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Voile Domain Soline, Queen of Wolves (Dip 6/Mil 7/Ind 5/Fth 4/Int 3) Following Sabine's death, her daughter Soline assumes the duties of queen and commander as a battlefield promotion. Upon her victorious return to the misty isle, the Conclave assents after little debate and a token, almost performative objection from the silver-cloaked master of merchants. Soline is an aged leader with the most experience in matters of war, and as world peace is unlikely, the veteran valkyrie is the natural choice. Brigitte is selected from among the valkyries to command the Wolf Maidens (and replaces Soline as a Hero). [Industry] Buyout 207-TP2 Cedar from VVV (11) - [Military 5] Recruit Hero (9): Tristan "The Sea Hawk" - A legendary ranger emerges, peerless in archery and a brilliant guerilla tactician. [Military] Recruit 2 Units via Fortress - New Unit Count: 8 Land, 5 Navy [Diplomacy 5] Establish Cultural Identity (Dueling) - Though death in battle is a great honor and the natural end for a valkyrie, the new queen's rigorous doctrine demands brutal martial efficiency among her champions: to seek out and kill enemy commanders with haste, rather than to rely on more traditional skirmishing. [Diplomacy] VOI Offers Terms to the Rising Sun - Victorious, though saddened by the heavy cost of war, Soline delivers the following terms to the Rising Sun remnant in the hopes of forestalling another war. The Sun Borne must accept exile from Ana Kai, or surrender to indefinite house arrest with proper accommodations befitting her status. Rising Sun forces disband. Fighters will be granted amnesty and need not surrender their weapons. Voilese loyalists will be installed as regional nobility per Siobhan's agreement a decade prior. As the legitimate heir to Siobhan, the Sun Borne may appoint an immediate successor from her bloodline as leader of Ana Kai and the new marquis under Domain rule. Myrkran in the region will be resettled elsewhere in the Domain. (VOI requests MYR's assistance and pays 1 Favor) Bright's Glow faithful will not be persecuted, though they must commit to not proselytizing on the Isle du Voile, and preaching on the streets of Strange Port will be banned. (VOI will not convert or purge in 211) [Non-Action] Generate 1 Treasure with 5 TPs [Non-Action] Resist Buyouts and Conversions Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails, Masonry, Animal Husbandry Translations: Yon Vaire Bonuses: +1 Exploration, +1 resist Raid/Sack Units: 6 [Valkyries, Utui Exiles] Naval Units: 5 [Sea Rangers, Jarl Hringr's Vikings] Treasure: 1 Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf. Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.

Rolls for leader succeeding Sabine. Inherited stats: +2 Dip, +2 Mil, +2 Industry Prior round bonuses: +1 Mil, +1 Industry Queen Soline: 6 Dip, 7 Mil, 5 Ind, 4 Fth, 3 Int

Region 218 - Ile de Reglisse Description: An idyllic, temperate island with few obvious scars left by prior civilizations. Much of the interior is old-growth forest with trees too gnarled to be suitable for masts, and a rocky soil unable to support much beyond the twisted alders. The coastline is desolate, lacking most forms of vegetation beyond moss. Where black stone has worn away to sandy beaches, the swift-moving water is still too frigid for recreational swimming. Winters and summers are both mild. People: Previous inhabitants of the island were wiped out by the Vandals, leaving no written records and few artifacts of any significance to the present Nord and Voilese settlers. Forgotten shrines dot the coastline, with stone figures in the likeness of a horse-fish hybrid and a shallow basin for burning oil -- an effort to appease the wrath of or gain the favor of the sea god, one supposes. Transplants from the Nord lands live here now, mostly highland shepherds and coastal fishermen. Slash-and-burn has left much of the topsoil too barren for staple crops, the last desperate play of the previous inhabitents in their final years of slow starvation. Voilese supply ships are a common sight, running to and from the daunting seaside fortress known as the Wolves' Den or the Lupercal. Resource: Barely fit for habitation by shepherds and fishermen, the island seems devoid of any exploitable natural resources spare for the wild Licorice, which has some dubious medical benefit when taken as an antiemetic or sleep aid. Region 213 - Pays-Bas Description: By the "low country", the Voilese mean the entire stretch of coastline between the western mountains and the turn of the northern peninsula which marked the territory of the Nords, and by extension the Domain. The region is dominated by vast, flat meadows stretching a hundred miles inland from the sea. Apart from the cultivated woods and the odd diminutive stream to interrupt a hike, the low lands are actually so boring as to disorient travelers and send them miles off course. People: The Vergers inhabit the Pays-Bas, known to the Voilese as "the people who keep orchards" due to the widespread and admirable arboriculture practiced among all tribes of the region. Contrasting with the rough seafaring Nord folk, Verger tribes are known to be peaceful and unskilled in matters of war. As for what passes for governance, each tribe is led by a trio of matriarchs, usually the eldest and respective best at oration, medicine, and woodworking. Tribes likewise each have a unique variety of apple, and a patron minor goddess thought to dwell within each grove, something like a dryad. Resource: Apples. The locals are quite proud of them, and there are several cultivated varieties, but they are just apples.

