The Golden One - February 21, 2015


Total War Attila. Geats Chapter 2

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Allfather Attila Blasphemous Franks Kamuludunum Thor Germanic Hunters Lindvald Talos Olden
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In this episode, we pick up where we left off in the previous episode. We re back in the Viking Age, and the war is on. The Danes are here, and they re at war with the Anglo-Saxons. We need to deal with them, and we need to get a grip on the British Isles.

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00:00:00.000 Greetings our glorious sons of the old father and welcome back to the epic north where we're
00:00:16.080 trying to carve out a viking kingdom of eternal glory with our geats. So I picked up not quite
00:00:25.740 where I left off because I've taken a good few turns. I have only auto-resolved the combat so you
00:00:30.120 haven't missed anything really glorious. We have taken Rygion and we have taken Havn from the Danes. 0.94
00:00:37.100 So the Danes are here lurking about as it were in all actuality and they have also the eagles up here
00:00:44.180 who are you know a bit of a menace. We have to be careful with what we do. So that's basically what
00:00:49.600 is up right there. And then we can look at diplomacy as well. We have in all actuality. I would try to
00:00:58.460 create as much friendly as many friends as possible as it were. So the Angles are our true friends.
00:01:06.360 The Burgundians are also our true friends. Danes are at war. The Irish obviously my true friends. 0.99
00:01:13.120 the Jutes the same. And the Rugians the Saxons. So we got a little friendship up here in the north
00:01:23.140 in all actuality. So I'm gonna try to keep it that way. Then I have I sent down one fleet here to do
00:01:31.900 some conquest. And you see Britain. The Britain is actually now a an own faction. Our glorious Nordic
00:01:41.080 Jutish brothers have taken a settlement there. Londinium is now Western Roman rebels. The Franks the 0.98
00:01:51.020 cheeky cons have taken this settlement that was that was ours by birthright. So I have actually
00:01:58.080 done like this. I've landed with an army. The icicles of blood outside of this Frankish settlement. 0.71
00:02:03.100 So I'm gonna try to take that. Then perhaps get a get a grip on Britain as well. I want I want in on
00:02:10.940 those fertile lands. And we can actually look at a little history lesson right now. I'm gonna look at
00:02:18.760 fertility. Now let's see. Attitude. Region wealth. Public order. Region growth. Religion.
00:02:31.720 Fertility. And the reason. Like this is before the Vikings but also the Vikings. They want the 0.94
00:02:38.760 fertile lands of the British Isles and the fertile lands of here. And you see here not as fertile.
00:02:44.480 So then they moved south in great numbers. So that's basically something to keep in mind.
00:02:50.680 Like the Vikings weren't only out to plunder and wreak chaos. They wanted fertile lands. And there was
00:02:55.340 fertile lands in British Isles. So I'm gonna take the turn now and see what in all actuality happens.
00:03:02.000 So I'm gonna take this. Load up some glorious Lindvald's coffee as well.
00:03:08.720 Highly sickening. And there the Franks come back to try to salvage their settlement. And then the Danes 0.97
00:03:16.520 there try to act if it's mischievous against us. Highly blasphemous. And I have here, perhaps I've shown you
00:03:25.260 this in the past. It is a hammer of Thor and a cross signifying my pride as a Norseman with our unity
00:03:33.020 as European Christians. But I'm still more pagan and Christian. Christian is more like the true
00:03:39.700 friend. Like many true friend nations are Christian. But I myself am more like the chosen of Thor and the
00:03:46.860 son of the Allfather as it were. Really proud of my Nordic heritage. And especially when you game
00:03:52.800 games like this. I just get so excited for life. So I really like, love games like this. I get so
00:04:00.720 excited to pump up in the gym and just become glorious like. All right. Utilize a little edit
00:04:08.600 there. And we see the blasphemous Danes. They couldn't just leave us alone. So they have 1.00
00:04:14.400 started raiding their own ancestral territories. So we're gonna try to deal with those in all 0.99
00:04:22.060 actuality. And in the spirit of glory, we're actually gonna start off this episode by taking
00:04:36.300 this glorious settlement for the glory of the Allfather. So the Franks, we will just steamroll them 1.00
00:04:43.140 and take what's theirs. So we're gonna try to get a foothold here on the Frisian coast. So we can
00:04:51.780 stage more invasions towards the fertile lands of what is soon about to become England. And then
00:04:59.300 perhaps some Gaulish territory as well. So you see, I showed you the rain suits me just fine.
