Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Heart of Destiny 2 Team:
Sword of Geddon
Weasel Ops
Barre Zharre
Well the first mod isn't out yet(its in beta, for civ3 and you can playtest it if you want, look at my signiture), but I thought its never to early to play around with ideas.
The limitation with the first mod was because of Civ3's limitations such as civ limits and culture group limits. But such does not exist for Civ4.
About the mod:
The mod will cover the earliest periods of human history to the far future, and trace the unique development of cultures threwout the ages. I don't have everything up yet but I will in the next couple of days.
Wonders:
Wonders in the mod will exist in two catagories: Manmade, aka the traditional wonders which are split into miner and major, and Natuaral wonders, which can only be discovered by units in the scout line.
Culture Groups: Culture groupings determine the city style, technologies, buildings, units and wonders a civ may build. Each culture group will play completely differently than the others, although there will be similiaritys.
Native North American
Mesoamerican/Andes Native American
Mesopatamian
Ancient Egyptian
African
South Asian
Southeast Asian
East Asian
Polynesian
Meditarian
Eastern European
Western European
Norweigan
British
The Civilizations(grouped by culture):
Native North American:
Cahota: Also known as the Mound Builders, these people represented perhaps the most advanced north american native people outside of Mesoamerica.
Iroquois: The Iroquois were the first people in history to create a constitution. They also were the biggest threat to the continued colonization of North America, and fought a successful war against France for many years.
Pueblo: These desert dwellers dwelled in large mazelike mud-brick communitys and were very skilled at agriculture.
Haida: These innovative people are famaos for their artwork: The totem pole. And for their creativity. Besides being the first and only native american people to create a sailing ship, the Haida were also the first to use bronze and armor.
Mesoamerican:
Aztec: The Aztecs are perhaps the most violent people in history. Nevertheless, their skill at agriculture and artecture can not be overlooked. Are famaos for their role in combating Cortez and being the first civilization to fall in the new world to the white man. They built perhaps the largest pyramid in Mesoamerica, in their capital city, which in their language means "City of the Gods".
Toltec: The people of legend, the Toltecs built many stone temples threwout Mesoamerica, and were a turning point in Mesoamerica as a whole. Although it is suspected that it orginated earlier, Quezalcoatyl may have orginated with the Toltecs. Also the mystery Atlantes statues may represent a link to that legendary civilization whose name closely resembles the name of the statues, Atlantis.
Mayan: The oldest civilization in the new world. The Mayans were skilled at science, having developed brain surgery and astronomy, as well as the first and only written language in all of the New World.
Moche: The Moche, despite dwelling not in Mesoamerica, but in what is now Peru, had a culture similiar to that of Mesoamerican civilizations. They built pyramid stone temples similiar to mesoamerican ones, and also practiced human sacrifice.
Incan: The Incans were perhaps the most advanced peoples in all of the new world and were the largest empire. They believed they were created and descended from the sun, which they called Inti and worshiped.
Mesopatamian:
Babylon: Creators of the Hanging Gardens and Gates of Ishtar, the Babylonians were skilled at artecture. They were feared by the Egyptians and once conquered the holy land, bringing about the first jewish exile.
Hittites: The nemisis of the Egyptian Empire, the Hittites were powerful warriors and were very aggressive. They had limited friendly contact with the first Hebrew, Abraham. Only the mysteryious Sea Peoples finally ended their civilization.
Persia: The ancient enemies of the Great City states, the Persians inherited the lands of the Babylonian Empire by conquest, and fought a series of wars with the Greeks. Although Alexander the Great conquered them, the Persians continued to be a powerful force in the region, even during the Height of the Roman Empire. Today the remnant of Persia exists as Iran.
Arabs: Possibly the descendants of Ishmael and Esau of the Bible, the Arabs were for years a nomadic desert people. However during the 7th century AD, the Arabs found a common unifier in Islam, and built a strong long lasting culture.
Israelites: The chosen of God, the Israelites perhaps have suffered more than any other people threwout History. These nomadic desert dwellers and former slaves built a powerful kingdom and a culture which stood apart from all others threwout the world. They managed to reunite after one exile, and as the bible spoke of, after thousands of years following the Roman conquest, reunited again after the second world war in 1948.
