Gwalethia Sign-up Thread [Medieval Tech, Open]

[Aeternaea]

Hey all, please go to this page in order to sign up. This thread is closed.

[Bakvae]

: IC nation name: The Bak'Ee'Ne'Vae Order
Capital: S'Ae'Ne'Chu
Government type: Theocratic Order
Race Group(s): Mixed
Language(s): Chu'O'Mae, Aetae'Ne'Chu'O, and Aetae'Ne Hae
Inspiration for nation: Teutonic Order & Aeternaea itself
Brief background of nation (or IIWiki/NSWiki): Will PM the founder this information
Map claim (Imgur): PM'd to the founder

Geography and climate of nation: Temperate with snowy areas
Scoresheet Information: Max limited to 30 points for new nations.
Innovation: 1/6
Diplomacy: 5/6
Economy: 6/6
Production: 5/6
Magecraft: 0/6
Land/military tech: 6/6
Naval tech: 0/6
Adaptability: 0/6
Population: 1/6
Espionage: 6/6

How did you hear about Gwalethia? Friends in the region
What other nations do you use on NS? N/A
Roleplay sample (Optional, though required for claiming a more powerful role): Will send a sample to founder.

Any other info you wish to add (Optional): N/A

[Aeternaea]

: IC nation name: The Bak'Ee'Ne'Vae Order
Capital: S'Ae'Ne'Chu
Government type: Theocratic Order
Race Group(s): Mixed
Language(s): Chu'O'Mae, Aetae'Ne'Chu'O, and Aetae'Ne Hae
Inspiration for nation: Teutonic Order & Aeternaea itself
Brief background of nation (or IIWiki/NSWiki): Will PM the founder this information
Map claim (Imgur): PM'd to the founder

Geography and climate of nation: Temperate with snowy areas
Scoresheet Information: Max limited to 30 points for new nations.
Innovation: 1/6
Diplomacy: 5/6
Economy: 6/6
Production: 5/6
Magecraft: 0/6
Land/military tech: 6/6
Naval tech: 0/6
Adaptability: 0/6
Population: 1/6
Espionage: 6/6

How did you hear about Gwalethia? Friends in the region
What other nations do you use on NS? N/A
Roleplay sample (Optional, though required for claiming a more powerful role): Will send a sample to founder.

Any other info you wish to add (Optional): N/A

Approved & Welcome

[A m e n r i a]

I'm sorry, but I can't see the map.

[Aeternaea]

I'm sorry, but I can't see the map.

Hm, odd... here are the direct links to them. If they don't work I can figure another method;

Topographical map;
Here

Political Map;
Here

Just open the links above and it should bring you to the imgur link with the map; the reason we don't post the map directly onto the forum is that it is constantly being updated, and it is easier to keep the link the constant that sends it directly to where the new maps are uploaded. If there are any issues, please let me know!

[A m e n r i a]

Okay, I'm definitely interested. Just how advanved is a nation with 6 innovation and land tech? Are they advanced enough to be steampunk and have guns? They'd probably have rocket launchers too since those were invented in the 16th century.

[Vextress Hive]

I'm going to be copying allot from a previous "rejected" application, i hope this is fine.

IC nation name: The Vextress Hive
Capital: The Hive
Government type: Hive Mind
Race Group(s): Worker drones, warriors drones, guardian drones, queen drones.
Language(s) :NA, the Hive Mind is one mind controlling every single Hive Drone. It has no use for language, both written, or spoken at this time. "this can be changed later as it learns more about the world"

Inspiration for nation: Tyranids (Warhammer 40k) Xiticix (Rifts Multiverse) various insects, and arachnids.

Brief background of nation (or IIWiki/NSWiki): The Vextress Hive is a Hive based society living in underground tunnels, and caverns deep under a massive jungle. They are divided between various different castes "much like ants" that preform various different functions all for the well being of the Hive. Every hive drone is interconnected, with every drone sharing one mind "The Hive Mind" as one collective consciousness. This consciousness is transferred to their brains by a special drone called a "Queen" which emits the consciousness at a radius of half a mile. " working much like Wi Fi" The HIve Mind is still mostly oblivious to most of the outside world, and for all its sentience, can still not see past the primal urge to feed, expand, and colonize. It will start out hostile to every other form of sentient life.

