Actually, Omega, there are plenty of states of great importance that I'd really prefer not to have to leave open while you take over a dying civilization that's about to fragment into several other polities and which can only really interact with maybe two other countries, one of which is also permanently NPCed! You may blame Kal'thzar and Kraznaya for providing bad examples to which I point as indicative of the weird stuff that happens when mods let people play out-of-the-way countries and/or extremely weak polities that by rights wouldn't have done anything remotely like what they would've done under their control. Now, the choice is essentially between me allowing you to play as the king of Funan and then placing more or less outrageously unfair restrictions on what you can actually do to accurately simulate the powerlessness the kings of Funan have to deal with right now, meaning that even if you were playing Funan it probably wouldn't be fun, exciting, or productive, or I can just declare it to be permanently NPCed and not do the work of fully developing realistic stats for it.
I mean, I understand where you're coming from and what you're interested in, but it'd screw up the dynamic of the NES to have somebody in charge of Funan right now. I'm sorry, but I'd rather not do that.
Dachs, can we have some information on that NPC Korean polity?
Such as?
Is Aeria a dynastic name or does it have some other meaning?
Some other meaning. In TTL the Areian satrap was given larger powers over eastern Iran by the Seleukid kings, hence why it is governed from Parthyaia.
Karalysia said:
Is it related to Aryan by any chance?
If there were English-speakers in this world, and there aren't, they would probably call the inhabitants of Areia "Aryans" or "Aryan Greeks".
Karalysia said:
Is the title Arya Mehra used? (The Aryan Sun)
Not really. Maybe by classicizing authors.
Karalysia said:
What's going on with the Arabs right now? Particularly the Arabs in the Persian Gulf, whats the interaction?
What used to be the Seleukid satrapy of Gerrhaia is now mostly a collection of trading city-states and/or inhabited by unaligned nomadic pastoralists. There are two semiindependent Greek poleis there as well, Herakleia-Tyleia (on Bahrain) and Nikaia (northern UAE).
Karalysia said:
What's the court culture of Aeria? Is it what one might consider stereotypically "Orinetal" (snivileing courtiers kowtowing, many slaves, nubile women in the harem, posh elaborate nonsense, hookah etc...) or is the court more of what one might consider "Western"
That's the thing, isn't it? In Oriental
Greek tradition things weren't often so clear-cut. You can do what you want with that for the most part, but make sure that it something of a "happy medium" between the two extremes of the stereotypical and semi-inaccurate "Oriental" court culture you mentioned and the old ideals of Mak kingship. For instance, the
hetairoi still exist.
Oy, it's Tuesday. Tell us who gets what already
All right, chief, here you go:
There are still several NPCs, some of them quite major powers! You don't have to apply for them anymore, just say "yo I am interested in these [this]" when the For-Real Thread starts. Thanks to all for showing interest!
The For-Real Thread will be up within 18 hours of this post, because I have rescheduled night classes.
Mmmm, yeeaahhhh, Birdjaguar, if you could close this thread from here on out, that'd be greeaaat, mkay? Thaaaaanks.
