ITT: we use the description of our names to describe who we are

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>>53595035
I'll start us off.

>Free Man
>Lover of Earth
>Defender of Mankind on the Sand

So the first city-nation will have a military suited either along their beaches or deserts.

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>>53595035
>Of Laurentum
>Doorkeeper of the Inn/Layer of Tiles
>Noble Ruler

I don't really know where to go with this

>>53595035
>Brave and Just
>Born of Dawn or Bright
>Great Champion
Neat though somewhat generic

>>53595035
Am I the only one confused by what this thread is trying to accomplish, but still curiously watching?

>>53595184
I always like starting with the surname to get a picture on how you grew up and then work on the first and middle names.

You were born into a life of nobles and really grew into the lifestyle. So much so were seen as the prideful Romans of Laurentum, home of the original Latins. But, your high life gets the best of you sometimes, so you like to settle down occasionally and do some homely things that you enjoy like owning and tending to an inn. Your brought up your own inn from the ground up as your pride and joy.

Iunno man.

>>53595309
We found our hero of legend.

Now our first city has a family of desert military, a family of noble rulers, and a family of great champions.

>King
>Victory for the People
>Son of the Mountain

So a great miner king?

>>53595035
> Courageous, god-fearing man
> Constant, Steadfast against hardships
> Born from the earth, creator.

I feel like i would be the creator of some kind of religious movement based on revering the Earth. A religion that will probably survive in time.

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>>53595035
>Defender of man
>God is gracious
>One who is steady in war

So a paladin basically

>>53595490
Being a Son of the Mountain doesn't mean miner, just someone who came from a mountain or a large, mountainous man.

>>53595542
When you come from a city surrounded sand and rock, who wouldn't?

>Defender of Mankind on the Sand
>Noble Rulers
>Great Champion
>Son of the Mountain
>Born of the Earth, Creator

I like it.

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>>53595035
>The man who was born on fire
>The victorious
>The one from the rocklands

I'm some kind of champion or important figure related to volcanoes, probably. Or someone that was born in the rocklands, survived it's harships and won.

I still am confused about the theme of this thread.

>>53595801
Forgot to write my other surname.
>prince of graceful sight.

Where are you guys getting these descriptions?

>>53595754
So we already have a theme going on.
What should we name our desert city?

>>53595880
from the internet, my dood.

>>53595893
D, G, N, S, B. D'Gensib?

>>53595035
>Manly
>Dark Water
>Son of Kay.

A mach descendant of an Arthurian Knight who's secretly a pirate.

>>53595880
Typing my name into google and looking for etymologies

>Wild way
>Who is like God?
>Owner of the fertile green pasture down by the river near the sea

What do I even do with this, I mean cool that sounds like a Druid Jesus, but what does OP expect from me?

>>53595626
>>53595801
>>53595866
>>53596161
>>53596735
City-Nation 2:
>One Who is Steady in War
>The One from the Rocklands/Prince of Graceful Sight
>Son of Kay
>Owner of the Fertile Green Pasture Down By the River Near the Sea

Almost done with this one, but what's with the anon with two surnames? If its a special situation, care to explain?

>>53596785
It's common in my country to have two surnames, or whatever it's said in english. There's some folk that have up to four.

>Great Tide
>Victor of the People
>Stone Wizard
I had to ask my uni prof uncle about the last name because Google turned up fuck all, and even he lead with "a friend of a friend". Pretty neat if true though.

>God of War
>Leader
>Den of Wolves

So a royal family, that has stuck together for a very long time and place a large amount of emphasis on cooperation and physical force?

>Bear
>Who is like God
>Bright and clear
Goes well with the anon above me, but a lot more pious and devout.

>>53598228
>>53598393
Maybe a city state based around families with Animal Heraldry, each serving a different purpose?

>>53595035
> asked of god/hears god
> of Laurentum
> lives near the mountain of Holy Day

...so uh, guess we're a bunch of Italian mountain shamans?

>>53595035
>Ireland
>Stubborn; "to pull"
>A knight's apprentice
>Son of Will

>>53595035
>Wellspring/River source
>Made greater by God
>Of 55

Some weird numerology cult maybe?

