Scymira [Game Thread]

Season 3

Rolling and Stats details: hereMaa-Talia takes over 50% of Gasharde's ship yards.Maa-Talia begins to work with Kraken to transfer skills to Eastern Shipyards to create a more distributed infrastructure for ship repair.

Claudia sends a message to the King to explain the necessity of the Gasharde take over:
-She explains that the ship repair monopoly had the potential to destabilize the kingdom if not regulated properly.

-Maa-Talia had taken reasonable and non-violent approach to deal with this threat to the kingdom. Claudia herself, head of Maa-Talia had setup a meeting with Gasharde to discuss the monopoly and reasonable terms for a stake in the enterprise during the Royal Ascension. She provides a copy of the letter (Note: this was an action I tried to take in Season 1).

-Gasharde completely ignored it without offering any reason or justification for how they planned to run the monopoly in a way that would not destabilize the kingdom. Not something a mature and reasonable house should do in this Kingdom.

-Instead Gasharde immediately increased prices with no justification, which could have lead to the collapse of shipping across the realm and a collapse of the economy.

-Thus, more drastic measured needed to be taken for the sake of the kingdom. A council of houses directly affected by the increased costs resolved the issue using more direct means.

-Gasharde could have avoided all this trouble by being reasonable, but instead must now pay the cost of the actions that were needed to get their attention.

-Claudia suggests that the King should support the loyal houses who rose up against Gasharde in an effort to save the kingdom from an economic catatrophe as their support in the coming rebellion far out weighs the support of one selfish house.

Claudia sends a copy of the letter to House Fugue and Kraken and emphasizes that they are supporting the Council in their decision to intervene in Gasharde's affairs.

She also arranges for her contacts among the royal house to influence the King in a favorable way towards this conflict (Status Move + Wealth Points).

Maa-Talia does not have many troops, but they send what they have to their lands in the Crownlands, increasing their lands as a results (OOC: as described above, just fill out my land there anyway that makes sense). This puts their troops in position to support the King's forces for the Rebellion and the Zombies Uprising. Although, they wait in Maa-Talia lands until Maa-Talia hear a favorable response from the Royal House regarding the Gasharde Affair.

Claudia receives word that Maa-Talia's investments in House Ala have produced a loss. Frustrated, but without the resources to deal with it at the moment, she accepts the loss and moves on. She reminds herself that it was a small loss for Fugue's help with Gasharde.

-The Kraken society starts investing (-3 wealth from results) in upgrading their shipyards with Maa-Talia's experts to make them able to sustain more production.

-In Tanzanite (west of Zubech) and Beryl (south of Tamer), temporary evacuation has started, helped by the troops. High Lord Irvine is sent to help High Lord Clinton in Beryl, who was already there at the start of the plague, and High Lord Lee goes to Tanzanite, preparing defenses in case the evacuation is not complete.
-A letter is sent to all Houses of Scymira to remind them that the Kraken Society is always ready, especially in those troubling times, to help with their mercenaries. In the letter is also list of starting prices and availabilities. Bidding will be held only if there is more demands than troops available. Of course, the Kraken Society will keep the right to refuse a transaction. A list of availabilities will be sent at the start of each season.
1d6 (2/7 available)-­> 3 wealth/season
1d8 (1/1 available)-> 4 wealth/season
1d10 (0/1 available) -> 5 wealth/season
1d12 (1/1 available) -> 6 wealth/season

House Sol is building fortification on its southern border. They are going up slowly but steadily and they should be follow operational in a season or two.

An influx of refugees from the south continues to increase the population on their territories.

House Sol invest in their northern coastal city to develop its trading power, combining with Maa-talia new trading post, making this region a more attractive trading spot to bring more money and goods to the east coast.

House Sol will monitor closely the development of both conflict, the punitive force in the west as well as the undeads in the south, but will not make any additional move for the moment.

The High Lord sends a confirmation of support to High Mayor Gasharde and deploys a large portion of their army to join the war effort against the Houses that attacked Gasharde.

He also wants to send another letter to Lady Sellellenar, one filled with insults and accusations of cowardice, but his advisors counsel him against it and he ends up not sending any reply to her letter at all.

The part of the army that is not deployed against House Fugue and allies is gathered where House Sharva's lands meet the coast in the north, just in case of an attack against Sharva.

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Lord Delios requests assistance against the undead hordes but is shot down by the High Lord as all the House's military strength is needed elsewhere. Delios and the Eastern House Sharva can do nothing but continue on their course, patrolling the borders and trying to prevent the undead from entering Sharva lands.
Lord Delios sends a letter to the Royal House, asking for assistance in protecting their lands from the undead but due to the current political situation in Scymira, he is not very hopeful that this call for help will be answered.
Lady Ris personally joins an armed expedition into Tamer lands to meet with the leadership of House Tamer and talk about plans on how to deal with the undead plague.