Asylon Realm Thread

[Gustav Kuriga]

So long as people sell you food...

[Chenier]

Yeah, you've got it pretty good, too.

Imo, Madina, as long as it controls Fissoa and Candiels, would be the most defensible realm of all. Sure, it wouldn't have as many layers of walls as D'Hara, but at least it'd be pretty darn far from everyone and a safe supply of food to cover its needs.

So long as people sell you food...

Supply isn't the problem it used to be.

[Glaumring the Fox]

Lol didnt Madina just fall? Defensible means nothing if you cannot motivate and coordinate your nobles. The only reason Astrum is assumed to be defensible is because its never been attacked by a sizable coordinated force.

[Geronus]

Lol didnt Madina just fall? Defensible means nothing if you cannot motivate and coordinate your nobles. The only reason Astrum is assumed to be defensible is because its never been attacked by a sizable coordinated force.

Well now that's just untrue. What do you call the two-front war we fought with Averoth and Caerwyn? By itself, Averoth had a bigger mobile army than we did (at 14k CS), and they were *extremely* well coordinated. They used to get 100% movement rates starting just a few hours before the turn change routinely. Heck, the only thing that saved us was the fact that Caerwyn couldn't get past our fortifications in Eidulb Outskirts and into our core regions. As it was, they destroyed Duil and Chrysantalys Mines pretty thoroughly while we had no choice but to focus our defenses against Averoth since they posed the bigger threat.

In any case, you don't have to be so defensive. I was just making a joke/observation about your rather interesting geography; you've got a very long eastern border, though in truth a lot of it is rendered more defensible than one might think thanks to the fortuitous placement of several bodies of water and a couple of mountains and townslands. I don't think Astrum is better than Asylon or vice versa, and I'm not trying to play 'who has the bigger e-peen'. Just made one little joke that apparently fell flat... Sheesh.

[Feylonis]

Another nicely-positioned realm would have been Summerdale, if it had Mt. Black Nastrond and Nifelhold to hold its eastern entrance and Valkyrja island on its west. Then there's the obvious Balance fortress, but I'm not sure it could keep a realm supplied with enough food to survive.

Regarding Asylon, it has a chain of regions that, if broken into, would tear the realm in two (Kybcyell, Uppervia, Itaufueld, Shuberstone), but it has a strategically-placed capital at Via. If fortifications were raised in Wallershire and Itaufield, the loss of Kybcyell corridor won't be as hampering (especially since we have food producers behind the capital, at Vakreno and the regions surround Koshtalom.

[Chenier]

Lol didnt Madina just fall? Defensible means nothing if you cannot motivate and coordinate your nobles. The only reason Astrum is assumed to be defensible is because its never been attacked by a sizable coordinated force.

Notice I said "With Fissoa and Candiels".

Creating new realms out of these cities (both willingly, like Fissoa, and unwillingly, like Candiels) creates a major vulnerability. Just like D'Hara wouldn't accept anyone to plant a realm in Sallowtown, I see it as a severe lack of judgment of Madina's part to have allowed realms in those regions (Candiels, I believe, was planned to secede eventually anyways).

[Bjarnson]

I don't think Astrum is better than Asylon or vice versa, and I'm not trying to play 'who has the bigger e-peen'. Just made one little joke that apparently fell flat... Sheesh.

I always appreciate some jokes and e-peens. Especially as your E-peen, fell flat... See what I did there .


Plus, i like our tall country, it makes my e-peen feel like a big one.

[Glaumring the Fox]

Our Kingdom has gone for length instead of girth... It's sad really. 

[Bjarnson]

Our Kingdom has gone for length instead of girth... It's sad really. 

Thats what she said... The farmers daughter.... You know.... in Aspar...

[Velax]

Girth is, apparently, what's important. You don't want to stretch too deep into unknown territory, or you might end up running into solid walls.

[Gustav Kuriga]

*facepaws*

[Glaumring the Fox]

Yeah tell that to to Thailand, Burma.... And the undefeated Vietnam.

[Gustav Kuriga]

Technically Vietnam was a military victory, and a political defeat. The Vietcong were no longer an effective fighting force after the Tet offensive.

[Adriddae]

Awwww, Asylon has grown up so fast.

[Bjarnson]

Awwww, Asylon has grown up so fast.

The former rulers has set a good foundation