Tribal Leaders

[DAVOUT]

The Torquemada Family comes from two old families, the Tor and the Mada which united their fate many centuries ago to put an end to a long-lasting disagreement on a piece of land. Another branch of the Mada Family did not participate in the deal, and if there are still some far far cousins of mine around, I doubt they feel good about the Torquemada.
Always interested in religion, we specialized soon on all practical aspects of the religious feelings, particularly the different ways to despatch those who do not believe in God, and how to induce them first to acknowledge that they do not.
I, Juan de Torquemada, have been educated by the greatest specialists existing in our time in those techniques, and I feel ready to put them in use for the best of the tribe and of our Supreme Leader.

[Togas]

I am still without a Slave Master and Leader for the Explorers/Warriors of our Iberian Tribe. I will take care of these tasks on my own if no one steps forward to voluteer to handle them.

I will send one person from the tribe to personally meet with each of the (human) tribes that we come in contact with when we contact them.

Instead of waiting for our first city to be founded and then announcing a governor, I will announce now that I have chosen Ninot to serve as the governor of the city (under my watchful leadership, of course). This should allow him to prepare to immediately give instructions to the people of the town to promote rapid growth and expansion.

GeneralTacticus will serve as our High Priest/Presider of Burial Rites until Mysticism is developed. At that time I will consider if another member of the tribe is more enlightened and more in favor with the spirits.

--Togas

[ruby_maser]

Originally posted by DAVOUT
An inquiry has been requested by the family in view of identifying the supplier of the squibs presumably rotten.

Let this be a reminder to anyone eating other foods that cactus is not only a staple but one that is guaranteed not to kill you... (disclaimer: must remove needles before eating or must disregard previous statement).

sincerely,
el_ruby_maser
--your humble clairvoyant, half-witted cactus-farmer

[edit]: When we discover the secret of Drug Abuse, I will become your peyote-pusher too if there is enough interest.

[ThePlagueRat]

The Plagiatum clan would like to offer an explorer and some conquistadores to board a caravelle at on stage in our history.
The Plagiates Expedtion would also be a nice wonder...
Right now, we are mostly eager to get involved in foreign relations.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Togas
Instead of waiting for our first city to be founded and then announcing a governor, I will announce now that I have chosen Ninot to serve as the governor of the city (under my watchful leadership, of course). This should allow him to prepare to immediately give instructions to the people of the town to promote rapid growth and expansion.
--Togas

I am very honored to be bestowed the honor of Governor of Madrid.

Supreme Lord Togas, I hope to please you

[History Guy]

Hastragal will be, of course, missed by all of us. I am very glad that it was indeed squibs, and not squids that Hastragal died as a result of eating. However, we must all ask why he was eating these firecrackers after all, knowing that squib firecrackers are explosive. Of course, the very fact that he was eating SQUIBS and not SQUIDS raises a very interesting question: Without gunpowder, who produces firecrackers and squibs anyway? Well...the fact is that the Gisgar family has been making a strange mixture called 'saltpeter', which has no practical purpose, except to make squib firecrackers, and the only firecracker company on Earth is...THE HASTRAGAL GISGAR FIRECRACKERS & SQUIBS COMPANY. If murder, this leads us to suspect that a member of the Gisgar household was responsible for the fiery end of Hastragal. Terrible...terrible...

Signed,
Hernan de History Guy Calamari
Squid Salesmen,
SQUID! Not SQUIB!

[History Guy]

Gastronome Neecap rolls out the red carpet...

Hello! It is I, Hernan de History Guy Calamari, a simple Iberian squid salesmen...with political connections. After returning from the funeral of Hastragal Gisgar, and the subsequent funeral of all the Gisgars (who died sadly in a mysterious incident while visiting a squid factory...), I wish to honor and recognize our friends the Torquemadas, a new and upcoming family here in Madrid. Welcome, Juan! Three cheers, and all that...

