RoninSword
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- Canada
Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest
- Thread starter Questor
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- Location
- San Ramon, CA
Far-off in the future, archeologists researching the Battle of Mare-a-thon shall come across a carefully preserved fresco portraying one of the hallmark scenes of the battle.
Ghost in a wall
Just a bit spooky
Huh, we are going to have to push some actions to help the rebuilding efforts now, I think.... ah well, not the first time we have rebuilt a nation from Ashes.... Third time is the Charm right?
Back to prepping for the inevitable Yeti attack I suppose. I'm looking forwards to the Rumor Mill's reactions to what happened in Maretonia,
Back to prepping for the inevitable Yeti attack I suppose. I'm looking forwards to the Rumor Mill's reactions to what happened in Maretonia,
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- Washington
I AM A TACTICAL GENIUS!!
Anyway, second shortest war we've had so far with, I don't know, maybe the least amount of relative casualties? Good job everyone!
Anyway, second shortest war we've had so far with, I don't know, maybe the least amount of relative casualties? Good job everyone!
Now then. With the war over, theres a question that would affect us the most and needs to be immediately addressed.
What should we do to the refugees?
What should we do to the refugees?
- Location
- Washington
I say let them stay if they want. Maybe establish the Foreign Legion.
- Location
- NJ
Would any of them even have much to go back to as well?
This seems like a time as good as any for a worldwide tour with the Royal Family. Just coming off of a major military victory (at least for us, we lost barely anyone),new people to introduce ourselves to, and generally a chance to flex a little.
- Location
- Venezuela
Sad we couldn't at least get some land out of this, but the fact we don't have to deal with a refugee crisis is good on its own...
Still, land.
Still, land.
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- Washington
We have enough land as it is though!
AldariSiradla
Knight of the Fountain Pen
The wife is correct.
Three for three is a good track record.
And in the Spirit of Chaos...
A fourth one will come indeed.
Finally, the war is over.
Peace in our time...for the moment at least.
Three for three is a good track record.
And in the Spirit of Chaos...
A fourth one will come indeed.
Finally, the war is over.
Peace in our time...for the moment at least.
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- Space
Yes you are. Now that i think about it if those Dragons got away with Loot they would probably came back for more easy gain.
But really, Peglices death was the best part
I would let them stay and live in the Empire. Even encouraged them as we don't get great numbers of Magically capable population often.
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- Somewhere
Link to the last time I did this.
Archival purposes: "The Maretonian Campaign, Part 6" (posted by QM on Tuesday, September 28, 2021)
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The Front Page as it appeared to me on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
Character Sheet (last edited by QM on Monday, August 9, 2021)
(Been my experience that spoilers inside quotes, don't work well, so I'm removing those spoilers)
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Informational: State of the Nation (last edited by QM on Thursday, June 17, 2021)
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Informational: Diplomatic Relations/Persons of Interest (last edited by QM on Sunday, March 21, 2021)
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Archival purposes: "The Maretonian Campaign, Part 6" (posted by QM on Tuesday, September 28, 2021)
OR
The Front Page as it appeared to me on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
Character Sheet (last edited by QM on Monday, August 9, 2021)
(Been my experience that spoilers inside quotes, don't work well, so I'm removing those spoilers)
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Name: Garrick Golden-Feather
Age: 56
Titles: Emperor of Gryphus, King of Griffonia, Inheritor of the Imperial House of Gryphus, The Unifier, Great Winged Alpha, The Lightbringer, The Liberator, the King of the North.
Description: Before your wife got her talons on you, you were a fairly typical example of the Griffon species. An unmistakably masculine build, a strong, prominent beak, feathers and fur that seem to be perpetually well-groomed, and a pair of piercing amber eyes hiding a fierce intelligence. Not anymore though. Oh, you still have all those qualities, they're just overshadowed by the massive amount of muscle you've put on since you started your wife's "enhanced training regimen". Your wings can lift dumbbells, and your legs are like tree-trunks supporting a barrel chest rippling with abdominal muscles. In short, you have the build of a person who has been lifting heavy objects his entire life.
