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We Come in Peace: Thomas Sormania Meets the Formicidae of Spardshock
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After six long months marching west and then north along the coast, the Ganthian army finally returned to Harvis to report the findings of their exploration. Chief among these was the discovery of a new nation far to the west, populated solely by ant-people (who called themselves Formicidae). Thomas was not pleased to hear of the Ganthian army's failure to diplomatically engage with the Formicidae, which General Harding (the leader of the Ganthian army) explained by noting that the barbarian presence to the west of Wexlen had been primarily comprised of Formicidae. After deliberation with the Central Assemblies of the Ganthian cities, including the new city of Wexlen, Thomas finally decided to travel with a hundred-soldier escort to meet the leader or leaders of the Formicidae nation in person.

Following three weeks on horseback, Thomas Sormania finally reached the gates of the great Formicidae city, which the guards called Spardshock. Naturally, the Formicidae guards were curious as to the purpose of what appeared to be a small warband at the city’s gates. Thomas Sormania explained that he hailed from the Ganthian States, a nation far to the east of Spardshock, and that he wished to speak with the leader of Spardshock. At this, the guards reluctantly opened Spardshock’s gates, then directed Thomas to the great palace of Spardshock to meet the Formicidae queen. On the way to Spardshock’s palace were the busy shops of a thriving and industrious city, over which the palace towered on a great hill.

Thomas & co. naturally bowed to the Formicidae queen as they met her inside Spardshock’s palace. The Ganthian leader then proceeded to present gifts of Ganthian goods including cut and polished diamonds, vials of indigo, and tobacco pipes to his Formicidae cohort. The queen of Spardshock was quite pleased to receive these gifts, and wished to show Thomas Sormania around the city. The bustling and technologically advanced city impressed Thomas in general, but the Ganthian leader took particular interest in the disciplined and tactical military exercises of the Formicidae spear-soldiers. Thomas asked Spardshock’s queen if she could teach her military secrets to his men, upon which the queen directed him to meet with her general, who proceeded to teach them the Formicidae military techniques. Finally, at the end of Thomas’s stay in Spardshock, the Formicidae queen stated her intentions to tour the land of Ganthia with a small entourage of her own. Naturally, the Ganthian was happy to oblige to his counterpart’s request.

After another three weeks’ ride to reach the Ganthian lands, the queen of Spardshock began her guided tour. Eventually, the Formicidae queen was just as impressed with Ganthia as Thomas had been with Spardshock. To the Ganthian leader’s surprise, she proposed a formal alliance between the two nations, including a defensive pact and research collaboration, for the price of 222 gold coins. Thomas accepted the queen’s alliance request and paid the necessary sum, after which she returned to Spardshock. Finally, Thomas announced to the people of Ganthia that Ganthia had a new ally in the Formicidae nation of Spardshock, far to the west. Initial reactions were mixed, owing to the negative rumors that had already reached Ganthia from the last expedition about the Formicidae. Eventually, however, the two nations’ alliance was accepted wholeheartedly by most Ganthians. To this day, the city-state of Spardshock stands behind only the Rusnav Federation as Ganthia’s foremost ally and trade partner.

  • Account by Jeffery (a soldier of the Ganthian Army who was part of Thomas Sormania’s entourage to meet the Formicidae), as committed to the annals of Ganthian history

(OOC: allied with the city-state of Spardshock and successfully researched Tactics)

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civ=The Ganthian States

trans:

name=allied Spardshock

gold=-222

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trans:

name=researched Tactics

beakers=-18

link=https://www.reddit.com/r/CivNations/comments/6u7qgn/we_come_in_peace_thomas_sormania_meets_the/

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