Deity Indians - A PIE's Ancient Europe (PAE) adventure

Here starts a potential long story about a nation that might vanish at any moment. Life was rough and ruthless, leaving no place for the weak.

Near a river bank, a small group of individuals are scavenging remains of killed prey whose life were taken by bigger and stronger. As time goes and as knowledge is seeping in raw minds, those souls started to take liberties around a particular region and a sedentary life took place over the perilous one that spanned over thousands years.

Those, who are called, the Indus cilivization by faraway nations in the future, were ready to fight against all to survive as nature dictates everyday life.

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Here we start: a deity game on a large scaled mapsize.



A charismatic man was fatherly caring about his children. He was hight Taxiles.
In real life, Taxiles is known to be a contemporaneous of Alexander the Great and to call assistance by that illustrious general to fight his indian neighbours.



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SHORTCUTS​

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The Humble Beginnings (Part One)​

A group of individuals is making its way to a riverbank.



A that time, tribes were scattered and the indians were curious to make contacts with those.



Given the abnormal density of bovine creatures. The people started to make a veneration of a goddess called Kamadhenu. Cows became the sacral animal of india.





A tribe offered some workforce to Taxiles, pleased by his amenity. Taxiles thought judicious for the moment to send those as exploratory task force to contact more of these tribes. Sadly, not all are friendly. On the contrary, some green-eyed villages felt the right to take over and plunder.



Exploration continued.



And suddenly, a great surprise awaited the betrayed Taxiles.



He felt more and more anxious of the treacherous nature of other tribes. Surprisingly, it seemed that one was still under a nomadic lifetime. Without taking the chance to be taken aback by further treachery, Taxiles mulled over by being the agressor, chances were stronger to his side to protect his children. Treasures await those enough courageous and firm to their will. That tribe was certainly populous and jeopardizing.

Under stress, Pericles, went along another route to protect his congeners from the gone haywire indian leader.



The greek strongest warrior was perplexed by such cowardice and brought a pack of his friends against the brutal indians. The indian warrior was sturdy, but fell to the second warrior.



Definitely not giving in to the greeks, Taxiles sent two more of his strongest militia to clash against those who are not indians.



It seems the greeks shifted from a nomadic lifestyle to a sedentary style.



Using the strategic layout of the lands, the fearless warrior was definitely empowered and scared any greek to retaliate.



Sadly, one of the duo stumbled to stronger than oneself and was panicking.



Taxiles felt the constraints and was forced to a strategic retreat.



Something was off! Taxiles was certain there were such a great colony; enough to settle two villages. It seems most of the unwanted colonizers were eaten by those ferine creatures.



Disasters after disasters befell upon the now ruthless indians.



People were asking more and more question about their existence and why such a ferocious and cruel world. That spawned several visions about the world.



Some sects were starting to venerate more and more allegorical figures along Kamadhenu, the bovine goddess.



Indians were feeling less desperate and lost in such a relentless world with a sense of explanation attached to it.

Still, there are tales of faraway nations...





Seems in the small tribe that one prophet announcing the paroles of the gods was a unscrupulous charlatan. That definitely hurt the nation knowledge of the world. The prophet was beheaded without remorse.



The one that succeeded was simply incredible in his profession. His once a generation talent crowded in a trice the tribe to truth about gods.





At last, a firm amount of belief there was a multitude of strengths of nature gave birth of the vedic religion.



Still, the people were afraid to go outside the tight known world. Some warriors were starting to practise with new weapons such as one named the atlatl.

A growing condidence were growing to fight back those ravenous beasts.

Ah, PAE. Definitely subbed.

Using one's workforce to scout hostile territory? What a foolish nation indeed!

Some decisions look foolish like gunning for a religion or using workers to scout when compared to vanilla BTS, but encased into PAE mod, those decisions are radically different.

As time passes, Hindu faith grew in strength, affecting neighbourhood to the local faith.



Knowing better the surroundings by living somewhat confortably in these limited lands, task forces were trained so to make a nest of this feral nature.



Finally, local people more or less attached to Taxiles rule were finally sensitive of the local faith, making them the second annexion of the indian tribe.



Taxiles, short in decisions, decided to send another exploratory squad, hoping to be sufficiently strong to survive in the wilderness. En route, the greeks are still target.



As soon outside the safe zone, the militia was already struck by fear in this world teeming with dangerous predators.