00:05:06.100 Now, Allfather, I love you. No sense in... We're just gonna rush in. So yeah, as I showed you in the
00:05:22.340 diplomacy map, we are friendly with basically all other Germanic and Nordic tribes. And this means
00:05:30.180 that we have to look elsewhere to conquer stuff. But that's fine. We're out for the fertile lands of
00:05:47.300 the south, in all actuality. Men of the north. Glory to the Allfather.
00:06:01.380 We're gonna try to burn down their Blasmus Towers as well. And this is our glorious Gauthi. 0.73
00:06:18.740 They are trying to take out our general. Defend him. We must defend our general, true friends.
00:06:31.860 How dare they talk to our general like that.
00:06:43.380 Let's admire... Oh, you're only standing there. Come on and get in the battle.
00:06:48.740 We will pierce their hearts... We will pierce their hearts.
00:07:00.260 Let's admire the action from this angle a bit. Wow, look at this though.
00:07:07.140 This, true friends. This is glorious. Oh well, no time to admire the action because we have a battle
00:07:15.540 battle to win here.
00:07:18.340 Now Talos, I love you!
00:07:21.620 Look at, look how bleak and horrible it is. Really...
00:07:26.900 Really the dark ages in approaching.
00:07:30.900 Fighting against some, uh...
00:07:35.940 Cavalry units right there.
00:07:37.300 All right in Vancouver, we have broken the enemy there.
00:07:43.380 I see the long ships. Long ships on the horizon.
00:07:47.860 We're gonna try to get into the settlement.
00:07:50.740 To make a stand there.
00:07:56.500 All right, true friends. I utilized a little edit until we got in.
00:07:59.860 We're gonna try to burn down their towers. 0.91
00:08:03.220 Man of the North.
00:08:05.460 We're gonna try to look at the possibility of acquiring glory in the name of the Old Father.
00:08:10.820 Now Olden, I love you!
00:08:14.900 Look at Fair Maiden also. And look how glorious they are. 0.82
00:08:18.580 They're killing the Blasphemous Franks. How dare they talk to us like that? 1.00
00:08:27.140 And the...
00:08:32.740 They are...
00:08:33.860 Are they...
00:08:34.340 Routing? How dare they rout like that?
00:08:36.500 Germanic Hunters. 0.53
00:08:43.380 All right then. Here they come. Where are our units?
00:08:49.700 Get at them, boys.
00:08:53.620 Ah, cool. We have destroyed the enemy tower.
00:08:58.100 Gonna try to get around them.
00:09:01.860 Men of the North.
00:09:02.980 We have hunted down. And look this.
00:09:10.580 This is glorious. Right here.
00:09:14.500 Ah, look at that.
00:09:16.420 Myrin. Myrin action.
00:09:21.780 The ancestors see us today.
00:09:23.300 Did they break now?
00:09:25.060 Yep, they did.
00:09:26.260 They broke away from the superior might of the Geats.
00:09:30.500 Let's see how it goes with this guy.
00:09:40.820 And there we are. We have captured the center square.
00:09:52.580 Frankish Marines.
00:09:54.820 How glorious. 0.93
00:10:07.380 I'm gonna try to surround them now and just hack them down. 0.89
00:10:12.340 Some strategical advice.
00:10:14.340 Always surround.
00:10:15.460 Always go for the rear.
00:10:16.980 As you get an attack bonus.
00:10:18.660 Same for basically every...
00:10:20.980 Every game ever.
00:10:23.940 Okay, we have broken them right there.
00:10:30.660 I'm kind of broken and I'm fleeing.
00:10:33.540 No. 0.98
00:10:33.780 How dare they not die. 1.00
00:10:49.380 Now let's see. 0.98
00:10:50.180 Okay, we got Frankish Marines right there.
00:10:55.060 They are quite good.
00:10:56.260 All right, it looks like the battle is turning in our favor.
00:11:04.020 I'm gonna try to...
00:11:05.860 All right, now they're broken.
00:11:07.460 Yes, there we are.
00:11:08.820 Beautiful.
00:11:11.540 End battle.
00:11:12.180 Pyrrhic victory.
00:11:17.140 God.
00:11:18.020 Yeah, that was a Pyrrhic victory.
00:11:19.380 Indeed, we lost quite a few units actually.
00:11:23.140 But we have gained their settlement.
00:11:26.660 And thus our foothold.
00:11:29.220 And we're gonna try to take Kamuludunum also.
00:11:32.180 Kamuludunum.
00:11:34.900 Pyrrhic victory.
00:11:36.660 And look, here is the...
00:11:38.340 We can raise it.
00:11:39.300 We can occupy it.
00:11:40.260 We can loot and occupy. 0.98
00:11:42.340 And then we can get a good bit of gold actually.