Map claim (Imgur):https://i.imgur.com/mInuAPe.jpg

Geography and climate of nation: Hot, humid, and wet. The vast rain forests and jungle that make up the Vexan biome are home to a incredible diversity of plant, and animal life. With temperatures that can vary from 95 degrees Fahrenheit in the day, to 74 degrees Fahrenheit at night. The ancient jungles are filled to the brim with massive, towering trees of various species. These trees reaching often getting up to 400 feet tall. Providing the ridiculous amount of oxygen needed for arthropods "like the Vextress Hivers" to grow to immense sizes. It rains almost every day, with some of the rain droplets being as large as stones.

Scoresheet Information:
Innovation: 6/6
Diplomacy: 0/6
Economy: 6/6
Production: 6/6
Magecraft: 0/6
Land/military tech: 6/6
Naval tech: 0/6
Adaptability: 0/6
Population: 6/6
Espionage: 0/6

[b]How did you hear about Gwalethia? I searched "fantasy region" on the search bar.
[b]What other nations do you use on NS? Northeast Friedland "i don't really use it"
[b]Roleplay sample (Optional, though required for claiming a more powerful role):

Any other info you wish to add (Optional):

Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQQxv1D1ns

History: The Hivers story begins millions of years ago, back then the jungle was small, and the Hive had its first beginning. No bigger than large ants, and with no technological basis, the Hive hunted down insects, and warred with ant colonies. The Hive Mind primitive, and new, running completely on instinct. Soon the jungle grew to immense sizes, providing the oxygen needed for Arthropods to grow much, much larger. And so the Hivers did, outgrowing their ant rivals, to sizes unprecedented in the Arthropod world. As their bodies grew, so did their mind. Recently the Hive Mind gained sentience. It wasn't long until it figured out how to produce simple tools, and eventually, learn how to farm.

The increased food production allowed the drones to get even larger than before, with them eventually getting to their modern size around a thousand years ago. The Hive was first introduced to the wider world by a band of human explorers 300 years ago. These explorers were charting out territory and looking for treasure, and had foolishly stumbled into the Hive. They were all devoured but one, who escaped to tell the wider world of the monsters he had found in the jungle. With the jungle already being named 'Vexan" by most of the world, they had deceived to call this race of monsters the "Vextress Hive" a name that has stuck ever since.

Studying the armor and weapons of these travelers, the Hive soon began the mass production of armor, and weapons for its drones. Arming up, to expand , conquer, and feed. It may have gained sentience, but its goal has not changed since the prehistoric age, All will be consumed...

Religion: Things like faith, magic or gods are currently irrelevant to the Hive Mind. Some creatures and beings may be beyond the understanding of the Mind, but everything is either food to be consumed, or a threat to be destroyed, they too are nothing but food. Whatever the Hiveless species have to say on supposed higher beings is irrelevant, they will be consumed.

Biology, Culture, and Government: The Hive is a collective consciousness, which means that every single individual of the Hive, from the lowest larva, to the largest guardian are all part of the same mind. Working to keep the Hive fed, strong, and productive. The Hive has several different types of drone, from the workers, to the warriors, to the queens. While they are all connected by one shared Mind, each type of drone is used for a different task. The Hive is omnivorous, being capable of consuming almost any type of living matter, Their main food source is the "Mien Tek" fungus, which grows from rotting leaves. The Hive purposely grows this fungus by gathering masses of leaves from the surrounding jungle, and throwing them into piles to rot. The fungus is extremely nutrient, and calorie rich, being far more efficient to eat than the leaves themselves. The Mien Tek fungus is also poisonous to most forms of life. The Hive will attack any animal or man that gets near the Hive, both to protect it, and to provide extra food for the growing number of drones. All drone types can regrow lost limbs, and the Hive will cannibalize any dead drone.

Most Hivers live in the subterranean tunnels under the Vexan Jungle, these tunnels mainly being made by the worker caste. These tunnels lead to several chambers, each chamber serving a different purpose. The most common chamber type being the resting chamber, divided by drone caste, these chambers are where the different drone types can rest. The queen chamber is the only resting chamber where more than one type of drone is found, as the queen's guardians also rest there. Other types of chambers include farming chambers "where leaves are left to rot, and produce Mien Tek" mining chambers "where ore is mined" Smiting chambers "where weapons, tools, and armor are produced" storage chambers "where everything from dead bodies, fungus, weapons, and ore are stored." the most protected chamber is that where the Larva are stored, the future of the hive, they will be protected at all costs, alongside the High Queen.