Martial: 9+2+1+2=14
Diplomacy: 14+2+2=18
Stewardship: 13+2=15
Learning: 16+2=18
Intrigue: 11+2=13
- Trait-Attractive: You are a very handsome fellow. +2 Diplomacy, better spousal relationship
- Trait-Genius: Smart doesn't even begin to describe you. +2 all skills
- Trait-Strong: Working out with your wife has done great things for your body. +2 Martial
Inventory:
- Blade of the King: an ornate and deadly sword you had forged for yourself after being crowned King of Griffonia. +1 Martial
- Runic Royal Armor: Serving to protect you as well as display your royal status to onlookers, this armor is both durable and aesthetically pleasing. With Merlin's assistance, it has been enhanced with runic magic, making it even more durable.
- Orichalcum Sword: A blade made of an extremely durable, magic resistant metal
- Sendak Manuscript: Recovered from the Archives of the Shadow King Sombra, this strange book is bound in the treated flesh of monsters and is written in numerous unknown tongues. It contains diagrams that seem to reference everything from the movements of stellar bodies to the biology of plants and animals to the complex physics of magical phenomenon. It's origins remain a mystery.
Wife: Gabriella Golden-Feather
Opinion of You: 10/10
Age: 55
Martial: 15+1+2=18
Diplomacy: 11+1=12
Stewardship: 8+1=9
Learning: 13+1=14
Intrigue: 10+1=11
Trait: Strong - Born stronger than most. (+2 Martial)
Trait: Experienced - Has been a mercenary for several years, ranging across the lands of the former Empire. Knows much about the world. (+1 All Stats)
Son: Gawain Golden-Feather
Age: 25
Martial: 14+2+2+1=19
Diplomacy: 13+2+2+2=19
Stewardship: 14+2=16
Learning: 10+2=12
Intrigue: 11+2=13
Status: Designated Heir. Will become player character in event of Parent's Deaths.
Trait: Strong-Born stronger than most. (+2 Martial)
Trait: Attractive-A handsome fellow. (+2 Diplomacy, better spousal relationship)
Trait: Genius-Smart doesn't begin to describe him. (+2 All Stats)
Trait: Game Master-Years of playing games of strategy and wits with members of the Imperial Court has honed his sense of strategy and taught him how to read others. (+1 Martial, +2 Diplomacy)
(Adopted) Daughter: Gwyndlyn Golden-Feather
Age: 21
Martial: 15+4-4=15
Diplomacy: 9
Stewardship: 6+2=8
Learning: 8+1=9
Intrigue: 9+1=10
Status: Adolescent-Malus to Martial stat.
Status-Designated Regent: In the event that no heir is capable of taking the throne, or in the event the rightful ruler is otherwise unavailable, she will take control of the kingdom until the situation can be resolved.
Trait: Dragon-A fire breathing reptile. (+4 Martial)
Trait: Gardener-Years of studying and caring for plants has taught her much in the realm of botany, and has instilled in her an understanding of how hard work and patience can yield great dividends. (+2 Stewardship, +1 Learning, +1 Intrigue)
Daughter: Gilda Golden-Feather
Age: 18
Martial: 8+4=12
Diplomacy: 11+2=13
Stewardship: 11
Learning: 7
Intrigue: 6
Trait: Beautiful- A stellar example of feminine grace. (+2 Diplomacy)
Duelist: An experienced master of one-on-one combat who spars against others as a hobby. (+4 Martial)
Daughter: Gleaming Pearl Golden-Feather
Age: 19
Martial: 7+2=9
Diplomacy: 10+2=12
Stewardship: 12
Learning: 5+2=7
Intrigue: 8
Trait: Beautiful-A stellar example of feminine grace. (+2 Diplomacy)
Trait: Studious-Knows her way around the written word. (+2 Learning)
Adopted: Permanently last in the line of Royal Succession.
Crystalmancer: A prodigy in the arcane art of Crystal Manipulation, able to turn a few pebbles into a forest of glittering spires. (+2 Martial)
Informational: State of the Nation (last edited by QM on Thursday, June 17, 2021)
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Informational: Diplomatic Relations/Persons of Interest (last edited by QM on Sunday, March 21, 2021)
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we are Best Emperor.
how can our kids possibly surpass us? last thing i want to deal with is Nightmare Gawain Golden-Feather
how can our kids possibly surpass us? last thing i want to deal with is Nightmare Gawain Golden-Feather
- Location
- Italy
The Imperial army never retreats, it just advances in a different direction!
