Welcome to the fourth week of Dawnpowers! Today marks the first month of active play! Week 4 ends at 23:59 GMT on Sunday, the 25th of June. Please send your applications, techposts and expansions before then!

This week we have our very first Crisis!

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As states grow, thrive, and spread, a new century of hardships begins in Horea.

It started with the turn of the millennium: the rains in Gorgonea grew heavier, then heavier, then unbearable. Wet seasons like people had scarcely seen in several generations crash against the coasts of the peninsulas and isles. Shorter dry seasons, longer and more violent wet seasons put the agricultural production of Gorgoneans at risk.

But excess begets penury: Xanthea, whose dryness is mitigated by the waters of the south, grows drier with each harvest as the rains fail to reach its interior. A century-long drought that could shake the faith of every farmer befalls on the region, causing turmoil.

That is not all: while the instability in the cycles of the seasons did not seem to affect Tritonea, a different, horrible sickness spread through it: a year without winter brough about a blight that mercilessly attacks their zizania harvest making it consistently fail, year after year, and putting their most abundant and precious resource at risk.

How will the people of Horea face these disasters? What will these difficult centuries bring?

This week we expect to see some roleplay centered on how your people confront the region-specific crises. A succesful approach will result in an additional A slot, that will be dedicated to a technology that may aid your people through the crisis!

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This week's maps and modposts:

• CULTURES
• STATES
• TECH
• PROVINCE ACTIONS
• HEGEMON APPLICATIONS

Because of the ongoing crises, the hegemonic relationship that were previously in place have broken down. Applications are open to decide who the next hegemon will be in week 5!