OOC: I will try. BTW, something I've noticed on the first page: Known World. Is there an unknown part of the world hiding somewhere, waiting for colonization? Would've been nice, oh well, I think there isn't... Oh, and if the Dusmanca River is titled, why isn't Ho'dak?
IC:
Two Hundred Years passed since Dak Ir Para has been found. Odrik still reigned, Rohirrim still were not found.
Hartrik's expedition, however, was attacked by a wealthy tribe, presiding on a lonely hill in a valley. Much warriors died when fighting back, but in the euphoria, the mountaineers attacked the hill people, defeated them, and forced them to their knees. City of Para Dam ("Found in Blood") was built on that hill, and for the first time did Zapata expand by war. Hartrik was given temporary power over the city until his father's decision on how to govern it. But the casualities were grieveous by the standards of the time, and the loss was felt in the underpopulated mountain nation. Since most people knew pretty much everyone else in Zapata, every Zapatian lost several friends and relatives.
Yet Odrik was displeased not only by that. He already knew what will come. This was the first conquest. Soon, one of the survived warriors or his son, or his grandson - it didn't matter, will come to the conclusion that the conquests must continue. They will raise warriors and will conquer the land, and when it ends, they will build such fishing rafts that could sail to another world, and will invade other lands, and will conquer. Ofcourse, there must be others who wanted to expand and conquer, but if only wolves will survive, they will eat each other as soon as the sheep end.
And the worst part was, it was unstopable. It was too late to somehow cancel this. Odrik knew it well, he was wiser then the most - that's why he led his people, after all. He had to raise an army, for another one will come, and will do it just as well. Yet he also decided to somehow stop or slow down the future destruction. He decided to train these warriors and the others in a single code of honor, that must pass down the generations, and that will make the future conquest less harsh towards the people. True, now only a few people wanted to take advantage of the victory and torture and humiliate the ones who were defeated. Yet it too may spread.
He has called for Bazorak, his advisor and told him the new orders for the Zapatian people. He made a difference, he was sure. As Bazorak left with the orders, Odrik also thought about how good it would have been to somehow write down one's thoughts, as well as knowledge and orders - it would have been alot more convenient. Suddenly, he came up with an idea, and called for Terok, another advisor.
Orders:
- expand to link with the new territory.
- Increase army by 100. Train them by a code of honor, to educate a just way of fighting and controlling a conquered territory.
- Try to come up with some sort of a primitive alphabeth, if we can do that.
Diplomacy:
From: Ozrik, Chief of Zapata
To: other tribes
I greet you! Our peoples are brothers in blood, culture and ideals, and ours is a nation of mountaineers, where all the people are equal. We call for your tribes to join with us, your chiefs will be allowed to say their opinion in a tribal council and will still rule their people. Trust me, there will be no deceit.
OOC: Timeline:
100 f.c.
Northern Alliance begins armed expansion, conquering two other barbarian tribes. Amasi barbarians sign an alliance with the Kirmizi Khan, aimed against the Konjan tribe. Dialican chief Kiefir incorporates another barbarian tribe after a one on one battle with their chieftain. Serdioan warriors leave their borders to fight the barbarians. The nation of Aphrae appears on Northern Pazak, and builds the city of Xiwolae, where the workers begin erecting a great pyramid temple. However, some of the workers rebel and secede from the High Priestess' reign. A kingdom of Treturia appears.
200 f.c.
Chief Death of the Northmen orders the warriors to be trained not to fear anything, and fight with all their rage. This leads to sizeable casualities, but even greater gains, as all of the surrounding tribes submit. Amasi and Kirmizi forces strike agaisnt the Konjan, forcing some of them to move far in a search for a new land, while the others were put under the Kirmizi control, along with their lands. Treturians begin first expeditions into the ocean. Barbarian tribes, influenced by the superior Serdioan culture form their own city-states on the Serdioan sub-continent. Aphraeans raise a new army, but fail to defeat the workers as they construct a huge wall. A Zapatian expedition to find the legendary Rohan fails, yet it conquers a tribe and it's village they find along the way.
Is that alright?