Jason The King
Deity
I blame cfc for the triple.
The Greatest Show (Invitational NES)
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Gelion
Retired Captain
Roman Theocray: Gelion
Era: Stone Age
Government: Council of Elders
Religion: Paganism/Classical Numism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Lutius Marius ....
(I'll edit this part later)
Era: Stone Age
Government: Council of Elders
Religion: Paganism/Classical Numism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Lutius Marius ....
(I'll edit this part later)
Finmaster
The White Ghost
- Joined
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Genevan Empire: Finmaster
Era: Stone Age
Government: despotism
Religion: Pythonism (OOC: its dark-shaded nature-worshipping)
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Start me in Geneva, Switzerland.
@jason: triple post
Wow, even china is here! Feels just like.. playing in good old days
Story (regarding religion and government etc..) to come a bit later.
Era: Stone Age
Government: despotism
Religion: Pythonism (OOC: its dark-shaded nature-worshipping)
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Start me in Geneva, Switzerland.
@jason: triple post
Wow, even china is here! Feels just like.. playing in good old days
Story (regarding religion and government etc..) to come a bit later.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Arabian Confederation
Era: Stone Age
Government: Confederation of Tribal Chiefs led by Sultan.
Religion: Paganism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Medina please.
Era: Stone Age
Government: Confederation of Tribal Chiefs led by Sultan.
Religion: Paganism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Medina please.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
tycoon this is for invites only.
das
Regeneration In Process
Mindchange!
Kiengir*: das
Era: Stone Age
Government: Despotism
Religion: Paganism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
*Barbarians call it Sumeria; centered around Eridu, the first of Kiengir's cities. Need any help finding it?
Kiengir*: das
Era: Stone Age
Government: Despotism
Religion: Paganism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
*Barbarians call it Sumeria; centered around Eridu, the first of Kiengir's cities. Need any help finding it?
carmen510
Deity
Since I don't fill requirements, I'll be lurking.
Erik Mesoy
Core Tester / Intern
The Indians had already been one people united by a single religion for longer than anyone could reckon when a ruler arose among them and began building the first great city of India; Mehrgarsha. It was not a much greater collection of mud huts than the nearby clusters of mud huts, but it had the relatively special feature of several buildings above one storey. These had been constructed by including branches during the construction so as to support a greater height without collapse and gaining greater leverage with longer building materials.
Now the city sported five watchtowers, each three stories high and set on a stone base, and something approaching a palace. A virtuous circle had developed. After the first high buildings were erected, people began to travel there, and most families wanted a second storey on their own house. Lord Meluhha, the ruler of Mehrgarsha, had now begun training a military force too, fully expecting the city to be attacked by an indolent warband that wanted houses and didn't care to build them. For the moment the "military force" was little more than a set of bodyguards for Meluhha, but he knew it would be larger, and for the moment, he was content to be safe and have strong men serving him. The people would need a few years to get used to the idea of a levy of warriors that practiced fighting actively, or perhaps an actual attack.
Now the city sported five watchtowers, each three stories high and set on a stone base, and something approaching a palace. A virtuous circle had developed. After the first high buildings were erected, people began to travel there, and most families wanted a second storey on their own house. Lord Meluhha, the ruler of Mehrgarsha, had now begun training a military force too, fully expecting the city to be attacked by an indolent warband that wanted houses and didn't care to build them. For the moment the "military force" was little more than a set of bodyguards for Meluhha, but he knew it would be larger, and for the moment, he was content to be safe and have strong men serving him. The people would need a few years to get used to the idea of a levy of warriors that practiced fighting actively, or perhaps an actual attack.
das
Regeneration In Process
Its a time-honoured tradition.
So should we post orders or wait for some sort of a pre-update?
Oh, and change my government form to Kingship (proto-monarchy, basically what the Sumerians had in OTL).
So should we post orders or wait for some sort of a pre-update?
Oh, and change my government form to Kingship (proto-monarchy, basically what the Sumerians had in OTL).
Finmaster
The White Ghost
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The death of Wilhelmus
Wilhelmus was waiting in his palace.
He called it a palace, but it was really more like a cave. It was carved in the big mountain just by lake Geneva. He had ordered the guards on a break, he needed some time for himself. He was reading the Black Book of Chieftains while waiting, when he heard steps coming from outside his little cave.
"YOU!" yelled a voice behind him. Wilhelmus turned around, and saw quite an insane sight.
