You are the Ishtari, brave warriors and passionate lovers. Your old lands became unlivable after a famine so you took your people north, to a land that for a long time was the domain of monsters. In there, you hope to find a new home for your clan, and perhaps build a kingdom one day.

>>6264909 (OP)

Your clan is only about 1,000 people or so.

Your scouts found good fertile land to plant some crops.

But this land is already claimed by monsters!

What kind?

> Orcs and goblins - large numbers of monsters
> Feral elves - deceptive, cunning, magical
> Trolls - regenerate, even their whelps are strong as a man
> Beastmen - even stronger than trolls, but at least don't regenerate
> Write in

>>6264914

Which gods do your clan traditionally worship?

Pick one or more.

> Ishtar, goddess of love, war and fertility
> Tammuz, god of shepherds and vegetation
> Ereshkigal, goddess of the underworld
> Ancestors, the spirits of your predecessors
> Write in

>>6264914
> Trolls - regenerate, even their whelps are strong as a man

>>6264920
> Ishtar, goddess of love, war and fertility
Kind of needs to be, with a name like ours.

>>6264914
>Orcs and goblins - large numbers of monsters
>>6264920
>Ishtar, goddess of love, war and fertility

>>6264936

You planted your crops, chopped some lumber, built a longhouse for shelter and a modest shrine to Ishtar. A few people began building their own houses.

You set up patrols to watch your herds.

Are you a peaceful clan, a neutral clan or a war clan?

> Peaceful. 10 warriors. Large bonus to diplomacy and magic.
> Neutral. 15 warriors. Bonus to infrastructure.
> War. 25 warriors.

Then they came! Howling and screaming, the trolls attacked mid Winter!

Your men took up arms and driven them out! Still, you barely survived!

Next spring, after planting your crops, you decide to explore.

You discover you have six close neighbors:

The Grey Fang, with a wolf banner

Red Ash, with a black tree banner

Stone Ear, with a wheat banner

Sky Hand, with a hand reaching for the sky banner

Dune Sons, with a scorpion banner

Boar Tusk, with two tusks crossed banner

What is your people's banner?

> Two stallions. Bonus to combat and health.
> Crescent moon. Bonus to magic and ambushes.
> Golden root. Bonus to farming and pop growth.
> Flaming serpent. Bonus to scouting and burning things.
> Black trident. Bonus to intimidation and attracting warriors.
> Write in


It is SPRING, YEAR 2

You have 1,010 people.
You have 2,000 cattle.
You have 50 trade goods.
You have 4,500 food.

You need to plant your crops now to harvest in winter. Will you focus on

> maximum food yield (extra food)
> beer and booze crops (bonus to morale and recruitment)
> herbs, spices and textiles (trade and magic bonus)
> Write in

And what else do you want to do this spring?
> diplomacy
> raid
> exploration
> build
> ritual
> recruit
> trade
> craft
> write in

>>6265018
*harvest before winter

>>6265018
Forgot to add

> feast

To the options

>>6265018
>Neutral
>Crescent moon
>Beer and booze crops
(Good for attracting the support of at least one of these troll clans)

> diplomacy
And to that end, let's see who is most agreeable.

>>6265018
>Neutral. 15 warriors. Bonus to infrastructure.

>Golden root. Bonus to farming and pop growth.

>herbs, spices and textiles (trade and magic bonus)

>trade

>>6265177

The nearby clans are all human clans!

If you send emissaries to the trolls they will likely just eat them, so I won't bother modeling their economies, just their armies.

Waiting on a tie breaker.

>>6266094
I'll back >>6265209, then.