Creation of Centuries: A civilization RP. (Chronic backstabbing disorder prevalent) - Games

Creation of Centuries: A civilization RP. (Chronic backstabbing disorder prevalent)

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What the shit? How did I get Spanish land? I don't want that.

[QUOTE=Chevelle;41883736]What the shit? How did I get Spanish land? I don't want that.[/QUOTE] Nobles fled to you during the civil war, you can give it back if you want.

Teo's convinced me to stay for now.

[QUOTE][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/9WqVme.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Hot key action

It needs to be updated with the new map.

[QUOTE=Mackalda2k6;41886711]It needs to be updated with the new map.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/EnBtlH.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] nvm did it

You should probably add [url=http://imgur.com/a/4IzR3#0]Damian's album[/url] to the OP.

[QUOTE=YogiTheWise;41892923]You should probably add [url=http://imgur.com/a/4IzR3#0]Damian's album[/url] to the OP.[/QUOTE] Just did :^)

I find it a crime against nature that there hasn't been a single polandball comic about Rome also btw due to you pansys complaining I'm back to playing the glorious empire of dagger

Well Archer, I shat out a quick picture to express how I felt about last turn to quell your emotions. [IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/Pze8Vd.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=KingArcher;41911304]I find it a crime against nature that there hasn't been a single polandball comic about Rome also btw due to you pansys complaining I'm back to playing the glorious empire of dagger[/QUOTE] In that case... [t]http://i.imgur.com/bFdgiy4.png[/t] I don't have to wait for the next turn to edit your nation. Also, anyone else notice how Face still doesn't have a capital?

[QUOTE=Crossu88;41911709]-fucking nignogs-[/QUOTE] I wanted to argue that this does not apply to Asia, but then I remembered about the Ainus. This is going to bite me in the ass if we reach modernity, won't it

[QUOTE=Damian0358;41914200]In that case... [t]http://i.imgur.com/bFdgiy4.png[/t] I don't have to wait for the next turn to edit your nation. Also, anyone else notice how Face still doesn't have a capital?[/QUOTE] heck naw my capital is /pol/ not any filthy modern city

Turn is taking a while cus im lazy, but here's a peek: Number of ethnic groups that exist in real life but not in the RP removed: 1

This turn won't be out tonight. Turn writers seem to enjoy writing as much as I do, but I've managed to do Asia, Africa, South America, and North America so far.

Crossu made me the most glorious piece of artwork drawn by human hands for an avatar <3

To tide you over until the turn tomorrow, I'm going to post horrible histories videos. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDIDcaKAZJY[/media] This is Rome atm.

"Turn soon fellow Laubergian?" "When?" "NOW"

