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eh well i guess we can assume it made it to your border by the time you post since it would do much to help give us more stuff to write about on our posts but I am fine with whatever you think would be best for your RP style.

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Meeky said
I half-finished a post. It's saved to my computer. Expect a finished one either tonight or tomorrow morning when I wake up. I have to run a D&D game tonight.

Nice man good luck may the blue lighting bless you! but anyhow i got a post up

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A cold wind blew over Moscov mountain. to most on the surface they would hear nothing but the frosty call of the breeze. but deep below in their dark cozy caverns the sounds are much different. the rythmic din of hammers of metal as countless dwarves go abouts their day to day lives in the factories mines and refineries that filled the underground city. But above the noise of machinery and workers rose a much different noise. In the center of the city, muffled by the stone walls of the council chamber the heads of the clans where conversing deciding the future of an empire.

“Now men it has been far too long since we paid mind to the greenbacks to the east!” Thorgrim Grudge-Bearer Shouted as he stood up from his stone chair and walked toward the middle of the chamber.”I Propose to the council that we atleast prepare a defence force in the case that the orks stop their squabbling among themselves and focus on our great nation!”

The council stopped the chatting for a minute and then a wave of mumbles and whispers ran through the other 8 dwarves.Every dwarf knew very well that the orks where a force to be reckoned with and if they didnt deal with it soon they would only grow but yet they hesitate due to fear of breaking their isolation and possibly angering the goblin clans with whom the orks had developed a mutual friendship. But then amongest the talk Igor Bugman stood up twirling his beard “Aye Thorgrim, and i bet it would be your clan to benifit the most from supplying the force the weapons Eh?”He asked staring down thorgrim

“Yes, I do say my clan should provide the weapons… but not because of the profit oh no, but instead the right to say that The Grudge-Bearers where the driving force in the elimination of the orks!”

“Oh Yes Thorgrim I am sure the likes of you would do so claiming the glory while the dwarves of the other clans go forward and die while you sit in your factories not a worry in your mind as you pound out metal with which will only go on to be scrapped from the dead and used against our people by the orkish scum!”

This comment caused a roar of anger to go over the council as the clans instantly began choosing sides. The clan masters of the guilded-Beards, Dourhands and Dark forges stood up in defence of the Grudge-bearers saying that all the dwarves of novgrod would fight no matter their clan. while Clans Iron-fists, Flint-axes and Hammer-foots rallied behind bugman. Only one stood undecided int he Topic, Ivan of Clan Stone-helms.

“Enough with this squabbling! I say before we make a decision on this we first must inspect the orks forces and if we find that they are too strong we should seek the help of the other nations…”Ivan said trying to calm the situation before it developed into a fist-fight. But his comment was not well recieved most of the clan-masters simply laughed at Ivans idea to seek help from the other races.

“ Ha Ivan, surely you must be joking comrade? Why would the other races come to our aid? The Arkilians perhaps but what about the qualmeqi? they for long have inbred with the goblins who are as we all know revlatives of those damned greenbacks! I bet they would just as kindly assist them in the slaughter of our people!. Who else could we turn to, the Dengraazd they willd just begin praying to their gods as the greenskins rip apart their armies, and the Seratens those socialists would much rather destroy our great economy in the name of the “Proletariat”.” Nikolai Dourhand said patronizing Ivan.

“As that maybe Nikolai I fear that even our great nation cannot defeat the likes of the orks on our own we must try to get assistance!” Ivan pleaded trying to get the rest of the clan-masters to see reason.

“I agree with Ivan for too long have we sat in our mountains as the rest of the world battled and brawled. we must atleast try to establish some sort of relation atleast a trade between us. it has been a long time since my people have had bread that is not made from cave barley.” Tevye Guilded-Beard said. (He knew in his mind that if they opened trade routes to the other nations his trade businesses would surely profit from the new products from the surface). This made many of the other clans think about their isolation slowly but surley the dwarves decided to allow a increase of foreign trade between them and the arkilians.

The next day a convoy of half tracks laden with furs, ores, and all assortment of gems drove out of the gates of Moscovy and into the deep snowy wilderness toward the arkilian border.

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Meeky said
I'll make a post tomorrow, I think. I have to finish up a couple posts for two other threads tonight. The opening post will mostly be a nation introduction and the sending of emissaries... or the receiving of them, if anyone negotiates with Qalimeq first.

Same here i shall try toget a post up by the marrow

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I do agree i cant wait to get this started..

