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Occupied Equestria - The Thread That Came Late
Anonymous
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No.133503
133506 135124
In Changelingia (West Equestria), Brie gains the support of a Changeling queen for his endeavors. Spark is doing his best to help an ill Wolf spiritual leader.

In Free Equestria (East Equestria), Iron is trying to intimidate a group of criminal griffin interlopers. Fantasy Play is helping to shut down an Anarchist press. Silver is helping his new household. Amber Sunset is walking through the city, and Dark Star has just finished helping the orphans.
2365 replies and 35 files omitted.
Anonymous
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No.134500
By the way, Dark Star's player is in the area affected by the recent hurricane and so doesn't have power or non-phone based internet now

>>134499
Hmmm.... there's a decent chance Fantasy could come by.
Anonymous
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No.134502
134503
Not today I'm afraid. I'm busy.
Anonymous
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No.134503
>>134502
Alright, have a nice day!
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.134511
134512
All of you are cute ponies.
Anonymous
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No.134512
134520 134546
Spoilered
>>134511
Gasps

Is, presumably, a cute pony
Anonymous
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No.134515
134516 134520
I'll try to play with you guys again soon but I most inform you tat this is something that i do whenever i feel like it and have time. don't have the time to take this too seriously. It will have to be when it be.
Anonymous
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>>134515
Okay...

Waits patiently
Anonymous
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No.134520
>>134512
Pony is a cute!

>>134515
No need to take it so seriously, I am blessed to be flexible with time (though I sometimes oversleep) and there's always something to do.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.134546
>>134512
I love that gif.
Update on my Nova Griffonia game
Anonymous
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No.134712
134757
So I decided to keep playing to see if time would run out in the game. I rented out mercenaries to Wingbardy/Griffonian Empire when it tried taking over New Mareland but despite this we were steadily pushed back as the AI Equestria was much more competent than I was in the last game. After we failed to push out a naval invasion in the south it was basically all over, and the Griffonian Republic declared war for the scraps in the north.

After that nothing interesting went on for years, though the game does have random wars in the late-game to spice things up. Unfortunately the Dread League's done squat and after switching to it I saw it wasn't even building an army. The Aquilean Republic decced on the Griffonian Empire and puppeted everything in the north, becoming a superpower while Equestria had absorbed the southwest of Griffonia. As the only "fascist" country left I used my plentiful political power to influence half the world. I successfully turned the Polar Bears, the Pinguins, and Stalliongrad, but countries like Olenia and the Changelings never flipped because of their high stability. I started coups in Aquileia and its major northern vassals but despite having 70 divisions the fascists in Aquileia got crushed by the Republic's huge army, which proceeded to swarm north and drove back my volunteers. Fortunately I micro'd my troops so they didn't get surrounded before the capitulation.
After that I thought it would be "the end of history" but I pressed on.


I managed to get the fascists to become a majority in the River Federation but before they could be elected to power the whole Federation was taken over by the Kingdom of Prydwhen sp00kily. Haukland got itself puppeted by declaring war on Equestria but has the same leader as before, but this ended a stalemate over a decade long with the Dragons. All of a sudden though the Kingdom of Prydwhen absorbed Equestria as well, with Celestia being exiled to New Mareland. I justified for the Village Up North though I didn't expect to use the CB; however, when the Free Creatures Alliance (basically the Harmonic Alliance without Equestria itself) declared war I took advantage of this opportunity. I've been winning the defensive air war and have even been bombing Albion, and I managed to make a naval invasion on Trottingham with my knights. However, to defend my skies and project power my air force needs 21k of fuel, leaving me dry and unable to use my decent fleet to effectively patrol and harass convoys. I can buy more fuel but I barely have room for more civ factories/they take too long anyway, and I've been building anti-air to reduce the number of planes needed. Also I'm critically short on every other resource though I have a decent stockpile.
It's 1028 and the best time to invade Equestria while Prydwhen is locked in stalemate with Olenia and the Changelings but without fuel it might be suicidal. I think I'll reload to mid-1026 and focus on fuel production and move faster to avoid this deadlock.


