| > Commonwealth of the Shanariyya turn: | > | > 1. Internal/Tactical/Military: Call up 1st and 2nd | > Provisional Division. (1 year) | > | > Primary Determinant: Revolution (War). Actually the determinant here is the Authority of the actor (Talis +1) | > Difficulty: Easy. +1 | > Weight: Normal. | > Actors: | > -Faithful Shanari tribes and clans. | > -The Talis, Shanjil Yuliyan al Shawari. | > Secrecy: Absolutely none. | > Modifiers: | > +1 Religious fervour. | > +1 Incentive of spoils of war. +1+1+1+1+(0+0-1+0)=+3 The Provisional Divisions activate and assemble with little difficulty. (Force Medicore, Size fair) | > 2. External/Strategic/Trade: Develop Trans-Calarnari | > (Bel'Adne-Akbari-Jabau) trade, with Akbari as the centre for | > the route. (5 years) | > | > Shanari caravans began traversing the Trans-Calarnar trade | > route that links Akbari to Kharou'I Sin and Jabau, protected | > by small heavily armed squads of cavalry specially | > commissioned from the elite Shanariyya 1st Core Army. | > These squads though have strict instructions to camp outside | > the borders of Kharou'I Sin and Jabau, never entering them. | > Every such caravan pays a tax of 10% on profits earned from | > the trade, to the Commonwealth Treasury in Akbari. | > | > Primary Determinant: Trade (internal trade is great +2, external trade is virtually non-existant except as indicated under the difficulty) | > Difficulty: Moderate (a small trade route already exists). | > Weight: Significant (trade is the lifeblood of the Shanari). | > Actors: | > - Shanari merchants. | > - Bel'Adnese merchants. | > - Jabau merchants. | > - Commonwealth Treasury. | > Secrecy: Absolutely none. | > Modifiers: | > +2 Enhanced trade in exotic products (for the markets in | > Jabau and Bel'Adne, respectively). | > +1 Safer, faster trade route than by circumnavigating the | > continent by sea. | > -2 People fear what is new. (External trade as well as new routes) -1 Dis-incentive caused by taxation of the caravans +2+2+1-2-1+(-1+1+1+1)=+4 Despite the difficulties, barring external interruption or opposition from the other societies affected, the trade routes are established. As yet, these connections are tentative due to the political instability of the region (Specifically, action one which is a call to war and actions 3 and 4 which are also a war. The massing of troops makes the neighboring countries suspicious and troop movements during a war could easily negate an entire route.) | > 3-4. External/Tactical/Conquest: Expand Shanariyya influence | > and control in Upper Kelshir, with the 2nd Core Army (1000), | > and 1st and 2nd Provos (20000). 21,000 in total. | > | > Double action (2 actions). | > | > Principal tribes and clans are to be invited to join the | > Commonwealth, and those that reject the invitation subdued. | > Those tribes and clans that are subdued will be enslaved on | > mass, their lands annexed to the state. The nobles and | > patrons will be sent to the slave-markets of the Central and | > Lesser Isles to enrich the Commonwealth, the peasents and | > clients to tend the annexed lands. Those Upper Kelshiri | > tribes that join the join the Commonwealth will assist in | > the subjugation of the province. | > | > Shanariyya troops will receive allotments of slaves. The | > Shanariyya troops serving in the Upper Kelshir will also | > receive shares of the confiscated lands and properties, as | > will the tribes and clans that joined the Commonwealth. | > | > Primary Determinant: Revolution (War). | > | > Difficulty: Moderate (Shanariyya force is larger, better | > armed and trained) | > | > Weight: Major (First major event after the destruction of | > the Sinari Cult) | > | > Actors: | > - Upper Kelshir Governor, aj-Juraij Jubuasi. | > - Core Army Commander, Aflatun Faymiyun al Khiviri. | > - Kelshirserai Assemblymen. | > | > Secrecy: Absolutely none. | > | > Modifiers: | > | > +2 Religious Fervour (integration of the different Shanari | > tribes part of the Millat Shanar religious mandate). | > +1 Command (Core Army Commander Aflatun Faymiyun al | > Khiviri). | > +1 Force (for the Professional Core Army). | > +1 Awe (the Commonwealth forces vastly outnumber the | > scattered Upper Kelshiri tribes, and are on a scale never | > seen in living history in the Upper Kelshir). | > +1 Secure base (the fortified town of Kelshirserai). | > +1 Divided opponent (Upper Kelshiri tribes and clans possess | > no political unity or leadership). | > | > -1 Marginally unfamiliar environment (Upper Kelshiri are | > familiar with it though). | > | > ---- | > This is actually too much to attempt even with a double action, especially in light of the small number of actors (the military force in question is very small and portions could be disloyal). The first portion of this action is the diplomatic "request" that the scattered tribes join the commonwealth. Military action must await this resolution (and many of the dissenters will stall to consolodate their positions) and thereby limit the amount of time available for the use of force within the current year. The subjegation and slave trade aspects presuppose success in a battle that has yet to be fought. I think the best way to resolve this action is to first resolve the political "request" (assuming that the assignments of slaves and properties are indicated as part of the negotiating proposal) and then to resolve the conflict with those who choose to withhold their support. Further action on this front will have to await the next year, if nessecary. Diplomatic: This is effectively an internal order to factions which were previously already united and so I base the initial request on the Authority and Consent of the actor conducting the negotiations (aj-Jurajj +1/+1 and considered to be speaking on behalf of Alb-Talis, influence +2). The action itself in not difficult and so the difficulty is based on the difficulty of success in the action's intent. Normally this kind of action would be considered