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Precipice of War - Oh Woe the West

Can Mexico be all like, "Yeah motherfuckers, I'm the beacon of the free world."? (Is that where that question mark goes?)

Precipice of War - Oh Woe the West

I want the Mexico. All of the Mexico.

The Gods are Crazy

Think you can edit the first post with our next map update? That'd be wonderful.

The Gods are Crazy

Damakuneta, Akataneta
The streets are oddly still today in the capital city of Akataneta. Crowds line the sides of the cobbled streets in the pouring rain. The sound of footsteps in unison, the clanking of metal plates, the hard solemn sound of a deeply resonating woodwind instrument fills the streets. Rank after rank after rank of soldier marches through the streets, grasping tightly their spears, their eyes locked forward they dare not look to the side for fear of losing control of their emotions. It is a still day, the day an emperor dies.

After many ranks of soldiers pass by a man dressed in fine silk, an emerald brooch securing it firmly at his breast, moves opposite them towards the castle-palace. He cocks his head as the emperor's funeral casket is carried past, otherwise he seems unaffected by the procession continues on its journey to the labyrinth of the emperors; the final resting place of emperors past, present, and future.

The emerald-green dignitary stands at the entrance to the castle-palace as the doors part for him, the palace floors are of a fine marble, imported from the northern territory, large pillars of a semi-precious stone rise up periodically leading to a eight-tiered platform, atop which are fine silk sitting-pillows, a throne of sorts it would seem. A young boy, no more than fourteen stands midway from the entrance to the throne.

"Emperor Bokun," begins the emerald dignitary, "I am Narune, first-in-line for the fourth green dynasty. In accordance with the laws this empire was built upon, I have been brought here to become the sovereign of Akataneta until such time as you come of age."

"Yes," replies Bokun, "I was expecting you... It would appear my father's death was most untimely."

"Yes, quite. But when is it ever precisely when you want it? Do not worry, I will not disregard your authority, as long as it is logical."

"Very well, I will be off to my quarters then."

"Right, goodnight sweet prince."

With this, Bokun is led off by an array of servants upwards to the eighth story of the palace. Once out of earshot, Narune moves to the throne, ushering to a waiting servant,

"Fetch me Taowa."

The servant rushes off, returning momentarily with an upright Taowa, dressed in his formal armour for the wedding, he speaks, "You wanted to see me, Regent?"

"Yes... There's a matter of import I want your council on. Follow me."

Narune leads Taowa into a room, a large table sits in the centre, with figurines to represent all of the various forces positioned throughout the empire and a map of the explored world. Narune moves along the width of the table and taps gently on a small island to the south of the empire,

"If I'm not mistaken, there was a colony here, correct?" he says.

"Yes, there was."

"And... roughly twenty years ago this colony mysteriously goes dark, no?"

"That is correct."

"Not only that, but twelve years ago, a small fleet was sent to this island to discover why. When we finally caught sight of that fleet, only one ship remained and naught twenty men aboard. But why?"

"The captain and the crew committed suicide at the shrine in Bakuneta, they left a note saying that the city was overrun by the marshland. It was so repulsive that the other ships and the rest of the crew drowned themselves because of it."

"Yes, well, doesn't it seem odd for a few hundred men to kill themselves for sight of a swamp?"

"I am no philosoph-"

"Don't give me that bullshit, Taowa! It's odd, isn't it? ...anyways. I called you here to see which troops we can suffer to send to this island, I want the truth."

"But, Emperor Ramaki-"

"Ramaki is dead, Taowa! I am your lord. Which troops can we afford to send to Kitaneka?"

"The majority of the garrison in the central provinces here... minus the capital guard. A total of seven thousand heads."

"Right, I want fifty guardsmen from each of the seventeen inner townships, also, the entire standing army of Hironeka."

"But that'll but us well over two-thousand!"

"I know. Issue the order, I expect them to meet at Bakuneta within the fortnight. We're reclaiming Kitaneka."

The Gods are Crazy

"The Black Goat came down from the Mountain of the Wind and mounted the River Wolf."

Hold the phone.

The Gods are Crazy

Damakuneta, Akataneka
It is a particularly hot night in the capital city of the Nochi on top of the already highly saturated marshland air. Around the city are massive stone walls, rising several scores above the ground, being partially a levee to keep the marshland from encroaching on the drained-out capital. At the center of the city is a large tiered castle, rising up eight stories, truly the pinnacle of man's dominion over nature. Outside the walls of the palace-castle torchlight burns in a massive display, some odd two hundred lights in all, shouting out with the same voice.

