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Civilization Quest

And if we took a wife from our own tribe and a wife from another tribe at different times there would be problems due to the tribe of the second wife being seen as of lesser status.
 
[X] Organize your force

Cavalry wins battles. Logistics wins wars.
Make sure we have a chain of command so we can maneuver beyond "everyone on the left CHARGE"

[X] Explore(Southwest)

Explore down the coast, towards more fertile lands.

[X] Talk of integration

We got their attention with gifts. Now to absorb them.

[X] Teach the Hooru how to read

Once everyone can read and write, tech loss from age will be halted and we can move forward with written laws.
Writing laws isn't much good if only a limited caste can understand them. We need EVERYONE to be able to read or those who can will be able to mess with the laws.

[X] Create an early library

Pool our knowledge. Knowledge is power.

[X] (Continue) Establish a Shadow group

This is taking a while.

[X] Establish Polygamy
 
Vote tally:
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[X] Organize your forces
No. of votes: 5
snake, notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, Ukrainian Ranger

[X] Stay put
No. of votes: 4
snake, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, Ukrainian Ranger

[X] Talk of integration
No. of votes: 5
snake, notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, veekie

[X] Write down your clan laws
No. of votes: 1
snake

[X] Invent new military tactics
No. of votes: 2
snake, Chaeronea

[X] (Continue) Establish a Shadow group
No. of votes: 5
snake, notmi, Chaeronea, butchock, veekie

[X] Establish Polygamy
No. of votes: 7
snake, notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, butchock, Ukrainian Ranger, veekie

[X] Explore(Southwest)
No. of votes: 2
notmi, veekie

[X] Declare Kingdom of Ghana
No. of votes: 2
notmi, Chaeronea

[X] Invent new military tactic
No. of votes: 3
notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Ukrainian Ranger

[X]Teach the Hooru how to read
No. of votes: 3
AZATHOTHoth, Ukrainian Ranger, veekie

[X]Establish a Shadow group
No. of votes: 2
AZATHOTHoth, Ukrainian Ranger

[X]Organize your forces: As you were enforcing discipline upon your troops a thought occurred to you: Shouldn't the people who are in charge do this. Then you realize that there are no people in charge, not really. Yes there are elders, but that's all there is, and they command forces as a whole. Wouldn't it be better to have a system where young men are assigned to veterans for their leadership needs?
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Explore: South
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Talk of integration: Soldiers from different tribes have fought together, and they are closer because of it. Now that you are the talk of the town with other tribes, perhaps it would not be a bad idea to try your luck at unification with some of them? With you as the leader of course.
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Write down your clan laws: The Berbers have occasionally claimed that they were unaware of certain clan customs and laws. In order to remedy this, you want to write down your clan's rules and give them to the few Berbers that can both read and are to be implicitly trusted with such things.
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Create an early library: Some of your advisors have noted the disorganization of your texts. Perhaps you could have your scribes copy the texts you do have and place the copies in a sort of storehouse for books? Of course, the storehouse would be guarded like all of your other storehouses.
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Marry a woman from another tribe (Kagoro Tribe)
No. of votes: 1
Ukrainian Ranger

[X] Organize your force
No. of votes: 1
veekie

[X] Create an early library
No. of votes: 1
veekie
 
[X] Organize your forces
[X] Explore(Southeast)
[X] Talk of integration
[X] Declare Kingdom of Ghana
[X] Invent new military tactic
[X] (Continue) Establish a Shadow group
[X] Establish Polygamy
 
[X] Organize your forces
[X] Stay put
I really do want to explore the south but the likelihood of encountering another tribe is a lot higher than what we met west. I'd rather explore south once our population isn't as war exhausted.
[X] Talk of integration
[X] Teach the Hooru how to read
[X] Invent new military tactic
[X] (Continue) Establish a Shadow group
[X] Establish Polygamy
 
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Orisha91 said:
[X] Organize your forces
[X] Stay put
I really do want to explore the south but the likelihood of encountering another tribe is a lot higher than what we met west. I'd rather explore south once our population isn't as war exhausted.
[X] Talk of integration
[X] Write down your clan laws:
I'll go with this since having our loyal Berber's aware of our laws gets allows them to integrate faster. Our Soninke will try to maintain their dominant position when things cool down and I want these loyal persons protected from the potential abuses that might pop up when the Hooru catch up in terms of literacy. Their too useful not to absorb as efficiently as we can this early.
[X] Invent new military tactic
[X] (Continue) Establish a Shadow group
[X] Establish Polygamy
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Yeah, When we get boat we do some nice Viking Raid(We are poor,How do Babaian tribe men become cviled is have money and resoure) on Africa and Southern eurpoe.

