Day 47 - The March Begins

Delicious.

This is about the only word that can completely convey the position that our clan finds itself. Nothing stands in the way of the Krampus legions and Eric's domain. We have free reign to his palace. Reader! See the map of the lands. Victory shall be mine! The scourge of Eric of Ebola shall be wiped from this plain. Oh, and look, Neighsayer Matt destroyed the other remnant of Eric of Ebola's legions.

This turn, as regent, I must choose between two event cards:

• Un-excommunication: This would help Eric of Ebola
• Stop ritual spells for 3-6 turns. This would stop ritual favoring Gormash James and Neighsayer Matt

As Eric of Ebola shall soon be destroyed, there is no need to un-excommunicate the soon to be destroyed.
What has happened in the ministerium?

 

Ah. The Usurper's Own have been upgraded.

Action Items

• Move to Krampus and Usurpers own to Eric of Ebola's palace
• Destroy Eric of Ebola's palace

Day 46 - A day of News

The minion's drank a little too much in seeing off the Screaming Bastard's in their move to war, leading to our scribe's recording of the previous two day's activities to be unintelligible.
The cursed Eric of Ebola has decided to test his ultimate powers and attack the Infernal Conclave Palace of Power. As much as I hate the Conclave, I am not foolish enough to attack them yet and risk the wrath of excommunication.
The wrath of the Conclave was swift. Eric was excommunicated from the Conclave and now does not participate in the Infernal Conclave machinations. Here is what he gets for his attack:

• No more access to the Bazaar
• No more event cards as the Scepter of Regent
• No warning of attacks
• Last place in the order of operations

Eric of Ebola must know something that I do not and is making a power move against those of us still comprising the Conclave.
Eric has used his excommunication to surprise attack the Neighsayer Matt. His attack will fail against the reinforced ramparts of Neighsayer Matt.

Since Eric of Ebola is excommunicated, the Krampus clan no longer needs to prostate itself before the Conclave to be able to attack its favored prince. Yesterday, our Usurpers Own, using the power of the Wicked Wain have attacked and destroyed the Disciples of Ebola on the battlefield.

Beautiful, just absolutely beautiful attack. Let us look at how the Usurper's fared in the battle.

Yes, they have indeed distinguished themselves. A feast for our champions upon their return.
Now, let us have a look at the lands before us after the fighting has ceased.

Devils! The flank of Eric of Ebola is exposed. Now is the time for our forces to finish off the scourge of Eric of Ebola! Move forward Krampus Legion and Usurpers! Maybe the Infernal Conclave will give our clan a reward in gratitude for eliminating those who would rise up against them.

Day 43 - The Unholy Crusades Arrive

The combat card for the Ten Thousand Screaming Bastards was assigned and our minions provided the Bastards with a feast to send them off.
The minions shall enjoy the food, for today's actions I am sending them out to seed manuscripts.

Day 42 - A fighting chance

As the one in charge of the Conclave this round, I have seen to it that accountants responsible for yesterday's accounting mishap have been shown their new dwelling location in the Abyss. Additionally, the others can learn of the Unholy Crusade!
The Unholy Crusade requires every clan to submit a legion for war. The Screaming Bastards/Demons will be representing the Krampus clan. Luffy once said: "If you cannot win the fight, then you will not fight for me." The Screaming Bastards will be proving themselves in the war, should they be successful, they will be a welcome addition to our legions.
Ah, the minions approach with the Ministeriums daily activities:

Nothing exciting occurring today.
With the relative weakness of the Screaming Bastards, I will give them a fighting chance with a strategy card giving the legion a +2 in melee.

An examination of the prestige of the day shows our clan in the second worst situation of the group, only Gormash James is behind me, but he is a blood vassal to Neighsayer Matt, so that means all prestige goes to him.

 

Day 41 - Confounding Messages

I awoke this morning feeling more... charismatic.
I must try out my new found powers next turn by coercing the minions to seek out curiosities. Perhaps they can find the missing two portions of the scroll.
The minions approach with today's ministerium activities:

The Infernal Conclave is in a constant state of confusion. We have heartless lawyers and soulless accountants here in the Infernum and yet, their accountants are unable to properly keep track of who should be here. Today's event highlights the Conclave's accountant's ineptitude, someone let in souls with trace amounts of good in them. On top of which, the Conclave is now demanding that the clans make up for their ineptitude by giving them souls from our coffers!
Neighsayer Matt has sent a message:

"A lesser demon who I've since destroyed for "knowing too much" settled near me today, smoking a cigar and also smoking from the flames. Looked over to me and muttered something about your enemy. Said he hadn't a brain or a wicked bone in him. Not a single one. I thought that odd... odd indeed."

