Capital: Zar Dratha

Government Type: Imperial Oligarchy/Mageocracy

Ruling Body: The Congress of Masters

Currency: Drathan Teeth

Population: ~14 millions

Realm Size: 77 blocks

Unique Trait 1: Wizard-Lords: The Union is governed by the (often fractious) Congress of Masters, a group of extremely powerful human and elvish [and other races] mages who have proven their strength and cunning in the ruthless jungle that is the Drathan Bureaucracy. Drathan sorcerers are famed for their skill and knowledge of hidden arts, as well as for their almost complete lack of scruples. Magical inquiry of (almost) all kinds thrives in the cities of the Union, which is home to the celebrated libraries, arcanums and universities in the known world. All forms of magic, including necromancy, blood magic, and the other branches of dark arts are permitted and indeed actively studied in the Union. [practical effects= +500 practical magic users and magic users are of higher quality than other nations]

Unique Trait 2: Fighting Fire with Fire:necromancy and breeding experiments to design super soldiers, eg, the Trollkin. Serp88's trait, WIP

Unique Flaw 1:Subjects, Serfs and Slaves:Except for the relatively small members of the ruling caste, and for mercantile plutocrats, the denizens of the Union are deprived any political participation, and the vast majority of the population are impoverished serfs and slaves. The Congress of Masters lords over a vast, diverse empire encompassing a huge, racially and culturally diverse population. For the most part, they are forced to rule with the lash, and inspire little loyalty or love from their subjected populations. [practical effects = police state, heavy revolutionary activity and often mutinous armies]

Unique Flaw 2: Bureaucratic Nightmare Serp88's trait, WIP

World-Realm Map:

Map Link

Internal-Realm Map:

Major Cities:

Zar Dratha

Zar Pellos

Zar Thera

Zar Vo

Near Ryloth

St. Olm's Port

St. Gavos' Harbour

Zar Anthedalas

Zar Varyon

Onctes

[Yuwan holy city]

Major Castles:

The Tower of the Sun and Moon

Zar Velym

Tripantos

Zar Mythrad

Far Ryloth

Buildings of Interest:

Tower of the Sun and Moon

The Grand University of Pellos

The Divine Arcanum at [Holy City]

The Libraries of Dratha

The House of the Masters

Geographic Features of Interest:

Sea of Teeth

Varyon River

Drathan Delta

The Warp Wastes

[oaasis around holy city]

Avanagashan Desert

Majority Race: Humans

Minority Race:High Elves

Minority Race: Beastkin [custom]

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Minority Race: Trollkin [custom]

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Minority Race: Trolls
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Minority Race: Trogons [custom]
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Minority Race Apearance(s):
Minority Race Characteristics: (Things like height, species type, biology, etc. Note that due to things like sub-races and cousin species, you can modify the standard races)

-State Religion: Yuwanism

-Religious Information: Though Yuwanism is the official religion, the Congress of Masters tolerates the practice of many local religions within its borders, though the cults of the Cradle Pantheon and of Justin Magnus undergo intermittent persecution and are carefully scrutinized by the Order of the Sun. The worship of the Red Pantheon is widespread among the slave armies of the Union and, indeed, among a sizeable minority of the bureaucracy.

Magic and religion in the Union are policed by two inquisitorial guilds answering directly to the Congress of Masters. The first and most prominent is the Order of the Sun, which is responsible for rooting out the taint of Darkness within the Union, for 'recruiting' magically talented children into the Dominical Universities, and for monitoring political and religious groups for subversive tendencies. The Order of the Sun provides legions of elite human and elven heavy infantry to the Union's armed forces, and Knights Solar (as they are known) often serve as commanders and commisars in Union formations. Though not all members of the Order of the Sun wield magic, many are potent battle mages.

The Order of the Moon for its part, is surrounded in mystery. Among its duties are studying the Darkness in order to seek out ways to defeat it, as well as plumbing the depths of forbidden magicks, such as the creation of warbreeds and experimental blood magic. Invigilators (as members of the order are called) are also tasked with internal and external espionage, kidnapping, assassinations and other black ops, and provide the Union military with powerful dark wizards and assassins.

The Order of the Sun is devoted to the Bright Lady, an aspect of Yuwain as Philosopher-Queen. The Order of the Moon worships the Goddess Unspoken, an aspect of Yuwain as the ruthless and cunning lord of shadows.

Both Orders maintain fortresses throughout the Union, and are based out of the immense Tower of the Sun and Moon, on Gravemire Isle in the Sea of Teeth.

