Reuniting the Tribes: A Getai AAR

[Europe]

Romani: behold! I can see your future!
Epeiros: really?! What is it, then?
Romani: um. You will stop attacking us because there is a harem full of single, hot women to the south of us… but hurry! If you don’t chase after them soon, they will all be taken!
Epeiros: REALLY?! SWEET! OK MEN! LETS DROP THIS SILLY SIEGE AND GET SOME WOMEN!!!
Clever Romans!

Hurry! hooahguy get those women before the Epeiros!!!

[||Lz3||]

great!!

and I second about macs...you can¿t play EB there... <.<

but I dont like my beloved romans being masacred battleafter battle by pesky barbarians

[Chirurgeon]

I am amazed that the romans didnt break the ceasefire like the next turn...they do alot of that backstabbing stuff...so much so I might start wearing my armor backwards

[Hooahguy]

i promised you an update.... i shall give you an update! even though its now technically thursday.....
ah well....

Chapter 37- A New Leader

Our northernmost outposts saw the re-appearance of that huge Romani army. This time, it headed north. Rhemaxos kept an eye out for them.


They took over a small town of not much importance.


But the winter that followed we saw the Romani army appear again- this time in our lands!
Rhemaxos called for help, for he didn't know how many other armies the Romani had hiding in the area, which could pop out for anytime.


The Romani camped out there for an entire year before anyone acted. All of our diplomats were either in Asia Minor or in South Hellas, and the only diplomat there died five years ago. For that year, we waited for them to make a move. We stayed in view of them all the time. Rhemaxos tried to confront them himself to talk to them, but they refused. They would have no talks with any man who was responsible for the shed of Romani blood, which Rhemaxos was guilty of.


When diplomats got to them, asking why they were there. What they were told shocked us: apparently, the Romani weren’t able to pass the word along to this army soon enough that there was a ceasefire in place. The original order was to defeat Rhemaxos then attack Buridava, and to kill every council member that they could get their hands on. In the end, we paid them a small amount for them to go away.


At the same time, an agent got a lucky knife throw at the Koinon Hellenon faction leader while he was at a public meeting in Athenai. The assassin escaped without a scratch.


Across the world, we got word that a faction we had no real knowledge of, the Saka Rauka, have been destroyed by the Baktrians, another Hellenic nation.


However, the most shocking thing that happened was that in the spring of 220, Koson per Drobeta, the last member of the Drobeta family that was alive when Oroles per Drobeta was Vasil, died from a sickness he acquired during the winter. The old, battle weary Vasil would never get to see the destruction of the Koinon Hellenon, who he swore to destroy, but he did get the satisfaction of crushing four large Koinon Hellenon armies.
It was the end of an era.


While we didn't acquire much land, we had grown into a superpower in the world.
The world at the time of his death:


Tarsa per Drobeta took the oath a few days later, and became our fifth Vasil.

The vow of the Vasil
With the will of the Council, I will take authority of this great nation, and I alone will bear responsibility should misfortune befall us. With Gebeleizis by my side, I will lead the armies of the Getai to greatness and fortune. With the help of Hero, no Getic city shall fall under my watch. I pray that Zalmoxis will keep the law of the land on my side, as well as Bendis, who will grant the mothers of the land fertility and prosperous crops. I will obey the will of the Council, who will in turn obey the will of the people whom I am trusted to protect. With the transfer of the Sword of the King, originally owned by Zalmodegikos per Buridava, our founder, I assume power of the kingship on my head. May Gebeleizis assist me in this great task which I am about to embark on. And so I swear on this day that all that I have attested to you now, I will do to the best of my ability. Amen.

With that, the new leader takes the sword and sacrifices a goat to Gebeleizis, regarded as the king of all the Getic and Thraikian gods.

Unfortunately, Tarsa is the last descendant of Oroles who still bears the name “Drobeta.”
The heir to the throne was named- it would be Antyros per Aedava, a cousin of Tarsa.


The first undertaking for Tarsa was to take over the rest of the Hellas.
The Koinon Hellenon was still mostly bottled up in Athenai, where they had retrained the remnants of the survivors of the battles which we crushed them in.


After we killed the Koinon Hellenon faction leader, we thought we had killed the Koinon Hellenon royal family. We hadn’t. Under cover in Rhodos and in Asia Minor were two more Koinon Hellenon family members, one of which was adopted.


They announced that the Koinon Hellenon were to make a new beginning in Asia Minor.


And when we did take over Athenai, we would have to deal with the Makedonians, who have grown very, very strong over the years.


How we would deal with them was unknown, but that was to be determined soon, for the 220’s have been a very violent year for us Getai. Sadly, it would only get more violent.