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Incendia; An epic revision of an otherwise ctrl-c
Topic Started: Jul 25 2009, 03:16 AM (123 Views)
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Leader(s) Name: Thomas
Leader(s) Title: High King
Country: #8 County Name: Imperial Legion of Incendia (Also called Sol's Legion/Sol's 1st Legion by the higher authority of the country)
Color: Red
Country Description: Volcanic island, with an active shield volcano at the "center"(not really the center of the island, its at the bend).
Species Type: Religious
Physical Description: Human, are Caucasian. (I'm not a racist, as some (ramrod) have assumed before, but, I am simply stating it now so I don't have to later.)

Background Info: The Incendians are a sun-worshiping people, they are quite advanced for the time. Their capital city is a large shield volcano called Incendia Mons, and is in the crater of the center volcano. The volcano itself has a low viscosity(runny) lava flow that is constantly spewing from the center of the crater, the lava it self is almost pure iron, and is used in their foundries. The lava is guided into trenches dug in the stone floor of the crater, these trenches flow to and underneath the foundries and blacksmiths, the largest trench flows to the bay on the north-west side of the island to be used for the navy. The palace at the highest point of the crater is carved out of the rock wall, it is located opposite from the bay that houses the navy, the palace itself is a massive stone structure made of the basalt rock of the crater, sitting at it's peak, which used to be the peak of the small mountain it was carved from, is a large glass orb decorated like a sun-burst, at noon the orb aligns with the sun, and the spherical part appears to eclipse the sun. The orb has a fire burning inside that is really lava that is pumped into it by large turbines powered by the lava flow. All of the plants growing on the volcano have a red tint or shade to them, especially on the leaves, due to the high iron content of the soil.

Army: Small elite land army, medium-sized but highly trained and advanced navy. All of the soldiers in the army are armed with melee weapons, the army is in numbers of around 100-200 troops, all are armed with steel swords and wear steel plate mail along with a steel helmet, the armor is painted red, and the commanders' armor is trimmed with gold leaf. The navy, on the other hand, specializes in both ranged and melee, there are not many boarding actions, but every ship has some sort of ramhead, the two capital ships have large steel rams on their fronts, the front of these rams are made up of a large half-orb made of steel, these half-orbs are filled with a thick oil that is lit during battle. The smallest ships have no cannons, but do have small balistae instead, the larger ships, however, have large cannons that fire exploding iron cannonballs filled with phosphorus. The capital ships have a large metal balista mounted behind the bow, the arrow is lit on fire before it is shot at the target. The swordsmen also have steel kite shields, similar in shape to those used by the footman in WC3.

Numbers:

Navy:
Two hundred "Rowboats", none of them are used for transport, the only weapon is a forward mounted canon inside of the bow, of which is also a ramhead.
Sixty "Destroyers" , basically a galleon, armed with a forward cannon, and many balistae lining the sides.
Twenty "Juggernauts" basically frigates, armed with twice as many baslistae on lining the sides and 1/3 the amount of cannons that the Capital Ships have on their sides, there is also a forward mounted cannon.
Two "Capital Ships", powered by both steam and sail, made of ironwood with metal plating, both are the size of a modern battleship, and have forward deployment doors, as the inside store the transports, of which five fit inside, also have massive forward-mounted balistae, of which fire massive bolts made of ironwood tree trunks that have been soaked in oil, the bolts are lit before they're launched.
Thirty "Transports", capable of carrying twenty fully armed and armored swordsmen.

Troops:
Two thousand "Swordsmen", each with a heavy longsword, a heavy kite shield, and heavy platemail.
Four hundred "Crossbowmen", two hundred of which guard the Capital, the remaining ones are constantly being re-assigned, but are usually with the navy, wear heavy platemail, and are armed with a medium crossbow.

Other: As stated, they are advanced in sciences, mostly metallurgy and the study of the way light behaves, they are excellent steel and iron smiths, and have created fairly good steam engines that power all of their foundries and their largest battleships. They are experimenting with electric currents, as the mountain's high iron content creates many lightening storms around the crater during the wet season. The mountain also has a magnetic field surrounding it due to the molten iron inside of it, as such, any compass that is not made by an Incendian Priest of Flames* will not work.

*The Priest of Flames is the highest religious figure in Incendian society, there are only 2 of them, they are also the most educated, aside from the High King, they lead the projects studying magnetism and electricity.

The capital city is referred to as:
Incendia Mons, by it's regular inhabitants.
The City of Sol/The City Blessed by Sol/Sol's City, by the higher authorities.
The High City/The Great Capital, by the inhabitants of the island that do not live in it.

Population:
100,001.0, Mostly concentrated in the capital city (Don't worry Doog, the one above the limit is old and is dying of liver cancer. EDIT: He died.)

Resources:
Coal
Gold
Copper
Iron
Thick vegetation
Oil (Made using what parts of the vegetation that is not eaten: stems, roots, skins, peels, etc.)
Lava
Fire Wine(a mixture of 50% oil, 25% sugar, and 25% alcohol, it must be lit on fire before drinking, and must be burning while drinking it.)
Low-quality red Phosphorous(used in the light cannonballs, of which are honeycombed on the inside, these chambers are filled with phosphorous on the outer ones, water for the inner ones)
Potassium Nitrate(saltpeter)
Sulfer(duh)
Charcoal
Gunpowder(made using above three)
Ironwood(very dense tree, due to high iron content on and around Incendia Mons, used for almost every wooden application, all military wooden equipment is made of this.)


Update: Map is not attached, need to make map first.
Note: Aqua Mons is the military shipyard, it is built on top of an extinct underwater volcano.
Note(2): Incendia Mons is the highest mountain on the island, despite the two ranges next to it appear to be the same height.
Note(3): Incendia Mons takes up most of the middle of the island, extending to the edges, aside from a small beach on the dock side.
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