Scions [Fantasy|OOC]

by **Theyra** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:55 pm

Finished - App

by **Kalloshcho** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:17 pm

by **Krugmar** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:53 am

Sarderia wrote:
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On second thought, I think I'll just go with this claim

Quick Questions, OP:
1. Do Oil exists on this world?
2. How much is the progressions of technology in the continent currently? (compared to the 1300s or 1400s)
3. Are caravels and carracks allowed?

That claim should work just fine.

1) If you are referring to petroleum, no. Something akin to Whale oil would work.
2) I would say we're around the mid-15th century, so early cannon and the later days of the medieval era
3) Aye, though there likely won't be much exploration outside of Minilar for the time being.

Benuty wrote:I am very interested in this, but that said is there an area reservation map? I simply want to know so I can avoid accidentally picking up an area someone claimed already.

Not yet, but that's a good idea. I'll try to make one tonight. I'll try to check the new applications soon.

by **Roman Imperator** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:56 am

My app will probably be up by Thursday latest. Busy with RL stuff atm

by **Krugmar** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:09 am

Sarderia wrote:Kniaz -snip-

With the new location, accepted!

Theyra wrote:Asnua -snip-

Elerian wrote:Tamarask -snip-

Very nice apps, accepted!

Remember to send me the locations and names of your cities, if you haven't done so already, if you want them featured on the map of cities.

by **Roman Imperator** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:57 am

Krugmar wrote:
Sarderia wrote:Kniaz -snip-

With the new location, accepted!

Sorry OP I just want to point out that @Sarderia claim is still on what I reserved.

by **Krugmar** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:06 am

Roman Imperator wrote:
Krugmar wrote:
With the new location, accepted!

Sorry OP I just want to point out that @Sarderia claim is still on what I reserved.

Ah, my mistake. Any locations that don’t conflict with other apps or prior reservations are accepted.

by **Sarderia** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:42 am

Krugmar wrote:
Roman Imperator wrote:
Sorry OP I just want to point out that @Sarderia claim is still on what I reserved.

Ah, my mistake. Any locations that don’t conflict with other apps or prior reservations are accepted.

My bad, sorry. Can I go with this (my apologizes for making multiples of claims)

I hope this would not overlay with anyone's claims

by **Lunas Legion** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:16 am

Very WIP.

Essential Details

Name of Realm: Koinon Ekató Nisión (Confederation of the Hundred Islands, normally known as the Koinon)

Rulers: The Koinon is a confederation of many self-governing towns and cities, each with their own distinct form of government ranging from peasant democracies to merchant oligarchies to feudal aristocratic monarchy. Each member of the Koinon sends a single Praxos to the capital, Drakainapolis, where internal disputes within the Koinon are settled and matters of external defence when relevant are discussed before the Drakina Regenta, who has the final word in such meetings, but normally rules with the option supported by the majority of the Praxos present.

The Drakina Regenta is the head of the Ordia Drakina, a holy order that rules the city of Drakainapolis and, supposedly, is responsible for tending to the dragon Drakina, which the order claims to be a living god and an oracle and which lives in a vast, closed off monastery within the city. Drakina has not been seen for centuries, but she supposedly still issues instructions and gives prophecies through the Ordia Drakina.

Cultures and Races: The Koinon is a cosmopolitan state, spanning numerous different islands, cities and landmasses each with their own dialects, cultures and traditions. Therefore it would be absolutely wrong to say that there is a single 'culture' within the Koinon. The few unifying things culturally between the diverse cities and towns of the Koinon are a healthy respect and acceptance of new ideas, other peoples and different religions. The Koinon is a largely mercantile and trade oriented nation, with many thriving ports and shipyards, and it is said that there is nothing one cannot buy in the Koinon, if one is merely willing to look hard enough and spend enough. The Koinon is largely human, but is notable for its draconic God-Empress, and small amounts of almost every race on the continent can be found in its largest tradeports.

Religion:The Koinon is a religiously cosmopolitan realm, including numerous foreign beliefs among the merchants that ply its waters. Among the native populace, however, a single religion known as Drakinan Oracleism exists. Drakina is a conduit between man and the old gods of the Koinonic pantheon; she is their voice in the mortal realm. Likewise, she is the messenger of the mortal realm to the gods themselves, and prayers are directed to her first, so that they may be relayed onto the appropriate divine being.

History: See Google Timeline Doc.

Assets

Notable Cities: See map which will appear here once it is done. Major cities are in bold on map.