00:11:48.820 But we're gonna look at occupying the settlement in all actuality.
00:11:53.620 So that we don't get that much penalty afterwards, as it were.
00:12:03.700 All right, highly sickening.
00:12:05.140 We have gained a settlement.
00:12:08.180 And we can repair those later on.
00:12:14.100 And you see here, the Britain has actually landed with a large force here up in the north.
00:12:20.900 Which is quite disturbing, to be honest.
00:12:23.620 So yeah, we have this little problem to attend to as well.
00:12:35.940 You see, they have a good few units there.
00:12:44.260 And then the Eagle's there.
00:12:45.140 So I don't really want to move that army.
00:12:48.740 We got a huge, like, a large enough fleet, I'd say, at least.
00:12:53.780 So we're gonna take a turn and see what the crack is next turn and see what happens.
00:12:59.460 We're gonna replenish these guys as well.
00:13:05.060 Warhounds?
00:13:05.940 No.
00:13:07.060 Nordic bows.
00:13:07.780 It's a good life.
00:13:09.780 Sounds cool, I suppose.
00:13:12.820 Gonna recruit some more here also.
00:13:20.900 Agi.
00:13:24.340 Cunning.
00:13:25.540 That sounds perfect.
00:13:27.940 But right, cool.
00:13:28.820 So yeah, I, um, first impressions of, um, of Attila. 0.97
00:13:34.900 Fucking glorious game. 0.94
00:13:35.940 Like, really captured that, this bleak, and bleak time full of despair. 0.99
00:13:44.580 Whereas Rome Total War II was more like the sun was shining and the glory was on the horizon.
00:13:54.260 Here is only death and despair and destruction, decay.
00:13:58.740 The, uh, the Romans are just crumbling.
00:14:01.220 And it will also be interesting to continue on with my Western Roman Empire campaign.
00:14:09.700 And see how that goes to be on the other side of things.
00:14:13.060 And, uh, then also I might, if I twitch, I might start a campaign with the Saxons or something like that.
00:14:20.260 Just, just for the crack like.
00:14:22.580 Okay, greetings.
00:14:23.860 I have brought a gift from my people in order that we may improve relation.
00:14:28.500 Accept the gift, of course.
00:14:30.100 Why wouldn't I accept it?
00:14:31.460 Right, we can choose a technology to research.
00:14:45.780 Construction cost, minus fem percent, five percent, that was Swedish, fem. 1.00
00:14:51.300 For industrial buildings might be something.
00:14:55.460 We're gonna go with that.
00:14:56.900 So get, uh, well balanced things.
00:15:00.020 And they are...
00:15:04.100 They are not raiding anymore.
00:15:06.740 That's interesting.
00:15:09.300 And now you see the Rugians have landed. 0.99
00:15:12.500 Perhaps they want to make, do battle with, um, the Dancer.
00:15:17.700 And you see military access.
00:15:19.700 I'm gonna look at the possibility of...
00:15:22.020 Greetings, children.
00:15:23.060 Military alliance.
00:15:25.860 No, not really.
00:15:26.900 Okay, that's fine.
00:15:27.620 That's cool.
00:15:28.100 The blood access is glorious viking bra there. 0.95
00:15:33.940 So I'm gonna try to keep these, uh, these rather large units here as well.
00:15:39.620 Uh, the same here.
00:15:40.980 And then maybe we can, when the Danes get the hell out of our lands, we might look at the possibility of taking this ship
00:15:50.580 to sail up and, uh, uh, I don't know here what, what the crack is here.
00:15:54.820 It might, uh, do some conquest there as well.
00:15:57.060 Or just, um, send them down here to, uh, for further conquests.
00:16:04.020 Now what we're gonna do.
00:16:11.220 I hope I don't regret this now.
00:16:12.740 Perhaps I should just have sacked this settlement.
00:16:14.900 I'm gonna try to take that next turn.
00:16:23.940 And now, let's look at the possibility of...
00:16:26.420 No, we can't raise any forces. 1.00
00:16:31.140 Fuck. 0.99
00:16:31.540 That's not good at all. 1.00
00:16:33.060 Okay, I hope Flevum is, um, will, will manage on its own.
00:16:38.340 All right, true friends.
00:16:43.700 I utilized a quick little edit and we got charged by the Blasphemous Franks. 1.00
00:16:49.140 I'm not all too confident in sea battles.
00:16:51.780 So I'm gonna utilize, um, retreat there in all actuality.
00:16:56.260 And then try to get on land to, uh, see if we can, um, outmaneuver them there instead.
00:17:05.060 Oh, look, this, uh, cinematic.
00:17:09.060 Oh, look, that's.
