Chronicles of Nations - Civ Quest

[X] [MAIN] Study Magic.
[X] [SEC] War Mission = Ulgoran
[X] [SEC] Diplomatic Expedition = Urthdysh Federation
[X] [SEC] Study Metal

Provinces = [SEC] Build Temples = Southern Green River, [SEC] Build Roads = Rockbay, [SEC] Build Roads = Sunrise Bay, [SEC] Build Roads = North Coast Plains, [SEC] Build Roads = Upriver Plains, [SEC] Build Roads = Lowland Conflux
Warriors = [SEC] Venerate the Goddesses
Crafters = [SEC] Trade Expedition = Urthdysh Federation
Council of Arthryn = [SEC] Train Sacred Warriors, [SEC] War Mission = Ulgoran
Arthdysh = [MAIN] Expand Economy, [SEC] Venerate the Goddesses, [SEC] Build Temples = Western-West Lowlands, [SEC] Build Temples = Western-South Lowlands, [MAIN] Build Roads = Western-North Lowlands, [SEC] Build Walls = Western-North Lowlands, [SEC] Build Roads = Western-South Lowlands, [SEC] Build Roads = Western-East Lowlands, [SEC] Build Roads = Western-West Lowlands,
Grythwyd = [MAIN] Settle Land = Forestbay, [SEC] Expand Economy
Myrthwyd = [SEC] Settle Land = North Coast Fields, [MAIM] Expand Economy
Corthwyd = [MAIN] Settle Land = Eastern-North Lowlands, [SEC] Expand Economy

Deciding to stop the Ulgoran was the priority, Cadlon Evalon first decided that they needed to find ways to defeat him. Even as he sent warriors to keep Ulgoran occupied in the Sunrise Mountains, Evalon also convinced the Assembly to study magical ways of defeating Ulgoran and to gain assistance from the Urthdysh Federation in doing so.

While the Arthwyd had a large amount of magical knowledge and prowess that had accumulated over the years, it still paled before what the Urthdysh Federation had and it was well-known that the Foresters were the best in the world when it came to magical knowledge.

The expedition turned out to be a stunning success as not only did the Urthdysh agree to help, but they sent Bellyn, former queen of the Belladysh and the greatest Urthdysh mage since Urthryn, to help the Arthwyd against the Ulgoran.

Even as the Urthrynite and Arthrynite priestesses worked together on ways to defeat demons like Ulgoran, the Cateyes and Cateyes hunted the beast in the Sunrise Mountains. They sought to kill it or at least keep it occupied and away from civilisation until a way could be found to defeat it.

The fighting was low-key and sparse as neither the Arthwydish nor Ulgoran knew what they were getting into. With time to plan and prepare, Ulgoran was able to bait the Catclaws and Cateyes in a few traps. Seeking to turn the hunters into the hunted, the demon found itself overestimating just how much its victims were prey.

While they were neither able to pin down Ulgoran and kill it, the Catclaws and Cateyes were able to injure the demon and over the seasons, they were able to rack up the wounds that Ulgoran had suffered and needed to heal from. Yet despite that minor success, the early seasons of the hunt were definitely in Ulgoran's favour as the demon was still on the loose if injured and a good few Catclaws and Cateyes had died to it.

Yet their sacrifice wasn't in vain as Ulgoran was kept contained in the Sunrise Mountains. The demon wasn't able to make its way to civilisation and it was kept away from the mines in the Sunrise Mountains.

The hunt for Ulgoran came to a head as the priestesses of both Urthryn and Arthryn were able to come up with some magic to use against Ulgoran and demons in general. By modifying two existing spells, the Arthwyd and Urthdysh had countermeasures against Ulgoran. The first was to modify the detection spells of the All-Seeress so rather than detect undead or unliving, the spell was used to detect demons. The second spell was Bellyn's invention as she came up with a way to use a blood binding to specifically target demons like Ulgoran. As demons or at least ones like Ulgoran were more magical than physical, it was possible to bind it to objects like the Urthdysh do with their forest spirits.

Armed with this new knowledge both Cadlon and the Council sent more warriors into the Sunrise Mountains with some Daughters of Urthryn with them. Injured and alone, Ulgoran wasn't able to go up against the vast number of magic-wielding warriors hunting it down. Several more Catclaws and Cateyes fell to it before the Arthwyd were able to trap in enclosed location which it could not escape from.