Ancient Egyptian:
Egyptians: The Egyptians are another one of the world's oldest civilizations. The builders of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids, the Egyptians perhaps more than any other ancient culture have captured the imaginations of people threwout the ages.
Nubian: The Nubians were the source of gold for the ancient egyptians, and also served as mercanaries in their armies. Building more pyramids than Egypt, the Nubians also ruled Egypt for a time. After the conquest of Egypt by the Romans, the Nubians acted as the last bastion of ancient Egyptian culture.
African:
Etheopian: The one historically jewish and Christian people in africa, the Etheopians have a long and proud history and can be called on the great civilizations of the past. They are spoken of in the Bible and have Jewish blood as evidence of the biblical account.
Mali: The Malis were one of the greatest empires of subsaharian africa. They built a powerful empire mixing muslem and african culture toghether and were a great area of trade in the otherwise barren region.
Zulu: The Zulu were just starting a great empire when the British arrived. Their leader, Shaka was a military genius on par with Napolian or Caesar. They waged a heroic struggle against the invading British and are remembered for it.
Congo: One of the kingdoms of southern Africa, the Congo are the orginators of voodoo and other things commonly assoaciated with Haiti. They also serve as a tragic example of a once great civilization destroyed by European greed. The slave trade devastated their country and they haven't recovered since.
South Asian:
Nepal: The mountain kingdom of Nepal were famoas for their Gurka warriors which now serve as the foreign branch of the British military. Their king is believed to be the reincarnation of the Hindi god Vishnu, and resently has used his power to undo democratic reforms and close the country to the outside world.
Harrapian: The oldest civilization in the Indian sub-continent, the Harrapians are a mystery but are believed to have been a peaceful agricultural society. They left many ruins threwout India, hinting at their artectectual prowness.
Hindi: The tradition people assoaciated with India, the Hindi are the orginators of the Hindu and Buddist religions and were conquered twice by foreignors, once by Alexander the Great, and again by Muslems. The Muslems created the culture which is assoaciated with India today.
Southeast Asian:
Thai: The Thai were a fractured by strongly culturally united people who practiced a feudal system for many years. They are famoas for their legendary historical figure, Suriyothai, who personally led troops into battle against invading Burmese armies.
Khmer: The builders of Ankor Wat, the Khmer controled a small empire for many years. Their skill at artecture rivaled that of the Mayans or Egyptians, and their remote hard to reach location served to enforce their security.
Burmese: The secretive Burmese were an agressive and militaristic kingdom in Southeast Asia, having led campagins against both Nam Viet and Thailand during the Middle Ages. Today they are still extremely xenophobic and one can only guess what secrets the country is trying to hide.
Nam Viet: Another of Southeast Asia's great kingdoms, the Nam Viet were ruled for many years by Chinese occupiers, and managed to drive them out not once but twice. Later they were ruled by French and served as their colony until the 20th century. Today they are famaos for being one of the few peoples to actually win a war against the United States of America. They serve as an example of how immoral foreign policies come back to haunt you, in this case, the US' immoral foreign policies.
Malaysia: A powerful sea going kingdom, the Malays were a strong trading empire which incompassed many islands in the region. They successfully resisted European occupation, both from the Portuguese and the Dutch.
East Asian:
Japanese: Perhaps one of the most beloved of today's cultures, the land of the rising sun gave birth to both Ninjas and Samurai. As of the late 19th century the Japanese became the strongest country in East Asia, and today are the world's second biggest economy.
Chinese: The Middle Kingdom is one of the world's oldest civilizations. The Chinese have had many dynasties and have splintered many times in their history. They created such wonders as the Baode treasure fleet and the Great Wall, which is the only manmade structure which can be seen from space.
Korean: The Koreans were a highly creative people who successfully fended off Japanese invaders during the middle ages. They created the first iron clad, the first rocket launcher, and had a long lasting and stable kingdom of many years. Today Korea exists as two separate nations, the fascist North Korea and the Democratic South Korea.
Mongols: The Mongols started as a nomadic tribe but later joined toghether under the leadership of Genghis Khan to become one of the greatest conquering forces the world has ever seen. They conquered and ruled China for many years, and swept into the Middle East as well as far north and west as Ukraine.
