das
Regeneration In Process
Btw, welcome back to NESing Minion, you have proven my theory correct once again.
JNES: Learning to Walk
- Thread starter Jason The King
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Really like that map w/ the topography and the civilizations... 
It'd feel much better to develop history without the OTL replay affecting our decisions like with alternate nonexistant electrons.
That there is a gorgous map and it's good to not have an OTL world once in a while.
It'd feel much better to develop history without the OTL replay affecting our decisions like with alternate nonexistant electrons.That there is a gorgous map and it's good to not have an OTL world once in a while.
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Since I probably won't be around on the weekend here is another story...
Verzo's Speech to the Gargari Chiefs
"My fellow chiefs and cousins, quick and brave Gargari all, I greet you. In our mountain home you selected first Seyresi, son of Krodra, to judge and lead the many branches of the tribe. On his death, and our expulsion from our lands beneath the spires of Kura, you then choose me to continue his work. The flame that burns in the blood of all Gargari must never consume its brothers and fathers, sisters and mothers, as it did so often back in the valleys. Instead it must be contained and channelled and not burn the bonds of our society!"
"These new lands, here between the shore of the eastern sea and the great mountains we came from, these new lands, are ours to take; to till, to fish, and to build upon! The dwellers on the Zulgoti plains, the fair Denins, do not know what it was like in the mountains; the constant feuds, and the respect that one man must give to another. Ah but they will learn, they will learn. If we are to be at home in these new lands, from the Reach of Kura down to the Ratoti coast, they must live as Gargari, or they will not live at all!"
"Thus judges Verzo Gargari, Chief-of-chiefs as you have made me, and I swear a Oath on my word as a Gargari that the future shall be as I have said today!"
"Those of you who know war - attend me, we have much to discuss "
Verzo's Speech to the Gargari Chiefs
"My fellow chiefs and cousins, quick and brave Gargari all, I greet you. In our mountain home you selected first Seyresi, son of Krodra, to judge and lead the many branches of the tribe. On his death, and our expulsion from our lands beneath the spires of Kura, you then choose me to continue his work. The flame that burns in the blood of all Gargari must never consume its brothers and fathers, sisters and mothers, as it did so often back in the valleys. Instead it must be contained and channelled and not burn the bonds of our society!"
"These new lands, here between the shore of the eastern sea and the great mountains we came from, these new lands, are ours to take; to till, to fish, and to build upon! The dwellers on the Zulgoti plains, the fair Denins, do not know what it was like in the mountains; the constant feuds, and the respect that one man must give to another. Ah but they will learn, they will learn. If we are to be at home in these new lands, from the Reach of Kura down to the Ratoti coast, they must live as Gargari, or they will not live at all!"
"Thus judges Verzo Gargari, Chief-of-chiefs as you have made me, and I swear a Oath on my word as a Gargari that the future shall be as I have said today!"
"Those of you who know war - attend me, we have much to discuss "
Concona
Son of Etheliar
Nar Ketricken went to Aruria to capture a normal person for his sacred ritual. He knew that the Arurians where hard workers so he thought they where strong to.
He hided in a tree and waited till a Arurian man walked by, he had to capture him alive. He jumped on the man and while the man was screaming his throat out he hit him on the head.
Thank Mother Nature that he didn't saw anyone when he fled towards home on his horse.
On the long trip Nar had to knock the man down twice more, but he didn't do much after that.
When he got back in Jamailla Eden he knew that he had to perform the ritual on his own, without any of the Jamaillan's around him, so he said to some guards near the forest to not let anyone through. And he cut the man in his throat, a last sigh came out of the Arurian man, and the blood dripped down the earth. He felt that Mother Earth was satisfied with the sacrifice, but he knew that eventually the Arurians would find out that the man he just sacrificed was gone and taken by the Jamailla Eden's King and Chosen One. But he was not feared.
The King and Chosen One
He hided in a tree and waited till a Arurian man walked by, he had to capture him alive. He jumped on the man and while the man was screaming his throat out he hit him on the head.
Thank Mother Nature that he didn't saw anyone when he fled towards home on his horse.
On the long trip Nar had to knock the man down twice more, but he didn't do much after that.
When he got back in Jamailla Eden he knew that he had to perform the ritual on his own, without any of the Jamaillan's around him, so he said to some guards near the forest to not let anyone through. And he cut the man in his throat, a last sigh came out of the Arurian man, and the blood dripped down the earth. He felt that Mother Earth was satisfied with the sacrifice, but he knew that eventually the Arurians would find out that the man he just sacrificed was gone and taken by the Jamailla Eden's King and Chosen One. But he was not feared.
