BRIT RISK Gameplay Rules: >you must create a persona no

>>48536411
claimin wessex

>>48536482
gotcha. once we have 2 more we go.

>>48536411
Ireland

>>48536732
gotcha

Let's do Essex.

>>48537030
Gotcha

The Year is 790. The Isles have been at peace for two generations. Small kings govern their domains as they see fit, content to trade with their neighbors.

In Ireland, a new King has ascended. There are rumors that he has begun to make plans and build ships...

In the East, King Nyrah calls up levies of men after a Frankish raiding party murders a conroi of ment-at-arms led by his Bastard son Ninevah. His son in chains in Amiens, King Nyrah must decide to accept the reality of having one of the smallest holds in the Isles or expanding into his peaceful neighbors and resurrecting warfare.

Wessex is strong. Wessex is large. Wessex is slow. Having the highest population of all of the kingdoms makes for large armies and severe shortfalls of food and supplies. The juggernaut of the Isles must expand or fracture...

ROLLERS
First rolls to here. Include names of leaders as well as Kingdom in sig. dont forget: 1 line of RP required to be counted.

I will be playing as Francia unless someone comes along and wants it.

>>48537242
I sail for Kent, yes? These Angle chattel do not deserve these lands they corrupt with their mere presence. I bring the Bastard Ninevah with me as my court pet. It is no more perverted to bugger an angleman than it is to boff a sheep, and no true frank would touch an angle whore...

>>48537242
sussex is mine, those franks may not have it nor can they have Kent!

>>48536411
>those anachronistic flags for Wales and Ireland

>>48537242
Time to invade Thetford. I mean I like my son, but France is way too far for my tastes.

Also, is my house Anglo-Saxon or Norman or some weird bastard of the two?

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The Frankish soldiers did well, rolling through the Kentish forces easily and spilling into Sussex and Wessex. Moving quickly to counter the incursion, King George marches East and retakes the territory around Winchester while subsuming the last territory controlled by Sussex.

King Nyrah, in a cold and calculated move, strikes north into East Anglia, his powerful if small army sweeping through every teritory they have and surrounding the cities.

The King of Ireland sists and broods on his throne. His masses of soldiers remain bivouacked on the shore, eager for Brithonic virgins and silver, and champ at the bit.

>>48537401
come play mang!

>>48537499
you decide, my friend

>>48537680
Oh, I guess I actually have to siege Thetford. But hey, at least those Kentish dogbotherers got what was coming to them.

>>48537716
>come play mang!
I don't have the patience ;_;

>>48537680
I siege Canterbury.

>>48537733
You would be well advised to make positive overtones to me. I have deigned to trod this near-worthless island, and i'll not accept impertinence...

>>48537903
My Lord the King of France, Anointed by God, Most Worthy,

Have at it.

Your humble servant,
Nyrah of London

>>48537680
Join as Dal Riata

Spread into Pictish Lands, surround Scone and Alcluny

5min warning

Is it to late to get in on this? Is Ireland taken?

>>48538253
The Ireland player has been out forever. Hopefully the gm will let you overthrow him.

>>48538267
>Hopefully the gm will let you overthrow him.
Tannistry is beautiful.

>>48538253
Ireland is yours. roll to here>>48537680
follow the rules from original post, and make Ireland great again

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The Frankish siege on Canterbury falls apart as sortie after sortie by Kentish cavalry tear down the engines.King Nyrah is likewise repulsed from Thetford by Danish mercenaries.

Alaric rises as a King of the tribes of Dal Riata, uniting them under one banner and marching on their Pictish cousins.

King George of Wessex has taken ill from tainted camp water in his forward outpost on his border with Frankish Sussex, stalling his campaign and losing the season.

>>48538429
Siege Scone

>>48538429
Any spaces left?

>>48538429
Fucking Danes all up in my ass. Fine, I will wait for them to starve and then offer them the chance to leave the city peacefully.

Continue to siege Thetford.

>>48538429
I send my noble warriors again to the walls of Canterbury.

