"Order of Battle" Novel - Napoleonic Fantasy RP - Canon

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

I am writing a story called "Order of Battle" which is set in a low fantasy (no magic or dragons) Napoleonic/Gregorian time period. At the moment there are only two factions in the world, the Kingdom of Ardeaen and the Ekshi. I will be playing as Ardeaen and you can choose either to play as the Ekshi or invent your own nation.

Currently there is no map but I imagine it to be roughly the size and shape of Europe with Ardeaen being where the Austrian Empire was and the Ekshi being where the Ottoman Empire was. You can choose the name, culture, size and whatever else of a nation you choose to make. Choosing the Ekshi means you have to follow the canon I have set out in the story.

The goal of this is to give me ideas for the world building in my story. it's not about winning or beating someone though I expect everyone will try to forward their own nation.

I will create a map once we have a few people that have made their own nations. you can read the story here if you want but it is not necessary to do so:

https://journalister.co/post/show/1683- ... -of-battle

If you have any questions then just TG me or leave a comment below. We won't need any more than one decent RPer to get this going so I hope to see some dedicated people keeping this alive with me, don't worry, i'll hold up my end.

Link to IC: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=340714

My Nation App:

Your Nation Name: SPQC
Name of Nation in RP: Kingdom of Ardeaen
Size and location relative to Europe: Roughly equivalent to the Austrian Empire cerca 1815
Capital City: The City of Strassis
Population: 21 Million (1804 population of Austrian Empire)
Army (Standing Army Strength): 84, 000
Navy (Ships of the Line): 38
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?: Yes, I am OP after all
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: I am the master of realism, of course
Culture: Heavily focussed on nobility, the monarch and the council of nobles.
Religion: Religion of the Twin Goddesses Lilith and Luciela who are the gods of Earth and Heaven respectively

Nations you as the player can choose:

Your Nation Name: NPC, available to any new players
Name of Nation in RP: Kingdom of Reyveaen
Size and location relative to Europe: Roughly equivalent to the Kingdom of Prussia cerca 1815
Capital City: The City of Hevawall
Population: 19 Million
Army (Standing Army Strength): 112, 000, large due to historical enemies on every border except south
Navy (Ships of the Line): 42, mostly defensive against the Darrkvol
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?: Yes, I am OP after all
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: I am the master of realism, of course
Culture: Heavily focussed on nobility, the monarch and the council of nobles, almost identical to Ardeanian culture. Both nations have had extremely friendly relation since their respective creation some hundreds of years ago. Since then they have fought in many campaigns together. Since Avis Vita there has been no need for cooperative military campaigns and over the next fifty years to the present day the interaction between the two has dropped off.
Religion: Religion of the Twin Goddesses Lilith and Luciela who are the gods of Earth and Heaven respectively, identical to Ardeaen.

Normal nation app for your own custom nation:

Your Nation Name:
Name of Nation in RP:
Size and location relative to Europe:
Capital City:
Population: Keep it realistic, no hundreds of millions
Army (Standing Army Strength): This is a tradeoff, the large the army, the worse the training and the higher the upkeep. Also a larger army means a smaller navy
Navy (Ships of the Line): Anymore than a hundred is extremely large and expensive, resulting in a smaller army
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?:
Will you be realistic and not godmod?:
Culture:
Religion: (The twin goddesses religion is common in this world or you can create your own)




Captain Elizabeth Wake, Marquess of Asplund commanding the 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Storm Guards Regiment.



Political map

Nation Leaders:

Light Grey - The Kingdom of Ardeaen - SPQC
Dark Grey - The Kingdom of Reyveaen - NPC
Light Green - The Realm of the Ekshi - Argentumurbem
Dark Green - Heidreich Confederation Empire - Stadenwick
Light Blue - La Serenissima Republica Caraania
Dark Blue - The Darrkvol Empire - World Anarchic Union
Light Red - The Great Lordship of the Iron Horse - CGoCS (James)
Dark Red - The Grand Kingdom of Atheon - Segmentia
Dark Pink - The Glorious Republic of Tallende - Partially Blind People
Light Yellow - The Kingdom of Pomadia - Yuzhou

Army Commanders:

The Ardeanian King's Army :
Second Field Army - Vaughn Sterling - Kerzacistan
Third Field Army - Ferdinant Bravacci - Das Germane Imperie
Fourth Field Army -

[Kerzacistan]

Sounds like a pretty cool idea, I'd love to join or provide help or whatever you need.

