Court of the Caliph: BC Hotseat Council Thread

[rossahh]

A smug smile fits upon the man from Jerusalem

You obviously have no idea where our armies are if you say that.

[phonicsmonkey]

The Vizier stands.

Caliph An-Nasir welcomes the formation of the Coalition of Freedom under the Treaty of Tblisi, and commends its stated aims of peace and freedom.

The Abbasid Caliphate will not be a member of the Coalition, but is pleased to be considered its friend.

Let all here present be reminded of the Caliph's desire to work for peace and prosperity between all nations in the region - he feels this purpose is best served if he remains politically neutral.

[Ramses II CP]

The emissary of the Rajputs rushes into the chamber and throws himself to the ground, wailing like an injured child. His tear streaked face is clearly wracked with pain. Finally, after making an unimaginable spectacle, he screams,

'The Maharaja is dead! He is dead! The Light of our Empire, Guardian of the Sacred city, he has fallen in battle! Weep, weep for the Rajput people, and cry to heaven for succor in our name!'



For many long minutes the pathetic show goes on, with abject screams and horrible wails rising from the huddled, collapsed mass of the emissary before at last a pair of strong armed Indian guards move forward and help the emissary stumble out of the chamber, the very picture of wretchedness.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Did the Maharaja die fighting rebellious forces within the Rajputs own nation, or is something more sinister afoot?

[Ramses II CP]

(OOC: It was rebels, completely and 100% my fault. I noted in the OOC thread. Just a stupid thing on my part, I was trying to avoid a negative trait due to not fighting and sent him in before the enemy was fully routing. He took a javelin from my own mercenary war elephants. )

[Banzai Kamikaze]

Staring at the Rajput emissary, wondering if he could ever be so expressive should his Sultan die, the Ayyubid ambassador stands up:

Grave news indeed ! Poems shall be written about his many deeds. May he find peace in heaven.

Turning back to the entire council

I have received a letter written by the holy words of Salahuddin ! He has responded to Makurian raids in the Nile with an army larger than any sea. They say the earth trembles when his army march. The Dark Ones have beheaded our emissary, sent to humbly negociate a peace deal. They have sent his head back. An insult to the Ayyubids ? Nay friends, an insult to He whose sight is infinite !

Salahuddin marches ! Salahuddin will stop these raiders from threatening Africa. Already, the dark soldiers are falling, trampled by thousands of horses.

Allah guides his blade. There will be victory.

[Askthepizzaguy]

OFFICIAL COALITION ANNOUNCEMENT:

The honourable nations of the Great Seljuk Empire and the Imamate of Oman have recently been voted in as full members, and with thier inclusion to the Coalition, and no further petitions, I am closing the petitioning process. Any further alliances will be bi-lateral, nonvoting, nonmember states.

There will be an official addendum to the Treaties of Tblisi and Adana, the details of which will be made public knowledge in official form later on today.

I wish to assure the non-member states that the Coalition is currently at war with no one, even though the Turks are presently at war with the Romans and the Kingdom of Jerusalem (the latter should be resolved quickly, as I have no intentions of invading the Levant at this time, pending Jerusalem's consent to a peace treaty) and we have no plans to act against any nation except in self-defense. We have many official and declared friends of the Alliance. Remember, if your state is neutral with us, please sign a treaty of nonaggression with any one of our member states and we will vote as a group to extend that to the entire Coalition.

Members of the Coalition:

Turkish Sultanate
Armenian Kingdom
Georgian Kingdom
Great Seljuk Empire
Imamate of Oman
Ghaznavid Shah
Solanki Rajputs