Economy: The Koinon is a trade-based economy; hundreds of ships ply its waters and harbours from all across the continent, and it is a place were almost anything can be bought and sold depending on the city. The Koinon does have sizable craft guilds in some cities, and it is renowned for its shipbuilders in particular. Fishing, due to being primarily located on islands, is very common and serves as the main food source for much of the Koinon with many people engaged in it and the trades supporting it.

Population: TBD. Likely somewhere around 15th Century HRE or France.

Military

Command:

Drakina, should she be alive and take to the field
Nestorus, Lochagos Ordia Drakina Hieros Lokhos
Other commanders are appointed ad hoc on the formation of an army or fleet, elected by the commanders of all contingents present in a vote.

Strength: The army of the Koinon is a somewhat disparate affair; each individual city, town and fortress is, as part of the league, responsible for providing at least one mora in the event of the Koinon declaring war. Each mora is composed of 600 men, normally with a mixture of pavise-equipped crossbowmen, armoured halberd and sword-armed lighter troops and heavily armoured pike-wielding heavy infantry, normally with 450 pikemen, and 75 lighter troops and 75 ranged troops. Mora are formed from professional soldiers, and in peacetime function as a form of town or city watch, a guard for the ruler or rulers of the city and marines for that city's sea/ocean fleet on anti-piracy patrols. The smallest cities can raise at most a single professional mora, while larger and more militarised cities can raise up to ten mora alone.

Additional mora may be levied from the civilian populace in wartime, but this is rare and normally only done to boost a town or city's garrison. Some mora substitute crossbowmen for slingers or regular archers, and Orosean mora may bring lightly-armoured cavalry in place of the lighter troops that protect the flanks of the pikemen. Mercenaries are frequently hired during foreign wars to supplement the mora.

Certain troops within the Koinon are of particular note owing to historical legacies and reputation. Masalan, Kyrmeian, Eudeian and Pharnaean Skirmishers are regarded as the 'elite' skirmishers and ranged troops of the Koinon, the former using crossbows, the latter two favouring their traditional slings over the crossbow and the final favouring the longbow. All have a long-standing tradition of using their weapons on their islands, predating even the Koinon, and are renowned for their accuracy and range on land and, at sea, The Kyrmeians and Eudeians have a friendly rivalry over who the best slingers are.

The Ordia Drakina Hieros Lokhos is a Lokhos (half of a mora, 300 men) that supposedly guards Drakina herself and the current Drakina Regenta. Rarely seen on the field of battle, their black mail and segmented armour is a sign of inspiration to the other units on the battlefield. The Hieros Lokhos has never fled the field of battle, always universally dying to a man rather than routing. They are armed with large round shields, spears, swords and black chainmail under laminar armour.

Diplomatic Relations

Interests: The Koinon's main interests are in self-defence against Nekhur and maintaining its naval dominance over the northeastern oceans and seas while keeping the trade lanes open and the spice flowing.

Rivals: Nekhur is the Koinon's oldest traditional enemy, while the Kniazite League are regarded as upstarts that threaten the Koinon's control of trade and the seas.

Other Information

Location: See map.

by **Sarderia** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:19 am

This reminds me of Dynasties... had there been another vast desert region, and placed strategically, I could revive my old app there.

by **Lunas Legion** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:30 am

Sarderia wrote:This reminds me of Dynasties... had there been another vast desert region, and placed strategically, I could revive my old app there.

Both myself and Krug were in Dynasties so this does take some hefty inspiration from there and the much older fantasy nation RPs of Portal in years past.

by **The National Dominion of Hungary** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:27 pm

Ooooh I like the look of this.

Tell me, would a Indian-inspired state with a caste system of beastman races be acceptable or is it too high-fantasyish? Thinking like Tigerman nobility down to ratman slaves.

Or more traditional human-elven dual monarchy sort of thing... hmm....

by **Elerian** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:31 pm

The National Dominion of Hungary wrote:-snip-

What up Hungary! Both of those ideas sound cool, I think there is an elven state under Nekhur already though.

by **Lunas Legion** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:32 pm

Elerian wrote:
The National Dominion of Hungary wrote:-snip-

What up Hungary! Both of those ideas sound cool, I think there is an elven state under Nekhur already though.

Doesn't mean we can't have multiple sub-species of elves.

by **The National Dominion of Hungary** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:39 pm

Elerian wrote:
The National Dominion of Hungary wrote:-snip-

What up Hungary! Both of those ideas sound cool, I think there is an elven state under Nekhur already though.

Hey Elerian!

The nation I had in mind would have been like 30% elven maybe and 65% human, 5% other. One elf (wood? high?) and one human kingdom unified through marriage centuries ago and is now ruled by a crossbred half-elf royalty and higher nobility ruling human and elven commoners.

