A Blank Canvas: Ancient World [OOC]

[Lemueria]

A not so blank map...

This RP has been inspired by a certain YouTuber's series on the start of civilization again. He imagines just a clear wipe of Earth and a blank map where new nations, cultures, everything starts to arise. I thought what if that was an RP? And boom this is born.

So this RP will go in phases because of it's scale. The first one will be dealing with the building of fundamental ideas, culture, nation-states, civilization as we know it. The second will be detailing the rise of antiquity and empires. The third one will be dealing with what is akin to the middle ages with fragmentation and new technology. The fourth one will be dealing with the industrial era. And the fifth and final will be set now and in the future. Only those who joined in the first phase will be allowed to go on to the other phases, so book quickly before spots run out! Signups will end in Phase 3.

The current year is well ancient, 4,000-3,000 BC-type ancient. The world is empty and civilizations are only starting to emerge. But this time there will be a lot more cradles of civilization. Now you have a lot of freedom. You have basically have total control of your nation and any NPCs near it. However you must work with other people to connect with their civilization and NPCs near them. Of course no godmodding, you are allowed to do inventions, but keep in mind the geographical constraints of your area, which might not be rich in the specific resources needed for certain inventions. Inventions must happen on realistic scales. Now for intellectual ideas, well I won't oppose that at all so go with free reign, but your singular civilization cannot just create the entirety of science and maths as we know it.

This RP will go a bit fast, likely posts would be crossing years or infrequently decades. You are allowed to time skip as much as you like, but try to do 5-10 years in the beginning, and then up to multiple decades. For long timeskips, like 100-250 years or more long, try to consult the community. This phase will end roughly around 800-500 BC, whenever I feel like we should transition to the next phase.

So that's all the rules. Now for signups.

Civilization Name:
Rough Area:
Population:
Racial Characteristics:
Traits:
Philosophy/Religion:
Technology:
Politics:

List Of Signuped Nations:
Da'ar'kai''eaiah (Darkaeia) — Florida — Honghai.
Massawomok — Around Boston — Boston Defense Sector.
Lumierans — East Asia — Aeyariss
Dradea — Romania — Alvoza.
Chur Beloborodykh — Northern Urals — Malorossi.
Bayouanne — Louisiana — Southglory.
Zvaria - Nile Delta, Egypt - Sao Nova Europe.
Runakuna - Pampa, South America - Technoscience Leftwing
Karjaam - Northeastern Persian Gulf / Southern Iran - Arzastan
Šur-Umut-leana - Northern Levant - Schwessen-Hellfohen (with a reduced population)
Ga Xal - Norway - Click Ests Vimgalevytopia (with a reduced size)


Current Complete History:
A snapshot of the ancient history of the entire world, compiled by me.
≈4,000 BC — Darkaeia is born, Massawomok is also born. The Lumierans are born and Chur Beloborodykh are also born. Oh also Dradea. And Bayouanne. A lot of civilizations are born.

Technology Level:
General consensus as to what technology has been reached by this point in the RP.

[Alvosa]

Addizpro?

[Honghai]

Civilization Name:

Da'ar'kai''eaiah (Darkaeia)

Rough Area:

Islandic, temperate (hot and sunny - think Florida or Bahamas), yet rocky - although there are beaches, the sands are not quite safe for young ones to play in due to rock shards jutting out.


Population:

~7,000 people

Racial Characteristics:

Although Da'ar'kai'eiah is in a temperate climate, Darkaeiahi are not all one skintone; there is a variation between pale(-ish) to tan or kinda-sorta tanned

Darkaeiahi are naturally immune to alcohol/liquor as already in their culture they have/had a thing of drinking ALOT - both as a cultural practice that seemed to have no true origin and as a religious ritual.

Darkaeiahi are known for their height; the heels are a bonus - moreso a trait of their culture.

Traits:

• Showiness, extravagance, an eye for the ornate and beautiful
• Exaggerating features in their fashion and art; if they seem artsy, in their art it'd be amplified times ten. If they are pale, in a depiction of Darkaeiahi, they lean on depicting themselves looking like ghosts. The heels are a cultural trait but a part of their exaggeration - exaggerating their already-tallness.
• Heels/elevation
• Athleticism and fitness
• Sailors - awareness of the Ocean and waters around them

Philosophy/Religion:

• Worshipping nature and the Sacred Feminine, though Darkaeiahi do not understand the Sun, thinking it's a primordial demon and had shrieked at the sky several times, thinking they were harnessing an energy that would kill the demon. When the moon rises, they believe it to be an arch-goddess or mother of mothers - that everything started from her and everythings' essence was partially lunar.
  