READ ME, SEND IN TURNS AS TURN 12. [i]Them’s Romans think they’re minted, but they ain’t rich like me[/i] [img_thumb]http://www.cubeupload.com/im/CbRXxL.png[/img_thumb] Cultural map: [url]http://i.cubeupload.com/Fs5CFh.png[/url] Religious map: [url]http://i.cubeupload.com/z4spaS.png[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vIZ1SlGewE[/media] Events of the years 1 CE to 250: -Note to all: Christianity is spreading and is forming many different sects. All players who have Christianity as the state religion or intend on replacing it with another will have the option to intervene in the early councils to see the religion unified, along with trying to establish if several cities share the religion or a single one dominates. The location of these cities is also important, so for Christian nations, it’s a chance to get the heart of Christendom put in your country or share the power between your Christian allies. If the city is established in your country and you possess control of it, you will wield significant power over this new religion. Several such cities will appear depending on the actions a country takes to establish Christianity and their branch of it. -The wheel, rice farming, and Bronzeworking has spread down the Mississippi river, with many societies along it abandoning their former lifestyles and committing to agriculture and metalwork. Dog chariots are a grand novelty, although wheeled light carts and travois are becoming increasingly widespread. The lack of large mammals (minus humans and teams of dogs) to pull them is still a considerable problem however. -The Parthian Empire collapses, and is duly replaced by the Sassanid dynasty. They engage in several wars with the Selecuid Empire and Egypt, along with Armenia, taking vast stretches of land. -Whilst a religion similar to Christianity has existed for a long time, particularly in England before migrating into Iberia, it was largely unorganized. Several Jewish people in the Seleucid Empire inde-pendently came up with a near identical version but with organized rituals and liturgy. They travel around preaching before discovering the existence of such people in Iberia already. On arrival they insert themselves quietly into those societies and compile religious texts, one of which is the bible, written in Greek. However, as many writings from before this time are often dubious, most histori-ans are of the opinion that the Iberians practiced a similar enough faith that Christian missionaries were able to establish a church there and to rapidly convert people. -Christianity becomes widely popular in the Seleucid and then Sassanian Empires, although fights and tensions with the Zoroastrians is a problem. It also spreads to Rome, where followers are persecuted by the authorities there. It is also becoming more widespread throughout Greece and Macedon, and is a widely popular eastern religion. Bizarrely it somehow holds strongly in Iberia, where it has strong state support. Bishops are prominent here as well, and the church is considerably powerful in Iberia, if disorganized. -The actual founding myth itself involves a Seleucid official hearing that a troublesome Jewish man by the name of Brian had been found collaborating with the Judean Peoples Front. After proclaiming he was not the messiah, he is later executed. -The Neoclassical period begins in Egypt. It is marked by a rediscovery of old Egyptian treasures and findings, along with many philosophers writing on the Egyptian past. The current ruling pharaohs are hostile towards Christianity, using executions to try and make an example of these dissidents. Many pharaohs also try to prove they are descended from the earliest rulers over 40 dynasties ago, but such efforts go poorly. Christianity eventually leaks into the country, and becomes popular. Cotton growing is becoming popular in Egypt as well, although textile production is fairly low. It is mainly exported as raw cotton to the Phoenicians, at least until they introduced mercantile restrictions on foreign trade. The Egyptians invaded the Seleucid Empire during this time and took much of the Levant, leading to a Jewish and Christian diaspora, given their hostility to the religion. The Sassanid’s eventually went to war with Egypt and exhausted it before taking most Egyptian gains made in the war with the Seleucids. The dynasty collapsed and Egypt entered another period of instability and civil infighting. -The phalanx formation is becoming increasingly inadequate in this day and age. Victories by the Greeks are not permanent, with the Macedonians abandoning the Phalanx in favour of more flexible soldier, drill, and tactics. Such reforms are adopted in wake of failures against the Delian league. The Roman army also adopts new drill and dress, using segmented armour and pioneering formations such as the “testudo”. -The Roman Empire adds several new holdings to their lands. They conquer Corsica, more of Southern Gaul and Eastern Iberia, alongside with Dalmatia. They however lose much of Epirus to the Greeks in several wars with them, although the adoption of new military reforms significantly shifted the balance of power and warned the Greeks of further expansion. The Empire is also seeing significant numbers of Christian converts, mostly among the plebeians and slaves. -With the victory in the wars of the prior centuries (or so assumed), the Mrvian Emperor suggested a name for the Mrvian-Roman-Macedonian-Laubergian alliance. Asking the ruler of Rome to decide the name of the alliance, he gave it the name "Magnum quattuor" (The Big Four, in Latin). A treaty is signed where they split up the land inbetween each other, although nobody is truly happy with the results, most especially the native inhabitants of Dalmatia, Illyria, Thrace, and Pannonia. Eventually, the alliance between Macedon and Rome breaks down, followed by that between Rome and Laubergia. Small scale skirmishes and wars eventually break out between Laubergia and Rome. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=432426&dateline=1372642293[/img][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/V1shHE.jpg[/img] [b]Mr. Face – Spain Capital: NaN Culture: Spanish (Iberian) State Religion: Christianity (Generic)[/b] -Christians from Judea discover a society where they practice an almost identical religion to themselves, with the exception that it is unorganized. Quietly inserting themselves in and reforming it slightly, they announce to people they should be eating bread and drinking wine in a strange ceremony and must not succumb to worldly temptations. -With travel difficult overland, a professional group of engineers, masons, and other assorted weirdoes with a strange and almost fetishistic fascination with roads decide to work towards the improvement of existing roads and expansion of new ones to cities and towns throughout the Iberian Peninsula. They match Roman roads in quality, with good drainage, wide enough for the biggest of carts, with low gradients and straight, often cutting through hills or rising over rivers. -The new Spanish state, after much reorganization and reincorporation of lands that left to seek protection of the Portuguese, assemble a vast army and march north. Arriving in the motherland, they fight bitterly to wipe out those adhering to the old ways. Many towns and cities are sieged and burned to the ground. The old idols are pulled down and destroyed, with many temples turned to rubble and used to build new churches. The word of Christ has been brought in force, and crosses now adorn the central plaza of every town and city. A church is later built around each cross, with splinters from them often being mistaken for the one that Brian was crucified on. -The navy is reformed again and rebuilt, with most of the improvement coming from the better quality of recruits. Beforehand, the cream of the Spanish navy tended to be press ganged drunks. Of course, protecting these trade routes in conjunction with improving roads has yielded great results for trade, as many goods travel from the east towards the gradually civilizing north of Europe, which is developing monetary economies and urban civilization. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=306346&dateline=1371857910[/img][img]http://i794.photobucket.com/albums/yy221/Goji-man/FlagofAncients_zpsa1f4ba74.png[/img] [b]Zillamaster55 – The Kingdom of Laubergia Capital: Viikuru Culture: Laubergian (Germanic) State Religion: Worship of the Great Eagle [/b] -A new type of siege weapon has come into use. As staff slings became common throughout the ancient world, somebody took a good look at one and then wondered “why not make it bigger?” He proceeds to build a large frame for a swinging arm with a sling, complete with ropes for men at the front to pull down on. It can be used to hurl large rocks considerable distances and if enough are employed, it can even batter down a building. -With the victory in the wars of the prior centuries (or so assumed), the Mrvian Emperor suggested a name for the Mrvian-Roman-Macedonian-Laubergian alliance. Asking the ruler of Rome to decide the name of the alliance, he gave it the name "Magnum quattuor" (The Big Four, in Latin). A treaty is signed where they split up the land inbetween each other, although nobody is truly happy with the results, most especially the native inhabitants of Dalmatia, Illyria, Thrace, and Pannonia. Eventually, the alliance between Macedon and Rome breaks down, followed by that between Rome and Laubergia. Small scale skirmishes and wars eventually break out between Laubergia and Rome. -The amber and precious metals tribe with peoples to the north expand with the acquisition of several new trade routes and waterways crucial to the trade. Gold and silver are being mined and sent off for export (or minted into coins), whilst trading ships travel as far away as Spain and the Near East. It is along these trade routes that Christianity arrives in Laubergia as a small underground religious movement. -It is unknown how precisely the war began, but a group of Roman officers hailing from Iberia visit a Laubergian brothel over the border and a problem arises over the issue of payment. Even worse, they are found to be practicing Christians, and are arrested by the local magistrate. The Romans demand that the soldiers be returned in one piece, but the priests are insistent they be branded. Eventually the Romans send in an army to retrieve the offices, but a group of priests with stupid sounding accents sneak in to the prison and murder the officers. It escalates into a war, using the pretext that a badly drawn map by the Mrvian Emperor poorly divided up land between the respective countries. Very little land actually changes hands, and it was mostly pushed through to try and prevent the war from escalating and to appease the Romans. It does not do a very good job, as now the Romans believe they can get involved in the internal politics of the Kingdom. Several priests are even found collaborating with the Romans, and are duly executed. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=555043&dateline=1374907474[/img][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/WBt1ET.png[/img] [b]KingArcher – The Empire of Dagger Capital: Crete Culture: Turkish (Altaic) State Religion: Islam[/b] -Grinding grain is a time consuming endeavour, and somebody notices that streams possess a lot of untapped power. Putting a wheel with planks nailed to it into the steam and adding an axle, it spins around to turn a grindstone for the grinding of grain. They are extremely productive, but of course why do that when one has slaves to work for you? Well, the Emperor had something to say about that. -The Emperor bans slavery, but to tide over the nobility, replaces it with a slightly different system. Your slave still has to work for you, but he only is obligated to spend several days of the week doing so. He keeps his own land which he farms, and the noble is entitled to rule over his subjects much like a petty king. He can no longer arbitrarily kill slaves, and some modicum of legal proceedings must take place before punishments are meted out. The nobility quickly realizes that the newly invented watermill is a considerable boon as they can build one on the local stream and charge people to use it. Whilst the serfs grumble, it does save them time to do other things, and nobles also begin to maintain private armies. Since they were given that land by the king, they often have to fight in his wars. Thus a new system has come about. Many freemen also exist of course, and they provide military service or payment in kind for renting the land from a noble. Since this is an island society, the navy is where all the nobles and soldiers end up going. Merchants opt out with a so called “cowards tax”, used to pay for soldiers to fight in lieu of the merchant. Some nobles and freemen are interested in such a tax as well if it means dodging military duty. -Canals begin to be constructed, mostly inbetween farming estates and various towns. They are used for controlling the flow of water for watermills, although people also enjoy riding boats in them. Sometime later, somebody has the bright idea of putting a barge in the canal and having it dragged around by horses, although they cannot easily go up or down elevations. -Some serfs manage to scrape enough money or influence to buy their freedom, travelling to the towns in search of a better life. Disease and the already large number of paupers there mean that chances are pretty low however. Many of them join the royal navy. -A large fortified palace with multiple walls is built on Crete to protect it from invasion. The same happens on the Balearic Islands. Academies are also set up inside these palaces to educate men on the art of warfare and naval business. Of course, given the rarity of war, they usually buy or build a fast but swift galley ship to raid trading vessels before bringing the loot home. Such boats also sail to Northern Europe and up the rivers of Scythia to raid villages, before returning home with the treasure. -Merchants from Crete establish a trading guild, and then set up offices in Phoenician and Greek towns. They have a cunning trick whereby using a network of collaborating merchants using fast ships to relay information, they can aggressively expand into new markets and outcompete the native merchants. Another thing they do is try to become the main owners of ships, and attempt to steer trade in their favour. The wealth begins to flow to Crete. The Phoenicians quickly catch onto it, and place heavy restrictions on Daggeran merchants so as to restrict their abilities. Much later, Christians arrive on Crete, trying to convince people that Brian had the right idea. -Using this money, a colonial expedition by a group of freed serfs led by several nobles travel to the Isle of Mann, following the tin trading route. They establish a town in Cornwall which quickly buys up all of the local production intended for export, and then re-export it themselves with monopolistic control of it. [img]http://imageshack.us/a/img832/6236/ko5b.png[/img] [b]Mallow234 – Phoenician Federation Capital: Malta Culture: Phoenician (Semitic) State Religion: Canaanite[/b] -Iron is difficult to produce in mass quantities, along with giving it strength. However, various techniques reveal that an alloy of iron named “steel” can be reliably produced for a whole manner of applications, but mostly for weaponry and armour. Cast iron is also introduced, where a furnace can heat the iron until it melts into a liquid, before pouring it into a mold. Whilst brittle, it is a quick and inexpensive way to mass produce iron. Unfortunately, supplies of charcoal are always limited, and thus put an upper limit on iron production. -The army is reformed extensively, it now being a citizen's army. Several units will make up the bulk of the army, taking tactics and weapons mostly from the Romans and Greeks. These units are: - The Poeni. These are pikemen armed with Portuguese pikes. They employ phalanx tactics and are intended to screen the flanks of the heavy infantry. They quickly fall out of favour as they are inflexible and slow moving on the field. Missile support can only go so far, and so are side-lined by… - The Darak. These are heavy infantry derived from Roman legions. They more or less use the same equipment, and are relentlessly drilled until they're extremely disciplined, but are more intended to hold a line and grind down the enemy, supported by… - The Longbows. Troops