Inernum's rumblings about Neighsayer Matt's poetry being similar to the Volgons had always struck me as exaggerated, I have been proven wrong.

  

Action Items

•  Buy Screaming Demons - they are going crusading
• Play the Great Unholy Crusade

Day 40 - Internal Machinations

There are few days in Infernum that things go the way that you planned. Today is one of those days. I planned for downtime between the houses and have received it. Our house spent the previous day consolidating our resources in a bid to commit the tribute necessary to increase the Charisma/Diabolism attribute.
Gormash James burned some more offerings to garner 10 Prestige Points from the Infernal Conclave. What is the purpose, he burns tribute before whom? Does he invite members of the conclave to his house and puts on a show before them? Surely the conclave members have seen a fire before. Perhaps the conclave is made up of bigger fools than I previously thought.

Actions:

• Increase Charisma
• Demand Tribute

Day 39 - Intelligence is an Asset

The ministerium provides a trove of information each day, and yet I choose to haphazardly ignore it. During discussions with Gormash James, it was learned that Eric of Ebola had purchased the WALKING FORTRESS! Recognizing that the English language for screaming in text is done through exclamation marks and capital letters, I am still not putting enough emphasis on my concern for Eric of Ebola's purchase. No more threats against Eric of Ebola unless I make it a surprise.

The good news is that the Krampus clan is in charge of the Sceptre this turn and as such get to choose from two event options. Filling the coffers will mean that everyone must make tribute to the Infernal Conclave versus the Unholy Crusade, which means that the others must submit their legion to the attack against Heaven. Definitely taking the Unholy Crusade.
Gormash James decided to burn tribute in return for 10 Prestige points! The fool!

Meanwhile, I must focus on increasing my stats or else be picked apart by the others. I am going to focus on the Diabolism so I can try and find the remaining parts for the Unholy machine.

A recent check of the prestige chart shows that Eric of Ebola, Backstabber of the East, will not be winning the Infernal Conclave's respect.

My actions:

• Consolidate Tributes for the next turn
• Demand tribute from the minions.

Day 38 - Acquiescence

The humans from the 1st level of hell play a game called, Ing of the Hill; an odd name I admit, but the terror on their face and cats on their tongues may have meant a loss in pronunciation. They race up to the top of a hill and try to maintain dominance of the top of the hill. It is fascinating to watch how quickly those at the bottom form allegiances with those also at the bottom to conquer the human at the top, only once on top, betray those who have helped them achieve this point. The only human most in danger is that at the top, it is a dangerous place. Well, second dangerous if the humans make the unfortunate move of playing on Sisyphus' hill, then when the boulder goes down the other side, lo be to those below.

Eric of Ebola's position is similar to that of Ing of the Hill. He is at the top and everyone is gunning for him. Neighsayer Matt and Gormash James sits there and blasts away with whatever super powers they have, I demand tribute of Eric of Ebola.

So problematic is Eric of Ebola's position is that he gave in to my demand for tribute! What horrible a fate it is to be at the top.

To the Ministerium:

I have purchased the second part of the four part Machine of Agony, I am trying to build this machine to bring down the cowardly spell casting duo's powerful blasts and secure a victory after Eric of Ebola's defeat.

Day 36 - Awareness

The minions around the Krampus house are an interesting breed. They do my bidding out of allegiance, fear, and concern of what may come should we lose; the stories of Lefison's plight of being locked away in the Barxet dungeon permeate through the minion's whispers. Yesterday, I dispatched a pair of minions to march to approach the Infernal Conclave and deliver my demand for tribute from the one known as Eric of Ebola, betrayer of boundaries. I demanded not, one or two, but the full four tributes allowed by the Infernal Conclave in preparation for Eric of Ebola's declination. Once he declines, the vendetta can begin, and the reclamation of what is ours shall begin once more!

Meanwhile, what is everyone else up to.

Neighsayer Matt has been elected Master of the Infernal Bazaar, meaning he gets half of whatever anyone buys from there. No matter, he will waste it on hurting Eric with his spells.
Exceptional delivery of tribute to one of the Great Houses of Hell. I am inclined to say the only great house available would be that of Krampus, but I do not see anything exceptional in our tribute space, so this must mean someone played an event card to bribe the Infernal Conclave.

The map of Day 36:
The Legions of Krampus house sit as guardians of the right flank. The outstanding truce between Neighsayer Matt and Krampus house is still in effect and protects the left flank. Gormash James has finally taken the tower in front of him and Neighsayer Matt appears to be threatening Eric of Ebola's borders.