Mod: Polod

[BandarLover]

Very cool looking mod. If I get some free time I'll try it, but that being said, I must confess to being rather ignorant of Polish (or Polish-inspired) Myth. So at first glance I can't help but wonder: Why is that guy riding a giant rooster? Why do they summon a giant rooster? What is that skinny white summon-thingy below and to the right of the giant rooster? And why doesn't their flag have a rooster on it?

I'm all for flavor text and would love to hear what exactly inspired this mod and perhaps get some answers to my horribly irreverent questions.

Looking forward to trying this out soon!

[Leonnn]

First off - fixed a bad attachment, now MA also has new spells.

Second - That man riding a rooster is Jan Twardowski, who was a "mage"(well, to be exact, "czarnoksieznik" translates into warlock...) at the polish king's court. There are many legends about him, but most state that he gained his powers in magic by signing with a devil, who he later tricked. Some of the legends state that he is now on the moon (!!) and some of these state that he got there riding a big rooster , others say that the devil tried to get his soul by force, but dropped him on the moon when Twardowski started praying. Also, one of the legend's versions state that the devil made for him a whip made of sand, and so this is the weapon my hero uses

About the rooster - polish legends state that this is the form of a basilisk, but seeing as there already is a basilisk in the game, I just twisted/invented something new

That skinny thing is a Buka - according to polish folklore it is the devil that was tasked with overseeing witches, so that they don't do anything too evil. It is supposed to have the apearence of a big bony devil. I twisted it a little.

[Zeldor]

Well, being from Poland I can surely help with that mod later. But why name like that?

And I think Polish mythology would rather fit MA and LA, at least EA would be rather some common slavian nation.

[BandarLover]

Awesome! Thanks for the enlightenment Leonn! I thought the giant rooster might have been a basilisk, but, like I said, I don't know anything really about Polish mythology so it could have been they just really like roosters!

[Leonnn]

Zeldor:

Poland -> (tweaking) -> Polod

the same as:

Belorus -> (tweaking) -> Bogarus

Thats where the name came from.

[Endoperez]

Leonnn said:
Belorus -> (tweaking) -> Bogarus

Thats where the name came from.

Bogarus is supposedly LA version of still non-existent Vanarus, which probably has Vanir.

Still, not a bad name.

[Leonnn]

Well, come on - Bogarus definitively comes from Belarus - units such as Voivode (Wojewoda) or Veliki Knyaz (Wielki Kniaz) or Druzhina (Druzyna) confirm that. Also, some of the national summons (for example Likho -> Licho, Leshiy -> Lesny) - and I'm not exactly a specialist on Belarus folklore.



I added some pretenders and summons, also changed Stryga to the more appropriate Strzyga

[llamabeast]

I believe Bog means god in Russian, so Bogarus is something like "God of Rus", Rus meaning Russia.

Polod sounds fine to me though.

[Endoperez]

Leonnn said:
Well, come on - Bogarus definitively comes from Belarus - units such as Voivode (Wojewoda) or Veliki Knyaz (Wielki Kniaz) or Druzhina (Druzyna) confirm that. Also, some of the national summons (for example Likho -> Licho, Leshiy -> Lesny) - and I'm not exactly a specialist on Belarus folklore.

I don't know anything about Belarus folklore. I just said that there's also a Vanarus name. Now that Llamabeast said it, I think I've read that "God of Rus" meaning for Bogarus before.

[Luckmann]

Zeldor said:
Well, being from Poland I can surely help with that mod later. But why name like that?

And I think Polish mythology would rather fit MA and LA, at least EA would be rather some common slavian nation.

Obviously, there's no LA. By LA, the nation had been invaded.

Edit: Before I forget in my quest to be witty; Very nice mod. Thanks!