...that must be OH SO SATISFYING!
on a secondary note, this war was actually VERY good for our nation, even discounting whatever reward we can get from it from Maretonia itself.
We got some Ursa remains. We got to try new weapons and tactics. We got experience in using magic in a military setting.
Next project: Everything we did to our enemies, we need to develop countermeasures against. No "Scry and Die" tactics against us, we need anti-teleportation runic arrays. And we'd likely want to integrate them into our city's defenses and military encampents.
Alternatively, we want to develop runic arrays allowing for Teleportation WITHOUT unicorn magic.
We should not need them too soon, as Maretonia is no longer an enemy, and the Changelings are unlikely to go for open war... but we'll want countermeasures of some kinds for those new tactics we developed at some point.
Preferably sooner than later.
I'm just the tiniest bit disappointed that Hardbeak didn't get another legendary accomplishment, but "bomb in the face" is fine too.
...well, any talk about rewards and/or the future of Maretonia will come through future diplomatic talks, I imagine.
HOPEFULLY the Royal Guards and the Abolitionists can reach a compromise of some kind. One that includes abolition of slavery, obviously, but it should be possible.
Honestly, this is the time for a referendum of some kind.
...and on that note, maybe we should consider a referendum of our own, for the Crystal Protectorate. It's been long enough I think.
I'm pretty sure that if normal people were made of Gold and Platinum that would DEFINITELY be something most would do, and those dragons were explicitly hostile bandits basically.
As I expected.
If those had been soldiers and not basically bandits maybe we would have sent the bodies back, but in this case...
1. They were also basically bandits and opportunists without morals that attacked a foreign city just because they didn't surrender their wealth immediately.
2. And she's a nice dragon that DIDN'T try to butcher other people without a reason
3. They worship HEAVENLY dragons, another kind of dragon with magic and power over the weather. I imagine it's basically the "unicorn" dragon as compared to an "Earth Pony" Dragon.
4. I disagree. there's no moral quandary in looting dead bandits, and there's no headache coming from it because there's nobody that has any interest in giving us problems for it.
if they were official dragons soldiers, sure.
Those were basically opportunists who acted on their own. Nobody will care.
...though I'd avoid ever meeting dragon ambassadors (if they even know the concept) while clothed in dragon leather or similar.
You know, it's just poor taste (though I wouldn't be surprised if they actually did NOT see it as an insult and instead saw it as a reasonable attempt at impressing them. It's hard to tell with "might is right" dragons).
In canon Starswhirl somehow used what seems to be Orichalcum to create an anti-teleportation ward, so who knows... we might get a project to do that in the future.
He just used a few fragments from the Changeling Obsidian Throne to protect the castle.
It can probably wait a bit. First let's stabilize our own situation with Maretonia, Equestria and the Changelings. Also Crystal Referendum if we can.
we got to try new tactics, experience with magic in military conflict, ursa and dragon loot, and (hopefully) good will with the royal guards (the Abolistionist were already on our side anyway).
Unless the Royal Guards literally betray the Abolitionists, we're likely to have friends in their future government, so we can probably count on valuable future trade deals and tech/magic exchanges. Also a buffer against the Dragons to the south.
good runic arrays would likely be a better option for most places, but Orichalcum would be the best option for, at the very least, the Royal Palace.
After all if we actually started a REAL conflict with the changelings there's few worse threats than a teleporting changeling assassin.
There's still a chance of more coming in future diplomatic talks, I wouldn't call it over yet.
Heavenly dragon, a kind of dragon with, apparently, some kind of innate magic related to the weather. They might or might not have created the QIlin.
Also while Discord cursed the normal dragons with "greed" (the greed growth from canon"), he apparently cursed THOSE dragons with "sleep" (they basically only awakens for a few minutes at a time, and Koryu is the only uncursed dragon we know of (though I wonder if our daughter is maybe also uncursed...)
maybe, maybe not. They're probably very happy with their current situation anyway... though they might see "getting the official protection of the imperial army against dragons and/or future Maretonian power" as worth losing their independence...
