stNNES4: Pheonix From the Ashes
- Thread starter North King
- Start date
, civilized, what needs to be changed
blackheart
unenlightened
Jeez, how many Mongols do we need?!
We need 20 Clans to fight it out!
Then 4 Clans shall be chosen to invade the Inner Sphere, and the Clan which gets Terra shall be the IlClan, The Ultimate Clan!!!!
muahahahahahahahaahahahahhaahhahaa
oh wait.. wrong game..
Then 4 Clans shall be chosen to invade the Inner Sphere, and the Clan which gets Terra shall be the IlClan, The Ultimate Clan!!!!
muahahahahahahahaahahahahhaahhahaa
oh wait.. wrong game..
Grandmaster
Deity
Nation Name: Mali
Ruler/Player: King Sundiata / Grandmaster
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Monarchy
Religion: West African Animism
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: 10 canoes (Upkeep:1), Conscript
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Capital at Timbuktu, please.
Ruler/Player: King Sundiata / Grandmaster
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Monarchy
Religion: West African Animism
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: 10 canoes (Upkeep:1), Conscript
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Capital at Timbuktu, please.
irish_lad
Quoth the server, "404"
Nation Name: Funan (early southeast asian kingdom)
Ruler/Player: King Fa Shih/ irish_lad
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Theocratic Monarchy
Religion: Southeast Asian Animism (heavily influenced by Indian myth)
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: 10 canoes (Upkeep:1), Conscript
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Capital is near modern Phnom Penh, Cambodia
((Ok, so as you can tell this is my first post so please dont crucify me if I make any stupid newbie mistakes
))
Ruler/Player: King Fa Shih/ irish_lad
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Theocratic Monarchy
Religion: Southeast Asian Animism (heavily influenced by Indian myth)
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: 10 canoes (Upkeep:1), Conscript
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Capital is near modern Phnom Penh, Cambodia
((Ok, so as you can tell this is my first post so please dont crucify me if I make any stupid newbie mistakes
))Attachments
irish_lad
Quoth the server, "404"
Really, sweet potato, lol. Actually I'm Irish and Mexican. I got the name out of a book on southeast asia. lol
irish_lad
Quoth the server, "404"
Fa Shih sounds a bit more dignified than Sweet Potato, so Fa Shih it is.
Insane_Panda
Deity
damned newbie smappers. Yes. Smappers.
*reports all of you*
*reports all of you*
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
So north king, what were you saying about this nes will have less people then your old Ruins of Empire? Since i think this is more then the number of ppl u ever had in Ruins of Empire...
Insane_Panda
Deity
Ruins of Empires...oh how I miss the Fatehpur Caliphate...*sniff*
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
Don't you think i miss my Chiuang Empire? I just signed a good peace with the mongols after 1100 years of warfare and was going to land in California... *cries*
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
OOC: first boring story! go me!
The Kingdom of Yue was not perhaps the most ancient Kingdoms around, but it is quite old. It's ruling family went back 10 generations, filled with eccentric rulers. The first Chief, as the Kings of Yue styled themselves, was named Shang Fei and came from the south with a large host of people and conquered the surrounding lands and the people that followed him inter-married with the Han People. The most eccentric man was the Grandfather of Chief Hongzi, an extremely eccentric man, by the name of Gan Tsi.
Gan Tsi was perculiar most people would admit. He went as far and told them that if they used animals to help them with their tools, they would do it much quicker and effective then just by hand. Of course, only when people began listening to them did they begin to show appreciation, since he was right and soon horse and water buffalo dealers got wealthy off selling them to farmers.
He also had the courage to tell his people that he wanted some of those things that swam in the water for dinner, and of course, his people weren't very friendly with the water as they weren't very seamanship like. He encouraged them, offering prizes to those that caught the most fish, built the fastest boat and etc. Of course, some people thought he was just crazy, but then he ordered something that made people think that he broke down his rocking chair. He ordered the construction of a school... not for rich people, but for sons of farmers and laborers... He said "Everyone has the right to learn, even if their parents are of a lower wealth class. For all you know, they may not all be dumb." And the strangest thing of all... When he was about to die, and he felt it, he wrote in his will that he wanted to be wrapped in a red cloth in his coffin which shall also be painted red so that his Father will be able to see his coffin among the other normal color coffin, and guide him to heaven safely.
After the death of Chief Gan Tsi, came his second son, Chief Nan Xi who was extremely paranoid, he walked around the capitol city of Suzhou, screaming that he had had a vision, that men on horses armed with sword and bow would burn down Suzhou one day. Of course, all that did was make the people get even more worried and they asked him how to prevent that calamity. The Chief Nan Xi, who was waiting for such a request, answered promptly.