  As everything green/vegetation was worshipped under "nature" or "natural," Darkaeiahi diet is somewhat carnivoric or pescatarian - eating mostly things originating from the sea besides seaweed.

Technology:

Mayan-style tech mixed with Navajo-style

Politics:

• Matriarchical/gynocratic/"Amazon-like"
• Theocratic/magocratic - usually hemming on the superstitious, religious and magical due to their religious beliefs greatly affecting them. Culturally, they are superstitious to an intense degree attributing many things to nature and/or femininity; with that superstition comes soaked the belief/doctrine that everything has a magical property. The current "leader" of Da'ar'kai'eiah is believed to be the daughter of the moon. As daughter of the "mother of mothers," it would make her literally the second only to the arch-goddess or moon herself.
• Selectocratic/lottocratic - Sparingly, though the Darkeaiahi Lottocracy or Selectocracy is based on superstition, belief that yes it is still random chance but that "random chance" may have power behind it thanks to the arch-goddess' influence or that randomness and chaos are ways the moon/arch-goddess operate.

[Aeyariss]

finally back?

so this is like post disaster but there are traces of 21st century tech and civilisations remaining or ?

[Alvosa]

WIP

[quote="Lemueria";p="42123882"]This RP has been inspired by a certain YouTuber's series on the start of civilization again. He imagines just a clear wipe of Earth and a blank map where new nations, cultures, everything starts to arise. I thought what if that was an RP? And boom this is born.

So this RP will go in phases because of it's scale. The first one will be dealing with the building of fundamental ideas, culture, nation-states, civilization as we know it. The second will be detailing the rise of antiquity and empires. The third one will be dealing with what is akin to the middle ages with fragmentation and new technology. The fourth one will be dealing with the industrial era. And the fifth and final will be set now and in the future. Only those who joined in the first phase will be allowed to go on to the other phases, so book quickly before spots run out!

The current year is well ancient, 4,000-3,000 BC-type ancient. The world is empty and civilizations are only starting to emerge. But this time there will be a lot more cradles of civilization. Now you have a lot of freedom. You have basically have total control of your nation and any NPCs near it. However you must work with other people to connect with their civilization and NPCs near them. Of course no godmodding, you are allowed to do inventions, but keep in mind the geographical constraints of your area, which might not be rich in the specific resources needed for certain inventions. Inventions must happen on realistic scales. Now for intellectual ideas, well I won't oppose that at all so go with free reign, but your singular civilization cannot just create the entirety of science and maths as we know it.

This RP will go a bit fast, likely posts would be crossing years or infrequently decades. You are allowed to time skip as much as you like, but try to do 5-10 years in the beginning, and then up to multiple decades. For long timeskips, like 100-250 years or more long, try to consult the community. This phase will end roughly around 800-500 BC, whenever I feel like we should transition to the next phase.

So that's all the rules. Now for signups.

Civilization Name: Kingdom of Dradea
Rough Area: Danube mouth (Or as they call it the Dradean River)
Population: 70k
Racial Characteristics:
Traits:
Philosophy/Religion:
Technology:
Politics: A dynasty but if the king dies with no heir they will look for “signs from the gods” to see who will rule next. They can also use this as justification to depose the ruler.

[Lemueria]

Addizpro?

Yes.

Civilization Name:

Da'ar'kai''eaiah (Darkaeia)

Rough Area:

Islandic, temperate (hot and sunny - think Florida or Bahamas), yet rocky - although there are beaches, the sands are not quite safe for young ones to play in due to rock shards jutting out.


Population:
Racial Characteristics:

Although Da'ar'kai'eiah is in a temperate climate, Darkaeiahi are not all one skintone; there is a variation between pale(-ish) to tan or kinda-sorta tanned

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Darkaeiahi are naturally immune to alcohol/liquor as already in their culture they have/had a thing of drinking ALOT - both as a cultural practice that seemed to have no true origin and as a religious ritual.

Darkaeiahi are known for their height; the heels are a bonus - moreso a trait of their culture.

Traits:

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• Showiness, extravagance, an eye for the ornate and beautiful
• Exaggerating features in their fashion and art; if they seem artsy, in their art it'd be amplified times ten. If they are pale, in a depiction of Darkaeiahi, they lean on depicting themselves looking like ghosts. The heels are a cultural trait but a part of their exaggeration - exaggerating their already-tallness.
• Heels/elevation
• Athleticism and fitness
• Sailors - awareness of the Ocean and waters around them

Philosophy/Religion:

• Worshipping nature and the Sacred Feminine, though Darkaeiahi do not understand the Sun, thinking it's a primordial demon and had shrieked at the sky several times, thinking they were harnessing an energy that would kill the demon. When the moon rises, they believe it to be an arch-goddess or mother of mothers - that everything started from her and everythings' essence was partially lunar.
  
