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The Great Aguellid
The story of Zarantia is the story of Mekiouzza Ataghan. No zebra before her has managed to bring the Imazeeb tribes together like she did, and during her long life she has become a legend. Yet, the Storm King's rampage and the loss of Tobuck shattered the hope of her twilight years being peaceful.
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The Rat Of Tobuck
Tobuck was the crown jewel of Zarantia, and the Equestrian that now occupies it is a blight. Yet, he has the backing of powerful warlords, as evident by the fate of those warriors who first rushed to dislodge them. The already weakened Imazeeb are in no position to fight a war, and the pen must rule.
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Choosing To Hope
The Equestrian has given his promise, and unless rivers of blood are spilled, the city remains in his grip either way. Trusting his word and remaining on as good terms as possible with him may well be the best hope the weakened Imazeeb have.
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Appeasing The Amsarmud
The Amsarmud are Mekiouzza's most fierce servants, but their loyalty is tied to their honour. The choice to tolerate the Tobuckian intruders robs them of vengeance for our fallen kin, and they are making their voices heard.
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Reminding The Rats
Tobuck is Zarantian by right, and Pea Shooter is a thief and a rat. He shall know his place, and though we are not charging in right now, our warriors wait just beyond the border. A step, a word, a single breath in the wrong direction, and he shall face our fury.
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Merchant Objections
Many of our people still have ties to the ponies of Tobuck, and trade is still flowing to some extent. Mekiouzza's threats have ruptured this, as any Imazeeb approaching Tobuck now faces not just scrutiny, but hostility.
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The City Of Brooks
Agzhat was never more than a gathering place for the tribes, yet with Mekiouzza's ascension it became so much more. It has become a city in its own right, and foreign traders and interests are coming there now that Tobuck is not accessible. Though it is lesser than our lost capital, it serves us dutifully.
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The Old Ways
To an outside observer, the Imazeeb are an eternal and unchanging fixture of the Zebhara, one that stays true to their ways no matter how the wind blows. Yet beyond the stereotype lies a much more complex truth, and though some conform to these notions, just as many are fluid in their ways and more than willing to adapt.
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The Sword Or The Scale
The Imazeeb are a warlike people, the desert breeds a hardy people, but they are also traders and caravaneers who have earned a living crossing the Zebhara and carrying goods for whoever needs their services.
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A Settling People
Nomadism is not some inherent trait of the Imazeeb, it is a way to eke out a living in these harsh lands. Many tribes, especially in the north, have been settled for centuries. They have built their towns and cities much like the Colthaginians or Maregyptians, and they are no less Imazeeb than their wandering kin.
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Reaffirming The Amsisi
The Amsisi is the thread that binds the disparate tribes of the Imazeeb together. Whether warlike or mercantile, settled or nomadic, progressive or traditionalist, all Imazeeb acknowledge it.
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The Blue Sage
Tasawent Wiwurgh is a zebra of singular wisdom and mercantile skill. Having travelled across northern zebrica for decades, he is a stallion of a thousand stories and a million insights. His return from his latest travels is eagerly awaited by not just Mekiouzza, but all Imazeeb.
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The Council Of Tribes
Unlike the Colthaginian senate or the Maregyptian pharaoh, no Imazeeb leader rules without the consent of the tribal leaders. Mekiouzza has not forgotten this, and she has invited them all for a grand meeting to hear them and to reaffirm their oaths to her.
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Chief Ironbreaker
No tribe is as martially inclined as the Amsarmud, and no Amsarmud as able as Zawgha. On orders from Mekiouzza, she went to Colthage to gather all those Imazeeb who served there as mercenaries and to curry favour among our old clients. Much Imazeeb blood has been spilled for the Colthaginians. Hopefully they will honour this.
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Trans-Zebharan Trade
The Storm King's rampage left the Trans-Zebharan trade devastated, and it is a shadow of what it once was. It will take years for it to grow back if it is not helped along. By Mekiouzza's word and efforts, the caravans shall be restored greater than ever before.
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Assuaging The Azir Tribes
The Azir tribes are a breed of their own, and the Imazeeb know well that if you wish to traverse their lands, you will respect them. Gifts of peace will help them overlook our trespasses, and extra precautions among the caravans will lower the risk of incidents.
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 Messages of Peace, Gifts of Sincerity
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Muster Guards
The Zebhara is a place of a thousand perils, from raiders to monsters, and the zebras who take on the duties of the caravans must be up to the task. Those who buy our services pay well for our protection, and we will not let them down.
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A Grand Caravan
From Agzhat we will cut a path down to Camelkand, bypassing the Quaggatai lands and reaching the southeast in record time. This caravan is more than just a trading expedition, it is an affirmation that the Imazeeb are still able and willing to master the Zebhara.
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Our Desert
For centuries, the Imazeeb have not only survived but even thrived in lands that others find too harsh. Part of the key has been to never simply accept the desert for what it is. It can become more, and whether it will take years or decades, the Imazeeb are patient.
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Rising Up Once More
The Storm King caused untold suffering among the Imazeeb, yet they did what they always had and adapted. The greedy yeti chose to go after the wealthier cities instead of chasing them up and down the dunes. Though the dead never can come back, the material damage wrought can be repaired.
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A Hundred Tribes
Mekiouzza's greatest achievement is, and will always be, the fact that she created a measure of true unity among her people. Even after recent events this unity is weakened, but not broken, and it will be enough to ensure that when she is gone, her daughter is accepted by them.
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New Year, New Hope
The fall of Tobuck was Zarantia's darkest hour, but as always, we weathered the storm, dusted ourselves off and rose once more. We shall return to Tobuck once more, and we shall continue to build our future.
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The Issue Of War
Whilst the courage and skill of our irregular warriors is without question, we can double their effectiveness by developing a coherent doctrine. We must gather our commanders and make a decision as to what that might be.
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The Masters Of The Desert
We have decided to expand upon our traditional tactics, which largely consist of light, mobile units specialised in moving across open ground at speed and out-manoeuvring the enemy.
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Disseminating Supply Caches
Every hunter or traveller worth their salt have known that a journey across the desert becomes infinitely easier if you made sure to set up supplies along the route the last time you travelled.
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All Units: Supply Consumption: -15%
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Listen to the Old Masters
When queens and generals march, it is all too easy to forget the vast troves of knowledge that can be found among the old warriors. Those who fought when Mekiouzza was still young still remain, and they have much to teach still.
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All Units: Night Attack: +15%
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Tribal Gunsmithing
The best weapon in the world does not avail a warrior if it sits across the country. Instead of attempting to centralise our arms production, we should make sure that every town and every travelling group can produce their own weapons as needed.
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History Guides Us
Are not tanks simply the chariots of Maregypt come again? Is not artillery the logical conclusion to the siege engines of Colthage? There is little that is new under the sun, and history can teach us how to move forward.
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New leaders get the following bonuses Supply: 2 Defence: 1
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Calling The Tribal Levy
It would be wrong to expect our warriors to sit around for months on end, waiting for something to do. They have their own lives and their own families to care for. They will come when we call them, so there is no reason to worry.
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A Warrior's Pride
Beyond duty and beyond honour, beyond all the reasons to fight, lies a pure and simple desire to not lose. To be Imazeeb is to persevere against all that the desert throws at you. To be a warrior, is to persevere no matter what your foe attempts.
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All Units: Speed: +10%
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Born To Endure
Through the freezing nights and the sweltering days, through endless sandstorms and days of nothing, anywhere and everywhere, we will push on towards victory. The soft coastal zebras call it insanity, but we know it as something we were born to do.
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All Units: Army Org Regain: +15% Org Movement Loss -10%
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The Desert Demons
These raiders and assassins are unequalled, and they are willing to share their knowledge with us. The price is steep, but having them serve as our scouts will be a boon unlike any we could have hoped for.
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Soft Attack: +50% Hard Attack: +50% Desert Modifiers: +10%
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Learning From The West
Our present mode of warfare is unsuited to contemporary combat. We must develop a modern army, under the tutelage of our western neighbours. Such a force would be much better able to hold ground.
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To Fight For All
The defence of Zarantia takes precedence over all other concerns, be they mercenary work abroad, inter-tribal squabbles or any other thing. When the full might of the Imazeeb is levied thusly, it will be a force to be reckoned with.
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Recruitable Population: +2.00%
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Courting Colthage
Our ties to Colthage are strong, and turning to them for greater insight into modern warfare is natural. They've made use of our mercenaries for centuries, and we have many contacts among their generals. It is just a matter of asking.
