Week 52: Discovered some Ventri Ore near Asgard… perhaps this precious metal can be used to create bee armor.
Week 55: Cuessusaa has found a man named Markinn who claims to be the ruler of the kingdom of Gilden. Gilden sounds a lot like Gildar… I wonder if they’re rich? For now we shall remain peaceful… still need that bee armor.
Week 62: Cuessusaa has found another kingdom this time they are calling themselves Tarth and their ruler is Irane. My pioneers need to hurry and blockade the south-west pass. Gilden constructed a city near the pass, not close enough to interfere with my plans yet… the bees must be protected.
Week 63: I have found a woman named Rilis who I have made my wife. Unlike that other… ummm… ‘woman’ Rilis only asked for 165 gildar to be my bride… I have imbued her with my essence (heh), with some practice she will be able to use the almighty power of the barbeque lighter (still haven’t figured out what that is). Urd’s Pass has been created south-east of Asgard. Soon I will have more bees… still no armor…
Week 67: I have encountered a woman named Porcipinee (bahahaha, what a name!) ruler of Pariden. She’s kind of creepy looking… my bees might refuse to eat her…
Week 68: Signed treaties with Markinn, I like the way he does his hair… didn’t offer a non-aggression treaty, that would give him the power to send his pioneers through my territory and would defeat the purpose of blockading the passes… the bees must be kept safe while they build their awesome might!!
Week 71: Encountered the empire of Resoln, led by a woman named Ceresa… I like their skin tone… She seems to be sending a pioneer towards what is to be my Eastern gate… may have to take action without my armored bees of doom…
Week 73: The kingdom of Pariden is apparently mocking me… with bad spelling no less “ot quests”??? Really don’t like her…
Week 74: Cuessusaa has encountered a man named Relias. He claims to be the ruler of a kingdom called Altar… I see no kingdom, just a strange guy wandering through the wilderness alone… who does that?.... oh... wait….
Week 75: Ceresa did it… she built a city where I had planned for my eastern gate. I was hoping to avoid war so soon, but it seems it is inevitable.
Week 77: Thor’s Gate has been built in a less than ideal location but perhaps we can avoid war after all.
Week 83: Freyr and Freyja’s Gates have been built to the South-West. With Thor’s Gate in the east it is now time to fortify the gates and begin settling the land I have claimed. Tarth seems to expect me to go to war with Altar, and yet Irane offers nothing in exchange for my assistance… little does she know I don’t even have an army, save 2 sand golems, a fire giant, a familiar, and a bunch of over-glorified scouts that claim to be “champions”… it’s a wonder I haven’t fed them to the bees yet. Parties of archers are being trained to assist in the cleansing of the lands between Asgard and the gates.
Week 86: Gilden is mocking me about technology now… at least he used proper spelling and grammar. Pariden has warned me of an undead dragon named Zir-ka-va wandering the wilds… really need those archers… stupid bees and not having armor, I suspect Ratek is keeping the secrets of bee armor from me. I’ve come to terms with Tarth on technology and trade treaties. Consulted Pariden for the same but Porcipinee is far too creepy… plus she seemed to be threatening me with her puny dagger… like that’s going to stop my barbeque lighter of doom (my team of researchers has yet to determine what a ‘barbeque’ is… damn that Ratek, I think he made that up just to mess with me… I’m going to give him such a kicking when I find him).
Week 87: A party of archers is finally complete. Now we can begin the process of cleansing.
Week 90: My son Wotan was born today… little bastard better grow up to be good for something.
Week 97: Cleansing my lands is proving difficult… too many damn adventurers screwing up dungeon crawling has let loose monsters that make me wish I had bee armor. A protector golem has killed one of my archer parties… it seems I will have to travel over there to clean up this mess. Work has begun on a second fire shard. Ratek tried explaining to me how this would upgrade my barbeque lighter so I kicked him… his speech is a little squeaky now. More fire = good, what more do I need to know anyway? I have also been told of a man named Kraxis of the Empire of Kraxis (what is the deal with that? I mean what an ego on this guy.)
Week 101: Cleansing is taking longer than anticipated. All city building has been put on hold in favour of producing an army, except for housing in small cities. I need more people in those cities to further spread my influence and drive out the monsters. After teleporting to the south-west region I’m waiting on my essence to return so I can conjure up an army to crush this cursed protector golem… which is actually doing a great job of protecting Asgard from the caravans coming from the twin gates… There also seems to be a rather vicious looking pack drake nearby.
