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Note: this thread is for discussion on Succession Game V (Succession Games Revived, team 1) only. If you have general Succession Game comments/questions/whatever or if you want to sign up for a game yourself, please post in this thread.
Edit: This doesn't mean of course that you can only post here if you're part of the team. If you're an 'outsider' and have questions or comments about people's decisions or want to comment on summaries, you're more than welcome to post those. It's questions like 'what is a succession game?' and 'can I still join?' that IMHO only disrupted these threads unnecessarily in the past - feel free to post such questions and comments in the thread I provided a link to above.
BTW, don't worry, most of my summaries won't be nearly as long... I hope...
Along the banks of the great river Nile lived the people of Kemet. They lived in small villages and fed themselves by fishing the river, foraging the nearby forests and hunting the plains and grasslands next to the river. One day, in the summer of the year now known as 7000 BC, the Year of the First Revelation, a local chief called Locutus was hunting the plains south and east of the river. In hot persuit of his prey, he tripped and fell to the ground, his head hitting a rock. He lost his consciousness and death was almost certain: a severe head wound and nearby predators would surely have killed him if it wasn't for the miracle that happened next. The sun god Ra, riding his Chariot across the sky, saw from above what was happening and decided to interfere. He descended from the heavens, causing nightfall on mid-day throughout the Nile Valley, picked up the humble body of the chief and healed the man's injury with his divine powers. As Locutus woke up, Ra spoke to him:
"I am Ra, King of the Gods, All-Father of Creation. I have healed your wounds for it is not yet your time, I have a special purpose for you and your descendants. You are no longer to live in humble huts and live off the land; you are to live in magnificant palaces and build a great empire. An empire that spreads across all lands and waters, an empire that will gather more food and riches than there is water in the Nile, an empire that will reap powers strong enough to destroy the Great Mountain. Yours are to create buildings that reach for the skies and chariots that fly almost as high as mine. Go now and create such an empire, and crush anyone who opposes you, they will feel my wrath!"
Ra left Locutus where he had found him. Locutus immediately planted his spear in the ground, ran to his village and told his people what had happened. Soon it was recognized that the location of the spear was an important Holy Site. The people of Locutus's village as well as people from neighbouring villages, who quickly learned of the Revelation, soon set about creating a temple at this holy location. Since Ra had commanded to create buildings that reached to the heavens, Locutus ordered that the temple should rise as high as possible. To ensure this, it was given the form of a pyramid. Since everyone wanted to live as close to the Holy Site as possible, many houses were constructed near the Pyramid. Soon the village grew into a city with over 10,000 inhabitants and became known in the Sacred Language as Men-nefer, "established and beautiful", for beautiful it was. Popularly it became known as Memphis.
Over time, more and more people from other villages along the banks of the Nile heard of the story of Locutus and saw the beauty of the city of Memphis. Many of them decided to give up their uncertain existence of fishing and hunting and moved to Memphis, where thanks to the divine intervention of Ra, food was always plenty. Some villages however, grew jealous and, formed raiding parties and tried to sack Memphis and destroy the temple. Locutus responded by forming a Militia of Spearmen to protect Memphis. It was not long until the inhabitants of this city started to call their small but promosing empire Egypt and crowned their leader Apolyton. Later he would become known as Locutus the Founder, Apolyton I of Egypt.
Once Memphis was founded, Locutus ordered his priests to find a way to make sure the the story of his Revelation would not be lost in time, so these priests started researching Writing. Also, to ensure that jealous neighbours could not threaten the safety and security of the people of the people of Memphis, the first Apolyton also ordered the training of a regiment of mobile Spearmen.
In the year 6900 BC, so many people from neighbouring villages had moved to Memphis and so many children had been born in the city, that the population of Memphis exceeded 20,000 inhabitants.
In 6840 BC disturbing rumours arrived in Egypt. Some faraway people, who apparently were called 'Etruscans', had started production on a great project called Stonehenge.
6800 BC: Finally the training of a regiment of Spearmen is completed and the regiment starts scouting the lands around Memphis. It soon turns out that the Nile Valley is bordered by large forests in the north, hills in the east, plains and grassland in the east and great waters in the north and south. In the southwest is the mightly Great Mountain. Southwest of Memphis rare Spices are found, making the meals of the people of Memphis a lot more varied and tasteful.
In 6640 BC more disturbing rumours arrive. Apparantly some other faraway people, this time known as 'Yamato', have also begun work on this Stonehenge project. In the same year another regiment of Spearmen finishes training and is sent out on a reconnaissance mission.
In 6620 BC rumours of a people called Byzantines who have also started on Stonehenge arrive in Egypt. Some Egytians grow slightly worried: what is this Stonehenge this and why are so many faraway peoples so worked up about it? Shouldn't Locutus also be working on it?
6600 BC: One of the regiments of Spearmen runs into some mysterious ruins to the east of Memphis. Under the command of Apolyton I himself, the brave Spearmen enter the unknown dwellings. When Locutus leads his men into the ruins, a spear is thrown from behind some rocks and hits Locutus in his chest. Just before the great leader takes his final breath, he orders his men not to kill whoever threw the spear but to capture him and torture him to death. Furiously the men search through the ruins and soon find a few Barbarian soldiers hidden in a small cave. As Locutus had ordered, they capture the men and start torturing them. In an attempt to safe their own lifes, the despicable Barbarians show the Egyptians the advance of Applied Math. The men of Kemet are impressed but still can't let the death of their great leader go unpunished, so they gratefully accept the knowledge from the Barbarians and kill them on the spot. The body of Locutus is sent to Memphis and a few days later a solemn funeral ceremony is held on the sacred ground where Ra healed Apolyton I. The mummified body of Apolyton I is placed in the holiest chamber of the pyramid with many jewelry and lots of food, to allow their leader to travel to the afterlife undisturbed and in luxury.
