(4th IR) Year 1 (thread 1)

[Bugbear]

Concerning Earth

Hannover Fist sends Emmisaries to The United States, The United Kingdom of Great Britian, The Empire of China, The Empire of Russia, The Empire of Mexico, the Kingdom of France, and the German Empire.

These Embassies are to help with matters of trade and to aide communication between ourselves and those nations.

To the Silver Cabal:

"Though many are releved by the sudden disapearance of the Red Death, I find myself filled with a creeping dread. Some of the churches of my world are claiming that the Faerunian gods have driven the beast from the five worlds.

"While this is certanly a pleasant Idea, I find it an unlikly scinario. The gods of our world, and presumibly of Oreth and Krynn also suffered greatly under the predations of the Red Death.

"My theory is that the Red Death, having glutted itself on the misery of five worlds, has gone off to digest it's meal. I fear that when it returns, it will have become even more powerful.

"I ask that you consider this.

"In other matters, The worlds of Oreth and Krynn are sufferering greatly from the Smallpox Plague. I ask that you aid their worlds as you have been aiding mine. Help them to fight off the Plague."

Hannover Fist
Icewind

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

MASSACRE

POSTED BY FORSAKEN ONE

EDENA: I'm sending Dracoliches and Undead Dragons to Earth to attack the German and Brittish Empire... for mere sport and to test their strengths and the threat they pose. They shall also take back whatever interesting material or engineers they may seize. They'll kill them off course and in Faerun they'll simply be brought back as intelligent undead so that they may show the Cult what technology might be of use to the Cult as their faithfull servants.. After they have destroyed some major cities and seized some tech and engineers they will return to Faerun.

THE CONSEQUENCES

The people of Earth have no effective defense against this attack.
The British Empire has Ironclads in it's navy, and they have great forces of ground troops, but remember that this is 1885 and they have no modern weapons with which to counter this threat.
The British have the gatling gun. However, it is a non-magical weapon and is ineffective against dracoliches and undead dragons.
Same with the Germans.
The people of Earth have not seen dragons for at least five thousand years. To say they are astonished is understating things greatly. They are transfixed, then horrified, then they panick.

The British and German Armies mobilize and fight back gallantly against the attack.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers mobilize. Warships ready their guns. Cannon are placed in defensive positions around major cities. Gatling guns point at the sky.
It is all useless, all goes down to the same disastrous defeat.

Big Ben in London shatters as the dracoliches hit it with their Cold Breath. Parliament collapses as the dragons stomp the building down.
London burns in Cold Flames, it's people fleeing, streets jammed, every road out of the city a mass of terrified people.
Down come the dragons, with their long swooping breathe attacks, and by the thousands people die, frozen in their tracks, pieces of their bodies shattering from the Dragoncold.
Dragonfear paralyzes the British Army. Dragons tear asunder their ranks, freeze their men, blast asunder their cannon and their hopes.
Ironclads sink as dragons tear them apart with claws and teeth, or smash them with their enormous tails.

To make a quote from a famous film:

The trickle of human refugees turns into a torrent, without purpose or direction.
It is the beginning of the Rout of Civilization, the Massacre of Humanity.

The government of Great Britain, driven from London, meets in Coventry.
They declare war on any and all Powers supporting these attackers.
They beg the Dauntless for help.

The government of Germany, driven from Berlin, also begs the Dauntless for help against this massive assault.

Forsaken One, you come away from this with large numbers of captured scientists and engineers, including Queen Victoria herself.

In the United States, France, Russia, and all other nations on Earth, there is horrified awe at what is happening.
ALL of the nations of Earth beg the Dauntless, the Meritocracy, and ANY OTHER Power on Toril that is willing to aid them, to come to the aid of Earth against this titanic onslaught.

As London, Sheffield, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Dresden, and other cities burn, the Americans begin full scale evacuations of New York City, Washington, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angelos.
The French evacuate Paris and Nice. The Russians evacuate Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok.
Delhi and Bombay, Montreal and Quebec City, Mexico City, Tokyo, Peking, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Johannesburg ... a massive torrent of people flee to the countryside.
In every nation on Earth, mines are set up as shelters - it seems they are the one safe place for people. Uncounted millions of people squat in these mines, in filth and disease, without food, clean water, or any sanitation. While above them the roar and wrath of the dragons burns their cities and countryside alike.

In other words:

EARTH IS SCREAMING FOR HELP. FROM ANYONE WHO WILL GIVE HELP.