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A Fledgling Arms Industry
The modern wars will be fought with countless different tools, and we are lagging far behind. The arms industry of Tobuck is not available to us, so if we are to defend ourselves, we must build an industry of our own.
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The Unified Principles Of Warfare
Certain things are forever true when it comes to war, but the ways in which these things are expressed changes as time marches on. We must make sure to follow these changes, and be up to date with all the new methods of warfare.
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New leaders get the following bonuses Attack: 1 Planning: 1
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Cross-Tribal Service
The Imazeeb must learn to fight for more than tribe or town. By spreading them out so that soldiers serve in other tribes, we reinforce the bonds between them, and lay the foundation for greater faith in Amsisi.
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All Units: Army Org: +10% Experience Loss -20%
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Desert Tunnels
It is a mad notion, but there is a precedent for it in the countless smuggler and escape tunnels dug not only around Tobuck but across Zarantia. If our enemy can strike from above, then we simply strike from below. A corps of assault engineers, specialising in tunnel assaults, can become our ace.
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Entrenchment Speed: +20% Breakthrough: +20% Soft Attack: +20% Hard Attack: +20% |
The Royal Chargers
Mekiouzza gathers the best around her, and the warriors are no exception. Those warriors hoof-picked by her will become a cadre of chargers unlike any that Zarantia has seen. They are the best of the best, the fiercest and bravest, they are the Royal Zarantian Chargers, and the ground quakes under their hooves.
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Special Forces: Attack: +15% Defence: +15%
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The Arsenal Of Defence
If Zarantia is to remain safe, we must never stop continuing in our efforts to procure new weapons, nor can we ever presume that we are "done" with improving our military production capacity.
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The Issue Of Unity
The loss of Tobuck is more than the loss of a city, it is an existential threat to Zarantia itself. If a gaggle of warlords and gun runners can run us out of the city, then what will stop any outside force from crushing our fledgling state for good? We must come together, or we will fall.
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I Am Mekiouzza
I brought the tribes together. I led the war to free Tobuck from Warzena's clutches. I forged Zarantia as a concept, and I maintained it. It is mine by right, as none of the other tribal leaders could even come close to accomplishing what I accomplished. Zarantia is mine, and I will drown it in blood before I allow it to fall.
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Bringing The Tribes Together
Zarantia is - must be - one united force. The tribes can no longer claim independence from it, and they must be given their place in the order that now arises. Their place will be given willingly and generously, but they will take it, or else...
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Enforce The Amsisi
There are those who would not view those outside their tribe as kin, but as outsiders. They would show hospitality, but only as much as is needed, and they would make excuses when called to defend those who would come to their aid. There is a word for this: betrayal, and it is time to remind them of this.
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 Absolute Amsisi
The Amsisi was a code that tribes should treat each other as distant relatives for the sake of cooperation and keeping the peace. Now it is absolute, and tribal divisions will constitute treason.
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Remember Your Friends
Some of our people have stood by the Aguellid's side since the beginning. They have shown more than just recognition of her ability and given her loyalty. Through thick and thin, they have stood by her side, and Mekiouzza has not forgotten this.
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 Loyalty Seen And Rewarded
The Aguellid's wrath is terrifying, but she sees those who know to bow their heads and reward them richly for it. None who knows their place have anything to fear.
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Demanding Their Oaths
The time has come for the Aguellid's power to be based on more than honour and custom. Those who stand by her will swear oaths to serve her, no matter what order she gives. If they do not give it, they have no place under her.
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Reward The Loyal
For the headstrong tribes of Zarantia, blind obedience is not a virtue, but a strange foreign notion. In order to ease their transit into the fold, there must be generous rewards for those who bow their heads to her.
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We Unite Or Die
The Imazeeb are weak. Once, we were strong, but this new age is not kind to our kind of people. Tobuck showed this, and desperate situations demand desperate measures. Options that once were abhorrent must be considered. The price if we fail is too high.
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For My People
Mekiouzza's life has been one long struggle to bring the Imazeeb together, and to lead not just a tribe, but a people. Time and time again, the world has contested her, but time and time again she has pushed on. Calling on every favour she has, she will achieve her goals no matter the cost.
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Crush Those Who Would Divide Us
Leaders object to Mekiouzza's plans, and tribes turn away from her. With their actions, they threaten to undo all that the Aguellid has accomplished. Generous gifts have failed, threats fallen on deaf ears. So be it, either they die, or Zarantia dies. |
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They Blinked First
The savagery and speed with which Mekiouzza turned on her people has shocked the other tribes, and though many would willingly fight, it has been made clear that any tribe that turned against her would not find battle, but a slaughter. In blood and fire, Zarantia stays united.
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A True Queen
Mekiouzza's place is carved into the annals of legend. For the first time, the Imazeeb are truly united. It happened in blood and death, but they now stand as one people. Queen Mekiouzza now leads her nation and her people forward to the future, for no other Imazeeb was worthy.
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The Tribe Of Tribes
The Imazeeb have always been a people of many tribes, but the question is whether that truly is a weakness. Certainly it precludes autocratic methods, but how many foreign thinkers have not written about the importance of checks and balances? We have that, always had it, and we simply need to refine it.
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A Common Code
The tribes value their customs and traditions, and if unity is to be reached, these things must be respected. It will demand all the effort that we can muster, but the reward will be a Zarantia that the tribes feel invested in.
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The Tribal Council
Mekiouzza has a long tradition of calling the tribal leaders to her to counsel her. Perhaps this institution should be made permanent, and give the tribal chiefs a formalised say in Zarantia's governance.
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Establishing High Courts
Inter-tribal squabbles take up too much time and effort that would be better spent elsewhere. In order to relieve the burden this places on the government, we must create a pan-Zarantian justice system of neutral mediators that can speak with the Aguellid's authority.
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The Code of Rights
There must never be any doubt in the minds of our people that we will respect their way of life. Our commitment to preserving the rights our people always have known shall be written into the very fabric of our nation, and if we fail in it then we will be held accountable.
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 Oaths To The Tribes
The Aguellid knows her role, and she has put it down in law so that the tribes shall never fear that her overreach will encroach on what is theirs by right.
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Selling Unity
"Unity" is a strange ideal to most Imazeeb, and if we are to convince them to change their ways and embrace it, we must offer them a lot in return. If it succeeds, it will be the sale of the century, and Mekiouzza is no stranger to pulling off difficult deals.
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Making Deals And Promises
It will not be one great agreement that brings Zarantia together, but rather hundreds of small purchases and thousands of promises of aid or reward, arbitration, gifts and carefully chosen words.
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Pressure The Unwilling Tribes
Not all tribes are open to unity, and some - like the Talat and their proud leader Wasif - fiercely defend their independence. Yet the Talat are poor, and where brute force might fail, a slow, steady squeeze might do better.
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The Best And Only Option
Unity will bring peace and prosperity, it will ensure our people's continued existence and it will ennoble our people in the eyes of the rest of the world. It is a fantastic deal, and so it is understandable that we do not take no for an answer.
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Oaths Of Mutual Defence
If anything threatens one tribe, it threatens them all. This has always been the case, so formalising it is not an idea foreign to the tribes. Of all the changes that will come, it is probably the least controversial one, and it will let us mobilise much faster if needed.
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 Oaths Of Mutual Defence
There's always been an implicit agreement that the tribes cover for each other if they have to. Formalising it into celebrated oaths given by the chieftains is not a great step.
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A Chosen Council
As many tribal leader are unwilling to sit by Mekiouzza's side, and would rather attend their own affairs, Mekiouzza has suggested that instead they will choose representatives to fulfil this role. With these chosen representatives at her side, Mekiouzza's control is complete, even if not absolute.
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The Issue Of Land
It is from the land that our riches are gathered and grown, and from where the people stem. It is such a shame that the land is either held by absentee lords or lies fallow with no owner. To begin the path to modernity, this must be fixed.
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Our Own Tobuck
Tobuck was a crutch to our nation's economy, and overreliance on it will not be a mistake we will repeat. Through investment, internal and external, we will carve a new jewel within our land.
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Settling Land Disputes
One problem with land are the ancient disputes over who owns which land, or if it is owned in the first place. The traditional ways of handling these issues have proven futile. Modern methods are needed to work these problems out.
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Colthaginian And Maregyptian Advisors
Even if we do not have the know-how that we need to continue our march towards a modern society, other nations and their people have. Gold is a powerful motivator, and some can be swayed to apply the white heat of technology to Zarantia.