00:17:10.340 Wow, my name.
00:17:11.220 They made ready for war.
00:17:14.020 The world had fallen into shadow.
00:17:18.100 The earth broke cold and the wind whispered of death.
00:17:24.500 And I beheld the Blasphemous Franks. 1.00
00:17:27.300 And he that sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand. 0.57
00:17:32.580 Scourge of God.
00:17:38.340 Attila was born.
00:17:43.780 All knelt before him.
00:17:46.820 Not I.
00:17:48.180 For they knew he would devour the earth.
00:17:51.300 And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
00:17:59.460 Attila was born from darkness and despair. 0.99
00:18:03.940 All right, fucking go time. 1.00
00:18:10.100 Quite mighty. 1.00
00:18:14.420 Epic as fuck. 1.00
00:18:15.380 I got the shivers. 1.00
00:18:17.140 The birth.
00:18:19.300 He was a man born into the wild to shake nations.
00:18:22.180 The scourge of all lands.
00:18:23.460 Whose name brought fear to all mankind.
00:18:26.260 Far to the east, in the city and waste.
00:18:28.260 A child is born of the royal Hunnic line. 0.86
00:18:31.380 Destined for greatness, he was named Attila.
00:18:33.540 Objective complete.
00:18:36.420 Ah, brilliant.
00:18:38.980 Mission issued.
00:18:40.340 Survive until spring.
00:18:42.100 Okay, cool.
00:18:43.220 Match of state.
00:18:44.500 This man was drunk when he was supposed to be on watch.
00:18:47.540 The watering down of our elite troops with his bumpkin seemed to be the main cause. 1.00
00:18:52.900 All right.
00:18:54.260 Let's, uh...
00:18:55.220 Loyalty is a measure of a character's devotion to the ruling party of his faction.
00:19:00.180 Flog him.
00:19:00.820 It can be increased through polit...
00:19:03.940 He shan't be drinking alcohol like that.
00:19:06.900 Oh, look.
00:19:07.380 The eagles of China.
00:19:11.460 Uh, okay.
00:19:13.220 So, what we're gonna do, true friends, is in all actuality...
00:19:17.940 Look at the possibility of...
00:19:19.300 Made a landfall there, and then we'll see what the crack is.
00:19:25.700 If they can catch us or whatever they do.
00:19:30.260 And now, let's look at the possibility of...
00:19:33.380 There we are.
00:19:35.780 Relentless attacker.
00:19:37.940 Marksman.
00:19:40.500 Okay, we're gonna go with that.
00:19:43.460 And recruit some units.
00:19:45.300 Yes, please.
00:19:46.260 Nordic bows.
00:19:49.300 All right, true friends.
00:19:52.260 We're gonna do it like this.
00:19:54.180 Oh, we can't recruit any mercenaries.
00:19:56.500 We're gonna take the turn and see if the Franks charge us there. 0.96
00:19:59.620 And see if the Danes charge us here, in all actuality.
00:20:06.980 All right, true friends.
00:20:08.900 We got charged by a superior force.
00:20:12.740 But we'll try to do the best of the situation either way.
00:20:15.060 See, they have...
00:20:16.580 The balance power is in their favor.
00:20:18.020 But the back is...
00:20:20.020 Our backs are up against the wall.
00:20:22.900 So, we'll have to try to...
00:20:25.860 To defeat these guys either way.
00:20:32.820 It might be...
00:20:35.700 Quite hard, but...
00:20:39.300 That is Blasphemous defeatist attitude.
00:20:42.260 And this is not good that it's raining because we have many more missile units than they have.
00:20:57.540 I'm gonna start battle.
00:20:58.580 I'm gonna try to...
00:21:04.980 Face them head on.
00:21:07.140 They have a mercenary onager.
00:21:09.540 Which obviously will be hard crack.
00:21:12.500 They have...
00:21:14.260 Medium axe infantry against our medium spear infantry.
00:21:17.780 I think axemen are better than spearmen, at least against other infantry units.
00:21:22.500 Looking quite glorious, to be honest though.
00:21:28.900 To be fair.
00:21:32.420 I have to learn to say the word properly.
00:21:39.380 So, this will be a head-on battle.
00:21:42.340 And by God, I wish I had some cavalry.
00:21:48.020 Indeed I do.
00:21:49.060 Indeed I do.
00:21:52.100 I'm gonna speed it up a bit, until we...
00:21:54.420 Get closer to the enemy.
00:22:00.180 Ah, good lord.
00:22:01.780 And, yeah, our general got...
00:22:12.660 Shot to death.
00:22:13.780 All of them was there.
00:22:20.180 I'm gonna try to catch these...