This sort of scenario would be great for a multiplayer game where the players have to work together to take on the Prydwhen hyperpower. It's late-game so all focus trees are done as well as most research, but you can still try to get the best units using experience. I don't know how you would go about doing setup for the nations, though.
Anonymous
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No.134756
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I'll be writing a lot tonight or today for you 'merican! So I can play but will have a slight delay in my responses.

Although, it will have to wait a little bit because I'm not quite ready to start yet. I'll sign back in when I can, also obviously if you guys can as well.
Anonymous
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No.134757
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>>134756
Waiting is alright and I can understand distractions.

>>134712
>All of a sudden though the Kingdom of Prydwhen absorbed Equestria as well
Wait what

>Free Creatures Alliance
Wat.
Anonymous
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No.134758
134759 134760
>>134757
Unexpectably tired. Sorry, seems like I can't do this tonhight atfer all.
Anonymous
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No.134759
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>>134758
Aww... okay

Hope you can join us soonish, though
Anonymous
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No.134760
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File (hide): 4F11A26C81373F569AE2ECC57BF92551-15981932.webm (15.2 MB, Resolution:1280x720 Length:00:00:30, ParksAndRecreationEaW.webm) [play once] [loop]
ParksAndRecreationEaW.webm
>>134758
Phew, I dodged a bullet. I just came back from church and I was worried I wouldn't be here if you wanted to play.

>>134757
>Wait what
It's a super sekrit event chain for the Kingdom of Brodfield but I didn't know it happened with historical focuses. I don't know if it has to do with my lack of DLCs but the mod after the invasion of New Mareland seems very unfinished in the late game, both in terms of lack of unit icons/descriptions and in terms of events. I think this is just some random stuff they threw together to reward players who stick around. I'm still impressed by how much depth there is and it's perfectly possible to have any number of adventure campaigns set in the 1020's.
Anonymous
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No.134761
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>>134760
>Church
>At what is ~11 PM Central US Time
Uh, alright

I think I've only ever twice been into the 1020s, and neither time was past 1022 if I even got that far. One of those was Dread League.
Anonymous
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No.134762
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>>134761
Timezones. I don't plan on playing such long games again, but I'm just curious at this point whether there's a hard time limit or if the game stretches on to infinity like that one Civ 2 game.
Anonymous
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No.134773
>>134762
Prolly stretch to infinity, but you reach a point where you've reached your full potential in terms of tech. Most grand strategy games let you do that in order to get the sweet world domination satisfaction.
Anonymous
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No.134777
134778
>>134114
>>134111
Iron gets nearer the trawler, which is located with its hull between a sort of pair of yellow steel rails. the hull itself seems to have chipping and barnacle infested red paint. The boat is painted white, with the cabin in the forward end and a boom and mast in the rear. The upper part of the mast appears to have been taken down to fit within the high ceiling of the structure. It's possible to climb to the deck, but it's high enough above the concrete floor of the room that it requires some effort to jump and climb up.

There is sound on the opposite side, which sounds most like a chair scraping on the floor.
Anonymous
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No.134778
134779
>>134777
Iron tilts his head, remembering the Wirraway from the dream at the similar physical deterioration. (So this is either used a lot or is in disrepair and in need of fixing,) he thinks until the sound of chair scraping on floor is heard, quickly trotting to see what was the sound all about first in case it's something to be worried about.
Anonymous
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No.134779
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>>134778
Looking around the boat, he sees behind the boat and to the right, three darker feathered griffins sitting around a wooden table in chairs. One of them has just gotten up