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 10/Mil 10/Ind 8/Fth 2/Int 3) Otherwise content to leave the bloody zealots to their own devices, the Voilese cannot abide atrocities against the friendly Mykran. Queen Sabine demands the Sun-borne's amassing force remain on their side of the mountains and desist threats against the Rithaki, or face swift retaliation to obviate future conflict. [Military] Invade 211 (Queen Sabine leads 6 units + 5 navy, spends 1 treasure: 10 Leader + 11 Units + 1 Treasure. Sabine attempts to Skirmish and will issue a Challenge to Duel (Capture)) - [Military] Fortress: Recruit Unit x 2 - Valkyries and Utui Exiles (6 → 8) [Industry] Rayjo Network Expansion for MYR [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Deer in 201, TP1 (18, Success) - Some debate ensues as to what the Voilese mean to do with the acquired cervine herds. Many of the veiled folk are pescetarians, and they eschew leather armor for layered lotus silk. Asked for clarity, one trader explained by laminating his fingers and saying simply, "La colle." [Diplomacy] Diplomatic Mission North of 225 (15, Success) [Non-Action] Generate 1 Treasure with 5 TPs [Non-Action] Resist Buyouts and Conversions Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails, Masonry, Animal Husbandry Translations: Yon Vaire Bonuses: +1 Exploration, +1 resist Raid/Sack Units: 6 [Valkyries] Naval Units: 5 [Sea Rangers, Jarl Hringr's Vikings] Treasure: 1 Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf. Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 10/Mil 10/Ind 7/Fth 2/Int 3) The Sun-borne's bloody coup is met with stony silence, as is their prodigious and inexplicably rapid armament. No doubt the vast army of religious zealots on their border is a concern, but the silvercloaks do not share their thoughts on the matter. [Diplomacy] Welcome Shiobyn & the Utui Loyalists [Industry] Buyout 200 Highland Berries TP2 (Open) w/ Support (OMG) - [Industry] Buyout 213 Apples TP1 (Open) w/ Support (VOI) - [Military] Fortress: Recruit Naval Unit x2 - More Sea Rangers (Naval Unit Count 4 → 6) [Military] Recruit Unit - More Valkyries (Unit Count 4 → 5) [Non-Action] Accept tech from OMG via embassy [Non-Action] Resist Buyouts and Conversions Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails, Masonry, Animal Husbandry Translations: Yon Vaire Bonuses: +1 Exploration, +1 resist Raid/Sack Units: 4x Valkyries (Wolf, Raven, Owl, Mystery Box) Naval Units: 3x Sea Rangers (1st, 2nd, 3rd), 1x Jarl Hringr's Vikings Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf. Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.

Region 218 - Ile de Reglisse Description: An idyllic, temperate island with few obvious scars left by prior civilizations. Much of the interior is old-growth forest with trees too gnarled to be suitable for masts, and a rocky soil unable to support much beyond the twisted alders. The coastline is desolate, lacking most forms of vegetation beyond moss. Where black stone has worn away to sandy beaches, the swift-moving water is still too frigid for recreational swimming. Winters and summers are both mild. People: Previous inhabitants of the island were wiped out by the Vandals, leaving no written records and few artifacts of any significance to the present Nord and Voilese settlers. Forgotten shrines dot the coastline, with stone figures in the likeness of a horse-fish hybrid and a shallow basin for burning oil -- an effort to appease the wrath of or gain the favor of the sea god, one supposes. Transplants from the Nord lands live here now, mostly highland shepherds and coastal fishermen. Slash-and-burn has left much of the topsoil too barren for staple crops, the last desperate play of the previous inhabitents in their final years of slow starvation. Voilese supply ships are a common sight, running to and from the daunting seaside fortress known as the Wolves' Den or the Lupercal. Resource: Barely fit for habitation by shepherds and fishermen, the island seems devoid of any exploitable natural resources spare for the wild Licorice, which has some dubious medical benefit when taken as an antiemetic or sleep aid. Region 213 - Pays-Bas Description: By the "low country", the Voilese mean the entire stretch of coastline between the western mountains and the turn of the northern peninsula which marked the territory of the Nords, and by extension the Domain. The region is vast, flat meadows stretching a hundred miles inland from the sea. Apart from the cultivated woods and the odd diminutive stream to interrupt a hike, the low lands are actually so boring and flat as to disorient travelers and send them miles off course. People: The Vergers inhabit the Pays-Bas, known to the Voilese as "the people who keep orchards" due to the widespread and admirable arboriculture practiced among all tribes of the region. Contrasting with the rough seafaring Nord folk, Verger tribes are known to be peaceful and unskilled in matters of war. As for what passes for governance, each tribe is led by a trio of matriarchs, usually the eldest and respective best at oration, medicine, and woodworking. Tribes likewise each have a unique variety of apple, and a patron minor goddess thought to dwell within each grove, something like a dryad. Resource: Apples. The locals are quite proud of them, and there are several cultivated varieties, but they are just apples.