00:22:23.700 These lancers, at least.
00:22:31.780 Glory to the Allfather.
00:22:48.420 Okay, cool.
00:22:48.980 We have catched their...
00:22:52.260 Blasphemous...
00:22:55.060 Lancers.
00:23:01.780 Oldfather, I love you.
00:23:26.740 And now we're trying to get a rear charge here.
00:23:28.660 And now we're trying to get a rear charge here.
00:23:31.780 There we are.
00:23:33.460 And you also. 1.00
00:23:35.940 Get those bastards. 1.00
00:23:37.620 And if our... 1.00
00:23:39.220 What in actual fuck do you do there? 0.99
00:23:46.420 Come on then, quickly now. 0.99
00:23:47.780 Get in the mix.
00:23:48.820 Get in the fight.
00:24:02.020 How can our general flee like that?
00:24:04.340 That's highly disgraceful.
00:24:05.540 All right, we uh...
00:24:20.020 I don't really know why this would be so hard.
00:24:22.180 Like, if I...
00:24:24.020 If I surround them at all...
00:24:30.340 From every angle.
00:24:31.220 But I still can't break them.
00:24:32.900 It's...
00:24:33.540 That's a bit strange.
00:24:34.900 I'd say, actually.
00:24:51.140 The battle is no longer in our favor.
00:24:53.860 All right.
00:24:54.420 I lost there.
00:24:56.500 Don't really know what I could have done differently.
00:24:58.900 Um...
00:25:00.580 But, oh well.
00:25:01.940 It is what it is.
00:25:06.340 Close defeats.
00:25:10.020 All right.
00:25:10.420 Try one more time.
00:25:12.580 We've got a decimated army.
00:25:14.180 Yeah, I don't suppose we stand any chance.
00:25:19.780 But, uh...
00:25:20.660 We can at least try to...
00:25:22.660 Reak as much chaos as possible.
00:25:24.500 So we can...
00:25:26.100 Redeem ourselves at a later time.
00:25:35.860 I see the enemy is outnumbering us quite a bit there.
00:25:39.860 Okay.
00:25:43.940 All right, true friends.
00:25:44.820 I'm...
00:25:45.700 I'm not really sure what to do in this...
00:25:49.940 situation in particular.
00:25:56.980 I was trying to lead them away.
00:26:05.940 But...
00:26:07.780 Yeah, they are outnumbered.
00:26:09.060 So I assume they will steamroll us as they did in the...
00:26:12.900 In the previous combat.
00:26:22.100 All right, another decisive defeat.
00:26:23.780 I think the...
00:26:27.060 This expedition...
00:26:29.140 On British soil might just be lost.
00:26:31.940 But, um...
00:26:34.100 Shame to those who give up.
00:26:35.460 So we'll try to, in all actuality... 1.00
00:26:38.260 Perhaps hire some mercenaries and take revenge on the blasted Frankish bastards. 1.00
00:26:43.700 I want those British lands. 0.99
00:26:45.220 So yeah, I was saying, I might twitch some Rome as well if that's, uh...
00:26:53.300 That would be of interest, like, uh...
00:26:55.300 Comment below what you would like to see more of.
00:26:57.780 Uh, it's still winter here in Sweden.
00:26:59.540 It's still winter here in Sweden.
00:27:01.220 So, uh...
00:27:02.260 Gaming is just fine.
00:27:03.940 Um...
00:27:05.940 It's a glorious thing to get, uh...
00:27:08.420 Get pumped up for life as it...
00:27:10.820 As it is.
00:27:11.380 All right.
00:27:15.860 Duty calls.
00:27:16.740 Relentless attacker.
00:27:18.020 And he has a cool hair and, uh...
00:27:21.780 But it's Powermonger.
00:27:24.260 No, we're gonna go with relentless attacker.
00:27:26.100 Stained out.
00:27:26.900 27 years of age.
00:27:29.540 And look at this.
00:27:31.140 Yeah, we still have...
00:27:33.700 Still...
00:27:34.340 I'm not gonna do anything more in this turn, but...
00:27:41.540 Okay, we can only...
00:27:44.180 Hmm.
00:27:45.420 I'll see what I'll do, true friends.
00:27:47.540 Thank you so much for watching.
00:27:49.520 We made some land gains.
00:27:51.620 And we've managed to keep...
00:27:53.940 These lands in all actuality.
00:27:57.040 So, I'll, um...
00:27:59.940 See you in next episode.
00:28:02.500 And who am I?
00:28:04.340 I'm the proud son of the Old Father.
00:28:06.660 XXO.
00:28:07.620 Boom! 0.99