The Allthing is the body of government in old Nordic society and the governing body of Iceland. I think. I'd be more comfortable with one of our Scandinavian players to chime in on that rather than just link a Wikipedia article.btw I just wanted to clarify. While the Islandic parliament still goes by the name of "Alltinget" today, it's not a "special" form of governing. It simply holds the old name.
I like the cut of your jib. I dont know what a jib is, or why you would cut it, but I like it!The jib is the front sail of a tall ship. Each nation during the age of sail had their own ship designs which often varied how the Jib was shaped. The English tended to favor triangular Jibs, where as the Spanish favored square Jibs. So seeing a triangular cut Jib meant the ship was of English origin and you could apply what ever personal prejudices you had towards the English to that ship and its crew.
Blue painted madmenThat's Celts btw ...damn Skyrim :P
The blue thing was more from my own family history, the Ault clan symbol is a blue rooster, painted on the face. We never knew where it came from, likely from exposure from the celts/angles I'm sure.Sounds cool, makes me wish I had some family symbol of my own :/ Sorry about making judgmental remarks about your knowledge.
But ya, that scene... I'd imagine being higher on the tech side the Angleans would have invented or use some kind of body armor to protect their troops during these lightning raids.True.. true. Especially for some kind of shock-troops in heavy armor and blunderblusses.
Awaken some of the old world superstitions, Anglean raiders riding in on Fenrirs great howl from the north, that brings with it to the Yeshan north the first frosts of winter.
Blue painted madmen in heavy armor slogging up earthen entrenchments wielding trench axes and one shot carbines that crack like lightning into a thin line of Yeshan militia unprepared for the sudden and explosive violence of an Anglean Berzerker screaming curses like a Swedish pagan storming the shores of ancient England.
I can imagine war drums thundering from the decks of long ships, with great sails unfurled with the emblems of Nordic heraldry and symbols blazed across them. The fires ignited in the hearts of men and shield-maidens as the first bloodshed waters the ground for a grim harvest of the north with it's human scythe.
It would seem like, to those that fell victim to these raids, that the entire world was ending. They would be lightning fast and leave ruin behind them, never allowing an organized military counter attack before.
Barbarians are any outsider who does not conform to our social customs and norms.
I still see the Lords angle working quite well, each lord or clan has it's own Personal guard and they give troops to the central military and raiding parties.
So highly organized, hmm... What about modeling them more off the Finnish militaries around the WW2 era?
I dunno spoon, these are a hardy people with limited resources, family would be their main focus, raising their children in a supportive and strong environment. I could be off my nut though.
Buried beneath the snow is an old world perfectly preserved. The Angleans have made the structures of past civilizations their homes, reveling at mysterious murals and objects that scatter the landscape and float in a case of crystalline ice. They have even managed to revive some of the found machines and reverse engineer crude automatons to do their work. Realizing the power of the black smoke that their ancestral machines produce, the Republic hunts down relics from the past in an attempt to restore the world to its former glory....reverse engineer crude automatons to do their work.
Mecha vs airships................... I'm just gonna leave that here
Mecha vs airships................... I'm just gonna leave that here
or... you know.... airship mechs ;)
Mobile Suit Galleon!?
Maybe they don't feed their slaves.Maybe they feed off their slaves. It is not cannibalism if the Angeleans are Lizard people from the center of the earth (as I postulated in my propaganda thread). Also if they are sufficiently good with leather working they can fashion convincing human masks from the left overs. This could a allow Angelean Spies to move about the over world and pass for humans at a distance or in low light conditions.