RisenDead

Fabula Elysia - Medieval Fantasy Nationgame

Willy, have you considered maybe giving up your spot, or your co-GM spot to someone else. You're not here much and your co-GM hasn't been seen in over a month.... One of the three Black Alliance guys would probably be a good choice. They're active and interested.

After The End, A Tale of Rebirth (Based off the Ck2 Mod)

You've talked me into it Aaron, I'll swap out my guys and put in roving Mongolesque hordes in the Mid-West. Solid idea.

After The End, A Tale of Rebirth (Based off the Ck2 Mod)

I was originally going to go Northwest but no one was out there...

After The End, A Tale of Rebirth (Based off the Ck2 Mod)

To go further on my previous point as well: building in the west too is basically impossible since there's also nothing out there. Sure you can probably use scraps, but the reason it got to where it is today was because the American railroad companies (based in either Saint Louis or further east) were paying immigrants to go out there and shipping building supplies west from stock in areas like Michigan, or Pennsylvania so they could set up even the most simplest, main-street only, one-pony railroad town.

In this world, all of that is dead, you'd have generations of decay, and anything that was there is probably gone and dead now.

Also how does an island nation conquer shit like the Moors did? Islands don't usually build equestrian cultures in much the same way the Kazakh steppes would have for Central Eurasia or the Morroccan expanse for the camel and horse-based warriors that were so prevalent in the Tuareq and Moorish cavalry of the Arabs. To be honest, I'd expect something more like Norse-people with more rum. A people who do well in taking over coastal stuff but get lost the more they go inland.

@Dinh AaronMk

Calm yourself boyo. Just you worry about your banjo playing redneck hillbillies and I'll worry about my chaps. If I want them to have a Moorish influence it's no skin off your teeth. If it helps you digest it better feel free to pretend it specifically says Turks or Barbary Pirates. The idea of the influence was more in the style of arms and armour. It's better suited for their warm climate than straight up suits of plate mail.

After The End, A Tale of Rebirth (Based off the Ck2 Mod)

Hmmm, your mention of the Catholic Church made me realize something. Hey @PolishKing, what exactly is the deal with it since we don't have contact with Europe? Is it going to be something like After the End where there's a Pope somewhere on the continent? I mean there aren't any major Catholic countries other than Cuba @RisenDead, so maybe the Archbishop of Havana declared themselves Pope at some point since there's no contact with Europe.

@TheSovereignGrave

Good point, I'll work that in.

After The End, A Tale of Rebirth (Based off the Ck2 Mod)

Created my own group!

The Cuban Empire

The Cuban Empire

"God wills it!"

Banner/Flag/Identifying Symbol:

Cuban Flag

Government Type/Structure:
Empire

Leader(s):
Emperor Francisco de la cal Delgado

Culture:
Culturally, Cuba is considered part of Latin America. It is a multiethnic Empire whose people, culture and customs derive from diverse origins, including the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the long period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of African slaves, a close relationship with the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and a significant Canadian and European tourist precedes during the American blockade. Even following the lifting of the blockade by President Barrack Obama the Cubans clung fiercely to their traditions, limiting American investment in the island to save something of their culture.

It will come as no surprise to learn that not much of the Caribbean was considered nuclear target worthy by the large powers and as chaos descended the Cubans quietly stayed out of it. During the initial chaos a General, Alejandro de la cal Delgado, seized power with the assistance of the army and declared himself President-for-life.

His lineage has survived as the ruling faction on the Island and over time the Cubans, led by various dictators, has managed to conquer every island in the Caribbean and even expand in some instances onto the mainland. This despite serious disease that wiped out 50% of the population, a blessing in disguise as the local infrastructure following The End could not have hoped to support the pre-war population.

The idea of a President was eventually replaced, at the suggestion of the Catholic Church, with a Godly ordained Emperor.

Not to be left out, the Catholic Church in Cuba moved quickly to create a new ArchBishop of Havana, decreeing that all Catholics in the new world should look to his holiness for guidance.

Demographics:
Latino 50%
Black 30%
White 20%

Nation History:
The Cuban Empire grew from the chaos After the End, starting out with a traitorous General and a coups d'etat. This man, General Alejandro de la cal Delgado, moved swiftly to subjugate his home island and install himself as a dictator for life style President. Generations would pass, carefully recorded by a resurgent Catholic Church, and the Delgado line flourished. Each successive Delgado advancing the countries borders, swallowing up the other Caribbean Islands.

The greatest of these expansionists was the first Cuban Emperor, Paco de la cal Delgado. It was he who led the invasion of Hispaniola and Jamaica, adding the two larger islands to his existing claims. The Catholic Church, never one to miss a golden opportunity, declared that Paco had been sent by God to build a Cuban Emperor and so he was crowned.

Pact's family would go on to secure the rest of the Caribbean and eventually invade both mainland North America and the lands that had once been Mexico. At the moment the Empire is locked in a tribal insurgency in old world Florida and a titanic struggle against resurgent Aztecs in Mazatlan.

Description of Economy:
The Empire produces much of what it requires within its own borders. Its chief uproots are weapons, steel, coal for smithing, and timber since the islands have only, in the last years, begun to fully replenish the damage done by logging in the old world.

Cuba does a brisk export trade in coffee, tobacco, and slaves taken in its mainland conquests. Much of the business it does is through the Merchant Republic of Nova Scotia.

