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Flesh out my fantasy world.
Topic Started: Sep 11 2012, 02:56 PM (3,557 Views)
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After I ran way crying trying to start my own RP in the same vein as the Cultural Evolution game I decided to get back to it with a fantastic piece. I want to include a variety of species and cultures and both keep it simple and not clichéd.

Here is the map.
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Currently the big Northernmost island is inhabited by Dwarves, who rule, the Finns, who enforce that rule and the Saami, who get seven shades of shit kicked out of them whenever they complain about being at the bottom of the pile.

The big green island is inhabited by Elves. I'm not sure what to do with them, arrogant racists and arrogant perfect hippies have been done. I'll probably make them live only 200 or so years, and incapable of hybridizing with humans, or at least not producing very many fertile hybrids.

The yellow islands are inhabited by Dragons, who are intelligent but rather possessive and straight forward, which can make them seem child-like. They also live with humans and act as their nobility, defending them in exchange for the humans doing all the things dragons can't. It's got a reputation as a place the oppressed can flee if they are desperate and willing to work. The dragon's don't care about your ideology or religion as long as they get their sheep tithe.

On the "mainland" are the Human kingdoms. Once most of the island was united under an empire, the empire started to crumble under barbarian attacks, poor harvests, a bad economy and religious strife. The last Emperor decided that to turn things around he would conquer the dragon kingdom, plunder their gold and then use the dragons as soldiers to help restore his empire. The expedition was destroyed and the capital was razed. With no emperor, no capital and hardly any army left the empire collapsed in less than a decade.

One province did manage to survive, mostly thanks to the corrupt governor having skimmed enough money to pay the local barbarians to fight for him rather than sack the place, and when the dust settled he found himself the most powerful and wealthy man left standing so just declared himself Emperor. That's the purple nation.
Edited by lamna, Sep 18 2012, 12:43 PM.
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Well if you want to give a lot of your land to foreigners, or found some new Monastic Order you can. You're the Baron.
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Could I have 6 small ships instead of 2?
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I've decided they are going to be called Kiralynes (Hungarian for Queen).

I was thinking actually to save you time would you want to use some of the creatures from my project? Specifically the ones from Central European mythology? I understand if you don't, just saves you time on the more trivial details.
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Could I have 6 small ships instead of 2?
Afraid not. You can build more, capture some, arm merchant vessels. But you start two small ships and a great ship. Navies on the Inland Sea are usually neglected and small.

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I was thinking actually to save you time would you want to use some of the creatures from my project? Specifically the ones from Central European mythology? I understand if you don't, just saves you time on the more trivial details.
Perhaps, if you could give me a link that would be helpful.

I think I'll be adding Shirshu from Avatar.
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Loot as you wish :) http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/3978041/1/#new
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Thanks but I think I'll keep the strange beasts to a minimum. I don't think I want anything chimerical. Might take something for the Inland Sea.

Shirshu are staying though.
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No strange beasts, but of course will have ridiculous giant, star nosed moles! :D
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That also has extreme tracking abilities, can be ridden, is blind and has paralytic saliva. But can you argue with Jennifer Hale?
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Im pulling out guys, this isnt for me and Ive been too busy recently.
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That's a shame. Why isn't it for you?
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Well it's more about the fact I am enrolled in two already active RPs.
I don't really know why, I feel it would get awkward for me eventually. Nothing of your fault, it's pretty damn well set out, just my taste that is all.
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As you will.

I'll have to set up a sign up topic soon.
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Sign up topic now online
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/4966168/1

Oh and adding to what else is in the story, I'm introducing horse drawn railways. A horse can pull much more on rails than it can on a road, indeed that's where the idea for steam powered railways came from.

Their won't be a national network though, most of it will be limited to the Imperial Province. And it won't be all linked up, most of it goes to the Great River where produce can be sent to the massive Imperial Capital. I might name it Wean, the Austrian for Vienna, but that sounds a little odd to me.

Reichshauptstadt?
Reichsburg?

I'll have a map of the railways, plus castles and cities soon.

Wyverns can travel at about 40mph, so a trip from the Continent to Neue Land takes about two days. Given the danger of the flight and the rarity of wyverns they usually only make the trip from the colony to the mainland. It takes less than two weeks to sail there in ideal conditions so wyverns are only used for urgent messages.
Edited by lamna, Oct 19 2012, 07:27 AM.
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