Chenzor

A New World: Fate of Albion (RP will be remade; see OOC for details)

Galados WIP

Banner symbolism:
The green flower of the fields and the circles of the High Magocracy. Simple, really.
Demonym:
Galadians or Galadosean. Or just halflings. (Even Galadosean halflings?)
Description:
A young upstart-nation that was formed in the wake of Halfling idealism and patriotism where different halfling clans, tribes and families joined together to form a single nation overseen by the Galadan Mage Council. Power also resides in landowners and title-holders that effectively function as estates, and the peasantry are usually rural, poor but healthy farmfolk. Seeing as the lower- and middle-class are poor but make up the vast majority of the population, some have taken to banditry and cause trouble. As the nation is still young and most halflings have never been under such a huge governing body, their introduction to politics and such have been bumpy at best. The landowners are often rich, greedy and bribable, giving the commonfolk a dislike for their supposed protectors and a mild unrest hangs over the nation. Under the adamant minds and iron wills of the Galadan Mage Council however, the nation is safe and so is it's immediate future.

From so many halfling tribes joining together, the collective landmass of Galados was deemed to be quite large. Compared to other nations it's in the average, but to the halflings their domain is seen as huge. Vast farmlands ensure the people is well fed and content despite the civil unrest, and so far the only military needed have been a small peacekeeping force.
While food and health is plentiful, riches and wealth is not. Most of the wealth is centralized within the estates and the ruling government body, but even that is not much. There isn't much to export and the halflings simply lack the funds for any significant import. They yearn for trade and many adventerous halflings have begun to set out to try their luck as traders, but so far it's too early to tell.

Seeing as there's not yet an extensive code of laws, most crimes are usually punished in the form of slavery. A convicted criminal is sentenced to servitude for a set amount of time either to the victim of the crime or to the state. The punishment for a crime is usually harsh, but the twist here is that a halfling can never be convicted into slavery for life. Other races can.
A convicted halfling is sentenced to a set amount of servitude, while the punishment of a non-halfling for the same crime is often much more severe. A particularly bad offense can result in slavery for life, and as such, Galados has a slavetrade set in place. It's a rather odd notion to see halflings deal with slavery, but who are they to turn away a profit? They aren't selling fellow halflings, after all.

Halflings that are found guilty of harsher crimes such as murder or kinslaying or stealing from the state are exiled from the nation. Despite this, there isn't much of an overseeing police-body to exact the exile and as such many halfling exiles take to banditry. Then again, not many halflings commit such heanous crimes. Particularly bad offenses by other non-halfling races are either punished by lifetime slavery or execution, though the latter is somewhat uncommon.

Before the unification of the Halflings and the founding of Galados, the lands that are today making up the nation was not only home to halflings. There were humans, goblins, ogres, the occasional centaur tribe, and other primitive beings. The vast majority of at least 80 percent is halfling, however. During the rise of the Halflings, not all of the unification-process was peaceful. Many humans and goblin communities were uprooted and forced to move, while ogre and centaur tribes were tricked into servitude. Halflings are quite charismatic, and Ogres and Centaurs are below average intelligence.
The Halfling race is seen as superior to the other native races of Galados, resulting in the occasional bad treatment of humans, goblins, ogres and centaur alike. They are too few and too scattered to mount any difference or make up any political power, however.

Government:
Galadan was a mighty Halfling Wizard who lived about two-hundred years ago. His power was unmatched and his wit unchallangable. He formed a guild of mages that became his apprentices, and he instructed them in powerful magics and intellect. Today, the Galadan Mage Council consists of twelve arch-magi and twenty-four mage-councillors. They convene to speak of topics of magic, politics, government and basicly everything concerning the nation of Galados.
The council grant political power to the estates, wealthy land-owners or halfling nobility that oversee a province or county directly. They are subject to Council laws and supply them with taxes, resources, food and manpower that they in turn get from the peasantry that they oversee and protect. Most nobility have a knack for magic and dream to one day be part of the mage council itself, but the land-owners are another story entirely. They're greedy, wealthy and corrupt. They bribe each other and attempt to one-up each other at every turn, which sometimes means they neglect their duties granted to them by the council. This in turn has caused somewhat of a distrust toward the estates, but the nationalism present in most halfling minds are strongly directed toward the Mage Council itself. In short, trust of the highest governing body is high, while the trust decreases the further down the ladder of governer you go.

Economy:
In few words, there isn't much of an economy. The commonfolk is poor, the import and export is minimal and what little wealth there is, is centralized within the government. A few halflings suffer homelessness, but at least thanks to the strong agriculture of the nation many can still be fed or even find work as farmhands. The estates hoard their wealth from the commonfolk and the Council keep the estates relatively in check. Efforts are being made to set up some sort of trade with other nations, but it's too early to tell.

When it comes to technology, the halflings have kept to their own traditions and way of life for a long time, meaning new-thinking ways are very rare, and quickly swatted away by most commonfolk. Despite their technological downtroddeness, the magic performed by the Mage Council more than makes up for their defficiency.

The natural resources of the nation consists of small deposits of very rare metals, possibly jumpstarting foreign trade, or at least so hopes the council.