Already, the squad felt to the bone the hardships of those daring to join the exploratory squad for riches and fame. It had to be seen by the very eyes their greed was antagonist of their will to live and they knew too late they were wrong in this critical decision.



Sadly, the exploratory squad never returned to the indian cradle to share extraordinary tales to the astounded people.



Taxiles knew that was simply impossible to fight those bloodthirsty beasts armed with natural weapons with weak clubs and spears.
New methods were necessary to make any progression. The atlatl was invented...somewhat. Hand-thrown spears made no effect against bigger animals like the mighty bear. And the distance of shooting insufficient to make an escape. Atlatl revealed to be quite an astucious weapon for using the same strength while throwing neatly farther and stronger. Elite warriors, those who proved themselves worthy for survival, were armed by such divine arm. Those were called the hunter class.



To the east of Kamadhenu's home, there was a spot of a jungle oasis filled moderately with moving food. Worker forces set up traps and the region for better hunting results.



For india, mountains were often seen as the path to the gods; a place dignified to be their home. The current prophet proclaimed an unknown mountain, to be now called the Mount Meru was the the center all of cosmologic energy. Indian fellows must find the holy mountain to achieve transdency.



Finally, Taxiles felt his squad will be succesful in facing the great dangers that nature has to offer.



Time passes, the sedentary lifestyle clung to the people brought new abilities on how to make nature more friendly. Not to mention that one individual stumbled on a new kind of fruit...totally edible and most delicious. That was top priority to exploit that new source of food.



The new kind of exploratory squad was ready to leave the homeland.



But one warrior, stubborn and reckless to prove his strength went ahead without minding the squad instruction. He was ensnared by the treacherous god of death, Yama.



Sadly, the others arrived too late to save his skin and had to avoid at all cost the terrible beast.



Still, Yama is a mischievous god not loosing his grip on his prey. Terrible fate awaited those elite warriors, thiking they had a chance to confront the forces of nature. No matter where they go, a new huge beast was quietly waiting its prey!



One hunter knew that was a desesperate situation and got fed up by those constant sacrifial waves without purpose. He faced the gigantic bear, nearly to death and baited them towards him to save his brothers in arm.



After all those tribulations, finally, the indian nation met face to face against their sworn foe, Pericles. No quarters for them.



His brothers died in vain and he was running amok through the greek hills. Rampaging everything he judged of value.



The greeks, furious against the spoliator, were throwing spears at the sturdy warriors, who felt the wounds become unbeareable, had to leave momentarily Pericles' homeland.



He sat in the grass, taken by despair, thinking how much of a cruel world we're living in.

All I want to know is "Where's the Beef?!"

lymond said:

All I want to know is "Where's the Beef?!"

Click to expand...

On a cow. NinjaCow, to be exact.

Fog of war is looking good.
Your cities start as colonies... Any chance you lose a colony to a rival Civ? Can you "upgrade" a colony to something else?
Did it really cost you 10g to build that first improvement?

As the brave Indian hunters left the safe haven of Kamadhenu Home to venture into the wilderness, their hearts were raised to high spirits.
From behind them, they could hear the cheerful chorus of the village elders, singing the traditional Vedic sacrificial song: In the Wilderness, they went, praying to the Gods that they would show mercy upon their devoted people.
Such was the Genesis of their adventure.

The tribe was constantly limited in population due to the unhealthy surroundings. Jungles were a great source of sustainment, but brought its dangerous fauna, thwarting the now indian nation to expand further. It always was a pleasure to see natural healthy forests creeping in the cradle of Hinduism. May wine bring a moment of rest for the sturdy indians about to learn the secrets of a better one.



Sadly, jungle regions expanded at the expense of the people.



New expeditions were in the bucket list. And results finally happened. The stalwart warriors finally brought down the mighty beast. It was finally the beginning of human specie taking over those unrefined animals.



The long forgotten hunter from an ancient expedition has settled a small tribe around the greek center. More of these hunters were raised and fought constantly the lands against their neighbours. Might be greeks or unknown ones like the stray warrior the hunter did slain.



As new expeditions become more and more tactical and better to counter the ravenous beasts, scouting went finally farther.



And that led to better hunting results if the teeming region is under control.



Of course, nothing held back the local chieftains to make several raids against the weaker neighbours.



