We find ourselves in a very strange place. Not at all to our liking. At least there is a lot to do.

Arachna of the Dark Elves

Do all caverns echo like this, or just large, empty ones?

Tempest has issued forth the noble draconians. Immediately, a windmill, a mine and a node have been captured. Our wounds are great but so were the victories.

Arachna

Building resources guarded by some of Tempest's kin easily taken.

Things are going well for us but gold is an issue. Our lands are very rich in mana but so far only a single mine can be found.

You are lucky, my domain is only generous in its open, empty space!

A hero joined our cause today draining what little we had in our coffers. We hope it was a wise decision.

What is that big, bright yellow ball at the end of the tunnel? It is blinding to my eyes!

Tempest of the Draconians
Log of day 4

We have gathered resources waiting for our armies to gather and attack a valuable target.

Arachna

This 'surface world' appears to be much more plentiful than the underground realm.

Tempest of the Draconians
Log of day 6

Our heroes lie dead. Tempest is in the void. Our armies are decimated. I think it was worth it.

Tempest of the Draconians
Log of day 7

We shall gain great strength daily now.

We lost a very good troop due to very bad luck.

Arachna

A windmill and magic node captured, and a VERY good discovery made on the shaodw realm.

Sorry for the lack of turn logs, my online time has been and still is a little limited.

All plans go well. Tempest has dispatched a full squad of winged scouts. The landscape is being mapped with great speed. We have even found the first traces of the dark elven nation.

Arachna

What has Tempest been feeding his pigeons on, iron? That one proved surprisingly tough (to eat).

Tempest was informed that the vile Spider Queen had killed one of his birds. He kept his calm composure until he was informed that the bird nearly killed the druid sent to attack it. He couldn't help but blurt out, "No friggin' way!"

Arachna

My rather pathetic druid showing against a zephyr bird should not really surprise me. After all, he IS an elf. Turn sent.

I should have had my morning cup of coffee before playing this turn. I moved my dark elven pikeman to explore the underground and then I couldn't figure out why I couldn't move my other one. It was yours and I just finished moving all my troops.

[This message has been edited by Tibbs (edited 06-07-2004 @ 09:57 AM).]

Just more movement and scouting.

Sorry for the restart message. Game crashed after my pikeman lost to yours. After the restart I just disbanded mine.

Arachna

The power of fire is subddued by my darkness.

OOC - no worries about the restart.

We find it strange that our little elven city is vacant. Where'd they go?

Arachna

Its the trouble with scouts, they just will not stay in one place!

Our winged spies have found many new areas but few enemies. That is both good and bad at the same time.

Winged spies? I wish!

Another day and more land is pillaged. Strategic points are declared and plans are formed.

New recruits signed up.

Captured two towns today.

So there ARE two towns out there?!

There's a lot more than two. Our birds are showing the way.

I'm training my black spiders to fly. Surely they can get some lift flapping eight legs!

Trying to get my little bird somewhere safe. It's spying eyes may have cost it it's life.

Arachna

This desolate is not so desolate afterall. The trouble is most of the population I've found is heading my way!

We have replaced our bird with an army designed for the deep tunnels of the underworld.

The lack of any settlement and few other points of interest now coming home to roost.

We could see the outline of a dragon perch and rushed to recruit it's hatchling. To our surprise, the dark elven capital was directly beside it. Our hasted troops had just enough movement to carry the victory.

Good game SteveB. I was entirely too lucky on that map. That army was completely purchased at nearby dwellings. If you'd like another, I'd be more than willing.

The map was VERY poor from my position. The only other settlements I found was the dark elf outpost I took off you for a turn. The second my scouts found as your big army was on the horizon. I tried to get them back , they are just on the surface, at the cave mouth

Well played by you anyway!

Received your email and will respond later today.