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Last season of 1836. Minor update is live to start the season. Send me your orders!

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Fall, 1836

Dalatrum Strengthens it's Position (September 5th, 1936)

The summer was warm, but short. Temperatures dipped as early as August, the winds of the western whipping across the plains as far as eastern Boletaria. The lightning quick fall of Dalatrum from it's Great Power status meant that many had lost respect for them, though the new regime didn't tally. At the end of July, the the Dalatrian's held the Kesa Conference, calling to order the leaders of the Republic of Zukovia. A client state, the moderate Dalatrians had long held the Zukovians desire for autonomy close to their hearts. This wasn't to last, however.

The autonomous respect of Zukovian was removed and instead it's territories folded into Dalatrum, it's industry and population as well. The Dalatrian High Command saw this move as a preemptive defense against the current Sanguine War of Aggression. The Sanguine, if victorious (the most likely outcome) would now be peering west to Muthandria and Dalatrum. Strengthening its own position and removing Zukovia as another potential target was the next best move.

[The United Kingdoms of Dalatrum annex the client state Republic of Zukovia.]

Map of the Old World September, 1836

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The Sanguine War of Aggression (1836)

The Battle of Vulgas (September 21st, 1836)

Though the Kapitans had lost every battle of the war, and surrendered only four months after the Sanguine came sweeping across the borders, it was the near defeat at the Vulgas river that revealed not only to the Sanguine High Command, but to the rest of the world how inept the swollen Sanguine military was. Led by General Iletsky, the Sanguine relentlessly pursued the Kapitan Army retreating further into it's hinterlands in an attempt to quickly end the war. It was at the Vulgas river that the Kapitans set their trap.

Historians would later argue it was Iletsky's penchant for court life that made him soft, while others stated that Iletsky was as competent as they come and it was bad weather and Kapitan tenacity that cost the Sanguine so much. The Sanguine had set a short perimeter at the river and started to cross under cover of darkness. Sanguine scouts reported signs that the Kapitan Army had already retreated beyond the river, but this was an elaborate ruse by General Wvosesroz of Kapitas. Instaed, Wvosesroz had placed several regiments on the near side of the river, as well as all 10,000 of the Kapitan Cossacks, the fiercest horseman in the world. When they struck, the remainder of the Kapitan Army would deny the Sanguine any victory at all. A smashing success here might force the Sanguine to sue for mere territorial gains.

The battle began more as an ambush, and much of the Sanguine's problems stemmed from the early death of General Iletsky. The Cossacks emerged from the steppes and charged the still forming lines of Sanguine infantry (those men attempting to give battle to the Kapitans across the battle). The Cossacks charged, sabers out, and did not seek to fall back. The Sanguine learned first hand the ruthlessness and tenacity of the Cossacks, who in many circumstances seemed to fight without any regard for their own life. Three of the five Sanguine regiments formed at the lip of the river had shattered, and it looked as if the Kapitans would carry the day.

Kapitan Cossacks in action

A young lieutenant named Khurnov, rallied the 5th, 12th and 17th regiments further inland, establishing a long and thin line that began picking off stray Cossacks. The Cossacks turned and charged, falling upon them in a frantic scream that saw many of the green Sanguine regulars abandon their position. Khurnov had positioned several more regiments behind this first line, and began systematically falling back, whittling the Cossacks down over and over. After 8 hours of fighting, all but 700 of the Cossacks were dead.

The Kapitans, still numerically superior with their forces across the river, were ill equipped and had run out of ammunition. They fell back, and by morning the battered remnants of the Sanguine Army held both sides of the river. Over 9,000 Cossacks had been killed, 5,000 Kapitan regulars, and over 15,000 Sanguine lay dead.

Thirteen days later, Sanguine diplomats were finalizing paperwork for Kapitan annexation into the Greater Sanguine Empire. The Sanguine War of Aggression was over. Over 50,000 Sanguine had been killed, and questions within the administrative circles of the Empire seriously began to linger about the competency of its military. Half a hundred thousand men had been killed for a nation without any industry at all.

[The Sanguine Empire loses 50,000 men.]
[The Sanguine Empire wins the Sanguine War of Aggression.]
[The Sanguine Empire annexes the Kingdom of Kapitas.]

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You get 2 orders, Dalatrum

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Who hasn't sent me their orders for Summer, 1836 except Dalatrum?

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Once a few more send their orders, it'll be the last season of 1836!