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Land For The Landless
The final step of the land reform is to grant what land that is available to tenant farmers and those who do not stand to inherit land. A new land of smallholders and independent farmers, where it is not just a small class of lords that take all the profit.
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Land for the Landless icon Land for the Landless
The games of power between the tribes have left many of them wealthy, but as many if not more destitute. Those who have been bereft suffer, and as good neighbors we should alleviate each others' suffering.
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Finding The Desert's Wealth
Where some see desolate wastes, we see opportunity. Riches beyond our dreams lie beneath the sands, and they are waiting for those worthy to use them as they see fit. We will find them, and we will use it for the betterment of Zarantia.
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Schooling For All
Everything is founded on thoughts and brains. Though our generation may have been able to lift itselves up from our own disadvantages, we should not neglect the next generation. Everyone will need to receive an education. Tomorrow's battles will be faced by minds, not muscles.
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Hammers To Break Their Chains
Slavery is not only a weight to our economical potential, but a historical debt towards out people, for it has no place for a Zarantia that desires to grow. What only remains is to discuss how we will abolish this rot to our society.
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The Trans-Zarantian Road
Everything needs a place to be. The hammer needs the nail, the fuel the engine. And roads are how it gets there. It is no good having the parts if they cannot come together. A road is sorely needed.
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The Second Tobuck
Foreign investments, labour and trade flows through Agzhat's markets and factories like water, the rough diamond not only turned into an oasis, but as one of the finest jewels of our homeland. Our work to bring Zarantia to the modern age is far from over, but there's no shame in taking a moment to gaze upon our works.
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The Rules Of The Desert
The Imazeeb have lived in these lands for centuries through countless toils and hardships. Why should this time be any different? These traditions and customs have not steered the tribes wrong before and they will not this time. It must be ensured that they are enshrined in law to preserve and refine them.
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Tribal Support Laws
The building block of Imazeeb society is the tribe. Before Zarantia and all else is the tribe. As such, laws must be enacted to ensure that the tribes can take care of themselves and take care of their own, even if it comes at the expense of the state as a whole.
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The Division Of Labour
While such a term like "division of labour" may seem out of place among the Imazeeb, it is not. All must do their part to ensure their community runs smoothly and all are provided for. By codifying existing traditions regarding labour, we can ensure small communities continue to operate smoothly.
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 Shared Labours
No tribe works alone, and every tribe takes pride in their specialties to ensure that as Zarantia works together, every group's greatest talents come to the fore.
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Everyzebra's Right
All creatures yearn to be free, and zebras are no different. By putting zebras in chains, we violate that natural urge. On top of this, slave labour is proving inadequate for producing the complex machinery and tools used in modern methods. As such, slavery in its current form will be incrementally abolished and all slaves allowed to live (and more importantly work) as they please.
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Internal Trade
While all the people may need is within our borders, it does not mean everyzebra can easily access them. By encouraging trade and caravans between villages and tribes, all will be able to benefit from our wealth and focus on the development of their own communities.
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 Internal Trade Routes
We should not - must not - send off good to foreign lands when our brothers and sisters in other tribes are still lacking. The tribes have the first pick, always, and through this we prosper.
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The Thousand Workshops
We do not need the massive, towering and dirty factories of the citydwellers. Cottage industry can be just as effective and every household is its own factory producing whatever the tribes, and therefore the nation, need be it swords, rifles, horseshoes, or silverware.
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National Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships and masters teaching new tradezebras is a fairly common method of expanding skilled labour here and elsewhere in the world. We can upscale this process to the national level by establish state-backed apprenticeship schemas for those seeking trades as well as ensure all our tradezebras are up to a good standard.
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A Duty To Aid
While we may not have the extensive handouts and welfare of our urban neighbours, we are not heartless. Everyzebra falls on hard times once in a while, and it is the duty of everyzebra in the community to help lift them up. Likewise, we should show hospitality and generosity to strangers of our tribes. Let us turn no pony, zebra, or otherwise away if they are in need.
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 A Duty To Aid
Famine, disease, poverty and disasters all beset the tribes, and when one fall, they should know that all others are there to rush in and help them rise again. This is more than a virtue, it is ia duty!
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The Confederacy Stands By Its Own
While this may seem like a loose union, it is still a strong one within. In such a short time, the groundwork has been laid to ensure the Imazeeb tribes remain relevant and stronger than ever without abandoning our core values. With this alliance of tribes and families, we are sure to stand up to any challenge that may come to our homeland.
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Drive Out The Thieves
The time has come to retake Tobuck. Pea Shooter might be gone, but his former allies still infest the city and they have made it clear they will not surrender it. So bet it then. Like we did fifty years ago, we will free Tobuck by force of arms and teach the thieves the price of crossing us.
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Tobuck Reclaimed
In the end, the gun runners' threats and boasts were nothing more than bluffs and empty banter. Once again, our armies claim Tobuck and reunite us with long lost brothers and sisters. Small pockets of resistance are still being found across the region, but for the time being, the Zarantia flag can pridefully fly against Tobuck's skies!
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Tobuckian Pledges
While the population and the armies celebrate in the streets, our scribes wage another battle, not by weapons, but in pen and paper. Many communities within Tobuck still need to renew their pledges and be brought back into the fold. With the mess we have been left with, this will take time...
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Restoring The Old Routes
It seems the Gun Runners' last spiteful bark at us was to blow up the roads and bridges that connected our cities. No matter, routes can be rebuilt and retraced, and those who destroyed them are gone.
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The Emerald Fields
Tobuck is a great city, but it's countryside hold an equal treasure in its verdant fields. Now that Tobuck is finally back under our control, we can at last reestablish the plantations that provided so much prosperity for us.
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 The Emerald Fields Of Tobuck
Local Supplies: +5% Max Factories in State: +1 Local Construction Speed: +5% |
Tobuckian Knowledge
The swindlers and thieves left behind a vast wealth of knowledge after we drove them from our city. It would be folly to allow it to go to waste. As such, we must collect it up and replicate it so that we may instead bend the tools of the greedy for the good of all.
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Open For Business
As the last pockets of resistance are dealt with, and the last negotiations and pledges are made, the trading port of Tobuck is finally open for business once more! West, East or beyond, Zarantia welcomes all!
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Taking Stock Of The City
The retaking of Tobuck was costly to both our warriors and the city itself. We must assemble an inspection team to sift through the rubble and debris to give us a clear view of the city's current problems and damage. Who knows, maybe they will stumble on something we missed before?
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Learning From Change
The world is changing fast, and the events of the last years proved that we haven't caught up. We must redouble our efforts to learn and adapt to the changing times, for the next time we may not have the opportunity to.
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Offer Assurances To The People
Though those that collaborated with our enemy deserve neither pity nor mercy, we must not forget why we came here. Mekiouzza's name is still remembered after all this time and many of Tobuck's inhabitants have hoped for her return. Under our watch, Tobuck will never suffer again.
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The Pearl Of The Green Bay
Tobuck suffered for a long time under the yoke of foreign adventurers who cared nothing for its people. Under Mekiouzza's leadership Tobuck shall be reforged into a mighty city, and a true capital of a united Zarantia.
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The Hour Of Retribution
Mercy has its place, but not when dealing with liars and backstabbers. Their words were worth nothing, and they have caused both us and our Tobuckian kin countless woes. For that, they will die, and their deaths will serve as a warning.
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Hunting Them Down To The Last
There is no escape for the scum who thought they could steal Tobuck from us. We will chase them to the edge of the world if we have to, and our vengeance will be terrible.
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A Warning To The World
Years ago, we lost Tobuck to a band of bandits, thieves, mercenaries and cut-throats. As a flock of carrion birds they followed the Storm King there, believing they could prey on our lands undisturbed, that the Imazeeb tribes were too weak to oppose them. But now, the time has come; all shall learn the price for facing a united Zarantia!
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Tobuck's defences were damaged in the fighting, but also by a general lack of maintenance. Always the fools, the Gun Runners clearly were not interested in investing in their own safety. Now that we have returned, we shall rebuild the city's bastions and turn them into impregnable forts, ready to repel any invader.
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Her Life's Work, Restored
A few years ago, it seemed as though Mekiouzza Ataghan's life's work would be left in ruins, but she persevered, and she triumphed. Zarantia stands stronger than ever, and Mekiouzza's authority is absolute. At last, the great Aguellid can rest.
