Council thread

**TheFlax** · 04-26-2010, 16:18

A message reaches the members of this Council.

Firstly, above all, I wish to congradulate both of my sons for their acheivements in the contest. Rumors have reached me of their prowess and it is my desire to tell each and everyone of you that I am incredibly rpoud of them. They will be fine leaders when my time has come and gone, but I fear we will need their skill even sooner.

I wish to announce with this message that we are now at war with the Western Roman Empire! This was not born out of my desire, but rather by dire circomstances. We I arrived near the roman city of Aquincum with my men, our supplies were low and we were weary of our long journey of many years. Thus, I sent an envoy to the Romans, hoping they would be more receptive now then when poor Duva met with them. My man was to tell them that we requested food, land and protection from the accursed Huns. In exchange, I offered the services of our people in their armies. I had thought that this way, we might both benefit and that our people would be finally safe after their long journey.

Yet the duplicitous Romans spat on my offer, throwing back the head of my hapless envoy over their great stone walls. My great host was enraged by this contemptuous act and so, with vengeance in our hearts with set about to surround the city and its paltry garrison, until they make ammends. In the meanwhile, we have convinced the inhabitants of the surrounding countryside to give us supplies and we have amassed enough to last a good while.

I hope that perhaps this misunderstanding will be resolved before the bulk of my people join me, but I want to be certain everyone will be wary of Roman attacks, in case things further degenerate.

King Visimar

**Ibn-Khaldun** · 04-26-2010, 17:18

Huh.. I must the the lucky one then.

Anyway, I blame the governor of Aquincum for everything that may happen in the future to both nations. As far as I know Spurius Flavius is Christian and hates everyone who is not!

Duva takes his seat..

**Lord of Lent** · 04-28-2010, 19:08

Maroboduus enters the room, wearing his battle armor

King Visimar, Father,

First of all.
While I was exploring the countryside, I found the barbaric village Campus Quadi.
It looks rather undefended and I am sure I am able to take it.

Do you grant me permission to sack this village and fill our treasury?

Secondly, I want to ask you, all council members, to change our army composition.
This may be very drastic, but my new trusty steed does not like foot soldiers (he actually kicked one of my servants while he was grooming him), so I would like an army with more cavalry. This will increase my movement speed also.

Lastly,

I want to bring it to your attention that our forces are scattered and that we, after we have conquered Aquincum, must continue moving as soon as possible.

Thanks for listening, now I have to go, my army is eager to smash some barbarbian brains!

Maroboduus waits for a reply, eager to sack the village.

**TheFlax** · 04-29-2010, 16:34

My son, go forth and make me proud. I have transfered some horse archers to your army, in exchange for some of your best infantry. As I said in my report to this council, I am weary to make any one of our armies too weak.

Also, as I said in my report, we have won several good victories against the Romans near Aquincum, culminating in the sacking of that city. Their meager defense has made me realise that they would have a hard time fighting the Huns, even if we somehow managed to salvage some sort of peace with them. Therefore, we should push further into their lands and head Southwest, into lands with a better climate.

**Ibn-Khaldun** · 04-29-2010, 18:20

Duva stands up..

My king, I suggest we go to Gallia before heading southwest. I've heard that the lands there can provide us enough food to continue our journey further south.

Hmm.. Perhaps this should be discussed in the upcoming Council Session...

**Ibn-Khaldun** · 04-30-2010, 13:27

The Second Council Session is open!

It will stay open for debate and legislation until 14:00 GMT on Monday, May 3rd, at which point there will be 48 hours for voting!

Make sure that your legislation is proposed in the proper way.
All legislation must be seconded by two people.

**Ibn-Khaldun** · 04-30-2010, 20:42

To start discussion I have some ideas..

First, we should avoid Carnuntum. If an enemy controls the town then it's hard to get passed by it and that will slow us down. The outcome is that the Romans can bring fresh troops from Italy and we will have to fight a lot tougher armies than before.

Second, we should progress to west through the lands of northern tribes. They are much easier opponents than the Romans. Not that I'm a coward but we have a lot of unarmed people(OOC: Peasant units) who will be killed by the Romans if we proceed our journey through the center of their empire. Btw, that is Italy.

Third, we should try to concentrate our forces. As I have heard we are too spread out. Any enemy good take out one of our armies and that will be a great loss to our tribe!