LINESII- Into the Darkness
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Not for long erez, you would have advanced long ago if it hadn't been for the absence of metals in your area. But with trade, it won't be long now.
BTW: I've only updated stats up to the Gerber nation. erez was one of the few that are updated yet.
So resuming stats update, for a little while. Then I have to go to school.
Fortunately, I'm only doing half days, as I can't ascend stairs and my afternoon blocks are all upstairs.
erez87
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AND thats why I wanted to expand to the mountains!!! damn you!Lord_Iggy said:Not for long erez, you would have advanced long ago if it hadn't been for the absence of metals in your area. But with trade, it won't be long now.
BTW: I've only updated stats up to the Gerber nation. erez was one of the few that are updated yet.
So resuming stats update, for a little while. Then I have to go to school.
Fortunately, I'm only doing half days, as I can't ascend stairs and my afternoon blocks are all upstairs.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
Sorry Iggy, I have a few nitpicks...namely the Spearman power levels, technology, culture, and economy levels for Veritas. 
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
Thanks, lots of problems solved there Iggy.
Economy should be at 4, though.
Edit: And you fixed that too, great. Orders by Saturday?
Economy should be at 4, though.
Edit: And you fixed that too, great. Orders by Saturday?
Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Are both my eco based on nomadic population still? Why don't you just cut that part out anyway? It seems superfluous. 
If I got rid of your non-city economy, you'd have none whatsoever. What I call 'nomad economy' is really just non city based economy, IE cottage industry and farming. As you become more urbanized, city economy grows and nonurban/nomad economy diminishes. But it comes back if you lose all of your cities.
Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Aha, OK. Just wondering, since I only recalled you calling it nomad eco or something like that...
Silver Steak
The Ghost of SS
Nope it doesn't.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
Wouldn't it be hilarious if a hyper-advanced, Industrial Age empire landed and crushed us all in one turn?
Oh wait, no it wouldn't.
Hopefully we will get to see some NPC's appear soon, though.
Oh wait, no it wouldn't.
Hopefully we will get to see some NPC's appear soon, though.
I'm not telling if there are other civilizations out there or what. But seriously, what do you think?
It would be an interesting thing for you guys to cope with it. You can either be paranoid, or realize that the human race probably hasn't been around for long enough to develop such advanced civilization.
Or has it?
This will keep you guys up all night.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
If it's any consolation erez, you'll have plenty of copper next turn.
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
"A wall is not just a wall. It represents everything that we love. Safety and security, protection from Chaos, and Order, all these things are contained, enhanced, and protected by the simple building of a stone wall."
-Master Architect Toriades, 545 P.D
---
"Stratikrator Emrus. In light of your request to leave the province of Emoria for parts of Tellus unknown, we say only this. You must keep to the covenant of the One. Your loyalty to Veritas must be unflagging. And your devotion to spreading the faith of the One should never cease."
Lord Emrus, the absolute leader of his people, and now getting on in years, nodded. He turned, marching out of the council chamber with his advisors, purple cloak swirling behind him. He had set foot in Veritas for the first and last time.
After he left, the Elder Council relaxed visibly. Even for a humbled, subordinate ally, the man was a bit imposing. But still, his time in the Republic was over. He would lead some of his people to a new land, spreading the Church for the Assemblum, without them having to lift a finger. They were preoccupied with other matters.
"The reports of the Seventh Company have returned."
The head clerk slowly lugged in a massive cart filled with clay tablets. While clay was better and easier to write on than the stone of yesteryear, it still wasn't perfect. Several scholars had died when a huge pile collapsed a shelf in the Hall of Knowledge, and the surviving ones had dedicated themselves to solving the writing problem. Even so, it would be years before anything good came out of their work.
The clerk began reading from the first clay tablet. It recounted the journey of the Seventh Company of Scouts, which had traveled up the river Wardash, passing through the Mogul Empire, a strange land filled with dark (but not as dark as those of Zibon) skinned people. They lived in cities made of great mud bricks, and worshipped a strange pantheon of gods and spirits. They were hospitable enough...but communication was impossible.
North of that was a peaceful, quiet land, filled with green things growing by the banks of the river. In a pleasant town, barely large enough to be called a capital, most of the Gerber people lived. The King, named Cecil, was fairly hospitable, but sent the foreigners on their way soon enough. Most of the tales in the city of Cirta were of the great nation of Khim-rae. The Gerber traded with these distant people, who used copper and black rocks for their soldiers spears. Several copper items were seen from this land, and were almost as good in quality as those from Veritas.
Many of the Company wanted to see Khim-rae, but their orders were to go north, and they would have to cross a massive mountain range that loomed in the distance from Cirta. So, they left the Wardash, going ever northward.
Finally, they reached a land called Aney Tigot. The lands were neat and cultivated, but there was no sign of people. Finally reaching Tigot itself, the scouts reported an incredibly strange people. Their skin was completely white, even more than Veritasans, as white as marble itself. They were reclusive, preferring to spend their time in great halls of learning, greater even than those of Veritas.
These pale-skins were also kind to the travelers, though they were arrogant. Supposedly, their religion is based on the perfection of all Aneyans. They invited scholars from Veritas to learn from them, and also told tales of a vast war to the west. Gargari, bearded warriors from the north, were fighting Eldranians, a fanatic people who looked oddly similar to the Veritasan scouts, though totally different in behavior. The scouts, ever faithful to their mission, decided to investigate this war. But they sent their tablets back with a caravan first. No further communication came. The clerk sat back, clearing his dry throat.