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An Eternal Federation
We weep for the Great Aguellid as we put her to rest, but in her wake is left a great void that cannot be filled by any one zebra. She was great, but now other zebras must stand together and each be a co-equal part of carrying what she carried alone.
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First Among Equals
We honour Umalez Ataghan not as the daughter of the Great Aguellid, but also for her own efforts for our people. Yet like her, we have learned from her mother. She has a place of honour in the federation we build, but it is one among us, not above us.
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Zarantia Is Amsisi
We came together as many different peoples: nomadic, settled, modernising, traditionalist, militant, mercantile, it all came together as one under the principle of Amsisi; unity not through conformity, but tolerance and mutual respect. That is Zarantia, that and nothing else, and those who claim otherwise should be viewed with suspicion.
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An Ascendant Council
The seeds that were planted by the Great Aguellid are blooming, and the council she created has reached its true potential. It is now more than just an advisory body; it is the beating heart of the nation, where all the voices of all the tribes sing not always in harmony, but always together.
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An Ascendant Council
Though the Ataghan brought Zarantia to greatness, they do not claim to be the final authority of it. All peoples part of Zarantia have a place in the highest authority of the land, the council.
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A System Without Core
No single thread in the carpet holds the entirety together, and so shall our homeland be built to endure no matter what single thread is cut. Should one leader fall, there is always someone else ready to rise.
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Zarantia is and has always been a land of many tribes. Instead of forcing centralisation onto them, they have been bound together in a system where authority is disseminated among them to the point where the bonds of kinship and cooperation stand in for legal authority and hierarchy.
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A Many-Headed State
The Great Aguellid's shortcoming was that she was but one zebra, and that as power flowed from her, it lessened all those around her. Zarantia is not one tribe, but many, and thus every tribal chief must be part of the leadership.
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The Desert Belongs To Us
Though the desert causes our people many woes, it is also the source of our strength. The desert is a harsh mother, but so was the Great Aguellid, and she elevated us all. We must remember that the desert does the same, and as we face her and learn from her, we will be stronger for it.
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Sharing In Modernity's Bounty
Though we have reaffirmed the tribes, we realise that there is no going back. Though the sword has its place, the gun is ascendant, and though the caravan fed us for centuries, the train runs faster and more tirelessly. We will continue trading for these new tools and machines, and we will build our tribes with them.
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The Hidden Wealth
New tools means new discoveries out in the wild hinterlands, and every tribe knows that it will earn a good living from the metals and minerals that are found. They scour the barren lands eagerly, seeking for their future in what was once considered a great emptiness.
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The Desert Storms
We may not have the raw industrial power of other nations, but we have the grit and the spirit that has allowed us to thrive in even the most inhospitable of lands. Let the enemy come with their armoured cars and tanks and cannons, we will lead them through a merry dance across the dunes, and their sun-bleached bones will serve as a warning to the others who would threaten our home.
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A Sanctuary In The Sands
The world is a bloody place, and countless are fleeing the ravages of war and death. We who sit in a prosperous homeland must consider that most sacred of virtues, hospitality. When you see a lost wanderer you aid them, period. The same holds true today, and just because they arrive by boats or refugee caravans, they are no less lost.
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Friends Abroad
We may be watchful, but we are not hostile. Those who show honour and act honestly are worthy of respect, whether Imazeeb or not, and as the night draws close, one cannot have enough friends.
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Facing The Future
Though the Imazeeb have changed, we have changed on our terms. We learned from the highest of us, and rose to stand as tall as her. We don't know what the future will hold, but we know that we had a good teacher, who would not accept us failing.
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The Imazeeb have reasserted what they are, and as the world has pushed them to change they have bent, but not bowed. They remain what they were, and adapted instead of changing.
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Among The Dunes, Deliverance
The Imazeeb's greatest moment was when it swept forth from the desert to deliver the oppressed people of Tobuck. They cried out for deliverance, and we gave it. As the world grows darker, we remember this creed, and we listen. Should the oppressed and enslaved cry out, we will hear them, and we will come.
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Masters Of The Desert
After so many years, the flower of Zarantia is in full bloom. The dream that Mekiouzza Ataghan dreamed all those years ago finally is more than just a dream. Zarantia, the Desert Kingdom, stands strong and vital.
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Finding Allies
Between our strategic position and the wealth that rests beneath the desert, we are not only strong, but we are also wealthy. Zarantia is a friend that many nations would be happy to have, and we're more than happy to formalise this.
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The March Of Progress
Time and tide waits for no mare. We have only started to build a strong and prosperous Zarantia, and instead of resting on our laurels, we need to launch ourselves forwards, and use the wealth we've gained to speed up our efforts.
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Settling The Coast
With the recent chaos, the Tobuckian countryside is not nearly as populated as it should be, and we have an opportunity here. Those deep desert tribes that still have maintained a distance to us will find it much harder to do so when we dangle fertile land to settle on in front of them.
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The Zarantian Railroads
Trains are loud, noisy, complicated and utterly wonderful. Hundreds of tonnes of cargo, easily enough for a great caravan, all carried at speeds we couldn't even dream of. This is more than a vehicle, it is the key to Zarantia's trading future!
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New Century, New Laws
A changing society demands changing laws. What exact taxes are we supposed to apply to electronic devices? How low can the airplanes that now cross our skies fly? How shall we treat patents? There's much to decide on here.
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Honouring The Greatest Aguellid
Mekiouzza Ataghan was more than an Aguellid. She was the founding mother of Zarantia, the liberator of Tobuck and the one who elevated the Imazeeb. As our capital grows it might not change name, but it will be shaped in her memory.
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Deeply Rooted Amsisi
The guiding principle of our nation is and will always remain that of Amsisi, and it has become an obvious concept. The tribe is not the end-all, be-all, and friends or foes are as easily found beyond it.
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There can be no doubt in the minds of anycreature that the code of Amsisi is central to Zarantia. Other tribes and people have their customs, and they WILL be respected.
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The Desert Patrol
Traditionally, the tribes have kept watch over their lands of the desert, but as these old duties are laid to rest, we need something else. The solution will be the Desert Patrol, an elite force of militarised police that will be equipped to watch over and keep order across the entirety of the Zebhara.
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The Zarantian Court
Around the queen of Zarantia, a vast organisation of civil servants and bureaucrats is emerging, one that will need to be tied closely to the rest of the nation if the queen is to be able to continue her duties to the people.
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The Buckharan Supplicants
The Buckharans are a strange people, and for the longest time, we've been content to mind our affairs while they mind theirs. Still, they are distant kin of the Imazeeb all the same, and they've come before Umalez with their heads bowed.
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The Trans-Zebharan Railroad
The Zebhara has been an eternal barrier, a line across the map that divides north and south Zebrica, and the edges of it thrive off the trade that can flow past it. Yet now, the technological progress of recent years makes the impossible possible; a great road of iron cutting straight through it.
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Liberating Buckhara
The Buckharans call, and we answer. If their overlords maintain their right to rule over them, we will show them that though the Imazeeb have changed, their ferocity has not.
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The Crossroad Kingdom
For a long time, the lands of the Imazeeb were seen as distant frontiers far from civilisation. Yet now, in the marriage between the Imazeeb and Tobuck and between sea and desert, we stand tall and proud as one people in a nation we built together.
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Crowned By Death
My enemies lie dead around me, and those who would have denied me my rightful seat are broken. My mother's final lesson was harsh, but it was one I needed to learn. Through war, death and destruction do I sit here; anointed by blood and crowned by death.
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Authority Through Violence
Violence is how authority is kept. If you cannot defend what is yours, thieves and invaders will take it from you. You survive only because you've taught the world that if they try anything, you will end them. And if they have not learned yet, you must teach them.
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Reaching For Dominance
Zarantia's fate is forged by one zebra, and the nation must be an extension of her will. My mother realised, almost too late, that the bartering and dealing that all Aguellids had engaged in prior to this left them weak. I will not make the same mistake.
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Tightening The Grip
The more those who would refuse my authority struggle, the harder my hoof will press down on them. They have already seen the price of defiance, and if they choose to continue struggling they prove that they will never have a place in Zarantia.
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Our Rightful Place
The victories of these last years has proven the worth of the Zarantian zebras. They are finally in a position where the world will not tread on them so easily, and now we rise to claim our place among the nations of Zebrica.
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All Power Comes From The Queen
This new age demands a new Aguellid, one who does not barter for her power, but who holds it by default; a Queen. She shall be the sun under which all other zebras live, and her word shall be the light without which there is nothing.
