Domination of Barbarians [Diplo Game] [Story Thread 4 - July 2012]

[Japan (DoB)]

Raijin is near death, and the lack of news from his scouts worry him.

The many families of Nishikyo are steadily making a number of boats to help the tribe gather food from the sea. But the wood on the Main Land is different from the wood in Japan, and many boats have been ruined by a lack of knowledge about this wood. It is slow going, but they will succeed, of this he is certain. Raijin then calls his son Ainu close, and with his family around him, makes Ainu the new leader of Nishikyo.

Ainu is tight-faced, trying not to make emotion sway him too much as his father lies there, breathing fitfully. Raijin beckons to his son, making him come closer. Ainu leans in, and his father starts to whisper something in his ear - at that moment a warrior enters their home - "Raijin! Urgent news!" Ainu rises up and strikes the warrior down in one movement! As he stands above the man, he can hear the last wind of his father leave his body. "Kamikàze protect him" he says, and the family all voice it with him.

The warrior suddenly realizes what has happened. Ainu grabs a hold of the warrior and takes him out of the home, talking in a tight voice: "What is this urgent news that made you see fit to disturb my fathers last moment in this world?!"

The warrior looks at Ainu, and with one word everything changes: "Barbarians!"

[France (DoB)]

From out of the anarchy of Paris, a young leader called Louis arose demanding a separation of the church and the state. Louis rallying cry was to let the priests save our spirits while the king saves our land. The Oracle proclaimed Louis the rightful King of France and with a powerful ritual bound Louis' blood to the land of France so that the fate of France and the fate of every descendant of Louis would forever be intertwined.

The ancient Stonehenge priest magic ritual of Defender's Measured War, was adapted by the Christian priests to become a prayer to the Holy Spirit. The prayer worked just as effectively against the Romans but no sooner was it completed then the Nethers declared war on France. The Christian priests once again began their chants in Stonehenge praying for the Holy Spirit to bring peace to France.

[Celtia (DoB)]

Brennus came over the hills, looking down on the great stone quarry that made the great houses of Bibracte sturdy and well protected against wind and rain. Villagers were hard at work, as some of the stone was cut into smaller pieces to mark the path towards Vienne from Bibracte. The new village was set down by the coast at the far north of Celtia.



A cold wind tossed his hair back, and thanks to his clothing made from sheep wool it felt more like a mild breeze. Waving his followers onward, they passed by the workers on towards Vienne. It would be many seasons until the road was completed, but then it would be safer and faster to travel through the land.

Thinking of the fishermen that had seen large Nether ships far at sea, he thought about making ships to explore the sea. It would have to wait. Earth mother has blessed us with strong grey stone, and some strange red-brown stones that were different from ordinary stone. A group of villagers were testing this new stone to see if it could be useful.

[Netherlands (DoB)]

Advancing on Paris the Fire Mystics catch their first glances at the Oracle of Death as it is known by. Already the worshipers of the France Polytheism religion are flocking to Paris and the Nether in the forests near River village give in one by one to its spell.



All over there are makings of the many Polytheism Gods of the France religion. Looking at so many different gods it seem alot like the Norseman beliefs. Maybe that is why the Norseman village have the same religion as France? We will ask them if they are loyal to the France Polytheism or if France has copy they Polytheism.

[Japan (DoB)]

Wave upon wave beat against the ships timber, it was still strong yet many repairs were visible. Different woodtypes made it better, and the protective spirit eye on the sail had been colored again with stronger colors made from berries that were bitter but useful. The Main Land changed many times, with new things being learned whenever they went inland to get more water and food. They had been given a great task that would make their leader proud. The spirit guide had recently been more silent, as if something was troubling her. No matter, it would be shared when the spirits deemed it right. They sailed on with strong hearts, passing both friendly and unfriendly land.



Tokugawa, defender of Kyoto, leader of Japan, was troubled by news of barbarians from Nishikyo.

Sending word to Osaka, taking all men capable of using a bow-and-arrow and sending them to Nishikyo by greatship, he hoped they would be of aid against the attackers. Reports said they outnumbered our warriors, Ainu was confident that the fight would go well, but nothing had been heard for a long time.