 

[Serpenteye]

Repost

A 'big' Serpenteye post. (All quotes are of Edena)




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The representative from Dambrath, a powerful nation not under domination but instead a free ally, stands and speaks:

There should be a conclave to determine which religions are productive to society and the people of the Meritocracy.
Those religions that are productive and useful should be supported.
Those religions which are not productive and useful should be outlawed.
That is the stance of Dambrath. We fully support the President of the Meritocracy in his endeavors in this manner.

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"You are wise indeed, my friend, and your councel shall be followed. I am now sending invitations to representatives of all the faiths of Toril so that they themselves can present their cause before our court and we can decide which of them are worthy of being worshipped by our glorious peoples. Lolth and Loviatar are godesses of great strength and dedication, but other Gods should also be judged according to their merits. Meritocracy shall be the rule of all things."



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SERPENTEYE POSTED

I'd like to volunteer to create a faction map for Toril and the Forgotten realms, like I did for Creamsteaks, stasised, IR. I'm sure someone will be able to put it up on their Net-Site.

FROM EDENA

I would really like that! Can you do it?
You have my full support on this venture!

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Sure. I won't do it right now, though. It will have to wait to the interlude between turn 1 and 2 when we will be able to begin the actual warring. I will need some time to do the map, and your cooperation in adjucating the borders (no map of Faerûn I've seen have national borders marked).



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Also, I have been suffering from chronic fatigue and weakness, and my work on the IR this morning left me exhausted. I collapsed after finishing my articles,

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Do not, I repeat, do not exhaust yourself. If this game makes you sick, like the 3rd IR did at some point, it wouldn't be good for anyone. Prioritate yourself Edena, some selfishness is necessary for any and all humans. Your well being is not less important than our enjoyment, and our enjoyment of the game will soon end if you cause yourself harm from overexertion. We all care about your health and general happiness.



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Janos, Serpenteye, Creamsteak ... you have control of your respective powers now.
What do you do to fight this plague (chickenpox) ? How do you save your people?

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I do everything possible to help my people. The sick are quarantined and given the best possible care we can afford to give them. Thousands of our sages, druids, mages and clerics start researching magical and non-magical cures and immunization to the disease. We will reqruit the finest doctors and medicinal researchers of Earth to our aid with great gifts of gold and stories about our harmonious and peaceful society ().



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The Chosen of Mystra, who had been neutral towards the gnomes, denounce them as enemies.
The Free Nations of Faerun declare war on Lantan.
Lantan, goes down under an avalanche of assault.

The gnomes of Lantan, are put out of business. Their magic is taken from them, their printing presses seized, their Astral Gates closed. They are reduced to a subjugated people.
But it is too late. The Red Death has arrived on Toril. The Astral Gates to Earth, cannot now be closed by any means.

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A letter to the leaders of the Free Nations

"By ruthlessly assaulting Lantan, a close friend of our Confederation, you have committed atrocity. This will not be forgotten. But, for now, greater concerns must take presedence. I offer you the assistance of the Meritocracy in curing the horrible disease that is plaguing all our nations and in finding countermeasures against the insidious Red Death. I also suggest that it would be wiser for us both if we concentrated on fighting more diabolic enemies than each others. At least both our powers hold true to some mutual virtues of Good, though we might disagree on certain minor points."



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TOKIWONG POSTED:

Misha will call for a great Tribunal of the most powerful members f the Dauntless to deal with the threat of the plague, while having the clerics of Corellon study the contagion a smuch as possible, and quarantining Evermeet, and several strategic locations, no one leaves or enters thoe lands, if Queen Amlauril will comply...
Misha puts out the Call to meet ina neutral Demiplane, protected by magics, for all PC members of the Dauntless...

FROM EDENA

Done. The meeting is convened (everyone in the IR is welcome to take part.)
Major rulers, including Queen Amlaruil, also attend.

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The Meritocracy will do everything in its power to aid other nations in finding a cure for the diseases.



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The Realms of Ergoth, Solamnia, Qualinesti, Thorbardin, and of course Kenderhome send their greetings to their Torilian brethren.
With a question - why did Toril send a plague to kill half of Krynn?
And why shouldn't Krynn invade Toril, and mete out retribution for this attack?

From Oerth, Keoland, Furyondy, Nyrond, the Great Kingdom - they all send their greetings.
Along with a statement that Toril is the cause of the massacre (the plague) afflicting them, that Toril is an enemy planet, and that Toril will be invaded and subjugated.

