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Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

@Bright_Ops Your governor will be made the Governor of Calenus.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

Turn 3 Event

Grand Varectian Republic, Calenus Province, 85 B.C., Late Spring

Calenus. The forgotten territory. Forged from the fire of the Subian Wars, the governship of territory had been cast off to a junior senator's whose name was forgotten the moment he climbed his steed and left Varus. With few resources, a propensity for crime and being in the far west (As civilized budded in the East), the territory was often an after thought in the minds of the Varectian Republic.

With the successful motion by Senator Mirathus Kiarian to relocate the II Legion Festivus to Lacedonia, most thought the Republic safe now that an extra 5,000 of the Republic's best men were on the frontier. It wasn't to be so. The culling of the Sasticca Tribes by the great warrior Radinus had long been in the books for two years now. Under his leadership, he pried 20,000 fearsome mounted warriors to his cause and swept through the Province of Calenus like a plague. With only 5,000 Auxilia to men to defend itself. The entire garrison of Calenus was destroyed in the short Battle of Calenus (85 B.C.). The raiders of Sasticca did not stay however, leaving the territory to wither and die by its lonesome.

-- Calenus is raided by Sasticca
-- 5,000 Auxilia are killed in Calenus.
-- Loyalty in Calenus drops to 3 / 10.
-- SEND ACTIONS VIA PM or POST.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

TURN 2: 88 B.C.

Grand Varectian Republic, Delosian Province, 88 B.C., Late Spring

The Delosian Conquest over ten years ago had turned the Varectian Republic into a power capable of more than just subjugating uncivilized tribal federations. The Thecian colony of Sarecia was a two hundred long legacy, home to some of the fiercest warriors in the realm. The conquest of Delos aside, Delos itself was probably closer in culture to Varus than any other territory yet conquered. The island, grassy on the cool edges with desert plains running along it's barren center, was an excellent hub of trade and commerce between Thecia and Varectia, though no love had been lost between the two. Though conquered, the people brooded themselves as second rate citizens. But not forever.

General Sericles of Thecia had served as the Royal Master of Horse to the Thecian army during the Varectian conquest, but had been recalled during the Thecian Wars (93 B.C. - 88 B.C.), which meant that any resistance to the Varectian province in the colony had all but dissipated. Sericles however, returned as quick as he could, and this time with the Silver Shield mercenaries at his back. The Thecians, bested by the flexibility of the Varectian Legion in the hilly terrain of the Sarecian city-state, would choose the battleground this time.

With the Legion X Delosia still in garrison, Sericles ordered 5,000 of the Silver Shield mercenaries forward against the two villages of Bica and Taracles. The Silver Shield mercenaries, assembled in several tight phalanxes, were set upon by the local Auxilia almost immediately. It was no conquest.

Silver Shield mercenaries in the field outside Bica, 88 B.C.

Though larger, 8,000 Varectian Auxilia simply could not cause enough damage to disrupt the Sarecian soldiers. Sericles masterly maneuvered his troops into an advantageous position over and over, until the Varectian commander Gaius Marius of Tuebia ordered a general retreat. It was fate still that smiled on the Varectians, for the Sarecians remained to collect their dead then retreat back south to Delos.

- Delos is attacked by 5,000 Sarecians.
- Delos Province loses 2,500 Auxilia.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

@Severe Triage

3,000 is 1 action.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

Turn 1 Event

Grand Varectian Republic, Varus, 91 B.C., Late Fall

Titus Piscius Buteo, a prominent but junior senator of the Varectian Senate, calls to the Senate the idea of the Ardenoisian Tribes in the north as naught by a nuisance. "It is men who toil in the field without good drink that would cast our great Republic to the side. The woman whose own child goes without food, and the soldier who fights without sharp steel. Money, brothers, is what drives the Republic. It is thus that I call for a Vote to Trade with the Subian Tribes in the West. Their horses, some of the finest in the land, will help plow of the fields of Tuebia and carry our own equites into battle in the North, if it should come."

The senior senator of Marcus Favonius Ligur however, simply used his time in Varus to Consolidate Support in the Senate, campaigning for construction of new public buildings.

- Titus Piscius Buteo uses Call for Trade to establish trade with the Subian Tribes.

CALL TO TRADE: Subian Tribes (91 B.C.)
-- FOR: 43 (Buteo [9 Support], Ahenobarbus [10 Support], Kiarian [10 Support], Anvidus [10 Support])
-- AGAINST: 28 (Marcus Favonius Ligur [14 Support]) [+13 for Ligur Bribes]

IF PASSED:
- Calenus gains +30 Vects/Turn
- Samelko gains +20 Vects/Turn
- Naussius, Tuebia and Tyyrhia gain +10 Vects/Turn

IF NOT PASSED:
- During Crisis Event: Subia skips Raid phase and goes to Border War.

ALL SENATORS MUST VOTE.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

The Turn will change every 48 Hours. Your actions are required via PM if you cannot post IC in that timeframe.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

Hmm, guess I'll have a governor role.
Name: Fermetius Thaximus.

@Severe Triage

Governor Fermetius Thaximus has been awarded the Province of Tyyrhia. Feel free to jump IC with your actions.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

@Severe Triage Absolutely. Just decide whether you want to be a Governor (you'll be assigned a province) or a Senator in the Varectian Senator.

Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP]

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Rise and Fall of the Varectian Republic [Factional RP] [Open to Apply]

Turn 1 Event

Grand Varectian Republic, Lacedonian Province, 91 B.C., Late Spring

The former Kingdom of Lacedonia had always been weak and inept. With it's fall, the islandic tribes returned to the Old Ways, and fled back into the forests and mountains in the north. They washed the civilization from their skin and within a generation had degraded themselves to the incomprehensible attitude that peace was a lie. The Ardenoisians warred with one another, while the Marfactorum--a group of semi-civilized Lacedonians and Islanders--lived in peace on the Eastern edge of the Adra River. It was a peace that Varectian Governor Julius Conrad Velos, just 29 years old, could appreciate it.

And today, that peace would be broken.

Lacedonia was nearly as far flung from Varus as the newly acquired territory of Delos. But while Delos raged, Lacedonia was an enchanting land of belted trees and sweeping plains. With a population of civilized Lacedonians, whom descended from the Thecians in the east, the local garrisons were called up to break up mercantile disputes, but never for war. "Lacedonia is part of the Republic on paper, but it's anything but in person," was what visitors would say. They were not loyal though. The majority of Lacedonians wished for independence from a nation that was a world away, and it was this very matter that Governor Velos often set his sights.

On the morning of the 12th day of the month of Mars, a pair of guards roused Governor Velos with disturbing news. The outstanding cities of the province were being attacked. By the time Velos had called Praetor Marius to his villa, the attack had worsened. The Ardenoisians were a rowdy people, but often stayed their hand across the Nordan River to the north. They had come, in some great number and destroyed several villages before fleeing back north across the river.

A typical Ardenoisian warrior, circa 91 B.C.

The Lacedonians swept inward, fearful of further reprieve from the warlike Ardenoisians to the north. They clogged the unpaved roads to the provincial capital of Threek, and the spear wielding Auxilia along the road could do little to stop them.

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An Ardenoisian force between estimed to be between 35,000 and 50,000 attacks Lacedonia.
Lacedonia's income has dropped 5 to 85 Vects/Year.