>>48538267
King Nyrah, would you sign a compact to fight the men of Wessex with me, should they attack my flanks? In return i will support your legitimacy as a King over the Angles...

>>48538443
This roll would not be counted, though it failed anyway, because you did not put in any Role Playing. Minimum is 1 sentence.

>>48537680
Tannistre Niall kills the King for drunkenness and cowardice and becomes high king of Ireland.

I send a message to King Alaric

"In times long ago, the progenitors of Dial Riata came from Ireland. Your kin is our kin, and your fathers were our subjects. We do not take jealous claims on your lands, and look favorably to your brave ambitions on Pictland. Acknowledge us as your suzerain, as King of the Irish, and we shall aid you in your conquest, and grant you the protection of the High King of Ireland.

>>48538469
Many. Look at the map and the flagss. black dots next to a faction mean it is occupied. pick an unoccupied one, go back to the OP and read the rules, then roll to the latest mupdate.

>>48538475
>>48538471
>>48538443
The gods frown upon our efforts. the hardest decision a general-king makes is when to push or break a siege...

>>48538489
Greetings High King. We fought off the bloody Vikings, We'll fight off the bloody Franks, and if you think we'll bend the knee, we'll fight you. Now, I've no issue with you moving on the southerners, but don't go getting ideas above yer station. You're no King of Dal Riata.

>>48538507
Nyrah of London throws up his hands at the obstinacy of the viking-sons. "By God, we will besiege Elmham instead!"

My Lord the King of the Franks, beloved of Mary, descended from Carl Magnus,

Let me take these cities first.

Your humble servant,
Nyrah of London

>>48538537
I seek an alliance with the Picts, and move to invade Dal Riata from their rear, attacking from Donegal.

>>48538552
Very well, Nyrah King. I feel as though i should break my siege and march east, but i must pray on it. As a sign of good faith, i am sending your bastard home with a title, a wife, and a claim to a nice plot in the south of Francia.

>>48538567
This is your mulligan. only rolls linked to the mupdate + at least 1 line of RP get counted.

>>48538429
[Keep previous action to avoid metagaming, Siege Scone]
Right, you Pictish scum are working with the arrogant idiot on the Isle! I'll burn you out!

>>48538507
Ah, thanks.

Then I, Chief McFadyen, angered by the wars of King Alaric, shall step up to the throne at Alcully and march to expand the lands of Strathclyde

>>48538429
"King Alaric has grown proud and arrogant. He seeks not only to aggrandize his own land, but will brook no high king over him. It is time he be made humble, before he gains a kingdom to match his hubris."

I seek an alliance with the Picts, and invade Dal Riata's rear from Donegal.

((hope I'm doing this right))

>>48538632
Cheiftian, I have no issue with you, simply with Irishmen who think themselves superior. And Picts, but they shouldn't have killed that herd of Cattle.

>>48538597
Ah shit, thanks for my son back. He's got a bit of an accent, but a few beatings should take care of that. In any case, I gotta get back to fighting these Danes.

>>48538643
Well met High King of the Emerald Isle!
"King" Alaric is a bloody and arrogant man - do you agree that Dunauld must be crushed?

>>48538686
Very much so. He is nothing more then a rebel to his rightful kind, and a bandit to his neighbors. I seek only peaceful and good relations with the rightful rulers and lands of the Picts and Strathclyde. If you aid us in bringing these rebels under our rightful rule, and acknowledge it over his lands, we shall be happy to relieve you of their quarrelsomeness, and look upon your ventures elsewhere with favor and aid.

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The North falls into chaos as the Irish leviathan awakens and stretches its form north into the islands of Dal Riata. The Picts hold out against the might of Dal Riata as it sieges Scone, and the Strathclydian tribes coalesce under Cheif MacFadyen, urging him to ascend and unite the north even as they march into Northumbria.

This campaign season is wasted by the Southrons in failed sieges, with both ethe Franks and the Essexmen failing to bring their foes to heel. The King George of Wessex has died from his illness, and his sons are gone to ground as jealous lordlings vie for control of the armies of Wessex. A ripe opportunity for an enterprising noble, or a temptation to foreign invaders?

