1st of June, 448 years after the foundation of a legendary city of iron men far far in the south. I don't know when and how we ended up here in our beautiful Germanic forests to use this city's calendar.
Anyway, here I am, the newly appointed counsellor of Catualda, descendant of the great Marbod, chief of the Cherusci.
Catualda has just been acclaimed as leader of the Cherusci confederation. He is ugly, and a vengeful maniac, but he likes to work hard and is well respected as a great military commander. His first act as the new leader was to sacrifice to the gods, and obviously, they do favour him:
The nobility of our confederation currently comes from six different families, five of them are important clans (including Catualda's own Marbodid clan). All noblemen are loyal, which is a good basis to work together cordially and effcicienty in order to gain predominance over the surrounding tribes.
We have excellent relations with all our neighbours, but we want to expand, thus earlier or later war will be inevitable. So we will recruit another body guard of heavy infantry. Looking at the current aims and wishes of our nobility, it seems we should ally with the Sicambri (Ampsivari), Chatti and Semnoni, and declare war on the Treveri. We will send three charismatic clan leaders out to fix the alliances.
Two noblemen want to enter Catualda's body guard - so be it.
A priest tells us it is not auspicious to change the assignments of state offices before 1st of August. Be this true or not, our people believe in it, so we will wait these two months before we think of how to render our administration more efficient.
However, our most important task is to find some more sources of food. Due to a bad harvest last year, our people are currently starving. Luckily, our neighbours the Ampsivari have some surplus, so we will send an envoy to settle a trade agreement.
So these are our projects. Let's see whether and how they can be realised.
Anyway, here I am, the newly appointed counsellor of Catualda, descendant of the great Marbod, chief of the Cherusci.
Catualda has just been acclaimed as leader of the Cherusci confederation. He is ugly, and a vengeful maniac, but he likes to work hard and is well respected as a great military commander. His first act as the new leader was to sacrifice to the gods, and obviously, they do favour him:
The nobility of our confederation currently comes from six different families, five of them are important clans (including Catualda's own Marbodid clan). All noblemen are loyal, which is a good basis to work together cordially and effcicienty in order to gain predominance over the surrounding tribes.
We have excellent relations with all our neighbours, but we want to expand, thus earlier or later war will be inevitable. So we will recruit another body guard of heavy infantry. Looking at the current aims and wishes of our nobility, it seems we should ally with the Sicambri (Ampsivari), Chatti and Semnoni, and declare war on the Treveri. We will send three charismatic clan leaders out to fix the alliances.
Two noblemen want to enter Catualda's body guard - so be it.
A priest tells us it is not auspicious to change the assignments of state offices before 1st of August. Be this true or not, our people believe in it, so we will wait these two months before we think of how to render our administration more efficient.
However, our most important task is to find some more sources of food. Due to a bad harvest last year, our people are currently starving. Luckily, our neighbours the Ampsivari have some surplus, so we will send an envoy to settle a trade agreement.
So these are our projects. Let's see whether and how they can be realised.