Far better was the news that the leader of China was interested in a companion-bond with the sister of Ainu, the
daughter of the previous leader of Japans Main Land village Nishikyo, Raijin. She had told her brother of her interest in the leader of China, and Tokugawa sent word back that this union would be a welcome step to bringing our two people together.

Jiraya told him of new tales of Jõmon, where the chinese now were not told of as dangerous brutes, but friendly men that worked together against the demons-in-men, the barbarians, and their animal companions. In both Osaka and Kyoto men were being gathered to help improve land in Japan. There were hills with strange stones in them, that when worked in a fashion, made better tools for use in the village. The way to Osaka could be improved, if a gathering of men used tools to make it wide and flat, so small carts could bring trade by land instead of by fishing boats.

Tokugawa then gathered with the spirit guides around a fire, to chant the names of the spirits blessing Japan. Thanking them for every fortune and every challenge that would come to Japan from the great unknown world.

[France (DoB)]

King Louis listened to the dismal updates from his advisors. The constant siege of Paris by the Romans and the Nethers had made France the poorest tribe of all. Barely able to feed his people, Louis nevertheless prayed to the Holy Spirit to save the spirits of the Nethers and the Romans so that they might one day turn from their evil ways.

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[Netherlands (DoB)]

The old Fire Mystic just shook his head with frown on his face after he listen to messenger.

"Why the new French King allows such despair on his people? Is he madman? He has the finest city the world has ever see, with more fertile land then all his neighbors combined. Still this is not enough, he must have more. More why? For what? He can't use it if he stays at War. His boars run wild and untamed, his lands are overgrow with tres shrub and brush, his grapes are choked with weeds. His rich stones and Marble quaries are cover with mosses and mud, his fisheries are abandon. He even has the Caw-Purr in his vast lands.

But with all these riches he can not use them, because he refuse to release his Torino prisoners. And he refuse to stop building Wonders in Paris. And what purpose do they serve him? They cant do no work! They are not allow to leve Paris for fear Roman will take them back to Rome. And no matter how much land his wonders give him, no matte how many are turn to the France culture, he can not use the land as long as he is at war.

What is this? Is he pride? Ego? Vanity? So-called King Louis twiddles and fiddles thumbs while Paris, the jewel of all the lands is stunted in her growth, only because their foolish leaders wishes to hold his breath like a child till he turn blue. Even now, our spies report that he orders his people to learn the ways of the Bow and Arrow, hoping that this will save him and he dont need to make any peace. Little do he know that already we are learning ways to defeat the bow and arrow.

What a waste of time! He wont just return the Torinos and stop building the Wonders, he wants only to solve his woes through the force of arms. All while he complain that other use force against him.

And until then he hold his breath"

The Fire Mystic sighes a long sigh "Maybe we should call for the execution of this madman Louis and all his heirs before he brings destruction to his people. French are afterall our relatives."

[France (DoB)]

King Louis sends messengers to the leaders of the Spanish and Portugese tribes.

Greetings fellow Christian leaders. The Islamic tribes of Arabia, Persia and Byzantium have formed an alliance while the Western Slaver tribes of Netherland, England, Germany and Rome appear to have formed an alliance as well. The Kingdom of France believes that the Christian tribes should form a similar alliance.

As you are undoubtedly aware, the Kingdom of France has been the victim of repeated wars from both the Islamic and Slaver alliances who were allied to prevent France from building the Oracle. Despite the many tribes allied against it, the Kingdom of France prevailed to win the Oracle wars while the Islamic-Slaver alliances seem to have broken apart over accusations of who was at fault for losing the Oracle wars.

The Kingdom of France has made peace with the Islamic alliance and does not foresee any future wars with that alliance since they appear to be engaged in fighting barbarian hordes and are geographically distant from France. The Roman and the Nether tribes however are engaged in a cycle of repeated Hundred Year Vendetta wars against the Kingdom of France which are likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

The Romans and Nether make a lot of noise about the return of descendants of the Torino workers but their obvious real objective can be seen in their main ongoing demand that the Kingdom of France agree to never again build any "Wonders". This is of course completely unacceptable. Furthermore French strategic advisors are reasonably confident that even if a deal that was acceptable to France could be made with the Roman and Nether heathens then the Slaver alliance would just have the Germans and English continue the Hundred Year Vendetta wars by proxy.