The King and Chosen One
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Would Nar Ketricken think of an Arurian as a "Normal person"? Surely he'd think of this own people as the normal ones 
Also Jason whats the scale on this map? maybe just put a bar to represent 1000km at the bottom if your going to be altering the map size (as opposed to rating a pixel as a certain size)
Also Jason whats the scale on this map? maybe just put a bar to represent 1000km at the bottom if your going to be altering the map size (as opposed to rating a pixel as a certain size)
Jason The King
Deity
haha, das! Ironic how you wrote the most and filled the thread with stories, yet I totally skipped your nation.
When I have time, I will add. Basically its just random crap about the place your at.
When I have time, I will add. Basically its just random crap about the place your at.
das
Regeneration In Process
Actually, I believe that Disenfrancised wrote rather more... partially because I lost the next part of the story due to computer problems. 
I'll try to rewrite it tommorow, naturally.
I'll try to rewrite it tommorow, naturally.
Israelite9191
You should be reading
Potter's Bay, Capital of the Isles of Manric Mar Farsind
Founded by the first Manrix king, it is a city dedicated to the ingenuity of humanity. Because of the lack of timber and stone on the isle, the entire city is made from terracotta potterry. Unlike the pottery of most peoples, the terracotta pottery of the Isles of Manric is not sun-dried. Rather, it is baked at extremely high tempratures in the city's kilns. This means that the pottery is resistant to water, fire, and pretty much everything. Unlike wood, it doesn't decay, and unlike stone, it is easy to form. The clay deposits in the isles are so common that there is never a shortage. But, possibly the biggest advantage of clay, is the artistry. Each and every building in Potter's Bay is a work of art in itself. Frescoes adorn the walls and statues leap out at you from every nook and crany. The durability and abundance of clay is such that the buildings in Pottrer's Bay can reach several stories high. But the artistry of the city dosen't end at the pottery. On every roof top in the city are gardens. People line the roofs of there houses with walls of pottery so that they can create gardens ontop. Flowers, olives, capers, grapes, even the occasional berry shrub adorn the rooftops of Potter's Bay. Even the streets, paved in clay bricks as they are, are adorned with plant life. Because of the hight that the buildings of Potter's Bay reach, the streets can be kept wide. This allows for trees, flowers, and gardens of every known plant to line the streets. The entire city smells of fragrant flowers and sweet grapes.
On Olive Oil and Wine Production in the Isles
The people of the isles are quite clever when it comes to agriculture. Though they have no rivers to irigate, they take advantage of the plentiful, almost daily, rain and create man-made lakes of rain waterwith which to irigate. The advantage of this over regular river based irigation is that these man-made lakes can be placed ontop of the rare sea-side hills that dot the coast. This means that they can irigate hills just as well as they can irigate planes, thus allowing grape and olive agriculture to flourish.
The favorite products made form the grapes and olives of the isles are olive oil and wine. Whie the people on the mainland, who they left behind so long ago, are able to use stone to crush the olives and grapes, the Manrix can't. Instead, they create pottery wheels. Since pottery alone is not heavy enough, they fill the wheals (which must be hollow since potterry explodes during baking if it is to thick) with sand to make them heavy engouh. This has actually caused the production to go up and the quality of olive oil to likewise go up. Since pottery making is much faster than carving stone, they wheels are produced faster and more of the final product can be made. Likewise, the pottery, while heavy enough, is lighter than stone. This means that the quality of the olive oil can be better regulated and the extra virgin, virgin, and regular olive oil are much easier to seperate.
As for wine, do to the lack of wood, the barrels used to ferment the wine are made of clay. This produces an unusual flavour in comparrison to teh wine produced in other areas. It also means that the same barrels can be safely used for much longer.
Founded by the first Manrix king, it is a city dedicated to the ingenuity of humanity. Because of the lack of timber and stone on the isle, the entire city is made from terracotta potterry. Unlike the pottery of most peoples, the terracotta pottery of the Isles of Manric is not sun-dried. Rather, it is baked at extremely high tempratures in the city's kilns. This means that the pottery is resistant to water, fire, and pretty much everything. Unlike wood, it doesn't decay, and unlike stone, it is easy to form. The clay deposits in the isles are so common that there is never a shortage. But, possibly the biggest advantage of clay, is the artistry. Each and every building in Potter's Bay is a work of art in itself. Frescoes adorn the walls and statues leap out at you from every nook and crany. The durability and abundance of clay is such that the buildings in Pottrer's Bay can reach several stories high. But the artistry of the city dosen't end at the pottery. On every roof top in the city are gardens. People line the roofs of there houses with walls of pottery so that they can create gardens ontop. Flowers, olives, capers, grapes, even the occasional berry shrub adorn the rooftops of Potter's Bay. Even the streets, paved in clay bricks as they are, are adorned with plant life. Because of the hight that the buildings of Potter's Bay reach, the streets can be kept wide. This allows for trees, flowers, and gardens of every known plant to line the streets. The entire city smells of fragrant flowers and sweet grapes.
