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Chapter XXIV - The Rule of Menelaos Xerxids and Nikeratos Abadanids
Howdy there, mates! It's me! The ever popular Nikeratos! The Man! The Myth! The Conqueror!
After some dreadfully boring years with Menelaos as Archon, it was finally my time to shine! Man, the religious nuts, the civic bores... Give me a popular man like me any day, you know?
Clearly, after having taken Greece, Rome and much of Anatolia, we needed a new place to spread our wings. Some beaches, lots of grain, lots of slaves. You know, I found just the place; Egypt! Ripe for the picking.
And naturally, we won! Even got us some desert in the deal!
This meant we got control of Alexandreia, this marvel of a city. It had to be protected! We are Rhodes, not barbarians!
Then, there were the troubling news. Turns out the Demaratids, this long prominent Rhodian family, were kinda royalty. I mean, had it been an Abadanid that were Argead in blood, I would've been jubilant. But DEMARATIDS? Gods, have mercy...
Then; pretigous news. We got control over the remains of Alexander. And where better to place his body, than in Rhodos - this marvel of an island?
So I ordered the building of a Mausoleum.
As the popular, cultured man I am, I even ordered the building of a temple to the muses. Don't scoff at me, cultured men!
And so my watch ended.
After some dreadfully boring years with Menelaos as Archon, it was finally my time to shine! Man, the religious nuts, the civic bores... Give me a popular man like me any day, you know?
Clearly, after having taken Greece, Rome and much of Anatolia, we needed a new place to spread our wings. Some beaches, lots of grain, lots of slaves. You know, I found just the place; Egypt! Ripe for the picking.
And naturally, we won! Even got us some desert in the deal!
This meant we got control of Alexandreia, this marvel of a city. It had to be protected! We are Rhodes, not barbarians!
Then, there were the troubling news. Turns out the Demaratids, this long prominent Rhodian family, were kinda royalty. I mean, had it been an Abadanid that were Argead in blood, I would've been jubilant. But DEMARATIDS? Gods, have mercy...
Then; pretigous news. We got control over the remains of Alexander. And where better to place his body, than in Rhodos - this marvel of an island?
So I ordered the building of a Mausoleum.
As the popular, cultured man I am, I even ordered the building of a temple to the muses. Don't scoff at me, cultured men!
And so my watch ended.
The man who took the world captive, has himself, been taken captive!
But at least we know where he rests.
But at least we know where he rests.
I'm kind of intrigued how many decisions and bonuses Alexandria has. Did Rome give you any specific events?
Getting a foothold in Egypt is wonderful, a whole new region to expand further into!
It looks like you're actually going to do it, making an empire that stretches from the Nile to the Danube. Guess some tribes in the north will get a bad time in the future now.
Forever and ever!
Very. Their main trade good is peace, you know.
Actually, no. Not other than those I showed, which exists for the main cities in the world it seems.
Hooray!
Well, to be honest, I never wanted to go to the Danube. I had a specific plan for the end game, which you will see soon.
Besides, at this point my AE were in the mid 40s, and we're not done yet with expanding - but I couldn't take all the land up there without massive AE increase...
CHapter XXV - The Rule of Molon Xerxids
Gods be gracious! We have work to be done! Enemies to conquer - in the name of the gods!
I am Molon Xerxids, and our foes will be vanquished.
First of all, the stain on the map that is Aetolia. The godless bastards that defeated us in war when we needed friends the most. Despicable people. They need to go. Added bonus: They are allied to our arch enemy of Phrygia.
Naturally, we won.
Not being one to rest on my laurels, I directed our armies in Italy north to take out Rome, once again. Added bonus: They're allied to our old enemy of Macedon.
But before the war is ended, my term is over. May the mercantile faction do us well, as they've done in the past. Blessings of the gods upon them!
I am Molon Xerxids, and our foes will be vanquished.
First of all, the stain on the map that is Aetolia. The godless bastards that defeated us in war when we needed friends the most. Despicable people. They need to go. Added bonus: They are allied to our arch enemy of Phrygia.
Naturally, we won.
Not being one to rest on my laurels, I directed our armies in Italy north to take out Rome, once again. Added bonus: They're allied to our old enemy of Macedon.
But before the war is ended, my term is over. May the mercantile faction do us well, as they've done in the past. Blessings of the gods upon them!
"Declaring war is sometimes the last resort of diplomacy". Funny how Paradox makes us believe this whilst all we do in their games is declaring wars.
They only said that it's the last resort. They didn't say how many steps you'd have to take to get there
On a side note: In addition to Rhodes, I'm also rather chuffed to see an anachronistically vigorous budding empire coming out of Byzantion.
Nice to see Rhodes has graduated to grave-robbing - can't be a proper Empire without some sepulchral stealing going on.
Paradox and their paradoxes, eh?
Yeah, Byzantion is doing well! They've made themselves a nice little Empire there.They only said that it's the last resort. They didn't say how many steps you'd have to take to get there
On a side note: In addition to Rhodes, I'm also rather chuffed to see an anachronistically vigorous budding empire coming out of Byzantion.
Certainly. It's like having a supervillain without the laugh.
Chapter XXVI - The Rule of Krateros Arxatan
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... oh hi there, I didn't notice you for the counting of Rhodes' money! I'm Krateros, a member of the mercantile faction and Archon of the Rhodian Empire.
First thing I did after taking office, was concluding our war against Rome. It went pretty well.
Then, I prepared for taking control over the most populous areas remaining of Egypt. More people equals more income. Easy peasy maths.
Then, all too sudden, my watch ended.
... oh hi there, I didn't notice you for the counting of Rhodes' money! I'm Krateros, a member of the mercantile faction and Archon of the Rhodian Empire.
First thing I did after taking office, was concluding our war against Rome. It went pretty well.
Then, I prepared for taking control over the most populous areas remaining of Egypt. More people equals more income. Easy peasy maths.
Then, all too sudden, my watch ended.
I like the idea this chap has of maths
Speaking of maths, when this war is over, we got above 70 AE. There *might* have been a cool down in the speed of war for a while after that.
Not that I had big problems actually, but at that point there were provinces becoming disloyal, so I decided to rest for a while. 
Our Rhodesian empire is a most majestic and precious thing, it must be protected at all costs. No longer can this carousel of rulers continue, no longer can we lumber from one direction to another.
One Empire
One Ruler
Signed
A Populist of the Family Demaratid
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I wish the game had a more robust peacetime and internal diplomacy system, the familial/party politics of your empire would be amazing.
One Empire
One Ruler
Signed
A Populist of the Family Demaratid
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I wish the game had a more robust peacetime and internal diplomacy system, the familial/party politics of your empire would be amazing.