Post by Blorbis83 on Oct 11, 2014 18:08:50 GMT -5
Seeing that it will take a long time to fix the flooding and damage from the castrum and that almost everyone's items have been stolen by possibly the same player who flooded the fort, I've decided to turn his little trolling plan to backfire on him/her and make some RP out of it.
I know that it will be a long time till plugins come out and even then I doubt we will find the griefer, no doubt he will be held responsible when we do. To the troublemaker I say: Though we are making RP out of your events, we do not condone your actions and we will find you and make sure you are banned. Anyway, while I attempt to fix the damage and set up some leadership, I'll try to do some RP to loosen the tension up. The listed items are something I am asking the admin/opped mods to provide, since some of it is for easier rebuilding and I'll be setting up a community warehouse to (hopefully) increase a sense of team-building and community.
A courier is sent riding away at full speed to the nearest Roman town, he carries a message in his bag. It is to the Roman govenor Publius Numerius.
The message inscribed on parchment and written in black dye, is ironically stately, considering the poor conditions the settlement is in. It reads:
To Magistratus Publius Numerius
Salve it is the governor of [insert town name here], [insert governor name here] Our recent attempts to settle in Dacian territory has been a disaster. The Dacians have raided our fort, slaughtering the garrison, who, currently, has been reduced to half it's original size. Along with the raids, we have lost items to various bandits who dwell on the land. Our civilians have not been successful in their attempts to farm on the rocky terrain as their is little fertile soil. The wheat and barley, which we so desperately depend on to feed our livestock and citizens has been frozen over by hundreds of cold nights. Blight and moulds feast upon the sprouting crops, spoiling our futile attempts. Wolves, bears and Dacians, (animals in their own right) have invaded the castrum and eaten our livestock. We must have upset the Gods or have been cursed by some terrible creature in the forest, for we have also experienced horrifying floods! It has rotted away our only source of defense; the wood walls. Our meager tents and stands also cannot provide much shelter for long. Food riots, despite our best attempts to hunt the animals in the land, are breaking out. We cannot provide enough grain and meat readily enough, and our farmers and hunters are too weak to carry on with their duties, though they try. Sickness is rampant in the camp, our doctors overrun by invalids; the stench of death and decay outside our walls is destroying our morale! We are desperate for supplies; we cannot fail the Emperor's wishes lest he rain wrath upon us all! The rewards and power we will gain are endless if we complete this task!
Please send us the following supplies, and we will exchange any gold we find in the land to the price of these supplies.
1,000 sacks of grain/flour [10 stacks, half of wheat and half seeds]
40 fruit seeds [2 stacks of pumpkin/watermelon seeds, maybe a stack of raw potatoes and carrots]
2,000 sacks of barely [RP Item]
500 wheels of cheese [RP Item]
500 dried meats [Various raw meats]
Enough charcoal for 2 months [4-8 stacks of charcoal]
Enough oak/spruce wood for 2 months [4-8 stacks of oak/pine logs
Plaster, white and red, for building small casas, [10-20 stacks red and white plaster, the casas (cabins) aren't supposed to be big, however since they are 8 by 8, they might take an appreciable amount of stuff]
Roof material (brick slabs, 10 stacks)
I will personally pay you 50,000 denarii if you comply to this request.
Vale
[insert governor name here]