Religion:
Aside from the commonfolk being somewhat superstitious, halflings believe in what they can see and understand. They believe in weather, seasons, good harvests, bad harvests, and so forth, but magic on the other hand is another thing entirely. Galadan the master Wizard is seen as a folklore prophet of sorts, although he carried no religion with him. The Mage Council that rules Galados are not as superstitous and instead think of magic as a force in the world, just like the wind or the sun. They may not understand it fully, but that doesn't stop them from using it to their advantage.

So, no religion.

Geography:
The common terrain that runs through all halfling lands are often green grassy hills and lush woods. The very temperate climate makes for perfect farming, and most of the rural community is indeed farmers. To the north, the terrain mostly continues into flat grasslands and the borders are fairly open, but smack-dab in the middle of the border runs a small mountainchain where rivers flow down from. They run across the nation like veins, and it is mostly near these that the halflings have decided to make their homes. Farming communities dot the sides of the rivers in plenty, and some even locate themselves closer to the forests. In the more scarcely populated north-easternmost province lives most of the indigenous centaur tribes. The terrain here is flat and mostly uncultivated and open, therefore perfect for the migrating tribes.

Down south, where the land meets the ocean, the terrain gives way to cliff and jagged rock, much different from what one would expect when travelling Galados. This has made it hard for the Galadoseans to create any sort of port town or sea-faring efforts, but where the many rivers run out to sea there's bound to be some of them that are wide enough and flat enough for comfort. And indeed, the places where it is indeed so is where the largest urban centers of Galados resides, "flourishing" in fishing and farming alike.

Population and Demographics:
4,000,000 total under the rule of Galados.

- About 200,000 of these are Humans of different origin. They are subject to Galados rule.
- About 180,000 of these are Goblins native to the land and subject to Galados rule.
- About another 80,000 are Ogres, and live mostly near the cliffs and rocks or mountains where halflings typically don't make their homes. Not all of these have been subjected to Galados rule, and over half of them remain independent.
- Another 40,000 are Centaurs, most of which live in the north-easternmost province. They're scattered into hundreds of different tribes who are sometimes friendly to each other and sometimes hostile to each other. The vast majority of the centaur-population have some cooperation with the central government of Galados and therefore are seen as subject to Galados rule, but some tribes have yet to be absorbed.

Notable Locations
Caerwyn, the capital city, often dubbed the 'white fortress' by Halfling nobility, but it's not as much a fortress as it is a walled town. The walls and buildings all share a common theme of white with differently colored ends and crenelations depending on which district of the town they are in. It is located at the coast at the end of a river in the biggest province, Galadia. It is from this province that the great halfling wizard Galadan got his name, and in turn the nation of Galados. Half the town is walled to the ocean by cliff, and the other half has a functioning port and shipyard. Most of the trade and business is located on the eastern side where, with the port and shipyard. On the western side, on a tall cliff is the Tower of Wizards, the government building, the castle and the mage schools. The Tower of Wizards is close to the cliffs and high in the sky, not made by halfling hands (probably) due to it's peculiar design, and it also acts as a lighthouse.

Lowri is the second urban center of Galados, and the only other one worth mentioning. It is located in the southernmost province by the coast, at the end of a river delta. Here rules the second most powerful family of Halfling nobility (the most powerful being the family of Dunster in Galadia, but they're mostly puppets of the mage council) in the nation, the Taffytons. With such a rediculous name, one knows they had to work hard for their status. When the nation united, Lowri was the most stable and wealthiest regions in Galados and continues to be so despite the mild unrest that now grips the nation. The Taffytons try to keep their people happy and burghers content (so that they won't give in to bribery), but are still plagued by the occasional bandit on the roads. Only time will tell how the Taffytons of Lowri will fair in the future.

Personalities of Note
Coming soon(TM)

Institutions:

- The Burghers' Conference: a sort of governing institution where many of the estate-holders and burghers meet to discuss matters concerning them. It is always overseen by a member of the council but still may be subject to some corruption.
- The College of Mages: Mages not on the council but still in a position of power such as nobility, lordship, burghery, estate, and so on. They mostly speak of magic and put forward suggestions to the Galadan Mage Council for laws regarding the usage of magic and the combination of magic and power. Suggestions, because they aren't actually a governing body but an extension of the Mage Council.
- The Order of the Green Rose: All halfling nobility that are capable in magic are allowed to to join the Order of the Green Rose, a knighthood order instituted by Galadan during the time of his life. Officially their order hall is in the capital of Caerwyn, but often meet in the second-largest town of Lowri due to the ruling family there of Taffytons being deeply rooted in the order and have several members high in it's ranks. It isn't a military institution officially speaking, but in times of war the Order is expected to lead Galados' military as leaders, mages and soldiers. They are effectively Battle-Mages, armored knights capable of wielding their magic into battle.
- The Galadan Mage Council
- The Guild of Guilds: A rather glorified name for a council for guilds. There are so many guilds in place in halfling society that it would be meaningless to list them all. The halflings recognized this and after much delibering came up with the name 'Guild of Guilds'. It's effectively a senate of different representatives from all guilds where they discuss what law-motions to put forward to the Galadan Mage Council for the nation of Galados. They are the craftsmen and guildsmen of the nation, and therefore much of it's livelihood. Without them, the economy would be null and void.