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hehe you do have a good point kilo :P

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Lever actions were really only a civilian weapon (except some minor use during the late 1800s) most armies during the 20s had bolt action or maybe semi auto carbines infact quite alot of countires used bolt actions well into world war II (British and russian being the most previlant in these having the enfields and mosin nagant). assault rifles didnt really get used alot (they did exist the earliest example of them which i can find the is federov avtomat circa 1915 but 3,200 where made and barely any saw use during WWI and where mainly used during the russian civil war and the resulting war against finland) until after world war 2 (the germans where the first to really promote their widespread use with the stg 44) even then it took the americans until 62 that americans started using assault rifles.

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Here is my NPC nation thanks to warhammer for the idea and sorry for the over-reliance on warhammer models they were my original inspiration for this npc nation so all of the units come from them (warning for demogorgon i warn you the planes get a bit diesel punky due to the jet engines on the first two but imagine instead a nice pretty prop plane :D)

NPC: The Green scourge

Name of Nation: United Orkish Holds
Flag:The Orks do not have a national flag but instead one belongs of the 5 holds but even then their flags tend not to be the normal style but instead made from a plain clothes with no emblem except its weave (tartans basicly)
Wallaz:

Ruzz:

Mac-Kanzee

Runauld:

Dug-Lazz


Demonym of Nation: Orkz
Race Description:

Orcs are large creatures with long arms and short legs, huge slabs of muscle move under tough green skin, and their jaws are lined with vicious fangs that jut out from their underbite. They have beady red eyes, a generally foul demeanor, and are naturally bald. Normally six feet tall, they are up to seven feet tall when stretched out of their characteristic stoop. They respect power and strength, and naturally tend towards becoming bigger and stronger as they rise through their society. While they lack the education of more advanced races, Orcs possess immense cunning and are quick learners, but rarely adopt new tactics to replace their fondness for close quarters brutality. Often said to be the next evolution of goblin there is little evidence to prove this aside from the similarities in organization and culture, but there is one thing certain about the relationship between orks and goblins is that if ever they join forces and stopped inter-fighting they would be a great force to be reckoned with due to the sheer mass of numbers. Another interesting fact about orks is the complete lack of females in their culture this is due to the fact that they breed not by usual intercourse but instead by consuming food much like a bacteria or virus they simply when have acquired enough food will eat themselves into food coma and later puke up a small orkish baby.
List of Race Perks and Nerfs:
Pros-
Orkish Strength- Orks are renown for their upper body strength several times stronger than a normal man
Bloodlust: Orks are a barbaric and ferocious race often continuing to fight after sustaining wounds which would cripple or kill other races (That is not to say it doesnt hurt them they just don't notice it and keep on fighting even with it)
The green Scourge: Orks are a terrifying sight on the battlefield yelling and screaming like devils often carrying the heads of their dead enemies on their belt and painting themselves with the blood of the fallen.
Scavenging: Orks love to scavenge and build new things from the destroyed remains left behind either from their enemies or from themselves often able to create a machine out of rusty scrape metal the only problem is the reliability of the machine is quite questionable (see con orcish engineering
Cons:
Orkish Intelligence: Orks while very resourceful lack one thing a sense of logic. orks commonly face things head on with brawn strength rather than Strategic thought.
Orkish engineering: Orks tend not to look to durability and reliability while building machines. this strange idea is found in almost all orks their machines tend to easily break down but it is the ability for the orks to scavenge and create new machines (sometimes entirely different from the original machine) from the remains.

