Partha: The Ageless Empire.

[HoneyBadger]

Slight modification, but I'm going to be posting stats for this nation soon, and I'll reserve this space for the posting of graphics.

[HoneyBadger]

I've got things more or less the way I want them, but suggestions are welcome!

[HoneyBadger]

Major streamlining/balancing changes-some of the removed units I'm going to recycly for other purposes.

[Poopsi]

would they get their own Divine Emperor pretender?

How about a second divine emperor (Or Divine Shah, rather) with fire magic rather than astral?

And some efreet fire-based summons, to accompany it, I´d say..

[HoneyBadger]

Well, this is pre-Muslim Persia, so I decided they don't get the efreet/djinn summons yet, that'll figure into the middle age though. I'm planning on two mid-age Persia nations-one of divine Jann, and another of evil Ghuls, and they'll both get access to more or less the same summons.

[Poopsi]

hm. Djinn and efreets predate Islam, through. According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie#J...re-Islamic_era ancient middle-easterners saw them like the romans saw their genius loci godling-spirits.

Then again, I do not know whether that would apply to the Persians, whom were further east than that, but linking the "smokeless fire" djinn summons with zoroastrian fire-rituals would fit, thematically..

[Poopsi]

pd: maybe a spinoff of the nizari assasins would fit as well, for a later era. Some commander with the assasination trait, and the ability to spread heresy...