We are going to need money and resoure that is only way how that going get without trade
 
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Yeah, When we get boat we do some nice Viking Raid(We are poor,How do Babaian tribe men become cviled is have money and resoure) on Africa and Southern eurpoe.

We are going to need money and resoure that is only way how that going get without trade
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While I agree about raiding Africa, southern Europe, at this time, is also known as the Roman empire, so that's not such a great idea.
 
I'm going to have to ask one of you guys to make a final vote count with the winners in each category. After that, voting will be closed. YOU CREATED THIS MONSTER YOURSELF! :)
 
Vote tally:
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[X] Organize your forces
No. of votes: 7
snake, notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, Ukrainian Ranger, rippleuser344, Orisha91

[X] Stay put
No. of votes: 5
snake, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, Ukrainian Ranger, Orisha91

[X] Talk of integration
No. of votes: 7
snake, notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, veekie, rippleuser344, Orisha91

[X] Write down your clan laws
No. of votes: 2
snake, Orisha91

[X] Invent new military tactics
No. of votes: 2
snake, Chaeronea

[X] (Continue) Establish a Shadow group
No. of votes: 7
snake, notmi, Chaeronea, butchock, veekie, rippleuser344, Orisha91

[X] Establish Polygamy
No. of votes: 9
snake, notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Chaeronea, butchock, Ukrainian Ranger, veekie, rippleuser344, Orisha91

[X] Explore(Southwest)
No. of votes: 2
notmi, veekie

[X] Declare Kingdom of Ghana
No. of votes: 3
notmi, Chaeronea, rippleuser344

[X] Invent new military tactic
No. of votes: 5
notmi, AZATHOTHoth, Ukrainian Ranger, rippleuser344, Orisha91

[X]Teach the Hooru how to read
No. of votes: 3
AZATHOTHoth, Ukrainian Ranger, veekie

[X]Establish a Shadow group
No. of votes: 2
AZATHOTHoth, Ukrainian Ranger

[X]Organize your forces: As you were enforcing discipline upon your troops a thought occurred to you: Shouldn't the people who are in charge do this. Then you realize that there are no people in charge, not really. Yes there are elders, but that's all there is, and they command forces as a whole. Wouldn't it be better to have a system where young men are assigned to veterans for their leadership needs?
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Explore: South
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Talk of integration: Soldiers from different tribes have fought together, and they are closer because of it. Now that you are the talk of the town with other tribes, perhaps it would not be a bad idea to try your luck at unification with some of them? With you as the leader of course.
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Write down your clan laws: The Berbers have occasionally claimed that they were unaware of certain clan customs and laws. In order to remedy this, you want to write down your clan's rules and give them to the few Berbers that can both read and are to be implicitly trusted with such things.
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Create an early library: Some of your advisors have noted the disorganization of your texts. Perhaps you could have your scribes copy the texts you do have and place the copies in a sort of storehouse for books? Of course, the storehouse would be guarded like all of your other storehouses.
No. of votes: 1
butchock

[X]Marry a woman from another tribe (Kagoro Tribe)
No. of votes: 1
Ukrainian Ranger

[X] Organize your force
No. of votes: 1
veekie

[X] Create an early library
No. of votes: 1
veekie

[X] Explore(Southeast)
No. of votes: 1
rippleuser344


Organize your forces won, with 9 votes
Stay put won, with 5 votes.
Talk of integration won, with 8 votes.
There is a three way tie for the domestic section.
Invent new military tactics won with seven votes
Continue to make a shadow group won with 9 votes.
Establish Polygamy won with 9 votes.
 
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OOC: Curse you Civilization 4, you seductive bastard!


Civilization Quest

Soninke 305 AD results


This year has been very successful. It started with a organization of leadership in your forces. Now everyone in your military knows who is above them, who is below them, and who their equals are. In turn, there is much less need for discipline, which leads to more time practicing warfare techniques. This will improve your soldier's ability for combat. Not as much as the new general you have however.

The new general is the young boy who you were considering adopting. Although you couldn't adopt him, you made sure that he would have a decent position when he grew up. The investment you made in him paid off, as he has developed into a remarkable tactician. When he saw that your horses were afraid of your camels, he theorized that the camels could be used as a counter to Calvary in ambushes. This maneuver has been thus dubbed, "The camel's trap."