>>53598677
So a stubborn Irish squire from a long line of knights. Or maybe you're a changeling, and your knight knows but he likes you better than the boy your faery parents stole away?

>>53596785
>>53596932
City-Nation 2:
>One Who is Steady in War
>The One from the Rocklands/Prince of Graceful Sight
>Son of Kay
>Owner of the Fertile Green Pasture Down By the River Near the Sea
>Stone Wizard

What do you guys make out of this one?

>>53598228
>>53598393
>>53598622
>>53598677
>>53598792
City-Nation 3
>Den of Wolves
>Bright and Clear
>Lives near the Mountain of Holy Day
>Son of Will
>Of 55

And this one?

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>>53595035
>Victory for the people
>Glorious and shining
>Mercenary

Uh.

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>>53599044
>Glorious and shining
>Mercenary

>>53599093
Oh fuck me. No.

Also:
>Victory for the People

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>>53599172
>Victory for the People
Perfectly describes Griffith post-Tower of Conviction

>>53599044
I wonder how a nation filled with mercenaries would look like.

>Fire's town
>Beloved
>Iron

So a very popular smith I guess

>>53599215
Renaissance Italy probably

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>>53599215

>>53595035
Do all people in English speaking countries have middle names?

>>53599215
Medieval Switzerland

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>>53599211
God dammit.

>>53599215
>>53599252
Name sake is actually from pic related.

Though I'm also a bastard child with no blood relation to my family. Instead of Irish and German, my genetic roots are in Spain and Sicily.

>>53599302
No but they're pretty common.

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>>53599215

>>53595035
>Crossroads
>Great
>Of Bordet
I have no idea of what to do with this.

>Free Man
>Rock/Stone
>Yahweh is Gracious
>Flagstone

So, I dunno what to make of this

Also, yes I'm a two-middle name fag

>>53595035
>Twins
>Estimeed by God
>Birthmark of The King

I'm not sure about the first name, but I like where this is going.

>>53599342
Shit, it's suppose to be of Bourdic, not Bordet.

>>53595035
>Big guy (so far it's accurate)
>Jesus' Sacrifice (being sacrificed for someone else's stupid mistake is pretty much my life)
>Grove situated on a Moor (never seen one)

>>53599309
>Instead of American and American, my genetic roots are in Mexico and America.

Fixed that for you. Fucking Americans.

>>53595035
>First Name: The Golden
>Middle Name: He who divides
>Last name: The King's army

... So I guess we're a bunch of wealthy soldiers intent on never ever letting the world unite under a single banner.

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>>53595754
Taking a crack my City-Nation's description.

Conjoined by a uneasy union between the Tribes Along the Wastes, their struggle to survive was no more as there 50 year long battle for control ended in peace for a fruitful tomorrow. The Sand Shields guarded the mountain for years whilst thriving in their deserts. The Nobles of the Peak are the ancestors of the first combined tribes, a testament of their duty to protect their children in these harsh lands.

A special few of those children became great champions, blessed by the wills of the warriors and survivors to carry on their will to live. They all reside in high cliffside of the Mountain Men's cliffs and mesas overlooking the city at large. Without the natural barriers of their mountains, these people would've died off ages ago. And finally, The Order of Soil. A church, sometimes seen as a sect, of proclaiming the greatness that is the Earth we love on and all It provides for us. With their prayers, they provide miracles to guide the sandstorms away. And with their ire, it's said they can call upon their earth's might, elementals of sand and stone to crush our unseen enemy.

>>53599044
>>53599245
>>53599342
>>53599385
>>53599392
City-Nation 4
>Mercenary
>Iron
>Of Bourdic
>Flagstone
>Birthmark of the King

>>53599405
>>53599495
City-Nation 5
>Grove Situated on a Moor
>The King's Army
>???
>???
>???

Guys, go nuts on describing these places as of this were a Civilization thread.

>>53599289
What country is this?

>>53595035
>Noble Birth
>Greatest
>Respect and Affection

There's not many defining traits here.

