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>The Ancronic lose against the Bruguvic by a difference of 10 – they suffer an Honourable Defeat.
>The civilisation gets -161 Population.
>The civilisation gets -144 Military Reserves – 121 dead and 23 deserters.
>The civilisation gets -17 Standing Military – 16 dead and 1 deserter.
>The civilisation gets -195 Military Reserves temporarily due to wounds.
>The civilisation gets -16 Standing Military temporarily due to wounds.
>The civilisation gets -0.02 Militarism.
>The civilisation gets -5 Cohesion and Happiness.
Despite their relative pacifism and their technological regression, the never-hungry have greater numbers by far. For every one of the Bruguvic who is wounded or slain, one of the Ancronic suffers a similar fate and considering that the invaders are significantly outnumbered, their losses are far more meaningful. After a long and gruelling battle spread over a great distance, the would-be conquerors are eventually beaten back. They return to the settlements that they have already seized to lick their wounds. Having suffered similar losses, the never-hungry defenders do the same.
Yet the fighting spirit of the Ancronic hasn't been snuffed out, not yet. Though the losses that they have suffered were severe enough to make them fall back and will likely impede any further battles, they are still in the heart of Bruguvic territory. They can't afford to withdraw at this point, they refuse to return to Ancron in shame, no matter what casualties they have suffered and no matter how battered their morale might be. The guardians of truth are particularly humiliated – they did not expect any of the number to fall to a primitive mob of farmers.
One more attempt – even if this fails, they will still be able to cling on to the settlements that they have already seized, though the Bruguvic will likely try to reclaim them in the future. If the Ancronic succeed however, then despite heavy losses, the threat of the never-hungry priestesses will have been eradicated and the southern sector of the great lake will belong to Ancron.
So, one last attempt for now. After a few days of rest and recuperation, there shall be one last push eastward, into the awaiting throngs of stone-wielding Bruguvic. Defeat here shan't mean annihilation – but it shall mean humiliation.
>Give me three rolls of dice+1d100. I'll accept the best of three.
>You will need to beat a target number of 55. The more you beat it by, the greater your victory. The more you lose by, the greater your loss.
