Victory fresco
You have a battle you fought painted as a fresco, in the manner of ancient Greek vases and wall paintings. It is painted from the battle's own record.
Who can have one painted
The people who fought in the battle can have it painted: attacker or defender, winner or loser. A defeat has its fresco too. Somebody who only watched the battle cannot, and the battle must be over.
Each player has one fresco of a battle. While yours is being painted, or while it hangs, a second request for the same battle is not accepted; if you take your fresco down, you may have the battle painted again.
How to ask
On the report of a finished battle, the Victory fresco card sits in the right-hand column. Have it painted opens a window showing the price, the Seals in your purse and your request.
You don't have to write anything; leave it empty and the fresco is painted from the battle's record alone. If you like, add a short note for the scene and say what should stand out. No picture is added: the fresco's input is the battle itself.
You can also start from the What Seals make tab of the Seals window. Create there takes you to the list of your battles, and you open the report of the battle you want painted.
What goes into the painting
| In the record | In the fresco |
|---|---|
| Where it was fought | On land, before an island city or at the foot of its walls; at sea, war galleys under oar |
| Each side's troops | The few most numerous kinds on each side: attackers on the left, defenders on the right |
| The result | Who won; a breach, if the wall fell; plunder or occupation, if that is what the attack was for |
| How it ended | A rout, a surrender or an orderly withdrawal |
| Your side | Whether it is painted for one of the attackers or for a defender of the city |
What does not
No player's or city's name goes into the painting; the drawing service is not told who fought whom. Nor does the size of anybody's army: the kinds of troops are named, never their numbers. The game writes the names beneath the fresco itself: the city the battle was fought at, the date, and who had it painted.
There is no writing in a fresco. Nor is there blood, wounds or cruelty: the struggle is told through the lines, the movement and the stance of the figures.
Where it shows
The fresco hangs at the head of the report, above the battlefield. Everyone who opens that report, which means everyone who fought in the battle, sees your fresco and the other players' there. Your own comes first.
If you shared the report with a link, everyone who opens the link sees your fresco at its head; if you pasted the link into chat, its card in the chat shows it too. It shows even if it was painted after the link was made. A fresco somebody else had painted of the same battle does not show on your link.
Opening and removing
Press a fresco on the report and it opens full size. From there you can report somebody else's. Your own you take down from the Victory fresco card on the right; the fresco comes down from the head of the report and from your links, and the Seals spent do not come back.
Examples
| Battle and note | What comes out |
|---|---|
| A defender who held the wall, with nothing written | Spearmen and slingers on the wall; a battering ram and hoplites turning back from it. |
| A raid won at sea, and "the ships coming home at dawn" | War galleys under oar with painted eyes on their prows, in the morning light. |
| A siege lost, and "an orderly withdrawal" | An army falling back without breaking its lines. |
| "the dead and the blood at the foot of the wall" | Refused: blood and cruelty are not painted. |
| "write our alliance's name on it" | The fresco is painted without writing: the game writes the names beneath it itself. |
The rest
The content rules, payment and the states you see in the list are the same for every Seal product: see the Seals article.
The figures come from the game's own content. Balance updates can move some numbers; the rules themselves are as written here.