Drow theme

LordArioch · #1 October 14th, 2003, 10:19 PM

Mainly each nation is based (roughly) on the culture/mythology of where it's placed on the old world map I think. With some exceptions...mainly the aquatics, ermor, and caelum. Also I'm not certain of where abysia comes from either. I think caelum was just because adding flying races is fun for the variety. Nothing quite like extreme mobility but weak fighting power.

Although dom 1 caelum mages were abusive enough to fight for their armies...

But drow as such would seem out of place in dominions...maybe somebody will make an d&d mod or something...machaka would make a good drow base for that because they already have the spider thing down.

Psitticine · #2 October 14th, 2003, 10:27 PM

Also, the nation of Man is not based on "Avalon" myth. The term "Avalon" comes from the Arthurian myth cycle(s) and is a bastardization of a Gaelic term for "Isle of the Apples."

Man is based on Celtic, primarily Irish, mythology with a side-shot of Arthurian influence. That is very different from pure Arthurian for, although Arthurian legend was extremely influenced by the Celtic matter, the Christian and Norman French influences mutated it into something wholly its own. Both are worthy of respect as individual mythos, despite their simularities, and while I think it is fine to fuse them in the nation of Man, I also think it is important to know the differences between the two.

Did I mention I'm alarmingly prone to start talking about Celtic myth?

st.patrik · #3 October 15th, 2003, 01:34 AM

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Originally posted by Psitticine:
Also, the nation of Man is not based on "Avalon" myth. The term "Avalon" comes from the Arthurian myth cycle(s) and is a bastardization of a Gaelic term for "Isle of the Apples."

Man is based on Celtic, primarily Irish, mythology with a side-shot of Arthurian influence. That is very different from pure Arthurian for, although Arthurian legend was extremely influenced by the Celtic matter, the Christian and Norman French influences mutated it into something wholly its own. Both are worthy of respect as individual mythos, despite their simularities, and while I think it is fine to fuse them in the nation of Man, I also think it is important to know the differences between the two.

Did I mention I'm alarmingly prone to start talking about Celtic myth?

Now all we need is Chuchulainn as a national hero!

Taqwus · #4 October 15th, 2003, 04:14 AM

Ermor's your regular "living dead" nightmare nation, probably heavily influenced by AD&D which in turn drew from a variety pack. Mummies were popularized from Egyptian-themed horror, banshees stem from the Celtic 'ban sidhe', ghosts and walking dead probably are multicultural.

Abysia seems to be a "hell"-themed demon-worshipping setup. The winged, pitchforked demon's associated most with Christian fire-and-brimstone imagery; blood sacrifice would be a common theme among accusations relating to demon-worship.

Oh, and Cthulhu -- might also want to read the "Call of Cthulhu" story, 'natch. And I wonder if we'll get shoggoths, hmm. Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li! *shudder*

Jasper · #5 October 15th, 2003, 05:28 AM

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Originally posted by izaqyos:
What about the Arab nations at 700-1400? they were very powerfull. they can make a very interesting theme.

Middle Eastern nations, Steppe nomads, and Indian nations are the most obvious analogies missing IMHO. Arcoscephale seems to be modeled on the post Alexander Succesor States, which is close, but it would be cool to have something Persian, Gupta, Timurid, Hun, or Mongol.

Then again, most of these guys relied on tactics which just don't work in Dom 1...

Nerfix · #6 October 15th, 2003, 07:19 AM

BTW, Atlantis is based on Ctulhu mythos also:
We have a Dagon pretender and atlantians resemble a mix of human, frog and fish.

We have a "Barbarian Kings" theme for T'ien C'hi, so we already have Mongols, but i would like to see Midle Eastern and Arab Nations.

WraithLord · #7 October 15th, 2003, 07:31 AM

Middle-eastern nations can have very strong religion, prefer hot climate. Their cavalry are camel riders, use genies, rocs (giant bird) etc
elements from middle myth and folklore.

There was also a very interesting colture in Israel about 3500 years ago. A nation that worshiped "Beal Zebub" (master of flies in hebrew) and "Ashtoret" (they sacrificed children to this godess). They were called "Phlishtim". If I recall correctly they are even mentioned in the bible.