Military:
Organization: (professional/militia/levy/..., doctrine, tactics, equipment, though the latter can be put underneath as well, etc.)
Troop Total: (keep reality and upkeep in mind, e.g. 3% of your population as full-time professional soldiers would be a whole lot. Many seemingly unrelated factors can go into this, including abundance/lack of food and your nation's wealth)
Army:
Navy:
Other: (Such as siege equipment, internal security, important mercenaries, spies, etc.)

Other:
Special traits, remarks, boons and flaws(Here is your chance to decide something unique and important about your nation without basing it on the rolls I gave you. You may have 1 big strength that makes you special, 2 strengths and 1 big weakness, or 3 strengths and 2 big weaknesses. Ask if you're having trouble coming up with something)

Rolls 16

Rolls

Basic Demographics & Geography

Territory Size:
4. Your nation has an average sized expanse of land. There's enough for agriculture, cities, and then some wilderness. Your border is large enough that smugglers can sometimes make it through, but by and large it's still defensible.
Population:
4,000,000 (about average)
Urbanization:
2. Aside from your capital and perhaps one or two urban centers, you have a very highly rural population. There is likely some system such as serfdom, in which knights or other minor nobles inhabit estates that oversee a region and its people.
Government Type:
9. Your nation is effectively a magocracy - that is to say, it is under the rule of magi. Whether this just means that one mighty wizard in a great tower effectively rules as a dictator or that there is an entire ruling caste of magic-users is up to you, but make sure to include unicorns.
Political Stability:
3. There's some mild urban unrest with criminal gangs and corruption, but nothing threatening to overthrow your country.

Economy

Overall Wealth:
1. Your nation is very poor. Perhaps you've been ravaged by constant war or plague, or perhaps your people lack the resources or drive to create the foundations for a solid economy. In any case, homelessness and hunger are issues for many people. At least your people are used to this sorry state.
Government's Primary Means of Generating Income:
7. Your government doesn't really spend money. It basically just demands whatever it wants, and since all the people are effectively slaves to the state they are compelled to obey. What material wealth you have stashed away is probably used only for foreign trade.
Technology:
2. Antiquated, your nation lags behind the rest of the world, and stubbornly clings to ancient traditions.
Agriculture:
5. You grow a variety of grains and vegetables and your farmers have developed a system of crop and field rotations. As such, they create a food surplus and your people are generally well nourished.
Natural Resources:
Slaves, small deposits of very rare metals, amber

Military
Military Size
2. Small core of elite soldiers, supplemented by some mercenaries in wartime. Overall not a very large force.
Military Focus
6. Poor navy; small and rather poor army; lots of magic usage in battle and a few very powerful wizards.
Military Leadership
7. Generals are wealthy citizens that purchased their positions from the government; they are somewhat competent but often inexperienced; decadent
Military Reputation
2. Considering terrifying oppressors domestically; considered barbaric by foreigners

The New World - OOC IS UP

Galados WIP

Banner symbolism:
The green flower of the fields and the circles of the High Magocracy. Simple, really.
Demonym:
Galadians or Galadosean. Or just halflings. (Even Galadosean halflings?)
Description:
A young upstart-nation that was formed in the wake of Halfling idealism and patriotism where different halfling clans, tribes and families joined together to form a single nation overseen by the Galadan Mage Council. Power also resides in landowners and title-holders that effectively function as estates, and the peasantry are usually rural, poor but healthy farmfolk. Seeing as the lower- and middle-class are poor but make up the cast majority of the population, some have taken to banditry and cause trouble. As the nation is still young and most halflings have never been under such a huge governing body, their introduction to politics and such have been bumpy at best. The landowners are often rich, greedy and bribable, giving the commonfolk a dislike for their supposed protectors and a mild unrest hangs over the nation. Under the adamant minds and iron wills of the Galadan Mage Council however, the nation is safe and so is it's immediate future.

From so many halfling tribes joining together, the collective landmass of Galados was deemed to be quite large. Compared to other nations it's in the average, but to the halflings their domain is seen as huge. Vast farmlands ensure the people is well fed and content despite the civil unrest, and so far the only military needed have been a small peacekeeping force.
While food and health is plentiful, riches and wealth is not. Most of the wealth is centralized within the estates and the ruling government body, but even that is not much. There isn't much to export and the halflings simply lack the funds for any significant import. They yearn for trade and many adventerous halflings have begun to set out to try their luck as traders, but so far it's too early to tell.

Seeing as there's not yet an extensive code of laws, most crimes are usually punished in the form of slavery. A convicted criminal is sentenced to servitude for a set amount of time either to the victim of the crime or to the state. The punishment for a crime is usually harsh, but the twist here is that a halfling can never be convicted into slavery for life. Other races can.
A convicted halfling is sentenced to a set amount of servitude, while the punishment of a non-halfling for the same crime is often much more severe. A particularly bad offense can result in slavery for life, and as such, Galados has a slavetrade set in place. It's a rather odd notion to see halfelves deal with slavery, but who are they to turn away a profit? They aren't selling fellow halflings, after all.

