Conquest: ND, Recruitment and Discussion Thread [Excess off-topic will be dealt with mercilessly.]

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**Kasrkai**

I had those mapped, but I accidentally saved it as 255 color bit, which made it look terrible, so I'm redoing it now. Pretty much every sea-town is connected, but it's up to the nation whether they are open or not.

**ineptus astartes**

thanks I will be writing up a bit on each city in a bit.

for ow. I read. webcomics (i think PM'd you mine BTW what do you think? note I only used photoshop and a mouse with no straighteners, so take it with a grain of salt.)

**Kasrkai**

ineptus astartes wrote:thanks I will be writing up a bit on each city in a bit.

for ow. I read. webcomics (i think PM'd you mine BTW what do you think? note I only used photoshop and a mouse with no straighteners, so take it with a grain of salt.)

I thought photoshop had a straight tool? The bolters seemed straight enough.

Also, MAP UPDATE.

**Kasrkai**

Scratch that, wrong thread.

**ineptus astartes**

good good.

**ineptus astartes**

GEBRA
the three walled city of Gebra is the second most well defended city in the entire country of Harad. its walls are a staggering 20 feet thick and wave rails mounted on them for the movement of the ballistae and catapults on top. the second wall is only 15 feet thick. but mounts massive trebuchets on it. adding long-range firepower to the list.
the third is a 20 foot thick highway, in which the city proper is enclosed. soldiers man the outward sidewalks as pedestrian traffic uses it to move around the city.off from it are four roads going in a cross shape. dividing the city into four parts. at the center is the keep, wherein lives the governor. the docks are accessed via a small road leading to the smaller town of Lanyard. only some 200 meters from the outer walls

map of the city going up soon.

**ineptus astartes**

GEBRA

**Mordoskul**

What are you waiting for me to do?

The Founding of the Empire of Tarvo

Seven hundred years ago, the land of Callaka (modern day Tarvo) was populated by dozens of warring barbarian tribes that cared little for the trappings of civilization. Numerous disparate city-states lay scattered about Callaka, content to war with one another over small glories. There was one man, however, of the Tarvii who possessed visions of an empire. That man was Abelard, and he possessed the manpower and cunning to bring his dreams to fruition. Leading his warriors into battle against the Ostrogi, the Talii, the Vesterlans, and dozens of other Callakan tribes, Abelard assembled the Grand Host, which he took to the plains of Ukr and beyond, leaving cities smashed and villages emptied. The Ukr Wars lasted for eight years, and saw a unified Tarvo emerge from the ruins of dozens of city-states. Abelard understood that if his Empire was to survive, he needed to keep the numerous slave states in line. Thus was the Consul created to ensure that each such state was overseen by a loyal Tarvii warlord. Five more years passed, and Abelard grew restless, feeling the call to war once again. Raising the Grand Host to war, he marched to the end of the sea, subjugating the various peoples that dwelt there. His conquest at an end, Abelard was purported to have wept, for the world was his, nothing could challenge him. He then bade his shield bearer to kill him, for he saw no point in living without the thrill of conquest. As the warrior raised his sword, an arrow pierced his heart, launched from heathen bow. Warriors from modern day Nytheria had landed their vessels on the shore, and had begun to pepper the Grand Host with arrows. Abelard was both overjoyed and enraged, there were still those that opposed him, his empire had not united all as he had thought. The next decade was marked by brutal fighting as the Tarvo invaded Lehmania (modern day Nytheria in an event known as the Battle of the Red Sea, as the ocean itself ran red with the blood of attacker and defender alike. Abelard himself burned down the sacred groves of the Lehmanians, an act that enraged the natives, who retaliated brutally in the Battle of the Mohrn, and nearly dislodged the Tarvo from their island home. The Tarvo pushed back with alarming speed and cruelty, dragging Lehmanian prisoners behind their chariots by their entrails. When Abelard captured the capitol of Avernod, he ordered every Lehmanian prisoner to be tied to a stout wooden pole. Abelard then rode past the great line, decapitating every prisoner with a stroke of his sword. Lehmania now under Tarvo control, Abelard made to return to Callaka, but died from a fever on the return trip. Decades later, the Tarvo began to lose control of their slave-states in Lehmania and those on the coast, and a bloody civil war raged as the Consul slaughtered the rebels. Tarvo won the conflict, but lost a great deal of land as a result, a loss they have not recovered from to this day. Today, however, King Kassius IV has assembled the Grand Host once again, and means to restore the Empire of Tarvo to its former splendor.