I suppose a family of patrons and philanthropists who define a person's worth by what they do to help others?

>>53599696
Expanding on the Order of Soil, as i was its maker.

The Order of Soil was founded quite recently, less than a century ago, when the wars began, albeit its roots go much deeper. In fact, revering the Earth was rather common in the Wastes, and had been done for centuries. However, no sort of religious order had ever risen. It was when the wars began and the people feared for themselves that more and more began believing in the Earth's secure stability. It was a wandering monk named Constantius whom had the idea of uniting all these people under a single light, so that their faith, together, would be stronger. And so, the Order of Soil was created. The priests soon discovered that when one places his belief in the Soil, it shall, in turn, grant a gift. And so, the Miracles of Sand were learnt and passed along from priest to priest. When the wars ended, the Order of Soil estabilished a foothold within the capital, and soon began thriving there.

>god is gracious
>have no middle name, I could use the nickname my parents use with me, which is Cat (like the animal)
>peak, summit, climax

I have zero idea what this means.

>>53600206
Obviously a clan of catgirl Temple Prostitutes

>>53600206
A feline that had climbed the tallest mountain and discovered the Light of God Himself, bathing his entire being with holiness. Congrats anon, you're no mere mortal!

>Longbowman
>A man like any other(empathy and equality
>Seaborne travellers

>>53600295
Hmm so I'm an awakened cat?
I hated furries all my life but it turns out that in the end
John was the furries

>>53600271
Intriguing. I'll go with what the other anon suggested though.

>>53600157
I like it. I'm one of the Sand Shields. And if my middle name means Lover of Earth, I guess I follow the religion to heart. You have my protection, brother.

Mine is apparently after translation
>Beloved
>White
>Enclosure, (or Castle)

Well I'm now the local fast food vendor.

>Victorious/Victory in war
>Graciousness
>One of you or Dishpan apparentely

what does that make me

>>53599405
>>53599495
>>53599968
>>53600206
>>53600358
City-Nation 5
>Grove Situated on the Moor
>The King's Army
>Respect and Affection
>Peak, Summit, Climax
>Seaborn Travellers

Chivalrous knights with a navy that lives on summits and peaks as well as takes things to "THE CLIMAX" of every situation.

>>53595035


>>First Name: stealth-mind
>>Middle Name: voyager
>>Last Name: the beast charmer
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>>53600475
How does any or that scream fast food vendor? Your family has come from or worked on an enclosure or castle. You yourself are a beloved person, its pretty hard to hate you. And White being your middle name could go from literally wearing white or it could lend to small parts of light or purity.

>>53600494
You and your family have and always will be one of the people, always at their side and with their ideals. You, yourself are a renowed warrior and soldier as well as a man of grace, showing kindness and dignity to all you see. A noble soldier of the people.

>First name, my "face": Gift from God
>Last name, my family: From the lowlands
>Middle name, my hidden trait: He who overthrows or supplants

>tfw I'm a JRPG villain

>>53601171
You could always overthrow or supplant for a good purpose. Or just your purpose.

>>53601170
White castle foo

>>53599816
City-Nation 4
A city founded by a band of mercenaries from the far away kingdom of Bourdic. This nation has a vast iron industry and flagstone is the most commonly used building material. The ruling house of this nation has a distinctive birthmark that every member has even those bastards the king forgot about. I'm thinking this city has had a fair amount of bloody succession wars since it's creation

>>53601608
M.I.O.F.B had a pretty brutal history if everyone and their mom had a birthmark. Do you think the mercenaries born and raised there would find enough work at home to assassinate all of the bastards for the king?

>ruler of the people
>bearing christ
>son of Hugh
if we want to get more poetic then
>son of heart/mind/spirit

>>53595035
I remember last time we did this! I'll come back again, see where my name ends up this time.

>Old (From the previous cycle of the world) Serpent God of Venus, Fire, and possibly Lightning
>Beautiful Face
> Son of the Sanctified

I've also got a second middle name in there that means "Sacred Name".

