AbNESIV: The Rood and the Dragon (Development Thread)

Adrogans · Aug 1, 2008

Yeah its kinda mixed in.

Spoiler :

Scotland's population comprised two main groups:

1. the Picts, the original peoples (possibly a Brythonic Celtic group) who occupied most of Scotland north of the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth: the area known as "Pictavia"
2. the Britons formed a Roman-influenced Brythonic Celtic culture in the south, with the kingdom of Y Strad Glud (Strathclyde) from the Firth of Clyde southwards, Rheged in Cumbria, Selgovae in the central Borders area and the Votadini or Gododdin from the Firth of Forth down to the Tweed

Invasions brought three more groups, though the extent to which they replaced native populations is unknown

1. the Old Irish-speaking Scotti (Scots) or more specifically, the Dál Riatans, arrived from Ireland from the late 5th century onwards, taking possession of Argyll and the west coast in the Kingdom of Dál Riata.
2. the Anglo-Saxons expanding from Bernicia and the continent. Notably seizing Gododdin in the 7th Century. It was their language which eventually became the predominant tongue of lowland Scotland, a variant of English which was initially termed Inglis, whereas the name "Scottis" (pronounced the same way as Scots) referred to the Gaelic language spoken largely in the Highlands. However, during the late Middle Ages the name "Scots" was transferred to the Scottish form of English, while the Celtic language of the Highlands came to be known only as Gaelic.
3. In the aftermath of the 795 Viking raid on Iona, the Norse Jarls of Orkney took hold of the Western Isles, Caithness and Sutherland, while Norse settlers mixed with the inhabitants of Galloway to become the Gallgaels.

The British Saint Ninian conducted the first Christian mission in Scotland. From his base, the Candida Casa (present-day Whithorn) on the Solway Firth, he spread the faith in the south and east of Scotland and in the north of England. However, according to the writings of Saint Patrick and Saint Columba, the Picts appear to have renounced Christianity in the century between Ninian's death (432) and the arrival of Saint Columba in 563. The reason is not known. The Gaels re-introduced Christianity into Pictish Scotland, gradually pushing out worship of the older Celtic gods. The most famous evangelist of that period, Saint Columba, came to Scotland in 563 and settled on the island of Iona having obtained permission from the Pictish king at his court in Inverness to settle on Iona and to spread Christianity. Some consider his (possibly apocryphal) conversion of the Pictish king Bridei a key event in the Christianisation of Scotland.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Yubaba said:
Can I have Luitcoyt? Will fill in the rest later

Nation: Luitcoyt
Government:
Capitol:
Income:
Army:
Navy: None
Loyalty:
Projects:
Color:
Description:

All yours babes

Adrogans · Aug 1, 2008

Here's some more from: http://www.britannia.com/celtic/scotland/scot2a.html

Spoiler :

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Sweet, thankyou. Kan' will definitly have something to play with

Adrogans · Aug 1, 2008

Yeah since essentially Im part of Scotland (Bernicia joined with Deira and became Northumbria smack in the middle of England and Scotland)

Kal'thzar · Aug 1, 2008

The uhm east coast of scotland does not look a thing like the original maps (even taking into account the change in perspective)

human-slaughter · Aug 1, 2008

Alright I have washed the car and will attempt to complete a Technology tree this afternoon.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Yeah, I kinda stalled in Scotland as I couldn't find much out about them historically.. have you any maps of how it should be?

I asked Plotinus and he said this:

The Scots didn't exist at this time. Most of Scotland was inhabited by the Picts. In southern Scotland there was Strathclyde, which was basically Romano-British. They controlled what is now Glasgow. Northumbria also extended into Scotland: they founded Edinburgh (Edwin's Burgh). Finally, the Irish were beginning to colonise the western fringes, in the form of the kingdom of Dalriada (this is represented in my scenario by a couple of Irish-controlled cities).

So anyone in Aberdeen or Orkney will be playing Picts. Unfortunately practically nothing is known of Pictish civilisation or what sort of subdivisions there were among them - or indeed precisely what happened to them. Culturally, the Irish settlers eventually took over Scotland, hence the name ("Scot" means "Irish"), but of course the Scots, as they became, were really an amalgamation of Irish, Romano-British, Saxon, and perhaps some Pict. Much like everyone else in Britain, really.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

human-slaughter said:
Alright I have washed the car and will attempt to complete a Technology tree this afternoon.

Thankyou Mr Slaughter. I do hope you will join the actual NES.. it would be nice to have more of the older generation players involved.

human-slaughter · Aug 1, 2008

Nation: Lothian
Government:
Capitol:
Religion:
Income:
Army:
Navy: None
Loyalty:
Projects: None
Color:

I will complete the rest once rules are finalized and I do more research on this place.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Welcome h-s!

EVERYONE

I want us to enjoy this era, I am in no rush for the viking to arrive and squash you all.. how long do you want turn lengths?

Seasonal? 1 year, 2 year? 5 years?

Vertinari118 · Aug 1, 2008

How about half years summer and winter or one year turns? They would be good in my opinion and if it goes too slow we can speed up a bit.

Adrogans · Aug 1, 2008

I like Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter or 1 year turns myself.

course that means construction will either take forever game time or be speeded up a bit unrealistically now that I think on it.

Yui108 · Aug 1, 2008

2 year turns. That's still 200 turns before the Vikings arrive.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Historically, not much happened in winter right?

Adrogans · Aug 1, 2008

Militarily no, socially, diplomatically, etc who knows.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Right, initially we will try 1 year long turns, ending in winter. Thus noones armys are marching about, all diplo can happen in "winter" and armys as a result of failed diplo can meet in the battle field in the summer.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Spoiler stats :

Yeah, totally rubbish, but i wanted to see if a single post could hold them all

This will turn into the actual stats soon i hope

Stuck in Pi · Aug 1, 2008

aww, you dropped my gold.

Abaddon · Aug 1, 2008

Lol, everyones stats will be done properly, trust me, you will get more than 1 gold!

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