him, since all of those units seem to have been moved at the same time. Methodios and all of those units can be treated as if they have not yet moved this turn. Please note that due to the limitations I have with the console, those units actually have more movement now than they did at the start of the turn. Please do not abuse this extra movement.

Added in traits gained via the University:
Ioannis Kalameteros (deguerra) - Gained trait Pragmatic at Level 1 (Mostly Rational)

Methodios Tagaris (Tristan de Castelreng) - Existing trait Castle_Edu advanced to Level 2 (Knighted)

Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX) - Gained trait Castle_Edu at Level 1 (Squire)

Andronikos Komnenos (woads&fangs) - Gained trait Pragmatic at Level 1 (Mostly Rational)

Ioannis Komnenos (Ignoramus) - Did not gain any traits. His trait request was received after he had advanced to the rank of Basileus. Due to the inability of the Basileus to hold any other ranks than Megas (See Penalty 1), Ioannis Komnenos lost the rank of Scholar the instant he became Basileus. Thus, he was no longer eligible to use the University.

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1153-6.zip

[Cecil XIX]

Taking Save.

[Cecil XIX]

The save.

Armatos is marshalling forces for a quick march to Jerusalem. Also, I canceled the conversion to town in Acre. As per my SOT, I have decided that Tortosa would be a better choice for the conversion.

Also, I just realized that since I'm using rapidshare's bandwith I don't have to compress the save.

[Ituralde]

Taking Save!

[Ituralde]

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1153-8.zip

Defeated Captain Farnuk of the Seljuks with massive casualties on both sides.

Cecil there was an http too many in your link and you forgot to turn the fog of war back on.

[Northnovas]

http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/M2...OTR-1158-9.zip

Could not reach the Rebels this turn realize the troops were desperate and supplies low went into Bucharest to resupply.

[Smowz]

Taking the save.

[Smowz]

Report for 1153:

Senators, as we live and breathe we can now surely call ourselves Romans with pride. Yet more victories in the field this time in the North of Yeveren. A constant of these fine years, the fallen on the battlefield shall not and have not been forgotten in forging this resurgent empire.

Some of us are getting old, it is therefore welcome to see the next generation starting to come of age. They are clearly from the finest stock of man you could find and it is with hope that these youngsters can lead the way for the future. As I write to you know in my last Megas report for this term, I am about to be joined at Sea by Isaakios Komenenos the youngest son of our late Basilues. It is hard to believe he is gone and I am sure we all miss him greatly.

Three prominent teenagers are now ready to participate for the greater cause of the empire, I would like to introduce them to you. First of all we have the Basilues' eldest son Ioannis the Younger.

[

We also have Magnentios Kalematros, the eldest son of Ioannis Kalematros leader of the Asteri...

(OOC: I fell out of my chair when I saw that)

and finally a young princess the daughter of the Caeser Methodios Tagaris

To the future!!!

I will present myself to the senate and report to you all on the fight against the enemies of the empire shortly.

Before I do here is a report on further happenings in our empire in the year 1153.


Priorities:

Work has been completed on the Stone wall as Priortised by Basilues Ioannis Komnenus.

Likewise work has been completed on the Ikoners Studio for Armatos ek Naksou

Senator and family announcements:

The young princess Hypatia Tagaris has already attracted the attention of a suitor. I leave it open to whom it may concern as to whether or not to accept such a man into the family tree.

Domestikos Zigavinos Vasilakios has finally defeated the pirates on the shores of the Black sea. He has been seriously wounded and is now returning to Markinople to recieve treatment. Get well soon my lord.

Domestikos Vissarionas ek Lesvou has gained a Pagan Magician into his retinue.

Hypatos Vartholomaios Ksiros as gained the Duke of Damascus title erronously, once again I am not familiar with the console to change this to Armatos as is the rules of our empire. His adoption offer to the royal family was rejected.

Building:

Upon returning to our Capital for the debate of the senate session and my subsequent departure to lands alone I felt the need to satisfy my piety. I feel I have been surrounded by money and power for so long I fear my mind will turn against my christianity. Therefore I spent huge amounts of money on spiritual buildings this past year.

Religious buildings were built in Sofia, Adana, Iconium, Tortosa, Damascus, Durazzo and Alexandria. I hope that I will live to visit them all one day when they have been completed.

Military spending however was not completed forgotten. Outlying establishments such as Belgrade recieved funding for a Bowyer, the Ballista Maker in Solomeia was fixed and the eastern castle of Tblisi saw a formal blacksmith opened for business to better armor troops trained there.

In the west, Bucherest and Thessilonika complete fine administrative buildings that will soothe population issues there. In the meantime Arta is ready to upgrade its walls.

Near Tblisi, in honour of Pavlos Chrysovergos' victory a Town Hall will be built in his name after the many that died in battle at Yeveren.

The Holy land is largely secured from Seljuks, a Wooden Wall has begun to be built in Aleppo to ensure their influence stays out. Speaking of which, I personally sent the order to a medium size captain led army to eliminate the nearby Seljuks who were sulking in nearby fields. Further south the peoples will have less trouble getting around between Cairo and anywhere else with Paved Roads.

Finally, for the attention of the Basileus, an Explorers Guild is available for completion in Nicaea. I have left it up to him whether he accepts this.


Misc:

There are two cities now found for possible Roman expansion in the Holy Land sphere. The arrogant Holy Roman Empire control over the settlement of Jerusalam is no more. They are somewhat sympathetic to the Orthodox christian faith, however they have misguidedly set up with some Islamic extremists in charge. I see some senators have already started gathering forces to take up arms against this.

Meanwhile our spies have seen a town called Edessa which will set itself as an excellent waypoint towards the Seljuk core strongholds in Baghdad and Mosel.

A Kievan Rus princess is available, and the Venetian Doge is dead.

There is a small rebel force to the north of Bucharest, there is another near Nicaea.

A merchent has been trained in Cairo. There are three more in the field hunting for valuable resources
Two approach the Ivory sources near Dongola, the other approaches the Gold mines near Medina.

The save is here:

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1155.rar

NOTE: This save is now locked until the next Megas after me opens it up for play.

humbly,

Nevoulas ek Philadelphius

[TinCow]

LOTR-1155-1:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4096

Removed Pagan Magician from Vissarionas ek Lesvou (Ramses II CP)
Duke of Damascus title removed from Vartholomaios Ksiros (Rowan) and given to Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX)
Duke of Bucharest title removed from Apionnas Vringas (AussieGiant) and given to Klimis Dokeianos (GeneralHankerchief)
Extra Privy Seal ancillary removed from Makedonios Ksanthopoulos (Privateerkev)

[TinCow]

Please wait until Ituralde opens the game for play before begining your 1155 moves. Also, no one is permitted to accept or refuse the current marriage offer that is up for Princess Hypatia Tagaris, nor is anyone permitted to move her. There is an issue regarding the Princess which is being resolved. This lock on the marriage offer and movement will be lifted before the current turn ends, but I need her current situation to remain unaltered for about another 24 hours.

[TinCow]

Taking the save for skullduggery.