[Segmentia]

This looks interesting.

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

Wel I am about to head out to work so if you guys want to create an app for a nation then I will see to it when I get home. Also if you have a particularly special idea you want to do, just run it past me!

[Kerzacistan]

I personally would like to know if it would be possible to play as a noble on the field of battle for the Ardeaen Kingdom, if that's possible it would be quite nice. I don't want to touch another country so I don't mess up your canon or anything important like that.

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

I personally would like to know if it would be possible to play as a noble on the field of battle for the Ardeaen Kingdom, if that's possible it would be quite nice. I don't want to touch another country so I don't mess up your canon or anything important like that.

Have no fears about messing up canon. Primarily this is for ideas to put in the story, if I particularly like something someone has done then I will take it (with their permission) and change it up to fit properly. If something happens that I don't like then I just won't use it for the story, that's all.

You can definitely be a noble though. To make up for the lack of input that someone RPing an entire nation would have compared to yours, you can have multiple characters and create new ones around your main one as needed.

You have three choices as to the armies your noble can be part of.

2nd Field Army - 21, 500 - Elizabeth Wake's assigned post and the first line of defence against the Ekshi.
3rd Field Army - 45, 000 - A newly recruited and still partially training army at the capital province about a week away.
4th Field Army - 18, 000 - A currently recruiting army, still in training but able to be crafted and created by whatever General takes command

Alternatively you could be a lower rank but this would restrict freedom of your character(s) even further. It's all up to you

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

here is a paricularly shit map i just put together then, it shows Ardeaen in blue and the Ekshi in red. The black stripes represent that the area is not mapped or known about by the western nations. All explorers who attempted to enter it, never returned. It was previously considered to be arid and lifeless until just a few months ago when an army of 250 thousand Ekshi warriors crossed the mountain ranges to the east of Ardeaen and began marauding their way through the country. A harbour city to the south was destroyed and with it the 1st Field Army (25 000 soldiers). The RP starts eight months after that with the Ekshi army finished their destruction of eastern Ardeaen in the face of no further resistance. Now they consolidate their forces and begin the push further west in search of unharmed regions.

Currently the map, triangles are mountains, squares are the capital city and blue lines are major rivers (think River Rhine size). Any chunk of white land can be assigned to your nation in the application. The Ekshi (red) are still available as a player-faction at time of writing so feel free to apply for them as well

[Stadenwick]

tag

[Das Germane imperie]

Tag

[Dremovia]

Napoleonic was one of my old favs ages past, but I triped into my own thing as time passed while reading things like "This!" Maybe reading any of my fact books could give you some ideas, or not. Ottomans and Prussians make good fallbacks to rivalry. My own was founded by fighting Ottoman/Turks in a sense.... Good Luck!

[World Anarchic Union]

Tag. Just want to know what is an estimated good population, army etc,? What is on your app?

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

Tag. Just want to know what is an estimated good population, army etc,? What is on your app?

There's an App for Ardeaen (myself) and the Ekshi (still open for a player) in the OP. Look there and change it to what you need

[World Anarchic Union]

