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Topic Started: Jul 24 2009, 09:20 AM (251 Views)
lucky number 13
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this better have an edit function because i joined this out of randomness and don't get it :P

i'm assuming this is just a forumwide version of the world rpg?

in that case i am going to find the char sheet

one minor problem despite finding this, what age of technology are we talking?
i probably should have left this till i knew what i was doing :D

Leader(s) Name: Arkan Ironhand
Leader(s) Title: Night Lord
Country: N5 Terasinth
Color: Grey
Country Description: the country of terasinth is a mountainous region where the Lord resides in the Iron citadel buried deep inside the largest mountian of the region, the lands of the Lord are speard across the lower slopes and foothills where the conditions are perfect for orchards and the hardier type of crops, all the cities of this land are built on and in the mountains that provide most of their wealth with vast deposits of iron and gold.
Species Type: Mercantile/religious/violent
Physical Description: The undead, the soulless hordes, the horrors of the night, basically all the traditional undead creatures and a few more monsters of the night who wouldn't find peace in other lands, Arkan keeps few living servants and creatures around but those that he does keep usually serve as food or just serve the undead ones.
Background Info: The undead that are found in the mist haunted lands of terasinth are the work of the generations of wraiths and shades that once vied for command in this realm, the once warring factions of undead and nameless horrors are now ruled by Arkan alone with quite literally a fist of iron and a mind of steel, the undead will march unthinking into the most deadly deathtraps and walk out with wounds that would be fatal to the living but fatal no longer applys to them.
Population: 100,000
Army: 90,000 (virtually all the population is the undead armies of the wraithlord, the few living servants and the occasional undead are considered too useful to be used as soldiers)
50,000 lesser dead: these are the shambling hordes, the mindless legions of zombies and skeletons that have no more intelligence or personality than a rock, they can be ordered into collapsing buildings, flaming forests, hails of enemy fire and walk out the other side with nothing more than a few extra scars or less arms, due to Arkans thinking approach to these modern times some of the dead are often taken to be the subject of arcane experiments where metal and undead flesh is fused to provide even more horrific and powerful soldiers.
10,000 Iron Souls: Twisted fusions of metal and flesh the iron guard are a blacksmiths worst nightare, the experiments and test performed by Arkan ironhand to fuse metal with flesh and give it life has resulted in these mechanical monsters, they are similar to the lesser dead in most respects except for the fact that they are comprised almost entirely of gleaming metal cogs and armour, they are as stalwart as the lesser dead in performing their tasks with the added advantage of being virtually invincible while they do them albeit a lot slower, the only weapons they use are the bladed fingers of their gauntlets.
10,000 shadow knights: shadow knights are the cavalry elite of the undead legions, they are sinister black cloaked wraiths astride ethereal mounts, mundane weapons will pass stright through them but the same cannot be said for their own weapons through living flesh, they can ride through trees, walls and any other physical obstacle, they are rightly feared for this inability to be hit by mortal man but there is hope, they are vulnerable to magic and powerful religious relics and faith and n experienced exorcist will be able to remove their prescence with a word.
2,490 unnamed and 10 named wraiths: a shade is an ethereal magic user that is only partly in this world and quite a lot in the next, they have incredible powers over the undead and are a match for a shade in magic and mental combat, they are unable to beat a shade in physical combat however, the 10 named wraiths are the more powerful of the lords who once vied for command of terasinth and were recruited by Arkan Ironhand to help him conquer the entire land, they were named as a sign of their status and either serve as advisors, generals or city lords under Arkans service, the names of the lesser lords are Saimarel, Fenar, Versec, Rault, kandar and the higher lords have kept their names unknown for now.
2,490 unnamed and 10 named shades: a shade is a human possesed by malvolent spirits, when Arkan pacified the shades and wraiths of the valley and brought them under his control both the shades and the wraiths were the equivalent of a ruling class at the time and so both were allowed to keep a measure of the former power they weilded, the shades serve almost exclusively as generals, their supernatural fighting power and mental power make them a dangerous foe to magician and warrior alike, they can be stopped in a multitude of ways but the blow through the heart is the most commonly known, only the name of one shade is known and that is the most poweful, iranis the claw
4,990 unnamed and 10 named vampires: the last ruling class of the valley was the vampires, these feral bloodsuckers were a far cry from the sophistication of the wraiths or the cold malice of the shades, with the reformation of Terasinth by Arkan ironhand the vampires reformed to the point of civility, they are the lesser barons of the land, too powerful to ignore yet too insane to trust, thier mastery over weather magic and mental power was enough to secure them at least these positions of power, the vampires all hail from one of the ten vampire clans ruled over by the named vampires who are the most powerful of the brood, the vampires occampany the Lords armies into battle to protect his troops from the dreaded sunlight with summoned storms and mists, the ten named vampires are Vladimir, Dracul, Bellacrix, Jugul, Artura, Vespix, Jorland, Sera, manfred and the most powerful Sanguis whose family motto is; Carpe Jugulum