Athas is not so polite.
The Dragon Kings immediately invade Toril.
The lush green world of Toril is a bananza for the Defilers of Athas.
Very quickly, they gain toe-holds across Faerun.

Of course, the Red Death spreads to all of those worlds now.

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"You base your statements on inadequate knowledge about the real cirqumstances of the situation. The plague came from the world of Earth. But the blame is not theirs. No, the disease is a natural force, a wild beast like any other wild beast, noones responsibility but its own. Rather than fight, the course of Wisdom would be multilateral cooperation in finding a cure."



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The Red Death will take your people too, unless ... unless you stop using magic.

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We will not stop using magic. Not yet.
We send numerous expeditions to Earth to find out more about the Red Death. Where did it originate? How was it created? What are its powers? What are the limits of its powers? How have some spellcasters on Earth managed to escape its effects? How can we fight it? How can we fight it? How can we fight it?



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'The Silver Cabal is pursuing science as a weapon to defeat the Red Death. Through understanding and enligtenment, we hope to raise the condition of our fellow men above the misery and despair imposed by the Red Death.
The illness attacking your world is called chickenpox. We have developed an antidote for chickenpox. We have the tools to halt the disease, to stop it from killing your people. Without magic. Without arcane lore of any sort.
Our weapon against misery, disease, and horror, is science.'

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"Thank you. What else can I say when there are no words to describe the gratefulness I feel. Ask anything of me and, within reason, it shall be done."



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Creamsteak Posted:

He then goes to speak to all of the leaders on Toril, and states, "We all agree then that we are going to work against this disease rather than each other right? No need to be fighting about petty things, like good and evil, when the entire universe is doomed."

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"True words from a true man. The nations of the Meritocracy hold no emnity against the Imaskari or any other, legitimate, nation."


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Alarah Gomenei, not so fat as he once was, sits in his windowless study. The last few days? weeks? months?, had been hectic in the extreem and he was exhausted. Time blurred itself into one huge spongy mass within his mind and all he knew about the date was that it was too late, too close to running out. So much had been done, but for every huge success a huge threat had risen. He must act, act again and again, no time for rest, for blessed sleep and comfort. He feels his eyelids sliding, sinking, drifting together. And he feels a hand, his own hand, striking his face repeatedly. No! Not yet time for sleep. He grabs his quill again and speaks to himself.

"The Red Death may yet return, magic may still have to go. Unfortunately when it does no power will suffer greater than my own. I need some last resort, anything that can be done, must be done, will be done. The people will not trust me yet, despite all that I have done only for their happiness. When the effects of our magical books cease most of our people will rebell, most of our states will defect. Magic will no longer hold our great confederation together, but I have found something that will.

These last few days I and my allied druids have researched and concocted a potent cocktail of powerful natural and synthetic narcotics. Completely non-magical, this super-drug will cause extreem addiction in any who take it but once. The pleasure and chemical addiction this drug creates will bind any who take it to the drug and the provider of the drug will be able to dictate the behavior of the victim by threathening to withold it. Only I and my closest associates will be able to grow and manifacture the drug. By use of Plant-Growth the crop will grow rapidly and soon our first harvest will be ready. Soon."


Edena- I just pulled all this out of my ass, feel free to laugh mockingly and overrule it . If you don't overrule it the Meritocracy will act as swiftly as it possibly can to complete the manifacturing of the drug and to distribute it troughout my territories, all people will be told to take it while they still are under my (magical) influence. The distribution will be handled by special Blue Cadres of loyal (as loyal people as I have without the magical domination) agents, escorted by powerful military units. We will set up a system of total dependency, where no facet of society except my PC controls any but a small part of the distribution of the drug completely. We will make it next to impossible for anyone but the proper authorities to create sufficient stockpiles of the drug to survive a rebellion and all our effort will be put into making sure that the drug cannot be reproduced by anyone else and that the secret of its creation is well hidden. We will also create a non-magical medication that removes the physically and mentally debilitating effects of such a potent drug, leaving only the addiction (in unreduced potency) in place. This antidote will be distributed by White Cadres, just as loyal to Alarah as the Blue, but a completely separate organization.


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Disclaimer: I do neither support nor condone the use of illegal drugs (whatever drugs are illegal in your country for use in your country). This is just a game, an I'd like to believe that my actions in a game do not accurately indicate what kind of person I am in real life.