It was a man. A man who had blood all over his clothes, and tears in his eyes. He fit in this dark environment perfectly; because Chief Wilhelmus's cave really was decorated strangely. Dark animal furs were all around the so-called palace, and a couble of torches gave a warm yet dark atmosphere to this space. "Only a lunatic could live in a hole like that", said Wilhelmus's guards every so often, and thats why nobody usually visited him. So it really was strange when Wilhelmus said:
"I've been expecting you, Josef."
"YOU!" was all Josef could say.
"Oh, don't tell that you are angry at me.."
"You thought I'd never get out, didn't you? You thought you had driven me too insane to ever flee the cages you put me in! But you are wrong, Wilhelmus, dead wrong! You thought you had locked me up forever, but I escaped!" An insane glow of victory shined in Josef's eyes. "For years, for decades, I have had only one dream; to crush you like a bug. I was afraid of you once, but I'm not anymore. You left me all alone, but being alone just gave me more strenght. I know who you are, Wilhelmus!"
"Is that so? And who am I?"
"You are... pure evil! I know that you have studied the mysteries of the darker side of the universe. I know that it has given you powers.. strange powers. But it is all over now, your reign of Satanic terror is over!
A craven flew over them. They couldn't see it from the cave, naturally, but they could hear it yell. Thats when Josef grabbed a club. It was the biggest club he had ever seen, it was Wilhelmus's club. Nobody had touched it except Chief Wilhelmus and everyone had expected him to be really strong, because the club looked heavy. But for Josef's amazement, it wasn't. Josef lifted the club and smashed it into Wilhelmus's head.
Wilhelmus fell down.
"Where are your guards now?" asked Josef with a resentful look on his face. He had won, he knew it. Wilhelmus had used his powers to make Josef go insane, then locked him up for decades, but now he had gotten his revenge.
Wilhelmus tried to open his mouth, but all that came out was blood. Finaly, he managed to whisper: "I ordered them away."
"Why?" asked Josef. Suddenly he was struck with fear. Panic. Desperation. Had Wilhelmus been expecting this? Of course he had, Josef could see it in his eyes. That raging glow of insane stare. The stare. Wilhelmus was giving him the stare again. And once again Josef noticed how his eyes turned red; and Josef knew that Wilhelmus wasn't looking at him. Wilhelmus was looking through him. Josef turned around and saw the book. The book with black covers seemed to have something glowing around it..
"you can see the glow, can't you?" dying Wilhelmus whispered with his last powers. "It calls you. It is the book of Pytho. You can see the glow on me too, can't you?"
Josef looked at Wilhelmus. Yes, he could see the glow. WIlhelmus was glowing. He was turning red, but it wasn't because of the blood. The entire dark cave was starting to seem red to Josef.
"What are you doing to me?"
"I am giving you my powers."
"NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME!"
"Very well. You have the right to chooce. So far I've known all the choices you've made. When I met you, you were a friendly, peaceloving rich nobleman. But you were bored. You were thrilled when you met me, because you felt the same glow you are seeing now. You didn't see it then, but you can see it now, can't you? You choce to follow me, even thouh you knew what I was. You felt it. You felt the glow. Now, its up to you. My guards will be back in five minutes. The book is waiting for you. If you want to walk out, then do so. The guards will rip me from my power and take it for themselves. They will abuse it, of course, but not nearly as badly as I did. They will kill far less people than I did. If you want to wait for the guards, then do so. They will kill you, and then take power. Yet, there is a third option, my good friend Josef! Look at the book of Pytho. Five minutes will be enough. You will have all the power I had, and even more. And you will terrorize your people and other peoples, and you will be worse than I was, because you are calm, you are calculative, you are not a barbarian like I am, you are a nobleman. Its your choice."
"I would never have that kind of power! I came to destroy you to get rid of that power, I don't want to become a new evil after killing the old one!"
"But you desire power. I allowed you to taste it before you got locked up. You know how it feels. Once you've tasted it, you can't live without it. Search your soul, and you know it. You could do the right thing, but you would never be happy."
And then, Wilhelmus closed his eyes. For good.
Josef wanted to run. He wanted to leave the corpse of Wilhelmus, he wanted to leave that black book with a raging glow, but he couldn't. He couldn't stop thinking about the power. He wanted it. He lusted it. And so, he grabbed the book. Wilhelmus had left a mark from where he had left off reading the book. He was reading a chapter entitled "Death of the Chieftain".
"NOOOOOOO!" yelled Josef. He knew the mistake he had done. And suddenly, the guards were in the palace.
"Don't come any closer!" yelled Josef, and for his utter amazement, the guards did what he told them to do. Suddenly the guards were glowing too. Everything was. And the guards looked at Josef with great fear in their eyes. He couldn't see his own eyes, but he knew what kind of a stare he was having. He was looking straight through the guards, straight into their souls, and it shivered them. He saw that like a storm of autumn night, his stare shattered every piece of their souls.
