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Post by Queen Alessia on Feb 19, 2008 20:43:12 GMT -5
Alessia smiled as she began to walk in front of him. "Well there is a temple in the palace, which I can show you. It isn't fully completed yet, but either way it is still holy." The Queen said as she walked with him down a hallway before coming to two doors. She opened the doors and said something in their own language as she walked inside. "We don't worship gods and goddesses, like most cultures do. We worship spirits. Whether it be the spirits of our ancestors or the spirits of our past leaders and heroes." Alessia said as she looked over her shoulder at him. She turned around and walked back out into the hallways. "Well, we can get to the rest of the city now." Alessia said as she lead him outside and into the streets. "As you can obviously see, our cities are still under construction. We were a nomadic people, but now we are settling down to from our nomadic ways. Apollonia is probably one of the most heavily defended cities in Scythia, at the moment." Alessia said as she pointed to the outer most wall. "That was a first wall, but after a skirmish with some bandits from another nation, we added a second one." She said, pointing to the second one that was further inside of the city. "And now we have a third wall being built, to defend the castle if an army gets that far into the city." Alessia said, a smile on her place. "What do you think?" Alessia asked, turning around to look at him.
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Post by Ambrose, The Neutral King on Feb 20, 2008 9:29:13 GMT -5
Ambrose walked with her and listened to every word that she spoke. She mentioned once again that they were, as a nomadic people, beginning to settle down. This of course, as he had already said would take time and the people would need even more time to adjust to such a lifestyle change. After leaving the temple and going out, they looked at the walls that were built and the new ones being built. Ambrose looked over the walls from where he stood and nodded in approval. “ It is indeed wise to have such defenses. The only flaw in such defenses is that, if taken, the enemy can use one of the walls against you as a protector for themselves, thus causing even more problem for yourself…” He said with a shake of his head.
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Post by Queen Alessia on Feb 20, 2008 14:26:55 GMT -5
Alessia listened to what Ambrose said as she looked at him. "Perhaps they might do that. But they would have a heck of a time getting into the city. There are some secret surprises that may hinder their efforts." Alessia said with a smile on her face. "Apollonia is secure at the moment and Scythia is in no imediate danger. The only thing we have to worry about is the Persian Empire, but they seem to have a problem of their own with the Egyptians. We will just have to watch the border of my land and the Celts. I do not know what their intentions are, but I hope that they are good intentions and not bad." Alessia said with a smile on her face. "I will have to see your cities sometime. Tell me, what do they look like?" Alessia asked, a curious look on her face.
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Post by Ambrose, The Neutral King on Feb 21, 2008 15:40:26 GMT -5
He listened to her and nodded. It was custom for people to have traps and escape tunnels, hatches and everything inside the walls. This was, of course for their own safety and to surprise the enemy. He listened to her speak about his cities and he smiled. " Well, the Neutral States don't really have cities per say. We just recently became an organized group, such as yourselves. Now, of course there are major cities here and there but mostly our nation consists of Major ports and nomadic settlements, such as yourself..." He said with a smile. I, myself, was a horse farmer, one of the greatest in the World, or so i was told. Then, by circumstance i became King. " He said with a smile.
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Post by Queen Alessia on Feb 21, 2008 22:55:51 GMT -5
Alessia smiled as she listened to the many similarities their countries had. She listened to his story as he was a horse farmer and then he became king. She could sort of relate to that. "I was the daughter of a warlord, back when Scythia were nomads. But, when my father and mother died, I spent two years unifying my people and now we are building cities in the hope of a better future." Alessia said as she looked back at over Apollonia, a sigh escaping her lips. She was happy that she had unified the country of Scythia, but she was worried that the wars in the south would reach her land and her country may be divided once more.
"So, tell me Ambrose. Why is it that you remain neutral? Is there a primal hatred between Athenians and the Spartans that you don't want to be a part of? Or, have you just decided that you don't want to be a part of either city state, so you made your own?" Alessia asked, a curious look on her face. Of course, she wouldn't say this, but if Greece was to unify into one nation, they would be strong enough to challenge any power that may threaten them. But, she decided to keep her opinion to herself, as not to offend her guest.
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Post by Ambrose, The Neutral King on Feb 24, 2008 15:40:48 GMT -5
He shook his head and smiled whenever he heard her speak of why he remained on the neutral side. " It is rather much more simple than all of that. ' He said with a smile. " The Spartans and Athenians fight needless wars and loose countless lives over which they do not need to have lost..." He said calmly. " I do not wish for my people to take part in such a reckless loss of life if it can be avoided. " He said with another sigh. " And thus, it does cause people to question me, but, i have my reasons and morals and i fight for my people and that is all. " He said with a nod.
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