Above ground, a few primitive mud forts dot the landscape. They serve the role of first defense, and eyes to ensure the main Hive is attacked by suprise. All Hivers depend on the queens to keep a connection to the Hive Mind, and if there are no queens alive within a couple miles, the drones will lose their connection to the Hive Mind, and will then start tearing each other apart.

Drones: Worker- The smallest, and most common drone type. They stand at 5 feet tall, and 6 feet wide. They have 4 segments 3 of which are all of equal size and length, with the 4th in the front going straight up, 6 ant like legs, and graspers at the sides of the top segment " each pair of graspers having three claw like appendages that function like fingers. they can rotate 360 degrees, and are moderately dexterous. This grasper allows for picking up things, manipulating tools, and building everything the Hive needs to expand. They have no visible head except for two small beady eyes which provide relatively poor eye sight, and a small mouth at the bottom of their front segment. They do most of the work in the Hive that doesn't involve fighting. Gathering, mining, building, smiting, and farming, they do it all. Their exoskeleton while not strong enough for combat, is strong enough to keep them alive while toiling away in the tunnels.

Warrior- The main military drone for the Hive, the warrior stands at 12 feet tall, and 8 feet wide, they have 4 segments all of equal size and length, with a pointed thorax at the back. The segment and thorax at the back of the warrior are on the same level "much like the worker" while the three front segments go upwards, with each segment in the front three being higher up than the last, making the warrior much taller in the front than at the back. They have 6 legs, with the four in the back being like those of a arachnid, with the two legs at the front being shaped like sickles "which can be used to stab at downed opponents" and a pair of large graspers at the side of the front "each pair of graspers having three claw like appendages that function like fingers. they can rotate 360 degrees, and are surprisingly dexterous" On the top of the highest segment is the head, similar to a mantis'' head, that provides excellent vision, eating capability, and hearing to the warrior. The warrior's exoskeleton is extremely durable, and allows him to tank a musket ball and survive "though a second shot tends to down them" to add to this protection, the Hive provides plated armor, mail, spears, and siege equipment to the warriors to augment their already lethal design. Disciplined, and unending, what force in the world could hope to match them?

Guardian- Massive drones standing at 15 feet tall, and 18 feet wide. They serve as elite guards for the queens of the Hive. They have two, heavily armored segments, the head, and body, the head being 30% of the whole creature, both segments are at equal height. With six beetle like legs, the body is comprised of 70% armored chitin, and is immune to anything short of a direct hit from a catapult. The head is shaped like a viking's round shield, with two small beady eyes at the top of the "shield" providing some amount of vision. At the center of the shield is a massive 15 foot lance of chitin, which can be used to impale enemies. At the very bottom of the "shield" lies their relativity small, beetle like mouth. In battle the guardians charge into the fray, using their lance to skewer the enemy, and their immense weight to crush them. Or they can be used defensively, using their shield like heads to protect the Queen, and their fellow drones. They are not easy creatures to take down, guardians are often reinforced with slabs of iron, used to protect their weak points.

Queen- Queens are the biggest drones in the Hive, with a length of 20 feet, and a height of 20 feet, they are truly massive creatures. Queens are gigantic worm like creatures, with the only part of the body protected being the front "head" by a sturdy piece of chitin, their mouth is also at the front. They serve the most important roles in all the Hive, they are mobile towers of the Hive's consciousness. Every Hive drone relies on the queens to actually be a part of the Hive Mind "Drones that must be within 0.5 miles of a live queen to get a signal" without the queens, the Hive Mind would not be able to control its drones at all, drones that would be no better than animals without the Hive Mind. The only offensive capability of the queens "other than their immense size" is a massive acid cannon on their backs, with a range of a quarter of a mile, these cannons can melt flesh and bone like butter, with some of the most corrosive acid in known existence. Every queen is protected by no less than four guardians, and they are often carried on large thrones by large bands of workers, hence the name "queen" when a queen is physically threatened, they will often make one last ditch effort to save themselves by burrowing deep into the ground.