Tibet: The Mountain Kingdom of Tibet historically was the greatest threat to China's dominance of the region. Eventually Tibet became synonmyious with Eastern Mysticism, and was for hundreds of years the home of the head of Buddism, the Dalai Llama. Today Tibet is one of China's provinces, the Imperialist Chinese government laid claim to the country in the mid 20th century.
Polynesian:
Somoan: The beginning of the Polynesian triangle begins with the Somoans. Stone tikis, volcano worship and all the classic vestages of classic Polynesian culture were and still are present in Somoa.
Rapa Nuan: The builders of the mysteryious Moa stone head statues, as well as the only Polynesians with a written script, the Rapa Nuians were an island civilization which tragically destroyed themselves do to massive deforestation of the island.
Hawian: The Hawaiin islands were ripe with a history of island warfare. They invented surfing and the loa and today are part of the United States.
Mediatarian:
Greeks: The Ancient Greeks had have the greatest impact on Western culture next to the Romans. Along with their classic stories of gods and heros, the Greeks were a culture of philociphy and science, creating the hippocratic oath and many of the seven wonders of the ancient war.
Romans: Perhaps the most powerful of all the ancient empires, the Romans due to their mighty legions conquered all of Western Europe, Northern Africa, and what today is southern england.
Phoenicians: The Phoenicians buiilt a powerful empire based on trade. They created the first coin currency and founded many colonies, one of which eventually became Carthage.
Minoans: The mysteryious Minoans were the people of an island kingdom in the Meditarian sea. The orgin of the Greek story of Theseus and the Minotaur, there is evidence that the Minoans already had a advanced civilization before the Greek city states were born.
Estruscan: The orginators of classical Roman artechture, the Estruscans had an advanced kingdom on the Italian pennisula before the formation of the Roman empire. Much of what is atributed to Rome today orginated with the Estruscans.
Eastern European:
Russia: The Rus orginated as a small village-dwelling people which were ruled by Viking overseers. Eventually they were solidifyed by the Orthodox religion and the growing power of the Russian Czars into Kievan Rus, which eventually became what today is known as Russia.
Poland: The Poles serve as a gateway between east and west Europe. They were a brave people who fought off Russian attempts at conquest and were one of France's few allies during Napolian's bid at a French empire.
Western European:
French: The French began as a collection of Frankish kingdoms before solidifing into what is today known as France. The Kingdom of France fought many battles against Britain, their traditional enemy. France perhaps more than England is the orginator of chivalry and later the classic gentleman culture of the nobility.
Spanish: The Spanish once controled the greatest sea faring trade empire in the world. Along with spearheading the exploration and colonization of the new world with the Portuguese, Spain perhaps more than any other had the greatest impact on New World culture today, minus Canada and the United States(though that is now changing)
Germans: What we today know as the Germans probably established their national identity with Chalemagne and his Holy Roman Empire. Eventually Germany became one of the greatest kingdoms in Europe and numerious scientists came from the country during the 19th and early 20th century.
Hungary:
Austrians: Another traditional enemy of the French, The Austrians battled France many times during the Middle Ages, its rivalry with France only exceeded by the English. Austria was the homeland of perhaps the greatest classical composer of all-time, Ludwig Von Beetoven.
Portuguese: The adventurious Portuguese people
Norweigan:
Finland
Sweden
Norway:
Dutch:
British Isles:
English: The Kingdom of England was founded by William the Conqueror, a Prince of Normandy, during the early Middle Ages. The English eventually came to dominate their entire island, conquering the Welsh, Picts, and Scottish. From there they formed "The Empire where the sun never sets", holding colonies and territory in the Americas, Australia, and even India. The Red-uniformed soldiers of the English, the Redcoats, eventually came to be the symbol of English power at home and abroad.
Irish: The Irish are perhaps the last purely celtic people left in the world. During the Roman occupation of what is now southern England, the Irish continued their druidic celtic society relatively undisturbed. Eventually missionaries converted the Irish kingdoms to Christianity, and a Irish Catholic Church developed for a few hundred years in relative isolation from the rest of Christiandom.
Scots: The Scottish have always valued their identity apart from their English conquerors. It was this northern kingdom in the Highlands of Scotland, combined with the Southern Enlish kingdom, which became what we now know as Great Britain. Today the Scots once again have a parliament, but have no yet acceived independence.