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Servants Of The Throne
There shall be one way to true success and status in Zarantia, and that shall be to serve the queen. The finest minds shall be dedicated to the nation, not to personal wealth or advancement. In servitude, power. In devotion, greatness.
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The Weak Shall Bow
The world has taught Zarantia the price of being weak, and now, as she has clawed itself to a position of strength, the pendulum swings the other way. By my strength - the only justification needed - Zarantia shall conquer.
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The Imperial Zarantian Chargers
The throne held by force can be taken by force, and in order to more firmly hold onto it, the finest warriors from across Zarantia shall be gathered to her personal service, so that whenever a threat arises, the finest warriors know who they serve.
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Dragging Them Into The Future
The tribes are an antiquated concept from a bygone age. The Zarantian people need only their queen and their state to find kinship. They will settle and create the factories and fields needed to feed a modern nation-state.
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Ending The Era Of The Tribes
The tribal chiefs are done away with, and the tribes are being reduced to little more than formalities. In due time, it will be little more than a quaint legacy.
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Give With One Hoof, Take With The Other
When my enemies lie broken before me, they will find that they are given their due in submission, and that their new queen is a generous one. Their customs and their laws will be respected, and they will be allowed to keep their way of life as long as they pay their due.
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Amsisi Laws
There can be no doubt in the minds of anycreature that the code of Amsisi is central to Zarantia. Other tribes and people have their customs, and they WILL be respected.
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Empress Of The Desert
The dawn rises over a Zarantia greater than ever before. It has finally, after decades of suffering, cast off its weakness and disunity. Now it is a true empire, one that will write its name into the history books now, and for centuries ahead!
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Controlling The Trans-Zebrican Trade
Zarantia's first breath was taken through the trade that flowed across the continent. It is in its destiny to control this trade, and anyone who presumes to cross the desert will pay their dues.
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Deep beneath our sands lies something more precious than gold, gems or even crystals. Oil; the life-blood of the new century. For Zarantia to prosper, we must tap the great deposits within our lands, so that they might fuel the machine of progress.
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Our Own Ability
The tribes' ingenuity is the greatest asset at our disposal. After all, they have the know-how in digging deep wells, even if to uncover hidden water deposits rather than oil. There's no reason to doubt that they'll adapt to the new task quite easily.
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Many foreign nations have delved into oil extraction long before we did. It would be foolish for us not to learn from their methods, and their experts have surely much to teach us for the right price. Still, many wonder if depending to foreign expertise is truly a wise choice.
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The Oil Fund
Oil brings wealth; wealth, however, is always accompanied by greed. The creation of specific institutions will help us prevent the concentration of wealth in the hooves of the few. Resources will be allocated to projects beneficial to all.
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The money earned from our oil deposits will not be simply poured into vanity projects and ostentatious luxury, but rather be used to ensure the prosperity, welfare and development of the entire Zarantian nation.
The Zarantian Oil Fund
The money earned from our oil deposits will not be simply poured into vanity projects and ostentatious luxury, but rather be used to ensure the prosperity, welfare and development of the entire Zarantian nation.
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Our prospecting teams have discovered extensive oil deposits around Zamfara, deep beneath the ground. We'll be quickly dispatching construction crews and newly-bought equipment in the designated sites so that they may prepare the wells.
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Advanced Resource Extraction
Our oil industry has come a long way. Primitive rigs and equipment are now being phased out for cutting-edge machinery; pumps work day and night to bring forth the black gold from beneath the shifting sands. Not a single drop will be wasted.
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The Zajhari Wells
Our expedition from Zajhari has returned with excellent news; new deposits have been discovered in the area. Now, they may not be as extensive as others are, but they also are not too deep underground. This will undoubtedly make extraction easier for our crews.
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For a long time, our food production was held back by harsh environment and rudimentary techniques. This will no longer be the case; in exchange for our oil, foreign nations are ready to share with us not only their expertise, but tractors and industrial fertilisers as well. Our people will never go hungry again.
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The New Century's Infrastructure
Long pipelines of steel now snake across our lands, delivering the precious black gold to newly-built plants in a constant flow. From there, barrel-loaded trucks travel across highways toward distant markets. Oil is the resource of the future, and therefore requires equally novel infrastructure.
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The Tobuck Stock Exchange
Tobuck is no stranger to commerce and trade, but the great influx of wealth from the oil industry has brought it to all new heights. It's fame now spread all over the world, from Manehattan to De Vleugels, and the stocks rise accordingly.
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Trade is ever evolving, and the latest innovations concern trading not in goods, but in shares of the companies who make these goods. Still, though it is different, the people trading in this will need a marketplace, and we're there to provide one.
The Tobuck Stock Exchange
Trade is ever evolving, and the latest innovations concern trading not in goods, but in shares of the companies who make these goods. Still, though it is different the people trading in this will need a marketplace, and we're there to provide one.
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When, centuries ago, our ancestors dug the first irrigation canals across the dry Zebhara, could they have envisioned this outcome? The wealth and knowledge of the new age has allowed us to bring their work to a completion. We took on the desert, swore that we would not let it defeat us, and here we stand, victorious.
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Oil has brought great wealth to us, and we wisely spread it amongst the many rather than the few. Hospitals, schools, and infrastructures have been built, and our people can now enjoy exotic products from distant lands. Zarantia has changed and, thankfully, for the better.
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We can now expand our extraction operations to a degree never seen before. Thanks to the constant efforts of our tireless prospector teams, new deposits are been discovered each month. Not a stone will be left unturned.
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As more and more complex machines are introduced, we can no longer depend on the experience of foreign experts. Curriculums must be revised and new specialised schools opened for eager young minds. There, Zarantia's future will truly take form.
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The City Regained
It has been too long, but finally the great city of Tobuck has been returned to us. The scheming smugglers turned out to possess some modicum of integrity, and honoured their promises. We now return home, to rebuild and to greet our old friends.
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Summoning The Elites
As the city is restored to Zarantian control, we must summon the old power brokers and figureheads before the Aguellid. They are still welcome under her rule, and Mekiouzza will meet with them to hear their counsel and request their aid.
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Vasile cel Tradat At Your Service
One of Pea Shooter's accomplices - a griffon from distant Brodfeld - have remained behind when his colleague ran off. It appears that he has realised there are few places for his kind to run, and he has offered his services to the Aguellid in exchange for safety.
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Our Faithful Friends
There are those in the city who never forgot Tobuck's debt to the Zarantians, and who were ready and willing to aid us should it have come to war. These brave souls deserve to be recognized for their honour. Friendship is a valuable commodity, and we know its price.
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After a long and painful year, order is restored and Zarantia is back to what it was meant to be. A sense of normality is slowly returning for the people.
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Above all else, the union between Tobuck and the Imazeeb is one of mutual respect and honour, and we view the city folk not simply as subjects, but as honoured friends and an integral part of Zarantia. Recent events have shaken them, however, and we need to remind them of the esteem we hold them in.
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The Tobuckians are traders at heart, and they have always strived towards new and better deals. Sometimes this is at the expense of the law, and though we accept it, we do not let it get out of hoof. Fair warning will be given, but they have always known we treat the law seriously, and they can't have expected that to change.
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The city is under control, but the outlying areas which have been neglected for over a year, still go about life in their own way. They need to be made aware of the change in leadership, and that we may well come to ask them to do their part soon.
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It is a bitter pill to swallow, but there are things we can learn from Pea Shooter and his efforts here. Not all he did came out of brute force, and he managed to balance several factions quite well. Learning from him might feel distasteful, but there is value in it all the same.
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The Imazeeb tribes of the inland and the ponies of the city of Tobuck make together up two halves of a whole, and though their differences are great, the mutual respect and appreciation for each others' talents make them stronger.
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He is a snake, but nocreature can deny that Vasile cel Tradat has been an indispensable asset as we restore our hold over Tobuck. His talents are great, and we can think of no more able candidate for the position of Mayor of Tobuck. We'll just have to make sure to keep an eye on him.
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The Migration
The coastlines were ravaged by the Storm King more than most areas of Zarantia. Many regions lie abandoned, not the least since their inhabitants fled into the desert. Now that the lands are reclaimed, they can finally return home again.
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There's been no limit of the concern expressed internationally after the fall of Tobuck. An important trade city was left to anarchy and crime, after all. It's time to reassure the world that the time of chaos is over, and that we're more than happy to see their traders again.