Before the unification of the Halflings and the founding of Galados, the lands that are today making up the nation was not only home to halflings. There were humans, goblins, ogres, the occasional centaur tribe, and other primitive beings. The vast majority of at least 80 percent is halfling, however. During the rise of the Halflings, not all of the unification-process was peaceful. Many humans and goblin communities were uprooted and forced to move, while ogre and centaur tribes were tricked into servitude. Halflings are quite charismatic, and Ogres and Centaurs are below average intelligence.
The Halfling race is seen as superior to the other native races of Galados, resulting in the occasional bad treatment of humans, goblins, ogres and centaur alike. They are too few and too scattered to mount any difference or make up any political power, however.

Government: Galadan was a mighty Halfling Wizard who lived about two-hundred years ago. His power was unmatched and his wit unchallangable. He formed a guild of mages that became his apprentices, and he instructed them in powerful magics and intellect. Today, the Galadan Mage Council consists of twelve arch-magi and twenty-four mage-councillors. They convene to speak of topics of magic, politics, government and basicly everything concerning the nation of Galados.
The council grant political power to the estates, wealthy land-owners or halfling nobility that oversee a province or county directly. They are subject to Council laws and supply them with taxes, resources, food and manpower that they in turn get from the peasantry that they oversee and protect. Most nobility have a knack for magic and dream to one day be part of the mage council itself, but the land-owners are another story entirely. They're greedy, wealthy and corrupt. They bribe each other and attempt to one-up each other at every turn, which sometimes means they neglect their duties granted to them by the council. This in turn has caused somewhat of a distrust toward the estates, but the nationalism present in most halfling minds are strongly directed toward the Mage Council itself. In short, trust of the highest governing body is high, while the trust decreases the further down the ladder of governer you go.

Economy:
In few words, there isn't much of an economy. The commonfolk is poor, the import and export is minimal and what little wealth there is, is centralized within the government. A few halflings suffer homelessness, but at least thanks to the strong agriculture of the nation many can still be fed or even find work as farmhands. The estates hoard their wealth from the commonfolk and the Council keep the estates relatively in check. Efforts are being made to set up some sort of trade with other nations, but it's too early to tell.

When it comes to technology, the halflings have kept to their own traditions and way of life for a long time, meaning new-thinking ways are very rare, and quickly swatted away by most commonfolk. Despite their technological downtroddeness, the magic performed by the Mage Council more than makes up for their defficiency.

The natural resources of the nation consists of small deposits of very rare metals, possibly jumpstarting foreign trade, or at least so hopes the council.

Religion: (if present, more than one?)

Geography:
(Jungle, grassland, mountains, etc. Be sure to identify where on the map you are, preferably by posting a clip of the region you wish to occupy, keeping in mind the relative size of your territory as was given in your rolls. We may have to move you around to make it work.)

Population: (was given in your rolls)

Demographics
(Makeup of your population; info of the different species of your people, further subdivided into ethnic groups if you like, maybe even mention linguistics)

Notable Locations
(Give us some info about your capital, other important cities, maybe where your forts and colonies (if you have any) are located)

Personalities of Note
(Your ruler, perhaps your highest military officers, generally just use this space to help us keep track of your POV characters)

Institutions:
(Major non-military institutions of the nations, such as legislative bodies, guilds, religious sects)

Military:
Organization: (professional/militia/levy/..., doctrine, tactics, equipment, though the latter can be put underneath as well, etc.)
Troop Total: (keep reality and upkeep in mind, e.g. 3% of your population as full-time professional soldiers would be a whole lot. Many seemingly unrelated factors can go into this, including abundance/lack of food and your nation's wealth)
Army:
Navy:
Other: (Such as siege equipment, internal security, important mercenaries, spies, etc.)

Other:
Special traits, remarks, boons and flaws(Here is your chance to decide something unique and important about your nation without basing it on the rolls I gave you. You may have 1 big strength that makes you special, 2 strengths and 1 big weakness, or 3 strengths and 2 big weaknesses. Ask if you're having trouble coming up with something)

The New World - OOC IS UP

@Willy Vereb I believe the rolls are a must yes, but you can choose to reroll them.
You can find a map on page 3.

Civilization - New Lands, New Glory! V. 2.0

Turn 11 is live!

... like 2 days later than expected but hey

Edit: forgot your daddy-frost thing again, @Cyclone. Oh well, I guess the gods are silent for now.

Civilization - New Lands, New Glory! V. 2.0

Turn 11

The Map

The Iceborn

@Cyclone

Turn 11

The next few days, Yngvar and his Gilbinsbane travel further up the river. At times it is wild, but the light construction of the longship makes it easy to put up onto the shore and move with logs toward calmer waters. One such stop was at the northern banks of the river but a few nights ago. Further down south, Yngvar could see huge trees and an even bigger forest off in the distance. It loomed so threateningly in the late evening horizon that Yngvar and his men hurried along to get going. Afterwards, the strange sensation was lifted and the travellers wondered what had gotten over them. They fear nothing, yet they had genuinely been unsettled by the great dark forest. Such thoughts would have to be kept for later however, for figures appeared in the distance of the early morning.
"Yngvar! Look!" said one of the sailors, needlessly. Yngvar already saw.
They were elves, clad in simple clothes probably worn by scouts. They had cloaks and occasioanlly staves or hunting bows. They looked upon the humans with patience and scepsism, until Yngvar and his companions stopped by the shore and hailed the elves. They seemed weary.

