March on their belly - Revision history

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial navy" to "[[navy"

2026-01-16T09:44:54Z

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	The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.		The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.
	===Imperial Resupply===		===Imperial Resupply===
	The damage done by this curse must not be underestimated. Food prices have increased across the Empire, and this in turn is affecting everything else. The knock on effect is that the funds required to keep imperial military forces supplied are being stretched - potentially to breaking point. As a consequence the [[Casualties#Natural_Resupply\|natural resupply]] of [[Army\|imperial armies]], [[~~Imperial~~ navy\|navies]], and [[fortification\|fortifications]] is reduced by a fifth during the coming season. [[Casualties#Emergency_Resupply\|Emergency resupply]] - which focuses more on replacing damaged goods than victuals - is unaffected.		The damage done by this curse must not be underestimated. Food prices have increased across the Empire, and this in turn is affecting everything else. The knock on effect is that the funds required to keep imperial military forces supplied are being stretched - potentially to breaking point. As a consequence the [[Casualties#Natural_Resupply\|natural resupply]] of [[Army\|imperial armies]], [[navy\|navies]], and [[fortification\|fortifications]] is reduced by a fifth during the coming season. [[Casualties#Emergency_Resupply\|Emergency resupply]] - which focuses more on replacing damaged goods than victuals - is unaffected.

	The effects of the curse are far-reaching, and show no signs of abating any time soon. If nothing changes, this reduction in natural resupply will continue until the start of the Summer Solstice.		The effects of the curse are far-reaching, and show no signs of abating any time soon. If nothing changes, this reduction in natural resupply will continue until the start of the Summer Solstice.

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial army" to "[[Army"

2026-01-16T09:43:45Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial army" to "[[Army"

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	The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.		The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.
	===Imperial Resupply===		===Imperial Resupply===
	The damage done by this curse must not be underestimated. Food prices have increased across the Empire, and this in turn is affecting everything else. The knock on effect is that the funds required to keep imperial military forces supplied are being stretched - potentially to breaking point. As a consequence the [[Casualties#Natural_Resupply\|natural resupply]] of [[~~Imperial army~~\|imperial armies]], [[Imperial navy\|navies]], and [[fortification\|fortifications]] is reduced by a fifth during the coming season. [[Casualties#Emergency_Resupply\|Emergency resupply]] - which focuses more on replacing damaged goods than victuals - is unaffected.		The damage done by this curse must not be underestimated. Food prices have increased across the Empire, and this in turn is affecting everything else. The knock on effect is that the funds required to keep imperial military forces supplied are being stretched - potentially to breaking point. As a consequence the [[Casualties#Natural_Resupply\|natural resupply]] of [[Army\|imperial armies]], [[Imperial navy\|navies]], and [[fortification\|fortifications]] is reduced by a fifth during the coming season. [[Casualties#Emergency_Resupply\|Emergency resupply]] - which focuses more on replacing damaged goods than victuals - is unaffected.

	The effects of the curse are far-reaching, and show no signs of abating any time soon. If nothing changes, this reduction in natural resupply will continue until the start of the Summer Solstice.		The effects of the curse are far-reaching, and show no signs of abating any time soon. If nothing changes, this reduction in natural resupply will continue until the start of the Summer Solstice.

Twiggy at 15:16, 29 September 2025

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	Behind him, Tess saw three rats the size of barn cats run across the muddy yard. They were fat with stolen grain. From the barn came the sound of her husband and the bandit lad Senator Bridgit had persuaded her to take in, shouting and hollering loud enough to drown out the barking of the dogs. They'd found another nest, by the sound of the swearing.		Behind him, Tess saw three rats the size of barn cats run across the muddy yard. They were fat with stolen grain. From the barn came the sound of her husband and the bandit lad Senator Bridgit had persuaded her to take in, shouting and hollering loud enough to drown out the barking of the dogs. They'd found another nest, by the sound of the swearing.