"To Combat such a great Barbaric evil from the North, we must build 2 great layers of defenses around our capitol city. The First layer shall be a great canal, patrolled by our fleet. The last layer of defenses will be the city walls, and grand those would be. 4 defense walls, the first one around the Inner most Area of the city, the 2nd around the present size of the city, the 3rd wall 2 miles from the 2nd wall, and the 4th wall 4 miles from the 3rd wall. With this formidable defense, all barbarians will think twice before they have the courage to attack the Kingdom of Yue."
Of course, when the plan went to the builders, they informed the treasury the cost to build the walls, and the treasury had bad news for the Chief Han Xi. The treasury didn't have enough money to pay for it, and of course, they thought the Chief would be furious and would chop off their heads. But Nan Xi was strange, he said "There's no worry, it'll be a couple generations until those barbarians i saw reach the gates of Suzhou, and by then,we'll surely have our walls."
After that, the rest of Nan Xi's reign was quite peaceful, and the Kingdom was expanded and no one thought much about the walls except the builders, who prepared a design just in case the Chief one day changed his mind...
The Kingdom of Yue was not perhaps the most ancient Kingdoms around, but it is quite old. It's ruling family went back 10 generations, filled with eccentric rulers. The first Chief, as the Kings of Yue styled themselves, was named Shang Fei and came from the south with a large host of people and conquered the surrounding lands and the people that followed him inter-married with the Han People. The most eccentric man was the Grandfather of Chief Hongzi, an extremely eccentric man, by the name of Gan Tsi.
Gan Tsi was perculiar most people would admit. He went as far and told them that if they used animals to help them with their tools, they would do it much quicker and effective then just by hand. Of course, only when people began listening to them did they begin to show appreciation, since he was right and soon horse and water buffalo dealers got wealthy off selling them to farmers.
He also had the courage to tell his people that he wanted some of those things that swam in the water for dinner, and of course, his people weren't very friendly with the water as they weren't very seamanship like. He encouraged them, offering prizes to those that caught the most fish, built the fastest boat and etc. Of course, some people thought he was just crazy, but then he ordered something that made people think that he broke down his rocking chair. He ordered the construction of a school... not for rich people, but for sons of farmers and laborers... He said "Everyone has the right to learn, even if their parents are of a lower wealth class. For all you know, they may not all be dumb." And the strangest thing of all... When he was about to die, and he felt it, he wrote in his will that he wanted to be wrapped in a red cloth in his coffin which shall also be painted red so that his Father will be able to see his coffin among the other normal color coffin, and guide him to heaven safely.
After the death of Chief Gan Tsi, came his second son, Chief Nan Xi who was extremely paranoid, he walked around the capitol city of Suzhou, screaming that he had had a vision, that men on horses armed with sword and bow would burn down Suzhou one day. Of course, all that did was make the people get even more worried and they asked him how to prevent that calamity. The Chief Nan Xi, who was waiting for such a request, answered promptly.
"To Combat such a great Barbaric evil from the North, we must build 2 great layers of defenses around our capitol city. The First layer shall be a great canal, patrolled by our fleet. The last layer of defenses will be the city walls, and grand those would be. 4 defense walls, the first one around the Inner most Area of the city, the 2nd around the present size of the city, the 3rd wall 2 miles from the 2nd wall, and the 4th wall 4 miles from the 3rd wall. With this formidable defense, all barbarians will think twice before they have the courage to attack the Kingdom of Yue."
Of course, when the plan went to the builders, they informed the treasury the cost to build the walls, and the treasury had bad news for the Chief Han Xi. The treasury didn't have enough money to pay for it, and of course, they thought the Chief would be furious and would chop off their heads. But Nan Xi was strange, he said "There's no worry, it'll be a couple generations until those barbarians i saw reach the gates of Suzhou, and by then,we'll surely have our walls."
After that, the rest of Nan Xi's reign was quite peaceful, and the Kingdom was expanded and no one thought much about the walls except the builders, who prepared a design just in case the Chief one day changed his mind...
Drusus Ganjastonius, and the Invention of Reggae
Now, the Kingdom of Aquilon is a dandy little place, well respected, and to some extent, even liked by its neighbors. While the occasional border dispute dose, on occasion, result in conflicts in which the mighty Aquilon soldires rapidlly smack down with the proficincy of Titans, not all Aquilon is so martially disposed; no, that wouldnt be a very fare account of the damned randy little nation of Aquilon at all...