**Kasrkai**

Map the inside of Tarvo, and give your entry action.

**ineptus astartes**

gee. that king was a right bastard.

I think Kasr wants you to make a map of Tarvo

**Kasrkai**

ineptus astartes wrote:gee. that king was a right bastard.

I think Kasr wants you to make a map of Tarvo

I think I do.

**Mordoskul**

I'm not sure if this will work, I'm using Illustator, which tends to be petulant at times.

**ineptus astartes**

well what I do is simply add the image that kasr made to my photo, then edit it in photoshop.

**Kasrkai**

I could just do it. I just replicate the roads and towns into the map anyway.

After that, Shroud just needs to do his thing and everyone can post their starts.

I went against the intro post idea. It sort of detracted the "player's nation" thing.

**Mordoskul**

Kasrkai wrote:I could just do it. I just replicate the roads and towns into the map anyway.

After that, Shroud just needs to do his thing and everyone can post their starts.

I went against the intro post idea. It sort of detracted the "player's nation" thing.

Much appreciated, my map is rather crude and basic. I'll do an intro post of sorts that describes Tarvo's attitude towards the rest of the nations.

**Mordoskul**

Abelard must weep. He took an army to from Callaka and marched to the ends of the earth, until there was nothing left to conquer. Tarvo once enveloped the entire world in its majesty, but now, now we are nothing compared to the glorious days of old. But we have not been deaf to the rumblings of war that echo from the south. We are not blind to the unwashed hordes that throw themselves at our gates. The Grand Host must ride again. The filthy tribesmen of Awecur seek to drive us into the sea, let them try, we will drown them in their own blood, our legions will erase their name from history. The Haradrim, the desert people with their strange gods and customs. They too will kneel to Tarvo, in time. One way or another. The Raindomtopians, rainbow-worshipping barbarians, they may prove useful in the battles to come, viable mercenaries and scouts. Navar, the nation of mystics and dreamers, they posses an item of interest that must be ours. Nytheria, the once home of the Lehmanians, now under the rule of a trusted ally. All will bow to the rightful rule of the Tarvo, whether by the sword or by the quill.

**Kasrkai**

I think I get each nation's basic attitude.

Naval: Friendly/sheltered

Awecur: Cold/aggressive

Drinnshleik: Underhanded/patient

Harad: Calm, ethical

Raindomtopia: Slaanesh. 'Nuff said.

Tarvos: White Russians.

Also Mordo, list your cities, and location if it needs to be specific.

**ineptus astartes**

white russians and slannesh had me chuckling.

I can do an intro post too.

coming up.

**Mordoskul**

Belk, Nor, Havii, Maidar, Kib, Urist, Mayhe, Eb, Neftes, Taluuj, Bekost, Haera, Famuuja, Cararaka, Darmuud, Pesh, Tagohst, Dakean, Scapea, Karea, Sihe, Kili, Poleus, Fearaeii, Laera, Talarius (capitol)

**Nicholas**

Mordoskul wrote:Belk, Nor, Havii, Maidar, Kib, Urist, Mayhe, Eb, Neftes, Taluuj, Bekost, Haera, Famuuja, Cararaka, Darmuud, Pesh, Tagohst, Dakean, Scapea, Karea, Sihe, Kili, Poleus, Fearaeii, Laera, Talarius (capitol)

That's a lot of cities to start out with and where are they placed.

**Kasrkai**

Mordoskul wrote:Belk, Nor, Havii, Maidar, Kib, Urist, Mayhe, Eb, Neftes, Taluuj, Bekost, Haera, Famuuja, Cararaka, Darmuud, Pesh, Tagohst, Dakean, Scapea, Karea, Sihe, Kili, Poleus, Fearaeii, Laera, Talarius (capitol)

I don't know if my font gets that small.

**ineptus astartes**

maybe just list some as 'minor' cities. if you notice in my map of west Harad, there are around 7 cities there. while the world map only shows the province capital?