The Chamber was silent, as the Assemblum pondered what they had heard.
"Wa-das, we cannot pronounce this foreign word. Rather, call the river Vardas."
High Elder Edrius spoke. "Yes clerk, it's easier on all our tongues. Centor* Arias, you seem to be agitating for the floor."
"There are more lands than we thought...and filled with heretics! We must mobilize the legions, and crush them now!"
Voices were raised loudly to both support and oppose him. And as the chamber dissolved into chaos, that was when the real debate began.
---
"It was then that I saw the city, shining as if formed of Light. The One stood in splendor at it's peak, in a temple that was both great, and humble. The wall about the city was great and impregnable, and its citizens were clothed in white. But the spirit of the One lay on and in each of them...they were living avatars of His might and beauty.
And that is when it came to me. This is Truth...this is Veritas."
-The First Elder, 1 P.D.
---
*Term of respect for a senior Assemblum member, who will eventually join the Elder Council.
-Master Architect Toriades, 545 P.D
---
"Stratikrator Emrus. In light of your request to leave the province of Emoria for parts of Tellus unknown, we say only this. You must keep to the covenant of the One. Your loyalty to Veritas must be unflagging. And your devotion to spreading the faith of the One should never cease."
Lord Emrus, the absolute leader of his people, and now getting on in years, nodded. He turned, marching out of the council chamber with his advisors, purple cloak swirling behind him. He had set foot in Veritas for the first and last time.
After he left, the Elder Council relaxed visibly. Even for a humbled, subordinate ally, the man was a bit imposing. But still, his time in the Republic was over. He would lead some of his people to a new land, spreading the Church for the Assemblum, without them having to lift a finger. They were preoccupied with other matters.
"The reports of the Seventh Company have returned."
The head clerk slowly lugged in a massive cart filled with clay tablets. While clay was better and easier to write on than the stone of yesteryear, it still wasn't perfect. Several scholars had died when a huge pile collapsed a shelf in the Hall of Knowledge, and the surviving ones had dedicated themselves to solving the writing problem. Even so, it would be years before anything good came out of their work.
The clerk began reading from the first clay tablet. It recounted the journey of the Seventh Company of Scouts, which had traveled up the river Wardash, passing through the Mogul Empire, a strange land filled with dark (but not as dark as those of Zibon) skinned people. They lived in cities made of great mud bricks, and worshipped a strange pantheon of gods and spirits. They were hospitable enough...but communication was impossible.
North of that was a peaceful, quiet land, filled with green things growing by the banks of the river. In a pleasant town, barely large enough to be called a capital, most of the Gerber people lived. The King, named Cecil, was fairly hospitable, but sent the foreigners on their way soon enough. Most of the tales in the city of Cirta were of the great nation of Khim-rae. The Gerber traded with these distant people, who used copper and black rocks for their soldiers spears. Several copper items were seen from this land, and were almost as good in quality as those from Veritas.
Many of the Company wanted to see Khim-rae, but their orders were to go north, and they would have to cross a massive mountain range that loomed in the distance from Cirta. So, they left the Wardash, going ever northward.
Finally, they reached a land called Aney Tigot. The lands were neat and cultivated, but there was no sign of people. Finally reaching Tigot itself, the scouts reported an incredibly strange people. Their skin was completely white, even more than Veritasans, as white as marble itself. They were reclusive, preferring to spend their time in great halls of learning, greater even than those of Veritas.
These pale-skins were also kind to the travelers, though they were arrogant. Supposedly, their religion is based on the perfection of all Aneyans. They invited scholars from Veritas to learn from them, and also told tales of a vast war to the west. Gargari, bearded warriors from the north, were fighting Eldranians, a fanatic people who looked oddly similar to the Veritasan scouts, though totally different in behavior. The scouts, ever faithful to their mission, decided to investigate this war. But they sent their tablets back with a caravan first. No further communication came. The clerk sat back, clearing his dry throat.
The Chamber was silent, as the Assemblum pondered what they had heard.
"Wa-das, we cannot pronounce this foreign word. Rather, call the river Vardas."
High Elder Edrius spoke. "Yes clerk, it's easier on all our tongues. Centor* Arias, you seem to be agitating for the floor."
"There are more lands than we thought...and filled with heretics! We must mobilize the legions, and crush them now!"
Voices were raised loudly to both support and oppose him. And as the chamber dissolved into chaos, that was when the real debate began.
---
"It was then that I saw the city, shining as if formed of Light. The One stood in splendor at it's peak, in a temple that was both great, and humble. The wall about the city was great and impregnable, and its citizens were clothed in white. But the spirit of the One lay on and in each of them...they were living avatars of His might and beauty.
And that is when it came to me. This is Truth...this is Veritas."
-The First Elder, 1 P.D.
---
*Term of respect for a senior Assemblum member, who will eventually join the Elder Council.
erez87
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Thanks for telling me dummy
heh I anyway didn't have anything to do with my money except growing army..
hey Lord Iggy, can I create mechanical inventions to fight? After all Albino people shouldn't be out in the sun.. so Their way should be invent things that hide to them, or even do the job for them...?
heh I anyway didn't have anything to do with my money except growing army..
hey Lord Iggy, can I create mechanical inventions to fight? After all Albino people shouldn't be out in the sun.. so Their way should be invent things that hide to them, or even do the job for them...?
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