Last edited by Serpenteye on 03-25-2003 at 07:15 PM

 

[Lichtenhart]

When the good news about the defeat of the Red Death finally reached Krysophrenos, he celebrated in his own way - he slept for a week straight.
When he had finally rested, he immediately resumed its work and sent letters to all those who helped in the Ark Project, stressing the importance of what they accomplished: they managed to win mutual distrust and stand together against a common enemy. He urged them not to let their differences divide them again, because even if their enemy didn't threaten them anymore, they had learned that together they're stronger, that together they can face overwhelming forces and still stand victorious. When he wrote to his fellow dragons from other planes he stressed that evolution alone couldn't have made the dragons thoughout the universe so similar, so they had to agree that they all had a common origin, and that what divides them is much less then what unites them.

He went to the secret location of the Encyclopaedists and told them their exile had come to an end, and brought them and the Encyclopaedia back, where it was concieved, in the halls of his lair that shone anew since he restablished their magic.

He was going to resume his work at the Encyclopaedia and the Gazette, when he recieved a convocation from His Resplendence the King of Justice Lareth, the ruler of all the gold dragons.
In his monumental lair, the two thousand years old dragon, surronded by his counselors whose name is legend as well, Nexus the Great Dragonmage, Tamarand, and many others looked at the considerably younger great wyrm kneeled in front of him, and said: "You made me proud, son. You did much for the Dragonkind and the other magical races, and you did much to promote justice and the general good. Rise, son, because I want you to be one my counselors, because I want you to be my Speaker of Justice."
His Resplendence Lareth appointed him with the charge of being his spokesman to the world and to the other dragon species, and to guide them wisely in these fast changing times. Deeply honored, Krysophrenos accepted.
Back in his lair, Krysophrenos dropped on the ground and thanked all the gods he paid homage to, Landys the Balancer, Her Mercy Tamara, Xymor the Justicemaker and Zorquan the Greatest Wyrm, as well as the triad of human gods he came to respect, Torm the True, Ilmater the Benevolent and Tyr the Just, for having him live to this day, and promising them he would have been worthy of the honor bestowed upon him.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

SPECIAL SITUATION

I am going to take a chance here.

I want ALL OF YOU who are yet to post where you are placing your Armies (including Forsaken One, who must place at least some of his on Earth) to do so now.
In other words, do it simultaneously.
I realize that you may believe posting will give the other guy the advantage, so you may delay, hoping that other guy posts first - I want ALL posts in the next 24 hours, please. 24 hours is a reasonable length of time.

Janos, William, Tokiwong have placed their Armies already. Now, I want all the rest of you to place.
Ok?

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Serpenteye, China was going to ally with the Meritocracy - now China is SCREAMING FOR HELP from the Meritocracy.
Whatever diplomacy you were working is lost in the panic that is gripping Earth from Forsaken One's attack.
You might as well consider China a PART of the Meritocracy now, Serpenteye - they will join, if that is the price for protection.
They will do ANYTHING you ask, in return for your protection.

Japan, India, France, The Netherlands, the United States, Mexico, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire - every nation on Earth not yet under attack is offering to join WHATEVER POWER ON TORIL, THAT IS WILLING TO HELP THEM NOW.

Mina of Krynn is quick to take advantage of this.
The Knights of Neraka, bearing the standard of the One God, march to the aid of the British and German Empires.
Mina hurls the might of the One God against the attacking dragons. Armies of the Dead and the Magic of Miracles drive back the Dragons.
Mina and her Knights are welcomed as nothing short of saviors, as they stand with the British and German Armies, and hurl wave after wave of destructive magic at the attacking dragons.

But the British and Germans are still screaming for MORE help.
If someone does not go in there and help, these two Powers will ally with Mina.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

TO VENUS AND SERPENTEYE

Venus, Russia just became your ally.
Russia is now under your control.

The assault by Forsaken One has Russia in terrified panic.
From here on, Russia is one of Venus's territories.

And from here on, China is one of Serpenteye's territories. Same reason.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

TO ALL PLAYERS IN THE IR ...

POST WHERE YOU ARE PLACING YOUR ARMIES PLEASE.

CONSIDER THIS PLACING TO BE SIMULTANEOUS WITH ALL OTHER PLAYERS (areas where conflicting Armies are placing will be considered disputed, and I will resolve the battles there based on your posts.)

 

[Tokiwong]

Misha will take froces from Evermeet and Everska, and head for the America personally, and will defend the United States, since they are his allies, and trade is open, he will engage any enemys forces that dare attack his allies, and is quite a powerful warrior in his own right being a 31st level warrior, and a chosen emissary of Corellon, he wields his blade, Vallia's Honor with great skill and intensity, he will protect the United Staes or die trying, against this outrage!

