VICTORY

[Iltaran]

Yeah, it isn't a perfect explanation unfortunately. Something similiar happened when Firbalt was unblighted after Darkest Hour of the West was killed.

My best theory is that Grehk and Firbalt were unblighted because they were closest to the south and west borders respectively. If that's correct, when DHoE is killed, Vur Hagin should be unblighted, while Ossmat and Bil Havil should be unblighted when the northern Blight Daimon is killed.

[Tan dSerrai]

I assume that the dark block from Fwuvoghor to Fengen and on northwards are all linked to the eastern commander - thus once MotE AND his successor DHotE are killed we'll likely see that rim unblighted (go, Melhed, go! You'll get him!). Ossmat and Vur Hagin are likely linked to the eastern line as well.

The northern and the western rim were already both unblighted, the southern rim yesterday. What I /really/ want to know is that once we kill a blight creature, will the blight receede even further? I think so.

And boy, the fact of seeing Grehk unblighted...that was moving. Combine this with being able to enter /Rueffilo/...a region that holds so much history. We can even scout Irombro now...if killing the southern Blight Creature would unblight Irombro we'll have to bring Vellos back to (re)establish a realm there.

[Anaris]

And boy, the fact of seeing Grehk unblighted...that was moving. Combine this with being able to enter /Rueffilo/...a region that holds so much history. We can even scout Irombro now...if killing the southern Blight Creature would unblight Irombro we'll have to bring Vellos back to (re)establish a realm there.

Now, I enjoy reminiscing about Riombaran history nearly as much as you do...but can't we let it be history, and move forward now?

I mean, c'mon, if we're going to have conflicts (and we should!) let's have them be new conflicts, that we haven't fought before! ;D

[Tan dSerrai]

New conflicts? When we are having such nice, firmly established ones? Wouldn't that be a waste of effort?

[fodder]

Tsamn
Riombara, duchy of Daimon Dominion

wtf?

old bug.
think it went to rio when duke of unpronounceable flipped to rio, then either peasants flipped to daimons or TO'ed by daimons..  it's on the tracker somewhere

[Indirik]

If you can get Eno back, I can make good on my family's claim to the throne of Alluran!

[Geronus]

If you can get Eno back, I can make good on my family's claim to the throne of Alluran!

...But why would you want to?  ;D

[Indirik]

The original Kingdom of Alluran, fighting against Luz de Bia, Enweil, and Irombrozia all at the same time was great. One of the best times I have had in the game. I arrived on BT hours after Eno seceded, and was the second noble in the realm. I elected myself judge under the old election system with instant-elections. When Distorted stepped down I was elected ruler of all three regions. By the time my character was killed toward the end of the third invasion, both Luz de Bia and Irombrozia were dead, and we had grown to two duchies and about twelve regions. So, yeah, I'd love to start a new realm in Eno based on the original Kingdom of Alluran.

I would skip the religion, though. All three incarnations were hollow shells, used as nothing more than a private playtoy and political tool of the Psyche family.

[Zakilevo]

The original Kingdom of Alluran, fighting against Luz de Bia, Enweil, and Irombrozia all at the same time was great. One of the best times I have had in the game. I arrived on BT hours after Eno seceded, and was the second noble in the realm. I elected myself judge under the old election system with instant-elections. When Distorted stepped down I was elected ruler of all three regions. By the time my character was killed toward the end of the third invasion, both Luz de Bia and Irombrozia were dead, and we had grown to two duchies and about twelve regions. So, yeah, I'd love to start a new realm in Eno based on the original Kingdom of Alluran.

I would skip the religion, though. All three incarnations were hollow shells, used as nothing more than a private playtoy and political tool of the Psyche family.

If you ever manage to make a realm there count me in ;)

[Geronus]

The original Kingdom of Alluran, fighting against Luz de Bia, Enweil, and Irombrozia all at the same time was great. One of the best times I have had in the game. I arrived on BT hours after Eno seceded, and was the second noble in the realm. I elected myself judge under the old election system with instant-elections. When Distorted stepped down I was elected ruler of all three regions. By the time my character was killed toward the end of the third invasion, both Luz de Bia and Irombrozia were dead, and we had grown to two duchies and about twelve regions. So, yeah, I'd love to start a new realm in Eno based on the original Kingdom of Alluran.