equipped with Portuguese-style longbows, trained from the age of 14 to fire accurately and in volleys. They are intended to stay behind the lines and provide supporting fire. - The Seher-Seher. Essentially like the old Seher'Seher but with the addition of a Hyphen and Melee cavalry. They're intended to harass the enemy supply lines, and also to screen the far flanks of the main force. - All this tied together by a system of horseback riders delivering messages to increase quality of communications and professional Non-commissioned officers. -Non-citizens and some slaves are granted citizenship and pensions after they finish several years of service, thus giving a strong impetus to sign up for many of the poor and disposed. Many foreigners sign up as well, bringing their strange languages and customs with them. -A colony is established in Morocco, and the Phoenicians begin to slowly adopt mercantile policies after aggressive competition from Daggeran merchants begins to cause problems for their merchants. Attempts to grow cotton, to produce cheese, and paper don’t get very far. Cotton cannot grow very well in Phoenicia, and often competes with food on prime agricultural land. The Egyptians however, are much better suited to growing cotton, and out-compete the Phoenician farmers until mercantile policies were introduced. Even then, most farmers are not much bothered to grow cotton anyways. -A war with Numidia goes militarily successfully, but in terms of economic and social policy it is a failure. The war drains the treasury of the state and having to deal with foreign competition along with funding the navy is a problem. The Numidians are driven west and east, with several areas falling to Phoenician forces, having governors appointed to rule over them. At least they don’t try to convert the people’s religion or cultures, and they do bring aqueducts. Meanwhile, in order to control the weakened league of cities further, the government centralizes all powers on the island of Malta, assuming control of the army and taxation. The other cities are not in much of a position to complain, and any annoyed citizens tend to immigrate to the Moroccan colony anyways. A second one is established at the Pillars of Hercules to try and control some of the trade going by the straits. -The Phoenicians also find a way to deal with elephants. They throw large metal tripods with spikes on them around, and wait for elephants to walk on them whereupon they go insane in pain and flee from the plain. -Christianity arrives in Phoenicia, but is mostly the religion of the lowly, sometimes bordering on the underground. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=462795&dateline=1358155119[/img][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/jILvcy.png[/img] [b]Damian0358 – Velkij Donaljea Capital: Velehrad Culture: Mrvian (Slavic) State Religion: Apatheism (Unofficially Pržk)[/b] -The Empire has begun to see a shift in military warfare. With the stirrup, horseshoe, saddle and heavy lance now in existence, a cavalryman can wear heavy armour and do rather powerful charges on his opponents. He can run off and regroup with his fellows for another charge, repeatedly battering the enemy lines into submission. This tactic is not new, but the improvements to riding gear means that a cavalryman could stand up in his stirrups and attack somebody below, plus the saddle and horseshoe prevents a great deal of discomfort to the horse and allows it travel greater distances. The composition of the army is gradually changing over this period to make use of combined arms, although heavy cavalry is favoured. -Watchposts, gates, and towers are built at the borders of the empire along roads, waterways, and other passes of interest. Whilst intended to give warning of future invasion, in practice they mostly collect tolls and act as watchmen and a policing force. Still, the income is helpful, even if the merchants and peasantry don’t like paying tolls. -With the victory in the wars of the prior centuries (or so assumed), the Mrvian Emperor suggested a name for the Mrvian-Roman-Macedonian-Laubergian alliance. Asking the ruler of Rome to decide the name of the alliance, he gave it the name "Magnum quattuor" (The Big Four, in Latin). A treaty is signed where they split up the land inbetween each other, although nobody is truly happy with the results, most especially the native inhabitants of Dalmatia, Illyria, Thrace, and Pannonia. Eventually, the alliance between Macedon and Rome breaks down, followed by that between Rome and Laubergia. Small scale skirmishes and wars eventually break out between Laubergia and Rome. -The Emperor also asks Macedon to Hellenize Thrace extensively, so as to help solidify control over the area. The Macedonians do not do very much however, and continue with existing policies where they live in the towns and cities and leave the rest of the Thracians and Daggerians to live on their farms scratching a living from the soil. -Because of the considerable tolerance of foreign faiths here, Christianity makes significant inroads among the poor and enslaved. Arianism is a very popular branch of the religion here, but some bishops belonging to other branches call it a heresy. A significantly minority within the country adhere to the teachings of Brian. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=23000&dateline=1370465049[/img][img]http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/109107273/RP/Icons.png[/img] [b]Ruskie – Valittu kauppias mailla Capital: Juutalainen kaupunki Culture: Taputtaailainen State Religion: Palvonta ja sitä hampurilainen, kauppias, vapaus ja taputus[/b] -With the rising volume of trade, movement of goods, increasing size and complexity of architecture, and need to accurately measure and calculate quantities, the formal study of mathematics is starting to become seriously respected. One chap decides that he will try to work out the exact value of the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle. He gets a wheel and then spins it around; measuring the distance it travels in a single rotation. After doing this with many wheels, he confidently places the figure at 22/7, claiming that he has worked out the exact value of this strange constant. Soon afterwards, a lot of buildings are built with this constant worked into it somehow, under the belief that it holds religious significance. Somebody also later realizes that this 22/7 figure seems somehow wrong after he starts drawing polygons. He eventually founds a school of philosophical thought that holds that this constant cannot ever be obtained. It comes into conflict with the older which holds that the exact value of pi has already been computed. Members of each school are often beaten up and scribble increasingly longer figures of pi on each other’s school buildings as a form of graffiti. -Maize, and later, the turkey, are introduced to these people are around this time. Increasing diversification of agriculture has also come about with the result that whole manners of dishes can be prepared and served for every occasion. There is a significant lack of meats however (dogs and turkeys are not yet exploited on a significant scale), eggs are a luxury, and fishing makes up the bulk of peoples source for protein. Diets have declined ever since the adoption of agriculture, especially now that hunting is very difficult. Forests are starting to be managed for the purpose of extracting timber or to act as hunting grounds for the nobility. -Expansion begins to gradually slow down however. Expanding further north is much a bother due to the cold weather restricting agriculture. The limited abilities of fishing and the small size of boats mean that coastal expansion is also slow. Finally, to the south and the Appalachians the land is either too hilly or boggy. Beavers and the people to the south are responsible. The beavers dam up the streams and flood the land, with saline water being allowed to penetrate deeply and make much of the land unsuitable for habitation. The original inhabitants live there comfortably however, if not without the comforts of civilized people to the north. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=243999&dateline=1355864069[/img][img]http://i44.tinypic.com/mj1hfb.png[/img] [b]Satansick – Zulu Kingdom Capital: Bulawayo Culture: Zulu (Bantu) State Religion: NaN[/b] -Seeing that recording events of the past and present can be a useful tool for any politician to have access to, a system of writing is adopted after hearing from traders of a way of keeping information by putting scribbles down on various items. These scribbles initially are used to represent concepts and items more than anything else, and it takes long before somebody decides to start using a sound for each letter in their alphabet. -Taxes on beards are introduced, and almost instantly the entirety of the Kingdom becomes clean shaven. A few grumbles and complaints are heard, but nothing too large. Nobles meanwhile take to wearing beards as a sign of showing off their wealth. -The King, in his infinite wisdom, makes this announcement to his nobles: [i]“The zulus are fucking angry”.[/i] -A little while later, the Zulu begin another series of military campaigns, looting and pillaging villages before bringing them under their control. Ironworking has begun to slowly spread south into this part of the world, or is otherwise being independently developed. Whatever the case, the old bronze trade routes are falling apart and people are starting to switch to iron. The disruption is often an excuse for war and expansion along trade routes. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=130431&dateline=1373926878[/img][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/n7ubaD.png[/img] [b]YogiTheWise - The Weeaboo Empire Capital: Akihabara Culture: Wapanese (Japonic) State Religion: Waifuism[/b] -Given that Wapan is an island nation, good ships capable of long voyages are essential. Taking influences from China, a type of ship named the Junk is introduced, along with other innovations such as anchors and rudders. These ships are capable of sailing as far as Vietnam and back, along with all the goods that could be bought from such a voyage. The merchants are keen to build such ships in great numbers, sending them overseas to trade with China and Southeast Asia. The ports begin to swell considerably and the wealth of the mercantile classes grows, putting the nobility at considerable unease. -Iron begins to be imported, along with being mined. Sufficient quantities now exist to permit the construction of crossbows and various other weapons and armours introduced from China. These weapons are used en masse in the later “war on the Ainu”. In the war, the Shinigami sneaked around murdering leaders and setting houses on fire. Sometime later, the army arrives and begins to kill off the Ainu. This is taking a considerable deal of time though, and many of them are hiding in the wilds before launching ambushes on them. The savage Ainu has yet to be tamed. Crops are burned and Wapanese are murdered as the conflict escalates into generations spanning feuds. -The Emperor establishes a formalized legal system that implies punishment for most basic crimes, sets the age of consent (and marriage) to 14, infers death penalty for murder, paedophilia and spreading religions other than Waifuism and strengthens the abilities of the Emperor to pass and enforce laws, along with settling disputes. The most common way of death penalty is the so called “feeding the earth”: the perpetrator is burnt alive, with the remains being used as fertilizer. The process of the execution is often referred to as “cooking the Earth a meal.” Along with this, the first Wapanese courts of law and prisons appear, run by magistrates appointed by the Emperor or his governors. -The restrictions on Ainus are loosened, making them more serfs than slaves. At the same time however, the state introduces a single-child law for the Ainus: they are only allowed to have a single child in the family. Breaking the law is punishable by having your entire family fed to the Earth. But you will not be punished if one of the parents is of Wapanese ethnicity. At the same time, the Wapanese are encouraged to reproduce by subsidies to families that have 3 or more children and are entirely of Wapanese ethnicity. Of course this is very costly since most families have 3 or more children. In practice, the subsidies are given to people settling the north. -The Ainu become target of a new policy by regional governors and the state to ensure their complete removal. Cold resistant crops and methods are introduced to Hokkaido so as to allow settlement of the island by the Wapanese. The Ainu who flee into the wild are to be chased out and starved, with them rounded up and put into serfdom or executed. A great deal of rebellions happen, but after more than two centuries of this, the Ainu have been exterminated from the face of the earth. Settlements on the island itself remain limited however. -Settlements are begun on Sakhalin and other parts of northern Wapan. These people take to the seas where they find that whales are in relative abundance, and hunt them. The processed goods from their carcasses are exported to China, Korea, and Indonesia, where dipping food in whale oil is considered a delicacy. A Japanese whaling boat later becomes lost in a storm as whalers move out into the North Pacific. It lands in an odd land inhabited by fishermen and hunter-gatherers, who speak no language common to them. They meet with one of the groups and give them an iron axe in return for food, before sailing home and recounting the tale. -Waifuism goes underground in China, trying to convert the young so as to gain toeholds. The Chinese realize what is happening, and seize all the priests they can find. Some commit suicide, but the rest are executed. A ban is declared on Wapan, applicable to all Wapanese within the country. Many go into hiding or are forced to leave the country, and the ports are shut down to Wapanese traders. -The Wapanese merchants suffer considerably, and gradually relocate to Korea, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Whilst the clergymen and merchants are tolerated there, they won’t be forever. A religious tithe is then introduced, the proceeds of which are used for the upkeep of the church and some basic forms of social security and welfare. Many of these tithes go to supporting foreign missionaries. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=161518&dateline=1271152744[/img][img]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/379/cp8b.png[/img] [b]Crossu88 – Xerxes Capital: Ulysses Culture: Xerxes State Religion: Titus [/b] -As populations rise and crowd on the existing land, somebody realizes that better ways to make use of this limited resource might be wise. Houses begin to be built into each other, and then the walls start to slowly become straight and meet at right angles. Soon thereafter, the first streets appear and houses begin to have ladders and multiple rooms built on top. The first urban area appears, called Ulysses, although the name was given to that area for many years before. It is during the first few centuries of the Common Era that we find evidence of urban planning and sophisticated architecture in common use. The layers above show increasing sophistication and beauty over time as well, along with the establishment of architecture as something to study. -A large expansion of conquest starts southwards, seeking to subjugate the inland villages. The army does something rather interesting when they arrive. They end inter-tribal conflict to the best of their ability and try to reduce violence under their own rule. These villages eventually come to see the benefits of being under such rule, as they can trade and farm freely without worrying about being killed. The King helps extensively with this. He enters each village and organizes the clearing of land for roads, the introduction of plants and animals (collared peccaries and maize being the two main ones), the repairing of people’s houses, and recruitment of their bloodthirsty young men into the army to serve abroad. -A shrine to Titus is built in every new village, helping to solidify control and to spread the word of Titus. A centralized network eventually develops, reliant on the roads for good communications and transportation. With these, any rebellions can be easily located, isolated, and crushed. -Traders and various travellers