 

[Bugbear]

Concerning The Free Nations

A letter to the leaders of the Free Nations

"By ruthlessly assaulting Lantan, a close friend of our Confederation, you have committed atrocity. This will not be forgotten. But, for now, greater concerns must take presedence. I offer you the assistance of the Meritocracy in curing the horrible disease that is plaguing all our nations and in finding countermeasures against the insidious Red Death. I also suggest that it would be wiser for us both if we concentrated on fighting more diabolic enemies than each others. At least both our powers hold true to some mutual virtues of Good, though we might disagree on certain minor points."

To Alarah Gomenei,
Some of my regional Goveners forwarded this letter to me and asked that I clarify some of the issues brought up within.

First, know that not all members of the Free Nations approved of the invasion and annilation of Lantam's nation and culture. Many of the member states of the Icewind Compact were opposed to the invasion, a matter which ultimatly lead to their seccession from that alliance.

The Free Nations can no longer be counted on as a stable political force, as more and more of it's members leave the alliance. Some will seek shelter among the Dauntless, but others will no doubt will find our aims unsatisfactory. I advise you not to alienate potential allies.

Also, the Invasion of Lantan destroyed the Free Nations as surely as it did the Island kingdom. Take this as a warning to the effects of unwarrented aggression. Though the Red Death seems to have fled the five worlds, it may yet return. Wars of vengance will only make matters more difficult should it do so.

Hannover Fist,
Icewind

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

POSTED BY BUGBEAR

Okay first things first. The regions under my control, will consolidate into a union of states called the Icewind . They take the name fro the Icewind Compact, a mutial trade and protection treaty, similar to, but not identical to the European Economic Community. Those areas who are listed as members of the Free Nations drop that appealation, and Icewind joins the Dauntless Alliance.

FROM EDENA

Noted. The Icewind Compact is created. I will adjust the Roster accordingly.

BUGBEAR

The Enlightend Gnomes of Evermeet will relocate to a secret lab somewhere unden the silver marches.

FROM EDENA

Noted. Note also that Menzoberranzan is down there.

BUGBEAR

Also, in a secret lab somewhere in Fearun, the gnomes begin working on four more versions of the Anti-Magic spell. One each to disrupt magic on Oreth, Krynn, Athas, and Earth. This is done under the utmost secrecy. Manhattan Project Level Secrecy.

FROM EDENA

Noted. As of right now, nobody - including Inez, knows of this project.
Bugbear, everyone knows of the Gnomish Anti-Magic Contagion Spell - FOR TORIL ONLY.
Bugbear, an Anti-Magic Contagion Spell is not possible for Earth - your researchers quickly learn this. Anti-Magic Contagion Spells ARE possible for Krynn, Oerth, and Athas.

BUGBEAR

Large underground Vaults are constructed to house the population in case of a major disaster.

FROM EDENA

The people of Earth could use those right now!!!

BUGBEAR


These are carved out deep within mountain ranges within our teritories. Any passages which lead to the underdark are collapsed and sealed.

FROM EDENA

You have to displace quite a number of humanoids to do this.
King Obold of the Meritocracy immediately asks for military intervention from YOU, SERPENTEYE, against this aggression against his people.

BUGBEAR

The Dauntless begin gathering all sorts of knowledge: Books on
Magicial Theory (Including janos' works), Engenering, mathamatics, anything. They set up secure Libraries in their lands to store these books, similar to Candlekeep. Set will also be kept within the Vaults.

EDENA

Noted. Again, as I said before, if these were Domination Books the reader would automatically grasp all concepts read. Since they are not Domination Books, the reader must do it the old-fashioned way.

BUGBEAR

The general Populance are edjucated on what to do in case of an attack by outsiders or Athasians, as well as how to deal with natural disasters.
Craftsmen are encouraged to teach others their skills. Blacksmiths, Engeiners, and other mundane craftsmen are paid 1gp/week by the goverment for each student they take on.
Citizens are also encouraged to learn the healing arts. Free training in basic healing skills will be provided free of charge to any who are interested. The avialibilty of these classes will be made widley known, as well as the advantiges of knowing how to heal.
Okay, now on the new stuff...

FROM EDENA

Noted. However, Serpenteye, Sollir, and Janos, with their Domination Books, are beating your populace hands-down on the education matter.
The Enlightened Gnomes are trying to create a book that does not Dominate, but which does enable instant comprehension. This work is in progress.