Editing User:Trungle/Cataphracts Idis/Recap (section)

=== The first advance ===

My campaign against the Uuqitans, in the meantime, had already born fruit. The isthmus connecting Torvaldsen to the Uuqitan border only takes about five days to traverse, as does the path from the Uuqitan capitol to the same border. So it was that not even a week into the game, I engaged in my first battle against the Uuqitans.

This battle, taking place outside the Fenpri fortress of Hounslow, a site which would become well-acquainted with warfare, ended in a landslide victory on my side. I can’t truly claim too much credit for this. I defaulted to well-known military strategy and then got lucky on dice rolls. Hilariously, I did draft up a map describing the form my army would take, something I would never do again because it ultimately helped no one. Either way, I won enough advantage to take the commander prisoner. The captive commander, who told me their name was Umehi-Tso, suggested an alliance which I very well may have accepted with my current playstyle and knowledge of the game, but at the time felt far too risky. I still feel tremendously bad about this situation. It was a fine strategic move for me to leave them to captivity but it feels rather unsporting to remove a player so quickly with slim chance of return. It was no one’s fault but fate and yet I wish I could have found a way to let them keep playing as a commander.

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