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B0rsuk · #**721** October 2nd, 2006, 02:43 PM

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Endoperez said:
Pretenders are more nation-spesific. You won't see Son of Niefel for Caelum. Instead, they have Father of Winters.

Hey, wait a second !

Nerfix · #**722** October 2nd, 2006, 02:46 PM

The similiarity is striking.

But who is he?

Endoperez · #**723** October 2nd, 2006, 02:55 PM

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Nerfix said:
The similiarity is striking.

But who is he?

The picture's URL is:

http://pohanstvi.net/slavia/svarog.jpg

Searching after Svarog, I found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarog
He is a fire-god, or in even older legends, smith-god.

The picture fits, but myth not.

Google produces some scary results, though, so make sure you aren't using the "I'm Feeling Lucky" option. Really! I mean it!

Nerfix · #**724** October 2nd, 2006, 02:57 PM

Scary results? How...eldricht scary results?

Agrajag · #**725** October 2nd, 2006, 04:00 PM

Hopefuly not the kind of scary results you'd get by searching for Dwarf Fortress' favorite food - Plump Helmet.
(I didn't search for it myself, but saw the warning against it in the DF forums)

NTJedi · #**726** October 2nd, 2006, 04:04 PM

Why does he wear an Iron Cap instead of an Ice Cap ??

Kristoffer O · #**727** October 2nd, 2006, 04:10 PM

A slavonic diety. I'm not sure if the original painting was a representation of Svarog though. I got enamoured with it and couldn't resist remaking him into a pretender. Until I manage to finish a Slavonic nation he appears as a pretender for Caelum and Ulm and perhaps some others.

Some other pretenders are remade statues of antiquity. I would guess Svarog and Sarapis (Lord of Rebirth, one of my favourite gods. I once made an essay on Isis and Sarapis in the roman empire) are the pretenders most like the originals.

okiN · #**728** October 2nd, 2006, 04:47 PM

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Kristoffer O said:
Until I manage to finish a Slavonic nation he appears as a pretender for Caelum and Ulm and perhaps some others.

Okay, so we know one upcoming nation.

Caduceus · #**729** October 2nd, 2006, 05:04 PM

Endoperez, thanks for this Herculean undertaking to whet our appetites with pictures for Dominions 3. I've been enjoying it a great deal!

Kristoffer O · #**730** October 2nd, 2006, 05:37 PM

> Okay, so we know one upcoming nation.

Actually you know one nation I would like to make. I have more, about five or ten quite clearly defined and about as many diffuse ones. Slavonic nation is currently in the latter category, but that might change. I intend to get myself an Encyclopedia of Religion. 11.000 pages / 84 lbs of religious entries

. IIRC there are several good entries on slavonic religion there for some inspiration. I havn't used it since I studied and I believe I would have to go to Lund (university city near Malm�) to get acess to it. Much better to have it in your own home

. I once used some of the slavonic entries in an Ars Magica campaign with a story set in Riga.