High Queen- Physically the same as a normal queen, the High Queen's are the only drone that is capable of having offspring "which it can produce asexually" high queens are picked from the regular queens by the Hive Mind, which picks the youngest, healthiest, strongest, and biggest among them. The High Queen's are protected by no less than thirty guardians at any one time. Each High Queen has different colored offspring "this a great way to tell generations apart" and as a High Queen grows older, the color of its offspring slowly starts to grey.

Technology:
Infrastructure- Hive Tunnel, Mud Fort, Fungus Farm, Mine, Smithy.
Transportation- Wheeled Carts
Weaponry- Spear, Trebuchet, Catapult, Mail Armor, Plate Armor.

The Vextress Hive has no magical beast protecting it, no gods blessing, no ancient dragons protection. Its "Guardian" its blessing, is the Hive Mind itself. Giving the Hive unprecedented unity, production, and strength. All are one mind, and this mind will blot out all others...

[Aeternaea]

Okay, I'm definitely interested. Just how advanved is a nation with 6 innovation and land tech? Are they advanced enough to be steampunk and have guns? They'd probably have rocket launchers too since those were invented in the 16th century.

Hey! Sorry for the delay in response, work got very busy. The timeline of this is around 1100 AD, give or take; so there aren't any steampunk or guns or such. But a level 6 army, for lack of a better description is seen as a fully elite and trained army. Of course, there's always the off chance they'd lose to a lower army due to circumstances or such, but in general a level 6 will usually be better. Think of level 0 as a group of farmers with pitchforks, and a level 6 as lifelong knights with plate armour, cavalry, and the weapons that they've been best trained for running them down. Hope that helps!

[Aeternaea]

I'm going to be copying allot from a previous "rejected" application, i hope this is fine.

IC nation name: The Vextress Hive
Capital: The Hive
Government type: Hive Mind
Race Group(s): Worker drones, warriors drones, guardian drones, queen drones.
Language(s) :NA, the Hive Mind is one mind controlling every single Hive Drone. It has no use for language, both written, or spoken at this time. "this can be changed later as it learns more about the world"

Inspiration for nation: Tyranids (Warhammer 40k) Xiticix (Rifts Multiverse) various insects, and arachnids.

Brief background of nation (or IIWiki/NSWiki): The Vextress Hive is a Hive based society living in underground tunnels, and caverns deep under a massive jungle. They are divided between various different castes "much like ants" that preform various different functions all for the well being of the Hive. Every hive drone is interconnected, with every drone sharing one mind "The Hive Mind" as one collective consciousness. This consciousness is transferred to their brains by a special drone called a "Queen" which emits the consciousness at a radius of half a mile. " working much like Wi Fi" The HIve Mind is still mostly oblivious to most of the outside world, and for all its sentience, can still not see past the primal urge to feed, expand, and colonize. It will start out hostile to every other form of sentient life.

Map claim (Imgur):https://i.imgur.com/mInuAPe.jpg

Geography and climate of nation: Hot, humid, and wet. The vast rain forests and jungle that make up the Vexan biome are home to a incredible diversity of plant, and animal life. With temperatures that can vary from 95 degrees Fahrenheit in the day, to 74 degrees Fahrenheit at night. The ancient jungles are filled to the brim with massive, towering trees of various species. These trees reaching often getting up to 400 feet tall. Providing the ridiculous amount of oxygen needed for arthropods "like the Vextress Hivers" to grow to immense sizes. It rains almost every day, with some of the rain droplets being as large as stones.

Scoresheet Information:
Innovation: 6/6
Diplomacy: 0/6
Economy: 6/6
Production: 6/6
Magecraft: 0/6
Land/military tech: 6/6
Naval tech: 0/6
Adaptability: 0/6
Population: 6/6
Espionage: 0/6

[b]How did you hear about Gwalethia? I searched "fantasy region" on the search bar.
[b]What other nations do you use on NS? Northeast Friedland "i don't really use it"
[b]Roleplay sample (Optional, though required for claiming a more powerful role):

Any other info you wish to add (Optional):

Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQQxv1D1ns

History: The Hivers story begins millions of years ago, back then the jungle was small, and the Hive had its first beginning. No bigger than large ants, and with no technological basis, the Hive hunted down insects, and warred with ant colonies. The Hive Mind primitive, and new, running completely on instinct. Soon the jungle grew to immense sizes, providing the oxygen needed for Arthropods to grow much, much larger. And so the Hivers did, outgrowing their ant rivals, to sizes unprecedented in the Arthropod world. As their bodies grew, so did their mind. Recently the Hive Mind gained sentience. It wasn't long until it figured out how to produce simple tools, and eventually, learn how to farm.

