Court of the Caliph: BC Hotseat Council Thread

**Ramses II CP** · 02-22-2009, 00:29

The emissary of the Rajputs addresses the chamber with a stern tone:

Evidence has been presented, good evidence, of the existence of a state of war between our vassals, the Ghorids, and the allies of our allies, the Seljuks. Further this was brought about by a hostile act of the Ghorid armies at large. This is entirely unacceptable. The Ghorids are instructed to meet any honorable terms offered by the Seljuks to reach a ceasefire within the next year (Two turns) or to face punitive action from their ruler, the Maharaja.

Repeated betrayals have made the ice beneath you very, very thin my vassal. Be wary of cracks.

Additionally a state of war has come to exist between the Romans and the Rajputs as our exploratory forces encountered a needless roadblock. Most regrettable, but our nobles will have their sport in distant lands.

With a bow the emissary retires.

**Redemption** · 02-22-2009, 01:07

The Roman delegate shakes his head at the news of the Rajput act of aggression.

We knew this day would come. The Rajput seem a senseless people who seek war at all costs. Know this Rajput: if our hands were free, we would march to the ends of the earth to punish your insolence and free your people from their barbaric ways. Alas, with the hordes of the Moslem at our very gates, it will be all we can do to put down the rabid beasts you have sent against us.

**Ibn-Khaldun** · 02-22-2009, 13:28

Ayyubid ambassador stands up..

I would like to announce that we have signed peace with the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Also we proposed peace to Eastern Roman Empire and Alliance to the mighty Rajputs!

Sultan does, however, have problem with all those Latin merchants that are using our resources. So, he asks for the King of Jerusalem to remove them from our southern territories. He needs those resources to build up our economy that was destroyed by the war recently. Sultan have no problem with those Latin merchants in Nile Delta though.

Ayyubid ambassador bows and takes his seat..

**barcamartin** · 02-22-2009, 18:40

The Seljuk silence at the court is broken by a short message.

' The Sultan has no hostile intentions against the Ghorids, and the news of the Seljuk warriors slaughtered troubles him. If the Ghorid intentions are truly peaceful, why kill allied soldiers instead of discussing things like civilized men? If the Ghorids continue to take such liberties, our nation will respond, with force. You have been warned, Ghorid. My master would like to call you friend even in the years to come, but will you be worthy? Word will be sent to your leaders to settle the matter shortly.

Furthermore, the Rajput support is most welcome. We thank you for your kind words, friends and allies of the Seljuk Empire. '

**rossahh** · 02-23-2009, 02:15

The Ayyubids are free to enact the place-exchange policy of old on the merchants in the deep south.

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**Redemption** · 02-27-2009, 04:26

The Court of the Caliph is eerily calm these days. Georgia and Jerusalem having had their voices silenced by the Moslems and Rome's position becoming more isolated by the day, most ambassadors have relegated the open debates that used to rage through these halls to a secondary role. Still, the Romans, by proud tradition, sit at their designated table. After scanning through the latest dispatches from the war with a wearied frown, Rome's representative walks to the center of the Court:

Christ and Fortune have smiled on us today! We hail the proud deeds of our gallant warriors who have managed to retake the fortresses of Trapezon and Seleukeia in Kilikia, as well as the town of Ani from the Moslems! Every town in the Empire basks in amazement to the valour of Roman arms, and woe to those who would stand between us and victory!

The Moslem generals Musa ibn Ammar and Walid Ar-Rashid have been sent to an early grave for defying the might of Rome, and so have the beastly men from the far Indus who dared to bring mayhem and misery to our people. Indeed Anangpal Lawtamia and his elephants have been killed nearly to a man. We hope this will deter further senseless aggression from the warmongering Hindi.

Roman heroes have also restored order in the rebellious keep of Ankyra that now flies the colors of the Empire.

The loss of the distant castle of Hermonassa pains the empire, but our warriors vow to revenge this offense tenfold upon its perpetrator! Your Northern armies will be destroyed Seljuq! And the fleet you are trying to assemble in Kilikia will never ferry your warriors on their grim sojourn! Our dromonds and galleys will send them to the depths.

Know this enemies of Rome, you thought our aegis broken and our swords dulled but have found the Roman eagle's claws to be as sharp as steel. Your soldiers run before our glorious host and the places you sought to despoil fall through your grasping fingers. Your greed is your undoing. And by God and all the Saints, we will crush your merciless hordes on our soil and ride the tides of war until you hear our swordplay from the windows of your homes and palaces!