[hider=Tithys Empire] [h3]Name of nation:[/h3] [b]Tithys Empire[/b] [hider=Flag] [url=https://ibb.co/wBC4RdZ][img]https://i.ibb.co/zQbZrmW/dc79b3b-9cdc73b4-d1f7-4346-9819-a0180897957e.jpg[/img][/url] [/hider] [h3]Name of the leader:[/h3] [b]Godemperor Enas Tithys[/b] [hider=Portrait] [url=https://ibb.co/HhrSppt][img]https://i.ibb.co/BngpKKy/0b495d66390221-5b1501d88fa07.jpg[/img][/url] [/hider] [hider=Capital city] [h3]Capital city:[/h3] [b]Cytris[/b] [hider=Image] [url=https://ibb.co/jg7X5DM][img]https://i.ibb.co/XSmR4ts/ce455789acb1e17734fa045449db9135.jpg[/img][/url] [/hider] [hider=Description of Cytris] The City is build into a large mountain on the coastline of a natural bay, which makes the city a natural fortress overlooking it. The mountain is located in the innermost part of the large bay, which is in the center of the Empire. The coastline around the mountain is used to build a large harbour, protected by the natural bay. While not within the mountain itself, the harbour and the districts near it are protected by a large city wall. The harbour districts are also known as the outer district of the city. There are several large warehouse districts, as well as a prominent red light district, some merchant districts, the slums, a slave market, as well as areas for travellers. The overall security is very good, except for the red light district and the slums, which are encircled by a smaller city wall. There are smaller clans in those low security areas, always looking for new prey. The slave market is at the edge of the red light district, between itself, the slums and the rest of the harbour. The military harbour is protected by another wall seperating it from the rest of the districts. It is very large with space for dozens of ships in it, however large parts of the bay are also defined for military ships. The both the normal harbour and the military harbour have ship building capacities for dozens of ships. The inner part of the city consists of large halls and houses directly carved out of the mountain stone. Large furnaces are used to produce the needed metals for the many large craftsman workshops. The city has multiple large turbines to blow out all the smoke from the industry and to get fresh air into the depth of the mountain. The city itself is build like a large fortress, capable of defending against even large armies. There are still ores found in the deepest parts of the city, where the long corridors become crude tunnels. These ores are all used to fuel the furnaces of the city. [/hider] [/hider] [hider=Description of government/culture] [h3]Description of government/culture:[/h3] The Tithys Empire is ruled their Godemperor or Godempress as the absolute ruler. The ruler usually has a High Council consisting of ministers, generals and admirals. Underneath them are the clans. Each Clan has a respectable amount of influence and power in the society, however each of them has to bow before the High Council and the ruler. The Clans are the powerhouses, that rule large areas of the Tithys Empire. The most powerful Clans have direkt control over parts of the military. The Tithys Clan, the Alatheia Clan, the Zhithru Clan and the Ruknad Clan are called the supreme clans and are the most influencual groups in the Tithys Empire. The Clans are usually found in their respective territory, however there are also clans which do not possess any territory and move around as nomads or mercenaries. The ruling clan is as the name would suggest the Tithys clan. However they lost their direct control over the Empire due to incompetence, corruption and arrogance. The most influentual and strongest clan is currently the Alatheia clan. The Alatheia clan leader is currently preparing to revolt against the Tithys clan. Most of the the nation is still pre-industrial, while many of the bigger cities have started their industrial revolution. While the supreme clans are pushing the revolution in secret the Tithys clan actively supresses it. [/hider] [hider=Religion] [hider=Kriva, Goddess of the heavenly bodies, wind and thunder] Kriva is the highest Goddess in the pantheon, she holds control over the heavenly bodies (sun, moon, stars) as well as wind and thunder. [/hider] [hider=Thoglo, God of war, earth, water and destruction] Thoglo is neither good nor evil, despite beeing the God of war and destruction. He holds control over earth and water. [/hider] [hider=Krivmera, Goddess of love, life, and death] Krivmera is the Goddess of love, life and death, she controls the underworld where all dead people are judged. Those that are deemed worthy shall become immortal souls in the underworld, while those deemed unworthy will be reborn to do better. [/hider] [hider=Yrasil, God of knowledge, wisdom and craftsmanship] Yrasil values all that are working hard in their profession. He is someone who is always in pursuit for more knowledge