are commissioned by the King to travel throughout Mesoamerica to open trade routes and to bring back items of cultural worth. They succeed in helping to pioneer many routes, along with introducing the various backward peoples in-between them and Mexico to their collared peccaries and agriculture. In return, the people of Xerxes eventually master maize farming and even have access to copper and cacao beans. There is also news of new novelties the traders have seen but have yet to bring back, such as wheels, turkeys, and rice. [img]http://i.imgur.com/Ah1JmKa.png[/img] [b]Chevelle – Kingdom of Portugal Capital: Lisbon Culture: Portuguese (Iberian) State Religion: Christianity (Generic) [/b] -Concrete is invented for the purpose of making big buildings that don’t fall down easily. Limestone is taken and heated in a furnace to draw off the impurities. It is then mixed with water to create lime, and then mixed with sand and volcanic ash to make concrete. Not only is it strong, but it can even set underwater! It is used for all types of constructions, including roads. The Spanish are keen to send over roadbuilders, who help to expand the network throughout Portugal. -Christians from Judea discover a society where they practice an almost identical religion to themselves, with the exception that it is unorganized. Quietly inserting themselves in and reforming it slightly, they announce to people they should be eating bread and drinking wine in a strange ceremony and must not succumb to worldly temptations. -The lands held by nobles who fled to Portugal during the civil war is returned to Spain in a formal ceremony, and an alliance is reaffirmed where they will assist in the war against the pagans to the north. They do so, although the casualties are considerably high. A chronicler writes that “[They] had the flesh hanging off the bones”. -In a nod to the Church, a great Cathedral named “Catedral de Lisboa” is constructed in the capital city. It is the largest Christian building on earth, complete with a carved image of Brian at the end of the hall on the cross. A massive dome made of concrete graces the building. For the establishment of the headquarters of Christianity, Lisbon is starting to look like a good choice. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=177457&dateline=1373912913[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/y8h3cpD.png[/img] [b]Kamikaze470 – Tefullmorostan dol el Wizterbien Capital: Al-Cido Monts Culture: Tozholleronese State Religion: Sfplazoro Ecekdorisim[/b] -The longbow is introduced to the people of this country. Making it is considerably difficult, along with training to use to weapon itself and to manufacture enough arrows to keep the archer supplied. It becomes a weapon of an elite group of soldiers trained from childhood to use it, although replacing these men is difficult. They do perform excellently in battle though, giving volleys of accurate arrow showers from great distance. A well placed cavalry charge could easily destroy them however, and so they are of limited effectiveness in battle. -Expansion into hostile or neutral villages continues, with the army and navy steadily growing into large and organized entities. The sale of slaves is profitable, and also helps to get rid of Christian troublemakers within the country. The money from sales can be spent to expand the scope and scale of wars, meaning more slaves, and in turn, more money for more wars and slaves. Many villages, having seen what happens, often surrender instead, declaring fealty to the King and keeping many of their old traditions intact. Taxes are always a starting point for rebellions, of which there is a considerable number. The slave supply remains considerably strong. -A grand university begins construction in the capital, intended to give the nobility a good education and a veneer of civilization on top to prove to the world that this country is forwards looking, civilized, and modern. Various magistrates and rulers suggest to potters to change their industry in case of depression, but as it is merely advice they are often ignored, with large potteries having booms and busts over the years. Instead, officials spend money on the building and expansion of road networks throughout the country, mostly as a means of getting to rebellious areas quickly so as to put down a revolt before it becomes a real problem. -Mehdi Ziad Edgar Fareed Wissergoel VIII, better known in history as Fareed Witzergoel VIII, Gurjiyahh (king) of Wizterbien, dies in 67 CE at the age of thirty-five. His sudden death caused a crisis among the nobility, since he had not sired any children and most of his immediate relatives eligible for rule were dead. With his untimely death, the great House of Witzergoel, whom had provided a consecutive line of Gurjiyahhs' to rule the Tozholleronese since the late 800s' BCE, has effectively gone extinct. Although, a noble from its Hursmans-Witzergoel cadet branch, Gabir Ghalib Heike Talib Wissergoel (or simply Heblib Wissergoel I), was a potential for the throne, he was a known Maggaqarist. Fervent Ecekdorisist clerics and nobles scoffed at the idea of bending the knee to a Maggaqarist Gurjiyahh. Moreover, according to ancient customs, a Maggaqarist was ineligible to rule. -In the following year, over thirty hundred attendees would convene for what would be known as the Council of Sbia. The council would determine who would rule over the Tefullmorostan, lasting for several weeks before the council would finally come to a solid agreement. The next Gurjiyahh who would succed Fareed Witzergoel III would be a popular noble, Joël Franz Izz-ud-Din Cassius Snidus (Joël Snidus I), a pro-Ecekdorisist and a seasoned captain in the Shariyyah. In order to avoid upsetting the other sect, a compromise was made; Heblib Wissergoel I would be crowned as Luniarsa-Gurjiyahh (Junior King), and had marginally less powers than Joël has, although the ability to veto actions was still retained. -After the death of Heblib in 92 CE, the diarchy was in danger of being abolished, but that particular issue ended up being averted by his heir Heblib II anyway. Later in 164 CE however, the second Council of Sbia would finally come to the verdict of abolishing the dual rule, where it was done so in 166 CE following the death of Luniarsa-Gurjiyahh Octavius Wissergoel IV, leaving the Gurjiyahh (then Mihammad Snidus III) the sole ruler once more. In the century following the council, Christianity makes several inroads into the country but only really manages to convert recent conquered people and slaves. Missionaries tend to stay away from this country. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=193052&dateline=1296445519[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/rEyEn6V.jpg[/img] [b]Mackalda2k6 – The Delian League Capital: Athens Culture: Greek (Hellenic) State Religion: Greek Pantheon[/b] -One of the hallmarks of civilization is the distance one puts between himself and his excrement, or so once said a famous man. The Greeks, whilst having usually built basic sanitation, are taking it to Roman heights. They lay lead or clay pipes, have flushing toilets constructed, fountains built, aqueducts and lakes dammed to provide fresh and reliable water sources to the cities. Whilst the poor do not have plumbing in their own housing, it does keep the streets remarkably clean and reduces the likelihood of disease spreading. Unfortunately, public bathes and toilets remove any advantage gained, as sick people tend to go to these places as doctors hang out there and the waters are often purported to have medical properties. -Refreshed by the soldiers from city-states new to the league, the army sets out on the warpath against the Romans in Epirus. After several intense battles, the Roman legions are splintered and sent running back to Rome, this being a key drive behind the reform of the Roman army. The Delians then turn to the Macedonians, defeating them in the field and pushing hard on their possessions throughout the countryside, although unable to expand a great deal northwards. The Kingdom of Macedonia itself is busy colonizing and subjugating the Thracians, and so have little interest in the conflict besides holding onto existing possessions. The Macedonians later