Nation Location: where ever needed
Description of Nation: The term United holds are is used very loosely when it comes to the orkish holds. often orks when not fighting an outside enemy will resort to infighting and feuding between the holds. Each hold is lead by a chieftain who proved themselves by killing the previous chieftain in combat this causes the change of government to be very sporadic. Orkish culture is one that mainly revolves around war and battle when orks are not doing those things they common sit by the communal fire and listen to the chieftain tell of famous battle won by their clan (usually revolving around him and his role in the victory). music is also very prevalent in orkish culture the most popular being the blaring of war pipes and the beating of the marching drum. as for orkish industry even that too revolves around war for everything scavenged or collected will eventually be used in combat whether to feed the soldier to armor him or to give him something to bludgeon the enemy with it soon or later will be used in one of those three categories. Orks do not have any ability to do mass production, most items made by the orks are made by a single artisan and his apprentices and all; things are made on order (some of the more common items such as axes and swords will be kept in stock during times of war.).
Government of Nation: Confederation- the orkish holds have no sort of federal government each of the holds is loosely bound together by a treatise simple stating that in times of war against outside forces that the holds should band together in order to maintain the existence of the orkish race. of course this binding allows the holds to fight with each other (which they are constantly doing) when not threatened by another race. Each of the holds is ruled by a chieftain who is often chosen through a rigorous series of combat trials often ending in him slaying the previous chieftain.
Capital of Nation: There is no capital to the orkish holds aside from the holds themselves each of which is usually a bulking fortress made from scrap metal and any other items the orks happened upon.
Population of Nation: There is no counted number of orks since they simply breed by eating but it is sure that the number is well into the millions
Economy of Nation: Orks economy is a very strange one since their currency is their teeth which orks commonly shed and grow back at regular intervals this causes massive inflation of the prices of items (usually rising and dropping with the shedding and growth of the teeth) but luckily means that no ork will be poor for long. Other items greatly valued in orkish economy is physical strength it is very common that when a ork does not have enough teeth to purchase an item he will just beat the owner into submission and take it.
Nation's Major Exports: (they do not trade with outside forces aside from the goblins and even then it is very sparingly
Nation's Major Imports: they do not trade with outside races aside from the occasional trade with the goblins
Nation's Military Description: Almost all of the orkish population is prepared for war at all times as it is their favorite pass time (this isn't OP as the main problems with the orks is that they rarely work together effectively it is quite common during the middle of the battle against an outside force for an orkish hold to turn against another fighting both the other clan and the outside force)
Ork Boyz:
The commonest of all the orkish armies often clad in armor that is painted in their hold's tartan wearing the colthe itself as a kilt or a cape of some sorts. armed with a war-axe and a small pistol of some sorts the orks often are used in melee rather than ranged combat.

Ork Shootaz-
Armed with shoddily put together guns (some held together by nothing except a fire pieces of wire and cloth) these orks fire a volley of lead at the enemy before their guns break or run out of ammo (usually the former) and charge the enemy beating them with the remains of their firearms

Black Watch:
The elite of the orkish infantry these orks live in the thrill of combat often choosen from the orkish outcasts (orks who were banned from their holds). these orks fight with great axes often clan in dark black armor spiked with boar tusks to enhance the pure shock of these troops.

Boar Riders:
mounted on huge wild boars these orks often serve as guards for their chieftain easily throwing away their lives in order to save him they follow his every word even if it means suicide.

"Greenback" Tank
This shoddily put together is one of the most common pieces of armored ork cavalry. armed with a large cannon and a smaller machine gun these tanks often break down during combat turning it from a moving deathtrap to a stationary death trap

Trench Runner Tank:
Yet another shoddily constructed example of orkish engineer this tank was made for infantry engagement and with the specific purpose of flanking the trenches and dropping into them running their full extent causes havoc and chaos within as the soldiers are crushed beneath it's bloody tracks.
Kannoneer trukk:
This mass of scrap metal is used as a portable artillery piece a large howitzer cannon mounted on the back of it is usually unable to turn independently of the truck usually seen driving behind the armored cavalry it mainly is used a support destroying enemy fortifications and providing artillery cover for advancing troops.

Flying Hold:
this is the largest of the orkish air force used to parachute troops down onto the battlefield this machine is armed with front and rear machine guns along with a larger repeating cannon on the top for anti air engagements.
Ork Bomma:
made to quickly drop bombs on fortified targets this machine is powered by a large engine which makes up most of its body. armed with two frontal machine guns and a pivoting machine gun used by the gunner it is not uncommon for the pilot to crash his plane into enemy positions after dropping his payload.
Ork Bi-plane:
This is one of the few orkish planes made solely for anti air engagements usually sent as an envoy for a bomma squadron or for a flying hold it is a simple bi plane armed with two machine guns very maneuverable and deadly to both the enemy and the pilot.