Finally, raisins were domesticated and ready for good wine for the spirit.



As the leader became more and more influent, the idea of a centralized power sprouted in the minds of the inhabitants. Indus civilization was definitely no more soon, shifting from one leader with limited control to one with extended one over the future city-state.



And to every natural power that impresses the locals, a god was born.

Another good update!

I find it odd I haven't subbed yet... so Subbed!

So your hunter survived the round? Nice!

Is there any benefit you can get from trolling the Greeks? Seems like you can't hope to capture the city, nor the worker, nor nothing.

When do you think you'll get your 1st settler out? Is that for the next set?

About the fog of war: is there a point at which your Civ gains the ability to map the surroundings, so explored areas remain known even after you move your units away?

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Indeed, the path I chose seems weird when encased in regular BTS format. But in PAE, we start out in the Neolithic where creating other colonies are not availblle until a tech called internal colonization. And even before, the other critical tech is Leadership leading to the Palace construction allowing espionage points+critical 4 additional commerce points to get through the techs towards the second critical tech, the said I.Colonization.
Basically, you have a tribe and the world is limited to the tribe.

You said to me worker stealing did allow distorted edge; in PAE, that is even worse. When capturing early workers, that enables slaves. Slaves can be sold for gold, can rush buildings/wonders for ~40 hammers, can improve twice as fast compared to regular paid worker (but 5% a turn to be killed though) and at last, the most powerful being settled in the city as a farmer (2 from nowhere!!!!! or 2 -1 , etc.). I assure it did give me a lot of these slaves.

Capturing cities early is extremely hard, nearly impossible. Warriors defenses are boosted trice as strong their strength while you attack with the same unit, but without boost.

Fog of War tends to spread back to unseen/unattended regions.

Rules are different.

Indians were thriving from such ludicrous forced trades with the Greeks. Forced workforce helped the indians to rise in power. Plunders and enslaving were indian best skill in this unjust world and they knew how to exploit the weaks. The greeks knew no means to catch up those unrivaled hunters rampaging the northern location of Athens. The geography was a doubled-edge sword, while protecting the cities from waves of onsets, it also protected the plunderers from any retaliations.







Again, albeit the extreme ire of Pericles, he has to concede another ceasefire so his people can rest a bit and hunts a bit the northern area teeming with deers.One favorite meat of Athenians.



The current leader, a descendent of the glorious Taxiles dynasty, couldn't help smirking being a victor each time. He had the greeks under his iron grasp and wasn't willing to let them go for any excuses. No mercy shall be given!



Still, carrying out a riskless transportation of slaves was not possible. Yet the slave route wasn't secured once for all. Greeks were certainly a foe, but a weak one agonizing. Nature gods, on the other hand, were terrifying.




Years have passed and indeed the cease came to expire soon. Pericles had to pay his due.



Meanwhile, at the very center of the tribal forum, the current leader needed more advices from experienced members of the community. Many mistake were made through the years, some critical and he knew that a growing tribe was more and more difficult to police. He had to lay down a council from which he could inspire new ideas on how to manage better the tribe.



The slaves finally arrived home. Harsh works on the farms were instantly attributed to them, making the crops better this year.



Pericles had to pay his tribute. Furiously, he refused, claiming he had nothing to give. An expedition to forcefully get the due was initiated.



Indeed, that seemed true the Athenians had nothing to give. Still, the indians are patient. They'll wait at their leisure to get their annual flow of slaves.




The legends of the vedic gods was spread mouth to mouth more efficiently. It was spreading like plague, allowing new pagan people to join the tribe.



Of course, it was foolish to believe someone with a snake tongue. Pericles' latest actions proved he had enough resources to lead an expedition to fight into the sacred indian lands.

But seems some of the soldiers from that squad was weakly believing their leader decisions. To the point of defection.





As the faith grew, more and more believers were standing at public place to receive the divine paroles. Hence was born a new class in the fledgling society whose mission was to teach the legends of the gods.



More actions in the greek lands:




The leader sure was reveling in what he was doing.

I recommend Imgur, not ImageUpper.

A why/reason would be most welcomed. Anyways, on my laptop, Imgur kept sending me some error upload failing. It just doesn't work.

Well, you don't need to register, and the pics aren't slid over to the left of the post.

Voilà! I centered the thumbnails. I don't know about registering. I didn't need to. And I suppose you don't need too.