Your integration process, has also gone smoothly. At first there was some objection from the other tribes, but your expertise in diplomacy has insured that by the end of the year, you are the de facto leader of all the allied tribes. As it works now, the entire tribe is a confederation, with you as its leader. There is some grumbling by the citizens of the other tribes of course, but it is minor. You are now known as the tribe of Soninke.

The dowries have been disestablished, allowing the poorer classes to take more than one wife, and you to be able to take more than one wife easily. While this increases your popularity with the lower classes, the upper classes are slightly annoyed with you. In addition, your wise men are wondering if this will eventually mean some men won't be able to get married because the girls will all be married themselves. You know that you are rather…frustrated not being married, and you wonder what that will do to the men who cannot be married.

Your shadow group and literacy projects should be done by next year.
 
Noice....!

Combat stats are up.
That kid we were supposed to adopt is general and we have a maneuver that
Integration is good and we should be able to declare the kingdom of Ghana either this turn or next soon.
Oh, and population should be booming in the long term.

As for the repercussions of polygamy, I'm thinking we'll cross that bridge in a few years when we get to it. Maybe put some amendments out that limits the number wives to 2 or 3 at the most. I doubt any body can really handle more than that...

And I can't wait to get the shadow group up and running.
I'm thinking that once its done, we can use the spy thing on the other tribes since we already buttered them up with gifts. And whether the reception is warm or chilly, we can start to shift them blame on them.

Omake coming up.
 
the Polygamy situation should sort itself out. If someone takes more wives than they can support, they will suffer the consequences from that, and people in the future would not do that.
 
Public Encyclopedia

Thorkin Cissa, Tales of the Easterner ( Carthage University, 1949)
​
There are very few cases in African history that a rags to riches ruler such as Dinga Cissa has come to power. Nor are there as many that have had as profound and lasting an influence on african culture as he has. To understand the long term results of Dinga Cissa's rule, his policies and actions as the leader of the Wagadou union, or the Soninke or Sarakole tribe will be examined following the devastating great war.

After his almost Pyrrhic victory against the Berbers, Dinga Cissa's fortunes were tenuous at best. The tribes he had assembled into an alliance system had lost less than half of their capacity by the end of the battle with the Berbers while his own forces had been reduced to just a fourth of their number. His warriors were also tasked with occupying an enemy tribe that, according to documents found among the Soninke elite, numbered at least twice the number of Cissa's own tribe, the largest of the Soninke tribes. Not only did he have to worry about what to do with his defeated enemy but it is clear that he was well aware that the military strength of his allies, and even more so for the neutral Soninke tribes, had eclipsed the Cissa in strength.

This was the state of problems that had piled onto Dinga Cissa and his tribe. It was a burden a lesser ruler may have been crushed under but not Dinga Cissa.

A war, understandably devastating to a people who had never seen such large scale death before, potential enemies within and among friends, and a loss of so many men, had created a source of blame that would have naturally fallen onto their former Berber masters if some of them had survived. Instead of the blame being thrown at their feet however, some of that soon fell onto the shoulders of Dinga himself since he had pushed for war in the first place, as both the reincarnated king and in Dinga's personal policy itself. The anger did not render him in danger of being overthrown, but there are accounts present that carefully note that his support and popularity across all classes had noticeably diminished.

It was mitigated somewhat by the well known fact that his war plans were later documented as having been rendered mostly ineffective by a terrible incident involving a child who had revealed his war secrets to the enemy. This slowly dying anger was also noted upon in a few correspondents made out in letters addressed from those of the Hooru class concerning his innovations for a plan that would bolster the Cissa against any threats.

So taking all of this into account, Dinga used some of the goodwill earned from the soldiers because of his participation in the thick of battle to good use. The soldier's loyalty had only increased when instead of punishing the smaller verbal jabs at his rule from those who lashed out in grief and those who showed minor bouts of disloyalty, overlooking the insubordination until it was truly dangerous. He further endeared himself by officially investigating and documenting the first widely known cases of PTSD in the early middle ages of west Africa, the "Death Curse". This in turn made sure that a stable and loyal army was present for the occupation of the Berber's and the reclamation of the Soninke's original territory stretching near Tichitt and Oulatta. That was not all the success he would enjoy thanks to his military policy either.

Because of the watchful care Dinga had given to many of his soldiers, the cases of disruption in his disciplined army were very few during the occupation. This discipline was coupled with his defend and repel strategy, which emphasized that Berber non-combatants would not be harmed, resulting in much less struggle, and a lack of momentum for the Berber population to use for rebellion. It was this careful balancing act Dinga carefully maintained that opened the way up for both the female majority Berbers and Soninke populations to have the beginnings of a dialogue months after the Soninke victory.