	"This is ... well it's going to be a problem," said the civil servant. They both knew that he was selling the situation short. Tess had sold root vegetables and smoked meat to the civil service provisioners every year for as long as she had been in charge of the farm; just as her father had before her, her grandmother before them both. She felt her cheeks flush with ~~embarassment~~. This was not what she wanted but she had no choice.		"This is ... well it's going to be a problem," said the civil servant. They both knew that he was selling the situation short. Tess had sold root vegetables and smoked meat to the civil service provisioners every year for as long as she had been in charge of the farm; just as her father had before her, her grandmother before them both. She felt her cheeks flush with embarrassment. This was not what she wanted but she had no choice.

	"I can't help that. Just like I can't help the rain, and the root rust; just like Wee Jack and his boys can't help the pest' eating their pigs alive; just like Ma Alspeth can't help the flood that smashed up her apple trees. We're doing our best, but there's only so much. We're all going to have to tighten our belts ..."		"I can't help that. Just like I can't help the rain, and the root rust; just like Wee Jack and his boys can't help the pest' eating their pigs alive; just like Ma Alspeth can't help the flood that smashed up her apple trees. We're doing our best, but there's only so much. We're all going to have to tighten our belts ..."
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	"Come inside, then." she said stepping aside to usher the civil servant into her kitchen. "Let's see if we can sort something out. After all. There's a war on, 'parrently."</ic>		"Come inside, then." she said stepping aside to usher the civil servant into her kitchen. "Let's see if we can sort something out. After all. There's a war on, 'parrently."</ic>
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Shortly after the Autumn Equinox,it all goes wrong. Unseasonable hail flattens unharvested fields; plagues of giant rats and other vermin attack storehouses; a particularly virulent blight spreads through the root vegetable crops; a pernicious sickness devastates animal herds, breeding pus-filled cysts in their flesh and befouling their milk with blood. Across [[Mitwold]], [[Upwold]], and [[Bregasland]], people fall sick with an unpleasant strain of influenza leaving a smaller labour-force to collect what harvests remain.		Shortly after the Autumn Equinox, it all goes wrong. Unseasonable hail flattens unharvested fields; plagues of giant rats and other vermin attack storehouses; a particularly virulent blight spreads through the root vegetable crops; a pernicious sickness devastates animal herds, breeding pus-filled cysts in their flesh and befouling their milk with blood. Across [[Mitwold]], [[Upwold]], and [[Bregasland]], people fall sick with an unpleasant strain of influenza leaving a smaller labour-force to collect what harvests remain.

	The damage is widespread - with potential implications for the entire Empire. With Winter coming, the [[The Marches\|Marcher]] storehouses are half empty. Normally there would be plenty of food to see any hard-working farmer and their family through the cold winter months, with a good surplus to sell off to merchants and civil service purchasers. The timing of the curses could not have been worse, however.		The damage is widespread - with potential implications for the entire Empire. With Winter coming, the [[The Marches\|Marcher]] storehouses are half empty. Normally there would be plenty of food to see any hard-working farmer and their family through the cold winter months, with a good surplus to sell off to merchants and civil service purchasers. The timing of the curses could not have been worse, however.

Dre at 11:07, 6 August 2024

2024-08-06T11:07:45Z

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	The damage is widespread - with potential implications for the entire Empire. With Winter coming, the [[The Marches\|Marcher]] storehouses are half empty. Normally there would be plenty of food to see any hard-working farmer and their family through the cold winter months, with a good surplus to sell off to merchants and civil service purchasers. The timing of the curses could not have been worse, however.		The damage is widespread - with potential implications for the entire Empire. With Winter coming, the [[The Marches\|Marcher]] storehouses are half empty. Normally there would be plenty of food to see any hard-working farmer and their family through the cold winter months, with a good surplus to sell off to merchants and civil service purchasers. The timing of the curses could not have been worse, however.