and wisdom. [/hider] [hider=Eborh, Evil God creater of all plagues, calamities and horrors] Eborh has created all plagues, calamities and horrors, for this he is regarded as the Evil God, while technically having a neutral attitude. His duty is to help Krivmera in thinning out the population, when it is time to do so. [/hider] [/hider] [hider=Description of military] [h3]Description of military:[/h3] Note: Actual sizes of military units may differ from the defined values. [b]Army[/b] [list] [*]1 Legion = 5 Regiments (10,000) [*]1 Regiment = 4 Brigades (2,000) [*]1 Brigade = 5 Battalion (500) [*]1 Battalion = 5 Companies (100) [*]1 Companie = 20 Soldiers [/list] [b]Navy[/b] [list] [*]1 Grand Fleet = 4 Fleet (2,000) [*]1 Fleet = 4 Task forces (500) [*]1 Task Force = 5 Flotillas (125) [*]1 Flotilla = 5 Squadrons (25) [*]1 Squadron = 5 Ships [/list] [hider=Notable Units/Ships] 1st Legion - Juggernaut 7th Legion - Death Corps 111th Heavy Infantry Regiment 147th Heavy Infantry Regiment 3rd Recon Regiment - Shadows 4th Heavy Bombardment Regiment - Hellfire 6th Diplomatic Brigade 2nd Task Force - Archangel (Named after the flagship) 13th Flotilla - Execution Force 1st Squadron - Black Squadron 3rd Squadron - Red Squadron 11th Squadron - Blue Squadron 47th Squadron - Pirate's Bane [/hider] [hider=Imperial Guard] Note: Most are in addition equiped with firearms. [url=https://ibb.co/nbkf9Rk][img]https://i.ibb.co/VtBDR3B/713419f6c3e9f8aeab7755254dd79a97.jpg[/img][/url] [/hider] [hider=Ships] Most of the ships are still from the Age of Sail, while they get modified with steam engines, that process takes it's time. [hider=Old fleet and upgrade] [url=https://ibb.co/93cXCn0][img]https://i.ibb.co/2YW2fqr/victor1.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://ibb.co/8mWMPzY][img]https://i.ibb.co/wd9ypJc/d7586.jpg[/img][/url] [/hider] New ship types are being constructed to strengthen the Empire: [hider=New fleet] [url=https://ibb.co/HPDm6sn][img]https://i.ibb.co/kDgYjfQ/Le-Redoutable-1889.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://ibb.co/hL7F7jg][img]https://i.ibb.co/5GMhMy1/fleet-at-sea-by-voitv-d5vawfg.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://ibb.co/74z48LC][img]https://i.ibb.co/GTJTBNp/s-002-kurfurst.jpg[/img][/url] [/hider] [/hider] [/hider] [hider=History] [h3]History:[/h3] The Tithys Empire was founded around 400 years ago by the Tithys clan. The clan overpowered several other clans in the vicinity. The Tithys could take the supremacy above the other clans, after many bloody struggles with the supreme clans. Thus the Tithys Empire was founded. The empire slowly annexed the neighbouring clans and founded colonies to expand it's border. 143 years ago the Empire reached it's peak, at this point it stoped it's expansion and instead consulidated it's power to survive internal struggles and babarian raids. The Tithys clan is slowly loosing it's power and influence, the incompetent, corrupt and arrogant rulers try to stand above the things and delegate the tasks to the High Council. The, on the paper, absolute power of the ruler has been extremely weakened in the last few generations. The supreme clans that actually rule the Empire in the name of the ruler have been amassing power. The strongest faction is the Alatheia clan, with it's complete control over the military and strong relationships with other clans. [/hider] [hider=Important Characters (High Council)] [hider=Godemperor Enas Tithys] [url=https://ibb.co/HhrSppt][img]https://i.ibb.co/BngpKKy/0b495d66390221-5b1501d88fa07.jpg[/img][/url] The current ruler and the 47th Godemperor of the Tithys Empire, he is extremely arrogant and tends to be impulsive. As a matter of fact he has nearly no direct power. He decided that he would rather spend time with his harem instead of ruling the nation and gave to the High Council the little power his family had left. [/hider] [hider=Field Marshal Thejun Alatheia] [url=https://ibb.co/YQZWJBS][img]https://i.ibb.co/dMgcX4v/PRE7545-3.jpg[/img][/url] The second most influencual and powerful person in the Empire. He is the supreme commander of the military and is the leader of the Alatheia clan. His personality, most of the time, is cold and calculating. However he can hide his true personality and thoughts if needed. He is a brilliant man able to anticipate most intentions of his oponents based on insignificant informations. Physical he is top notch, his abilities are at the upper limit. The gods were extremely gracious with his talents. The phrases most appropriate to describe him is: "Chosen by heaven" and "born to rule". He has led his troops to victory time on time again, even against a numerical vastly superior enemy. He is also well aware that a real industrial revolution may pose a threat to the traditional ways of craftsmanship, while it also give great benefits in productivity. He is quite the