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 9/Mil 10/Ind 7/Fth 2/Int 3) Rumors   [Diplomacy] Stabilize 218 (17, Success) [Diplomacy] Stabilize 213 (16, Success) [Diplomacy] Establish Claim on 211 (18 (9 Dip +1 MYR rep), Success) - Diplomatic efforts continue to entice the Ana Kai. The realm is stabilizing, and the construction of the Lupercal is a quiet show of power that everyone can appreciate. [Military] Recruit Unit - Replenish the ranks of the Valkyries (Unit Count 3 → 4) [Military 10] Raise Fortress in 218 - Implicitly to piss off the Vandals. Rather forced into a perpetual state of readiness, after the last invasion, Sabine personally oversees the construction of the seaside stronghold. The place soon becomes known as the Lupercal as the flying banners depict a rampant she-wolf with arrows lodged in her back.   [Non-Action] Spend 1 Favor to increase MYR reputation. Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails, Masonry, Animal Husbandry Translations: Yon Vaire Bonuses: +1 Exploration, +1 resist Raid/Sack Units: 3x Valkyries (Wolf, Raven, Owl) Naval Units: 3x Sea Rangers (1st, 2nd, 3rd), 1x Jarl Hringr's Vikings   Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf.   Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.      

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 8/Mil 9/Ind 7/Fth 2/Int 3) Standing stones are raised to memorialize the battle, honoring the Omega and Zavestra who fought with the veiled folk. Having learned more about the Mist Eaters from the Tempest-Runner's own mouth, any respect the Voilese had for the seafaring raiders is surmounted by contempt. Thankfully, they most competent mad dog has been eliminated, leaving them without leadership.   [Diplomacy] Press Claim on 213 (Automatic Success) - Similar enough to the Northmen already subordinate to Voilese sovereignty, a number of clan leaders journey to the misty isle to pledge their fealty to Queen Sabine, elevating them to the rank of count (or jarl in the Nord tongue.) [Diplomacy] Establish Claim on 211 (11, Failure) - Queen Sabine offers to restore order and defend the Ana Kai and enfranchise one family as Voilese nobility. [Military] Recruit Unit - Having suffered terrible losses against the Vandals, the Valkyries do what they can to bolster their ranks and return the injured to fighting form. [Military] Recruit Naval Unit - The warriors and ships of Jarl Hringr are at the queen's disposal. [Military] Defend 218 (Queen Sabine leads, challenges duel. Skirmishing Tactic +8 (9 Mil -1 Size). +9 Leader +5 Units = +14 Battle Roll.)   [Non-Action] Spend 1 Favor to increase MYR reputation. [Non-Action] The Tempest-Runner is executed following a tribunal -- an unrepentant, murderous savage. Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails, Masonry, Animal Husbandry Translations: Yon Vaire Bonuses: +1 Exploration, +1 resist Raid/Sack Units: 2x Valkyries (Wolf, Raven Naval Units: 3x Sea Rangers (1st, 2nd, 3rd)   Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf.   Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.      