[You have met the The Children of Artemon!]



The Gilbin were set hard at work at different task, tasks which they seemed to do with a sort of primitive diligence, but diligence none the less. The lands closest to the shore had been formed into a good base for the shipyard, and now only the actual construction was left.

[Shipyard is fully complete next turn.]

With most of the gilbin workforce at other projects, the pallisade would be a slower construction until more resources could be allocated to it's completion. So far, however, so good.

[Pallisade completed in 2 turns.]

[Morale boost in effect.]

A) Improve food
B) Improve military technology
C) Improve infrastructure
D) Improve culture
E) Explore
F) Improve resources/technology
G) Prospect the land
H) Expand military
I) Take diplomatic action
X) Other

Population: 190 men, 190 women, 53 children.

- 150 Goblin Thralls

Livestock: A herd of goat.
Military: No standing military. Militia able to be conscripted up to 60% of adult population.
Food level: Above Average
Resources: Lumber, Iron, Honey (low quantities, legendary quality)
Wealth: Nonexistant
Trade: Nonexistant
Growth: Base: 5% +1% from food level, +2% from morale = 8%.
Morale: Very High (Morale boost for 2 more turns.)
Foreign relations: You do not know any other civilizations.

The Maerinum

@Lady Selune No post found. Auto-dropout in 3 turns.

Turn 10

The great victory over the orcs had increased public opinion of the military and when the call went out that guards earned more pay and were fed better, many flocked to join the guard. Almost all miners now had a part-time guardduty, which meant they had to take rounds. A schedule was developed and all the would-be-guards were instructed shortly in their duties, and before long the mine was operating at full capacity with eagre guardsmen.

[Increased militia conscription by 5%!]

To everyone's surprise, there was not yet a functional lumber operation within New Matem's sphere. This couldn't last for long, thought Maxim, and almost as soon as he had finished the sentence, a lumbermill practically sprung into existance.

A) Improve food
B) Improve military technology
C) Improve infrastructure
D) Improve culture
E) Explore
F) Improve resources/technology
G) Prospect the land
H) Expand military
I) Take diplomatic action
X) Other

Population: 168 men, 163 women, 54 children.
Military: Available: 8 Footmen.
- Militia able to be conscripted up to 35% of adult population.
Food level: Above average
Resources: Clay, Stone, Lumber, Marble (small quantities), Iron (small quantities)
Wealth: Nonexistant
Trade: Nonexistant
Growth: Base: 5% +1% from food level +0% from morale = 6%.
Morale: Indifferent
Foreign relations:
- Unnamed Redskin-Orc Village: Hostile

The Antari

@Murtox

Turn 10

Rano Rancor had his resources and the manpower he needed to see his idea to fruitition. He tested his ideas on his own house, and began with the windows. He used a sort of mortar to isolate the edges of the window, and then embedded measured planks along the rims to make a strong windowpane and frame. Lastly he put in the window itself, which was basicly a wooden hatch. He made sure the hatch was sealed when closed, and put some sort of cloth on the inside of the edges of the window and the hatch. Isolation complete, he thought. Ready for testing.
Next, he did a similar procedure with the door itself, but couldn't isolate the edges with the cloth though since the door had to open and close more than the window-hatch.

After a week, Rano thought he had his results: success! The temperature in his house was stable as before, but he thought that heat stayed for longer and escaped less, which was the entire point of the project! He and his fellow masons presented their results to Amari Asto and asked for more resources to start work on isolating all the settlements' houses.
The amount of resources would be quite the amount, however. And the time it would take to change out all the windows and doors on -all- the buildings in the entire settlement..?

However, difficult decisions are seldom this straight forward.
A scout storms into the meeting.

"My liege! The lizardmen - they've been spotted on the outskirts of the settlement! They're armed and coming for us! We think they seek to raid!"

Indeed, a group of twenty lizardmen armed with spear or crude crossbows (or both) had been sighted heading towards the settlement with determination. They must have found the location days ago without the Antari noticing them!



Amari Asto has little time to make a decision.

A) Call to arms! Defend the settlement!
B) Buy us time! Order the scouts and hunters to attempt to hold the lizardmen off until you can mount a resistance-force.
C) Retreat! Attempt to stay clear of the lizardmen while they look for what they want and leave. Hopefully lives can be saved this way.
D) Flee! We're doomed! Every man for himself!
E) Other

Population: 179 men, 177 women, 47 children.
Military: No standing military. Militia able to be conscripted up to 30% of adult population.
Food level: Above average
Resources: Stone, lumber, copper (pending).
Wealth: Nonexistant
Trade: Nonexistant
Growth: Base: 5% +1% from food level, +0% from morale = 6%.
Morale: Indifferent
Foreign relations: You do not know any other civilizations.