Sword of Geddon
Weasel Ops
Barre Zharre
Well the first mod isn't out yet(its in beta, for civ3 and you can playtest it if you want, look at my signiture), but I thought its never to early to play around with ideas.
The limitation with the first mod was because of Civ3's limitations such as civ limits and culture group limits. But such does not exist for Civ4.
About the mod:
The mod will cover the earliest periods of human history to the far future, and trace the unique development of cultures threwout the ages. I don't have everything up yet but I will in the next couple of days.
Wonders:
Wonders in the mod will exist in two catagories: Manmade, aka the traditional wonders which are split into miner and major, and Natuaral wonders, which can only be discovered by units in the scout line.
Culture Groups: Culture groupings determine the city style, technologies, buildings, units and wonders a civ may build. Each culture group will play completely differently than the others, although there will be similiaritys.
Native North American
Mesoamerican/Andes Native American
Mesopatamian
Ancient Egyptian
African
South Asian
Southeast Asian
East Asian
Polynesian
Meditarian
Eastern European
Western European
Norweigan
British
The Civilizations(grouped by culture):
Native North American:
Cahota: Also known as the Mound Builders, these people represented perhaps the most advanced north american native people outside of Mesoamerica.
Iroquois: The Iroquois were the first people in history to create a constitution. They also were the biggest threat to the continued colonization of North America, and fought a successful war against France for many years.
Pueblo: These desert dwellers dwelled in large mazelike mud-brick communitys and were very skilled at agriculture.
Haida: These innovative people are famaos for their artwork: The totem pole. And for their creativity. Besides being the first and only native american people to create a sailing ship, the Haida were also the first to use bronze and armor.
Mesoamerican:
Aztec: The Aztecs are perhaps the most violent people in history. Nevertheless, their skill at agriculture and artecture can not be overlooked. Are famaos for their role in combating Cortez and being the first civilization to fall in the new world to the white man. They built perhaps the largest pyramid in Mesoamerica, in their capital city, which in their language means "City of the Gods".
Toltec: The people of legend, the Toltecs built many stone temples threwout Mesoamerica, and were a turning point in Mesoamerica as a whole. Although it is suspected that it orginated earlier, Quezalcoatyl may have orginated with the Toltecs. Also the mystery Atlantes statues may represent a link to that legendary civilization whose name closely resembles the name of the statues, Atlantis.
Mayan: The oldest civilization in the new world. The Mayans were skilled at science, having developed brain surgery and astronomy, as well as the first and only written language in all of the New World.
Moche: The Moche, despite dwelling not in Mesoamerica, but in what is now Peru, had a culture similiar to that of Mesoamerican civilizations. They built pyramid stone temples similiar to mesoamerican ones, and also practiced human sacrifice.
Incan: The Incans were perhaps the most advanced peoples in all of the new world and were the largest empire. They believed they were created and descended from the sun, which they called Inti and worshiped.
Mesopatamian:
Babylon: Creators of the Hanging Gardens and Gates of Ishtar, the Babylonians were skilled at artecture. They were feared by the Egyptians and once conquered the holy land, bringing about the first jewish exile.
Hittites: The nemisis of the Egyptian Empire, the Hittites were powerful warriors and were very aggressive. They had limited friendly contact with the first Hebrew, Abraham. Only the mysteryious Sea Peoples finally ended their civilization.
Persia: The ancient enemies of the Great City states, the Persians inherited the lands of the Babylonian Empire by conquest, and fought a series of wars with the Greeks. Although Alexander the Great conquered them, the Persians continued to be a powerful force in the region, even during the Height of the Roman Empire. Today the remnant of Persia exists as Iran.
Arabs: Possibly the descendants of Ishmael and Esau of the Bible, the Arabs were for years a nomadic desert people. However during the 7th century AD, the Arabs found a common unifier in Islam, and built a strong long lasting culture.
Israelites: The chosen of God, the Israelites perhaps have suffered more than any other people threwout History. These nomadic desert dwellers and former slaves built a powerful kingdom and a culture which stood apart from all others threwout the world. They managed to reunite after one exile, and as the bible spoke of, after thousands of years following the Roman conquest, reunited again after the second world war in 1948.