  As everything green/vegetation was worshipped under "nature" or "natural," Darkaeiahi diet is somewhat carnivoric or pescatarian - eating mostly things originating from the sea besides seaweed.

Technology:
Politics:

• Matriarchical/gynocratic/"Amazon-like"
• Theocratic/magocratic - usually hemming on the superstitious, religious and magical due to their religious beliefs greatly affecting them. Culturally, they are superstitious to an intense degree attributing many things to nature and/or femininity; with that superstition comes soaked the belief/doctrine that everything has a magical property. The current "leader" of Da'ar'kai'eiah is believed to be the daughter of the moon. As daughter of the "mother of mothers," it would make her literally the second only to the arch-goddess or moon herself.
• Selectocratic/lottocratic - Sparingly, though the Darkeaiahi Lottocracy or Selectocracy is based on superstition, belief that yes it is still random chance but that "random chance" may have power behind it thanks to the arch-goddess' influence or that randomness and chaos are ways the moon/arch-goddess operate.

I meant by rough area the rough IRL land area it was going to be on but I'll just take Florida as where it is based. Population is meant to be a rough number of how many people your civilization has, which would range from a few hundred to at most a few million.

finally back?

so this is like post disaster but there are traces of 21st century tech and civilisations remaining or ?

No this is a complete wipe. Tech is what you would expect in this age.

WIP

This RP has been inspired by a certain YouTuber's series on the start of civilization again. He imagines just a clear wipe of Earth and a blank map where new nations, cultures, everything starts to arise. I thought what if that was an RP? And boom this is born.

So this RP will go in phases because of it's scale. The first one will be dealing with the building of fundamental ideas, culture, nation-states, civilization as we know it. The second will be detailing the rise of antiquity and empires. The third one will be dealing with what is akin to the middle ages with fragmentation and new technology. The fourth one will be dealing with the industrial era. And the fifth and final will be set now and in the future. Only those who joined in the first phase will be allowed to go on to the other phases, so book quickly before spots run out!

The current year is well ancient, 4,000-3,000 BC-type ancient. The world is empty and civilizations are only starting to emerge. But this time there will be a lot more cradles of civilization. Now you have a lot of freedom. You have basically have total control of your nation and any NPCs near it. However you must work with other people to connect with their civilization and NPCs near them. Of course no godmodding, you are allowed to do inventions, but keep in mind the geographical constraints of your area, which might not be rich in the specific resources needed for certain inventions. Inventions must happen on realistic scales. Now for intellectual ideas, well I won't oppose that at all so go with free reign, but your singular civilization cannot just create the entirety of science and maths as we know it.

This RP will go a bit fast, likely posts would be crossing years or infrequently decades. You are allowed to time skip as much as you like, but try to do 5-10 years in the beginning, and then up to multiple decades. For long timeskips, like 100-250 years or more long, try to consult the community. This phase will end roughly around 800-500 BC, whenever I feel like we should transition to the next phase.

So that's all the rules. Now for signups.

Civilization Name: Kingdom of Dradea
Rough Area: Danube mouth (Or as they call it the Dradean River)
Population: 70k
Racial Characteristics:
Traits:
Philosophy/Religion:
Technology:
Politics: A dynasty but if the king dies with no heir they will look for “signs from the gods” to see who will rule next. They can also use this as justification to depose the ruler.

[Boston Defense Sector]

Civilization Name: Massawomok
Rough Area: Coastal forests and wetlands around present-day Boston
Population: 675
Racial Characteristics: Dark hair, medium build, White
Traits: Skilled fishermen, adept in tree carving and basket weaving, strong community bonds
Philosophy/Religion: Reverence for nature, belief in the spirit of the land and water
Technology: Use of canoes for fishing and transport, stone tools, and woven materials
Politics: Consensus-based decision-making with a council of elders leading the tribe

[Alvosa]

Around the mouth of the Danube. It’s sorta like the Nile and Ancient Egypt.

[Lemueria]

Around the mouth of the Danube. It’s sorta like the Nile and Ancient Egypt.

Egypt it is.

