KenNes- The Broken Record of History

[Kentharu]

What would you guys like, a "pre-update" update where you don't send orders and i just put your nations there. That way you guys can visually see your nations in juxtaposition with Other nations

Or just send orders and guess where everyone else is, while also having a chance to kill them

I give the choice to you, i personally would like to do the former, because it would give me a chance to test out my updating skills and for you guys to decide whether i suck or not.

 

[The Loser]

I prefer the "Pre-update" this way you get a nice introduction and some background info.

 

[Fuschia]

Enrartu
Cities: Abydos, if I can have one for the capital, none if not
Leader: Phastes/Fuschia
Culture: The Tasian culture of pre-dynastic Egypt. Distinct culture, much different from that which founded Egypt, the Naqada. Skilled at pottery and basic crafts that require no metal working.
Government: Tribal confederacy
Economy: 2- 2/0
Population:
Army:
Navy: None
Education: None
Technology: Bronze Age
Wonders:
Description: Egyptians before the dominance of the Naqada culture. The Enrartians are, nominally, the strongest tribe in the area, and lead the confederacy of surrounding tribes. Independence and growth are featured strongly, both personally and socially as well as politically. The other tribes retain a great amount of independence with certain things (most legislation, punishments, judging, minor-scale economics), while the council, headed by Enrartu, deals with large, important things ("foreign affairs," large-scale economics, universal legislation (requires consensus of all tribes), and controlling the military).

There. Couldn't stray that much from actual history, but I did my best. One question on the rules, though: how do you found cities? And here's my map of a starting location.

And, strangely enough, I would prefer no pre-update. Up to you, though.

 

[The Loser]

Nation Name: Aargenta
Cities: Arga
Leader: Queen Alai
Culture: An earth-culture. People worship the elements and see other cultures as funny.
Government: Absolute Monarchy
Economy: 2- 2/0
Population: To be determined by me
Army: To be determined by me
Navy: None
Education: None
Technology: Bronze Age
Wonders:
Description: After living on the small island with it's volcano for years, the Aargenta are now ready to spread out. They want to earn a lot of money with trade and conquer a lot of new islands...

starting location: Sicily (i have no idea how to create maps, so i can't help you with that :s)
=> is this better?

 

[Justo]

Nation Template
Farsake
Cities: Fire
Leader: Mr Rahma/Justo
Culture: Primarily European decent with some eastern influences. Strong belief that fire is the greatest thing in the world.
Government: Republic
Economy: 2- 2/0
Population: To be determined by me
Army: To be determined by me
Navy: None
Education: None
Technology: Bronze Age
Wonders:
Description: Primarily European decent. Worshipers of all things but believe fire to be the most devine thing in existence. The people of Farsake believe they were the first people to ever be able to create fire.

I would like to be located in western Turkey in the purple part on the map.

 

[Kentharu]

1 EP to found a city, ill put it in the rules if it isn't there already

 

[Fuschia]

Thank you. Certainly are a lot of element worshipers...

 

[flyingchicken]

My choice of using completely anachronistic and English words and the introduction of a Greek culture in the middle of the Chinese mainland is what I consider to be borderline creative, but if you wish completely made-up names then so be it.