The Roman and Nether bullies only understand force and will continue to attempt to blackmail the Kingdom of France until we can successfully prevent them from entering our lands. The Kingdom of France is therefore reluctantly building up its army to counter these Hundred Year Vendetta wars however we have been a peaceful people for many centuries and it will take a long time before the French can drive its enemies from its lands, especially given the ongoing sieges by the Slavers. We have given the Slavers every opportunity to repent their evil ways and accept the Holy Spirit into their hearts so that we all may live in peace and harmony but they have hardened their hearts and only want eternal war.

The people of France have placed their faith in the Holy Spirit to deliver us from this evil while we persevere in these difficult times. If you cannot ally with us then will you not at least say a prayer for your Christian brothers and sisters in France?

May the Holy Spirit guide you in your decision.

Your Christian brother,
Louis I, King of France

[Netherlands (DoB)]

Messengers come back from Portugal with news

The Romans and Nether make a lot of noise about the return of descendants of the Torino workers but their obvious real objective can be seen in their main ongoing demand that the Kingdom of France agree to never again build any "Wonders". This is of course completely unacceptable. Furthermore French strategic advisors are reasonably confident that even if a deal that was acceptable to France could be made with the Roman and Nether heathens then the Slaver alliance would just have the Germans and English continue the Hundred Year Vendetta wars by proxy.

One Netherman in River Village stands. "So now France excuse for keeping prisoners is they cant trust Nether's words? More lies as usual. In the First invasion on River Village the French forced Nether to agree not to send secret watchers on France. And since then, even through all our Wars and fights and even though we killed the defenses of France, we still honor our word not to put any hidden watcher in France. France can not doubt our word as we have always keep our promises to France even as war enemies. So this is a lie. France just wants to keep Torinos imprisoned forever in Paris. For next excuse Now France lies against their allies in Germ Manes and England who has never lift a finger against them. All to get soem sympathy for their stubbord prideful hearts.

Sends to France another messenger. Here are Nether reasonable demands. I
1. France agrees not to build another Wonder in Paris. France can build as many Wonders as they want, just no more in Paris.
2. France sends Torinos back to Rome
3. The madman Louis and his entire family must surrender to Nether so that this madness can stop and to repay the blood debt for Trotseer the brave

These are all the Nether asks for peace.

we have been a peaceful people for many centuries

The Nether in river village just stares at each other with slackjaws and eyes as wide as full moons.

"Say again what the message was. I can't believe I hear it what you said" somebody asks

"Yes he says that France have been a peace for MANY centuries! Yes France! Can you believe it?"

"France starts the first War in history against Nether, and since then France is in every single War since the start of life itself and is non-stop warmaking forever and now they say they are a peaceful? Then what is not peaceful?"

[China (DoB)]

Barbarians AT the Gates!

The Chinese people are exhausted his advisors tell Qin in private council. The barbarians are assaulting like never before. He gazes at the image produced by his scouts.



It is relentless as they appear on the horizon one after another. His archers are able to defeat them but no workers can go out in the fields and costs of the continuous battle are draining the treasury.

Qin is pleased though to here that his interested in AhLee is reciprocated. He cannot at this time though travel to see his future bride while under attack. He sends word to Japan to begin planning the celebrations.

[France (DoB)]

The King is Dead! Long live the King!

King Louis I, the first King of France has died after ruling France for 50 years. King Louis I reign began during the 1st Roman Vendetta War which was repulsed via prayer and strong faith and ended during the 1st Nether Vendetta War.

A devout Christian, King Louis I the Stalwart, attempted to found a Christian Alliance to counter the rise of the Western Slaver Alliance and the Islamic Alliance however he died before such an alliance was ever agreed to. His most notable accomplishment was his unwavering stalwart resolve in the face of the relentless brutality of the Romans and Nethers continued wars of aggression.

