Partha: The Ageless Empire.

[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...

[HoneyBadger]

Well, I'm taking some creative license in separating the Djinn/Efreet elements to the middle ages, just because I want Partha to be somewhat divided from those elements. I think I'll use the Nizari when I make a Zanzibar nation, although the Ghuls will have quite powerful assassins of their own.

[HoneyBadger]

Added 3 summons, 2 heroes, a multihero, a capital-only Sacred, and a commander unit, haven't done the stats yet, but did some more balancing, removed Ophiuchi (unthematic for Partha) for use with another nation.