Council thread

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Duva stands..

King, Chiefs,

I am Duva. Many of you know that I will be representing our tribe when we deal with other nations and states.
Now, to the important matters we need to discuss.
I believe that we need to regroup our 6 camps.
First one should include most of our horse archers, heavy cavalry and should be led by our King Visimar.
Second one should include most of our heavy infantry, foot archers and should be led by Gondegusulus.
The last four camps should have equal number of everything that's left.

Also, what route shall we take. I guess going south through the lands of Sarmatians is not very good idea. Huns will probably use the same route and we do not want to face them so soon.

[Lord of Lent]

Maroboduus stands and asks permission to speak...

Kings, chiefs, elders,

My name is Maroboduus. As you may know, I am King Visimar's second son.
I am proud of my father and my tribe and I look forward to play an important role.
If you give me permission to speak like a worthy adult member of our great tribe, I will be able to help you.

When the elders, wise as they are, told me about our mighty tribe's history, I heard what our ancestors did more than 100 years ago.
They fought against the mighty Roman Empire and gained the land we *weeps* have to leave. Although I am eager to give those "Huns" what they deserve, I believe we should travel westwards and make those small tribes believe that we are the mightiest tribe in all Germania!

Maroboduus stops talking for a while. He leaves the tent to calm down. Then he returns to the council.

I am sorry I spoke to you like this. I believe we have to go to the west as soon as possible. We should send a scouting party; containing only the pride of our nation: our mighty cavalry. I suggest we send Duva, great be his name, south into Sarmatian and Gothic lands to talk about an alliance. This does not mean I'm a weakling; I do not hesitate to betray those tribes of inbred fools if they do not listen to our mighty will! We will be great again!

Maroboduus walks out of the tent without saying anything

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Duva stands again...

Young Maroboduus is right about going to the west. However, I'm not sure whether we should send a scouting party, containing our cavalry, there. If the Huns or Sarmatians should attack us we will be very vulnerable without our them.

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

Gondegusulus stands...

As the next ruler of our ancient and great people, I wish to do whatever is best for our tribe, even if drastic changes must be made. So what do we do when this vast horde of Huns blazes a path of misery and death through the steppes? Others must be made to deal with them first, otherwise we don't stand a chance.
Then we do whatever we can to avoid those human devils. By moving straight west, we can allow them to go towards the south, where they know they'll find greater riches. The forests of the west will also be a good deterrent. We shouldn't turn south until we get past the Sarmatians and Goths, then we can begin raids on the Romans.
Duva has brought up a good point in sending our powerful horsemen ahead of the rest of the tribe. Our army must use a combination of infantry and cavalry to succeed when we face such powerful and dangerous enemies. If one is caught without the other, disaster could result.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

By going west you mean going through the lands of Marcomanni?

[Lord of Lent]

That is exactly what I mean. What do you think?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Indeed. That is better plan than going through the lands of Sarmatians.
Marcomanni are relatively weak. If they should cause any problems then we can easily destroy them. However, Sarmatians could probably abandon their homes and become a horde. That is the last thing we want I think!