On Olive Oil and Wine Production in the Isles
The people of the isles are quite clever when it comes to agriculture. Though they have no rivers to irigate, they take advantage of the plentiful, almost daily, rain and create man-made lakes of rain waterwith which to irigate. The advantage of this over regular river based irigation is that these man-made lakes can be placed ontop of the rare sea-side hills that dot the coast. This means that they can irigate hills just as well as they can irigate planes, thus allowing grape and olive agriculture to flourish.
The favorite products made form the grapes and olives of the isles are olive oil and wine. Whie the people on the mainland, who they left behind so long ago, are able to use stone to crush the olives and grapes, the Manrix can't. Instead, they create pottery wheels. Since pottery alone is not heavy enough, they fill the wheals (which must be hollow since potterry explodes during baking if it is to thick) with sand to make them heavy engouh. This has actually caused the production to go up and the quality of olive oil to likewise go up. Since pottery making is much faster than carving stone, they wheels are produced faster and more of the final product can be made. Likewise, the pottery, while heavy enough, is lighter than stone. This means that the quality of the olive oil can be better regulated and the extra virgin, virgin, and regular olive oil are much easier to seperate.
As for wine, do to the lack of wood, the barrels used to ferment the wine are made of clay. This produces an unusual flavour in comparrison to teh wine produced in other areas. It also means that the same barrels can be safely used for much longer.
Israelite9191
You should be reading
I just noticed that there is no short background for my nation. So here is one:
Situated around Potter's Bay on the Isle of Manric, the people were driven to the area by other tribes form their original homeland in the Kuran Mts. to the west. Ethnically related to the people of Gargaria, they maintain some of the mountain culutural traits but have becom more sea focused. They are an inventive people and strive for achievement in the arts.
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To the Nefesians
From the Isles of Manric
We propose that our heir apparent, Prince Benreal, marry your heir apparent, Princess Nefosia. Thus, when the rulers of our two nations die, they will be united as one, The Nefesian Empire of Manric Mar Farsind. The two will share power equally during there reign and there first child shall inherit full rule over all the isles.
Situated around Potter's Bay on the Isle of Manric, the people were driven to the area by other tribes form their original homeland in the Kuran Mts. to the west. Ethnically related to the people of Gargaria, they maintain some of the mountain culutural traits but have becom more sea focused. They are an inventive people and strive for achievement in the arts.
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To the Nefesians
From the Isles of Manric
We propose that our heir apparent, Prince Benreal, marry your heir apparent, Princess Nefosia. Thus, when the rulers of our two nations die, they will be united as one, The Nefesian Empire of Manric Mar Farsind. The two will share power equally during there reign and there first child shall inherit full rule over all the isles.
Oruc
Reactionary
Nope!
Disenfrancised
Beep Beep
Because we are all not nice people? 
And 6 out of 22 is hardly everyone
And 6 out of 22 is hardly everyone
Israelite9191
You should be reading
We were driven out because of tribal wars and the fact that I highly doubt a unified people could just spring up on a rather unsuibtable island without some help. Besides, most nations tend to come in to being because someone from hill A liked hill B better and invaded.
Oruc
Reactionary
Nope!
Concona
Son of Etheliar
No he doesn't think that his own kin is normal, the Jamailla Eden's are the Chosen People, chosen by Mother Nature to make sure that the nature will has it natural course.
Israelite9191
You should be reading
Concona- What are you trying to make, blood-thirsty Jewish Elves?
Now wouldnt that be a nice place for a Plate.
For those unfamilar Plates seperate the world over billions of years explaining how Africa and South America were once connected. But that isnt the point
Point is that that looks like a likely place for one and around plate boundaries (e.g San Francisco on the San Andreas Fault) there are Earthquakes or Volacanoes depending on how the plates are moving. If the scale is right a massive earthquake could split it in two sperating the mainland into twoJust a funny thought
and my ramblings on hehe
Jay said:
Now wouldnt that be a nice place for a Plate.
For those unfamilar Plates seperate the world over billions of years explaining how Africa and South America were once connected. But that isnt the point
Just a funny thought
I think its actually hilarious that anyone started there- on first glance, its prime starting place, perfected choike and trade point.
then you realize thiere is nothing on the otherside except noland, and cold arctic death. have fun snuggeling with on Das's polar bears, your gonna need it
Israelite9191
You should be reading
Well, once the northerners start demanding more products, the only way through will be the location being discussed. It also happens to be the only land bridge between the easterners and westerners, this should prove much more important.
Kentharu
Zebra Commander
i dont have any econ points do i... since my army is draining all of it (which sucks) how can i get it up, trying to think of things i could tax.. would fish and exotic herbs bo ok? since im on a mountain (the exotic part) and im near a river