META: you get one roll per turn. no re-rolls, and only logical, fair redirects. If you give me instructions (march directly towards X) and i screw it up, then you must chalk it up to poor weather, poor discipline, or local whores distracting your commanders. pretty much all errors and infelicities are under this Fate Umbrella, excepting of course if i forget you entirely, in which case i will rectify with no roll penalty. In terms of RP, you guys are rock solid. A final note: put your kingdom in your tag along with your name. not mandatory, but it will aid in diplomacy and dialogue, as well as mudslinging and skulduggery.

>>48538770
I shift my forces West and march on Wessex, burning and looting as i go.

My generals confidence is shaken; i must bring them spoil and woman flesh or they will turn their hearts towards home and my family's expenditure here will be for naught. Damn this dreary farm stead of a country!

>>48538770
These cities are proving quite intractable. I shall take battle to Mercia in the west, then. I must reach Nottingham as soon as possible.

>>48538770
March, lads, leave the picts, it was only 5 cows after all. Charge!! Drive the Irish into the SEA!
>>48538732
Right then! I don't know why you think I should bend the knee, but you're hardly going to hold my lands for long.
>>48538686
Chieftain, the Irish never held these lands, why are you aiding him!

OoC: walking to corner store. back in 15

>>48538822
You can bend the knee to me...

>>48538770
I seek to take the remaining 'original' Dal Riata provice that is not their capital, cutting off their capital from their armies in Pictland. I plan to lay a low intensity siege, less interested in breaking their capital as to keep it and their armies firmly separated, and unable to support each other. They can be destroyed later.

"Alric fancies himself King. Let us see how much a king he is without armies to command, or lands to rule."

>>48538732
He is but a plague on both our houses - I would seek to aid you in hastening his defeat, and my price is little - just what he has greedily stolen from his neighbours

>>48538770
My army shall march to the relief of Scone, to knock the armies of Alaric back and defeat him in the field

>>48538896
That may lead to quarrels with the Picts, and I cannot promise what was their lands before they were plundered. I can only offer my services as a man of peace to mediate between you and the Picts, and as a strong and honest King, who will assure you are compensated, one way or another.

>>48538770
Any openings for another player?

>>48538843
Nay offense Nyrah, but Im as much a King as you are. Maybe I might consider it if you helped with these Irishmen.

>>48538917
That is fair, though the Picts mill about aimlessly at this time, without a leader and their capital besieged.

My main aim is to clear the Dal Riata from the lowlands - once their armies are defeated I can treat with the Picts - we may even seek your wisdom as an adjudicator

>>48538921
Probably. Choose a kingdom and declare an action.

>>48538921
Look at the map; if a faction has no dots it is open. make sure to read the thread from the beginning as there are rules that must be followed for your rolls to count. Welcome to the game. make sure you put yor leader's name AND your faction in the Name section of your post.

mupdate in 5min. factions new and old, if you have not rolled yet, do so and with haste.

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The women of Dal Riata weep for their lost husbands and sons as the combined forces of Strathclyde and Ireland lay waste to their once expansive northern holdings.

To date, no cities have fallen to invaders and all Kings turn from attempting to seizing the gems of the kingdoms and expand. The Frankish campaign is underwhelming even as the armies of Essex smash into Mercia. New lords move to ascend as the field of contenders widens.

Ard Ri Niall stands as the most powerful ruler, with Kings Nyrah and Artagnon II a close second.

>>48539183
Time to besiege Nottingham!

>>48539183
FOR RIATA!!!! HOLD THE CITY!! AVENGE OUR FALLEN!
Push back the Irish out of original lands.

>>48539183
I continue my investment of Wessex, seeking the sons of the late King George.

Narrative: I have grown old on this dreadful island, and a Wessex farmer defied the will of god and planted an arrow in my leg, 'neath the thigh and above the shin. The wound is festering and no appeal to any of the gods brings relief. I sail for home so i can die on Frankish soil, abdicating the throne to my second son Clervin, first of his name. May the gods smile on him...