[1d2 = 1]
Anonymous
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No.134780
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>>134779
(Uh oh,) Iron thinks to himself, briefly turning around and looking for a suitable chokepoint that he could use in order to maybe take these griffins on one at a time.
Anonymous
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No.134781
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>>134780
The room is very large and open, maybe 50 feet wide, a hundred feet long, and 35 or more feet in height, being essentially a garage. There are work benches and tool boxes around the edges that make it a little harder to move. By far the largest and greatest obstacle in the room is the raised set of rails on the left side, and the trawler near the middle, as well as the winch in front of the trawler and at the end of the rails. These effectively cut the room in half (though it's possible to step or maybe fly over the rails) except on the far right side. There are windows on the second level, a (closed) large door on the left, a door to exit where Iron came from, and the status of any doors on the other side of the trawler is unknown
Anonymous
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No.134782
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>>134781
From what he understood from the scenery seen, he at first check the winch's position in relation to the griffons, starting to use his less developed concrete jungle mind to diminish the enemy's advantage in numbers by forcing them to attack one at a time.
(Maybe I can buy some time by making them split up through the bars while one tries to hold me down,) he thinks.
Anonymous
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No.134783
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>>134782
The winch is rather large, with a spool of steel chain two feet in diameter, propped up several feet off the ground and connected to an electric motor. The end of the chain is connected to a moor on the trawler. The winch is directly attached to the rails and forms the end of it. The rails are several feet tall, several feet apart from each other, and have a recess underneath them that is deeper than the floor of the room. The rails and the winch are painted in alternating stripes of yellow. The winch is essentially parallel to the griffins and their table, across from them
Anonymous
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No.134784
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>>134783
Iron couldn't help but pout softly as he looked back at the entrance, now deciding if the hallway back there is a better spot to hold the ground if it manages to undermine their numbers.
Anonymous
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No.134785
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>>134784
The door behind Iron does indeed still exist, with Sands looking uncertain and standing near it
Anonymous
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No.134786
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>>134785
Iron's mouth curls further. (Crud. Now Sands' there and if I go there, she's going to be attacked, too,) he thinks (specially with the unconscious bodies around there.)
Glancing back at his battlefield, he starts to walk towards the winch, licking his lips in anticipation as he looks for a way up there.
(I might need to go all out,) he thinks (give in to my natural instincts.) aka barbarian rage.
Anonymous
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No.134787
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>>134786
Three griffins. They don’t look as large as the two that he fought earlier. It’s hard to see what weapons, if any, they have available. They seem to have been playing a card game, and look surprised by the appearance of Iron
Anonymous
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No.134788
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>>134787
Feeling it's a good idea to simply walk away from their vision while acting the slightest bit shocked himself, Iron trots towards the right-most corner instead and hopefully manage to either get them close to him or leave their weapons behind and thinking it's just a trespasser and not some sort of henchman seeking to bust their feathers.
Anonymous
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No.134789
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>>134788
The rightmost corner gives a clear field of view between the three griffins and Iron
Anonymous
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No.134790
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>>134789
Feeling exposing himself yet again is going to cause more headaches for the griffons, Iron's foalish side can't help but to slowly, carefully retreat back into cover, still remaining as slightly shocked as ever.
Anonymous
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No.134791
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>>134790
Alright, which area of cover is Iron retreating to?
Anonymous
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No.134792
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>>134791
Nearest one, preferrably one with a roof to hide in case they start to fly around.
Anonymous
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No.134793
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>>134792
It's unclear whether the room is large enough to allow flight or cramped enough to prevent it... But the ceiling is high above his head in almost every position, although the hull of the trawler gives some cover, and it's probably technically possible to go underneath the trawler on the rails or inside the cabin if he could get on the deck. Aside from that, he can go back the way he came.
Anonymous
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No.134794
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>>134793
Seeing no other feasible option that doesn't involve getting striked from above, Iron decides to trot back the way he came into the room, having given up on the room to provide a good battleground for his rather disadvantagious position.
Anonymous
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No.134795
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>>134794
Sands, seeing Iron coming, goes through the door before him. Iron again finds himself in the hallway, expanding to a cubicle behind him, two closed doors on the right, and a closed door on the left
Anonymous
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No.134796
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>>134795
"Three griffons," Iron whispers to Sands as he closes the door behind him "I could not see what they had, but they definitely saw me."
With that being said, Iron chooses the closed door on the left, attempting to maybe weird the griffs out enough to maybe follow him to a door he could use to limit any attacks against him.
(Yeah. As long as they do not bring weapons, that should work.)
Anonymous
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No.134797
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>>134796
Iron opens it to find a pair of stalls, a sink, and tile floors. The light is already on.
Anonymous
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No.134798
134799
>>134797
Quickly beckoning Sands inside the room, Iron leaves this door partly open before pointing at the stalls. "I will see if I can take them," he whispers to her before readying himself, using his hearing to pinpoint an estimated location.
[1d20+8 = 27]<Listen Check
Anonymous
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No.134799
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>>134798
The griffins are talking to each other. Iron cannot make out what they are saying, and they do not seem to be speaking ponish in any case. One of them opens the door to the hallway
Anonymous
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No.134800
134801 134802
>>134799
Realizing the potential from hiding inside the stalls to jump out into surprised enemies, Iron intentionally makes the door creak before slipping into a stall himself, closing the door and awaiting his time to strike.
Anonymous
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No.134801
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>>134800
[1d3 = 3]
Anonymous
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No.134802
134803
>>134800
>>134801
Two of them move ahead. Some time passes, and then the door to the bathroom opens
Anonymous
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No.134803
134804
>>134802
Iron attempts to peek from any cracks the stall has to offer in the hopes of seeing what was coming.
Anonymous
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No.134804
134805
>>134803
Griffin. Male. He looks to be armed with a sledge hammer
Anonymous
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No.134805
135200
>>134804
Iron squints softly, waiting for him to move closer to his stall.
Anonymous
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No.134808
134810
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Spoilered
Spoilered
Just a quick update on my game though it's probably distracting at best.
This time I loaded an old save two years back and focused on navy construction and oil production, building as many synthetic refineries as I could fit in my land. With all the technology this amounted to 1.8k extra production, not enough to be secure but I was able to make up the difference with judicious use and sacrificing production to buy oil on the world market. It wasn't challenging in the fun way as I had to micro my planes constantly and hold them when enemy bombings stopped. However, I never got below 50% in reserves so that was reassuring.

