Fiorid Principality of Verdalfheim (ALF), Round Seven
2052-2054
Chancellor Eydis dei Fiori
Dip: 7 | Mil: 9 | Eco: 7 | Fai: 2 | Int: 2
Stat Gains: +1 Dip, +1 Mil
Actions
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[Military] Invade Region 38 with 4 Ground Units under Arni dei Fiori (mil9) utilizing Relentless Butchery (+20% enemy casualties). Space front consists of 3 Space Units under Hinrik dei Fiori (mil7) who doesn't care much for tacdocs and is really just along for the ride.
There is no logic or coherence to this action. No regroup or delay following the abomination in the north. Arni takes the troops under his command last round and invades region 38 from the north, while reinforcements from Verdalfheim move in from the east. Beldhan's head will serve as sufficient compensation in the short term. -
[Military] Raise a Ground Unit
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[Diplomacy] Sway Media in R35 (TN 12 (currently open); Roll: 19; SUCCESS)
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[Diplomacy] Sway Media in R51(TN 12 (currently open); Roll: 17; SUCCESS)
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[Diplomacy] Attend ARK Event
-Accept Region 100, Vacuum Adaptation, and Thaumonuclear Reactor Cores from ARK
Though a bit camera-shy, Lilja shows up to the Arkhive to manage things. Part of her agenda is to coordinate efforts with the low-population Arkhive and its Glix diaspora to supplement their settlement of Region 100 with spare elves from the three -heims under Fiorid control.
Nonactions
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Trade Route with RAT:
-Last round RAT sent me Shrewd Business and I didn't notice; it's in the round opener so I assume it's valid -
Grant support to Conclave contestants in accordance with their verdicts:
-Support one conversion each from BAF, CUS, and UHS
-Support attempts to introduce minorities in all owned regions from COE and ARK
-Support all conversions from HOB and LSP
News & Rumors
- Pursuant to the backroom deal that bought the House of Fire's naval support, Hekla dei Fiori ships out to Mekhala to serve as a diplomatic/cultural ambassador.
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An admiral got frustrated by the mess last round and spent the spare time afforded by the constant allocation and reallocation of troops keeping track of and compiling a narrative of this embarrassment. Admiral Lord Godtfred della Rocca concluded this work before the outcomes of the battles were determined, but the transcript sat on his desk for a while before receiving a final editing pass and release during this round (i.e. I finally got bored enough to finish it)
IC Text: The War that Never Was: The Abandonment of Basu-Rahman and the Stillbirth of the Coalition, by Admiral Lord Godtfred della Rocca
At the time of writing, it is 2051 and the winds of autumn have scarcely begun, yet already the turbulent powers of Tekhum have begun to wipe away the records of their pigheadedness. When they claim to hold wills of iron, when they claim to stand by their words and principles, let this testimony haunt them to the bitter end and ensure that the follies of the years 2049-2051 are not lost to the sands of time.
There are two precursors to this conflict:
-The all-out assault on the Basu-Rahman Group’s broadcasting centers in the years prior, carried out by the Soom Clan, Khylokian Reign of Blood, and, most relevantly to this text, the Illumined Utopian and Eucrus Alliance. Despite the bleakness of the situation, Basu-Rahman was seemingly not without friends, or at least enough clout to motivate a halfhearted muster.
-The interviews within the Fiorid Principality conducted by Prime Marcus, spiritual head of the Illumined Utopian, though unread by many, outraged certain ideological puritans, bringing the Coalition into the orbit of the ongoing Fiorid lunar conflicts.With this in mind, a plot was hatched between several of the Elect to orchestrate coordinated reprisals against the three offending powers. In no particular order of relevance, the association consisted of Eilif Dhaoine, The Glorious Purifiers, The Black Cloud Coalition, The Bironian Bulwark, and The Twilight League, while The Radiant Republic of Esridor and The White Pawns operated in parallel to counter the Fiorids on Aridyin, Sansar’s moon.
The escalation towards the latter conflict was telegraphed from the prior years, with all sides expecting a Fiorid invasion of Esridor’s sector of Aridyin. At the start of 2049 this seemed to be one of the few certainties, though the radical shifts in the subsequent period are due in totality to the evolution of the Basu-Rahman reprisal league.
The primary target of this operation was originally to be the Illumined Utopian, targeted on two fronts: The Black Cloud Coalition and its proxies in The Bironian Bulwark were to assault their capital on Badal, while The Glorious Purifiers (motivated by revanchism for their once-claimed region and abiding by the terms of a prior agreement with the B.C.C.) and Eilif Dhaoine (bound by obligation to reprimand the Utopian for overstepping the bounds of its sponsorship) prepared to invade the Wyrmlands.
Amidst this cacophony, Veehra’s Twilight League was originally meant to join the conflict but found itself besieged at home by the Sorcerers of New Kildora and The Arvaxine Populate, both seemingly foes of the Basu-Rahman Group. This immediately prevented the Coalition from achieving its full potential, likely influencing the subsequent series of diplomatic settlements.
In a surprise reconciliation, the Illumined Utopian and Glorious Purifiers were able to reach an accord by which the former would retain the Wyrmlands (thereby ending the involvement of Eilif Dhoine) in exchange for withdrawing from the Central Chonkian desert (occupied in the course of its quest to strike against Basu-Rahman), a region which the latter would be permitted to invade instead. Seeing a power ostensibly subservient to the loathed Black Cloud Coalition attempting to sweep their northern flank without obstruction, the Fiorids immediately pivoted away from the lunar conflict before the initiation of hostilities in order to launch a northwards invasion of their own. Seizing the opportunity, the White Pawns immediately broke their battle lines to seize Aridyin’s northern hemisphere, a setback viewed as momentarily acceptable by the Fiorid government.