Canon had some kind of "Orichalcum wards" (if we accept the changeling throne being made of orichalcum in season 7-8).
I'm sure there's way to use Orichalcum we just haven't discovered yet.
yep. I basically think of them as "unicorn" vs "Earth Pony" dragons. One kind has magic, the other has more "traditional" strenght.
Also different curses from Discord, "Sleep" vs "Greed".
enough... land?
...
does not compute.
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- The state of Paranoia
Storm soldiers: "F*CK this sh*t!" *yeets gear*
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- The state of Paranoia
We just demonstrated how incredibly useful mages are in conjunction with Gryphonian technology. I doubt that other countries will ignore that. We should get that immigration action done soon so that we have more mages to work with, both in the military and civilian sector.
Only until we can send an expedition of force, because thats the only thing dragons respect. The only question is if we can put one together before more raids come, because until they learn that they cannot bully us they will keep trying.
Pretty sure at this point we are going to need some form of heavy rifle that can be used while flying to pull that off consistently. Because the biggest issue with dragons is their flame breath and that getting into melee is a bad idea.
The battle was fantastic. But I won't lie, I hS hoped the dragons would have wiped the floor with House Storm, but even they deserved a last hooray, or something like that I guess.
The war is now. Now winning the peace always always been more difficult, especially in a time as war ravaged as Maretonia.
Still, we finally free to do so much more now and focus on other thearts.
The war is now. Now winning the peace always always been more difficult, especially in a time as war ravaged as Maretonia.
Still, we finally free to do so much more now and focus on other thearts.
- Location
- Maryland
The possibility of a Maretonian protectorate or even possible annexation still exists, and will be addressed in the coming posts.
The political situation in Maretonia needs a little bit of time to stabilize before the Empire can begin discussing that sort of thing with the Abolitionists, Royal Guard, and what's left of House White Star under Countess Copper Top, and Garrick isn't the sort of person to bring up the idea of a protectorate in the immediate aftermath of killing Pegicles with his army still inside Maretonia's borders.
Koryu is a Celestial Dragon, a species that is very much distinct from the more common dragons which inhabit the lands South of Libertalia. Comparing a Celestial Dragon to a normal dragon is like comparing an Alicorn to a normal Pony.
The situation with the dragons is a bit of a grey area. It's not like you skinned and gutted them and completely disassembled their bodies, you buried the majority of them and took the excess pieces that were scattered throughout the battlefield. And due to the size and number of them killed, you have more than enough such pieces to satisfy any demands for raw materials you might have wanted.
Also, while Garrick doesn't know it yet, Dragons have a very pragmatic view of death and the treatment of corpses, so they're not likely to be particularly offended by what you've done in the way other races would be.
It's actually not uncommon for some dragons to eat their own dead.
Mind you, they'd still object to seeing you do something provocative like wearing the skin of their kin as clothing. Just because they don't care about their dead being desecrated doesn't mean they like the idea of being used as ingredients.
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- spain
Actually, can we talk a bit about the Changelings? What are we planning on doing about them? Because in principle, I'd be all in for integrating them in our kingdom. We have really good inter-species relations, and the power of propaganda in our side! (And also, secret agent changelings...)
The biggest problem I see is Queen Chrysalis, really. Last i saw of her in cannon was when she rejected to give love back and join the new Changelings (which... the old design was so much cooler). Then again, they haven't been thrown out form their homes yet.
(Intrigue action to off Chrisalis and put Rose in power? Only me? Okay...)
The biggest problem I see is Queen Chrysalis, really. Last i saw of her in cannon was when she rejected to give love back and join the new Changelings (which... the old design was so much cooler). Then again, they haven't been thrown out form their homes yet.
(Intrigue action to off Chrisalis and put Rose in power? Only me? Okay...)
Remind me isn't Koryu a our dragon daughter courting each other or was that an omake?
Frozen Flame
Fragment of the Devourer
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- The Darkness Beyond Time
There was an omake about them being pen pals. Platonic, "nice to talk to another dragon," pen pals.
Gwyn is way too young for any romantic relationship to start developing.
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