I also moved faster when I declared war, promptly landing troops on Trottingham as soon as the coast was clear. This was a handy base from which to launch bombers to obliterate the enemy navy. Naval bombing is as OP as it is in real life as Prywhen losts countless cruisers, battlecruisers, carriers, and battleships to my coastal bomber presence. Combining this strategy with submarine warfare made being a Prywhen sailor the most dangerous profession in the world.

In reality I think the Kingdom of Prywhen is a paper tiger despite the excellent buffs it gets with national spirits. You can see how much land it has in the first picture. However, only the Changelings who had been previously castrated by Equestria looked to be in any serious danger, though I'm sure Olenia would have fallen with enough time. I was preparing to launch a D-Day into Equestria but both the Changelings and the deer beat me to it, but my reinforcements helped secure the eastern coast. Although Prywhen had nearly a thousand divisions the few I encountered were 20-width and melted before me, though that may be because I was using space marine templates and fully upgraded griffon knights. The whole enemy army looked to be starved by the time and I didn't face any major offensive, but maybe that had to do with Equestrian resistance. Fascist Stalliongrad joined the war after I already took the northeast and the first thing they did was nuke Canterlot. Anyway, it took only a year after the outbreak of war to completely secure Equestria, with the Changelings somehow occupying more land than Chrysalis ever did. I'm confident Griffonia will be more challenging though I wish I could use "ally" airfields.

I should have screencapped war participation, but I have 35%. I barely have any ground casualties with about two million for our side total, but Prywhen has taken over twelve million after losing the entire army in Equestria.
Anonymous
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No.134810
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>>134808
>Prywhen just annexing large nations
Okay, that's really spooky


>Prywhen is a Paper Tiger
>Had 1000 divisions, and suffered as many losses as all Soviet losses including POWs in WW2
You and I have very different definitions of "Paper Tiger

Anonymous
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No.134811
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>>134495
>>134494
Jubilosa gives her own commentary:
"Well, I don't see what is so wrong with that..."
She trails off at the end, aware that her words are not desired, and she becomes quiet. Khoi doesn't act like she heard Jubilosa. But she does respond to Silver's question:

"You must understand, the Khoe dynasty would face a difficult task even without the rebels, and without the Storm King. Ngua Nam would face change regardless, and to stand strong as King in these times would be like to stand strong in the middle of river. You are more likely to be swept away with the current. The Khoe dynasty started two centuries ago, when a general named Cháy Rừng overthrew the last ruler of the Yín Mén dynasty, a northern Kirin bloodline, and restored Ngua Nam to rule by the native Kylan.