For Dinga, the moment was too large of an opportunity to not capitalize on. He used the seeds of forgiveness and surprising amount of cultural similarities among the Soninke and Berber women and children to draft a document that would come to form the basis of law and order among Soninke. That it would come to spread among other Mande groups and many sub-Saharan societies in the centuries to come was unknown at the time, but the document was celebrated under the name of "The True King's Decree".

This series of laws was brought before the higher echelons and among the broad populace, enjoying popularity across the board, even among the Berbers that were, according to the decree, accepted into the fold after a period of service. It was a work that had been developed with advisors pooled from Dinga's loyal Soninke elders and secret trusted Berber advisors to help him in the process. That the decree stabilized his reign and legitimized his rule over the Berber's, many of whom added to themselves to his military strength, rapidly propelled the Cissa tribe as the dominant force in the region once more was one of the side benefits as well.

Of course, the attack that was inflicted on both his wife and him by a deranged Berber would have reversed his efforts if he had been angered enough to extract vengeance on the entire Berber population at large. But he did not. Upon his recovery, Dinga Cissa ordered the punishment for the attacker to be carried out by a union of Berber and Soninke by stoning. It was this type of foresight that would ensure that Dinga Cissa would go down in African history as one of the most successful rulers of all time, especially with the pragmatic move of carefully examining the Berber's script, but that is a topic that deserves a section all on its own in the next segment…

NOTE: Happy New Year SV!
 
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Public Encyclopedia

Thorkin Cissa, Tales of the Easterner ( Carthage University, 1949)
​
There are very few cases in African history that a rags to riches ruler such as Dinga Cissa has come to power. Nor are there as many that have had as profound and lasting an influence on african culture as he has. To understand the long term results of Dinga Cissa's rule, his policies and actions as the leader of the Wagadou union, or the Soninke or Sarakole tribe will be examined following the devastating great war.

After his almost Pyrrhic victory against the Berbers, Dinga Cissa's fortunes were tenuous at best. The tribes he had assembled into an alliance system had lost less than half of their capacity by the end of the battle with the Berbers, while his own forces had been reduced to just a fourth of their number. His warriors were also tasked with occupying an enemy tribe that, according to documents found among the Soninke elite, numbered at least twice the number of Cissa's own tribe, the largest of the Soninke tribes. Not only did he have to worry about his what to do with his defeated enemy, but it is clear that he was well aware that the military strength of his allies, and even more so for the neutral Soninke tribes, had eclipsed the Cissa in strength.

This was the state of problems that had piled onto Dinga Cissa and his tribe. It was a burden a lesser ruler may have been crushed under, but not for Dinga Cissa.

A war, understandably devastating to a people who had never seen such large scale death before, potential enemies within and among friends, and a loss of so many men, had created a source of blame that would have naturally fallen onto their former Berber masters if some of them had survived. Instead of the blame being thrown at their feet however, some of that soon fell onto the shoulders of Dinga himself, since he had pushed for war in the first place, as both the reincarnated king and in Dinga's personal policy itself. The anger did not render him in danger of being overthrown, but there are text present that carefully note that his support and popularity across all classes had noticeably diminished.

It was mitigated somewhat later by the well known fact that his war plans were later documented as having been rendered mostly ineffective by a terrible incident involving a child and revelation of his war secrets to the enemy. This slowly dying anger was also noted upon in a few correspondents made out in letters addressed from those of the Hooru class concerning his innovations for a plan that would bolster the Cissa against any threats.

So taking all of this into account, Dinga used some of the goodwill earned from the soldiers because of his participation in the thick of battle to good use. The soldier's loyalty had only increased when, instead of punishing the smaller verbal jabs at his rule from those who lashed out in grief and those who showed minor bouts of disloyalty, by overlooking the insubordination until it was truly dangerous. He further endeared himself by officially investigating and documenting the first widely known cases of PTSD in the early middle ages of west Africa, the "Death Curse". This in turn made sure that a stable and loyal army was present for the occupation of the Berber's and the reclamation of the Soninke's original territory stretching near Tichitt and Oulatta. That was not all the success he would enjoy thanks to his military policy either.

