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] Discreetly send Blackbirds to assassinate the corrupt officials.
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] And then blame it on the other poisoners
Also, we need to start making use of our Rage Against the Steppes legacy to occasionally purge the north
Rage Against the Steppes - Always have a
casus belli with Subdue Tribe or Humiliate War Goal against steppe nomads
Actually, we did use Rage Against the Steppes to purge the entire West Steppes. We Salted the East Steppes into being Friends.
The North Steppes were completely out of range until we developed Portagable boats. I expect after this the Stallion Tribes will add those to their To Fuck list.
I just looked at pilgrimage again, and I noticed that The Thunder Speaker priests are still trying to convert people.
Is it possible the Xoh empire could be facing a North/South religious divide?
How do you know that?
You don't, if the Xoh gain leading then it's likely they could convert several provinces or periphery states. It's how the mechanics work
Not strictly a divide, but we know a few things:
-The Thunder Speakers have been working on their religion ever since Too Quiet. They have not stopped.
-The Xohyssiri have been working on their Art primarily to survive being a City-State until this turn. This has been happening since before Too Quiet.
...is it just me or did the Thunder Horse bite off WAY more than they can digest? Because it looks like the Xohy were plotting to assimilate them by the power of fancy pots and the Thunder Speakers were gearing up to take over religiously while the Thunder Horse was too busy fighting everything to counter their cultural equivalent of the Stallion Tribes on TWO fronts at once?!
@Academia Nut
How accepting are current civilizations of other pantheons. Do they recognise them as valid but lesser? Or are they seen as but spirits of some note whilst the actual gods are elsewhere? Or are pantheons fixed and exclusive?
As of the previous religious post:
-The Highlanders have a Black Eagle pantheon head which is...basically Crow(Duality, Wisdom, Foolishness) + Great Eagle(Kingship, War).
--This guy originated from the Western Confederacy's production of Crow figurines and masks by repainting the to sell to Ymaryn, who loved that shit.
--We nearly re-imported him as Mathulmyn. Heh.
-The Xohyssiri have Thunderbird, who is the Thunder Stallion(Creator, Thunderer) + Great Eagle(Kingship, War)
--This guy was our fault. After the Thunder Horse trampled over the Xohyssiri, they decided to assimilate this powerful demon who was CLEARLY their pantheon head in disguise.
--Some extra confusion here is involved because their early experience with the concept was actually Ymaryn charioteers and Blackbirds.
Thunder Speakers also have a Blackbird as one of their gods. Still amuses me.
You people do know we will likely get the tech anyway right? I mean it is not like we would forget the knowledge of how to build something especially with our new library right there we would just get the tech slowly but we would still get the tech.
It's possible, but during my analysis, the technologies used in the temple construction are:
-Lead glazed pottery(that's the green glazed statue)
-Mortar(that's how they assembled the statue without leaving seams)
So...want Mortar?
Lead Glazed Pottery would threaten the Xohyssiri slightly.
Actually the Ymaryn are pretty clear on the Xoh gods: demons from the Outer Dark, unnatural monstrosities to which only fools and madmen give worship. Powerful yes, but malignant and thus unworthy of worship.
Incidentally our views of Demons likely stem from our dealings with Nomads. They may be powerful, but they are not part of your culture and cannot be trusted to adhere to their deals, or to do the right things.
They aren't considered inherently malign, but they do not fit in the universe, and so they are dangerous, causing disharmony and breakdowns where they hold sway.
Ymaryn are pretty openminded for the era.