Áo Gió Khoe, the old King, was very well versed in the teachings embodied in the Great Vehicle and ruled Ngua Nam in peace for twenty-five years. But he tired of politics and ostentation, and decided to seek awakening in a small farm on a hill in the country. He visits the temples and the places of the poor to help out sometimes. He retired a year before the Storm King came. Some say he stepped down to leave the throne to his son, so he would not be the last king of Ngua Nam, the one to lose it all.”

She pauses, and closes her eyes as she hakes her head

“But that is not true at all. He helps his son when the country needs it, but stays away from power otherwise. I admire him…
His son is Prince Chắn Sóng Khoe. They is call him ‘Prince’ because of his young age and his still living father, who often makes the decisions instead of Chắn Sóng. But he is King now, and has been much of his life. I think he wants to be something more than a ‘king,’ a highest noble. He wants to be a sort of father of the nation, a ruler who does not simply rule by law but cultivates the virtue of his people. This philosophy is common in the Kirin Empire, but he may have been inspired by your . But he is more likely to be the Last King than to be a father of the nation. He appeared weak when the Storm King came, and his personality is sometimes overshadowed by his ministers. His passion, I think, is in reforming the education system, to add more state-owned schools alongside the village and religious schools. I went to one of these for a couple years. He lacks his fathers wisdom, but he has the energy and idealism of youth. What one lacks, the other has.

The Foreign Minister is Hěnduō Fāngfǎ. He is not Kylan but is the foal of Imperial merchants. The elder king could see his talent and positioned him as ambassador to the Empire. He proved skilled at navigating the complex relationships between nations, and so was made Foreign Minister, and in this role has served both kings. His special project is trade. He hopes to attract foreign investors, and to open new markets for exports. But he’s spent most of his tenure dealing with the wars. It was he more than anyone who kept the Storm King’s forces at bay and stopped them from despoiling the country. But it was likely he who invited the subversive foreign advisers, a failure that casts a shadow over his whole tenure. Neither the foreign mining corporations he has brought, nor the new military backers make him especially popular in the country. But I remember the siege of Cue Song. I do not think the rebels could have been defeated were it not for the foreign bought planes bombing the rebel artillery. His craftiness is invaluable to the nation.

Gió Nóng is the head of the Army and the Minister of War. Like Hěnduō he is not Kylan, but he is not northern Kirin either, but is of a minority tribe of the western mountains and follows an Equestrian Celestialist religion. Born to a landowning family, his family’s plantation has been destroyed and its remains taken twice, by both the Storm King and the rebels. With no where else to go, he spends day and night organizing the resistance against the partisans. He is not a full supporter of the Monarchy, admittedly a dangerous trait for his position, and instead calls himself a ‘Nationalist’ and an ‘Anti-Communist.’ Yet he is valuable because, though does not quite equal Bright Will’s tactical genius, he has a firm understanding of the provincial rulers, their lands and needs, and is a skilled staffer. He is less popular with the peasantry than he is with the landowners, less popular even than Hěnduō. What he considers a ‘modernizing national service’ is seen by some as just a peasant levy. But I was impressed into the national service myself. And I know that Cue Song did not fall, for all the effort of the enemy. And I know that no major city has fallen since he became Chief of the Army"
Anonymous
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No.134813
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>>134495
>>134811
She continues,

"Gió Nóng’s main assistant is the head of the National Police. Someone called Không Ai. I don’t know his background. We just know his horn is broken from an assassin’s bomb, and he wears excessive clothing. Gió Nóng may be disliked by many, but Không Ai is the most hated person in all Ngua Nam. He has not a single friend, save for an Equestrian Pegasus stallion named Drawn Card, who is an advisor on matters of policing, and part of the attache. The two are said to sit by themselves at a table, eating together in the public lunchroom, as they do many things together. Drawn Card must be a strong influence on Không, as Không likes to dress his officers up in black uniforms, and decorate themselves with the two horseshoes, back to back.”

