“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” - William Shakespear
Non-Actions:
- Support conversion of any owned regions to Fascination. Contest all other faiths.
- Contest all unsupported buyouts.
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Mytho-Historical Data Gathering
The Birth of the Firebird
The Children of the Phongkwhan were celebrated amongst the empire. Their beauty, their strength, and their cleverness were seen as unparalleled, save for the imperial family itself. The joy they brought with but a song was enough to stop wars, or bring a dying man back from the brink of death itself.
For death was their compatriot. They danced with it, always, and never missed a step. Life would rejoice, and death would laugh, for the Children of the Phongkwhan were blessed by Fate itself! And yet… while the mighty Phongkwhan sat upon the shoulder of the Emperor, and it too rejoiced for it’s children, the Children of the Phongkwhan had no children of their own.
Life wept, for though it tried, the spark was missing.
There was a piece of destiny that was incomplete. And so the Phongkwhan begged the Emperor, and in return for it’s many years of service, the Emperor relented and ordered his over-scientists to begin the needed research and restoration of the twist that was missing within the pieces of destiny. The over-scientists worked long and hard, through many deaths, and gathered some of the tears of life, and soon felt they had a solution!
The Children of the Phongkwhan would need to sing to the sun itself, until it burned brighter than it ever had, to power all Ophon. Then, the heat of the sun could be used to pierce the clouds around the desolate lands of Badal. From inside the heart of the storm, the Children would procreate, and the spark they needed would be provided.
And so it was.
The spark grew, and encapsulated the air around Badal, before it shrank, beholding the mighty rays of glorious Ophon, and burned with equal fury. The light coalesced into a multitude of eggs, which cracked open in response to their forebearer’s own songs of joy. And so were birthed the Wuonnow.
So beloved by the Emperor were the Wuonnow that they were given a form of ever lasting life. So long as the rays of Ophon burn, so to will the spark of Life live within the Children of the Children of the Phongkwhan!
- Accept WTU inspecting the Hazardous Conditions of Shiwa Yun, on the understanding that the physical biology of Biarbu is different from most species, and what is hazardous to some is not hazardous to all. The inspectors are advised to bring personal environmental suits with temporary flight capabilities.
- Resist the Sack of Region 6 TP1 (Spend Treasure) [Fail: 11]
News and Rumors
- Now with additional contacts within the Bironian Crosspaths, the Biarbu are taking further interest in what is to come for the Bulwark. They are not liking the idea that someone other than the Loyalists might achieve victory, but what the Biarbu like and what happens are not necessarily the same thing.
Ruler Information
The Shadow of the Flock, Ben Ying | D | M | E | F | I | |
Current | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
Starting Stat | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
End of Round 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
End of Round 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
End of Round 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Ruler Next Round
Expected Stat Bonuses: +1 Intrigue, +1 Faith
Kingdom Information
Embassies or Trade Routes:
- None Yet
Treasure: 2
Techs:
- Algorithmic Imagination
- Badalian Megadirigibles
- In Vivo Modification
- Arcane Amplification
- Aclaustrophobic Psychiatry
- Fusion Reactors
- Xenolinguistic Cataloguing
- Vacuum Adaption
Commander(s):
- None Yet
Units:
- [1] Ground Unit {Shangyang}
- [1] Space Unit {Yeaya}