Territory and Description of Environment:

World Map

With most of the Empire south of the Tropic of Cancer, the local climate is tropical, moderated by northeasterly trade winds that blow year-round. The temperature is also shaped by the Caribbean current, which brings in warm water from the equator. This makes the climate of Cuba warmer than Hong Kong, which is at around the same latitude as Cuba, but has a subtropical climate instead of a tropical climate. The warm temperatures of the Caribbean Sea and the fact that Cuba sits across the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico combine to make the Empire prone to frequent hurricanes. These are most common in September and October.

Territories controlled by the Empire include all traditional islands of the Caribbean, minus the Nova Scotian possession of Bermuda, parts of southern Florida and most of Mazatlan.

Description of Military:
The Empire maintains an impressive standing land army and navy modelled on the ancient Moors who once conquered much of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This is most likely result of Emperor Paco I, who was fascinated with the history of Spain and the peoples who had once conquered it. It is also good to note that a number of old-world tall ships were in Havana and simply "taken without intent to return" by the original leader. Most of the ships built now are ideal for fast work in the Caribbean but would be hard pressed to make a major ocean crossing.

After The End, A Tale of Rebirth (Based off the Ck2 Mod)

The idea that the West would revert back to tribal Nomads isn't accurate I don't think. Just because we don't have 20th Century tech doesn't mean we don't have other tech that would allow people to survive and thrive. The folks that settled the plains really didn't have any tech the romans didn't have, save for steam and things that go "bang". They would still know how to channel water, build decent buildings, etc. Ranching is still largely unchanged. If the Persians and Moors can build Empires in a desert we can sure get a couple on fertile prairie soil.

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

One thing: the island looks a tad big to me. More the size of the island the main city is on than a minor island with slave markets on it.

@Flagg

Made a new much crappier one.

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

So everyone is aware, I have changed my faction, here she be.

Island of Tears

Jazirat Alddumue

Alias:The Island of Tears, The Tears

Faction Type: Commercial Enterprise
Leadership: The Tears, as it is locally known, is controlled by a commercial syndicate originating in the Drathan Union.
Faction Specie(s): The upper management of the Island of Tears are of all races, as are the enforcers it controls and the slaves it sells. Those in the highest positions of power are from the Drathan Union itself and would simply call themselves "Undead" when pressed to classify their species.

Location: Off the coast of Jos lies a small Island, its actual name long forgotten. It has been developed into the thriving centre of the slave trade and bears more in common with the architecture from the Union than from Jos. It is now known as the Island of Tears, or more simply as The Tears.

Faction Religion/Ideology: The Drathan Union is well known for its practices in Magic, particularly Undead magic. Religion is based around a pantheon of gods, all of whom demand sacrifice. Slaves are good for more than just working.

Faction Description: A loose confederation of desert city states along the River Velym, mostly ruled by mage-lords, many rumored to be vampires and liches. The greatest of these cities is the vast port of Zar Dratha, located East of New Anathagos along the Bay of Teeth. The Union is a powerful but backwards place, usually aloof to concerns beyond its borders and protected by the vast deserts that isolate it from most other nations. Among important Union exports are crocodile skins, enchanted and magical goods, educated or trained slaves, and foodstuffs from the hyperfertile river valleys of the desert. It imports gunpowder, metals, maritime products and, above all, slaves of every kind.

Those on their first visit to The Tears have often expected filthy and squalid conditions but the Drathan's know that filth causes disease, and disease kills merchandise. As a result The Tears is kept clean and well maintained, perhaps even more so that New Anathagos. Regulations exist to provide proper care, food and basics to slaves. Not out of kindness, but because a healthy slave is worth far more. There is a section of the Island referred to as "The Barns" where long low barn looking structures hold the cheapest and most pathetic of slaves. Misery and suffering is a way of life here, but any slave purchased here is meant to be worked to death, or whatever its master has in store for it.

Faction History: Once home to little more than a few farmers and their pathetic crops the island was purchased generations ago by a Liche Lord from the Drathan Union when he was unable to land his slave ship in the city proper. Thinking quickly on his feet, he purchased the virtually worthless island from its few inhabitants and built the first slave market in order to sell his wares. Over the generations the slave markets have grown and expanded until they took over the entire island. Permanent structures grew, then Drathian investors arrived in greater numbers until it was a thriving commercial venture. The Drathians still hold sway over the island and it looks much like their own homeland, a testament to the influence they have had in the region.

Important Characters:

Musharraf Jamila Sayidat

The Musharraf, or Overseer in the common tongue, is the ultimate authority on the Island of Tears. It is through her that permits to sell slaves are issued, slave pens leased, and a percentage of all sales collected. She of course moves in the social circles of New Anathagos, ensuring that no interference is forth coming from the Parliament, most of whom own at least a few slaves. The current Musharraf, Jamila Sayidat, is an Undead Mage of generous beauty who is said to have Vampiric tendencies, given that she doesn't appear to have aged in the past fifty years, it could easily be true.

Important Holdings/Territory/Possessions: The Island of Tears does not project power beyond its own coastline.

Relation to other Factions: The Island of Tears is neutral and will do business with anyone.

Does anyone have any real editing skills? I have been unable to locate a good city map, or island map, let alone combine the two. The one island I have found that would work has no city on it, and I would like to ask someone to add a city if possible?

Island Map

Thanks!

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

Already PMed you a character sheet...

Sent one to you as well Ophidian.