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I agree. If you need any more npc nations I would be happy to provide some

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Novgrod

Name of Nation: Dwarven Empire of Novgrod (N - ov- gur -rod) (or just Novgrod)
Flag:
Demonym of Nation: Novgrodian, Novgrod (N- Ov- gur- ow -dah
Race Description: Dwarfs


A hardy race of short stout people. Dwarfs are known for their stubborness and devotion to all things tradition. The dwarfs highly value their beards showing them as signs of status, the longer more groomed and eccentric your beard the more respect you are given by other dwarves. Dwarfs tend to perfer to live underground this started once as a way to shelter them from the much larger beingings and animals which inhabited their world. since it has become more of a tradition than a need. dwarves are renown inventors and who are also renown to disregard any technology or item made unless created by their kinsmen. Dwarven culutre is a very self centered one with large ephasis on making your own way and life and a hard you get what you earn ideaology is inseeded in everyones minds.As for society it is usually very caste based centering around one’s family and clan.
List of Race Perks and Nerfs:
pros
Steadfast, Rare it is to see a dwarven unit break and run from the field most dwarves would rather die than retreat and soil their reputations
Inventive. dwarves have a exetrme amount resourcefulness and ingenuity
Hardy, Dwarves are used to the hard snowy conditions of their homeland making them highly resistant to fatigue or exhaustion
cons
Stout, Dwarves while strong in the upper body are not known for their speed and efficency at marching causing them to move much slower than the other longer legged races
Stubborn, Dwarfs are a proud but arrogant race disregarding and looking at all things foreign as a threat or untrust worthy.
Nation Location: I vote map 5
Description of Nation: a lage snowy country whose surface is almost void of all life aside from sprawling fortreses set into the sides of mountains the bulk of novgrod's popullation lives underground in large expansive cities made of stone and steel. at the heart of these underground civilization lies a large industrial sector of which most people are employed. along with factories, mines and iron works. there are markets from which you can find a array of metal made goods.As for the people most of novgrod is famial based living together in residential parts of cities along with others of their clan. most dwarves belive in a form of ancestor worship viewing bringing honor and fame to their clan of utmost importance. culture wise the novgrodians enjoy a array of literature mainly consisting of non fictional books regarding the history of their clans and nation, one of the most favored pass times in novgrod are mainly contests of skill and prowess most of them being centered around military arts such as sharp shooting and wrestling but there is a large popularity for one on-militant game which is drinking. done by workers and soliders alike the first things a novgrodian does when he arrives home is break open a keg and have a hearty glass with his family, this has lead to many famous novgrodian breweries to gain world renown for their strong liquiers. Crime is very minor (orpublicly known crime is at the least) as the troops when not a war serve as the nations police force of which the offenders usually get a bullet to the head or a severe physical punishment such as dismemberment or maiming rather than prison time. the nogrodian people are hard working serious people who have a no funny business attitude to life all which is dictated by a strict sense of tradition which is imbued into every novgrodian from birth. As far as support of the government and nation goes the people of novgrod are extremly fervent in their support many invasions that have been sucessful in occupation of novgrodian territories are usually pushback due to intense partisan and geurilla warfare activites carried out by the common citizens of novgrod.
The history of novgrod is a long one starting all the way back when the first dwarves awoke from the stone. The dwarves claim to be the first intellegent race and have some edvidence to support it (anceint dwarven carvings and ruins) and such have built up a wonderful history embroiled in hardship and civil wars. The first dwarven settlement in novgrod was the great city of Stoneholm on the very northern reaches of what is now the novgrodian state. The small city was run originally by 9 dwarves of whom each modern clan can draw their lineage to. As stoneholm grew soon each of the dwarves went off to stake their own claim and eventually build their own clans leading to the now modern 9 clans which rule the council today these clans where the Stone-helms, Guilded-Beards, Dour-hands, Iron-fists, Dark-forges, Hammer-foots, Bugmans, Grudge-bearers,and Flint-axes. IN the early history of novgrod before the creation of the council the land was in a state of constant violence and war. Inter clan fueds would be developed over things large and small. The Stonehelms would war with clan Dour-hand for giving incorrect prices in a trade, the guilded-beards would assault Dark-forges for selling them imperfect ore. If a clan could find a excuse to invade assault or other wise battle with another clan they would do it. these petty wars continued throught the land for many years until one day the clanmaster of clan Grudge-Bearer a dwarf by the name of Novgrod grudge-bearer ended it all. He ordered all the clans to meet at the anceint city of Stoneholm and settle their disputes. this meeting at first was not without its difficulties during the first meeting of the council the representative from clan Bugmans was killed by an Iron-fist assasin. Upon finding a replacement for clan bugman the meeting resumed during it novgrod proposed the joining of all the clans and laid down the basic rules of the council now used today. The idea was a contoversial one but after 3 years of arguing and debating the clans decided to join together creating what is now the modern novgrodian state.
Government of Nation:Oligarchy;
The government is ruled by a number of clans who are represented by their clan patriarch, the council of the clans meet and votes on decisions and law making much like a congress with the exception that the representitives are handed down much like a monarchy where the next sun of the clan leader inherits his title of clan master unlike a normal republic in which the representatives are voted in.
Capital of Nation:Moscovoy
Population of Nation: 90.5 Million
Economy of Nation: The Economy of Novgrod is a extremly capitalist one bordering on a laize-fair in which the government rarly taxes and gets most of it’s income from the ruling clans. These businesses range from mining (the most common) to the extremely lucrative business of fur trading. each of the families tend to stay in one end of a business as not to disturb another’s holdings causing a clan rivalry which hurts the nation overall. Due to the snowy landscape farming is very poor but a few (and I mean a very few) run underground farms growing various fungi.
Nation's Major Export: Iron, Steels (varying alloy and purity), gold, copper, other various minerals (zinc,tin,coal etc) Gems, Fur, liquirs, Weapons, and metal work
Nation's Major Imports: : Lumber, various types of grains, colthe,
Nation's Military Description:
A vast well disiplined military Is held by Novgrod, well armed with normally semit automatic guns with a few diviosn armed with an array of automatic weapons including heavy machine guns and sub machine guns. For amroed cavalry they carry usually heavily armored tanks and land rovers usually armed with high caliber cannon for anti armor engagments, and a machine gun for anti infantry engagements while slow and somehwat unreliable these hulking machines are a terrifying sight on the battlefield. their artillery mainly consists of a viarty of high caliber guns mainly howitzers and mortars, their navy is quite small having only a few dreadnought battle ships and a small amount of other smaller watercraft, their airforce mainly consists of large heavily armored and armed zeplins with a few smaller aricraft such as gyrocopters and fighter planes. their small but famous unarmored cavalry consists wholly of bear dragoons dwarves armed with light machine guns who ride upon fast and furious armored bears mainly used as shock cavalry to route already injured units.
5 percent of the population

