Akamar Herald Year five The Alliance expands.

This is actually the fourth issue for year five.   The second issue was included in the last post.  The conquest of Aquila was fought as a miniatures battle at a local convention.   John, his son Rob, Ken, and Hal commanded the forces.   The rules used were Scutarii.   The Alliance used the Dragon card as an army of lesser flying creatures along with its regular army forces against the defending Grusboatmen and Sniss Mercenaries.   The Sniss were elite troopswhich helped to offset part of the numerical advantage the attackers had.   The final outcome was a victory for the invaders and saw the Grusboatmen and Sniss destroyed.   Mike now had seven of the fourteen countries and had equaled Ken's initial confederation at the start of the campaign.  If he could maintain his conquest by the time the campaign would end he would achieve an outstanding victory.

THE AKAMAR HERALD

AQUILA CONQUERED

ALLIANCE FORCES DEFEATED THE CONFEDERATION FORCES DEFENDING AQUILA.   CZAR FERDINAND II SURRENDERED TO THE INVAIDING ARMY AND HAS AGREED TO JOIN THE ALLIANCE.

ALLIANCE NAVY LOST AT SEA

PART OF THE FORCES INVOLVED IN THE INVASION OF AQUILA WERE TO ARRIVE BY SEA.    THE ALLIANCE HAD HIRED MERCENARY WARSHIPS AND WAS USING THEM TO TRANSPORT THE ARMY RAISED IN HYDROS.   IN ADDITION, ARGO WAS SENDING ITS FLEET TO ATTACK.   OFF THE COAST OF AQUILA, JUST SOUTH OF MENKIB THERE WAS A SUDDEN STORM.   LOCAL FISHERMEN REPORTED THAT THE DAY HAD BEEN CALM AND THE WEATHER PERFECT FOR SAILING WHEN A GREAT FLEET OF SHIPS WAS SEEN ON THE HORIZEN.    SUDDENLY HUGE CLOUDS APPEARED OVER THE FLEET AND THE WATER BECAME ROUGH.   THE FISHERMEN SAID THAT THE WAVES WERE VERY UNUSUALL.   INSTEAD OF COMING TOWARDS THE SHORE FROM THE SEA THEY SEEMED TO CONVERGE ON THE FLEET FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.   ALL THIS WAS OCCURING ONLY WHERE THE FLEET WAS AND NOT WHERE THEY WERE.   NOT BEING SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, THEY MADE FOR THE COAST TO AVOID THE STORM.   ONE OF THE FISHERMEN THOUGHT HE SAW SOME SORT OF MONSTEROUS CREATURE ATTACKING THE SHIPS, BUT COULD NOT BE CERTAIN AS THERE WAS A BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHTNING THAT TEMPORARILY BLINDED HIM.   WHEN HIS VISION RETURNED THE STORM AND THE FLEET WERE GONE AND THE SEA WAS CALM AGAIN.  IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF DEMON THAT ATTACKED THE ALLIANCE FLEET, COULD IT HAVE BEEN SUMMONED BY THE SORCEROR SILIDON?   ALTHOUGH HE WAS SUPPOSSEDLY SLAIN BY THE WIZARD OF THE MISTY ISLES, HIS BODY HAD MISTERIOUSLY DISSAPPEARED FROM WHERE IT HAD BEEN DISPOSED OF AND COULD NOT BE FOUND.

IMPERIAL WEDDING IN HYDROS

 EMPEROR INWHAR III HAS MADE ZELINA HIS EMPRESS.   THE CEREMONIES AND FESTIVITIES LASTED FOR OVER A WEEK.   NO EXPENSE WAS SPARED.    DELEGATIONS FROM ALL COUNTRIES OF THE ALLIANCE WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CEREMONY.

PLAYER	KEN	RON
TREASURY	24 talents	39 talents
MELD	HOROLOGIUM 8/crown	SAIPH 1,FNEBISH ARMADA, KARL DOENUTZ
	SAD AL BARI	SYRMA 1,3,4
		WU
		PERSEUS 1,4 CONDOTTIERI VISCONTI/ns
HAND	8 cards	9 cards
MIKE			RAY	GARY	HAL		DISCARD
50 talents			9 talents	42 talents	14 talents		kaelum 4
HYDROS 1,2			CHI	PISCIS 3,4,7	CHU		PHOENICIAN
MUSCA 5,4				ERIDANUS. 1,8	MONOKEROS 1,4,6		ZORMESE
KAELUM 1,5,8, SALVATION ARMY							SHUFFLE THE DECK
KETOS 1,3,5,6,7							aquila 3
ARGOS 1,dragon/GREAT SWORD,ram							sniss
MISTY ISLES 6							hydros 6
AQUILA1,2,,4,6,							argos 6
7 cards			14 cards	13 cards	15 cards		sea demon