Khoi moves her hooves so that she can try to form the symbol of the two horseshoes. Her split-toed Kirin feet don’t look like they could fit normal horseshoes.

“Though he does not have the love of the people, he has their fear… His officers arrest suspected rebels by the thousand. They come at night, and during work, and every hour of the day. There are stories about what happens to prisoners... And there are rumors that he is addicted to painkilling opiates, or that he commits crimes against nature with Drawn Card… But you must understand, he is near legendary among the nation. When his name is mentioned, or his National Police is mentioned, ears go up and Kylan look around. He is like a made up creature parents tell their foals to spook them into behaving, lest they be dragged away and eaten. I think the other ministers tolerate him because he is like a mousing cat.”

She pauses for a long moment and looks around

“In the earlier days of the war, the city of Đền Cổ came under siege from the rebels. The garrison there took up position behind the barricade… Until part of the garrison let the rebels through the gate at night and slaughtered the loyalists. Nothing like that has happened since Không Ai has come. If Gió Nóng is a match for Bright Will’s determination and strength of will, then Không Ai is a match for his ruthlessness.”

She takes another pause, this one shorter

“Trên Tán Cây is his opposite. She was born of the peasantry, to a family that has supplied many monks. She went to school in the Griffin lands, and a teacher of hers there, Ailes Bleues I think is his name, has come here to teach. She believes the people embrace the new ideas because of issues like poverty, or anxiety about industrialization. So she promotes helping the poor and the less advantaged. The young Prince made her the Minister of Health, besides roles like land redistribution and resettlement – one of the few staff choices to come from Chắn Sóng and not the Elder King. Their ideas about education and healthcare are similar. She is very popular among the people. Unlike the other Ministers, who stay in their concrete buildings in the walled cities for fear of assassination, she walks out in the open unafraid, from town to town and village to village. Her plans have not been perfect, for even where there is an effort to make them real, they meet opposition, like land reform, or face practical problems, like resettlement, or in the cases of some hospitals, are targeted by the rebels. But she is one of the few with the hope, the ideas, and the compassion to challenge Bright Will’s vision of the future.

When I was in the national service, I was a nurse's assistant in a makeshift hospital under her ministry. There was no air cooling, and there were not always enough beds or doctors or good sanitation, but the Kylan there carried on their duty. I could tell she was an inspiration to them… to all of us.”

She sighs

“I don’t think the Monarchy knows what it wants to be. And I don’t think it has a singe person, or single idea, to match the fever-dream movement of the rebels. But with the wisdom, the youthful idealism, the determination, the ruthlessness, and the compassion of the many who comprise it, they are collectively a match for Bright Will and his movement. Though they hold only half of a less wealthy vassal state of the Empire, they persevere as a capable and independent nation in spite of a decade of intermittent war and foreign influence.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
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No.134834
134835
>>134811
>>134813
Silver listens quietly and respectfully during her telling of the kirins behind the Khoe Dynasty. He mimics her hoof gesture to make the Black Hooves symbol, grimmaces at her telling of the secret police of Không Ai, and smiles at her tale of Trên Tán Cây.

"It sounds little bit like Whites of Severyana, during our own civil war."

His smile slowly fades as he thinks about the outcome of that particular war.

"Hmm. If I was move religious pony, I might suggest that you were not destined to fight and die in civil war, but to live on and share your light. Certainly there would have been bright light snuffed out from this world had you stayed and died. But I do not know if that would answer your question of why you fought at Hoebuck and not in your motherland. I do know that civil war is bloody, and brutal. There is usually very little to be gained from such fighting besides spilling your own countrypeople's blood. Perhaps you felt disillusioned with it, for Ngua Nam to survive fighting bloody war against Storm King only for your own people to start killing each other in aftermath instead of rebuilding. It also sounded like you had hoped to bring rest of your family here too when you had become settled, right?"
Anonymous
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No.134835
134836
>>134834
She looks sad for a moment , but then had a reassured smile at Silver’s words.