>>48539183
We seek to take the Dal Riata's holdings on the Isle of Mull and the Surrounding territory, and then prepare for a siege proper of Dunadd.

"Bring forth Cattle and Fish to our siege, for soon peace will be at had, and we will have cause to feast and celebrate, alongside good friends and brothers in arms."

>>48539233
Hello to you, young King of the Franks. How much of our humble rock are you planning to conquer?

>>48539322
Je refuse d'utiliser votre langue de porc pour la discussion officielle. Je vais prendre ce que Dieu veut.

>>48539183
The isles writhe in turmoil and it becomes abundantly clear that these lands are rich for the taking. It is for the future of the Norge and the glory of my King and namesake that I now set out to lay claims to the lands of Britain. By warfare and diplomacy will I establish a realm for all my people. Under my eyes the Isle of Man shall become the true center of the Emerald Isles

Starting first with the directionless Welsh and castle Bangor

>>48539183
If we are to clear the Dal Riata from the north we will need a staging ground - claim the seat of Scone for Strathclyde!

>>48539371
I urge you not make haste here, my friend. The picts have done us no harm, and make unruly subjects, at best. Let them live peacably, and show that Strathclyde is not only mighty, but just.

>>48539359
I think maybe Dieu veuts you to stop fighting fellow Christians and go kick the Muslims out of Spain. That way, your men won't even have to cross that annoying channel anymore.

>>48539371
See how he seeks to dictate to us. Why do you think I responded poorly to him. Do you think he will be satisfied with my lands alone? He wishes us weak and easy to crush, as walls for him against southern invasions.

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Dal Riata, though assaulted by two strong armies, begins to claw its way back from the abyss. The pact between Strathclyde and Eire, once seen as unshakable, begins to sway ever so slightly as the Strathclydian siege of Scone fails and the Irish rebuttal to Dal Riata's salient is lackluster.

In the south, the forces of Essex are foiled again by drear weather and weary troops, as the Sheriff of Nottingham hurls insults down on them from his walls. The Franks slowly grind their way east under a haughty and impetuous new King.

Narrative: After the next mupdate, leaders must die or abdicate their thrones to heirs or usurpers, with the exception of Man and Strathclyde. With this succession should come a touch of character change, but this is not mandatory... though it may incur bonuses...

>>48539620
Lorsque mon père a échoué, je vais réussir! Dieu, accorde-moi la victoire et livrer entre mes mains tous les usurpateurs, profanateurs, et Angles bas nés!

Mars sur Wessex! Dieu le veut!
(Francia > Wessex)

>>48539620
"I grow tired of these proud rebels. I shall seek Victory or death in battle, trusting my faith in my God to see through the day."

Nial Seeks a conclusive battle with the armies of Dal Riata, now that they are in the field.

>>48539620
Ah, my poor husband Nyrah and his sons are dead from a sudden, simultaneous bout of completely natural disease. I suppose I will have to take up the reigns.

First, to remove these frogs from our country. I move the army southward, in hopes of "liberating" the beleaguered lords of Kent and Sussex.

>>48539620
As the Men of Dal Riata charged forth, reclaiming their holds, an Irish arrow sails over the army. Striking Alaric in the shoulder. Collapsing to the ground, he is surrounded by his retainers and escorted back to Dunadd, where he is laid to Rest. The Council of Eoldermen appoint his Son, current commander of the Infantry, to the Throne. "ALL HAIL THE SON OF ALARIC. ALL HAIL KING ALCARN!"

As his first act, King Alcarn swear vengeance on the Irish, and orders his men to drive the Irish from their lands, pushing on to the Emerald Isle itself, if possible.

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Historically accurate version. Dumnonia wasn't subdued by Wessex until a few decades further into the 9th century.

>>48539727
dude... thank you. Saving for next time. come play mang!

>>48539620
Siege the castle Bangor put all who reside within it's walls to the sword. Make way for the Norge so that they may inherit the lands.