>Gift of God
>God's chosen
>Swamp or Fen

There's my contribution for the swamp people.

>>53601790
I don't know. Maybe the M.I.O.F.B (Have to find a better name) allows their soldiers to act as soldiers of fortune on their own free time, so long as they don't go against their country or it's interests. The ruling king probably has his own men, maybe like the Byzantine Empire. The king/emperor hires foreign mercenaries as personal bodyguards because they're more trust worthy then their own men which any bastard/sister/brother/mother/fifth cousin could bribe with enough gold, women, drugs, and prestige.

>>53595035
How are the nations going to be named??

>>53595035
Okay, so;
>Small red-head
>Little fire
>Holy man

Uh, a wh40k priest?

>The greatest
>Humble
>Spring (not the season)
I don't know

>>53600475
>>53600494
>>53601098
>>53601171
>>53601877
City-Nation 6
>Enclosure/Castle
>One of You
>Beast Charmer
>From the Lowlands
>Son of Hugh (Heart, Mind, and Spirit)

Please take a crack at desceibing this one.

>>53602080
>>53599018
The most humble herdsman from Fertile Green Pasture Down By the River Near the Sea?

>>53602049
You guys must. I wantes everyone to discuss everything about their nation from the name, to the city structure, beliefs, etc. But no one's budge. Just come up with some ideas for names and people will follow suit.

For now, I've been using an acronym for each of the five surname's first letter, but that doesn't seem like its going to fly.

>>53602189
A fortress located in the lowlands, filled with tamers of the exotic animals in the region. The people are very friendly and centered on the community. The founding principles of their scholars and priests are that of the heart, mind, and spirit. That is to say, they study psychology and theology alongside the biology that comes with their beast taming renown

>>53602201
No anon, you dont belong in CN2, you belong with these guys:

>>53601884
>>53601964
>>53602062
>>53602080
>Son of the Sanctified
>Swamp/Fen
>Holy Man
>Coiled Spring
>???

You're missing one more family house to join your City-Nation.

>>53595035
>enthusiasm
>victory of the people
>small town in Scotland
Enthusiastic Scottish revolutionary?

>>53602280
I like this. Should each family or priest following have a different main species to aid them? I was thinking beast charmer would ride giant rooster mounts because it would fit family crest and second meaning of surname

>A hunter
>little king
>farmer
So a king or prince that gave it all up to become a peasant

>>53602290
>>53602293
First off, i think we should call it Nascolind (say it out loud).

Then we're a Scottish - based swamp people founded by a holy man and his son who built their town in a swamp created by a coiled spring. The spring should have some sort of deific significance as well.

>>53602414
You have it backwards. You're from a family of farmers. When you were born, the people around and some unknown force saw you fit to be a king and hunter. When you grow up, your parents a d the people around raise you in such a way. We'll, the best farmers can do that is.

>>53602353
I could see ancestral breeds going along with the major families. If the others have an animal crest then they should mention them. Son of Hugh has an owl atop their crest, which is rather fitting for scholars and priests I think

>Conqueror
>Priceless
>Of The Sea

I'm guessing boats will be involved!

>>53595035

>Sad
>Calm Free Ocean
>My last name was made up by my great grand parents to dodge the mob in immigration.

So I'm like a sailor from a disgraced crime family?

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>>53595035
>Graced by God/God is Gracious
>"Who is like God?" (meant as a rhetorical question, no one is like God)
>Frequents Churches/Warror

Alright, I think I can piece this one together.

>Family heritage of being, if not necessarily Holy Warriors, at least warriors that diligently follow their faith and rituals thereof.
>A personal path of seemingly humble priesthood to praise the divine. And why not? This family already has well-known ties to the church.
>"Who is like God?" It's a question that no one can live up to. It's a burning question hurled at the corrupt and impure. It's an Inquest. Makes sense that this would be the Hidden name.

>>53602290
>Coiled Spring
It was the water one

>First Name: Songbird
>Middle Name: Gateway
>Surname: Messenger

So I'm a courier-slash-travelling-bard then. Seems good.