The Children of Artemon

@Pirate

Turn 11

Prospectors were sent out to scour the land and find out it's secrets and riches. Around the riverlands were flat grasslands with rich earth and plenty of animals grazing. Dotted around the flat terrain were a few smaller forests that could sustain lumber operations. Further south on the southern side of the great river heading west, the lands became more rocky and hilly. To the north-east the scouts had already seen a great mountain-chain stretching for miles up northward, and of course the children of artemon knes of the great Dark Woods to the south-east where the giants lived on the outskirts and where Dark Elves (probably) dwelled deeper into the forests. The lands had plenty to offer in terms of agriculture, lumber and probably stone. If the elves sought after metals such as iron they'd have to look in the mountains to the north-east or the rocky hills of the south. Then again there was also the ruins of Cantivale, situated near the greatest mountain in the region (that they had seen) and located near a great lake and a river that flowed straight past Duinmelamar.

For further details, the prospectors and scouts would have to search further.

[Prospecting results next turn.]

One of the soutingparties that headed east was resting on top of a small hill overlooking the river when they saw something in the distance. A boat. A ship unlike any they had ever seen, rowed and manned by humans dressed in tribal-looking attire and armed with axes, sword and shield. Many had long hair with braids and some had great beards, also sometimes with braids. For some reason, they didn't lay low. They knew their eyes could see farther than a human's and so they waited until the humans could see them. They stood upon the hill and waited, observing the humans. They manouvered their ship with agility and skill, and so the elves assumed they were hardened seafaring warriors. At least, from first impressions. When the humans had spotted them, the elves stood upon the hill still, waiting. The ship was pulled up onto the riverbanks and the humans could be seen debating shortly amongst themselves about what to do. The elves also were pondering how to approach these warriors. Despite their attire and getup, they did not seem hostile. Much.

[You have met the Iceborn!]

Hider

Now that "proper" housing had been established and a few huts for resources and storage had been set up, the organization of the food production finally kicked in. The settlement had been very low on food since they arrived, but with diligence and hard work, they could sustain themselves.

[Food level settled at 'Below Average'.]

[Refugees arrive in 1 turn.]

A) Improve food
B) Improve military technology
C) Improve infrastructure
D) Improve culture
E) Explore
F) Improve resources/technology
G) Prospect the land
H) Expand military
I) Take diplomatic action
X) Other

Population: 94 men, 95 women, 28 children.
Military: 7 Elf-at-Arms. Militia able to be conscripted up to 20% of adult population.
Food level: Low (improving)
Resources: None
Wealth: Nonexistant
Trade:

Imports: Raw leather and animal goods from Giant Camp.
Exports: Processed leather goods to Giant Camp.

Growth: Base: 4% -1% from food level, +0% from morale = 3%.
Morale: Indifferent
Foreign relations:

- Bonesnapper Tribe: Hated
- Giant Camp: Friendly
- Lothelonni: Neutral
- Iceborn: Neutral

Clan Oreborn

@Kangutso

Turn 7

First order of business: the two logging camps are operational and the gold mine is setup. It just didn't feel right, dwarves with no gold. You could not resist it. Then again, you are Ironbeards and were once slaves, meaning your lust for gold is lesser than what the typical dwarf would feel.

Next, the expedition from the northern mountain returns. They found that the path through the forests to actually get there were narrow, turbulent and unsafe, but the mountain has a free open stretch of grassland to the west all the way to the seashore. Seeing as the mountain was full of iron (at least at first glance), the expeditioners suggested that if a mining operation is set up there, they would need to transport the materials back to the settlement somehow other than through the forests. Perhaps by boat? The manpower required to do this though, would be high, and right now the Clan didn't have such.

When the group of five dwarves arrived at the southern Ursar village by the smaller mountain, they were greeted as friends and realized that the mountain was already being mined by the Ursar. The dwarves told them of their business here, and the Ursar pondered the situation. Seeing as they had already claimed the mountain, and being a somewhat reclusive people, they wanted it for themselves. Seeing as the dwarves were friends of the Ursar at this point though, they suggested that the dwarves send a trade proposal to the main Ursar village and their leader, to see if the minerals of the mountain couldn't be obtained through trade and therefore collective growth.
The mostly mined iron and small amounts of coal from here.

Arngir spat out his morning drink when a "servant" (not actually a servant, seeing as oreborn society do not value social status that way) rushed in through the door. Expecting terrible news, Arngir stood up straight from his seat and demanded the reason for this interruption. To his surprise, the messenger's words were not "Oh it's terrible!" but rather the opposite.
"Oh it's wonderful, Arngir!" started the messenger. Arngir blinked, confused.
"Several families at once have experienced a baby boom! I've counted ten babies born just this season, and another ten families are bearing child!"
Whatever Arngir thinks of this information, or the means of which it was presented to him, it is good news.

[Baby boom! Regular growth this turn is 16, but another 10 children has been added to your population. (Random event).]

A) Improve food
B) Improve military technology
C) Improve infrastructure
D) Improve culture
E) Explore
F) Improve resources/technology
G) Prospect the land
H) Expand military
I) Take diplomatic action
X) Other

Population: 152 men, 148 women, 53 children.
Military: No standing military. Militia able to be conscripted up to 30% of adult population.
Food level: Average
Resources: Copper, tin, gold, lumber.
Wealth: Very low (Consisting mostly of raw gold ore for now)
Trade: Nonexistant
Growth: Base: 5% +0% from food level, +0% from morale = 5%.
Morale: Indifferent
Foreign relations:
- The Ursar: Friendly
- The Brown-Skin Orcs: Not yet met.
- The Lilitu: Not yet met.

