Serpent cult is back!

[Professor_Chaos]

We still want to see them! Please post your work!

[Edi]

There are some EA Machaka concepts (which are still at the concept stage, afaik), but no LA Machaka or Helheim that I know of.

[lch]

Uh, Vanheim and Helheim merge into Midgard in late age, don't they?

[Edi]

I think so.

[Kristoffer O]

Helheim merged with vanheim in MA already.

[WraithLord]

Kristoffer O said:
Sauromatia and Ermor are rather early and rather Pythian.

Ermor conquered the Sauromatian tribes and when it started to descend into darkness, the civil war, orchestrated by the Theurgs, split the emerald empire from Ermor. The Sauromatian heartland and the swamps of Pythia was part of the splinter empire, as well as other ermorian colonies.

Thus no Early Pythium.

But we have a late Pytium now. I'm very fond of it, but I'm a bit worried about balance and stuff. It will be a difficult nation to play I believe, with special units and a remarkable setup of commanders. More than any previous nation.

So Ermor has conquered Sauromatia and the emerald empire has splintered from Ermor on the eve of Ermor's fall. What I would like to see is a nation that would represent what was sauromatia and is yet to become Pythium. In history I could porbably parallel this nation the eastern roman empire that would later become Byzantium.

Or maybe its a better idea to just do the Byzantium empire equivalent with or w/o relation to Pythium. I'm sure it would be an exciting nation and would add to dom folklore.

[llamabeast]

I thought Pythium was Byzantium?

[Sombre]

Yeah Pythium is clearly Byzantium. The Eastern wing of the Roman / Ermorian empire.

Why is it Ermor and not Emor by the way?

[WraithLord]

I thought so too at some point in the past, and of course it does make sense. But then a short time after dom-III was out, I have read some post by one of IW team that refers to work in progress on Byzantium influenced nation. I hope I'm recalling this right and that wishful thinking isn't playing tricks on my mind

[DrPraetorious]

Well, the new serpent cult might be more Byzantine and less Roman.

Sauromatians = Sarmatians, who were the tribes living in and around the balkans and southern Russia. KO takes rather few liberties with that nation, actually (aside from the giant lizards ).

I see no reason why Helheim couldn't split off again from Vanheim - after all, the place has been overrun by filthy stinking humans, *I'd* seceed.

But I was being facetious, I've always assumed that Serpent Cult was in the works (observe the Serpent Cult thread in the mod forum) sooner or later but Frank finally argued me into modding it up anyway . Very bad timing on my part to cave in.

Tangential machaka question - I recall reading somewhere that in the middle ages, Europeans believed that there was a Christian African King with knights who rode on giant ants. I can't find this reference anywhere, does anyone know what I'm talking about?