"I am your new chieftain, and you shall be my guards", said Josef to them. And the guards nodded before running away in panic. Josef turned his back on them and continued reading the book of Pytho.
***
OOC: Changing my religion to Pythonism.
Wilhelmus was waiting in his palace.
He called it a palace, but it was really more like a cave. It was carved in the big mountain just by lake Geneva. He had ordered the guards on a break, he needed some time for himself. He was reading the Black Book of Chieftains while waiting, when he heard steps coming from outside his little cave.
"YOU!" yelled a voice behind him. Wilhelmus turned around, and saw quite an insane sight.
It was a man. A man who had blood all over his clothes, and tears in his eyes. He fit in this dark environment perfectly; because Chief Wilhelmus's cave really was decorated strangely. Dark animal furs were all around the so-called palace, and a couble of torches gave a warm yet dark atmosphere to this space. "Only a lunatic could live in a hole like that", said Wilhelmus's guards every so often, and thats why nobody usually visited him. So it really was strange when Wilhelmus said:
"I've been expecting you, Josef."
"YOU!" was all Josef could say.
"Oh, don't tell that you are angry at me.."
"You thought I'd never get out, didn't you? You thought you had driven me too insane to ever flee the cages you put me in! But you are wrong, Wilhelmus, dead wrong! You thought you had locked me up forever, but I escaped!" An insane glow of victory shined in Josef's eyes. "For years, for decades, I have had only one dream; to crush you like a bug. I was afraid of you once, but I'm not anymore. You left me all alone, but being alone just gave me more strenght. I know who you are, Wilhelmus!"
"Is that so? And who am I?"
"You are... pure evil! I know that you have studied the mysteries of the darker side of the universe. I know that it has given you powers.. strange powers. But it is all over now, your reign of Satanic terror is over!
A craven flew over them. They couldn't see it from the cave, naturally, but they could hear it yell. Thats when Josef grabbed a club. It was the biggest club he had ever seen, it was Wilhelmus's club. Nobody had touched it except Chief Wilhelmus and everyone had expected him to be really strong, because the club looked heavy. But for Josef's amazement, it wasn't. Josef lifted the club and smashed it into Wilhelmus's head.
Wilhelmus fell down.
"Where are your guards now?" asked Josef with a resentful look on his face. He had won, he knew it. Wilhelmus had used his powers to make Josef go insane, then locked him up for decades, but now he had gotten his revenge.
Wilhelmus tried to open his mouth, but all that came out was blood. Finaly, he managed to whisper: "I ordered them away."
"Why?" asked Josef. Suddenly he was struck with fear. Panic. Desperation. Had Wilhelmus been expecting this? Of course he had, Josef could see it in his eyes. That raging glow of insane stare. The stare. Wilhelmus was giving him the stare again. And once again Josef noticed how his eyes turned red; and Josef knew that Wilhelmus wasn't looking at him. Wilhelmus was looking through him. Josef turned around and saw the book. The book with black covers seemed to have something glowing around it..
"you can see the glow, can't you?" dying Wilhelmus whispered with his last powers. "It calls you. It is the book of Pytho. You can see the glow on me too, can't you?"
Josef looked at Wilhelmus. Yes, he could see the glow. WIlhelmus was glowing. He was turning red, but it wasn't because of the blood. The entire dark cave was starting to seem red to Josef.
"What are you doing to me?"
"I am giving you my powers."
"NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME!"
"Very well. You have the right to chooce. So far I've known all the choices you've made. When I met you, you were a friendly, peaceloving rich nobleman. But you were bored. You were thrilled when you met me, because you felt the same glow you are seeing now. You didn't see it then, but you can see it now, can't you? You choce to follow me, even thouh you knew what I was. You felt it. You felt the glow. Now, its up to you. My guards will be back in five minutes. The book is waiting for you. If you want to walk out, then do so. The guards will rip me from my power and take it for themselves. They will abuse it, of course, but not nearly as badly as I did. They will kill far less people than I did. If you want to wait for the guards, then do so. They will kill you, and then take power. Yet, there is a third option, my good friend Josef! Look at the book of Pytho. Five minutes will be enough. You will have all the power I had, and even more. And you will terrorize your people and other peoples, and you will be worse than I was, because you are calm, you are calculative, you are not a barbarian like I am, you are a nobleman. Its your choice."
"I would never have that kind of power! I came to destroy you to get rid of that power, I don't want to become a new evil after killing the old one!"