Either that or beastman India with tigerman nobles/priests, dogman warriors, catman and rabbitman commoners and ratman slaves/casteless.

by **Elerian** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:46 pm

Lunas Legion wrote:
Elerian wrote:
What up Hungary! Both of those ideas sound cool, I think there is an elven state under Nekhur already though.

Doesn't mean we can't have multiple sub-species of elves.

I moreso meant he might take some inspiration or model himself after them.

by **Krugmar** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:34 pm

The Reservations map is up. Those with names are ones accepted, though I used the wrong font so they'll have to be redone at some point. I edited some of the more widespread claims down where possible, if it wasn't viewed as viable. The goal is to make a collaborative world, so if people could try to mesh their nations with their neighbours, that'd be ideal.

I have also added a key to the Geographic map, as I hadn't realised it was lacking one. They are more general pointers to terrain, so don't feel too constrained.

This week will mostly be trying to flesh out the core concepts, and get the apps up, and the IC should launch at the weekend.

by **Elerian** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:17 pm

Krugmar wrote:The Reservations map is up. Those with names are ones accepted, though I used the wrong font so they'll have to be redone at some point. I edited some of the more widespread claims down where possible, if it wasn't viewed as viable. The goal is to make a collaborative world, so if people could try to mesh their nations with their neighbours, that'd be ideal.

I have also added a key to the Geographic map, as I hadn't realised it was lacking one. They are more general pointers to terrain, so don't feel too constrained.

This week will mostly be trying to flesh out the core concepts, and get the apps up, and the IC should launch at the weekend.

Awesome, two questions though.

Where is Liec's nation on the map? And will the world be filled with any NPCs once the RP starts? I reckon there will be some land to the South of Nekhur that will remain open.

by **Krugmar** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:28 pm

Elerian wrote:
Awesome, two questions though.

Where is Liec's nation on the map? And will the world be filled with any NPCs once the RP starts? I reckon there will be some land to the South of Nekhur that will remain open.

Liec's nation is on the cities map, located above Tervain and Imbar. It's quite small, but should be relatively visible.

Possibly. I'll see how much of the map fills up by then, and decide.

by **Elerian** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:30 pm

Krugmar wrote:
Elerian wrote:
Awesome, two questions though.

Where is Liec's nation on the map? And will the world be filled with any NPCs once the RP starts? I reckon there will be some land to the South of Nekhur that will remain open.

Liec's nation is on the cities map, located above Tervain and Imbar. It's quite small, but should be relatively visible.

Possibly. I'll see how much of the map fills up by then, and decide.

Ah okay, I thought that might've been Liec but I didn't see their nation name.

If not, how will empty spaces be handled?

by **Roman Imperator** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:05 am

@Krugmar In the process of completing my app. But just wondering if its fine to add this as part of my land claim if nobody has reserved it alrdy. If not its fine. I'll stick to what I got.

New Claim | Original Claim

by **Sarderia** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:44 am

Roman Imperator wrote:@Krugmar In the process of completing my app. But just wondering if its fine to add this as part of my land claim if nobody has reserved it alrdy. If not its fine. I'll stick to what I got.

New Claim | Original Claim

toot toot m8

Sarderia wrote:
Krugmar wrote:
Ah, my mistake. Any locations that don’t conflict with other apps or prior reservations are accepted.

My bad, sorry. Can I go with this (my apologizes for making multiples of claims)

I hope this would not overlay with anyone's claims

by **Sarderia** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:47 am

Elerian wrote:
Krugmar wrote:
Liec's nation is on the cities map, located above Tervain and Imbar. It's quite small, but should be relatively visible.

Possibly. I'll see how much of the map fills up by then, and decide.

Ah okay, I thought that might've been Liec but I didn't see their nation name.

If not, how will empty spaces be handled?

submit to my Mutual-Beneficial-Trade Agreements™

by **Roman Imperator** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:11 am

Sarderia wrote:toot toot m8
Sarderia wrote:My bad, sorry. Can I go with this (my apologizes for making multiples of claims)
(Image)

I hope this would not overlay with anyone's claims

Oops looks like its my turn now :blush:

@Krugmar How about this then? If that hasn't been reserved is it alright for me to add it to my land claim? ofc if not then I'll just stick to what i got.

New Claim | Original Claim

by **Sarderia** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:17 am

Roman Imperator wrote:
Sarderia wrote:toot toot m8

Oops looks like its my turn now

@Krugmar How about this then? If that hasn't been reserved is it alright for me to add it to my land claim? ofc if not then I'll just stick to what i got.

New Claim | Original Claim

Yeah m8 except for that small straits near the big lake which is in my picture..

I can say the League and the Middle Kingdom would be great partners in the RP. How about a meeting?

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