It is an age of proud city states with mercantile trade routes running across the known world; the height of the Classical Era of Telen.
Telenian culture is considered the epitome of knowledge and wisdom, a civilisation of philosophers and technological advancement, riding the back of a military tradition that is second to none. The tide of civilisation laps the shore on the various coastlines in the Telenian sea. Great warrior-kings and philosopher-kings live at this time and fill the history books. Telen is at the highest height it has ever reached.
However, all is not as well as it may seem. Dragons, an old bane of the Telenians, are again stirring in the South, causing ships to go missing on even short journeys, burning animals and crops before they can be touched by those who would cultivate them.
You control a city-state on the Telenian sea, as its leader, either tyrannical or benevolent, either militaristic or philosophical. And, as the threat of dragons comes ever closer, you must decide how to deal with it - maybe fleeing, maybe offering sacrifices, maybe waiting for them to wipe out your rival cities, or perhaps even trying to tame them yourself to supplicate your growing influence and power.
With book or spear, with shield or sword, with your cloak upon your back and a city of hopeful citizens willing to carry out your every command, the choice of how you proceed lies in your hands.
- This RP takes place in the classical era of a world similar in many respects to our own. Technology will remain fairly similar, with ironworking being commonplace, spears, swords, bows and arrows being the technology of the day, horseriding being a relatively new development, and with an emphasis on philosophy and culture.
- The major difference is that, in this world, dragons are a real and growing threat. You will be expected to formulate some kind of way to deal with them, and they will attack fleets and settlements. However, be wary in your response to the threat that you don't allow other cities a chance to overtake or overrun you.
- Standard RP etiquette applies, and while I shall be RP'ing most dragon attacks, I may delegate that at some point, and I will expect reasonable levels of carnage. These are fire-breathing flying lizards, not tiny firecrackers. RP as many cities as you feel comfortable with.
- I won't be accepting any more a priori (meaning any completely non-Telenian) cities until we get more people in the RP. That includes religion also, so most cities will have to conform to the Telenian pantheon from now on. I will accept forms of monolatrism, or patron deities of a certain city, but not more than that, and I expect most cities to either be fully Telenian in culture or a mix of Telenian and other cultures, which should be explained in the history section of the app.
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[b]NS NAME:[/b]
[b]CITY NAME:[/b] (the name of your city.)
[b]POPULATION:[/b] (max. 1,000,000 at a stretch)
[b]SYMBOL OF CITY:[/b] (if any - describe or post image)
[b]LOCATION OF CITY:[/b] (describe or post image)
[b]MAJOR COLOURS OF CITY:[/b] (any colours will do. They will be the main colours of the military and nation itself. Specify if a certain shade.)
[b]GOVERNMENT TYPE:[/b] (what is the best way to describe the city's government?)
[b]CULTURE OF CITY:[/b] (what cultural traditions are unique to this city?)
[b]CIVIC SPECIALISATIONS:[/b] (if your city is extra advanced in a non-military manner, write here.)
[b]MILITARY SPECIALISATIONS:[/b] (what kind of troops or weapons does your city prefer? Does it prefer sea warfare or land?)
[b]COMPOSITION OF ARMY:[/b] (a large portion should be citizen soldiers, like levies, though smaller numbers of professional troops of some kind are acceptable also.)
[b]NUMBER OF SHIPS:[/b] (how many merchant and/or military ships does your city possess? It's difficult to give accurate estimates of how many a city would have, but sea-based cities would likely have more ships than ones which rely on land trade, so keep that in mind.)
[b]HISTORY OF CITY:[/b] (doesn't need to be too detailed, just get across the major events.)
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