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Aye that can do.

I'd most likely send Voltus over, he loves travel and not stating put, most likely he'd bring his daughter, the commerce minister.

@Voltus_Ventus That'll do swimmingly. Maybe have a Silme representative over or something of that nature.

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Thank The Savior that I have a modern navy.

They wouldn't target Ventium, since Tin valuea its relations with that place and would be rather angry if they attacked. That and Ventium is just a bad target in general, with a big scary navy and little stuff worth taking the risk to raid.

Yamatai, the elven Zanjir Islands, and to a lesser extent Avalia and the PRK are probably their favorite victims.

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I'd most likely send Voltus over, he loves travel and not stating put, most likely he'd bring his daughter, the commerce minister.

Glorious, a meeting of a Hegemon, Princess, Tsar and Tsarina. Nothing bad could possibly happen here.

@Mihndar

That sounds good. I suppose I'll have him as the "honored guest"/advisor of tbe PRK. We can introduce him whenever you want.

Okay, it'll probably be my next post.

@Willy Vereb
Yeah, it's mainly there to be a symbol of Kataylabinsk in general. The crowns and sword are removed, though, to signify the destruction of the monarchy and the end of militaristic expansion.

@Voltus_VentusWould the Ventians be willing to talk to either the Navari about rebellion against the Silme, the Silme, who need assistance in keeping the Navari in line, or the Khoren in launching an assault on the Heavenly Empire to reclaim "The Lost Mountain".

The Kataylans would be interested in talking to the first group.

@Alfhedil

I was planning on sending my first minister to renovate the treaty between both of our nations , do you agree?

@Mihndar Than a Blood Priest will be the one they'll be speaking to, as representatives of the Navari are watched very closely by the Silme.

I started writing about Tin's navy and made an entry for Sea Jackals. They're Tinite pirates, and like the elven mercenaries they'll work for just about anybody.

The best part is that half the time they do so for free (for the winning side, of course) because they are content to just make profit by selling stolen boats and cargo. And they ransom captured sailors for exorbitant prices, of course.

Funny part about elven "mercenaries" that they have nothing to do with that.
They're just bored nobles with some forces to spare because Yllendthyr doesn't give a finger to what they usually do with their forces.
A good part of Yllendthyr's nobles actually take their duty as traditional protectors of the country seriously as you saw with no less than 89 noble Aramegyr stationing in Zanshir Islands.
Although to be fair most of them are there because they almost take it as a vacation and because the emperor compensates them a bit for their "contribution to the empire".

If we are at it, I forgot to mention that of course Yllendthyr's army is divided by the forms of warfare. The Brascad has air force, navy and general army branches. Drefgiad and Aramegyr are divided by states or per noble family so there's no point in differentiating them aside from battalion/division level. So Drefgiad unites their share of ground,air and naval forces under the same leadership.

@Willy Vereb

The first Sultan was Temujin, a great warrior that conquered half a dozen khanates and united Tin. An amazing achievement, considering the lands that he conquered and controlled were almost as large as modern-day Tin.

The most violent and zealous was perhaps Timur, he was the one that conquered half of KalMea and also fought in the crusades to the north (in what is now Avalia) no doubt killing hundreds of thousands.

Those are probably the two most famous Sultans and the ancestors that Banur always talks about honoring, but both have been dead for centuries.

As in for the more recent ones, they've been stubborn and traditional, refusing to change and causing Tin to decline while they do little more than live in luxury and expand the already massive palace complex in Saroy City. Babur's father and grandfather were slightly more competent, having the wisdom to establish relations with Ventium and modernize the country with telegraph lines and a better navy.

One thing that would definitely stick is out that Babur is only 18 (most Sultans would rule from perhaps 30 or 40 until they died, usually at least in their mid 60s) and he certainly has some fire, like Baktu commented.

For circa when they reigned, I've been avoiding the use of dates thus far because we have no official timeline and I don't want to create any contradictions. See my above statement about when they usually rule from (Babur's father died in his 50s) and you could probably figure out roughly how long ago each successor was coronated.