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Alright, after a much needed break. I am back and I need to send out orders.

EDIT: If there are treaties, messages, or something for my nation, please tell me so I can respond to that.

EDIT: I also read that my nation is a regional power now, I am fine with that. Is there any way to get back the Great Power status.

@The Grey Warden

Sorry to demote you, my man.

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This game is getting wild. Some nations are taking risks; some are winning, some are losing. Some nations seem content to stagnate though. Hmm.

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UPDATE: Late Summer, 1836

CHANGING OF THE GUARD (August, 1836)

Though it came only with careful consideration, it was the Dalatrian economist Halthorne who amended his great work, published only the month before, by removing his own nation among the list of Great Powers. Though the United Kingdoms of Dalatrum had long served as an Eastern-Western gateway from the Old World to the Caliphates, it's economy had stumbled. Dealing more with internal problems than the resolve of external problems, Dalatrian prestige had slipped considerably. Halthorne announced that it was the recently enlarged Oslad Federation that edged in as the world's next Great Power, emboldened by it's strengthened position of having annexed it's Ville client state.

Thirteen days later Halthorne was found, stabbed sixteen times in the back, only blocks from his home. Not even the beautiful capital of Dalatrum was a safe place any longer. Power had now shifted from the East, back to the West.

[The United Kingdoms of Dalatrum is demoted to REGIONAL POWER]
[The Oslad Federation is promoted to GREAT POWER]

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THE SANGUINE WAR OF AGGRESSION (August, 1836)

"Sir?"

"Come."

The sergeant entered and extended his hand, the furled paper held out. General Iletsky took the document and unfurled it, reading it with a long, meticulous glance. He furled it back up and handed it back to the sergeant. His glance was all the man needed to know. He turned and left, leaving the General with his accompanying staff.

"Word, General?" A man called, a lieutenant by the bars across his shoulder.

"I fear the Third Army has been lost, and with it, it's general." The lieutenant didn't reply. "And the Kapitans have traded territory for time, it seems."

"Their lands are vast, though empty. They are rallying their troops for a final stand," the lieutenant added.

"But without Varmuth's general acting as a rearguard, the Kapitans may yet be at our flanks," Iletsky realized aloud, stroking at his thick mustache. He pulled himself from the chair and stepped around his desk. The tent was muggy, even in the low sun. Outside wasn't much better, but at least he could breathe. The guard yanked the flap open and Iletsky stepped out. The vast desert stretched for miles, but a camp of Sanguine had popped up quite literally overnight. 70,000 with accompanying cannons, the army had built a small town to accommodate them for the night.

In the distance, a plume of smoke trailed lazily in the sky.

[The Sanguine Third Army advances on the Kapitan capital.]

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FULRIC-SCHULSTEIN BORDER SKIRMISH (August, 1836)

With tensions high from the dispute between the Grand Kingdom of Schulstein and the Duchy of Fulric, reputed shootouts in the border town of Scizanno have become regular. Each side condemned the other side, with Fulric announcing that Scizanno was within Fulric territory, and Schulstein retorting that the majority of those that lived in the town of Scizanno were Schulsteinians, born in the Grand Kingdom.

Tensions rose so high that the Fulrics mobilized 6,000 regulars to garrison the town. Within days the Schulstein shooters had mostly dissipated, but tensions nevertheless remained high.

[Tensions between the Duchy of Fulric and the Grand Kingdom of Schulstein are tumultuously high.]

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To All Players,

Okay guys, sorry for this one. This has to be said, because otherwise I'm going crazy. Let me establish a few very important ground rules.

1. PM me when you're sending me your actions. Not before. Not after. Not because you have some off the wall question about whether you can do something. If you have any questions, send them with your actions PM. I'm currently getting between 5-7 PM's that are questions that have either been answered before or are answered by looking over some of the information already present in the game.

2. When you send me your PM, include the name of your nation. I know you think your nation is the most important and that's fine, but I can't see your username and readily identify which nation you are.

3. When you post in the IC, please include the name of your nation for myself and others.

Thank you, I love you.

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1. I'll be finishing the Faresia map soon. It is, if you can't tell the map of the Far East, and connects the Old World via the Tanashi Empire. So if any new lurking players are interested in playing a civilized regional Asiatic power, this is their chance.

2. IC is going smooth. There's one war on between the Sanguine Empire and the Kingdom of Kapitas in case anyone missed it.

3. Updating the actions as we speak.