Civilization Name: Massawomok
Rough Area: Coastal forests and wetlands around present-day Boston
Population: 675
Racial Characteristics: Dark hair, medium build, White
Traits: Skilled fishermen, adept in tree carving and basket weaving, strong community bonds
Philosophy/Religion: Reverence for nature, belief in the spirit of the land and water
Technology: Use of canoes for fishing and transport, stone tools, and woven materials
Politics: Consensus-based decision-making with a council of elders leading the tribe

Accepted. A lot of apps, good.

[Boston Defense Sector]

Around the mouth of the Danube. It’s sorta like the Nile and Ancient Egypt.

Egypt it is.

Civilization Name: Massawomok
Rough Area: Coastal forests and wetlands around present-day Boston
Population: 675
Racial Characteristics: Dark hair, medium build, White
Traits: Skilled fishermen, adept in tree carving and basket weaving, strong community bonds
Philosophy/Religion: Reverence for nature, belief in the spirit of the land and water
Technology: Use of canoes for fishing and transport, stone tools, and woven materials
Politics: Consensus-based decision-making with a council of elders leading the tribe

Accepted. A lot of apps, good.

When should be expect an IC?

[Lemueria]

Egypt it is.


Accepted. A lot of apps, good.

When should be expect an IC?

When we get 4-5 people, preferably somewhat spread throughout the continents. Doesn't seem hard at this rate.

[Kreigsreich of Iron]

App up shortly as my other commitments permit.

[Alvosa]

Around the mouth of the Danube. It’s sorta like the Nile and Ancient Egypt.

Egypt it is.

Civilization Name: Massawomok
Rough Area: Coastal forests and wetlands around present-day Boston
Population: 675
Racial Characteristics: Dark hair, medium build, White
Traits: Skilled fishermen, adept in tree carving and basket weaving, strong community bonds
Philosophy/Religion: Reverence for nature, belief in the spirit of the land and water
Technology: Use of canoes for fishing and transport, stone tools, and woven materials
Politics: Consensus-based decision-making with a council of elders leading the tribe

Accepted. A lot of apps, good.

No I was making a comparison It’s around the mouth of the Danube in Romania and northern Bulgaria.

[Lemueria]

Egypt it is.


Accepted. A lot of apps, good.

No I was making a comparison It’s around the mouth of the Danube in Romania and northern Bulgaria.

Ohhhh. Alright.

[Boston Defense Sector]

Here I made a flag for my tribe

[Aeyariss]

APPLICATION

Civilization Name: Lumierans Rough Area: East Asia Population: Roughly 1500 ish Racial Characteristics: Homo-sapiens Traits: Adept seafarers Philosophy/Religion: Three Moons and the Sun Technology: (depends on everyone) Politics: Patriarchal community

[Lemueria]

Here I made a flag for my tribe

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Alright.

APPLICATION

Civilization Name: Lumierans Rough Area: East Asia Population: Roughly 1500 ish Racial Characteristics: Homo-sapiens Traits: Adept seafarers Philosophy/Religion: Three Moons and the Sun Technology: (depends on everyone) Politics: Patriarchal community

Alright.... Acepted.

[Malorossi]

Civilization name: Region of Chur Beloborodykh
Rough Region: Northern Urals
Population: 1650 peoples
Racial characteristics: Nordic Finno-Ugric type, white hair, blue eyes, thick facial hair.
Features: Closed in their communities, distrust of strangers, due to the small amount of fertile land and harsh weather conditions, the tribes mainly live from fishing and hunting and represent a militarized civilization. Women in these conditions are divided into two types - children Harfers (hunters) - whose rights are equal to men, but they are considered men in a woman's body, therefore marriage with them is reprehensible, and a jinka - an ordinary housewife, who is actually deprived of any rights, she carries out reproductive functions and the functions of a servant. Marriage is concluded by elders, selecting worthy wives for men. However, from the captured women, each hunter has the right to take concubines, who are purely sexual slaves for them.
Philosophy / religion: Worship of the "gods of the heavenly city", they consider the stars to be the "eyes of the gods". The main one in the pantheon is Golomysl - the god who wove all the earthly fabric from bear skins.
Technology: Settling of deer and deer carts, creation of dwellings from frozen mud and kindling of fire in the center of the community by transferring and burning the core of a whole tree.
Politics: Political Each community elects an elder, and the council of elders appoints a "voivode", who leads the hunters and fishermen. The internal policy of the communities is carried out by the elders (the oldest and wisest in the settlement according to the settlers themselves), external - by the voivodes.

[Alvosa]

Changing my population to 12,000 after looking at everyone else’s numbers.

