Mongol Empire
EDIT: Changed the History to reflect not the original Mongol Empire but a new and improved Mongol Empire rising from the ashes.
Religion: None (Tribal Shamanism)
Government: Monarchist
Capital: Karakorum (The Stared tile. It's close enough to the real life version, meh)
Leader: Genghis Khan
History: The Original Mongolian Empire fell. We know this. We cherish that memory and what came after as a lesson our people had not yet learned. It shined briefly and fell to ashes, for you see this is the way of mankind. We build and destroy so that when we rebuild it can be done better then before. Climbing to higher and higher heights until one day we will pierce the heavens themselves.
But first you must know our story. Hear me and know us. We, the Golden Horde were all that remained of those once great times. We wandered here and there, but no matter how downtrodden we became, we knew we had once been great. Can you see us in your minds eye child? Those poor people, our ancestors, had done the impossible. With only horses and will they had united a greater empire that had ever been seen by the world since. You find their descendants, echoes of their former ancestors, on a day like any other, talking about the glory days. They pass a female traveller who tells them of the Red Death. The Plague that destroyed the world itself. They have a choice now. Do they continue on in their ways or do they change?
Temujin was but a young man then, so still and quiet, his head always stuck in a scroll, reading, learning. The rest of the men barely noticed him until this day. But perhaps he had always been destined for greatness. He had been named for the leader of old, who united the tribes and destroyed a cycle of murder building something new and better in it's place. His wife kidnapped, his people turned against him, yet still the first Temujin had continued. Names have weight.
But the world is always cruel. True glory comes not from revelling in this. It comes from fighting it, the human soul crying out into the darkness "NO MORE". This was Temujin's moment. When the riders realised Civilization had fallen, when they took the female traveller and threw her to the ground. When they laughed dark laughs that craved and nourished chaos itself.
They could be better then this. They could be more. Their's could be the light that rebuilds the world itself. That pierces the heavens and creates a paradise on earth. The world was wrong. The future lay not in accepting this fact. But in making it RIGHT. People were not animals. They were small gods one and all able to change the universe itself, if just enough of them stood together anything was possible. These words and more poured out of our Young Kings heart.
But the words of the wise are wasted on dark hearts. Evil is a word that falls far too short of it's truth. For to see Evil is to know it exists, everywhere. To know Evil is to understand that the battle was lost once long ago when the world fell into darkness and shadow. The road to Nirvana will be paved with suffering and trials.
The Wise Man wishes his words alone would stop evil. But he knows in his heart what needs to be done. Good things are all too often snuffed out due to not acknowledging this truth. When Evil comes at you it will smile, it will be strong and it will want you broken. It could have been the end of it then, but the Young King was a wise man. He knew the strength of our people was in our horses and it had been him that raised each of the fowls into maturity. His hand that guided them.
I will not speak of the violence of that day. You already can guess what happened. The Young King pardoned those that saw the light, protected the traveller and when she forgave our people she married him and bore him an heir. They travelled back to their homeland and united the tribes once more. But this time we did it better. This time we did it right. Violence is our nature. The Darkness of the world surrounds us and we can use it and unleash it, but not revel in it. Not all men can become pure. But we few stuck in this dark world can use what we know to make the world better.
Step by step.
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Religion
Can we reserve the next Religion as a Eastern influenced one? So far we have three Judo-Christian influenced ones and one miscellaneous. Would be nice to get Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto or another similar in next.
EDIT: Religion request for the East sent.
EDIT: Changed the History to reflect not the original Mongol Empire but a new and improved Mongol Empire rising from the ashes.
Religion: None (Tribal Shamanism)
Government: Monarchist
Capital: Karakorum (The Stared tile. It's close enough to the real life version, meh)
Leader: Genghis Khan
History: The Original Mongolian Empire fell. We know this. We cherish that memory and what came after as a lesson our people had not yet learned. It shined briefly and fell to ashes, for you see this is the way of mankind. We build and destroy so that when we rebuild it can be done better then before. Climbing to higher and higher heights until one day we will pierce the heavens themselves.
But first you must know our story. Hear me and know us. We, the Golden Horde were all that remained of those once great times. We wandered here and there, but no matter how downtrodden we became, we knew we had once been great. Can you see us in your minds eye child? Those poor people, our ancestors, had done the impossible. With only horses and will they had united a greater empire that had ever been seen by the world since. You find their descendants, echoes of their former ancestors, on a day like any other, talking about the glory days. They pass a female traveller who tells them of the Red Death. The Plague that destroyed the world itself. They have a choice now. Do they continue on in their ways or do they change?
Temujin was but a young man then, so still and quiet, his head always stuck in a scroll, reading, learning. The rest of the men barely noticed him until this day. But perhaps he had always been destined for greatness. He had been named for the leader of old, who united the tribes and destroyed a cycle of murder building something new and better in it's place. His wife kidnapped, his people turned against him, yet still the first Temujin had continued. Names have weight.
But the world is always cruel. True glory comes not from revelling in this. It comes from fighting it, the human soul crying out into the darkness "NO MORE". This was Temujin's moment. When the riders realised Civilization had fallen, when they took the female traveller and threw her to the ground. When they laughed dark laughs that craved and nourished chaos itself.
They could be better then this. They could be more. Their's could be the light that rebuilds the world itself. That pierces the heavens and creates a paradise on earth. The world was wrong. The future lay not in accepting this fact. But in making it RIGHT. People were not animals. They were small gods one and all able to change the universe itself, if just enough of them stood together anything was possible. These words and more poured out of our Young Kings heart.
But the words of the wise are wasted on dark hearts. Evil is a word that falls far too short of it's truth. For to see Evil is to know it exists, everywhere. To know Evil is to understand that the battle was lost once long ago when the world fell into darkness and shadow. The road to Nirvana will be paved with suffering and trials.
The Wise Man wishes his words alone would stop evil. But he knows in his heart what needs to be done. Good things are all too often snuffed out due to not acknowledging this truth. When Evil comes at you it will smile, it will be strong and it will want you broken. It could have been the end of it then, but the Young King was a wise man. He knew the strength of our people was in our horses and it had been him that raised each of the fowls into maturity. His hand that guided them.
I will not speak of the violence of that day. You already can guess what happened. The Young King pardoned those that saw the light, protected the traveller and when she forgave our people she married him and bore him an heir. They travelled back to their homeland and united the tribes once more. But this time we did it better. This time we did it right. Violence is our nature. The Darkness of the world surrounds us and we can use it and unleash it, but not revel in it. Not all men can become pure. But we few stuck in this dark world can use what we know to make the world better.
Step by step.
Claims:
Notes:
Religion
Can we reserve the next Religion as a Eastern influenced one? So far we have three Judo-Christian influenced ones and one miscellaneous. Would be nice to get Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto or another similar in next.
EDIT: Religion request for the East sent.