Edit: This doesn't mean of course that you can only post here if you're part of the team. If you're an 'outsider' and have questions or comments about people's decisions or want to comment on summaries, you're more than welcome to post those. It's questions like 'what is a succession game?' and 'can I still join?' that IMHO only disrupted these threads unnecessarily in the past - feel free to post such questions and comments in the thread I provided a link to above.
BTW, don't worry, most of my summaries won't be nearly as long... I hope...
Along the banks of the great river Nile lived the people of Kemet. They lived in small villages and fed themselves by fishing the river, foraging the nearby forests and hunting the plains and grasslands next to the river. One day, in the summer of the year now known as 7000 BC, the Year of the First Revelation, a local chief called Locutus was hunting the plains south and east of the river. In hot persuit of his prey, he tripped and fell to the ground, his head hitting a rock. He lost his consciousness and death was almost certain: a severe head wound and nearby predators would surely have killed him if it wasn't for the miracle that happened next. The sun god Ra, riding his Chariot across the sky, saw from above what was happening and decided to interfere. He descended from the heavens, causing nightfall on mid-day throughout the Nile Valley, picked up the humble body of the chief and healed the man's injury with his divine powers. As Locutus woke up, Ra spoke to him:
"I am Ra, King of the Gods, All-Father of Creation. I have healed your wounds for it is not yet your time, I have a special purpose for you and your descendants. You are no longer to live in humble huts and live off the land; you are to live in magnificant palaces and build a great empire. An empire that spreads across all lands and waters, an empire that will gather more food and riches than there is water in the Nile, an empire that will reap powers strong enough to destroy the Great Mountain. Yours are to create buildings that reach for the skies and chariots that fly almost as high as mine. Go now and create such an empire, and crush anyone who opposes you, they will feel my wrath!"
Ra left Locutus where he had found him. Locutus immediately planted his spear in the ground, ran to his village and told his people what had happened. Soon it was recognized that the location of the spear was an important Holy Site. The people of Locutus's village as well as people from neighbouring villages, who quickly learned of the Revelation, soon set about creating a temple at this holy location. Since Ra had commanded to create buildings that reached to the heavens, Locutus ordered that the temple should rise as high as possible. To ensure this, it was given the form of a pyramid. Since everyone wanted to live as close to the Holy Site as possible, many houses were constructed near the Pyramid. Soon the village grew into a city with over 10,000 inhabitants and became known in the Sacred Language as Men-nefer, "established and beautiful", for beautiful it was. Popularly it became known as Memphis.
Over time, more and more people from other villages along the banks of the Nile heard of the story of Locutus and saw the beauty of the city of Memphis. Many of them decided to give up their uncertain existence of fishing and hunting and moved to Memphis, where thanks to the divine intervention of Ra, food was always plenty. Some villages however, grew jealous and, formed raiding parties and tried to sack Memphis and destroy the temple. Locutus responded by forming a Militia of Spearmen to protect Memphis. It was not long until the inhabitants of this city started to call their small but promosing empire Egypt and crowned their leader Apolyton. Later he would become known as Locutus the Founder, Apolyton I of Egypt.
Once Memphis was founded, Locutus ordered his priests to find a way to make sure the the story of his Revelation would not be lost in time, so these priests started researching Writing. Also, to ensure that jealous neighbours could not threaten the safety and security of the people of the people of Memphis, the first Apolyton also ordered the training of a regiment of mobile Spearmen.
In the year 6900 BC, so many people from neighbouring villages had moved to Memphis and so many children had been born in the city, that the population of Memphis exceeded 20,000 inhabitants.
In 6840 BC disturbing rumours arrived in Egypt. Some faraway people, who apparently were called 'Etruscans', had started production on a great project called Stonehenge.
6800 BC: Finally the training of a regiment of Spearmen is completed and the regiment starts scouting the lands around Memphis. It soon turns out that the Nile Valley is bordered by large forests in the north, hills in the east, plains and grassland in the east and great waters in the north and south. In the southwest is the mightly Great Mountain. Southwest of Memphis rare Spices are found, making the meals of the people of Memphis a lot more varied and tasteful.
In 6640 BC more disturbing rumours arrive. Apparantly some other faraway people, this time known as 'Yamato', have also begun work on this Stonehenge project. In the same year another regiment of Spearmen finishes training and is sent out on a reconnaissance mission.
In 6620 BC rumours of a people called Byzantines who have also started on Stonehenge arrive in Egypt. Some Egytians grow slightly worried: what is this Stonehenge this and why are so many faraway peoples so worked up about it? Shouldn't Locutus also be working on it?
6600 BC: One of the regiments of Spearmen runs into some mysterious ruins to the east of Memphis. Under the command of Apolyton I himself, the brave Spearmen enter the unknown dwellings. When Locutus leads his men into the ruins, a spear is thrown from behind some rocks and hits Locutus in his chest. Just before the great leader takes his final breath, he orders his men not to kill whoever threw the spear but to capture him and torture him to death. Furiously the men search through the ruins and soon find a few Barbarian soldiers hidden in a small cave. As Locutus had ordered, they capture the men and start torturing them. In an attempt to safe their own lifes, the despicable Barbarians show the Egyptians the advance of Applied Math. The men of Kemet are impressed but still can't let the death of their great leader go unpunished, so they gratefully accept the knowledge from the Barbarians and kill them on the spot. The body of Locutus is sent to Memphis and a few days later a solemn funeral ceremony is held on the sacred ground where Ra healed Apolyton I. The mummified body of Apolyton I is placed in the holiest chamber of the pyramid with many jewelry and lots of food, to allow their leader to travel to the afterlife undisturbed and in luxury.
What?! Windows? In 6500 BC? 
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