>>53595035
>tfw my name doesn't follow this anglo naming conventions and cannot really be adapted to them

>>53602505
Is this for the sixth nation

>>53602414
>>53602482
>>53602490
>>53602505
>>53602578

Are we Venice? I think we're Venice.

Ok, City-nation 4, or shall be known as Miofb for the moment to make things easier. I'm going to try to flesh it out a bit more, so get rid of anything you don't like.

The City Miofb was founded by the Blackwood, a very large, but disgraced, mercenary company that originated from the kingdom Bourdic. No one truly knows what caused the Blackwood to become disgraced and forced the whole company to leave the kingdom, but some sages believe the founding father Jorm Blackwood killed his employer, the king of Bourdic, in a fit of rage when the king insulted his homely wife. Miofb was founded near by a rocky coastline, filled with grassy plains and hills, and small mountains. The mountains are filled with iron, making the city of Miofb the greatest iron supplier in the area. The majortiy of the buildings in Miofb are made with flagstone, a tradition that was brought with them from the kingdom of Bourdic. The Miofb are a fairly aggressive and militaristic nation, but thankfully for surrounding nations, their aggression is mostly turn inward with bloody successions wars since the last king couldn't keep his dick in his pants. However, Miofb has been known to allow it's soldiers be used by other nations for their wars, for a price of course. Sometimes the price is gold and jewels, sometimes the price is the hand of a daughter or son, and sometimes the price is a favor.

Never owe a favor to a Miofbnesse. Never.

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>>53602682
Forgot picture where their surround features look like. I'm thinking something close to looking like Greece.

>>53602665
Thats seems right, God, Gold, and sweet sweet salt water.

>>53602290
>>53602293
City-Nation 7
>Son of the Sanctified
>Swamp/Fen
>Holy Man
>Coiled Spring
>Small Town in Scotland

Seems like you guys already started. >>53602449

>>53602414
>>53602482
>>53602490
>>53602505
>>53602578

City-Nation 8
>Farmer
>Of the Sea
>?whatthehellamisupposedtodowiththis?
>Frequents Churches; Warrior
>Messenger

Name number three, give us something to work with.

Nation six contains complicated tunnel trading routes to outlying the lowland border? Or this might lead us too be too susceptible to ambush

>>53602778
Why not? Of course, those tunnels weren't dug too close or into main cities, that'd be an issue. If this has any fantasy elements, the tunnels may not be dug by men at all, but by giant worms and moles tamed by the beastmasters. The trade outposts with the tunnels are foci of military power as well, to deal with the risk of ambush

>>53602856
This has me thinking the land should be named off of the word/term/concept of labrynth

>>53595035
God of Victory
Ear
Learned One
Really good at academics and listening I guess?

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>>53602293
>>53602449
>>53602740
What if we fold in the serpent-god aspect of the first name into the coiled spring, give it some snake/serpent motif? Nascolind seems like a kind of place where we could have lots of snake decor and ideas. Maybe something like Crom Cruach from the Secret of Kells?

>>53602918
Lowlands have slower, warmer waters. Combine this with the beast mastery and the tunnels suggest the area is difficult and dangerous to navigate above ground. So lets say it's a jungle. The jungle is known as The Snarls, the cavern system is known as The Winding Paths. Invading forces know them as the Twisting Catacombs, for self explanatory reasons. Not sure on a name for the nation yet though.

>>53603015
Oh yea, i like that. Maybe a kind of town wide mission to keep him coiled in the spring probably through our faith since a lot of us have holy connections.

>>53603015
Well first and middle names only represent the individual, not the nation at large. The challenge here is to create a place with only the 5 last names shared, none of the first.

But as long as you guys have fun I guess it doesn't matter so much. Maybe the Full Names we present are the founders of the City-Nations and they present some of their own Individual Influence? That could be neat too.

>Strong
>Tall
>Who is like God.

I'm the strong priest, who is secretly tall?

>King City
>Messenger of the Gods
>God Market

Exalted,
Son of the Hill
Son of Unknown Battle

I guess I would be a holy man born from a truce between large hill people and mysterious warriors.