Hernan de History Guy Calamari

[mrmitchell]

I would say that the "factory" concept is too far ahead for ancient ages, except I read somewhere once that the assembly line has been around for that long, just no machines. Since I forgot to kill off Carthalo Mitchell, I'll do it now:

CARTHALO MITCHELL IS DEAD!
He was found stabbed 13 times in the yard surrounding his home. We are all very sorry for the death, which has been ruled accidental by the local judges. (In unrelated news, Spamish Mitchell recently gave the judges a gift of 5 Gold Pieces, nearly all he had, for no apparent reason.) The funeral-oh yeah, we only have Ceremonial Burial now (if that, I forget.) We can't have a funeral. A bloody knife was found near the scene which had "Spamish's Knife" carved on its handle, but the evidence was mysteriously lost in a fire with unknown causes at the investigator's house. (Oh, I know it's not very accurate RP, but hey-Like WarriorPoet (i think) said, "You're not winnign the game if you're not ahveing fun." (C) WarriorPoet 2002. )

In the absence of any male members of the clan left (there were many fights for clan control, ) Spamish stepped up to the leadership position, now controlling the Mitchell clan.

When asked if Spamish would thrust the tribe of Spam thousands of years into the future by simply allowing women into places of power, he said, "Hey, I'm already on thin ice with not roleplaying that obituary right. Lemme do what I want." He continued to bring the questioner "out back for a good old game of 'Deathmatch.'"

[ruby_maser]

Seeing how everyone is gonna be killing each other off, I say if the game progresses as far as approximately 1349 AD... Senior PlagueRat gets to wipe us all out a full 2/3 of us with his infamous black plague.

We roll the dice and if the current monarch's number comes up, we get a new leader from the remaining 1/3.

[History Guy]

(to himself, reading details of Carthalo Mitchell's demise...)

WHAT?! No mention of the mysterious squid found lying nearby?!

(Oh, and Senator Hamilcar History Guy fell off his roof while nailing down some thatch, and fell into a squid cart, which then transported the squid and the Senator to the squid factories, where he was, unfortunately, packaged. He died of shock. How sad...)

[GeneralTacticus]

The funeral-oh yeah, we only have Ceremonial Burial now (if that, I forget.) We can't have a funeral.

Oh, but you can. Bring him down to the shrine and we'll do the rites to let his spirit rest in peace.

High Priest Francisco Pizarro de Tacticus

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by History Guy
Hastragal will be, of course, missed by all of us. I am very glad that it was indeed squibs, and not squids that Hastragal died as a result of eating. However, we must all ask why he was eating these firecrackers after all, knowing that squib firecrackers are explosive. Of course, the very fact that he was eating SQUIBS and not SQUIDS raises a very interesting question: Without gunpowder, who produces firecrackers and squibs anyway? Well...the fact is that the Gisgar family has been making a strange mixture called 'saltpeter', which has no practical purpose, except to make squib firecrackers, and the only firecracker company on Earth is...THE HASTRAGAL GISGAR FIRECRACKERS & SQUIBS COMPANY. If murder, this leads us to suspect that a member of the Gisgar household was responsible for the fiery end of Hastragal. Terrible...terrible...

Signed,
Hernan de History Guy Calamari
Squid Salesmen,
SQUID! Not SQUIB!

[mrmitchell]

Oh, yes, we can-we have Ceremonial Burial!

EDIT: Translate as, yes, do the rites for the peaceful burial of Carthalo Mitchell.

:P

Enoughboutthat, let's see here.

-Adding more intrigue to the mystery of all the deaths, Carthalo Mitchell was seen hurriedly climbing down the side of Hamilcar's house and speeding into the distance. However, Spamish was good friends with Hamilcar. Hrmm.....

[History Guy]

(It is odd, because Spamish is also good friends with a certain squid salesman, and a squid was found lying beside the corpse of Carthalo. Indeed, tentacle marks bespangled Carthalo's proboscis, as though he was being smothered and stabbed at the same time, and by two different people!)

[Nuclear Winter]

Oh great Togas, allow me to serve you in order to prove my loyalty to you! Even the lowliest position would fit me well! I´d serve you from what like I can to the best of my ability, only to prove that some rumours of me being a spy are lies.

Your greatness is wise like the old wise ones, and surely knows how to distinguish a spy from a loyal servant to your great ness.