King Louis II has ascended the throne still facing all the same problems that his father's faith had not yet resolved.

King Louis II first act is to send a messenger to all the Slaver's Alliance tribes, with a response to the Nethers extortion demands,

Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me. Aye we know who thou art Prince of Lies, Lucifer, Fire Father! Know this, there shall be a time when you shall be judged for thine war-mongering, slavery, genocide and lies and you shall be returned to the fiery pits of Hell! The Holy Spirit has chosen to test the faith of the French and we shall not be found wanting!

To the tribesmen of the Slaver's Alliance, I say repent now and convert to Christianity or thy soul shall spend all eternity suffering in Hell! For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

[France (DoB)]

Free France Flotillas

English smugglers of escaped slaves have been unsuccessful in attempts to circumvent the Nether blockade of France. Inspired by the French ability to peacefully resist the Nether and Roman invaders through faith and sheer people power, the English smugglers have launched numerous Free France Flotillas. All of the Flotilla attempts have been stopped by brutal Nether raids and with the slave mistress Elizabeth refusing to speak against the Nether blockade, the English sailors have forsaken England and joined the French resistance, proclaiming "You may stop some of us but you cannot stop all of us. For we are all French now!".

As a result the French channel is entirely French now although the Nether blockade is still in effect.

[England (DoB)]

Elizabeth has seen generations of French rulers rise to power and then pass away into dust, and even while this new ruler Lewy styles himself a “king” he is but the same petty tyrant as those who have proceeded. Even as the Nether and Rome make generous peace offerings that would end the vicious 100 year cycle of wars that have impoverished the French people and rendered their land barren – France makes and unprecedented claim on ancestral English fishing grounds which have been in use for centuries. At the same time, with the creation of the oracle of death, so many more citizens of London fell under French mind-destroying curses that tens of thousands had to be put to death and another band of settlers set forth to settle new lands far to the north.It should be clear to all that France continues to blindly follow the same immoral creed it has so oft and boldly proclaimed throughout the ages: that might-makes-right. But England shall never bow in obeisance no matter what trials our people must endure.

French actions have also led Elizabeth to question the tenets of this new religion of Christianity. For even as France calls for a holy war of believers against non-believers, the Spanish appear to remain as peaceful and friendly as always and the Portuguese have yet to issue and response to the bellicose proclamations from the Muslim lands. Could the French truly have corrupted the principals of this faith so totally, yet if so why have the Spanish and Portuguese not spoken out against it? Elizabeth would welcome missionaries from both Christian and Muslim lands so that we may come to understand the principles of each and thereby have an even greater knowledge of the spirit realm.

[Netherlands (DoB)]

France continue this never-ending parade of lies. Ocean Faction has peacefully transport Nether faction tree cutters not blockade France. Blockade is over decade ago. But now as retaliate for the slanders and insults against Ocean Faction we will resume our blockade until France promise to give to us Clams and safe passage for our ships. Unless they give these we will blocade for they lies agaonst Ocean faction

[France (DoB)]

Disappointed at Himilce's indifference to the plight of the Christians in France suffering by repeated heathen invasions, the Spanish Christians of the Pyrenees have decided to come to the aid of their Christian brothers and sisters by joining France.

As one defecting Spanish priest put it, "While those tribes that invade another tribe for ostensibly humanitarian purposes may not always be good, there can be no doubt that any tribe which enslaves, kills and starves tens of thousands of innocents is evil. There is a battle of good and evil in the world for the souls of mankind and the Slavers and their allies are clearly on the side of evil.

Attempts by the forces of evil to justify their ruthless wars of vengeance by equating them to the ancient humanitarian missions of France is despicable. The ancient French 'wars' were brief, harmed no innocents and had stated objectives to prevent the enslavement, starvation and death of tens of thousands of innocents. The French have proven their peaceful intentions by not escalating the wars and only offering passive resistance to the invaders for centuries.

In contrast the Slaver Vendetta wars are designed to starve, kill and enslave tens of thousands of innocents for generation after generation for endless centuries. There can be no moral justification for their evil actions."