Because of the watchful care Dinga had given to many of his soldiers, the cases of disruption in his disciplined army were very few during the occupation. This discipline was coupled with his defend and repel strategy, which emphasized that Berber non-combatants would not be harmed, resulting in much less struggle, and a lack of momentum for the Berber population to use for rebellion. It was this careful balancing act that Dinga had carefully maintained that opened the way up for both the female majority Berbers and Soninke populations to have the beginnings of a dialogue months after the Soninke victory.

For Dinga, the moment was too large of an opportunity to not capitalize on. He used the seeds of forgiveness and surprising amount of cultural similarities among the Soninke and Berber women and children to draft a document that would come to form the basis of law and order among Soninke. That it would come to spread among other Mande groups and many sub-Saharan societies in the centuries to come was unknown at the time, but the document was celebrated under the name of "The True King's Decree".

This series of laws was brought before the higher echelons and among the broad populace, enjoying popularity across the board, even among the Berbers that were, according to the decree, accepted into the fold after a period of service. It was a work that had been developed with advisors pooled from Dinga's loyal Soninke elders and secret trusted Berber advisors to help him in the process. That the decree stabilized his reign and legitimized his rule over the Berber's, many of whom added to themselves to his military strength, rapidly propelled the Cissa tribe as the dominant force in the region once more was one of the side benefits as well.

Of course, the attack that was inflicted on both his wife and him by a deranged Berber would have been reversed his efforts if he had been angered enough to extract vengeance on the entire Berber population at large. But he did not. Upon his recovery, Dinga Cissa ordered the punishment for the attacker to be carried out by a union of Berber and Soninke by stoning. It was this type of foresight that would ensure that Dinga's Cissa would go down in African history as one of the most successful rulers of all time, especially with the pragmatic move of carefully examining the Berber's script, but that is a topic that deserves a section all on its own in the next segment…

NOTE: Happy New Year SV!
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Very good Omake, and you are definitely getting better with your grammar and sentence structure. I made a few alterations for clarity, and added a few commas that make the text flow better.
 
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Very good Omake, and you are definitely getting better with your grammar and sentence structure. I made a few alterations for clarity, and added a few commas that make the text flow better.
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Thx. I usually try to edit them for a bit, but then I get too impatient, and I end up sending them off. Should either hold onto em longer and come back later to edit it, or ask for a beta. Probably better to do both TBH.

Thanks again.
:D
 
Orisha91 said:
Thx. I usually try to edit them for a bit, but then I get too impatient, and I end up sending them off. Should either hold onto em longer and come back later to edit it, or ask for a beta. Probably better to do both TBH.

Thanks again.
:D
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It's really hard to edit your own stuff, and it only takes me a couple minutes to run through it, so don't worry about it.
 
Before we establish the Kingdom of Ghana, we need to provide at least some form of public education and create and organize laws. These two things will help establish a national identity. The Bill of Rights/the Constitution of the United States of America is an example of establishing a national identity to keep the nation together. Many nations fell or became failed states because they didn't have a good national identity and core belief for the majority of the people to come together on.
 
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Before we establish the Kingdom of Ghana, we need to provide at least some form of public education and create and organize laws. These two things will help establish a national identity. The Bill of Rights/ the Constitution of the United States of America is an example of establishing a national identity to keep the nation together. Many nations fell or became failed states because they didn't have a good national identity and core belief for the majority of the people to come together on.
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While I agree the creating an organized set of laws, setting up public education isn't really something we would be able to do in any reasonable amount of time. Getting everyone to the level that they can read maybe, but not any public education. There is a reason that education was a privilege of the upper class throughout most of history. The lower classes, including fairly young children, work all day just to be able to eat.

What we can do is teach all the adults how to read, then make it known that they are expected to teach their children by a certain age.
 
Civilization Quest

Soninke 306 AD



Decisions: Choose 1 from each category.


Military: The military has recovered greatly since you allowed Berbers to join your military, but you still have a ways to go before you can exceed prewar strength. The military also has lots of problems. In addition to the natural tension that exists whenever two cultures are forced to work together and be like brothers, there is also the matter of death's curse…

Train Horse Archers: Fast archers can be very useful. However, it is important to note that it archers are not always automatically better than horsemen. It all depends on the situation and the resources you have.

Train Horsemen: You have learned how to ride horses, so why not make them an army unit? You note that they don't do well against camels, tire easily, and require a lot of resources for their survival however.

Train Camel Archers: Normally, the practice of Camel riding and archery is a luxury available only to the most upper echelons of society. However, you have suggested that perhaps the training should be made available to veterans of all classes.