With Ulgoran trapped with no route of escape, Bellyn made her move and the greatest of the Forester magic wielders was able to bind Ulgoran to a golden ring, trapping it with sigils made from her blood engraved into the ring.

As the demon lain bound and harmless, the question of what to do with it. The Arthwyd desired to slay Ulgoran and be done with this threat, but Bellyn and the Foresters wished to take it back to the Urthdysh Federation with them. They desired to study the demon further in a safe environment to uncover more of its mysteries.

While the safest and most sensible option would be to just kill Ulgoran to remove the threat that the demon would pose if it remained alive, letting the Urthrynites keep it would be a great boon to diplomatic relations between the Arthwyd Empire and the Urthdysh Federation, especially after recent inroads that had been made. Bellyn also decided to sweeten the deal by offering some magical knowledge to the Arthwyd.

What is Ulgoran's fate?
[] [Demon] The Arthwyd kill it.
[] [Demon] The Urthdysh take it home. (+1 Diplo, Free Magical Knowledge)

The Arthwyd were also able to find the metal chains that were originally used to bind Ulgoran. The demon had shrugged them off at some point and left them lying in the mountains, but with the use of the All-Seeress' magic, the Cateyes were to locate it.

Thanks to the efforts of the priestesses and metal-workers, the Arthwyd were able to discover some more about this metal. It was a shiny grey metal and this was the first time that the People had encountered it. An alloy of unknown composition, it had magic to it, weaved into its very being and the priestesses believe it was this magic that let it bind Ulgoran.

The Arthwyd were also able to discover that their metal-workers could melt down the chains and reform them into something new. The only choice was what as there was a limited amount of this metal, which had been named Urthmyr. There was enough of the metal to make some sword blades or mace heads or perhaps some jewellery for the Cadlon. Some suggested making the metal stretch further by alloying it with another metal. By alloying it with gold, it could be used to make significant more jewellery, enough for a good portion of the royal family, and if it was alloyed with bronze, enough weapons could be made for an entire warband of Catclaws with some suggesting they be used to equip a royal guard like the one Sacred Guardian-General Eira used to have.

The final option was to just leave the metal alone for now and save it for future usage.

What is done with the metal?
[] [Metal] Urthmyr Jewellery
[] [Metal] Urthmyr Weapons
[] [Metal] Bronze-Urthmyr Weapons
[] [Metal] Gold-Urthmyr Jewellery
[] [Metal] Leave it in storage.

Yet even as the hunt for Ulgoran occupied the attentions of many, life went on around them and after the hunt was over. More settlements were founded and more temples were constructed across the Arthwyd Empire. In the Arthdysh and the Arthwyd, many roads were built as the chosen people of Arthryn sought to tie themselves together with easier routes for trade and messages.

Evalon also finally died, having ruled for many generations and dying as the longest reigning Cadlon in the history of the Arthwyd. As his ageing replacement Caeryn took over as Cadlon, the Assembly had to choose who her Cadion would be as Cadlon Caeryn was already close to a hundred winters and she would almost certainly be dead by the end of the generation.

Who is the Cadion of Cadlon Caeryn?
[] [Cadlon] Bediwyr (Female, Excellent Martial)
[] [Cadlon] Isoldyn (Female, Excellent Admin)
[] [Cadlon] Elyn (Female, Excellent Diplo)

The Urthdysh Federation had finally finished the Urthrynite Grand Temple and were beginning to work on reforming the Urthrynite religion just as Evatine and Cadlon Wonlyn had done with the Arthrynite religion.

Beyond that, they decided to reach out into the lowlands as they began to settle the land between the Forluc Kingdom and the Arthwyd Empire. Left empty and depopulated by the Forluc during their invasion of the lowlands, only a few tribes had moved back in and it was rope for the taking by the Urthdysh Federation. Sending out their own settlers to found Urthdysh villages, the Foresters began to apply their new farming knowledge to their new lowland holdings.

The Urthdysh Federation also reached out to the Forluc Kingdom and in exchange for their new farming knowledge, the Forluc would give the Urthdysh their military knowledge. While a few amongst the Arthwyd were annoyed by this, most just accepted it as the way of things as if they wanted their knowledge to have stayed secret, they should keep it secret like they do with their metallurgy knowledge.