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City Of Opportunities
Tobuck is a free city, one of opportunity and prosperity, over which the watchful Aguellid holds her hoof. Those who seek to earn their fortune may do so here honestly and without concern, for all of Zarantia watches vigilantly over their jewel of a city.
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Agzhat served the Aguellid well in the time after Tobuck's fall, but it is time to restore the heart of Zarantian power to its rightful home.
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A Queen is born, an Aguellid is chosen, and they are not the same. Yet, Tobuck is the gate between the Imazeeb and the world, and as we step into into the world, we must understand their ways. For this reason, Mekiouzza shall become both.
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Pea Shooter is gone, but his thugs and enforcers are still covering the countryside like so much mould. They resent the loss of their meal ticket, and will not depart silently. We must decide how to deal with them.
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The warlords are murderers and thieves, and we suffer neither. They were a threat when united under their old master, but now they are disorganised and scrambling. Do not let them regain their footing, kill them all.
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This National Spirit will be weakened instead of removed. The warlords are in disarray, but they're cornered and they know it. They fight with the strength of desperation, and will take great effort to crush.
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Instead of letting them gather, we move swiftly to cut them off from each other and proceed to destroy them one after another. We are not dealing with warriors, but with murderous thugs, and this is not war, but a justice found in blood.
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Washed Clean In Blood
The warlords are no more, and their bands of roaming highwaycreatures have been given the end they deserve. If there are anyone out there who believed that the Imazeeb were weak or hesitant to measure out justice, they now know how wrong they were.
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Pea Shooter honoured his deal and departed peacefully, and many lives were spared for it. Do we think the warlords are determined to fight to the bitter end for honour's sake? Of course not, so we can likely coax them to just leave as well, and spare ourselves the losses that crushing them would entail.
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It is a frustrating and drawn out dance to get them to leave, much like handling a scared, angry animal, but opening up corridors to the borders or the ports to them is having its effects. As long as we do not do anything surprising, they will depart.
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A curious situation has emerged. It seems like one of the warlords - an exile from her distant homeland in the north - is tired of running. She has planted her forces firmly in the southwest and sent a message to the Aguellid. Her offer: fealty in return for a home.
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Law And Order
The first duty of any leader is to provide security, and the warlords are not the only armed criminals found in Tobuck. Many of them have been acting brazenly against the tribes and villages, believing themselves beyond the reach of the law. This must be rectified, now.
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The Pacification
Zarantia's oath to Tobuck included providing safety for the people. After the Storm King and thanks to Pea Shooter, we failed in this promise for a while. Now however, order is restored, and the lands of Tobuck are once again safe.
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It is the Imazeeb way to adapt to her surroundings, and with the plethora of painful lessons we have gotten in recent years, the time has come to adapt more than ever before. The traditional warrior must die, and in its place something new - the unity of two worlds - must be born.
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The age where a rifle and a sword could carry a warrior to victory is long gone; the Storm King and his eventual defeat proved that. War is like a diamond, possessing many facets, and each one must be polished to an absolute shine.
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War is a craft, one that can take a lifetime to truly master, and like with many other crafts it has changed. With a thousand tools at the crafter's disposal, it takes immense training to master them all. War is no different, and this new era will be one where the masters will shine.
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The menagerie of bandits, thugs and mercenaries that infested Tobuck might have been a plague, but it was a capable one. They would not have held out against the attempts to dislodge them if they hadn't been. It is just as well that we accept this fact, and study what they did to see what we can learn from it.
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Whatever skills a warrior possesses, they will not avail him if he is blown to bits before even reaching the battlefield. These heavy guns will be crucial to warfare going ahead.
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There are many places across the world that has seen war on a scale we can scarcely imagine, and whose peoples have learned many hard lessons about war. We should make sure to listen to them, and gain the lessons they learned without paying the price they had to.
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Imazeeb warfare has long been built on mobility, but if we are to protect Tobuck in the future, we must reconsider this attitude. While mobility will avail our forces, there will also be times where we must dig our hooves in and let the enemy break against us.
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It doesn't matter how fast a warrior runs, or how quickly he adapts, if everywhere he attacks he will find deep tunnels and fortified bunkers waiting for him. We know what we fight to protect, and every drop of sweat spilled in building will pay dividends in blood.
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Before the fall of Tobuck, one of the projects that the Aguellid had decided on was the creation of a Zarantian navy, warriors wholly dedicated to warfare at sea. The sea is a different place though, and it has its own rules.
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Warships are immense things, larger than even many buildings, and the firepower they carry is equally immense. It goes without saying that building these things demands immense expertise and resources both. Thankfully, we have contacts that can help us on the way.
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Tobuck Shipbuilding
A gun can be put together by a skilled gunsmith in his home, but the notion of said gunsmith hammering away at a thousand tonne steel colossus is more like the setup for a joke. As with all things, the new age demands new kinds of workshops, and the Tobuckians have contacts.
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A Curious Admiral
We are not sure where exactly he came from, nor if he actually is an admiral or just a lunatic, but he seems to know what he is doing, and he brings a cadre of capable sailors with him. From what we hear of his history, it might be prudent to keep a close eye on him.
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Controlling The Green Bay
The Green Bay has featured in our people's stories since ancient times, and it has been a vein of commerce for just as long. It is our connection to the outside world, and we should be doing our absolute best to keep it open.
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A Zarantian Airforce
The Hippogriffs brought down the Storm King through use of modern warplanes, whereas we were left having to run away. If we had possessed the kind of planes that Aris did, things would have been very different.
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Nests Of The Iron Birds
If we are to make use of these new machines, we will need to build specialised fields for them to take off from and land on. What more, they will need zebras specialised in caring for and repairing them to work there.
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Sky Warriors
The foundation of aerial might is the fighter plane; a raider able to move swiftly and strike against all that would threaten our warriors below. They are a warrior's shield and first into the fight, and they will demand much of those we choose for this role.
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Flying Artillery
An artillery shell weighs maybe 50 kilos, and we've seen what such a weapon can do to an entire warband. What then can a shell ten times as heavy do if it is not fired from many kilometres away but dropped straight from above?
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The Skywalkers
Those who fight in the skies are like a tribe unto themselves, with customs and beliefs that will by necessity come to differ from their land-fighting kin. We shouldn't shy away from this, but rather embrace it. Let the Igenwan fly high, and let their stories reverberate through our history!
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Appointing A New Aguellid
With the most tragic death of the dear Aguellid, we face a breakdown in order, but thankfully her dear daughter is present and distraught enough that she will agree to our aid as we quickly make her the new Aguellid.
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The Mercenaries Return
The ascension of dear Umalez did - predictably - make the tribes a bit antsy. We cannot rely on them to enforce good order, and will have to look back to our old associates for help. Sadly, the latest kerfuffle meant that many of them are not available, so we'll have to take what we can get.
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Alienating Some Tribes...
As the more loudly shouting tribes have proven, loyalty isn't always a good thing. That Amsarmud hag Zawgha especially has been a real pain. It will be tricky to pull off, but we'll ram a wedge between her and Umalez yet.
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Into the Far Desert
With some tribes openly defiant, we have good reason to send Zawgha and her Ironbreakers away from Tobuck and off into the deep desert to deal with them. She'll have her work cut out for herself, but she'll be quite able to handle it. And if she doesn't or she goes rogue, she's still out of the way.
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...Buying And Bullying The Others
Those tribes who remain on the fence should not be so easily discarded. If you understand the zebras' ideas about honour, you can simply squeeze them to fall in line. For those of a more practical mindset, gold does the trick.
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Ensnared In Gold
Gold is an amazing guarantor for loyalty. The less affluent tribes especially have been quite easy to ensnare as we bought up their traditional ways of earning a living and made sure that without us, they have nothing left. They'll be fine though, as long as they remain loyal.
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Enforcing Loyalty
The Aguellid is the supreme leader of Zarantia, and defying her is treason. Maybe the Imazeeb have had some other notions on that topic, but that's neither here nor there. We are at last where we can enforce some proper order, and whoever does not bow shall be expelled.
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Pacifying The Tribes
These tribals really are causing a ruckus, and sadly Umalez does not have the ability to crack down on them. Yet, it seems there's some other options to make use of. Even the desert zebras have religious beliefs, and if worldly power cannot control them, maybe spiritual power can?
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Cultural Renaissance
The ceremonies held in Tobuck turned out quite well, and we've seen the tensions abate somewhat. Digging deep into the Imazeeb traditions, there are countless old ceremonies that have faded in relevance over time. That won't do, let's give the zebras a grand cultural reawakening and maybe they'll start behaving.