Nearing the end of his life, Emperor Ramaki lies in his sickbed, surrounded by a cast of servants watching over him, ready to fulfill his order. The protesters outside the walls call for the start of the new dynasty. The present emperor, like the marshland itself, is a stubborn man; having borne no sons under him, he turns to his daughter who weeps at his side then back to his highest general.

"Taowa," begins the emperor, "Go now, tell the people this. This dynasty does not die so easily. My daughter will-"

"Emperor!" interjects General Taowa, "This goes against the tenets laid out since before the first dynasty! We can't just-"

"I am the emperor, Taowa. If I say that Hanaka is to be the new emperor, then damn it she will be."

"Forgive me, but putting Hanaka on the throne would not only break the tenets of which this empire has been governed for millenia; the green clan will too march their armies on the capital to claim the throne for themselves in accordance of the tenets. It will be war."

"Then we'll just make sure that we don't break the tenets. Hanaka!"

Hanaka nods, "Yes, father?"

"This is no longer your name. You are now to be known as Bokun, Sixth of the Fourth Pink Dynasty."

"You intend me to... become a man?"

"I do. You've never taken much interest in the feminine arts, have you? You're always too busy attending my court alongside me."

"Well no, but..."

"Then it's decided. You'll become the new emperor."

"But why are you doing this? Why prolong the dynasty longer than need-be?"

"You know the kind of emperors the green clan has produced. They're ruthless expansionists, they're responsible for Kitaneka, for the political instability in the northern hills. It is our duty to postpone their dynasty at all costs."

"Of course father."

"Very well, leave me now and tell the people I've found my long-lost son."

Taowa holds his arm across his chest, bowing lightly at the waist, "As you will, my liege."

As the servants leave his bedchambers, the Emperor sits up, looking out over the city at the full moon,

"Because they'll learn the truth if they ever go back to Kitaneka..."

The Gods are Crazy

Dinh AaronMk said
I get the impression you're trying to play off Rynstead with the abandoned colony ;).

Tbh I had to go back till figure out what you meant... XD

Didn't mean this to happen...

The Gods are Crazy

The Failed Colony at Kitaneka

Country Name: Akataneka

Government type: Dynastic Empire

Ruler: Lord Regent Narune 'The Green Regent to the Sixth of the Fouth Pink Dynasty'

Location: Region 8, All Along the Peninsula above the '8' and up to the hills, and a single (failed) colony on the island in the middle, for good measure.

Capital City: Damakuneka

Language: Nochi

Species: Human

Army: 56,400 men; 6% of total population
The military of Akataneka operates mostly within the marshland, as such they've preferred to use polearms and longbows primarily to maximize their killing ability while standing knee-deep in swamp mud and secondarily to minimize their use of metal resources of which must be brought from the northern frontier.

History: Long ago in the great marshlands, there were once eight great kingdoms, each built for themselves great riches and each reaped bountiful harvest from the rich soil that the bayou provides. They were many and each identified each other as Akataneka, though they lived under different lords. Eventually, between the prosperous ages of expansion, the borders between the land of each lord became as murky as the swamp they'd call home. Rising tension and pressure to expand caused friction between the nations which erupted into the great fire of war. Brother fought brother, each clan fighting under their own colours, many skirmishes were had, and too few significant victories were made, the war was a great standoff with no nation making any process. Seeing the futility of the war, the heads of the clans met at the shrine now known as Damakuneka, that is 'place of the meeting' in Nochi, and laid down the tenets of the future Akataneka Empire, to unite the Akataneka under one banner. The problem, however, arose when the time to choose a new emperor began, and the council was disbanded and war began once again.

Eventually, winning through sheer numbers in a war of attrition, the Silver Clan rose from the ashes of war victorious. Putting to work the tenets agreed upon at Damakuneta and built it into a grand capital city. Thus began the first dynasty of the silver clan, over the years, dynasties rose and fell. Holding true to one of the tenets of the founding of the empire, at the end of each dynasty the next began in succession. Silver then red, then blue, then pink, then green, then gold, then violet, then orange. The cycle continued until today, nearing the end of the fourth pink dynasty.

Some seventy-odd lunar cycles ago, ships under the banner of the fourth green dynasty set sail from the port city of Bakuneka, a fleet of three ships with a total of no-less than 150 men, women, and children. They set off under envoy of the emperor to colonize an island to the south, they call it Kitaneka. Upon landing the men set to work, building up walls and temporary accommodations. Within fifty years the city grew, farmlands span out across the land, castles sprung up and marvelous buildings of stone. Then the colony went dark. No one knows how or why, but it seems to have been swallowed by marsh practically overnight.

Population: 940,000

Attack On Titan: Flight of Freedom

Lol... I need to do a project and take my Sociology final before Friday -_-

Attack On Titan: Flight of Freedom

I'm still here o3o