"What good is a wall if men of weak hearts guard it? What use is an Ox with a bent back or a dog without teeth? The weak and old must make way for the new and strong, for that is simply the way of the world. Our arrival is a blessing for it will make these lands stronger"

>>48539727
>>48539749
also, can you add your handle? you have made a significant enough change to deserve credit...

>>48539620
Clear the rest of the lowlands of Dal Riata - now that their siege of Scone has been lifted we shall remove them from the east of Scotland

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Dal Riata wins and loses by the same turns of fate. The Irish get pushed back even as the Strathclydians sweep the Dal out of much of Scotland.

The forces of Man defeat the defenders of Bangor, putting all to the sword.

The Frankish whiner sweeps through Wessex, but is cut off from the Continent by a surprise invasion by Wessex from the north.

Dal Riata and Essex get a +1 to their rolls on this round.

>>48539861
Quel traître scélératesse! Tourner vers le nord, mes sujets! Détruisez les hommes d'Essex!

(Francia > Essex)

>>48539861
Now would probably be a good time to seize Canterbury. My husband and I always hated Kent.

>>48539809
Right then. Mayhap you should watch your ambitions. Northumbria won't be there for ever, and the vikings are rising again. Would ye be amenable to a split of Pictish lands, drawn along my former borders, and the northern territories going to me, while you hold Scone and the southern Pictish Lands. There's softer targets than us around.

>>48539861
With the King Dead, and the armies divided, the Captain of the Irish Navy is perfectly positioned to win the succession crisis. Ireland will now embark on a hard nosed, less idealistic policy focused on trade and domination. But for now, the immediate goal remains: crush the Dal Riata, and maintain favorable relations with Strathclyde.

>>48539940
To clarify: Making a push to cut off their castle again.

>>48539861
Now men! Reclaim all that the Irish took! Men of the Peninsular, march North into the lands of the Picts! Men of Dunadd, Reclaim our Homelands!

>>48539861
A good start but the lands of Wales were disappointingly poor outside of the open space and those strange buildings the natives fill with silverware and golden crosses. The richer lands of the Saxons may be better suited for us. Cut through the coasts of Mercia and up into the lands toward York. We will take the Western coast to hail the arrival of any Norge settlers.

"Bells! Bells! Bells! Why do the Christians have such a fascination with bells? Their temples have bells, their castles have bells, their watch towers have bells, even their cattle have bells. The next man who rings a bell near me will be EATING IT!"

>>48539894
Eh. Serves me right for trying to kill Kentishmen at a time like this.

>>48539940
Ah, another queen. How delightful. It's a shame you had to be so Irish.

>>48540030
Shame you had to be such a prissy bitch.

>>48539926
You've proven equal parts capricious, greedy and cowardly - taking from the Picts but running from myself and the Irish at the first sign of trouble

>>48539940
A new leader is always a change, but we honour our auld agreements

>>48539861
Dunauld shall fall - the highlands bide themselves, so long as nae Dal Riata scurry away there to hide

>>48540030
I can keep hitting my head on yours all day Lady. Yer predecessor didn't realise that. Maybe you will. Also, look the the Isle of Man. Castle Town has been re-established, the norge once more sail the inner sea.

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Dal Riata is hard put upon by the raiders of Strathclyde, and a devastating invasion by the new Irish queen nearly locked them away in Dunadd, but a desperate sortie by the Kings younger brother liberated a fraction of their former territory, leaving them alive, but only just...

The Manx are terrifying. Not content to slaughter olny welshmen, they march north, subsuming portions of Mercia and Northumbria. The armies of Essex fail in siege, and are rewarded by fate with a Frankish incursion.

All sieges get a +1, all invasions get a -1.

>>48540082
My father did nae run from you. He went to stop his home from falling. Which he did, at the cost of his own life. I'll ask you not to sully his name again.

>>48540111
Nous siège Winchester. Les propositions de paix pour la conscription sont étendues à tous les hommes.

(Francia > Winchester)

>>48540007
Sounds like you need more cowbell Magnus.

I must say though, it's not like you to want land that cannot see the sea

>>48540140
REEEEEEEEEEEE

so by my own bonus, i get bounced from 0 to 1. FML

>>48540111
We shall return against France's holdings in England.