The Lycan Covenant

@Pyromaniacwolf

Turn 4

The Voidgods' response came quick, before anyone had anticipated it. To everyone other than Vlath, it was but a flash of lightning in the sky. A black one, that ran across the sky like a crack in the earth, it's booming sound shattering the very air and parting the clouds above them. To everyone but Vlath, this was but an instant, the dark lightning had struck the corpse of the sacrificed lycan and turned the body and the glowing substance it had secreted into ash. The pelt he had layed on was also ash. Vlath fell to his knees. The short moment had been an eternity to him. The Gods had spoken to him. He could not remember all the words, they had been too powerful, but he knew that they had given him commands. He knew they demanded more blood, and had granted Vlath a taste of the reward that could be the entire covenant's.
With demanding more blood, any sickly old Lycan wouldn't do. They wanted the blood of the lesser races, of advanced beings. Of humans, orcs and elves. Of ogre, of draconian, of dwarf and giant. Of any halfbreed. Of any being that was not Lycan - the gods demanded war, and plentiful of blood in sacrifice to them. Vlath could not remember why, but he was sure they had told him. Their words seemed distant now, even though he had heard them so clearly just a moment ago.

When he rose from his knees, the other lycans around him gasped. Many knelt or bowed low before him, and asked of him what the Gods had willed of them, of what they had granted him. At first, Vlath had no idea what they meant, but then he felt it. A presence within his body. He looked at his hands, and then it became clear to him. All across his body ran scars, or perhaps they were more like tattoos... Either way, they were shifting with red and purple, and ran along his body like veins. Where the scars ran, his fur had parted to reveal them. All could see, it was as if the black lightningbolt had struck him and lived on inside him, despite it having actually struck the sacrificed lycan and turned him to ash.

Before he could even grasp his new blessing or responsibilities, a sentry sounded the alarm. More sentries followed, and before long one of Bloodfang's warriors came running up to the ritual ground and shouted his news (after a short pause of awe at the sight of Vlath's new appearance).

"An enemy force has been sighted west of here! Ogres, big white-skinned ogres with clubs and axes and... -armor-!" reported the warrior. The enemy was upon the covenant.

Everyone looked to Vlath for directions.

"How many?" demanded the Voidcaller.
"A hundred, at least." said the warrior.

No time to lose, Vlath. Everyone look to you for guidance and direction. Will you rally your warriors and fight the invading force, retreat elsewhere to regroup and reasses or will you flee and live on to fight another day?

A) Rally the warriors! We meet the enemy upon the fields of battle!
B) Stall them! We need time to regroup and come up with a battle strategy.
C) This is not the time... We must flee east to reasses and strike back at the ogres at another date...

Something's different about these ogres, though... They seem organized, well-armed. They march with a purpose, and you've never even heard of White-skinned (not biege or pink) ogres before... Just what are they?

[Enemy forces marked on map. They arrive next turn!]

The Ogre(?) Warleader

About Vlath's new powers

So, Vlath has gained a blessing from the Voidgods. He has been given novice abilities of shadow magic, and a great source to draw from. You may experiment further with your limits, as I won't tell you the exacts of it, but know that this is but the first blessing from your gods and as such you can't attempt something mega-awesome like summoning a voidbeast or raising the dead. An example of what you can do is empower Vlath's body to hit harder, move faster but it may damage him. It's a sort of high cost high damage kind of magics.

Population: 132 men, 126 women, 20 children.
Military: No standing military. Militia able to be conscripted up to 50% of adult population.
Food level: Average
Resources: Requires prospection and industry.
Wealth: Nonexistant
Trade: Nonexistant
Growth: Base: 5% +0% from food level, +0% from morale = 5%.
Morale: Indifferent
Foreign relations: You have not met any other civilizations.

The Orc-Grave Swamp Enclave

@Bright_Ops

Turn 4

Moving closer to the mountain wouldn't be easy. The swamps were hostile and the goblins knew it all too well, and they had just started to feel comfortable (or as comfortable as can be in a swamp where everything wants to kill you) in their new home.
None the less, most agreed that it was probably for the best, and welcomed the safe flank of the mountains. It would mean one less direction where everything wanted to kill them from, after all.

As Gredy sought out Trip and asked him how long it would take them to dig into the mountain, Trip was astonished.
"You would allow us our own home within the mountains? You truly are a great friend!" Trip said, obviously misunderstanding what Gredy meant by 'digging in'. "It wouldn't take long, we are strong and diligent. We can dig tunnels and caves in a few days! With the right tools, of course... and we don't really have any of those. But we can make some! Right?"

A few Goblin families volunteered to stay behind at the enclave's original location to act as it's keepers. All in all, 50 goblins stayed behind while the rest of the enclave moved south towards the mountains with all they owned (very little) on their backs.
When Geist's exploration-party returned to the enclave, they found it quite... empty. They were directed south to the mountains, and just kinda shrugged and went "Huh." at the idea of moving the entire settlement closer to the mountains. With a kind of 'Why-not?' attitude, they set out to follow their kin south. This means they'll take a while longer to return to Gredy with their findings however.

[You have uprooted the settlement and are journeying south with 350 goblin-kin. They will arrive at their destination next turn. Until then you cannot take regular turn-actions.]

