Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

**Cecil XIX** · 07-12-2008, 03:28

Retreat.

Turns out Armatos was suffering from a -11 morale penalty. I'm not sure exactly how morale works in MII:TW, but I think that means General's Bodyguards' morale would be lower than regular peasents. Given that I'd only be fighting with Avatars, and we'd be outnumbered five-to-one, I hope my choice was correct.

**flyd** · 07-12-2008, 03:45

Taking save.

**ULC** · 07-12-2008, 04:16

Taking the save

**ULC** · 07-12-2008, 05:05

Aleppo taken with little fuss

**flyd** · 07-12-2008, 05:31

Report for 1102

1102 was another quiet year. The calm before the storm, as it were.

Military

Pontic Frontier

Caesar Ioannis has finally reached Sinop and laid siege. In the same year, the rebels sallied and were defeated. Sinop is ours once again.

The brigands holding Trebizond have sallied against the Turks and lost. The Turks have occupied the city.

Syria

The expedition to Aleppo has captured the fort. The Order may deploy the priests in their lands as they see fit. The single ship now deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean is now under the control of the Order.

Councillor Gottfried of the Templars has taken a page out of our own book of strategy, and marches with just his bodyguard on Adana, which the Turks have taken this year.

Sea

The Aegean fleet, now 6 ships in strength, destroyed a pair of pirate ships off the coast Euboea.

Civilian

The Venetians and the Germans are now at war. The German crusade has been spotted, it is just north of the Danube.

Kosmas Mavrozomis has been married!

New construction this year was stables in Smyrna and a church in Dyrrakhion, the last settlement not to have a church at all. There was some recruitment.

The minor nobles of the Empire feel we should establish diplomatic contact with the Germans if they will be heading through our lands on crusade. A diplomat is positioned to do that soon enough.

500 florins had to be drawn from the treasury reserve this year.

http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1104-2.zip