	This year, people are not going hungry - not ''too'' hungry at least. Everyone has had to tighten their belts a little - some farmers more than others - but the grim situation has brought out the best in many Marchers. They ensure their ~~neighbors~~ have enough to eat, without drawing too much attention to their good deeds. They keep a weather eye on the young, the old, and the infirm to make sure they are not going to bed with empty bellies. Practical Marcher virtues help to fill the gaps created by the curse. Up to a point.		This year, people are not going hungry - not ''too'' hungry at least. Everyone has had to tighten their belts a little - some farmers more than others - but the grim situation has brought out the best in many Marchers. They ensure their neighbours have enough to eat, without drawing too much attention to their good deeds. They keep a weather eye on the young, the old, and the infirm to make sure they are not going to bed with empty bellies. Practical Marcher virtues help to fill the gaps created by the curse. Up to a point.

	But the Marches are not called the breadbasket of the Empire for nothing ...		But the Marches are not called the breadbasket of the Empire for nothing ...
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	The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.		The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.
	===Imperial Resupply===		===Imperial Resupply===
	The damage done by this curse must not be underestimated. Food prices have increased across the Empire, and this in turn is ~~effecting~~ everything else. The knock on effect is that the funds required to keep imperial military forces supplied are being stretched - potentially to breaking point. As a consequence the [[Casualties#Natural_Resupply\|natural resupply]] of [[Imperial army\|imperial armies]], [[Imperial navy\|navies]], and [[fortification\|fortifications]] is reduced by a fifth during the coming season. [[Casualties#Emergency_Resupply\|Emergency resupply]] - which focuses more on replacing damaged goods than victuals - is unaffected.		The damage done by this curse must not be underestimated. Food prices have increased across the Empire, and this in turn is affecting everything else. The knock on effect is that the funds required to keep imperial military forces supplied are being stretched - potentially to breaking point. As a consequence the [[Casualties#Natural_Resupply\|natural resupply]] of [[Imperial army\|imperial armies]], [[Imperial navy\|navies]], and [[fortification\|fortifications]] is reduced by a fifth during the coming season. [[Casualties#Emergency_Resupply\|Emergency resupply]] - which focuses more on replacing damaged goods than victuals - is unaffected.

	The effects of the curse are far-reaching, and show no signs of abating any time soon. If nothing changes, this reduction in natural resupply will continue until the start of the Summer Solstice.		The effects of the curse are far-reaching, and show no signs of abating any time soon. If nothing changes, this reduction in natural resupply will continue until the start of the Summer Solstice.

Rafferty at 17:03, 24 November 2019

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:379YE]][[Category:Recent History]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:379YE Winter]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<ic>Tess spread her hands and shrugged her shoulders.		<ic>Tess spread her hands and shrugged her shoulders.

Rafferty at 15:14, 1 November 2018

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			[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:379YE]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<ic>Tess spread her hands and shrugged her shoulders.		<ic>Tess spread her hands and shrugged her shoulders.

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	At the same time, however, this sacrifice mitigates the lingering effects of the disastrous Marcher harvest. While the costs to run the Imperial armies are still heightened, the status quo should be restored by the end of the Spring Equinox.		At the same time, however, this sacrifice mitigates the lingering effects of the disastrous Marcher harvest. While the costs to run the Imperial armies are still heightened, the status quo should be restored by the end of the Spring Equinox.

	~~{{Category:379YE Winter Solstice winds of fortune}}~~

Dre at 10:10, 2 July 2018

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	Following this bold statement, most Marcher farmers are tightening their belts, and selling food to the army quartermasters at a price which means they are taking a significant loss. Coupled with the bitter Winter, this means that all Marcher-owned [[farm\|farms]] including those in [[Mournwold]] will produce ''half'' as much coin in the coming season.		Following this bold statement, most Marcher farmers are tightening their belts, and selling food to the army quartermasters at a price which means they are taking a significant loss. Coupled with the bitter Winter, this means that all Marcher-owned [[farm\|farms]] including those in [[Mournwold]] will produce ''half'' as much coin in the coming season.