**The Bringer**

Kasrkai wrote:
Mordoskul wrote:Belk, Nor, Havii, Maidar, Kib, Urist, Mayhe, Eb, Neftes, Taluuj, Bekost, Haera, Famuuja, Cararaka, Darmuud, Pesh, Tagohst, Dakean, Scapea, Karea, Sihe, Kili, Poleus, Fearaeii, Laera, Talarius (capitol)

I don't know if my font gets that small.

But do your maps get that big?

**Kasrkai**

The Bringer wrote:
Kasrkai wrote:
Mordoskul wrote:Belk, Nor, Havii, Maidar, Kib, Urist, Mayhe, Eb, Neftes, Taluuj, Bekost, Haera, Famuuja, Cararaka, Darmuud, Pesh, Tagohst, Dakean, Scapea, Karea, Sihe, Kili, Poleus, Fearaeii, Laera, Talarius (capitol)

I don't know if my font gets that small.

But do your maps get that big?

Well played.

But no. I would need to get a bigger map of Europe and do it over, and we don't have the time for two days of mapping.

**Mordoskul**

Kasrkai wrote:
Mordoskul wrote:Belk, Nor, Havii, Maidar, Kib, Urist, Mayhe, Eb, Neftes, Taluuj, Bekost, Haera, Famuuja, Cararaka, Darmuud, Pesh, Tagohst, Dakean, Scapea, Karea, Sihe, Kili, Poleus, Fearaeii, Laera, Talarius (capitol)

I don't know if my font gets that small.

You don't have to place all of them, maybe just four or five and the capitol.

**ineptus astartes**

that be what I do.

**ineptus astartes**

“Our armies on the far coast report mild problems with the barbarians, my lord, but those are easily amended,” Said the kneeling messenger from the floor of the throne room. Kadram maintained a neutral expression. “How so?” He asked. The messenger stood from the dusty floor and unfurled a scroll. “General Ishmael reports this, in his written report. ‘Five tribes opposed us in our landing, but the archers and Mahud* saw them of. They came own the next morning upon seeing our Orc warriors bulding their huts. And swore allegiance to us. They seemed to think we were able to bind daemons to our wills, it is my theory that they have not encountered the Hardy Greenskins before.’ That is all” finished the messenger, rolling up the scroll, Kadram allowed himself a prideful smile. “Commend the general, also have one Captain Vrashku be promoted to major for the successful pacifying of the L’onmar peoples of the Western jungles.”
As the messenger and royal guards left, Kadram walked over to the northern balcony. And looked out over Al-Kalhi, city of 1000000 people. And past, where just in the distance from the top of his ‘Spire of Gods’ he could see the sparkling gulf of Sindabar. The peoples beyond these waters were strange. The Docile people of Drinnshliek, the noble knights of Navar, the raucous Pirates of Awcur, the brutal tyrants of Tarvo, the pagans of Raindomtopia, and the as of yet, unknowen denizens of Kasrkos and Nytheria. The world, new advancements, new species, so much potential. But nothing can happen without armies clad in the trappings of battle, and of all people, the Haradrim knew this the best…

*Mahud: elephant riders (in reality only about four soldiers can fit on an elephants 'castle') it is a real word in fact.

**Nicholas**

The council of Navar met once again in Duraz. Their neighbors were getting more aggressive especially Tarvo to the North. Some members led by an ork representative wanted to answer the aggressions with the cannons of their ships, but Head Councilman Nicholas quieted them with a reminder of the values that had founded there nation. The peace of their freedom would only be possible if trade flowed, without trade Navar could not prosper. Until it was absolutely necessary to do otherwise, they would continue to be open to the world. Yet any injustice to it's people or allies would be met with the with the might of their armies. And when justice is dealt and the enemy left broken only then will they be allowed once again to be worthy of their own freedom.

**Kasrkai**

1. Map to be updated in a moment.

2. We all know how it works, right? Post public actions and fluff, PM private actions and fluff, and I'll take care of conflicts and events?

Not to say urdoinitwrong, 'cause that's about exact.

**Kasrkai**

FETH IT! WE BEGIN! DEEP-STRIKE TO THE OTHER THREAD! GO GO GO GO GO!