[OOC] States of Evolution

[ZB1996]

I have my post ready, but I went overboard in culture development. Not that it's too advanced, but that I wrote too much on it.

[Sigma]

@Shorticus How about Matriarch or Hierarch?

[SavOrhchid]

<Snipped quote by Shorticus>

I hate to ruin the magic, but I called them Prometheans because I thought it meant like, "first" or "before". Having taken thirty seconds to educate myself, I now know it means something quite different. You can all blame The Promethean film, and the Promethean Knights from Halo, for misleading my innocent and hapless mind.

So now I've damaged my street cred, it's time to get to the other business.

@epicberet I see you have a kinky fetish for climate information.

The "continent" is pretty much central to the world map (see first OOC post for the big-picture). I guess the equator is a bit north of me, going by that - so that should give you some idea.

As for the rate of technology, I'm actually quite happy the way things are to be honest. I made a point early on that if we followed the progress of human history and used it as a template, it'd take about 4,000 years to get anywhere - and no one wants that, not even you. Trust me, I spent like 2 days stalking your Facebook and have established a full psych profile.

@SavOrhchid There was a secret vote, and we decided to show our mutual hatred for you by not including your name in the turn thingy. I am sorry you had to find out this way.

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Was there anything else?

@Frengo

[epicberet]

<Snipped quote by Frengo>

Your words, not mine.

@ZB1996

And thus my signature is born. That was fast.

[TheSovereignGrave]

Despot was on my mind and still is. King doesn't work because saurian rulers are all female. Queen works...

Maybe "Chief" and "High Chief" would work, too. Potentate still works, but I'd have to change its origin.

@Shorticus

Psssh, who said King has to be male-specific? There's quite a few example of female Kings in real life; your pople could've just adopted the title from the Prometheans except your Kings are all women. :P

[epicberet]

Almost done my post, but have to let it go for the evening. I'll have it up by tomorrow, no problem, and it won't interfere with anyone, so y'all can start thinking about your next posts!

[Shorticus]

...Hm.

I'm gonna be honest: I see the next major raiding target of the saurians being Ashkar's newly settled villages and shoreline towns. People just settling new territory over the course of a century have got to be tempting targets for raiders. And it's been established that ships were sent out to explore the eastern region as a whole...

@ZB1996, I'm gonna shoot you a PM some time so we can discuss and prepare for that in the next century. I'm assuming a lot of the commoners that became soldiers in this century don't have the same fighting traditions of the old warrior caste, and I'm assuming their chief experience is fighting other edimmu in land battles.

Psssh, who said King has to be male-specific? There's quite a few example of female Kings in real life; your pople could've just adopted the title from the Prometheans except your Kings are all women. :P

@TheSovereignGrave

That's... actually a really neat idea.

I've done some thinking and I think I've narrowed myself to three options:

• Autarch / Potentate - Having talked with Clock briefly on the matter, one of these words could certainly be Ilitsciumi in nature.
• King - Female king, yeah.
• Tyrant - Okay, that's just a really scary title to have, and I think I'm going to establish pretty well in the next century that the saurians love making other people fear them so they don't have to actually get their claws dirty. Better to be hated and feared than hated and dead.

[ZB1996]

...Hm.

I'm gonna be honest: I see the next major raiding target of the saurians being Ashkar's newly settled villages and shoreline towns. People just settling new territory over the course of a century have got to be tempting targets for raiders. And it's been established that ships were sent out to explore the eastern region as a whole...

@ZB1996, I'm gonna shoot you a PM some time so we can discuss and prepare for that in the next century. I'm assuming a lot of the commoners that became soldiers in this century don't have the same fighting traditions of the old warrior caste, and I'm assuming their chief experience is fighting other edimmu in land battles.

@Shorticus

I have some things in mind, although I suppose I'll wait for the PM to tell you. I will say, though, that Ashkar will not be very happy to find that first contact with outsiders involves pirates and raiders. What they can do, though, is another question. Maybe if I give the Regulli enough money and bronze they'll be able to invade you.

[TheSovereignGrave]

So, there anyone else left to make their first turn aside from epicberet? I'm looking forward to the rest of the turns; now that there's no turn order they should go by quicker.

[Shorticus]

Pretty sure Epicberet's the only person left. And yeah, I'm looking forward to future turns as well. Conflict and diplomacy can really begin.

I'm settling on the word "Tyrant" for now, by the by. I'll go back and change things some time today.

EDIT: Okay, I lied. I like the word Potentate too much. I just made it a regulii word. SUE ME.

Also, how do you pronounce Ilitscium? I keep thinking it must sound surprisingly a lot like "Elysium."

EDIT 2: Also... I love the stone trolls already. Big, peaceful, lovable lumps of rocky flesh. That's awesome.

[Sigma]

Rocky flesh I must exploit if I ever get there!(which might not be likely :P )

And yeah, it's gonna be real fun :D Next turn will be some more grogar infighting. Maybe the one after is when the Grogar start encroaching upon Dwarven lands.

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ShorticusIlitscium is basically an amalgamation of Elysium.
I pronounce it "Ill-lits-e-ium"

[epicberet]

Post is up, hope you like it! Ready for the next round, which will be less intense, methinks. ;)

[Sigma]

Sweet! I shall get to work on my post.

[ZB1996]

@Frengo
I was wondering if I could another race in my nation, who haven't been encountered yet but will be absorbed into my civilization when further expansion comes towards the north.

[Sigma]

Alright, got a post up :)

[TheSovereignGrave]

Oh dear, it looks like I now have quite the neighbour to the south.

EDIT: And I'll get a post up later; I was busy working over my friend's house today.

EDIT 2: And how the bloody hell do you get your text bigger? I don't see it listed in the formatting cheatsheet.

[Frengo]

Oh dear, it looks like I now have quite the neighbour to the south.

EDIT: And I'll get a post up later; I was busy working over my friend's house today.

EDIT 2: And how the bloody hell do you get your text bigger? I don't see it listed in the formatting cheatsheet.

@TheSovereignGrave

You mean like

this?

Headers bro, from 1 to 3. [h1 ] blah blah [/ h1]

[ClocktowerEchos]

Oh dear, it looks like I now have quite the neighbour to the south.

EDIT: And I'll get a post up later; I was busy working over my friend's house today.

EDIT 2: And how the bloody hell do you get your text bigger? I don't see it listed in the formatting cheatsheet.

@TheSovereignGrave

It is actually, at the very bottom

[neogreggory]

I write up a post in a few hours, other things draw my attention this moment. But I will get the post started, and likely finished, by the end of the day. Granted, timezones. So rather, replace the words 'by the end of the day' with 'within seven hours' in the last sentience.