	At the same time, however, this sacrifice mitigates the lingering effects of the disastrous Marcher harvest. While the costs to run the Imperial armies are still heightened, the status quo should be restored by the end of ~~the~~ the Spring Equinox.		At the same time, however, this sacrifice mitigates the lingering effects of the disastrous Marcher harvest. While the costs to run the Imperial armies are still heightened, the status quo should be restored by the end of the Spring Equinox.

	{{Category:379YE Winter Solstice winds of fortune}}		{{Category:379YE Winter Solstice winds of fortune}}

Matt at 13:43, 13 January 2017

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	The primary effect of the curse has been financial, and its effects are felt across the Empire.		The primary effect of the curse has been financial, and its effects are felt across the Empire.
	===Household Income===		===Household Income===
	Individual [[farm\|farmers]] have seen their income slashed in half over the last three months due to missed sales and reduced surpluses. This has affected only monetary income - the [[herbs]] produced by the newly re instituted [[Hearth Tithe]] have been unaffected. Nobody is starving; even a badly damaged harvest is still a ''Marcher'' harvest - but the price of food has steadily climbed over the three months since the Autumn equinox, even in the Marches.		Individual [[farm\|farmers]] have seen their income slashed in half over the last three months due to missed sales and reduced surpluses. This has affected only monetary income - the [[herb\|herbs]] produced by the newly re instituted [[Hearth Tithe]] have been unaffected. Nobody is starving; even a badly damaged harvest is still a ''Marcher'' harvest - but the price of food has steadily climbed over the three months since the Autumn equinox, even in the Marches.

	===The Imperial treasury===		===The Imperial treasury===

Rafferty: /* Household Income */

2016-05-17T11:33:13Z

Household Income

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	The primary effect of the curse has been financial, and its effects are felt across the Empire.		The primary effect of the curse has been financial, and its effects are felt across the Empire.
	===Household Income===		===Household Income===
	Individual [[farm\|farmers]] have seen their income slashed in half over the last three months due to missed sales and reduced surpluses. This has affected only monetary income - the [[herbs]] produced by the newly re instituted [[~~hearth tithe~~]] have been unaffected. Nobody is starving; even a badly damaged harvest is still a ''Marcher'' harvest - but the price of food has steadily climbed over the three months since the Autumn equinox, even in the Marches.		Individual [[farm\|farmers]] have seen their income slashed in half over the last three months due to missed sales and reduced surpluses. This has affected only monetary income - the [[herbs]] produced by the newly re instituted [[Hearth Tithe]] have been unaffected. Nobody is starving; even a badly damaged harvest is still a ''Marcher'' harvest - but the price of food has steadily climbed over the three months since the Autumn equinox, even in the Marches.

	===The Imperial treasury===		===The Imperial treasury===
	The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.		The damage to the crucial Marcher harvest will have an impact on the [[Powers_of_the_Imperial_Senate#Imperial_Treasury\|Imperial treasury]]. With the breadbasket of the Empire suffering significant damage, the price of food has risen, meaning the costs to support the Imperial armies are likely to have increased by anywhere between a tenth and a fifth - meaning less money being paid into the Imperial treasury this season.

Gereon: Add category as template

2016-04-18T22:59:40Z

Add category as template

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	At the same time, however, this sacrifice mitigates the lingering effects of the disastrous Marcher harvest. While the costs to run the Imperial armies are still heightened, the status quo should be restored by the end of the the Spring Equinox.		At the same time, however, this sacrifice mitigates the lingering effects of the disastrous Marcher harvest. While the costs to run the Imperial armies are still heightened, the status quo should be restored by the end of the the Spring Equinox.

	~~[[Category:History]] [[Category:379YE]] [[Category:Recent History]]~~		{{Category:379YE Winter Solstice winds of fortune}}
	[[Category:379YE Winter Solstice winds of fortune]]
	~~[[Category:Winds of Fortune]]~~