The increased food production allowed the drones to get even larger than before, with them eventually getting to their modern size around a thousand years ago. The Hive was first introduced to the wider world by a band of human explorers 300 years ago. These explorers were charting out territory and looking for treasure, and had foolishly stumbled into the Hive. They were all devoured but one, who escaped to tell the wider world of the monsters he had found in the jungle. With the jungle already being named 'Vexan" by most of the world, they had deceived to call this race of monsters the "Vextress Hive" a name that has stuck ever since.

Studying the armor and weapons of these travelers, the Hive soon began the mass production of armor, and weapons for its drones. Arming up, to expand , conquer, and feed. It may have gained sentience, but its goal has not changed since the prehistoric age, All will be consumed...

Religion: Things like faith, magic or gods are currently irrelevant to the Hive Mind. Some creatures and beings may be beyond the understanding of the Mind, but everything is either food to be consumed, or a threat to be destroyed, they too are nothing but food. Whatever the Hiveless species have to say on supposed higher beings is irrelevant, they will be consumed.

Biology, Culture, and Government: The Hive is a collective consciousness, which means that every single individual of the Hive, from the lowest larva, to the largest guardian are all part of the same mind. Working to keep the Hive fed, strong, and productive. The Hive has several different types of drone, from the workers, to the warriors, to the queens. While they are all connected by one shared Mind, each type of drone is used for a different task. The Hive is omnivorous, being capable of consuming almost any type of living matter, Their main food source is the "Mien Tek" fungus, which grows from rotting leaves. The Hive purposely grows this fungus by gathering masses of leaves from the surrounding jungle, and throwing them into piles to rot. The fungus is extremely nutrient, and calorie rich, being far more efficient to eat than the leaves themselves. The Mien Tek fungus is also poisonous to most forms of life. The Hive will attack any animal or man that gets near the Hive, both to protect it, and to provide extra food for the growing number of drones. All drone types can regrow lost limbs, and the Hive will cannibalize any dead drone.

Most Hivers live in the subterranean tunnels under the Vexan Jungle, these tunnels mainly being made by the worker caste. These tunnels lead to several chambers, each chamber serving a different purpose. The most common chamber type being the resting chamber, divided by drone caste, these chambers are where the different drone types can rest. The queen chamber is the only resting chamber where more than one type of drone is found, as the queen's guardians also rest there. Other types of chambers include farming chambers "where leaves are left to rot, and produce Mien Tek" mining chambers "where ore is mined" Smiting chambers "where weapons, tools, and armor are produced" storage chambers "where everything from dead bodies, fungus, weapons, and ore are stored." the most protected chamber is that where the Larva are stored, the future of the hive, they will be protected at all costs, alongside the High Queen.

Above ground, a few primitive mud forts dot the landscape. They serve the role of first defense, and eyes to ensure the main Hive is attacked by suprise. All Hivers depend on the queens to keep a connection to the Hive Mind, and if there are no queens alive within a couple miles, the drones will lose their connection to the Hive Mind, and will then start tearing each other apart.

Drones: Worker- The smallest, and most common drone type. They stand at 5 feet tall, and 6 feet wide. They have 4 segments 3 of which are all of equal size and length, with the 4th in the front going straight up, 6 ant like legs, and graspers at the sides of the top segment " each pair of graspers having three claw like appendages that function like fingers. they can rotate 360 degrees, and are moderately dexterous. This grasper allows for picking up things, manipulating tools, and building everything the Hive needs to expand. They have no visible head except for two small beady eyes which provide relatively poor eye sight, and a small mouth at the bottom of their front segment. They do most of the work in the Hive that doesn't involve fighting. Gathering, mining, building, smiting, and farming, they do it all. Their exoskeleton while not strong enough for combat, is strong enough to keep them alive while toiling away in the tunnels.