number of infantry (including artillery):
3401143

Number of armor calvary (tanks landships etc,)
443627
Number of men in the air core:
295751
number of men in navy
236601
number of men in unarmored calvalry (mounted units such as bear dragoons horsemen etc.):
147875 (note a interesting aspect of the novgrodian military is that inlue of horses instead they use tamed bears for use as dragoon units and shock cavalry)
Novgrodian Steam Tank

The oldest of the novgrodian armored divisions the Steam tank is often used onyl when the other more modern armor is busy else were usually ending in the tanks being used in a support role providing heavy cover fire and short range artilery for the advancing infantry.
Novgrodian Infantry:

The bread and butter of the novgrodian armies these dwarves are usually organized by their clans as to help the dwarves fight harder and more ferociously inorder to impress their fellow clansmen. The units are often accompanied by a number of heavy machine gun crews to lay down supressing fire as the dwarves prepare to charge enemy trenchs.
Novgrodian Penal Infantry

Choosen from the prisoner laborers from the mines of novgrod these units are often made up of men guilty of the most henious crimes murder, rape, arson are commonly seen on the records of the penal infantry man and as such they are given the worst of the jobs often choosen to charge and clear the gas filled trenches without support of supressing fire or artillery cover. It is very rare for a solider in the penal units to live for more than one battle but those who have done so become hardened and insane barbarians who commonly throw down their weapons and instead attack the enemy with their bar hands fighting with nail and tooth usually to the death.
Novgrodian Overlord Mark 3 Airship

Mark 3 Hammer tank

The most advanced tank that the novgrodian military has to offer this monster of a tank is armed with a 445mm gun and several lighter machine guns for anti-infantry use. Commonly used as a bunker buster and to decimate enemy fortifications it requires a crew of about 10 people to run efficently. unlike other races the dwarves are fine in the cramped dark space inside tanks and some even perfer to sleep inside the tank rather than in their organized encampments.
Novgrodian Dreadnought Battleship

Novgrodian Bear Dragoons

The dwarven Bear dragoons are selected from the highest of the dwarven nobility to enhance the ideal that the bear dragoons are like the knightly orders of old. the bears themselves are captured from the high mountains and trained and starved for weeks to keep them ferocious and hungry. Often brought out during the end of the battle to make the last of the units route and to boost morale among the troops.
(Ignore the ak47 in the background)