“I don’t... I don’t know. My father would not want to leave our home. His family has owned that land as free holders for four generations, since his great grandfather received it. My older sister is married. I don’t think they would want to leave unless they had no other choice. I don’t want that to happen. I would like to return, if I could. And I would like to send money back to them, to help them.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134836
134837
>>134835
Silver smiles back at her.

"If you are willing, I would be honored to help you, in whatever way I can."
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134837
134838
>>134836
She blinks, then tilts her head in an embarrassed smile

“You’ve helped plenty already...”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134838
134839
>>134837
"I know, but my offer still stands for you if you want it, Khoi."

He continues to smile brightly at the kirin.
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134839
134840
>>134838
“What do you mean?” She asks
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134840
134841
>>134839
"I mean, if you ever want help sending money to your family, all you have to do is ask."
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134841
134842 134912
>>134840
“Oh... I can’t just accept money...” she squirts around on the couch
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134842
134843
>>134841
Silver tilts his head slightly.

"Oh? Why not, if I might ask?"
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134843
134844
>>134842
She looks embarrassed

Jubilosa:
“Yeah. Why not?0

Mala:
“I wish someone offered me money when I was on the street.”

Khoi:
“Well... I mean... each Kirin, err, creature should strive to be self sufficient. To care for others rather than to be cared for. That is part of becoming an adult.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134844
134845
>>134843
Silver nods at Khoi.

"That is understandable. But there is no shame in offering or accepting help, especially if it is to or from those who care for you."

He leans over to give the poor Mala some pets.

"You do not have to accept it, but I would like for you to know that my offer of help is always there for you."
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134845
134846
>>134844
She smiles. Mala also smiles

“Thanks... I would like to stay here some time more, if I could. Maybe not until I am married, but... a little longer.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134846
134847
>>134845
Silver smiles back.

"Stay here as long as you like."
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134847
134848
>>134846
She smiles.

Jubilosa:
“I would like you to stay around longer. It’s been kind of nice these last two days.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134848
134849
>>134847
Silver nods in agreement.

"It has been wonderful being part of household again, and you are valued part of it."
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134849
134850
>>134848
“I don’t know if I would call it a household... that’s more like a family.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134850
134851
>>134849
Silver rolls his eyes and lets out an amused chuckle.

"Well, whatever you would call it, it has been wonderful having you three here."
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134851
134852
>>134850
Presumably, a hug happens after this
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134852
134853
>>134851
Most definitely. He looks to his friends after they release each other.

"I do have to apologise, but I have couple quick errands I have to finish tonight. I will be back before too long, though."
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134853
134854
>>134852
The creatures look up at him

Khoi:
“Uh, alright”

Jubilosa:
“Get some wine while you are out.”

Mala just stares
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134854
134855
>>134853
Silver nods to Jubilosa.

"Absolutely."

He bids them goodbye, then departs for Black Cauldron's place of work. If it's available, he takes a taxi, otherwise he trots.
Anonymous
859fc8d
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No.134855
134861
>>134854
Taxis are not as common in Cherry Hill as the main city, and Silver trots some ways before a taxi passes. But it isn’t that long, really, before a taxi comes along and takes Silver to East side, to the Watering Hope. By this time a crowd is building, and music is playing - some new tune. He knows this is the place, and it’s a pretty active time. Or at least, it will be soon.
Silver "The Floof" Sword
bce850a
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No.134861
134960
>>134855
Silver breathes in the lively atmosphere before going to the bar counter.
Anonymous
ab45c57
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No.134912
134913
>>134810
Allied losses were only about three and a half million, mostly among the Olenians, Changelings and New Mareland. Nova Griffonia has taken only a few thousand casualties (I don't think air losses are counted, otherwise it would be higher). I'll grab a screencap of the war next time.

>>134841
>she squirts around on the couch
NOT ON THE COUCH!.