[Lemueria]

Civilization name: Region of Chur Beloborodykh
Rough Region: Northern Urals
Population: 1650 peoples
Racial characteristics: Nordic Finno-Ugric type, white hair, blue eyes, thick facial hair.
Features: Closed in their communities, distrust of strangers, due to the small amount of fertile land and harsh weather conditions, the tribes mainly live from fishing and hunting and represent a militarized civilization. Women in these conditions are divided into two types - children Harfers (hunters) - whose rights are equal to men, but they are considered men in a woman's body, therefore marriage with them is reprehensible, and a jinka - an ordinary housewife, who is actually deprived of any rights, she carries out reproductive functions and the functions of a servant. Marriage is concluded by elders, selecting worthy wives for men. However, from the captured women, each hunter has the right to take concubines, who are purely sexual slaves for them.
Philosophy / religion: Worship of the "gods of the heavenly city", they consider the stars to be the "eyes of the gods". The main one in the pantheon is Golomysl - the god who wove all the earthly fabric from bear skins.
Technology: Settling of deer and deer carts, creation of dwellings from frozen mud and kindling of fire in the center of the community by transferring and burning the core of a whole tree.
Politics: Political Each community elects an elder, and the council of elders appoints a "voivode", who leads the hunters and fishermen. The internal policy of the communities is carried out by the elders (the oldest and wisest in the settlement according to the settlers themselves), external - by the voivodes.

Really good app. Accepted.

Changing my population to 12,000 after looking at everyone else’s numbers.

Alright.

[Lemueria]

Alright, we have enough apps. I'll work on setting up the IC. Just one note for Aeyariss: East Asia might be too broad of an area.

[Aeyariss]

Alright, we have enough apps. I'll work on setting up the IC. Just one note for Aeyariss: East Asia might be too broad of an area.

We'd like to be alone, unharmed for the next 1,000 years.

[Kreigsreich of Iron]

Civilization Name:

The Children of Mankind.

Rough Area:
Centered around where Rome once stood.

Population: 13,000
Racial Characteristics:

Ashen-colored.

Traits: The Children of Mankind have the peculiarity of being split into two groups: The Chosen and Unchosen. The first is the best and brightest that the Children has to offer: the tribal elders, the great warriors, the healing men. Those who fail to hack it in the ritual Trials are the Unchosen: the construction laborers, the fodder thrown en masse into the enemy, the people who ground up ingredients for the healing men.
Philosophy/Religion: The stars do not care, whatever Gods there may be have turned away from us. While lesser men might cease living their life in the face of this knowledge, the Children of Mankind use this as the kindling for their drive. Reason, man’s best weapon against the uncaring void, is prioritized above all else: no other factor beyond this is included in council deliberations. Mankind stands alone, for they need no gods.
Technology:

Roman technology.

Politics:
The Children of Mankind is, above all, a meritocracy. One raises not through brutalizing fellow citizens, not through one’s ability at rabble rousing, not through some facet of the body the founders of the civilization had chosen to mark as superior, but through the strength of their arms and the strength of their mind. The best suited for the job are appointed to it, irrespective of their « feelings ». Additionally, religion is considered an undesirable influence, to be stamped out. Time spent praying or penitent can-and should-be spent digging waterways, putting up buildings, or training.

[Lemueria]

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Civilization Name:

The Children of Mankind.

Rough Area:
Centered around where Rome once stood.

Population: 13,000
Racial Characteristics:

Ashen-colored.

Traits: The Children of Mankind have the peculiarity of being split into two groups: The Chosen and Unchosen. The first is the best and brightest that the Children has to offer: the tribal elders, the great warriors, the healing men. Those who fail to hack it in the ritual Trials are the Unchosen: the construction laborers, the fodder thrown en masse into the enemy, the people who ground up ingredients for the healing men.
Philosophy/Religion: The stars do not care, whatever Gods there may be have turned away from us. While lesser men might cease living their life in the face of this knowledge, the Children of Mankind use this as the kindling for their drive. Reason, man’s best weapon against the uncaring void, is prioritized above all else: no other factor beyond this is included in council deliberations. Mankind stands alone, for they need no gods.
Technology:

Roman technology.

Politics:
The Children of Mankind is, above all, a meritocracy. One raises not through brutalizing fellow citizens, not through one’s ability at rabble rousing, not through some facet of the body the founders of the civilization had chosen to mark as superior, but through the strength of their arms and the strength of their mind. The best suited for the job are appointed to it, irrespective of their « feelings ». Additionally, religion is considered an undesirable influence, to be stamped out. Time spent praying or penitent can-and should-be spent digging waterways, putting up buildings, or training.

This is 5,000-4,000 BC. It is far too early for Roman technology honestly although you could do this later.

[Aeyariss]

Shall we all just starts with not palaeolithic era?