CivCEO_4x Lit Series by Andrew Karevik & LitRPG Freaks

Author:Andrew Karevik & LitRPG Freaks [Karevik, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

The history of Euthos and Authos was complicated, to say the least. As I set on my journey, accompanied by my diplomat companion, Teresa, she told me all about them, speaking with words imparted to her by the divine power of the Great Picture. For a long time, the two villages had been owned and operated by a single champion, a woman by the name of Savannah.

Savannah ran things fairly well, opting for diplomatic approaches with outsiders, conducting her business with anyone and everyone. Even though she was a champion, she was relatively unconcerned with any serious expansion plans. Rather, she treated the role as a job, hanging up her book after 5 pm, and living as a regular member of society. She eventually found a husband, another champion who had lost his own village while trying to defend against a warlord.

Over time, this new champion, Harold, was granted dominion over one of the cities, Euthos. Savannah saw it as an opportunity to give him something to do, while simultaneously reducing her workload, giving her more time to study magic. Of course, Harold’s method of building up a village was far more combat-oriented than she realized. A few barracks were built, an archer’s tower, then a wall…and then a foundry for building siege weapons.

Harold had plans, it turned out, to expand his family’s dominion. Another village, one whose name was lost to history, was close enough for an invasion. They were small and helpless. All of Savannah’s hard work to build up the economy of both villages gave Euthos the resources it needed to invade and take the town for their own. Savannah was less than pleased with this.

However, in transferring ownership of Euthos to Harold, Savannah had given up her ability to control the village. It was as if she had handed the keys to a car to her husband; unless she got the keys back, there was nothing she could do to stop him. An argument broke out between the two and Harold explained that he was free to do as he pleased, since she had given him the village. This caused a lot of bad blood between the two and, within ten years, they were at war. Savannah, fighting to protect her allies from Harold’s war machine, and Harold, attempting to take control of the region.

Yet, both villages had been so prosperous, that the fighting would continue for years upon years. All trade dried up, and now everyone actively avoided the region. Without the Tradesmen to open up a route, the rest of the world simply ignored the area, hoping that eventually one village would win and peace would reign. But it had been twenty years since the fighting began. Few believed peace would ever be possible.

I must admit, such a colorful history led me to balk a little at my own plans for expansion. After all, if this had been a simple disagreement, I might be able to talk sense into the villages, but a

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