Nation Template
Chicken (in the local tongue -- which is very much like modern English with only slight differences -- meaning "the people")
Cities: Chickenville (in the local tongue meaning "the farm of the people")
Leader: Chickenson (in the local tongue meaning "the king of the people")/flyingchicken (in the local tongue meaning "most majestic and august")
Culture: The Chicken people act much like savages only they obey the great Chickenson because of their religious devotion. They worship Chickenplain (in the local tongue meaning "the land of the people") itself, which is nature. They also believe Chickenplain has set them to exterminate all who are not of the Walrus and step on Chickenplain. Women and children are treated like dirt until they prove themselves in one-on-one combat with a MAN.
Government: Theocratic monarchy, with the highest position called the Chickenson and his right to rule the Chickenmandate. Every king is expected to be highly capable in the arts of xenophobia and murder of infidels.
Economy: 2- 2/0
Population: To be determined by me
Army: To be determined by me
Navy: None
Education: None
Technology: Bronze Age
Wonders:
Description: Much like any OTL Germanic kingdom with a fanatical fundamentalist jihadist flair only they wear OTL Eskimo-ish outfits made of deerskin and decorated with chicken feathers and they are theocratic. They wear these extremely hot outfits all year long to prove just how tough they are. Natural selection and this specific social pressure has made their people highly resilient to heat. They look a bit OTL Turkic with a mix of OTL Chinese, though they are unnaturally tall because of the unnatural proliferation of the XYY syndrome in their society. The Chickenese are highly religious because they have survived all kinds of natural disasters and thank the Chickenplain for their survival.

They start in Chickenville, which is located on the crosshair, south of the Yangtze [/s]near the sea.[/s] EDIT: Changed the map!

If you really want made-up languages and made-up names (despite the complete strangeness of "modern English" for these people) then call them the Ikkenense/Ikkenrig of the Ikken nation who worship the Ikkenvard and have a capital in Ikkenvarden. Their leader is called the Ikkenkrig and his sons are called the Ikkenkrigen.

 

[Kentharu]

LMAO waaaay better! i love it man

 

[flyingchicken]

Okay I'll go with Ikkenrig and Ikken because I like how it rolls of my mind's tongue.

Spoiler FIRST/PRE- TURN ORDERS :

Move north with thousands of warriors in a crusade against those who dare take the Ikkenvard from us, the Ikken (Ikkenrig generally meaning the people's children but has been used interchangeably with "Ikken")! begin settling the land with Ikken blood, for it is mandated by the Ikkenvard that all unholy non-Ikkenrig peoples are destroyed!

Begin assimilating all the technologies of our conquered people! Start moving north and show those high tech bronze-age people what stone really feals like when it's lodged inches into your skull! Pour the molten oil into their mouths (after learning basic metallurgy from smiths) to show how displeased the Ikkenvard is with them!

The Ikken war machine is called the Ikkenmakten, made up tall and hardy men fighting in tight formations of highly savage fighting. These tight formations are called the Ikkenmaktenstun. The others fight as flankers and screeners and are called the Ikkenmaktenward. Those who fight as skirmishers are called the Ikkenmaktenhund. Together, they are the world's most dedicated and most savage fighting force in all the seven seas, yarrr!!!

Our genetic superiority should ensure many victories. And our women are always itching for sex (as is dictated by their religion! The Ikken people must fill the world for it is their rightful home and everyone else are a bunch of pansies and all sorts weaklings!) and labor for the sake of their religious zeal!

That is all.

 

[Kentharu]

well, atleast i know where the fun part to update will be

will update everything when i wake up

merry christmas

 

[Fuschia]

Just a pre-update, or do you need orders for it?

 

[Luckymoose]

Expand and kill. Times 20. There are my orders for the whole NES.

 

[das]

shall change it to Stone Age, i agree with you, and i want a longer range for more tech growth. Reason i wanted to start at Bronze Age was to speed things up but screw that, cause if this doesn't work in the Stone Age then it won't work in the Bronze

That might be another extreme, inasmuch as most early civilisations were Copper Age and the transition was pretty smooth anyway.

I think that, given the different setting, the extra time would be very useful in fleshing out our civilisations (as long as both the moderator and the players are patient, ofcourse).

Personally I favour a pre-update, by the way.

Certainly are a lot of element worshipers...

It's the most obvious by far. Though there are alternatives...

I would like to claim a spot in southern Mesopotamia. Am writing the stats; have some good ideas and would hate to be preempted.