I would skip the religion, though. All three incarnations were hollow shells, used as nothing more than a private playtoy and political tool of the Psyche family.

Neat. I only ever knew the weak, multi-account ravaged version of Alluran in my time.

[Indirik]

My character Dimian, the ruler of Kingdom of Alluran, died at the end of the third invasion. Killed in a battle in Avengmil, I think it was, helping defend Riombara. That was before the Dominion of Alluran split, and all the other garbage that happened there.

[Geronus]

My character Dimian, the ruler of Kingdom of Alluran, died at the end of the third invasion. Killed in a battle in Avengmil, I think it was, helping defend Riombara. That was before the Dominion of Alluran split, and all the other garbage that happened there.

See, that's when I showed up on BT for the first time  :)

About half way through the period between the Third and Fourth Invasions. Alluran was split in three right around that time, but my only character was in Fronen then. Evander didn't show up in Rio until after Haerthorne had managed to pull Alluran together, though they were still pretty weak and pathetic as I recall.

[Tan dSerrai]

The first Alluran-Riombaran alliance was a great time - difficult situation militarily, interesting politics, propaganda and all...good memories   :)

Though the friendship continued to exist, Alluran become a lot more isolationist (and somewhat ineffective) after its civil war. But at the begining of the 4th invasion came one of the turningpoints....I think these come along only quite seldom AND are often not recognized: With the monsters closing in on Eno, Riombara did march its whole army to the defense of that city - but we were exactly one halfday too late....the monsters had alreay stormed the city. We still attacked but were beaten...I am fairly confident that we could have held the city, in which case the monsters might have turned north, thus not having Alluran capitulate to the monsters and being subsequently destroyed.

Another of these points was the failed defense of Enweilios 2 monts back - if Fheuvenem would have held a day longer (as it would if it would not have switched to Enweil during the TO) Riombara would have reached Enweilios in time to defend it jointly with Enweil. This would have forced Midnight to attack lvl3 walls against 35.000 defenders. I think we would have won that battle - preventing the near destruction of Enweil and the near devastation of most of the regions between Rumannen and Ardmore. Enweil and Riombara might have hunted Midnights sucessors jointly.

Often wars are slow affairs, changes happening only slowly (assuming no internal political collaps happens to one of the factions) but every now and then a LOT turns on a single halfday. Trying to find or recognize these points as what they are is one of the rare pleasures offered by Battlemaster. I know of no other game offering this in this depth.

[mikm]

North blight daimon  won't die after two battles in Lezzel.

[Psyche]

Early KOA was good times.  I remember when it all started.  Distorted was enemy #1 on BT, but Riombara gave him a chance.  He screwed that up, and jumped ship to another continent.  I then had Hvrek move to Riombara and keep an eye on things in the south- always loved the war between Riombara and her neighbors.  When Riombara, with old Fronen, had turned the tides of war against Luz de Bia, Distorted came back to BT in Luz, with intentions of buying their former capital, Jidington, and ceding along with about 70% of their regions.  Riombara never could confirm a good time frame, so the opportunity passed itself up.  Then, Distorted, an infiltrator, walked on down to Eno, stabbed the duke, bought the duchy, and formed KOA with Eno, Brovyl, and Xween.


The next invasion saw Fronen and Luz both destroyed, and KOA just rolled right into Luz lands.  I remember when Distorted was elected as Duke of Jidington, taxes hadn't been collected in some time, so the ruined city paid him months worth of back taxes in the thousands.  He used some to rebuild the city, and the leftovers to improve the infrastructure of OoA, and continued to expand into old Luz lands with RTOs.  I remember at one point he was both Duke/Lord of Jidington, and Lord of Kuugl.  The crappy thing about that bug, though, was that you got region commands for whatever the more recent position was.

Good times, though.  I'd love to see that again.  I actually have Distorted lurking around just north of there as an advy now.