Ancient Egyptian:
Egyptians: The Egyptians are another one of the world's oldest civilizations. The builders of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids, the Egyptians perhaps more than any other ancient culture have captured the imaginations of people threwout the ages.
Nubian: The Nubians were the source of gold for the ancient egyptians, and also served as mercanaries in their armies. Building more pyramids than Egypt, the Nubians also ruled Egypt for a time. After the conquest of Egypt by the Romans, the Nubians acted as the last bastion of ancient Egyptian culture.
African:
Etheopian: The one historically jewish and Christian people in africa, the Etheopians have a long and proud history and can be called on the great civilizations of the past. They are spoken of in the Bible and have Jewish blood as evidence of the biblical account.
Mali: The Malis were one of the greatest empires of subsaharian africa. They built a powerful empire mixing muslem and african culture toghether and were a great area of trade in the otherwise barren region.
Zulu: The Zulu were just starting a great empire when the British arrived. Their leader, Shaka was a military genius on par with Napolian or Caesar. They waged a heroic struggle against the invading British and are remembered for it.
Congo: One of the kingdoms of southern Africa, the Congo are the orginators of voodoo and other things commonly assoaciated with Haiti. They also serve as a tragic example of a once great civilization destroyed by European greed. The slave trade devastated their country and they haven't recovered since.
South Asian:
Nepal: The mountain kingdom of Nepal were famoas for their Gurka warriors which now serve as the foreign branch of the British military. Their king is believed to be the reincarnation of the Hindi god Vishnu, and resently has used his power to undo democratic reforms and close the country to the outside world.
Harrapian: The oldest civilization in the Indian sub-continent, the Harrapians are a mystery but are believed to have been a peaceful agricultural society. They left many ruins threwout India, hinting at their artectectual prowness.
Hindi: The tradition people assoaciated with India, the Hindi are the orginators of the Hindu and Buddist religions and were conquered twice by foreignors, once by Alexander the Great, and again by Muslems. The Muslems created the culture which is assoaciated with India today.
Southeast Asian:
Thai: The Thai were a fractured by strongly culturally united people who practiced a feudal system for many years. They are famoas for their legendary historical figure, Suriyothai, who personally led troops into battle against invading Burmese armies.
Khmer: The builders of Ankor Wat, the Khmer controled a small empire for many years. Their skill at artecture rivaled that of the Mayans or Egyptians, and their remote hard to reach location served to enforce their security.
Burmese: The secretive Burmese were an agressive and militaristic kingdom in Southeast Asia, having led campagins against both Nam Viet and Thailand during the Middle Ages. Today they are still extremely xenophobic and one can only guess what secrets the country is trying to hide.
Nam Viet: Another of Southeast Asia's great kingdoms, the Nam Viet were ruled for many years by Chinese occupiers, and managed to drive them out not once but twice. Later they were ruled by French and served as their colony until the 20th century. Today they are famaos for being one of the few peoples to actually win a war against the United States of America. They serve as an example of how immoral foreign policies come back to haunt you, in this case, the US' immoral foreign policies.
Malaysia: A powerful sea going kingdom, the Malays were a strong trading empire which incompassed many islands in the region. They successfully resisted European occupation, both from the Portuguese and the Dutch.
East Asian:
Japanese: Perhaps one of the most beloved of today's cultures, the land of the rising sun gave birth to both Ninjas and Samurai. As of the late 19th century the Japanese became the strongest country in East Asia, and today are the world's second biggest economy.
Chinese: The Middle Kingdom is one of the world's oldest civilizations. The Chinese have had many dynasties and have splintered many times in their history. They created such wonders as the Baode treasure fleet and the Great Wall, which is the only manmade structure which can be seen from space.
Korean: The Koreans were a highly creative people who successfully fended off Japanese invaders during the middle ages. They created the first iron clad, the first rocket launcher, and had a long lasting and stable kingdom of many years. Today Korea exists as two separate nations, the fascist North Korea and the Democratic South Korea.
Mongols: The Mongols started as a nomadic tribe but later joined toghether under the leadership of Genghis Khan to become one of the greatest conquering forces the world has ever seen. They conquered and ruled China for many years, and swept into the Middle East as well as far north and west as Ukraine.