break their alliance with Rome and drift off to run their own affairs. They sue for peace with the Delians to maintain borders as they are now. Rome also sues for peace, giving the Delians control of Epirus. -While these campaigns are going on, Greek strategy begins incorporating the legion style into their tactics, using them as flanking units on the edge of central phalanx lines. With the capture of Epirus, famed for its horses, the armoured cavalry becomes more prominent, with both more horses and trained men to ride them. The league also tries to recruit Cretan archers, but the Empire of Dagger has put them all to work in the navy. The Greeks themselves eventually end the war with Rome and Macedon, but often raid Mrvian trading ships. -After the fall of Epirus to the Romans, the League shelters the King of Epirus. Convincing him to join the League, they send their armies in with a call to return the King to his throne. After the reconquest, Epirus settles into the League. As the League begins shouldering more of the costs of the wars, a tax begins to be collected from each city-state in the League, with the cost being proportional to the citizens within the city. Census data is taken by the bureaucracy for the newly joining city-states to allow this tax. -The School of Athens emerges at the start of the first century, educating young students and offering a place for people to study the natural world. In an effort to spread the newly found knowledge to the people, the School of Athens begins sending students on large tours of the League where they travel and hold special events; at these events they educate the citizens on the newest findings and philosophies of the day. Whilst people often enjoy coming to these events, it does not leave too great an impression on them. They do begin to turn away from the old pantheon (as hoped for originally), but for unrelated reasons. Christians have arrived, and are spreading the good word of Brian. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=258151&dateline=1370986149[/img][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/Km7glV.png[/img] [b]BananaFoam – Ibolozi Confederation Capital: Ibbus Sieciwiz Culture: Siberian (Uralic) State Religion: East Medith Pantheon[/b] -Increasing output of food leaves time to people to do other important things like intercourse and making things. During this time, the discovery of agriculture and the ability to store food long term means that people can build up food surpluses and use it to create other items. People begin to slowly divide themselves into doing different tasks based on their skills at those tasks. Burial evidence shows graves diversifying and people being buried with the tools of their trade. The need to travel great distances also necessitates professional boat builders and sailors along with traders and the well informed who gather information from other people and the land, then use it for the common good. -As the work of translating the old oral stories and then committing them to written word, let alone retranslate them again is time consuming, much of the following, whilst purported to be an account of this period, is best treated with some scepticism and awareness that some information may have been lost in translation. - The skirmishes between the Tuca erupt into a full scale tribal war. The Ibolozi win the war, but at great cost. Many warriors lay dead, but many still are saved by the bone and wood armour, although the casualty rate is not much improved. Aralic, the War Leader of the tribe, begins to see value in such technology. Not only that, but it gives him an idea on how to improve it. For weeks he toils with various different materials, finding which is the most effective. Stone is effective at blocking weapons but is far too heavy. Wood and bone, while effective against sharp edges and weak attacks, is weak against axes or clubs. Wood also fractures violently, lodging splinters in the wearer. However, wood is durable, abundant, and conifers from the north have wood that is lightweight enough to be worn as armour. Woven armour fails to block proper attacks but can stall wood or stone arrows from a range, but not completely negate them. Hides and furs are the same. Inevitably he comes to the conclusion that several types of armour, overlaid, will offer more protection. He teaches this armour working to craftsmen and villagers. The new basic equipment of the Ibolozi is wooden plate covered in hide or woven reeds, and some padded furs on top for warmth, comfort, and to further help stall blows. While it won't block a determined enemy, it is effective at stopping severe damage from wooden arrows and other wooden weapons. -Strange men in a boat arrive on the northern shores of the confederacy. They wear cloths made of a thin material and appear slightly different. They practice a religion where they worship the “Wahphuu” and give the people of the village an iron axe in return for food. The men sail home never to return. -Local craftsmen and craftswomen later add on to his invention by creating rudimentary wooden shields to be traded with the armour set. Such shields can also be used to push an enemy over or bust his nose. -Uglik's rule comes into question. Now an aged man, Uglik is slowly realizing his dream of conquering the Great Valley. He becomes ashamed and hides in his lodgings in grief for many days. Finally, he is approached by the Elders. They propose Uglik make the journey north, to the Whitelands, to bring his chapter as chieftain to an end. Defiant to the end, Uglik strikes one of the Elders and boasts that he will never go north, that even death is afraid of him and that he will live and rule forever. Elder Lozid suggests that, since they are too weak to fight any wars, Uglik should instead go in search of new lands either to settle or to trade with. Uglik, still enraged, demands the Elders leave. Hours later, Uglik is seen departing into the snow with two scouts, Luez and Clirk. They venture along trade routes to the Southeast. Though none of the trio is seen in their homelands again, tales of their exploits occasional flow back home on the mouths of traders. Supposedly Uglik, after years of adventuring, succumbs to wounds he sustains fighting a buffalo. A statue is commissioned in a far off land at a village the trio once saved from raiders, or so say the merchants. Meanwhile, the Elders convene again but come to disagreement over who the new Chieftain must be. Elder Isum suggests that there should be no Chieftain, as the Elders already govern the tribe as a whole just fine and far off settlements usually handle themselves. Eventually it is agreed that they will form what the historians call a Confederacy, though it technically doesn't match an actual confederacy. -The story of a statue matches the information gained from the excavation of a statue in a small town in the Midwest of the continent. The statue is curiously enough adorned with early bronze trinkets and even has a dogcart buried with it along with several dogs. - Uglik's "journey" is actually a big farce to lure him away for a huge project. Traders from Ula Borgium sailed south to an island they named Vancuuver and found natives there successfully growing a large harvest of vegetables and berries. Seeing this as a great opportunity to learn the secrets of agriculture, Elder Orcemun sets out to found a colony of his own on the Northern part of the isle. After distracting Uglik (for fear that he would wage war on the people of the island) though he finds that his scouts were correct, he also finds that there are several native tribes dominating the island by force. Orcemun finds the Native Katyuks, who are peaceful enough to approach. He strikes a deal. Rather than pay the traditional tribute that foreign tribes pay when entering the Confederacy, he instead will give them protection from the marauding tribes in exchange for the secrets of agriculture. The Katyuks agree, and before long the Ibolozi colony is growing crops. They strike back against the raiding Natives, forcing them off the island, allowing more settlements to be set up and flourish. However, Orcemun dies peacefully of old age before he gets to see the island come under their complete control. In other parts, the lands east of the traditional Ibolozi settlements, having long been exposed to the Ibolozi culture and actually being inhabited by some Ibolozi people, are annexed by the tribe. The sparse settlements hold little of value that the Ibolozi don't already have, but annexing them has enabled them to control valuable hunting grounds. The actual population density is exceedingly low, and any sort of settled life there is practically impossible. -Life on the island is not much better either. The crops can only grow during certain times of the year and are largely undomesticated. No staple crop exists either, so even then people are often dependent on fishing, foraging, and hunting. Maize itself has only gotten as far as California, although the residents there do not sell the crop due to lack of demand for it up north. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=507230&dateline=1376613839[/img][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/ijCHd9.png[/img] [b]StaleRye – The Baltic Entente Capital: Riga Culture: Livonian (Baltic) State Religion: Deism[/b] -Ships of significant sizes are being developed. Unlike their Mediterranean cousins they are sailing in something more akin to a big lake than the sea. They have flatter bottoms and rowers, but are also lightweight and possible to carry. The great galleys to the south are too heavy and bulk y for up here, and so lightweight rowing ships that can go up and down rivers are used instead. They employ a single large sail and rarely have towers built on them. A merchant version named the Knarr does not have rowers, but is useful for the large scale transportation of goods over water. - The news of Rome's shenanigans reaches as far north as The Entente, and the King says that the army shall have to be made stronger so as to repel such a thread to their people. The army then promptly proceeds to attack villages and towns around the island of Osel before taking them over. They begin to gradually bring the Balts under control, along with the highly lucrative amber road. With duties on trade and expansion of roads, ports, and shipbuilding, there is a lot of money to be made. Traders are starting to sail west as well towards the Germans in Scandinavia and Germania, establishing trade routes and subtly moving the sphere of trade in the process. -Fishing and lumber are two highly supported industries. This is the great age of food production, whereby many old forests untouched since the Palaeolithic are cleared and tilled. Crops are planted and the timber is exported for sale or used for construction. Forestry management eventually arises as somebody realizes one day there is a shortage of timber for fuel and building. Iron production is also limited by charcoal production, a considerable problem. - News of the aftermath of War of The First Coalition reaches The Entente by means of scouts reporting back from the central European region near Velkij Donaljea, and public opinion is mixed. A large portion of the population seeks isolationism from the rest of the known world, but the current monarch insists that the best thing to do in these times is to go forth and instructs the soldiers pushing the frontier, citing this as leverage when negotiating more communities into assimilation under the crown, promising protection from conflicts that the country has no say in. This strategy works quite effectively and saves some bloodshed in expansion, although most people are annoyed at the idea of being taken over by a foreigner and being told what to do. Wars last a while but are ultimately in favour of the Entente. -One of the many lessons learned from the conflict is one of military strategy. The king, unhappy with the current state of the military as ragtag farmers and other labourers, sets in motion decrees for the reform of the armies, starting with the establishment of a full-time professional army under his control and manufactories owned and operated by the crown to supply weapons, armour, and supplies for his men. Iron age logistics and industrial production is low however, especially in a predominantly agricultural society, so this army resembles a bodyguard more than an actual army. [img]http://facepunch.com/image.php?u=405122&dateline=1362455815[/img][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/zAG825.gif[/img] [b]Salricci – Kingdom of Arhonia Capital: Kraskai Culture: Arhonic (Germanic) State Religion: Hutonism[/b] -Boats begin to change in design, developing into a style quite unlike of the ships to the far south. With flat bottoms, being long and thin, along with banks of oars and a sail, a flexible type of sailing boat is made which can cross the high seas and goes upriver, and is even light enough for the crew to drag overland. The rising population means that more warriors are heading out to raid now, and raiders sometimes meet each other on the Rhine. Of course, the Celts and Germans they are raiding aren’t too happy about this, and begin to form larger confederations of tribes to fight off these threats. Some wealthy people respond by building fortifications or hiding their money elsewhere. -The raiders also kidnap young children from conquered Celt villages and send them back home, where they will be adopted by Germanic families to learn the German language and culture, as well as indoctrinate them to the religion of Hutonism. After this, they are strongly disciplined and trained into becoming an elite fighting unit, and can take no other occupation besides a warrior. These convert soldiers will become known as the Huutunkundaruug -An elective monarchy is established, whereby a group of arhonian nobles will choose a appropriate heir from the King's dynasty after he has died, in contrast to the throne being passed down to the oldest son , and all of his lands divided up equally amongst his children. -The Kingdom expands along the Rhine and Frisian coast. Whilst clearing forests and draining marshes take years, it is much easier to kill somebody and move into his house, a process which takes about twenty five minutes. [B]Current player List:[/B] Mr. Face – Spain Zillamaster55 – Tribe of Laubergians KingArcher – The Empire of Dagger Mallow234 – Phoenicia Damian0358 – Velkij Donaljea Ruskie – Sitä rohkea hampurilainenkunta ja läpättääistan Satansick – Zulu Kingdom YogiTheWise - The Weeaboo Empire Crossu88 – Xerxes Kamikaze470 – Tefullmorostan dol el Wizterbien Mackalda2k6 – The Delian League BananaFoam – Ibolozi Tribe Salricci – Kingdom of Arhonia StaleRye – The Baltic Entente [b]If you haven’t already done so, please join our group. There will usually be people chatting in the chat room after each turn is posted, so please pop in for a visit.[/b] [url]http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FaRPG[/url]

You need to update Kingarcher's avatar

[QUOTE=Crossu88;41934752]You need to update Kingarcher's avatar[/QUOTE] Quite a few avatars, actually.

[QUOTE=YogiTheWise;41941310]Quite a few avatars, actually.[/QUOTE] gib spain avatar pls

Are we going to use Medieval II: Total War when we get to that time period? Also, Rome: Total War is 5 dollars on Steam. Why do these sales always happen when I [i]don't[/i] have money?

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The picts shall live again

[QUOTE=kamikaze470;41944429][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yZCnQEx.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Why is his hat made of hairy, black bollocks?

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;41947518]Why is his hat made of hairy, black bollocks?[/QUOTE] thank god i wasn't the only one who thought that

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;41947518]Why is his hat made of hairy, black bollocks?[/QUOTE]Well, I tried to base it off this. [t]http://troutlily.net/images/2004/baptism/24/med/img0324.jpg[/t] But as you can see, it ended up looking weird. Oh well.

Appears Sobot is having internet troubles

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;41957174]Appears Sobot is having internet troubles[/QUOTE] Yes, I was wondering about that. [editline]24th August 2013[/editline] Also, new flag ya'll [IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/u6ecpj.png[/IMG]

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