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Grand Ceremonies
The Igennet ceremonies are quite something! It does cost to dig up those flowers from across the desert, but with some stagecraft the ceremonies seem almost supernatural, and what more the consumption of the flowers keeps Umalez pliable when she isn't performing.
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Moving Into The Open
Umalez has graciously restored Tobuck's independence after her mother decided to get her hooves all up in its business, and now we can see about scaling the more meddling reforms back. For this eventuality, Vasile has created an entire shadow bureaucracy that now can step out into the open and get to work.
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Efficiency In The Labour Market
There's much to be done, and not enough workers for it. Much of this is due to various restrictions and limitations imposed on where and how you can work, and by scaling this back and opening up for labour as payment, we'll grow our workforce massively!
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Permissions From Vasile Himself
The buck must stop somewhere, and it stops at the mayor's desk when it comes to ensuring the city's prosperity. There's no reason to bother with all these rules and regulations, a simple approval from the mayor is all that's needed.
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Cutting The Red Tape
A slim government is an effective government, and so we do away with the more restrictive rules placed on the city. Tobuck was built by Maregyptian settlers who took the opportunities before them, and Zarantia was born of a zebra who did the same. It's not fair that we'd limit today's creatures any more.
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Opportunities Galore!
Everycreature has agreed that Tobuck is a place of opportunities. Here, a pony, or griffon, or zebra, can remake themselves without annoying interference from others. Here, those who can may reach as far as they wish, and those who can't can stay out of the way.
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The Tarnished Jewel
Jewels have many facets, and so does Tobuck. Freedom means to be able to trade even in what others may disapprove of, and yet is not freedom the brightest jewel of them all?
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The Broken Aguellid
The constant Igennet use has left Umalez in a daze, and she has to be managed more and more closely. For this reason, it's high time to abolish the Aguellid's official duties and let her focus on the purely ceremonial ones. She does not seem capable of much more these days.
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The Big Boss Of Tobuck
Vasile cel Tradat has been the lynchpin holding Zarantia together in recent times, and the facade can finally be dropped. While he's of course a loyal servant of the Aguellid, it is he that you speak with if something needs to happen.
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Bury That Which Was...
It was supposed to be easy sailing from here... we were supposed to be home free. The hard part was meant to have been over!
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...And Set The Tainted World Alight.
The Aguellid was under our control and we had the tribes mostly handled. Tobuck was ours for the plucking, and we were settling in for a long-term sweet gig.
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Let All Become Ashes...
But she had to run off into the desert and get herself eaten. That was bad enough, really bad, and we were expecting something would happen.
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...So That Something New Can Grow From It.
But how could we have expected this? How could anycreature have expected this?!
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Arise Ijirmed. Arise Worm Queen
There is a whisper in the deep deserts, a call from myth and legend. It sings a song that's rested in our blood for millennia, and calls us to the highest cause. As all things are born, so all things must die. Zarantia is dead, and Tobuck, the cancer that killed it, shall follow it on the funeral pyre.
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The Ascent Of The Mortuary Cult
They presided over Mekiouzza's funeral, and they were the first to call out as Zarantia was twisted. They heard the call of the goddess and they came to her side. For the first time, the Mortuary Cults rule truly supreme among our people.
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To Cut Out The Cancer
Our cause is the highest, and it is to break and destroy that disease that killed Zarantia. They will resist us, to the bitter end, but we will persevere. All that we have shall be put to use in this fight.
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The Song Of The Ijirmed
As the goddess calls, the great worms come to her. They delve through rock and sand, striking from nowhere and bring down even the mightiest walls. We now walk alongside the destroyer, and dance to the song of death.
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No Remorse, No Retreat
This is not a mere conflict over lands or wealth or honour, and we have to discard any notions that we should back down if the challenge is too great. We WILL die in this conflict, the question is simply how, and how many we take with us.
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A People At War
All will die one day, and the goddess calls us all to our sacred purpose. The Imazeeb that does not join this cause is no kin of ours, but traitors as bad as the Tobuckians.
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All The Tools Of War
Though we are tasked with throwing back the sickness that infested our lands, that does not mean we must reject all the tools it has provided. We are already tainted by it, so making use of their weapons to undo them is no sacrifice.
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The Return Of The Old Gods
In this struggle, we walk alongside the great gods of old, hearing names we had long forgotten. If we are to die, we can at least have done our part to ensure that the worms remain behind.
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Like Ijirmed, Leave Nothing
When our armies sweep forth, we must ensure that every last weapon and every last that can aid our sacred efforts is seized. It is more than merely looting, it is a sacred act during which we disassemble the very foundations of this broken world.
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No Tobuck, No Zarantia, Only Igennet
Tobuck is tainted and needed to go, but the people within were slaves to the falsehoods it represented just like we were. We shall scatter them among the tribes, and they will come to hear the song of the gods as well. In the end, we shall become one after all.
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Tobuck Burning
With this act, we settle the old scores utterly, and teach the old, tainted world the final lesson our people's honour demanded that we teach it. This city that caused so much strife and so much contention is no more, and nobody remains to recreate it.
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Tending The Garden Of Igennet
The lands around us will be purified, and we shall restore them to what they should have been. The twisted machinery and gold hunger that's driven the people of these lands have made them insane, but resting in the great garden will give them sanity back.
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Divine Whispers
As we fight on, the call of the goddess grows more and more. The tainted song of this broken world is silenced more and more, and in its wake comes the song of a new world. It fills us, comforts us in our dreams and spurs us on during our days.
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Feeding The Creation
The flame that burns the brightest is snuffed out all the faster for it, and though our duty is to break down the taint of these lands and remake it, harsh words and rocks will not avail us in this struggle. What we destroyed in other lands we will rebuild in our own lands in order to feed the fires that sweep north Zebrica.
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Feeding The Destruction
The destruction of the taint of modernity is a sacred duty, one that will brook no half measures. Not a single stone must be left atop another, and not a single road must be left unspoilt. In our wake there must be nothing but fire and ash, failing to do so would be the final betrayal of our cause.
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Reverberating Across North Zebrica
What good will the destruction of one tainted city do? The curse of this world order has seeped into every corner of it. A cancer not fully cut out will return and kill you all the same. Thus, we must continue to cut, and sweep all the land around us.
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All Shall Fight
We are one in this purpose, and no other cause can trump it. Parent, child, sibling, spouse, it matters not, and if our loved ones have died, we gladly throw ourselves into this fight to die and be reunited with them.
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Quelling The Ruins
Those that wander the devastation we've left behind are more than willing to continue to fight. It is honourable, but pointless. All will bow before Ijirmed, and as the goddess moves through these lands, they will see in the end.
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Enduring Through All
The tainted world has created a plethora of weapons with which to fight us. Yet they will have to rend the very earth asunder to stop us, and their weapons, yet in the end even the greatest weapon cannot bring them victory
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Out Of The Ashes
The broken rise out of the ruins of all they knew, they come before the goddess, and she will give them one final purpose. Our kin in the ashes stand side by side with us, and as one we sweep across the world to end it all.
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The Eldest Come
The greatest of the Ijirmed have slept for centuries, deep below the desert, yet even they are roused from their slumber, and the very earth is rent asunder as they, the greatest of the divine heralds, surge forth to break the old world apart.
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The World Is Sick, Slowly Rotting Away...
Across the world this disease has spread, dispossessing millions and cowing them not under tribe or family, but under gold and greed. Like a cancer, it leaves nothing behind and will infect everything if not checked.
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...It Is A Disease Without Name...
We call it "modernity", but it is a flawed name to try to capture all that it is. It leaves behind nothing but the hunger, making treason, falsehood and corruption just part of the business.
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...And Without A Cure, Bar For One Thing...
There's no debating with a tumour, nor is there bartering with a poison. If we do not see this fact we are blind, and will achieve nothing. The champions of this disease can expect nothing more from us than the tumour.
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...It Must Be Cut Out, Without Hesitation...
You cut the tumour out, carefully but decisively, and if you must cut into the still healthy flesh to do so, then that is the price you must pay to ensure that it does not return.
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...And The Diseased Flesh Thrown On The Fire...
And when the diseased flesh is cut out it is not something to make use of, it is something to burn. Tossing it onto the fire, destroying it, becomes part of the act of healing, for that which is tainted must be destroyed.
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Those who would cry for or defend the tumour are delusional at best, dangerous at worst, and they too must be contested. Their misguided fear of destruction makes them the agents of corruption, and thus part of it.