While they made use of their new farming knowledge, the Forluc Kingdom was focused on its conquests as they continued to invade the lowlander tribes between them, the Coltyre Confederation and the Arthwyd Empire. Some fighting still occurred, but after saying what the Forluc had done during the previous generation, most of the lowlanders either accepted their new overlords or moved north to be amongst the Arthwyd.

Lowlander Refugees
+2 Temp Econ

To the east of the Arthwyd, the uprisings in the Coltyre Confederation finally begun and they were massive as it was easier to count which villages hadn't revolted against their Boarfolk overlords. Zaranna-praising zealots took the Boarfolk by surprise and between that surprise and sheer numbers, the rebels were able to drive the Boarfolk from most of their villages.

This was only a minor setback as the Boarfolk tribes just returned to their nomadic routes and lived off the land or retreated back to the villages they did still control. While the Boarfolk had been put on the defensive for now, they still had their dire boar cavalry to the light infantry of the rebels even if the latter was far more numerous than the former.

It was this was going on that the Forluc came to the Arthwyd with an offer. Seeking the Coltyre Confederation in a state of precedented and most likely temporary weakness, the Forluc Kingdom sought to take the opportunity to finish off the Coltyre Confederation as a peer power. They intended to strike at the weakened Coltyre before they could recover, driving the Boarfolk overlords out of the lowlands or at least reducing their power to a lesser state. To this end, they requested the military assistance of the Arthwyd in this campaign with the formation of an alliance between the Forluc Kingdom and the Arthwyd Empire.

What how to the Arthwyd respond to the Forluc offer?
[] [Forluc] Accept it with a temporary alliance for the duration of the war.
[] [Forluc] Accept it with a more permanent alliance between the Arthwyd and the Forluc. (+1 Diplo)
[] [Forluc] Refuse the offer.

Pick 1 Golden Age Bonus
[] [GA] Unlock the Grand Theatre Megaproject. (-2 Temp Mystic, -2 Temp Culture)
[] [GA] Unlock the Palace Megaproject. (-2 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Mystic, -1 Temp Culture)
[] [GA] Unlock the Great Market Place Megaproject. (-2 Temp Diplo, -2 Temp Wealth)
[] [GA] Unlock the Aqueduct Megaproject. (-2 Temp Mystic, -1 Temp Culture)
[] [GA] Gain a random Hero. (-3 Temp Econ, -1 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Martial)
[] [GA] Empower a random Faction. (-1 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Mystic, -1 Temp Culture,)
[] [GA] Upgrade Baby Boom to a Population Explosion. (-2 Temp Econ, -2 Temp Martial)
[] [GA] Discover a new mine location. (-2 Temp Econ, -2 Temp Martial)
[] [GA] Upgrade a random Value. (-2 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Culture, -1 Temp Mystic)
[] [GA] Gain a random Value. (-2 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Culture, -1 Temp mystic)
[] [GA] Improve relations with all neighbours. (-4 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Mystic, -1 Temp Culture)
[] [GA] Gain random general technology advancement. (-1 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Econ, -1 Temp Mystic)
[] [GA] Gain random social concept advancement. (-1 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Mystic, -1 Temp Culture)
[] [GA] Gain random military technology advancement. (-1 Temp Econ, -2 Temp Martial,)
[] [GA] Gain random magical knowledge advancement. (-1 Temp Econ, -1 Temp Mystic, -1 Temp Culture)
[] [GA] Gain random nautical technology advancement. (-1 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Econ, -1 Temp Mystic)
[] [GA] Gain random administration technology advancement. (-1 Temp Diplo, -1 Temp Mystic, -1 Temp Culture)




Let's see…Ulgoran was defeated pretty easily because you went all out on him rather than ignoring him. You also crit-succeeded on both the studying magic and the diplomatic expedition.

Otherwise, everything is covered in the update. The Forluc Kingdom and the Urthdysh Federation are on the rise, the former militarily while the latter is doing so diplomatically. As for the Coltyre Confederation, they are exploding right now due to massive rebellions with you and the Forluc being in the right position to take them out.

Your mid-turn actions will be determined by what votes you win. For example, accepting the Forluc's offer means you will to war-related actions while not means you will focus on other stuff.

Lastly, yes, you do have two chances to increase your permanent Diplo.

Please point out any spelling or grammar mistakes that you spot. Please quote them in the thread and explain what you think is wrong so I know what you are referring to. Feel to ask questions for more details and information.