Unironically though, great backstory.
>Hěnduō Fāngfǎ
Kek
>Gió Nóng is the head of the Army and the Minister of War. Like Hěnduō he is not Kylan, but he is not northern Kirin either, but is of a minority tribe of the western mountains and follows an Equestrian Celestialist religion.
I feel proud for knowing the irl corollary of this character.
Anonymous
ee514e2
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No.134913
134914
>>134912
I’m curious as to why that name invites a “Kek”
Gió Nóng, the head of the secret police, and even the griffin have direct IRL parallels, as do many of the programs and efforts described.
writing this almost felt like an application for EAW writing
Anonymous
ab45c57
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No.134914
134915
>>134913
It's literally "Many Methods" in Mandarin so although it's not an accurate Chinese name it's a clever use of Google translate
You would be a great EAW loremaster. I don't know if they would accept you because of your associations, and you're definitely busy with other things, but still.
Anonymous
ee514e2
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No.134915
134916
>>134914
It’s supposed to me “many ways,” which is an epithet for Odysseus in “The Odyssey,” since the character’s modus operandi was similar to a description of Odysseus I recall from a literature professor in college. I have no idea if that explanation is more or less satisfying than what you imagined.

I mean, they have literal talkie on their team, so...

[s\Also, uh, any other commentary?
Anonymous
ab45c57
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No.134916
>>134915
Not really. I'm guessing "talkie" is supposed to be "tankie." That's an interesting bit of fluff, I just thought it was an appropriate name for a foreign minister who can make things happen through his connections.
Anonymous
444908d
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No.134947
134949
1110357.png
>Before anyone asks I can't play just came by to say hey
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.134949
unnamed.jpg
>>134947
Awww...

Well... Hello
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.134960
135199
>>134861
When Silver goes to the counter, he sees a young, red stallion with spiked hair and an eye patch over his right eye. Evidently he works as the bar tender
Shimmering Spark
30db97b
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No.134994
135123
I should be around tomorrow to play.
Shimmering Spark
30db97b
?
No.135123
>>134994
I'm definitely free all day tomorrow. I hope we can make it then,
Dark Star
24ad101
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No.135124
135125
>>133503
Hello
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135125
135126 135127
2096668.gif
>>135124
Hello!

You want Dark Star to continue?
>>133553
>>133554
Dark Star
24ad101
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No.135126
135127
>>135125
Yea i do.
im not exactly sure where to take this scene though.
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135127
135128
>>135125
>>135126
He nods

"Very well. Now, you know."
Anonymous
24ad101
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No.135128
135129
>>135127
"Thank you for the information,sir. is there anything that needs to be taken care of around the HQ?"
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135129
135130
>>135128
"There's a new filly we are testing, and the natives are restless as always, but nothing especially relating to you. The actual investigation of the trafficking operation from last night is being taken care of by R & M."
Anonymous
24ad101
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No.135130
135131
>>135129
"Testing?"
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135131
135132
>>135130
He nods
"She's on a probationary period of sorts. She's tasked with helping to locate an anarchist printing press. If she succeeds, excellent. If her motives are less than noble, she could only do so much harm."
Anonymous
24ad101
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No.135132
135133
>>135131
"Who is she?"
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135133
135134
>>135132
"An Equestrian unicorn filly from somewhere deeper in the countryside. Her name is 'Fantasy Play.'"
Anonymous
24ad101
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No.135134
135135
>>135133
"This is the first time i've heard of her."
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135135
135136
>>135134
"Much the same for me. She only showed up today."
Anonymous
24ad101
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No.135136
135137
>>135135
"Anything note worthy about her?"
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135137
135138
>>135136
"She likes cats, even taking one inside with her. She's fairly young. She says she has some expertise in illusion magic. She doesn't seem to like either the Anarchists or the Changelings."
Anonymous
9600b31
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No.135138
135139
>>135137
"She doesn't? Good. No Pony should."
Anonymous
9fc34cb
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No.135139
135140
>>135138
He nods
"It seems the natives in this area didn't appreciate Canterlot's reach any more than the Dominion did, and the new migrants here just do what the labor unions tell them to do. It's rather sad that they go this way, but we are making slow progress to plug the leak. The Changelings, of course have few friends anywhere."