[Resources found: Hardstone (small amounts), iron, tin. Marked on map.]

[Information about the wildlife and Geist's expedition return next turn.] (again)

A) Improve food
B) Improve military technology
C) Improve infrastructure
D) Improve culture
E) Explore
F) Improve resources/technology
G) Prospect the land
H) Expand military
I) Take diplomatic action
X) Other

Population: 170 men, 170 women, 59 children.

(51 of adult population is of Blackskin Goblin descent)

Military: No standing military. Militia able to be conscripted up to 50% of adult population.
Food level: Low
Resources: Requires prospection and industry.
Wealth: Nonexistant
Trade: Nonexistant
Growth: Base: 8% -3% from food level, +0% from morale = 5%.
Morale: Indifferent
Foreign relations: You have not met any other civilizations.

Kingdom of Morg'Talren

@Dogematix No post found. Auto-dropout in 3 turns.

Turn 3

Diligence. That's what the Talren dark elves would have to possess in order to turn this new home into a... Well, home. Many of Llyr's followers were desperate and came from a downtrodden societal situation, but just seeing the white shores and verdant nature of this new land, they already felt like they had reached salvation. With a bit of hard work, that is. Luckily, Dark Elves are actually known for their hard work and craftmanship compared to other elfkinds, (such as the spiritual and slow wood-elves and laid-back aristocrats of the high-elves) and as such their ambition might actually bear fruit here.

Within a few months, the island was fully explored. Beautiful green forests of strong trees dotted the central and upper south of the island, while steep cliff and rock met bare water to the north. Mostly everywhere else, the island was bordered with fine white sand beaches, and down south on the southernmost tip, the ocean winds had smoothed the landscape into fine, flat grassland and rich dark soil. It was clear this island was a paradise, compared to where they had come from earlier, at least when it came to bare nature. The trees here however were... Different than they imagined. They didn't have a single strong trunk growing upwards, but rather it looked like every tree had four or more trunks grown together and upward in a spiral-motion kind of way. Some trees were so thick it looked like it was actually twenty trees grown together in one! But when a tree was felled, it became clear that they were not actually several in one, but naturally grew and looked this way. The lumber they gave were the strongest that Llyr had ever seen! As hard as metal, as flexible as rubber, and with the correct kind of craftsmanship could probably be made into the greatest of tools and ... perhaps weapons? Ships?! The craftsmen's' mouths watered at the thought, the posibilities...

The small mountain to the north also held it's mysteries. Such as it's shape. It was shaped in such a way that it looked to be the tip of a mountain, but the less steep slopes and rocks that makes up the base of a regular mountain wasn't really there. Instead, it looked as if it just sprang out of the ground, making some fool or other speculate that it was actually an -underground- mountain with vast deposits and cavous systems beneath the surface, or that it had actually been a mountain but had somehow sank into the very ground, or sea. But such foolishness is surely simple talk... Right? The prospectors sent to investigate the mountain was shocked to find almost no minerals of worthy mention, but instead made the discovery of steep, very deep, very long natural caves and tunnels that seemed to lead downward into the mountain and into the ground. They speculated they'd find minerals further in, probably. As to what made the caves and tunnels, they have no idea, but they don't look artificial.

[Food still improving]
[Timber resource able to be improved into Larian Timber upon construction of a lumbermill. Larian Timber is harder and more flexible than the standard timber resource, and as such is seen as a very sought-after material.]

A) Improve food
B) Improve military technology
C) Improve infrastructure
D) Improve culture
E) Explore
F) Improve resources/technology
G) Prospect the land
H) Expand military
I) Take diplomatic action
X) Other

Population: 95 men, 95 women, 20 children.
Military: No standing military. Militia able to be conscripted up to 50% of adult population.
Food level: Below average(Improving)
Resources: Timber (Small quantities)
Wealth: Nonexistant
Trade: Nonexistant
Growth: Base: 4% -1% from food level, +0% from morale = 3%.
Morale: Indifferent
Foreign relations: You have not met any other civilizations.

The New World - OOC IS UP

o you know I'm into this even tho I'm so slow at responding

Civilization - New Lands, New Glory! V. 2.0

Hello again. I'm gonna start enforcing a sort of turn-advanced-once-a-week thing, meaning I'm gonna cram out a advance-turn-post with the posts I have. This means you have until tonight to finish your posts and put 'em up.

I'm doing this to get this rolling a bit less bump-ily to get myself to post more often and to decrease dead waiting-time for everyone.

So! Post today!

Civilization - New Lands, New Glory! V. 2.0

Update: (didn't wanna edit because 4 days ago)

Mannerlicher's progress and the dwarven expeditions have been added in to the turn 10 post.
Also some Artemonian trade with the giants have been written in. Sorry for missing it.

(Only concerns @Lady Selune, @Kangutso and @Pirate)

Edit: this thread seems a bit quiet but most of the discussion is going on in the discord. Come over if you aren't there already!

Civilization - New Lands, New Glory! V. 2.0

@Kangutso how about ò,..,ó

Civilization - New Lands, New Glory! V. 2.0

@Lady Selune
@Kangutso

I'll... Look into that. I may have missed several things, see.