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 7/Mil 8/Ind 7/Fth 2/Int 3) Descended from seafaring warriors, the Voilese understand the Vandals implicitly. Queen Sabine wouldn't think to deny her Valkyries a proper battle after decades of peace and cooperation. They'll have it out on the battlefield, and the Raven King will welcome his daughters home.   [Diplomacy] Press Claim on 213 (16, Success) - [Diplomacy] Diplomatic Mission N of 220 (15, Success) - [Military] Defend 220 - Soline the Wolf Maiden (7) will lead 7 Units and attempt to Skirmish. She refuses to duel. 3 Naval Units will carry OMG units from 216 to 218. The other 4 VOI units will just stay in 218. [Military] Recruit Naval Unit - [Military] Recruit Naval Unit -   [Non-Action] Support RIK Buyout in 218, Licorice Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails, Masonry, Animal Husbandry Translations: Yon Vaire Bonuses: +1 Exploration, +1 resist Raid/Sack Units: 4x Valkyries (Wolf, Raven, Bear, Other) Naval Units: 3x Sea Rangers (1st, 2nd, 3rd)   Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf.   Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.      

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 6/Mil 7/Ind 7/Fth 2/Int 3) Earlier depictions of pine cones on standing stones is the cause of much semiotic consternation. "Why would the Raven King be harvesting a pine cone? You can't eat pine cones!" one druid insisted, before claiming the item on the famous relief was actually an artichoke. Debate continues about how edible pine nuts really are. Druids have been banned from carrying the customary thyrsi until the matter is resolved.   [Diplomacy] Colonize 218 (13, Success) - While few of the veiled folk are willing to leave the safety of the sacred isle to eek out a living, sea rangers succeed in establishing a foothold in the new land. More numerous Nords soon follow, the allure of unclaimed grazing land outweighing the vague threat of vikings. People are heartened by news of the Omega's victory. [Diplomacy] Diplomatic Mission E of 218 (12, Success) - The soft-spoken veiled folk sail bearing gifts. Also spears because there are damned vikings in these waters. [Military] Grant Protectorate Status to 213 - Following a frosty refusal of the royal family's alliance-building marriage proposals some decade prior, the Voilese are likewise slow to respond to the distressed mainlanders after the viking sack. At length, with the lion's share of the continent's warriors committed to mutual defense, the Voilese deign to include the western coastline in their naval patrols, and station a valkyrie regiment within the petty chiefdom until a more lasting political arrangement can be reached. [Military] Recruit Naval Unit - 3rd Sea Rangers [Military] Recruit Unit - Valkyries   [Non-Action] Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails, Masonry, Animal Husbandry Translations: Yon Vaire Bonuses: +1 Exploration, +1 resist Raid/Sack Units: 3x Valkyries (Wolf, Raven, Bear) Naval Units: 2x Sea Rangers (1st and 2nd)   Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf.   Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.      

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 5/Mil 7/Ind 6/Fth 2/Int 3) The Voilese are said to be a little smug about having no lunar deities in their pantheon. Never much trusted the things in the heavens anyway. Better to commune with tangible things like trees and ponds!   [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP1 (11, Failure) - [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP2 (13, Success) - [Industry 5] Raise City in 216 - Following decades of somewhat begrudging efforts to embrace mercantilism, the pale folk of the veil have managed to fail forward often enough to unintentionally create a thriving trade hub. Dubbed Port Etranger by captains brave enough to make the crossing from the continent to the mist-shrouded isle, the city grew out of a staging area for the Voilese Sea Rangers, and now serves as an acceptable (if not convenient) place to deal with foreigners. Voilese silk is available at a ruinous price, though the port's main attraction is the assemblage of rare goods plucked from the entire span of Taer Mojr's coastline by the intrepid seafarers. Those returned from the Voile describe a place of haunting and ancient natural beauty amid the constant dull roar of cascades cutting through chalk cliffs. [Diplomacy] Contribute to Yon Vaire Language Great Project [Diplomacy] Diplomatic Mission NE of 216 (14, Success) - Intrepid sea rangers range intrepidly into unknown waters.   [Non-Action] Trade Tall Sails to OME for Masonry and Animal Husbandry Record Keeping Technology: Tall Sails Units: 3x Valkyries (Wolf, Raven, Bear) Naval Units: 2x Sea Rangers (1st and 2nd)   Valkyries I am already dead. This is the guiding sentiment of the Voilese elite warriors, the Valkyries. Death is taken to be the natural state of all things, even the gods. Any deviation from this norm is temporary and will soon be remedied. This logic extends to the time prior to life, and even a gestating fetus is taken to be dead until the moment of the quickening. Therefore, your life is a reprieve granted by your mother and sustained by your sisters. That sisterhood is the only thing that makes you any different from a kit ripped from its warren by a she-wolf with whelps to feed. Far better to be like the wolf.   Valkyrie regiments take the name of patron animal. Thirteen escadrilles compose a regiment and each consists of seventeen full fledged Valkyries, plus as many as seven teenage cadettes, and three senior advisors too old or maimed for combat. Escadrilles function more or less independently with the three fiercest groups supported by a left wing, a right wing, and a relief or rearguard; and the fleetest group left to respond to openings as the battle progresses.      