Warfare: The Berbers who stole your land so many years ago are now under your control. Your people are tired however, and need to rest. If you really want to, you can choose to send your people to war, but…

Attack a tribe (specify which one): You are in a very dangerous position right now. In order to eliminate your potential rivals, it would be better if you struck first. Of course, some of your allies might not agree with your actions.


Explore (specify which direction): Your life was saved by exploration. The Cisse tribe might be saved by it as well. On the other hand, exploration is dangerous, and very few people seem in the mood to fight right now (You will not be completely undefended if you choose this action).


Stay put: Your losses were huge, and your people are tired. It would be morally wrong as well as foolish to fight right now. Which is not to say that if you were attacked you would not defend yourself. You just wouldn't attack anyone else right now.



Diplomacy: You are currently surrounded by friends, but if you are not careful, they could quickly turn into enemies. The Cisse tribe has long been the envy of the other tribes, and even though you are stronger now, if the other tribes ganged up on you…

Marry a woman from another tribe (Specify which one): Marrying a woman of high status in another tribe would certainly improve relations between your two tribes and the other allied tribes in general. It might not be a popular domestic move though.

Send gifts to the other tribes. Now that you are large, the other tribes have banded together under an alliance of their own. A gift to each tribe would make you seem like less of a monster to them, which is always good.

Establish tribute system: Now that you are in control of the most powerful tribe in the region, you can now enrich your people's lives at the cost of your neighbors'. Obviously, this won't make you popular, so think hard before deciding to implement this system.





Domestic: Now that you have conquered the formerly Berber territory, you suddenly have more time and resources available to you. Perhaps some of this time and these resources could be used to better the lives of your people?

Declare Kingdom of Ghana: Now that you have conquered the Berbers and restored the land of the Soninke's ancestors, it would not be seen as inappropriate to declare the kingdom of Ghana. It will certainly increase your prestige in the eyes of the other clans.

Write down your clan laws: The Berbers have occasionally claimed that they were unaware of certain clan customs and laws. In order to remedy this, you want to write down your clan's rules and give them to the few Berbers that can both read and are to be implicitly trusted with such things.

Teach the Hooru how to read: It would be beneficial for all of the movers and shakers of society to know how to read important texts. In order to make this dream come true, you must have your trusted advisors go to the houses of known Hooru and teach them. It will be a long and arduous process but you hope it will lay the foundation of knowledge for your people in the centuries to come. (Will complete this turn if selected)



Research: Now that you have conquered the formerly Berber territory, you suddenly have more time and resources available to you. Perhaps some of this time and these resources could be used to better the lives of your people?

Introduce monetary system: A young Hooru child came up with the idea to his parents, and it quickly spread to you through your advisors. The idea is this: What if, instead of trading cattle and other resources, people gave metal objects for cattle and so on. Some of your advisors laughed at the idea, but for you the idea is intriguing for some reason…

Create an early library: Some of your advisors have noted the disorganization of your texts. Perhaps you could have your scribes copy the texts you do have and place the copies in a sort of storehouse for books? Of course, the storehouse would be guarded like all of your other storehouses.





Intrigue: All warfare is based on deception. This thought came to you with the word east and some strange arrangement of syllables such as Son and tsu. Strange. But it holds some weight. How can you look at things from the shadier side of life?

(Continue) Establish a Shadow group: Some of the people who did so well in hiding your preparations these past two years have suggested that you make a cabal of "shadows" that would assist in your rule. It would take some time to train its members though (Will complete this turn if selected).

Info gathering: You've got allies now, but how much do you really know of their plans? You could send some of your more… Mischievous clan members to gain some information from your allies under the guise of being another wayward exile like yourself.

Passing the blame: Although it's a bit mean, you could have some of your clansmen travel around and spread rumors about the non-allied clans. That would stir up support for some future conquest down the road, right?



Other:

Marriage : In order to reinforce your leadership, it would be advisable to marry another one of your councilman's daughters. That way, you would be looked at as a powerful and influential individual. Which you are, but an official proclamation of it wouldn't hurt. Please specify whether your new wife shall be Soninke or Berber.

Establish noble dictatorship: You aren't getting any younger, and you fear that with your busy life, you will never have enough time to create heirs. Perhaps the power vacuum after your eventual death could be avoided by having the elders select the next king from the population.

Adopt a child: Once again, you have the opportunity to take a child under your wing and teach him the ways of leadership. However, should you die while he is under your care, there will still be a power vacuum.
 
Marriage Berber
Create an early library
Teach the Hooru how to read
Send gifts to the other tribes
Stay put
Train Camel Archers
 
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