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...And From The Ashes Scattered In The Field...
This truth is what guides us, and we will neither hesitate nor relent. We shall sweep the land like a storm of fire, leaving nothing of this cursed taint in our wake.
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...The Garden Of Igennet Will Grow...
And as we've swept the land clean, we shall restore it to what it was. For centuries, only small droplets of the divine has been allowed to grow, but under us it will become what it was meant to be.
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...And Until The Very Stars Fade...
Something new, something other than what this sick world would allow, can grow within our borders. We will remain to guard it, for ever.
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...We Shall Watch Over It.
The lands of north Zebrica are purified, and the Garden of Igennet is growing. The disease may fester beyond the borders, and if it comes to us we will await with steel and fire. Yet here, we have created an island of purity in a sea of filth.
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City Of Wonders And Gold
Tobuck is as she always has been, and she has always been a wondrous city. Outsiders will preen and say 'well OUR city is greater' but they can eat sand. To us, Tobuck is a shining jewel, and the wealth and industrial might she offers us is the greatest prize.
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Cleaning Up The Mess
Pea Shooter left the city in a right state. Having been more interested in plundering the Storm King's arsenal than keeping the city in order, we are now left with an entire year of economic development wiped from the books. We are, in essence, starting from scratch.
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Taking Stock
"If it has not been measured, weighed and registered, it does not exist, and the Aguellid will claim it as hers when she finds it." These words have lit a fire under the Tobuckians, and they are more than eager to register their property, their companies and their businesses with us.
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Modern Agriculture
Not even the farmer's field is safe from the march of progress, with strange new machines, fertilisers and countless new innovations making the fields more fertile than ever. Famine will truly be a thing of history going ahead.
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Reopening The Factories
It has taken time, and in a couple of cases chasing down the thieves that had seized the tools and machinery, but finally the factories of Tobuck are starting to work again.
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Sprawling Roads
'All roads lead to Tobuck' a merchant once told Mekiouzza. Admittedly he was looking to sell her something at the time, but the expression has stuck with the Aguellid ever since. If it is not true, then why not make it true?
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Schools and Clinics
All this change and development is pointless if it does not benefit the entirety of our people, especially the children. Those are for whom we build this new world after all, and they need new teachers to find their place in this world as well as doctors to save them from disease or injury.
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Age Of Prospectors
There is wealth out in the desert, but many times we do not know what we look for. Finding iron is one thing, but what are you supposed to look for when looking for tungsten or chromium? We'll invite any prospectors willing to come to look, and to know that we pay well for any deposits they find.
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Cash Crops
With Tobuck's fields once again under our control, and with the food supply ensured, we can start making good use of the fields for more than just sustenance farming. There is a deep thirst in the world for things like coffee or tobacco, and we grow it well here.
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The Zarantian Arms Industry
We cannot rely on foreign arms manufacturers if we hope to maintain our independence from now on. Whether it is rifles, guns, shells or any other tool of war, we have to be able to produce it on our own.
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Finally Industrialising
With Tobuck back in prime shape, we can finally embark on that glorious old plan from years ago to let the new industry and commerce flow from Tobuck out into the rest of Zarantia. After all, when the answer to "how are we meant to industrialise" is simply to point at Tobuck and say "do that", it is much easier.
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The Trading Port
Tobuck's port is more than just a port, it is the gateway into all of Zarantia, and it should be one of the finest in all of northern Zebrica. The time of tripping over each other and fighting for space is over, now Tobuck shall welcome everycreature who wishes to come.
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The Great Dam
We have worked the desert and irrigated it for centuries, and if there is any area where the modern developments thrill us, it is here. Going ahead, the desert is going to become ours to mold as we wish on a scale never before seen.
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A Radiant Jewel
When you cross the oceans and pass by Maregypt into the Green Bay, you come upon Tobuck, a trading city of prosperity and progress. This city stands between worlds, be it Maregyptians or Imazeeb, Zebrica, Equus or Griffonia or any other, but all are home here. Welcome to Tobuck, home and opportunity for anycreature.
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Revolt Against The Modern World
The madness must come to an end! We have been marched to the very brink by power hungry tyrants, and in all their hollow talk of "progress" and "modernity" they forgot to ask whether this was something any of us wanted. We now give our answer: no!
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Return The Land To The Tribes
Land was the first thing they sought to take from us, and we take it back. We till the land and thus it is ours, and no amount of long-winded bleating by city creatures who never worked a day in their lives can convince us otherwise.
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Restore Tribal Elders to Power
Give a creature an inch and they take a mile, that is the truth of all autocrats, and restoring our own leaders is long overdue. The Aguellid has one duty only, and we will not allow whoever holds that position to forget that in the future.
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Peasants, Not Proletarians
Though we have gotten some aid from the so called Marksists in other nations, we aren't so deluded to think that they are kin. Farming and trade is our lifeblood, not industry. Besides, someone who calls your way of life "the idiocy of rural life" shows they're no kin of yours.
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True Masters Of The Desert
We defend what is ours, and we do so by tooth and hoof to the bitter end. Nocreature has truly conquered the Imazeeb, and nocreature ever will, not as long as we never forget the price of submitting.
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When a storm sweeps through the desert, it creeps into everything, even through walls. It clings to you and lets you feel like it will never go away. It's impossible to be rid of, and it swallows you whole.
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Trade, Not Factories
For centuries, our lifeblood has been trade, and that will remain the case. We still provide something no other creature can - safe passage across the Zebhara - and that will not change.
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Farms In The Sand
We coax the desert to give what little it can, and over time, we have come to provide for ourselves. This is more than a grim necessity, this is our greatest achievement, and we should be proud of it!
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We reject the outsiders' ways because they would destroy ours, but that does not mean we should reject it all out of hoof. There are still valuable lessons to learn, as long as they don't challenge our way of life.
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No Exceptions
The outsiders' ways are a disease, and it does not matter how useful they might seem. Let one rat into the home, and you will soon have a thousand. We have no use for that which we cannot create ourselves.
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If an enemy comes for you, you run. You run deep into the desert, taking water where you can and lead him on a merry chase only to turn around and kill him when he's exhausted and delirious from the heat.
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Continue The Flowering
Our great works in the desert are living proof that we do not need the outsiders. Are the Maregyptians making desert into farmland like we do? The Colthaginians? No, the Imazeeb alone know how to make these lands fertile.
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The desert may be harsh and unforgiving, but at least it does not try to break your people and make you something you're not. Our people have claimed swathes of the desert and made it livable before, and can do so again.
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Deindustrialize Tobuck
That damned city has caused us no end of woes at this point, but the cause is too obvious. The Tobuckians have been steeped in industry and wealth, and like strong drink it has gone to their heads. We'll tear the bottle out of their hooves, and after that, maybe we can finally find accord.
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The desert is tamed through tireless work, but our people is loathe to accept others telling them what to do. Yet, if there is any place where we should push to encourage, it is in the irrigation efforts.
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Hidden Supplies
They say that we live off sand and sunlight, and they can continue to think that. In truth, we just know how to hide supplies across the desert, and the task of creating these stockpiles is a revered position. The desert kills the unprepared, and we are always prepared.
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Community And Tradition
The Imazeeb have endured since time immemorial through two great pillars: an eternal respect for tradition, and an ironclad community. That is all that we have ever truly needed, and we will settle for this. We are Imazeeb, no matter what the world tries to make us.
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Barricades & Conscripts
Without a near flawless strategy and the full commitment of every involved creature there is no way that we're stopping the tribals bearing down on us, so it's just as well that we don't. Still, conscripting everycreature who can hold a gun and barricading every road will buy us some time.
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Offering the highest rates we possibly can will give us enough of a pool of sufficiently desperate mercenaries to hold out for just a little longer.
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Clear Out The Gold Reserve
Thankfully, something of a gold reserve was built up when the zebras returned. We can't let this fall into the hooves of course, so let's get that on the boss' waiting boat.
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Pack In Baubles & Artefacts
We've no idea what half of all the ridiculous trinkets the tribals have left scattered around the place after their rituals. We do know a lot of them are made from valuable materials though, and before they're sold they'll probably make for nice conversation pieces.
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Vasile cel Tradat, Out!
This city has played its role, and at least the boss has gathered up enough wealth to make sure this entire endeavour wasn't a complete loss. With that, it's time to leave before the tribals arrive to bring up their grievances with us.
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- 2.2.1