I see. Well, then it's quite likely that the emperor knew Babur's grandfather.
Albeit since apparently they were only decent rulers instead of anything that can be directly compared to Babur, I think I'll go with a more vague comment.
And yeah, I'll comment on the age of Babur.
For reference my emperor considers Velikaya a youth chasing childish ideals.
30 years is the bare minimum Elves are considered adults. It's about the equivalent of a human aged 13.
If you'd want to look for a more "legal" age, that'd be around 42.
Granted, the current emperor did ascend to the throne "young".
But it also worths noting that the Emperor of Yllendthyr has about as much power as does the Queen of England.
His responsibilities are not the same as Tin's Sultan.
Albeit the current emperor is more active than his father was.
His grandfather is not a fair comparison because he ruled just at the beginning of the constitutional monarchy.
To be exact he made the system after his father died along with the 1st Imperial Gryffn Cavalry.

@Alfhedil

I was planning on sending my first minister to renovate the treaty between both of our nations , do you agree?

Aye, imagine that would need some doing, since Marianna has been known to disregard the policies set in place by her father regarding interior states. She has not yet done so with any state beyond the Hegemony, but it would pay to make a visit and check to see if things are still cool.

Also, planning on a bit of entertainment for our esteemed guests o3o

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Glorious, a meeting of a Hegemon, Princess, Tsar and Tsarina. Nothing bad could possibly happen here.

I'm expecting fanciness. If you were to visit Ventium, we would take you to the north to hunt Bears and discuss politics there.

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I'm expecting fanciness. If you were to visit Ventium, we would take you to the north to hunt Bears and discuss politics there.

Well, there's Baldur The Indomitable's tower, where the queen rules, and of course Baldur's hammer still lodged in the floor of the throne room from when he made his big speech centuries ago. Other than that, there would be the finest foods from the region and possible executions. Also, the Princess is there, so a ball would probably be held. She's odd like that.

@Mihndar Than a Blood Priest will be the one they'll be speaking to, as representatives of the Navari are watched very closely by the Silme.

Feel free to put something in your first post and I'll respond to it.

@Willy Vereb
For reference Premier Velikaya is 32, so probably only barely adult by their standards.

@Willy Vereb
For reference Premier Velikaya is 32, so probably only barely adult by their standards.

Yeah, I am perfectly aware of that. That's why I refered to Velikaya as mere youth.
Then again all elves are aware that humans mature faster.
It's just that not all elves agree that what humans refer to be "adult" is anywhere close to their terms.
So yeah, given that the emperor is on the top of the aristocrats of Yllendthyr he pretty much considers young rulers as children playing around with toys way too big for them to control.
You can easily retort to this statement but you probably won't ever change his mind.
At best he'd say to your accomplishments to "not bad for a mere child, I'm looking forward to the time she matures".

In feudal times, for some cultures there was no concept of a teenager. 12 year olds were considered men and expected to participate in armed manhunts for criminals.

Yup, Tin has its own idea of adulthood.

In feudal times, for some cultures there was no concept of a teenager. 12 year olds were considered men and expected to participate in armed manhunts for criminals.

Yup, Tin has its own idea of adulthood.

*Russian Accent* "In Ventium, you're not a man until you __________________."

Fill in the space correctly and get a prize.

Well, I've never mentioned it in my NS but I always had the idea in my head that 16 is adulthood in KalMea

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*Russian Accent* "In Ventium, you're not a man until you __________________."

Fill in the space correctly and get a prize.

Hit puberty? Grow facial hair?

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*Russian Accent* "In Ventium, you're not a man until you __________________."

Fill in the space correctly and get a prize.

Wrestle a bear.

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Hit puberty? Grow facial hair?

Wrong. Though I like it.

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Wrestle a bear.

Close.

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Wrong. Though I like it.

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Close.

Wrestle puberty?

Win a fight?