Tibet: The Mountain Kingdom of Tibet historically was the greatest threat to China's dominance of the region. Eventually Tibet became synonmyious with Eastern Mysticism, and was for hundreds of years the home of the head of Buddism, the Dalai Llama. Today Tibet is one of China's provinces, the Imperialist Chinese government laid claim to the country in the mid 20th century.
Polynesian:
Somoan: The beginning of the Polynesian triangle begins with the Somoans. Stone tikis, volcano worship and all the classic vestages of classic Polynesian culture were and still are present in Somoa.
Rapa Nuan: The builders of the mysteryious Moa stone head statues, as well as the only Polynesians with a written script, the Rapa Nuians were an island civilization which tragically destroyed themselves do to massive deforestation of the island.
Hawian: The Hawaiin islands were ripe with a history of island warfare. They invented surfing and the loa and today are part of the United States.
Mediatarian:
Greeks: The Ancient Greeks had have the greatest impact on Western culture next to the Romans. Along with their classic stories of gods and heros, the Greeks were a culture of philociphy and science, creating the hippocratic oath and many of the seven wonders of the ancient war.
Romans: Perhaps the most powerful of all the ancient empires, the Romans due to their mighty legions conquered all of Western Europe, Northern Africa, and what today is southern england.
Phoenicians: The Phoenicians buiilt a powerful empire based on trade. They created the first coin currency and founded many colonies, one of which eventually became Carthage.
Minoans: The mysteryious Minoans were the people of an island kingdom in the Meditarian sea. The orgin of the Greek story of Theseus and the Minotaur, there is evidence that the Minoans already had a advanced civilization before the Greek city states were born.
Estruscan: The orginators of classical Roman artechture, the Estruscans had an advanced kingdom on the Italian pennisula before the formation of the Roman empire. Much of what is atributed to Rome today orginated with the Estruscans.
Eastern European:
Russia: The Rus orginated as a small village-dwelling people which were ruled by Viking overseers. Eventually they were solidifyed by the Orthodox religion and the growing power of the Russian Czars into Kievan Rus, which eventually became what today is known as Russia.
Poland: The Poles serve as a gateway between east and west Europe. They were a brave people who fought off Russian attempts at conquest and were one of France's few allies during Napolian's bid at a French empire.
Western European:
French: The French began as a collection of Frankish kingdoms before solidifing into what is today known as France. The Kingdom of France fought many battles against Britain, their traditional enemy. France perhaps more than England is the orginator of chivalry and later the classic gentleman culture of the nobility.
Spanish: The Spanish once controled the greatest sea faring trade empire in the world. Along with spearheading the exploration and colonization of the new world with the Portuguese, Spain perhaps more than any other had the greatest impact on New World culture today, minus Canada and the United States(though that is now changing)
Germans: What we today know as the Germans probably established their national identity with Chalemagne and his Holy Roman Empire. Eventually Germany became one of the greatest kingdoms in Europe and numerious scientists came from the country during the 19th and early 20th century.
Hungary:
Austrians: Another traditional enemy of the French, The Austrians battled France many times during the Middle Ages, its rivalry with France only exceeded by the English. Austria was the homeland of perhaps the greatest classical composer of all-time, Ludwig Von Beetoven.
Portuguese: The adventurious Portuguese people
Norweigan:
Finland
Sweden
Norway:
Dutch:
British Isles:
English: The Kingdom of England was founded by William the Conqueror, a Prince of Normandy, during the early Middle Ages. The English eventually came to dominate their entire island, conquering the Welsh, Picts, and Scottish. From there they formed "The Empire where the sun never sets", holding colonies and territory in the Americas, Australia, and even India. The Red-uniformed soldiers of the English, the Redcoats, eventually came to be the symbol of English power at home and abroad.
Irish: The Irish are perhaps the last purely celtic people left in the world. During the Roman occupation of what is now southern England, the Irish continued their druidic celtic society relatively undisturbed. Eventually missionaries converted the Irish kingdoms to Christianity, and a Irish Catholic Church developed for a few hundred years in relative isolation from the rest of Christiandom.
Scots: The Scottish have always valued their identity apart from their English conquerors. It was this northern kingdom in the Highlands of Scotland, combined with the Southern Enlish kingdom, which became what we now know as Great Britain. Today the Scots once again have a parliament, but have no yet acceived independence.