-Religion Demographics: Devotees of Yuwan and followers of local religions (often variations of Yuwanism) are about equal in number, with the cult of the Red Pantheon coming in a close third. The two other major religions have small followings in the cities of the Union, and are often the targets of official persecution. The Masters of the Union are diverse in their religious preoccupations- most follow a philosophical form of Yuwanism, while many are more or less irreligious, pursuing magical mastery without concern for piety or ritual. A select few combine a reverance for Yuwan along with a devotion to the Dark Gods of the North.

-Holy Relics In Possession:

The Liar's Sword

The Somnium Mechanism

Ythge's Mural

The Precepts Unspoken

-Holy Sites Under Control: [Yuwan holy city- name]

-Magical Schools and Curriculum: See unique trait one. All schools of magic are permitted and studied in the Union, which is home to some of the worlds most famous arcane libraries and universities. Magical practice is monitered by the Order of the Sun, and inquisitorial fraternity of battlemages who root out the taint of Darkness in the lands of the Union.

Horns of Harnia (Major WIP)
THE HOST
-Holy City Benefactor: (If applicable)
-Original Primary Objective: destroy the darkness
-Original Secondary Objectives: Reclaim Harnia
-Host Size: 205,000
-Unique Trait #1: The duality of the army and its wide range of option in a battle allow for flexible planning and quick mid battle alternating plans to secure victories
-Unique Trait #2: (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)
-Unique Flaw #1 The size of the army cause it to be slow marching, as well as increasing its resource consumption greatly
-Unique Flaw #2 (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)

PATRONAGE & GEOGRAPHIC
-Host Map: (Place founding location, current objectives, former objectives, current position of Host and the route it has so far taken from its founding location)
-Founding Location: Harnia
-Patron Realms:
-Host Headquarters Location:
-Major Host Strongholds:
-Buildings of Interest:

RACIAL
-Majority Race: Harnian Minotaur
-Majority Race Appearance: Large thick muscled beasts, with heavy hooves on twisted human-bull legs and a matching bull skull complete with thick horns.
-Majority Race Traits: Large and extremely strong with high pain tolerance and martial ease on the battlefield, they are as if cavalry and heavy infantry had a baby.
-Majority Race Flaws: While they are extremely fast and sure footed, they perform poorly in mud due to their weight and size. Also, they require large amounts of nutrients, are stubborn, and easily angered
-Minority Races: Human
-Minority Race Apearance(s): Us
-Minority Race Traits: Standard, highly adaptable
-Minority Race Flaws: Standard

RELIGION & MAGIC
-Host Religion (Note: If the Host is of the religious crusader variety, it is suggested to use one of the major religions, otherwise the host would have inadequate funding to launch)
-Holy Relics In Possession:
-Holy Sites Under Control: (Requires either land or donations from patrons)
-Hosts Magical Arsenal: (Common magic forms used by host magic users)

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 205,000
-Military Details (Unit Types and distribution of numbers)

115,000 Harnian minotaurs: These beastly men are fugitives from their long lost land, and will fight horn and tooth until either Harnia is reclaimed, or they all lay cold and dead. They wear little armor on their thick hides but instead carry amazing offensive weapons of large proportions (Think Danish axe, gottentags, big crushing weapons)

90,000 Humans
50,000 Archers (Think longbowmen armed with side axes and hammers incase of a line break)
20,000 Infantry (Chain and gambit, polearms)
10,000 Heavy infantry (Men at arms, large kite shields and sharp thrusting and cutting swords with partial plate on chain)
10,000 Mounted Knights (Intricate articulated metal suits, riding shields, knightly sword and lances)

LEADERSHIP DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Host Leaders:
Darmckin Graggle: Warlord of the Harnian minotaurs and last of the great chiefs. Works jointly with the human leaders.
Frederick Vertin: Human general, works closely with Darmckin.

-Host Religious Head (Note: Typically a direct underling of religions overall leader)
-Persons of Interest wip

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Insert heroes here wip

CULTURAL
-History of the Host: After the destruction of Harnia by the hands of the dark forces, the surviving minotaurs rallied under Darmckin and prepared for a (suicidal) counter attack. The minotaurs were interrupted by offers of help from one of the holy cities, promising the return of their land for help in crusading against the darkness. Darmckin was convinced that without first crusading against the evil and bringing light to the centre of the storm, reclaiming any land would be impossible and hard to handle even if so. After this quick persuasion the minotaurs needed little more incentive to accept the help at the cost of the new objective. (WIP)
-Relations (This is very important for hosts as hosts have to pass through realms)
-Customs and Traditions (Cultural quirks of the host)