>>48540111
Once again the Irish sit at our walls. Once again we will ride out and meet them!. By my Father's soul, DRIVE THEM BACK! NOW BROTHER! RIDE WITH ME TO THE GLORY OF RIATA

>>48540135
At least yer brother has some guts

>>48540111
stop taking the trips/dubs yo
The decline of the ancient picts makes me worry for the state of Scone and it's stone - best be securing that capital, to keep its holiness intact

>>48540230
see>>48540166

we both got burned. sorry bruv

>>48540253
oh shit yeah. REEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>48540111
Take the Lands through Nottingham towards York. These lands and castles will fall easily to my people.

"I long to feel the easterly sea breeze hitting the coasts of the isles. That sensation that brought my forefather to this land. It fill the soul with thoughts of conquests"

>>48540082
We honor auld agreements as well, but we are more straightforward then our predecessor:

Pictland is a dagger: In your hands, it points to Ireland, in our hands it points into Strathclyde. It's conquest and subjugation will only put fear into one or both of us.

At the same time the Picts are constant rebels and their land is poor. Our proposal is simple:

Dal Riata's lands will be ours: Gaels will go to Gaels.

Pictland will remain in the hands of the Picts, allowing us all to live in peace.

Strathclyde will be compensated out of Northumberland. We will provide troops to aid in their subjugation. This will provide you with more defensive borders and more fertile lands. Is this acceptable for you?

>>48540111
Beseige Dunadd.

"By Land and sea, we shall take their fortifications and finally end this."

>>48540341
But didn't the Gaels of Dal Riata steal that land from Picts in the first place?

>>48540376
As it stands you do not border Dunadd. Normally, this would be a wasted roll, but i will redirect into expansion with the requisite -1.

>>48540381
Aye, but they're there now. Gaels will always be troublesome rebels, and blood relations will always pull us into cattle raids and wars. Once all the Gaels are under one throne, one ruler, they can get along peacably with their neighbor folk. That was Nial's dream, and I intend to see it through.

>>48540341
The picts are leaderless and poor - their only threat comes from their High Places being a place for the likes of the Dal Riata to retreat to - other than spiritual Scone, surrounded by my land, I am content to let them be.

I gladly accept the offer of troops, should their need arise, as long as it is but the islands and Gael-lands you claim

>>48540376
>>48540381
Why do ye think ye can call me Gael. Dal Riata has been independant of them for years, and will remain like that.

>>48540402
>As it stands you do not border Dunadd.
Wut? Am I reading that map wrong?

>>48540476
Gaels are like Moors or Frenchmen. Even after they and their families move to better pastures, the distinctive stench remains.

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Suffering and decay spread through the land. Sieges fall and thousands of men are consigned to shallow graves that were siege trenches. Dal Riata is once again surrounded by the hordes of the Queen of Eire. The forces of Man continue to take control of interior territories, with no real foe facing them. Essexian forces reclaim much of what they had lost.

Gameplay: if you are about to be wiped out or get rekt, you can appeal to the winner to become envassaled. They must give you a city and 2 Ts. you are bound to follow their order for 3 rolls, then you can rebel, declare independence, or maintain your station. Factions with vassals get a +1.

>>48540476
>Why do ye think ye can call me Gael.
What do you think "Dal Riata" means, and in what language?

>>48540531
DRIVE THEM BACK! BROTHER, TO THE EAST, I'll TAKE THE ONES TO THE EAST! CHARGE!!!! NEVER SURRENDER. NO KNEELING TO AN INVADER! DUNADD WILL NOT FALL!!!!

>>48540531
These fucking men of Wessex shall feel our wrath!

We march north towards victory!

(Francia > Essex)

>>48540561
mierde

Ces hommes putains de Wessex se sentir notre colère!

Nous marchons au nord vers la victoire!

>>48540531
I assume this only counts for Player Kingdoms?...those bloody Picts

Scone, it must be taken, though the call to move southward beckons

>>48540531
Forward, to Amiens!

>>48540602
yes

>>48540531
This map is lookin pretty Manly.