And while the general culture of the area tended to revolve around men bashing the hell out of each other in a warrior society, out little story dosetn concern them, or thier rather huge importance to the culture of the land; chances are thier will be more then enough time for blood shed stories and the might of Aquillian armies later no our story centers on the wondery character of "Drusus Ganja Stonius", and his rather wonderful assortment of musical instruments, of all things.
It all started, as one might have actually suspected, with a small stint in the army; our dear Drusus served as an Archer upon the mighty pallisade that surrounded the capital; however, more important, for our current purposes at least, isnt what he achieved, but what he discovered; the "twangyness" of a pulled bowstring had long been known, and soem had even attempted to take advatage of it for musical purposes; though, for all intents and purposes, aside from a few rather bawdy soldire songs about strong wine, loose women, and some of the more decadent gods out in the world, all songs to be sung around a soldires camp fire, they had all failed.
But our dear Drusus; he wasnt quite satisified with the situation; he knew there was more potential in the little stringed bow then what had been made for it thus far.
His big break, came when he was in the barracks, the he was strumming on a bow; not for its musical wuality, but to see how taught its string was, to see if it woudl be a worthy bow to bring on patrol with him on that day- moving along, he picked up another; and checked it, then another, and then another- and, as if the god of enlightenment gave him a firm kick to the back of the head, he had it!
One bow string made a particuler noise; somtimes other strings, of a different sized bow, or pulled to a different tightness, created a different sound! He soon sat to work, after every patrol, we worked to fashion the first of what woudl be his great legacy of musical instruments- his efforts soon payed off; after a week of craftsmanship, of hard tuneing, tweaking, testing, and fixing, he had the firs tof his amazing instruments; the Mandolin
He was more then overjoyed at the delight people toomk from listenign to his new invention, and he was delighted to perform, but, very soon, he became... board, one might say, with his dear mandolinl sure he loved it, but he longed for different sounds, somthing deeper, and more... basic... experimentic with his dear strings a bit more, he very soon, surprisinglly soon, one might say, stumbled upon to what he called "a bass" (for those who dont know, its pronounced, when tis reffering tot he instrument, as "base")
a wonderfully low pitched, and moody sounding piece of musical equipment, nortiorius for how much it made people want to go off and fornicate. An interesting after effect, thought Drusus, but he wasnt about to complain over it; soon finding a good friend of his, interest in accompanying him, they soon sat down and perfected thier sound, though, while awesome, and more then acrowd pleasure, they both realized thier was still a few things missing; yet another stringed isntrument, this time a bridge between the Base, and Mandolin- easilly contrsucted, from all his prior experience, Drusus called it a "Guitar",
and it soon bacame amoung his favorites; his partnet, Flavius, an infantryman by profession, soon brought along the final peice of equipment; drum, and, more importantlly, symbols; in a similer vein to Drusus finding out the musical qualties of bows, Flavius, tapping on some bronze sheilds one day, stumbled upon thier own qualties for musical purposes; attaching these to a set of several different types of drums, he, sensiblly enough named the entire appratus a "drum set".
By this time, they had already searched thier own souls for what thier music woudl sound like, utilizing a base sound of, well, the bass, and being well supplimented byt he drums, guitar, and Mandolin, it s was an amazing, realxing, and addicitive little sound, well loved by the people of Aquilion, and the surrounding peoples- the realxing melodies were soon even further supplimented by the sound of the human voice, and the addictive power of the music truelly took off
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/loveeternal
*listen to the first one, "today", to get an udea of what Drusus and his ilk are making
Now, the Kingdom of Aquilon is a dandy little place, well respected, and to some extent, even liked by its neighbors. While the occasional border dispute dose, on occasion, result in conflicts in which the mighty Aquilon soldires rapidlly smack down with the proficincy of Titans, not all Aquilon is so martially disposed; no, that wouldnt be a very fare account of the damned randy little nation of Aquilon at all...
And while the general culture of the area tended to revolve around men bashing the hell out of each other in a warrior society, out little story dosetn concern them, or thier rather huge importance to the culture of the land; chances are thier will be more then enough time for blood shed stories and the might of Aquillian armies later no our story centers on the wondery character of "Drusus Ganja Stonius", and his rather wonderful assortment of musical instruments, of all things.
It all started, as one might have actually suspected, with a small stint in the army; our dear Drusus served as an Archer upon the mighty pallisade that surrounded the capital; however, more important, for our current purposes at least, isnt what he achieved, but what he discovered; the "twangyness" of a pulled bowstring had long been known, and soem had even attempted to take advatage of it for musical purposes; though, for all intents and purposes, aside from a few rather bawdy soldire songs about strong wine, loose women, and some of the more decadent gods out in the world, all songs to be sung around a soldires camp fire, they had all failed.