Your Nation Name:World Anarchic Union
Name of Nation in RP: Daarkvol Empire
Size and location relative to Europe: Scandinavia IRL, the north based on the map.
Capital City:Agnarh
Population: 45 million
Army (Standing Army Strength): 95,000
Navy (Ships of the Line):55
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?: Yes, although if something unexpected happens or if I have little time on my hands, I might be a little inactive, but I will participate
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: Of course.
Culture: The Emperor is determined by his skill in war and politics. He is declared an Emperor by the High Dragon Priest. He/She shall be the Head of the Draconian High Temple. The people have five representatives from each of the five regions of the Daarkvol Empire so while it is an empire, people have a voice. The Empire has stable relations with The Ardeaen Empire but in the past, when the empire was more powerful it was a strong rival of the Ardeaen Empire.However, in the past there had been royal weddings between the two empires that had reinforced their bonds. With the revelation of the Ekshi Empire, the Daarkvol Empire feels threatened by another empire within its sights.
Religion: Draconia( The people of Daarkvol believe in the creation of the world by dragon-gods who shall return and use the Daarkvol Empire as the centre of retaking the world. It is a progressive religion that allows equal rights between men and women, homosexuality is allowed and there is a High Dragon Priest. There are numerous temples however the people are not required to worship every day. Head of the Draconian High Temple is the Emperor who allows the High Dragon Priest to take an active role however all decisions are passed through the Emperor.
Draconia is a religion only seen in Daarkvol, however it does not declare any other religions as foolish or heretical.

[Das Germane imperie]

I would like to be a noble in command of the 3rd field army of Ardeaen.

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

Your Nation Name:World Anarchic Union
Name of Nation in RP: Daarkvol Empire
Size and location relative to Europe: In the island of Britain and Ireland with a bit of the North as well(based on the map). Is my app ok based on those circumstances?
Capital City:Agnarh
Population: 45 million
Army (Standing Army Strength): 80,000
Navy (Ships of the Line):60
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?: Yes, although if something unexpected happens or if I have little time on my hands, I might be a little inactive, but I will participate
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: Of course.
Culture: The Emperor is determined by his skill in war and politics. He is declared an Emperor by the High Dragon Priest. He/She shall be the Head of the Draconian High Temple. The people have five representatives from each of the five regionsof the Daarkvol Empire so while it is an empire, people have a voice
Religion: Draconia( The people of Daarkvol believe in the creation of the world by dragon-gods who shall return and use the Daarkvol Empire as the centre of retaking the world. It is a progressive religion that allows equal rights between men and women, homosexuality is allowed and there is a High Dragon Priest. There are numerous temples however the people are not required to worship every day. Head of the Draconian High Temple is the Emperor who allows the High Dragon Priest to take an active role however all decisions are passed through the Emperor.

I would choose the northern sector, that would be more involved in the story. How is your nation's relation with Ardeaen? How does your religion think of the Twin Goddesses religion? Otherwise you are accepted!

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

I would like to be a noble in command of the 3rd field army of Ardeaen.

Good to hear, you can create an app describing your character. Rank of nobility, personal weapons and armour (no fully covered European knights), personal guard, strengths, weakness, description etc etc etc

[Das Germane imperie]

I would like to be a noble in command of the 3rd field army of Ardeaen.

Good to hear, you can create an app describing your character. Rank of nobility, personal weapons and armour (no fully covered European knights), personal guard, strengths, weakness, description etc etc etc

I shall do my best.

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

Red - Realm of the Ekshi
Light Blue - Kingdom of Ardeaen
Dark Purple - Empire of Daarkvol

[Stadenwick]

Your Nation Name: Stadenwick
Name of Nation in RP: Kingdom of Heidreich
Size and location relative to Europe: Switzerland, Bavaria, Baden, Wurttemberg, and all other land-locked west German minor country cerca 1836 combined.
Capital City: Anderwuften
Population: 21 Million
Army (Standing Army Strength): Staggering amount of 110k troops ready to defend the kingdom from her foe. Loyal, well-equipped, and heavily disciplined, these men and women are ever eager to bring bloodbath should any enemies cross their path.
Navy (Ships of the Line): The Kingdom is landlocked, and thus require no ship or navy.
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?: Yes, I will try my best to always stick and keep up with this RP
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: I will
Culture: Militaristic, Gender-equal, Focused on Nobility, and Utterly disciplined like IRL germans
Religion: Religion of the Twin Goddesses