>>48540531
Move through the lands to York and the eastern seas.

"I am coming to believe that the men of these lands are not actually men, but rather, upright sheep. Like sheep they follow ahead of our army until we herd them into a castle which we then secure. Then we herd more sheep until we reach the next castle and never once will any one of them consider fighting against us."

>>48540619
The only kingdom to take a Capital (not for lack of trying), but also the easiest invaded

>>48540531
Trying to crush the damn rebels again.

"Last offer. Surrender now, or be hung like rebels."

>>48540560
>>48540531
Whoops, said East twice. ah well, meant for Alcarn to attack West.

>>48540559
Yea seem ta think that Gaels should kneel to you. So you can see why we don't call ourselves Gaels. We are men of Dal Riata. We are the descendants of Fergus Mór mac Eirc. And we do not kneel to you.
Only Bede says that Dal Riata was ruled by Gaels. The older accounts say it was formed by a son of Eric of Scotland, and that there were some Gaelic Settlers.[/spoilers]

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>>48540619
All is right in the world

Thor guides us to victory over the Christians

>>48540596
Essex, frog. Essex. Wessex is currently shitting itself against your forces right now. Shows how much they were worth in the end.

>>48540783
What happened to Wessex anyway?
They still have Cornwall, but little else.

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The Manx dominate the countryside as the natives quibble over parcels of land. Essex invades Francia even as the Franks push further north into their territory. With yet another turn of fate, The brothers of Dal Riata strike out from Dunadd, reclaiming much of what was lost.

>>48540841
Siege Winchester pour la gloire de Dieu et Francia!

>>48540841
Now is the time soldiers. Storm the walls of the Frankish city!

>>48540859
>>48540870
now this is podracing!

>>48540817
Now I have yer attention,mayhap ye'll listen. I'll cede to you the lands south of Scone. But you leave the north to me. And we can stop this stupid war between us. Scone remains a neutral city, till one of us falls, then the other may take it.
>>48540841
Brother, take this message to the Strathclyde hold at Alcluy. I ride North to purge the Irish from the lands of Mác Erc

>>48540841
This will not stand!!
Push the Dal Riata into the sea, or the blades of the Irish, whichever they prefer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwLtyvGdNbc

Theme for Manx:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b5X69vREAg

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>>48540898
You'll cede the Lowlands?

Scone is a holy place, as proven by it's resistance to both our forces - I'll abide by its neutrality

>>48540841
Nottingham was an impressive castle but York is a truly great city. It's coffers must be immense and will surely make me a wealthy and prestigious man. My name will be well known and sung even in the remotest halls of Norway. Take the city and let all within it's walls belong to us!

"I suppose my men will quite like the woman in York a fair bit more then the Sheep in Bangor. They may smell worse but at least they're prettier."

>>48540996
Agreed. Now let the descendants of Erc no longer fight each other, but turn outwards!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tzE98pQH08

>>48540889
Alright Clervin. Are you about ready to stop this war? The Manx pagans are at our gates, and I have even gone so far as to invade the continent. But I would give it all back for the key to Winchester and your promise of aid.

Have we a bargain?

>>48541034
>>48540996
If both parties are in agreement i shall honor their desires. BOTH MUST RESPOND IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO THIS POST

>>48541055
Agreed!

>>48541055
Aye, agreed

>>48541048

Dieu vous damne, Angle ... vous avez la sagesse de cette manière ...

Très bien: donnez-moi Amiens ainsi que mon pays continental et vous pouvez avoir Winchester et deux territoires.

Acceptez-vous ces termes?

>>48541063
>>48541081
so mote it be

>>48541048
>>48541102
this as well

>>48541102
I also desire a defensive pact. Whomever attacks one of us shall be set upon by both of us.

>>48541161

Nous avons un accord.

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Peace and war walk hand in hand both in the north and the south. The blood food betwixt the clan kingdoms of Strathclyde and Dal Riata is ended in a pact to cede lands. In the south, the Franks and the Essexians also swap lands and form a defensive pact, setting thier sights on the unchallenged Manx forces devastating the Midlands. The Queen of Eire has some serious choices to make...