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (Dip 5/Mil 7/Ind 4/Fth 2/Int 3) News & Rumors   [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP1 (10, Failure) - [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP2 (11, Failure) - [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Whispering Wood in 206, TP1 (10, Failure) - [Industry] Buyout ZAV owned Wind Rock in 212, TP1 (11, Failure) - The Voilese apologize for unknowingly attempting to muscle out Zoroan interests in the local Wind Rock. They are still new to the concept of owning anything beyond personal effects. The idea that the Voilese might successfully own resources is also a novel and dubious concept. [Diplomacy 5!] Create Embassy with OME: Regarded to be gods of nature by the Voilese, the veiled folk and the elementals get on well after initial contact. Assured that the Omega are not deities and quite mortal, Soline the Wolf Maiden laughed. "What do you think happened to the old gods?"   [Non-Action] Support OME Buyout of Open Lotus Silk in 216 Record Keeping Military fluff goes here  

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (5/7/2/2/3) A popular myth persists that the veiled folk are unaware of the male role in reproduction, believing instead that children are generated spontaneously and asexually. While it is true that Voilese children are raised communally, and it is often impossible to be certain of their biological father, the myth can be traced back to a translation error between a flirtatious (and brave) Nord and a Valkyrie. What was taken to mean, "I can make my own children without you," would be better understood as, "I'd rather **** myself." In a similar vein, Queen Sabine expresses some confusion as to the concept of monogamy. If she can take one husband, she suggests there is nothing stopping her from taking several. Prospects of diplomatic marriages are not forthcoming.   [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP1 (9, Failure) - Negotiations to secure timber rights are ongoing and hilariously inept. [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP2 (8, Failure) - The gift of seeds from the sacred Grandfather Pine Corsicus leads to the mistaken belief that the Voilese use pine cones as currency. [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Whispering Wood in 206, TP1 (4, Failure) - "All trade talks and no play makes Jacques a dull boy." - Repeated last words of Voilese Ambassador before vanishing into the woods in a fugue state.  [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Wind Rock in 212, TP1 (10, Failure) - "Why are we merchants here? Only to suffer?" - Voilese Attaché [Military] Recruit a Unit: More Valkyries

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils (4/7/1/2/3) [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP1 (5, Failure) - With most of the tall pines on their island already consigned to building materials or considered too ancient and sacred to fell, the Voilese dispatch emissaries to the far side of Taer Mojr to negotiate lumber rights. Both parties are honestly pretty confused about how one sells a tree. [Industry] Buyout Open TP of Cedar Wood in 207, TP2 (10, Failure) [Diplomacy] Establish Claim on 213 (10, Failure) [Diplomacy] Establish Claim on 215 (8, Failure) [Military] Recruit a Unit: Raven Valkyries

Voile Domain Sabine, Queen of Veils [Military] Recruit a Hero: (7) Soline, Champion of the Wolf Maidens [Military] Recruit a Naval Unit: 1st Sea Rangers - "The better half of the Veiled Folk by my reckoning. If not overly friendly, these rangers from the misty isle at least ken the Moot Tongue and have a mind for barter when they're not set on some grim swift purpose on the moors. I glimpsed the broken silhouette of whatever damned horned thing their quarry was as it turned to ash on their pyre. I didn't ask what it was, but the ranger were in good spirits after the deed was done. They traded me a good stone knife and some jots of malachite for my beer." [Military] Recruit a Naval Unit: 2nd Sea Rangers [Military] Recruit a Unit: Wolf Maidens - "Valkyries. Chosen by the Keening Goddess. All women, I guess by their shape beneath armor of lacquered oak and layered silks. Whereas the rangers keep their hoods up and voices down, the valkyries are said to uncover their faces and hair in combat. And they scream. I've never seen one's face, but I've heard the lilting battle cries. Two hundred shrieking women with long ash wood spears and no trace of fear. They're dead already, they say. Just waiting to be called home by the Raven King." [Diplomacy] Diplomatic Mission to 213 - Emissaries of the nobility arrive along the coast, seeking out the local chieftains with gifts of mead.