intellectual and values culture, against the average believe that he is nothing more than a fierce fighter and commander. His personal unit is the 7th Legion, the Death Corps. [/hider] [hider=Admiral Cegyn Alatheia] [url=https://ibb.co/ysdfLKY][img]https://i.ibb.co/x5XCVwf/0b512961c2e369c93c824a7246afa72d.jpg[/img][/url] She is the younger sister of Thejun. The ships under her command are know as the Empires best. She is a very capable leader at sea, however once on land she get's timid with sudden fierce outbursts. She firmly believes that her clan should lead the Empire into a new golden age. While also quite the genius, she is not even close to the level of Thejun. She has always accepted that she may be a genius to normal people, however even amongst the high council members in general she is at most average. She accels at commanding ships, however that is also the only thing that entitles her to become a member of the council. Her personal unit is the 2nd Task Force, Archangel, named after her flagship, one of the first ironclad battleships of the Empire. [/hider] [hider=General Byhena Zhithru] [url=https://ibb.co/bN11f5B][img]https://i.ibb.co/1RZZSGq/samurai-krieger-madchen-tapete-16565-L.jpg[/img][/url] One of the best military commanders of the Empire, she is a fangirl of Thejun and the younger sister of Ozlous and Ledros. As expected of her fame she is a brilliant strategist and a strong fighter. Her unit is the second strongest land force in the empire, only surpassed by Thejuns 7th Legion. She is very confident and can be fierce and ruthless with her orders. In fact she is the only person on the council that could come close to Thejun in terms of talent, however in presence of Thejun she likes to act spoiled and let him spoil her. Her talents in music and other intellectual matters like philosophy was discovered very early. At the age of fourteen she took a battalion and obliterated a rebellion that captured her cousin. This was only discovered after her Brother Ozlous came with a whole regiment and found her and her men in the ruins of a village. The rebels were outnumbering her force six to one, however they were untrained and badly equipped. Her path as an exceptional figure in the empires politics was paved. Her personal unit is the 1st Legion, Juggernaut. [/hider] [hider=General Ozlous Zhithru] [url=https://imgbb.com/][img]https://i.ibb.co/fCjH3Hd/jacob-assassins-creed-outfit-large.jpg[/img][/url] He is the head of the information department and a good friend of Thejun. He specializes in covert action and information retrieval, his actions are therefore in the shadows most of the time. He was the first to discover Byhenas talent for military actions. He immediately mentioned her talents to Thejun, who became a teacher for her. His personal unit is the 3rd Recon Regiment, the Shadows. [/hider] [hider=Admiral Ledros Zhithru] [url=https://ibb.co/dkCCMzw][img]https://i.ibb.co/L9jjR2X/vinz-el-tabanas-by-vinz-el-tabanas-art-5.jpg[/img][/url] He is known for his cruelty, however he is a doting brother and follows every word of Byhena. He likes to use his fleet to show power and will use the superior firepower doctrine. You will understand the true meaning of this doctrine after finding yourself at the receiving end of his attack. His personal unit is the 13th Flotilla, the Execution Force. [/hider] [hider=Head of Development/General Cemir Ruknad] [url=https://ibb.co/rZF3Lmr][img]https://i.ibb.co/kh5JrxC/ardahl.jpg[/img][/url] The leader of the Ruknad clan, someone who never shows his true face. He is responsible for most of the devastating warmachines of the Empire. His personal unit is the 4th Heavy Bombardment Regiment, Hellfire. [/hider] [hider=Admiral Amnja Ruknad] [url=https://ibb.co/PTZk0Xj][img]https://i.ibb.co/tZMRFjK/bf65864528887d83e8893dcc1270b38a.jpg[/img][/url] She is the daughter of Cemir and a brilliant scientist just like her father. However she tends to be reckless in pursuing knowledge. Her personal unit is the 11th Squadron, the Blue Squadron. [/hider] [hider=Admiral Rhirus Taagi] [url=https://ibb.co/mRSBMhF][img]https://i.ibb.co/0nQXdYV/curse-of-strahd-by-daarken-d9rvuc5.jpg[/img][/url] He made his name in defeating pirates and bringing safety to the traderoutes. Originally he was a merchant captain, however as pirates tried to board his ship, he instead captured the pirates and build up his own Squadron. His personal unit is the 47th Squadron, the Pirate's Bane. [/hider] [hider=Caius] [url=https://ibb.co/YLFzbz4][img]https://i.ibb.co/mcVLSLr/maxresdefault.jpg[/img][/url] He got his position thanks to Thejun. Not many know his actual purpose in the council, however he acquires sometimes important information, that not even Ozlous could acquire. His knowledge about ancient ruines is second to none in the Empire. His personal unit is the 6th Diplomatic Brigade. [/hider] [/hider] [/hider]