My new cartographer has drawn up a map of the kingdom… it seems he wants to be made into honey as well, still crooked. At least he didn’t write in the wrong names for cities as some of my advisors have been doing… It’s a small wonder my bees aren’t all fat yet. Things are looking good for the Children of Yggdrasil. Once we finish cleansing the land we can concentrate our defense into the south-west and the east. Then I think I may do something about little-miss-creepy-bad-grammar.
*** It is worth noting that this game is effectively won at this point. Because I control roughly 30% of the map and only have to protect 2 points there is really very little the AI can/will do to stop me**** There will be less screenshots from this point forward as I was rather forgetful.
Week 102: It seems I have begun to receive wargs from a warg den that Ceresa built near Thor’s Gate… I wonder if I can make wargs that shoot armored bees when they bark? I’ll have to put my researchers on that immediately… with armored bee shooting warg mounts I could rule the world!! On another note, the protector golem has fallen to the mighty Uber Fire Dart of DOOM!!... hmmm that’s not much better than the Gadget Barbeque Lighter…
Week 104: Kraxis warned me of the might of “Magnar.” Who the hell is Magnar?
Week 108: Pariden has killed Resoln… well at least that restores my control of the eastern front, and I did get some wargs (hopefully bee shooting) out of it… hmmm my researchers inform me they have figured out how to ride the beasts but the bee shooting is out of the question… something about allergies… hopefully his allergies because he’s bee food now. No one fails me!!
Week 112: Pariden continues mocking me… at least her grammar is correct. I received a report of a party of archers fighting against a troll shaman becoming so confused their attack power tripled. It seems it’s now Tarth’s turn to warn me of the “Evil Magnar”… Who the hell is Magnar?? Seriously, if these people want me to care the least they could do is tell me who this guy is… Oh, also my daughter was born today, named her Baba Yaga… Rilis did not appreciate the joke…
Week 113: Formed treaties with Altar… Slightly over-priced I think but it will pay off in the long run. My researchers informed me that we can research how to form treaties… so we can form treaties with Kraxis?… I sent them off to slap each other until they realize the notion of spending time and resources researching treaties is stupid… I can’t believe these are the guys I’ve been trusting with bee armor research… no wonder my bees are still squishy.
Week 120: Pariden, Tarth, and Gilden have been hounding me to go to war with Altar… Clearly they missed the fact that I paid through the nose to get treaties with Altar. Pariden asked for treaties… still creepy, and she’s still threatening me with that puny knife, I told her where to stick that knife.
Week 122: I’ve received a message from a man named Carrodus, ruler of Capitar… Capitar… sounds like someone’s pen ran out while writing the L in capital… Made treaties with Carrodus… stupid researchers and their obsession with “researching” the obvious… Clearly I failed in the search for the “best and brightest”…
Week 123: Someone reported to me that the ‘Ilyan Orekeepers’ have fallen to the might of ‘Verga’… Who are these people? I mean seriously? Are they the ones who know how to make bee armor, or make wargs shoot bees when they bark? Is that why I’m supposed to care?
Week 128: Altar has warned me about the “might of Umber”… enough with these people I’ve never heard of… Even if it were my concern my gates are guarded by archers and golems… and in dire straights I shall let loose the bees of war!! I wonder if I can attach jars of bees to arrows…
Week 140: The cleansing is nearly complete. Soon the bees will have the security they need to grow and develop their awesome stinging… stingy-ness of… ummm…. Stinging!! Altar seems to have a boat just off the coast from Gefion’s Point. I will have to watch they don’t try a water assault… bees don’t like water…
Week 143: My third child was born today, another son. Rilis has told me his name is Irar… it seems she’s still pissed over the ‘Baba Yaga’ thing so I’m no longer allowed to choose names for our children… women…
Week 150: Only 2 sections of my lands remain outside my influence. Archer parties are scattered throughout the land protecting cities from the few wandering monsters that remain. The gates are well protected and uncontested. My days are spent collecting treasures that scouts have found scattered throughout the kingdom, with new ones being discovered all the time. Soon our attention will shift to destroying little-miss-creepy-bad-grammar… unfortunately the bees are not ready in any capacity… no armor, no bee jars, and no bee spitting wargs… Ratek seems to be hiding in one of my cities… I suspect him of plotting against me but I have no proof.
The new head cartographer has drawn up a map of the kingdom. This one finally got north at the top of the map. He may live another year... Rilis took away my crayons... Something about "ruining perfectly good maps"...