Warrior- The main military drone for the Hive, the warrior stands at 12 feet tall, and 8 feet wide, they have 4 segments all of equal size and length, with a pointed thorax at the back. The segment and thorax at the back of the warrior are on the same level "much like the worker" while the three front segments go upwards, with each segment in the front three being higher up than the last, making the warrior much taller in the front than at the back. They have 6 legs, with the four in the back being like those of a arachnid, with the two legs at the front being shaped like sickles "which can be used to stab at downed opponents" and a pair of large graspers at the side of the front "each pair of graspers having three claw like appendages that function like fingers. they can rotate 360 degrees, and are surprisingly dexterous" On the top of the highest segment is the head, similar to a mantis'' head, that provides excellent vision, eating capability, and hearing to the warrior. The warrior's exoskeleton is extremely durable, and allows him to tank a musket ball and survive "though a second shot tends to down them" to add to this protection, the Hive provides plated armor, mail, spears, and siege equipment to the warriors to augment their already lethal design. Disciplined, and unending, what force in the world could hope to match them?

Guardian- Massive drones standing at 30 feet tall, and 35 feet wide. They serve as elite guards for the queens of the Hive. They have two, heavily armored segments, the head, and body, the head being 30% of the whole creature, both segments are at equal height. With six beetle like legs, the body is comprised of 70% armored chitin, and is immune to anything short of a direct hit from a catapult. The head is shaped like a viking's round shield, with two small beady eyes at the top of the "shield" providing some amount of vision. At the center of the shield is a massive 15 foot lance of chitin, which can be used to impale enemies. At the very bottom of the "shield" lies their relativity small, beetle like mouth. In battle the guardians charge into the fray, using their lance to skewer the enemy, and their immense weight to crush them. Or they can be used defensively, using their shield like heads to protect the Queen, and their fellow drones. They are not easy creatures to take down, guardians are often reinforced with slabs of iron, used to protect their weak points.

Queen- Queens are the biggest drones in the Hive, with a length of 60 feet, and a height of 40 feet, they are truly massive creatures. Queens are gigantic worm like creatures, with the only part of the body protected being the front "head" by a sturdy piece of chitin, their mouth is also at the front. They serve the most important roles in all the Hive, they are mobile towers of the Hive's consciousness. Every Hive drone relies on the queens to actually be a part of the Hive Mind "Drones that must be within 0.5 miles of a live queen to get a signal" without the queens, the Hive Mind would not be able to control its drones at all, drones that would be no better than animals without the Hive Mind. The only offensive capability of the queens "other than their immense size" is a massive acid cannon on their backs, with a range of a quarter of a mile, these cannons can melt flesh and bone like butter, with some of the most corrosive acid in known existence. Every queen is protected by no less than four guardians, and they are often carried on large thrones by large bands of workers, hence the name "queen" when a queen is physically threatened, they will often make one last ditch effort to save themselves by burrowing deep into the ground.

High Queen- Physically the same as a normal queen, the High Queen's are the only drone that is capable of having offspring "which it can produce asexually" high queens are picked from the regular queens by the Hive Mind, which picks the youngest, healthiest, strongest, and biggest among them. The High Queen's are protected by no less than thirty guardians at any one time. Each High Queen has different colored offspring "this a great way to tell generations apart" and as a High Queen grows older, the color of its offspring slowly starts to grey.

Technology:
Infrastructure- Hive Tunnel, Mud Fort, Fungus Farm, Mine, Smithy.
Transportation- Wheeled Carts
Weaponry- Spear, Trebuchet, Catapult, Mail Armor, Plate Armor.

The Vextress Hive has no magical beast protecting it, no gods blessing, no ancient dragons protection. Its "Guardian" its blessing, is the Hive Mind itself. Giving the Hive unprecedented unity, production, and strength. All are one mind, and this mind will blot out all others...

Approved! And welcome! I really like your description, I think it can really stand out in this region and might be a lot of fun to include!

[Seba Kemet]

Oh, we're back?

Color me interested. If I could make a tentative reservation on my old stomping ground I'll be able to do an application soonish.

[A m e n r i a]

I want to apply, but can I wait until you guys expand a map and a new archipelago pops up? Thanks.

[Aeternaea]

Hey all, please go to this page in order to sign up. This thread is closed.