EDIT:

Aj Pazkada
Cities: Kada-Paz
Leader: Mankaj Ajjaarul Mar Kanvel/das
Culture: Ethnic makeup is muddled; but somewhat similar to the Paleosiberians with later Elamo-Dravidian admixtures. The religion is very complicated: it could be briefly described as ancestor worship growing into polytheism (deification of great heroes, including the tribal forefather Mangidkaj), but also contains astrological elements (worship of the sun, the moon and the stars) and a stronger-than-average feeling of ethnic exclusiveness.
Government: Sacralised Tribal Kingship (the "Mankaj" is the supreme leader in both spiritual and temporal affairs, but the tribal nobility still is very important, and tribal councils still exist, though mostly insignificant)
Economy: 2- 2/0
Population: To be determined by you
Army: To be determined by you
Navy: None
Education: None
Technology: Stone/Copper/Bronze Age?
Wonders:
Description: Somewhat pale, black-haired, dark-eyed, relatively short people (who call themselves the Pinar Mangidkaj, or just the Pinkajar). Migrated into the area a century or two ago; according to the legends, they wandered for centuries previously, led by the various quarreling descendants of Mangidkaj, until the founder of the present ruling dynastical branch, Mankaj Kanvel, reunited them and led them to where they live now. The main and largest settlement of the Pinkajar is named Kada-Paz, the Final City, for it stands at the end of the world; this city gives the land its name. Through sheer numbers and refinedly-brutal tactics, the Pinkajar had conquered a sizable area around them, slaughtering or expelling most natives though some were allowed to live on in submission as inferior partners in the tribal confederacy.

Start location map attached. The red border is the proposed area of initial control outside of the city.

 

[Luckymoose]

We don't worships the elements, the elements worships we.

 

[Kal'thzar]

Huruken Empire
Cities: Rrukur
Leader: Akkios'ken/Kal'thzar
Culture: Mix of Mesopotamians and the various steppe peoples from the north and minor Elements from the south, all seething together. The latest dynasty originated just north of the Caucaus Mountains and their culture is slowly beginning to dominate
Government: Imperial Monarchy
Economy: 2- 2/0
Population: To be determined by me
Army: To be determined by me
Navy: None
Education: None
Technology: Bronze Age
Wonders:
Description: The Huruken Empire is merely the latest incarnation of the group of people that have their centre of power around the north of the Mesopotamian Valley. Having undergone a series of different rulers as various tribes and cultures jostled each other about. The only common thread linking the various kingdoms and empires together is the Imperial legacy and beurocratic system in place. The Imperial legacy is simply inertia, at various times empires and kingdoms have gone on the offensive, then overstretch came in and they were forced to pull back, however the various kings see at as their destiny to conquor all the lands formerly lost.


Put me at the top of the rivers in the ME, preferably between the two.

OOC: I'd LIKE a pre-update update

 

[erez87]

Yeah pre-update update where you write based on our cultures and stories not orders for first turn.

Other than that - das seems like we gonna be neighbors

and - there is now the chicken country and camel country, whats next?

 

[das]

We're not that close, but yes, in due time... And Kal'thzar is here too, I see.

As a sidenote, our forefather's name could be translated as "Great Eagle Chieftain", so we may be loosely considered an eagle nation.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Cerenel
Cities: Ario
Leader: Sela Tevrenel/Lord_Iggy
Culture: Mishmash of early European and African cultures, with a highly confused and complex polytheistic religion.
Government: Monarchy
Economy: 2- 2/0
Population: To be determined by me
Army: To be determined by me
Navy: None
Education: None
Technology: Bronze Age
Wonders:
Description: The Cerenese are a general mishmash of European and African ethnicities, who have gradually all been pulled into one mercantile nation. A great variety of religious has turned into a massive, disorganized polytheism. No one is quite sure which one culture is the original, as the Cerenese don't have a strong tradition of recording non-economic matters. They are the masters of Aegean trade, and hope to expand that in the future. And if somewhere there isn't enough to trade, then the choice is made to raid.

Starts on Crete.

 

[Nuka-sama]

Is there any chance I could start a nation in England or France?