hostile and extremely difficult but, in this case, based on the mitigating factors I decided to lower it to simply hard (-2). As far as modifiers to the diplomatic portion, most of the possible modifiers negate each other. For example, the tribesmen face an overwhelming force but that force is also very small, covering a large area, and fighting a nomadic opponent so, politically, the effect on the decision making is a push. It seemed fairest to allow Alb-Talis' influence of +2 to be used as a modifier to represent the old loyalties of the tribes. This left me with the following totals: Determinate: Authority and consent of aj-Jurajj +2. Difficulty: Hard -2. Modifiers: Influence +2 +2-2+2+(0-1-1+1)=+1 The vast majority of the scattered tribes opt to join the commonwealth. Obviously, most of them intend to pay lip-service only and continue on with their normal lives and will most likely break away quietly as soon as they are left unsupervised. Nevertheless, given the sheer geographic scale involved this is a success. Due to the narrow margin of success and much "foot-dragging" on the part of the local leaders, however, those tribes which chose to join the commonwealth withhold assistance in attacking their countrymen, leaving aj-Jurajj with a tricky political situation to deal with in the coming year: whether to force the issue and risk alienating even more tribesmen or turning a blind eye to this disobedience. Military: With only a few tribes which do not officially comply, the military actions are greatly simplified--becoming less a matter of conquest and more the destruction of a handful of villages as a demonstration of power. I would roll for this but success is assured and I'd perfer to give you flexibility in detailing the level of destruction and attrocities committed since, at this point (and given the previous diplomatic results) the decision of how much force to apply and in what manner will determine the long-term fate of the region much more than the level of military success. | > Extra action (literally just a messenger with a letter): | > | > Offer of treaty of peaceful relations with Milakanur: | > | > The Commander of the Faithful Brethren and the Talis of the | > Commonwealth of the Sons of Shanar, after consultation with | > the Elders and Companions of the Consultative Council of the | > Sons of Shanar from Western Isles to the Kelshiri mountains, | > from the clans of the Kiviri and the Shawari, has decided | > that brotherly relations between the sons of Shanar is | > better achieved through relations of love and commerce than | > bitter arms. To that end, he offers the Rae'i of Milakanur | > a treaty of peaceful relations and commerce. | > | > He invites the Rae'i to accept this offer, reminding him of | > that we are all sons of our ancient ancestor, the | > prophet-king Shanar, be it through the line of Olric, Akbar, | > Jabal, Berah, Kelshir, Kivir, Jabuar or Milakanur. | > Furthermore, the noble Conveyor, who passed beyond last | > year, was of the royal blooded house of Shawar, as is the | > Talis of the Commonwealth of the Sons of Shanar. As | > ancestral neighbours and noble cousins, the Talis requests | > the Rae'i to come to a treaty of peaceful relations, to be | > settled between their intermediaries. | > | > The immediate benefits of this for both is access to the | > luxury trade of northern Qaiyore, that climaxes in the | > markets of Akbari, and the profits to be gained by | > connecting this to the trades of the Southern Sea. The long | > term benefit of course are secure trade routes and safe | > caravan-serais, well-fed villagers and large herds, and well | > maintained tax scrolls. | > | > Shanjil Yuliyan al Shawari | > Commander of the Faithful Brethren. | > First Talis of the Commonwealth of the Sons of Shanar. | > | > Akbari, 22nd year of the Sojourn. | > | > ========== (No need for me to even roll on this, obviously. I did do a quick roll to make sure the messenger didn't get eaten by wild catayarsh or sent back with his hands cut off by bandits but everything is fine.) | > Miscelaneous event(*): | > | > The Bomoriyya, a secretive (meaning only senior Shanariyya | > Commonwealth officials know of, and have contact with it) | > enclave of sorcerers in the eastern end of the Central | > Isles, with whom an agreement of mutual protection and | > non-interference had been reached by the late Conveyor, | > Faymiyun al Shawari, "assimilate" a clan of shamans called | > the Hantuyya (Kelshiri standard Shanari, lit. "the | > ghost-walkers") on the northeastern coast of the Lower | > Kelshir. | > | > Despite the absolute religious prohibition on sorcery in the | > Commonwealth, the autonomous Bomoriyya (Akbari standard | > Shanari, lit. "the sorcerers" [plural]) are tolerated by | > merit of the fact that they are not Shanari; were an | > established community prior to the founding of the | > Shanariyya Commonwealth; and had negotiated an agreement | > with the Conveyor. This agreement also limits the public | > practice of sorcery to their hidden valley, and to inside | > their houses outside of the Bomoriyya valley. | > | > Following the Bomoriyya "assimilation" of the Hantuyya, the | > Bomoriyya approach the Talis, Shanjil Yuliyan, to inform him | > of their actions and to negotiate a formal permanent treaty. | > | > * (Note - the idea of the Bomoriyya originated in the | > original description of the Shanari i found the Qaiyore | > website, which mentioned an enclave of sorcerers in the | > central mountains/mountains of the moon warriors. | > | > Speculating on why an enclave of sorcerers would be found in | > such an isolated mountain range, I decided that they were | > avoiding the main magic-using societies in Qaiyore (in the | > immediate proximity - Bel'Adne, Milakanur, and the Eerith, | > plus the Midsea nations) and developing along a radically | > different and new sorcerous orientation entirely.) ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