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

Your Nation Name: Stadenwick
Name of Nation in RP: Kingdom of Heidreich
Size and location relative to Europe: Switzerland, Bavaria, Baden, Wurttemberg, and all other land-locked west German minor country cerca 1836 combined.
Capital City: Anderwuften
Population: 21 Million
Army (Standing Army Strength): Staggering amount of 110k troops ready to defend the kingdom from her foe. Loyal, well-equipped, and heavily disciplined, these men and women are ever eager to bring bloodbath should any enemies cross their path.
Navy (Ships of the Line): The Kingdom is landlocked, and thus require no ship or navy.
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?: Yes, I will try my best to always stick and keep up with this RP
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: I will
Culture: Militaristic, Gender-equal, Focused on Nobility, and Utterly disciplined like IRL germans
Religion: Religion of the Twin Goddesses

Sounds good, will get a map up at some point

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

Look good?

[Stadenwick]

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Look good?

Maybe a bit bigger, but otherwise fine!

[Argentumurbem]

If you will have me. I did make some minor changes to the app, namely the ratio between population and standing army, moving it closer to the 1% of the pop being involved in the army, given that it is a militia/conscript basis.

Your Nation Name: Argentumurbem
Name of Nation in RP: The Realm of the Ekshi
Size and location relative to Europe: Roughly equivalent to the Ottoman Empire cerca 1815
Capital City: Avartinople
Population: Estimated to be between 50 and 54 million
Army (Standing Army Strength): 400,000 of extremely varied quality based upon area of recruitment
Navy (Ships of the Line): 23 of weak armament
Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months?: For as log as the OP continues to further the plot and the players interact
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: I will be realistic, even if I am the only one
Culture: Theocratic dictatorship, extremely violent. Quantity over quality mentality
Religion: Avarash, the god of death. It is a belief in an impending Armageddon which will only be stopped if enough people are sacrificed. To this end, the devout do not care if they themselves will perish, given that their deaths also act as sacrifices. This has created a mentality of unmatched disregard for personal safety and remorse.

[Das Germane imperie]

Your nation name: Das Germane imperie
Name of character: Ferdinand Bravacci.
Age: 44.
Sex: Male.
Rank of nobility: Duke
Noble region: The Duchy of Bravaccia. (Roughly what would be Milano on the map)
Military rank: Field marshal.
Appearence:


Personal weapons / armour:
Field marshal's uniform, no real protection from harm.
White steed named Uther.
A long, thin sabre called piercer.
An officer pistol covered in gold.

Personal guard: Bravacci guard, mounted elite force of 600, basically heavy hussars.
Personal strengths: He is a very known name on the continent, having a military career expanding over decades. He is proud, belonging to an old noble house with great power in Ardeaen. He is also a great persuader and boaster, who can make even the smallest skirmish seem like a great victory. He is also charismatic, having to strength of speaking he can boost the morale of his troops with great result.
Weakness: He is arrogant, and can overrestimate himself in a lot of cases. It is hard to earn his respect, which has made many of his subordinates to dislike him. He is not the best (worse than mediocre) tactician or strategist, relying on his subordinates to help him.

Biography: Born as the son of a powerful duke, Ferdinand grew up with the privileges of a powerful nobleman. He learned to read and write, which didn't interest him. He wanted to become a military commander. He studied military tactics and such on the military academy of Strassis and when he was 24, he joined the army as major in a prestigeous company. His agressive personal actions on the battlefield lead him higher in the ranks, as luck and skill followed his early career. 12 years later, he found himself as one of the top generals in Ardeaen. His father died at this time, so he decided to temporarily retire from the military. He spent a lot of time at home and took a wife, Adriana. Together with her, he has 4 children. When he had spent almost 7 years away from the Ardeaen army, the king himself visited him to ask for his return to the army, now as field marshal. He accepted the proposal and traveled to Strassis to raise the 3rd army and train it. He listened with care of what was happening in the east, and drilled his troops even harder.

Do you agree to stick with this long term, weeks or even months? Even months, I stay if it is kept alive.
Will you be realistic and not godmod?: About that...No, I will be realistic.

[Senata Populus Que Caelum]

Maybe a bit bigger, but otherwise fine!