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IC post is up!

A short one, due to the chaos of late. Cale's excel sheets are mostly ready, so Flooby sets goal for self: 3 updates done before work tomorrow.

For now, goodnight. Miri it is while summer ilast!

To Lund ap Lunds [ Early Middle Ages NRP ]

Warmth finally returns to all of Lundland, and the long-awaited Growing season begins. Thankfully, this season has proved not be as hot as the last one, and the people rejoice.

The people who do not have to face the horrors of war, that is.

The east has become a battlefield, as House Behringer raised a mighty force to attack House Cole. The reasoning for this attack came from Lord Antony Cole's request to capture Alexis Behringer, Lord Solterra Behringer's sister and heir presumptive, who Lord Solterra had entrusted to her protection during his campaign in the Crownlands. He immediately followed this action with a nearly complete withdrawal from the Crownlands, and by raising the full might of Therral against Pelataria. Not days after proclaiming his ire was the vassal of Lord Antony Cole, Lord Crispin II Aldran, assassinated in his study. He died at the age of 63, and the assassin was not caught.

The word on the invasion's outcome has yet to reach the ears of each lord in the kingdom, but the fighting has been bloody, and the numbers of troops involved have brought awe and horror to the people of the lands, as they and the land are brutalized. God might only know the expense in coin, land, and life.

In the north, the battle between the forces of House Fisher and House Wolff begin in earnest. The campaign continues on, and its outcome remains uncertain, as there has been scant news from Attolia on the matter.

In the Crownlands, the void left by House Behringer has allowed the forces of Aaldoreanfeald to occupy Trischland. They now hold the mighty fortress of Bolgaz, and the great city of Pentiloch. It is known to all by now that the court of Bolgaz has seemed to have disappeared. As for the fate of the fortress itself, this is known only to Solterra Behringer and Grindan Osgar. The people of Trischland hope that they shall not starve as they did under Rone's feckless rule.

Last amongst the land's events were the appearance of a troupe most queer. A small group of priests, bearing the crest of the Master's City on a pendant, arrived in Bernwick. Such a visit is most odd: the Master has not made official contact with the Lundish Church in decades. In fact, nearly all the Bishops appointed by the venerable Master himself are dead, save old Arnulf I of Luke Church. One can only wonder what the Master wishes done.

Despite the war and bloodshed in the west, the centre and east appear to be bastions of calm. The sun shines, and crops grow tall. The joy and mirth of the last Growing season, however, have been replaced with anxiety and despair. The hopes of the people have been crushed, and it seems the eagerly awaited peace after the war with the Bogan Host has evaporated. The Lords and Ladies of the land seem desperate to shed blood, and in some places concern gives way to panic. Time will only tell what shall be wrought on Lundland.

None know Rone's whereabouts.

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It is now the Growing Season, AU 108

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Sadko said
I may be inactive for a bit, my dog died.

. . . :c

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Alright, when the last orders get in, I'll have a new, steady deadline-date set.

Sorry for the charlie-foxtrot of late. We should be getting back to our regularly scheduled programming soon.

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So Boerd said
I vote no. At two weeks per season and 4 seasons per year, we would only get through a handful of years in one IRL year.

I can respect that. Cale's excel sheets should almost be done, so I should be able to suck it up and get the shit done in time with enough caffeine.

EDIT: Still need some orders, so an extension will be granted until there is a suitable amount.

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Ashgan said
I once proposed longer times between updates and yours truly declined. As far as I'm concerned I have no objections to a slower pace.

Beforehand, I had a bit more time than I used to, as I wasn't so busy with courses 'n whatnot. Now with courses + work, I'd be down as a clown for bi-weekly updates. That'd give me ample time to handle the meaty updates, and allow everyone to do tons of diplomatic actions.

That said, it did appear to be too much time in the beta, so I'd rather poll everyone on the matter before I make a final decision. A majority vote in favour of it [ 5/8 ] would suffice.

As for what ranged weapons are effective against which, you don't need to worry too much about match-ups. In game terms, crossbows will be effective against everything, while bows and longbows will be effective against everything except plate armour, as almost all weapons are less effective against plate armour.

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Oh, also, heading to work now, but IC update coming tonight at midnight. Don't have many people's orders, which is understandable, as I took so long with the update this time around. If I don't have at least half the orders, an extension will be granted.

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Ashgan said (Or, if one were to really push it, just create a new website from scratch where players can register and create their submission using a completely customized service. Would be sick, but mostly a pipe dream ;P)

Funny you should say that, I'm currently making To Lunds my main project for my Web Design course. I don't want to make any ambitious promises in case I can't do all I promise, but I'll be able to make a lot of processes that will make To Lunds more in-depth while conversely less complicated for the players to understand, and me to do work for.

For now, excel sheets are what we got to work with.

Cale's right in terms of the sheet's organization. If I just had more time on my hands, I could make a sheet that could fit everyone's needs. For now, Cale has to make do with my half-coherent late-night gibberish about seasonal crops consumption. Take pity on him.

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I'm so tired right now, there's no way I could write anything even remotely decent for an IC post, so I'm heading to bed, and completing the IC post tomorrow afternoon.

I cannot apologize enough for how long these updates have taken, so I'm giving everyone until Friday Afternoon to finish their orders. It'd be unfair of me to ask everyone to get their orders in after it took so long for me to do them, so there's my apology.

For those of whom I took the longest, I shall do your next updates first.

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FortunesFaded said
Wait, last season's updates, or this season's? I'm all mixed up with that last time-extension

Last season's. I know, it's ridiculous. I need to find time during my work days to make excel sheets for every nation, because as the territory shifts become more frequent, the amount of work going into each update gets bigger.