But our dear Drusus; he wasnt quite satisified with the situation; he knew there was more potential in the little stringed bow then what had been made for it thus far.
His big break, came when he was in the barracks, the he was strumming on a bow; not for its musical wuality, but to see how taught its string was, to see if it woudl be a worthy bow to bring on patrol with him on that day- moving along, he picked up another; and checked it, then another, and then another- and, as if the god of enlightenment gave him a firm kick to the back of the head, he had it!
One bow string made a particuler noise; somtimes other strings, of a different sized bow, or pulled to a different tightness, created a different sound! He soon sat to work, after every patrol, we worked to fashion the first of what woudl be his great legacy of musical instruments- his efforts soon payed off; after a week of craftsmanship, of hard tuneing, tweaking, testing, and fixing, he had the firs tof his amazing instruments; the Mandolin
He was more then overjoyed at the delight people toomk from listenign to his new invention, and he was delighted to perform, but, very soon, he became... board, one might say, with his dear mandolinl sure he loved it, but he longed for different sounds, somthing deeper, and more... basic... experimentic with his dear strings a bit more, he very soon, surprisinglly soon, one might say, stumbled upon to what he called "a bass" (for those who dont know, its pronounced, when tis reffering tot he instrument, as "base")
a wonderfully low pitched, and moody sounding piece of musical equipment, nortiorius for how much it made people want to go off and fornicate. An interesting after effect, thought Drusus, but he wasnt about to complain over it; soon finding a good friend of his, interest in accompanying him, they soon sat down and perfected thier sound, though, while awesome, and more then acrowd pleasure, they both realized thier was still a few things missing; yet another stringed isntrument, this time a bridge between the Base, and Mandolin- easilly contrsucted, from all his prior experience, Drusus called it a "Guitar",
and it soon bacame amoung his favorites; his partnet, Flavius, an infantryman by profession, soon brought along the final peice of equipment; drum, and, more importantlly, symbols; in a similer vein to Drusus finding out the musical qualties of bows, Flavius, tapping on some bronze sheilds one day, stumbled upon thier own qualties for musical purposes; attaching these to a set of several different types of drums, he, sensiblly enough named the entire appratus a "drum set".
By this time, they had already searched thier own souls for what thier music woudl sound like, utilizing a base sound of, well, the bass, and being well supplimented byt he drums, guitar, and Mandolin, it s was an amazing, realxing, and addicitive little sound, well loved by the people of Aquilion, and the surrounding peoples- the realxing melodies were soon even further supplimented by the sound of the human voice, and the addictive power of the music truelly took off
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/loveeternal
*listen to the first one, "today", to get an udea of what Drusus and his ilk are making
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Nation Name Byzantium
Ruler/Player: King Julius/conehead
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Monarchy
Religion: Animism (default)
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: 10 canoes (Upkeep:1), Conscript (If by sea)
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Start me where Byzantium is.
Ruler/Player: King Julius/conehead
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Monarchy
Religion: Animism (default)
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: 10 canoes (Upkeep:1), Conscript (If by sea)
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Start me where Byzantium is.
das
Regeneration In Process
OOC: I initially considered calling my nation Arya(n Empire), but I decided to be merciful and start further north.
Note that I have not much of an idea about OTL Bactria before the Greeks, culture-wise, so this Bactria's culture is not REALLY based on the OTL one.
IC:
Bactria
Ruler/Player: Tagarys/das
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Tribal Tyranny
Religion: Animism (default - I'll keep it for now)
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: NONAVY
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Start me in... IRELAND!
No, just kidding, start me in Bactria.
And remember - if this NES dies...
Note that I have not much of an idea about OTL Bactria before the Greeks, culture-wise, so this Bactria's culture is not REALLY based on the OTL one.
IC:
Bactria
Ruler/Player: Tagarys/das
Age: Bronze Age
Government: Tribal Tyranny
Religion: Animism (default - I'll keep it for now)
Economy: Stable
Income: 3 (+0 trade, +0 bonus, +0 extras)
Army: 4,000 warriors, 1,000 archers (Upkeep: 1), Conscript
Navy: NONAVY
Infrastructure: Barbaric
Research Funding: 0
Education: Barbarian
Culture: Little
Confidence: Terrible
Projects:
Start me in... IRELAND!
No, just kidding, start me in Bactria.And remember - if this NES dies...