>>48541176
Tres bien.Et je crois que votre visage n'est pas si horrifique en personne.

>>48541230
Nous marchons au nord à travers Mercia dans les terres détenues par les forces Manx.

>>48541230
Conquer the last of the northern Pictish Lands. then retake the islands that Ireland still hold.

>>48541230
We really should be taking Nottingham already.

>>48541271
Ah ha ha. Drôle ainsi que sage. nous devrions peut-être prendre leur retraite à Amiens à la fin de cette saison de la campagne pour le vin et ... des mots ...

>>48541230
Northumbria, like the lowlands before, looks in need of a guardian against the ravages of invaders.

I worry for York

>>48541291
...was this a roll?

>>48541321
Yes

>>48541230
Take York. It's lands and it's docks shall belong to the Norge as gateways to our people.

"Odin give me the wisdom and Thor give me the strength to take these walls quickly. How can a people who worship a dead god hope to stand before the living gods of war and of the storm."

>>48541302
This Jarl worries me as well. I remember the ravages of the Norge as well as any. Do what you will, and I will aid you as best I can

Waiting on Ireland...

5min warning

>>48541391
How worried about him are you, my king?

>>48541424
Enough to make note of, Duchess. Enough to make note of.

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The Manx take a third city, putting them on par with Essex for control of the keys to success in the game of thrones.

The northern clans consolidate their holdings and begin to look south for increased power and prestige.

The Franks march north, eager to do battle with the other invaders of the Isle.

The forces of Essex fail in their siege against Nottingham.

>>48541482
Mars nord dans Mercia et Manx!

>>48541482
I take the two Mercian provinces around Nottingham, then.

>>48541482
Continue to march onto the Islands. Send my son to Strathclyde to march with them and to learn of war between nations, not mere pacification.
>>48541081
Make sure he becomes someone I can be proud of when I see him again.

>>48541482
Lady of Éire, if you're here, while the difficulties with the Dal Riata may continue for you, I have found a measure of peace, and hope you can do the same - I beseech you for assistance regarding the so-called Isle of Man

For myself, I march toward York

>>48541561
ugh, it is a slow march

>>48541482
Defend and push back against any attempts on my lands. The Christians can cower in fear of me if they so desire and it can be a fruitless task. Let their armies marching against me be the pitiful beatings of a child's tantrum against his fathers chest.

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The Irish languish in the abscence of their queen, who many believed perished in the Firths fleeing from the raiding scows of Dal Riata, who continue to consolidate the highlands. The Strathclydians continue the slog south through the Scottish lowlands towards York. The men of Man push back against the Franks, but two more armies are moving against them. Only time will tell who will hold the Midlands of the Isle...

>>48541771
Take the Orkneys and the last Scottish Island. Then sail for Mann. Surround Castle Town.

>>48541771
Notre armée marche en Wales! Dieu le veut!

>>48541771
Onward then, to York!

>>48541771
I defend and defend and never stop defending till I am dead. If the Britons are so foolish as to let the franks make such a foothold in the land and the Picts so foolish as to let the leader of more of my own kin in the north consolidate then let me die with a smile on my face knowing that my mere magnificence drives the simple minded into such a frenzy.

Is thread kil guys? seems like it is dropping off...

>>48542140
Risk threads typically stick pretty low being bumped by the small numbers of players constant posts.

>>48542140
I'm afraid I have to leave now for work. It's been fun.

If you want, I'm going to focus on taking York and all the other cities in my land.

>>48542167
I started out on /b/ riskclan in '12, when the stopped IDs i jumped to /pol/, but i have had 3 bans in the last 2 weeks, so i am here.

>>48542235
np mang GG

OK LADS

that is all for GG to everyone. I am Haliax and i will be back sometime to OP/GM more maps.

thanks for bringing it in the RP. you guys were great

>>48542266
This looks like it was pretty cool. Missed this one, but I'll be sure to keep my eyes out for the next one.

>>48542140
I fell asleep, being in actual Mercia