The next major shift came in the form of The Twilight League’s capitulation, which convinced the Kildorans and Arvaxine to abort their potentially-existentially-ruinous incursion in exchange for a litany of stipulations, the most relevant of which was that they would contribute to quelling a rebellion in the lands of the Soom Clan (largely inspired by the destruction of the Veehran Basu-Rahman base, allegedly bolstered by prior agitation from operators of the Glorious Purifiers). This left the other half of their forces free to, at Esridor’s behest, launch an invasion of Aridyin’s western hemisphere, the second core lunar holding of the Fiorids.
This, in turn, compelled yet another revision of Fiorid strategy, which saw all available troops returned to the lunar surface to perform a defensive operation, now with the aid of newfound allies from the Mekhalan House of Fire. Before the involved factions could even settle their objectives, a third settlement occurred which made a mockery of the entire ordeal.
The Eucrus Alliance’s conspicuous absence from the list of operation targets left them free to perform operations of their own, and their move of choice was to threaten to invade The Bironian Bulwark and depose its B.C.C. loyalists. Left with no way to defend its proxy while prosecuting the war against the Illumined Utopian, the Black Cloud Coalition conceded to the implementation of an armistice with uncertain terms. As guided by their decades-old prejudices and lust for blood, the B.C.C. immediately set its sights on the rapidly regenerating Aridyin conflict.
Beset by an insurmountable quartet of military powers, of which only two had been planned for due to intelligence regarding the parallel war against the Illumined Utopian, the Fiorid command structure has been forced to revert to its prior reversion and fight against the Purifiers in the north, moving through ‘neutral’ territory held by the enigmatic Colonel Beldhan to make up for lost time. As per the general spirit of the conflict, the Radiant Republic also revised their orders and split off a portion of its forces and its best commander to support the Purifiers’ incursion. Laughably, from its dramatic beginnings as a system-wide conflict, the only contested battle transpired upon the Jy’mar-owned sands north of Verdalfheim, with the Glorious Purifiers and Radiant Republic of Esridor on one side and the Fiorid Principality and the House of Fire on the other.
Ultimately, Basu-Rahman went unavenged by all hands except the Veehran base revolt. All that was accomplished by this confused marching of troops was an inversion of the dynamic on Aridyin and a series of treaties which should reasonably have been concluded years prior by more level heads. Basu-Rahman is right to not give this disaster any substantial coverage, for it has its own priorities to consider; though it was not loved by my people, its current plight is pitiable in the extreme. Despite this, it is a political cautionary tale which bears remembrance: as time passes and all that remains are the actions taken, let none forget the impact of the many actions untaken.
- Oskar is probably up to some wacky hijinks, mainly scribbling notes on Kildoran ritual magic.
Bookkeeping
Government & Military
Eydis' base ruler rolls located here
Heir: Hinrik dei Fiori (Base Rolls: 2/3/4/1/1, +1mil/+1eco from Round2 actions = new core statline of 2/4/5/1/1)
Expended Specials:
Eydis: M5, D5
Hinrik: E5
CI: Absolutist Integration, 2d8 to Sway actions
Mechanical International Ties:
- Trade Route with RAT
General(s):
- General-Royal Arni dei Fiori (Mil 9 Commander); +20% to enemy unit losses
- Hinrik dei Fiori (Heir), average between heir and ruler mil = 7
Ground Unit Count: 4
Space Unit Count: 3
Unit cap: 7/10
Treasure Count: 1 (+1 passive)
TP count for passive generation: 7 (+0)
Controlled Regions
Region Name | Region # | Resource | Prime Religion | Minorities | Desired Import | Status | Gov | Med | Merc |
Lillalfheim | 35 | Dejan Mustard (2) | Thunderbolt Ascension (Plur) | - | Industrial Machinery | Province | ALF | - | - |
Verdalfheim | 36 | Oil (3) | Imperial Cult (Plur) | - | Ores & Alloys | Capital | ALF | ALF | ALF |
Grigialfheim | 51 | Ryban Fish (3) | Kinites (Maj) | - | Medicines & Drugs | Province | ALF | - | - |
Owned Techs & TP Tracking
Type | Name | Requirement(s) | Effect(s) | From When? |
Starter | Aclaustrophobic Psychiatry | - | - | R4, ARK |
Starter | Algorithmic Imagination | - | - | R4, ARK |
Starter | Arcane Amplification | - | - | R4, ARK |
Starter | In-Vivo Modification | - | - | R4, ARK |
Starter | Nuclear Fusion | - | - | R4, ARK |
Starter | Xenolinguistic Cataloguing | - | - | R4, ARK |
Starter | Pseudogravity Engineering | - | - | Start |
Starter | Badalian Megadirgibles | - | Permits ground unit transport across the Cloud Sea of Badal. | R4, ARK |
Starter | Wet Navy Ships | - | Permits ground unit transport across oceans. | Start |
Eco T1 | Shrewd Business |
-Honeyed Words -Fabric & Textiles |
+1 to Buyouts you Assist and +1 to Impress Merchants | R6, RAT |
- R34 TP1: Curative Enzymes (Medicines and Drugs)
- R36 TP1&2: Oil (Fuel and Power)
- R37 TP1: Assembly Line Robots (Industrial Machinery)
- R69 TP2: Hematite (Ores and Alloys + Conductors and Circuitry)