1 Lord Arkan Ironhand: Arkan is a wraithlord, a powerful spirit who can take a physical manifestation in this world, he has united the scattered lords of Terasinth under his literally iron rule and has crushed his opposition to dust, he rarely leaves the Iron Citadel in these centuries as een for a wraith he is old, he has watched the continents rise and nations fall and witnessed the spell that bound his people to an almost eternal slumber, he knows he will not live long enough to oversee ultimate victory but his successor shall and while he still doesn't draw breath he is one of the most powerful fighters in the world.
1 Iron Talon, shadow chaplain: the Iron Talon is Arkans successor, he was chosen from the tomb preist of ankharmand in the far south of Terasinth to lead the scattered alliance as he saw fit, he is another wraith as arkan is except instaed of one shrouded in shadow and mystery the iron talon is enclosed in a mighty suit of armour and fights at the forefront of the ironhands armies bellowing incantations and litanies of hate at the living servants of his enemies, he was the last to succumb and the first to awaken when the spell was cast uopon the land and for his fortitude and strength arkan chose him as his successor, he bears the crosius ankhar the badge of his office as a chaplain and a potent weapon and is protected by the ankh of shadows which sheilds him from hostile magic and physical attack.
5,000 monsters of the night: these are the creatures shunned and feared by ordinary folk, undead horrors and living terrors that ravage landscapes by themselves, they are:
2,192 werewolves, the archtypal half-wolf half-man, they used to be found in much greater numbers till their masters the vampires used them against Arkan in the vampire wars
987 raveners: vampires who remained feral when the country changed, the great vampire families regard them as slight;y mad relatives and they are more of an embarrasment to them than a danger, to everyone else they are death on 2 legs and 2 wings with a mouth in the middle
1,000 nameless horrors: these creatures are just what the name implies, creatures who are like nothing ever seen before or since, most stand taller than a man and are capable of ripping a horse in two, sometimes primitive experiment of living metal can be found evidenced on their skin or magic spells gone awry, the commonly held beleif is that these things are the creatures that didn't take succesfully to the experiments Arkan inflicts on his subjects to further his own ends.
800 ogres and trolls: the ogres were once more common in terasinth until bands of warriors from other nations attacked them for eating their inhabitants and attacking villages, an ogre stands twice as high as an ordinary man and 3 times as wide, they can crush a skull in thier hands and carry a full grown horse under each arm, their voracious appetite and incredible digestive powers are a great source of trouble as they can and will eat almost anything from the most putrid zombies to the largest of monsters, at least in terasinth eating a citizen doesn't usually result in a mob of their friends armed with flaming torches after you, mostly because they were already dead and secondly because they didn't have any friends.
a troll is a distant descendant of an ogre, they are twice as stupid but make up for it by being 3 times as large and twice as strong, their skin changes depending on their home enviroment, a troll living by mountains resembles a lichen speckled crag while a river troll is stinking filthy and green as river weed, they will eat almost anything like an ogre except whereas ogres tend towards prey that was or even is still alive trolls will eat anything from rocks to rats, a troll is a vilent chemical sack that is just as dangerous when dead as their stomach acids can melt steel and in rare cases the trolls corpse will explode, Arkan has no problem with either of these creatures though because; one has no sense of smell so they don't annoy him as much as most creatures and two because he would rather they eat a lot of his enemies and fewer of is troops than a lot of his troops and none of his enemies.
200 Banshees: a banshee is a herald of death, this is not due to some strange psychic ability which lets them sense when a person is about to die or be killed but the fact that they can tear a man apart in seconds and their scream is fatal to mortal ears, a banshee is winged and cloaked but bears no weapons or armour, they hunt their prey in the trees of the mist haunted land of terasinth and are effective messengers for Arkan and his underlords when they can be convinced to not kill the receiver of the news instantly.
1 Storm Dragon: in the caves below the iron citadel their lies a mound of treasure a mile wide, glittering rubies, sparkling saphires and countless other gems along with enough gold to purchase the world are just left in the centre of the largest cave, on top of this mound lies a storm dragon, his name is Arnax and he is the only dragon that will consent to bear Arkan Ironhand into battle, he leaves is cave onoly in the midst of the blackest most violent storms and what many have mistaken for just the roar of the wind and a scudding cloud is this mighty dragon revelling in freedom of the outside world, he is immensely large but none can say how much exactly as the no living creature has seen him and remained so living.

Resources: Iron, gold, orchard fruit (apples, peaches, plums etc....) granite, marble and other building materials, steel, most metals indigenous to earth, soldiers
Other: most of the leaders of this land have the power to raise and reraise their undead hordes, this is a great advantage for an army that has virtually no shooting because the lack of covering fire is made up for by the sheer amount of troops that can be raised to fight people
Edited by lucky number 13, Jul 27 2009, 08:38 PM.
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Haha, it's medieval. Sorry 'bout that, ;). Need to make a post 'bout that, :p.
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/accepted. You may now post your country map.
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i haven't finished :? and i already posted the country map...



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