"But you desire power. I allowed you to taste it before you got locked up. You know how it feels. Once you've tasted it, you can't live without it. Search your soul, and you know it. You could do the right thing, but you would never be happy."
And then, Wilhelmus closed his eyes. For good.
Josef wanted to run. He wanted to leave the corpse of Wilhelmus, he wanted to leave that black book with a raging glow, but he couldn't. He couldn't stop thinking about the power. He wanted it. He lusted it. And so, he grabbed the book. Wilhelmus had left a mark from where he had left off reading the book. He was reading a chapter entitled "Death of the Chieftain".
"NOOOOOOO!" yelled Josef. He knew the mistake he had done. And suddenly, the guards were in the palace.
"Don't come any closer!" yelled Josef, and for his utter amazement, the guards did what he told them to do. Suddenly the guards were glowing too. Everything was. And the guards looked at Josef with great fear in their eyes. He couldn't see his own eyes, but he knew what kind of a stare he was having. He was looking straight through the guards, straight into their souls, and it shivered them. He saw that like a storm of autumn night, his stare shattered every piece of their souls.
"I am your new chieftain, and you shall be my guards", said Josef to them. And the guards nodded before running away in panic. Josef turned his back on them and continued reading the book of Pytho.
***
OOC: Changing my religion to Pythonism.
amirsan
King of all Kings
Carthago Punica
Carthage: Amirsan
Era: Stone Age
Government: Tribal Council
Religion: Paganism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Story:
The world was created, and the tribe of Carthage is ready for its new beginnings... and the creator has work to do and will write stories later.
Can we post orders, or must we wait until the next update? (EDIT: Das already asked)
Carthage: Amirsan
Era: Stone Age
Government: Tribal Council
Religion: Paganism
Economy: Stable
Army: Palace Guard Stone Age
Navy: none
Story:
The world was created, and the tribe of Carthage is ready for its new beginnings... and the creator has work to do and will write stories later.
Can we post orders, or must we wait until the next update? (EDIT: Das already asked)
this time before the first update is reserved for establishing the characterr of your nation, beliefs and government. No orders as of yet. Update will be Wednesday methinks.
china444
Ain't no thang
Egypt
Out of the fertile Nile valley in the lush, hot lands of Northern Africa rose a great leader by the name of china444. He was very young, but the people respected him enough and trusted his abilities to turn their small nation-state into a power of the known world. They had resources to the north in the sea, had pleasant surroundings in the valley itself, and had a built-in form of transportation through the Nile which allowed for easy transport and generation of commerce within the nation. Economically, his nation would be tough to beat. The Nile would be the heart of this nation- and turn it into a prosperous empire.
Out of the fertile Nile valley in the lush, hot lands of Northern Africa rose a great leader by the name of china444. He was very young, but the people respected him enough and trusted his abilities to turn their small nation-state into a power of the known world. They had resources to the north in the sea, had pleasant surroundings in the valley itself, and had a built-in form of transportation through the Nile which allowed for easy transport and generation of commerce within the nation. Economically, his nation would be tough to beat. The Nile would be the heart of this nation- and turn it into a prosperous empire.
amirsan
King of all Kings
EQandcivfanatic said:
Nice, though I propose that you post an update tommorrow, especially since its just introductory to place the nations on the map. Besides, it would be nice to get through these first couple of turns at a more quicker pace, then pacing it out around the 3rd turn or so. Just a suggestion.
Btw, welcome back china444, its been a while since you've been around.
Drake Rlugia
....
Arnaut was not a brilliant man. But he certainly wasn't an idiot. If one had to brand him, he would be lucky; for it was pure folly he was even King of Occitania in the first place. He was a bastard son of the late ruler. He had little claim to sit upon the Golden Throne of Toulouse, less so than ordinary men and women.
Yet he did sit upon the throne for the sole fact he sought change. Before Arnaut, the Occitan peoples were nothing more than nomads. They roamed the region they termed "Gaulois" living off the land, herding sheep and eating berries. After the death of the last Occtican chief, the people were split. Some wanted to remain in one place; others wanted to continue roaming. Ultimately under Arnaut, the people chose to settle. To cement his power Arnaut had many of his father's true children executed.
Thus began the story of Occtiania. May it ring for eons.
Yet he did sit upon the throne for the sole fact he sought change. Before Arnaut, the Occitan peoples were nothing more than nomads. They roamed the region they termed "Gaulois" living off the land, herding sheep and eating berries. After the death of the last Occtican chief, the people were split. Some wanted to remain in one place; others wanted to continue roaming. Ultimately under Arnaut, the people chose to settle. To cement his power Arnaut had many of his father's true children executed.
Thus began the story of Occtiania. May it ring for eons.