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>>53603248
Thats what I was thinking

>>53603300
Check'em

Also Cleric, in the temple districts of the capital.

>>53603202
Sick, twisting catacombs is a1

>Inspiration
>Eternal
>Bent grass, a wood or clearing

>>53603437
What else would you expect from a people who study psychology, travel in dark tunnels, and tame beasts? Mastery of fear seems inherit now, though their cities and religion would not show it

Can I get an idea what city nations we have. I've somewhat done the Miofb (which seem to be Not!Greeks that have succession wars as violent and frequently as the Chinese for the moment), the Sand Shields (I don't know that's the nations name,sorry) who seem to be religious desert people that are fairly peaceful till pushed, Nascolind who are swamp Scots that worship a serpent?, and Nation 6 (name pending) who are beast master Vietcong.

>>53602988
>>53603273
>>53603300
>>53603315
>>53603525
City-Nation 9
>Learned One
>"Who Is Like God"
>God Market
>Son of Unknown Battle
>Bent Grass/Wood/Clearing
This one will be just as good. Any takers?

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>>53595035
>Slave
>Footjob
>Immigrant

>>53602988
>>53603273
>>53603300
>>53603315
>>53603525

City-Nation 9

>Learned One
>Who is like God
>God Market
>Son of Unknown Battle
>Bent grass, a wood or clearing

Seems to me we're a devout bunch, scholars, descendants of soldiers who's nations no longer are known, and druids or perhaps hidden in the grass and woods?

>>53603567
Sand Shield, here. I suggested our name be D'Gensib from our acronym D.G.N.S.B. Name pending.

>>53603585
>footjob

Anon, please keep looking through more sites. There's hope for you yet.

>>53603666
I misread the OP. I thought we were supposed to be inserting our own self-described occupation and talents.

>>53595035
>Lover of Wolves
>Town of the Badger
>Settlement on Stony Ground

A master of Hounds, Wolves and other packs of beasts, I guard and lead my clan which has sternly and stubbornly ruled and cultivated a rocky wasteland where all others gave up on settling. While normally a stoic and hard people, much like the land, there are times where I have been rumored to enter into a great invulnerable rage and accomplish the impossible.

So basically a clan of Wolf-Mongols/Aiel-knockoffs that live in the mountain wastes? Bretty neat I guess

>>53603567
>beast master vietcong
I'm actually digging that. If the letters are being used, Fobes is rather amusing/suiting to me since it is similar to phobia

>badger
>son of jack
>prosperity guard

no fucking idea. maybe my family has been the Guard of the Royal Treasury for generations.

dont know what to do with 1st and 2nd name

>>53603666
>Sand Shield, here.
Okey dokey Satan. I'll remember it as D'Gensib for now I'm Miofb, or more specifically from Bourdic.
>>53603726
Also good to know. Thank you.

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If you're familiar with MtG, what colors does your nation share?

D'Gensib is just GWB Abzan with a lack of undead and more Earth elements.

>>53603832
I figure Nascolind might be either UBG Sultai or WUB Esper depending on how the whole holy man and sanctified thing get resolved. Are they proper clergy holy men, or creepy cult holy men? Or both?

>>53603832
I would want to say WR with a splash of B for Miofb, but I can also somewhat seem them as RB with a splash of W for order, since I'm seeing them as an ambitious and passionate sort. There was that quote from Degenesis from one of the cultures. It went something like "Me against my brother. My brother and I against my Uncle. My family against the world." I see them something like that.

>>53603773
Badgers are creatures of foul temper and nigh unstoppable fury.

Son of Jack being hidden perhaps means you're secretly a bastard. Or perhaps instead if we translate "Jack" to "Man", you would be "Son of Man", so perhaps you're secretly a Half-Breed, which may make the Badger bit a tad more literal. Maybe you're actually a Werebadger?

>>53603871
given our names, including the first and middles, i think it'd be a bit of both with a sort of cult coming about out of the town mission and coiled entity paired with a very religious founding and continuation in some of the families

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>>53603832
I think I should take back the B from D'Gensib and put in R since one our founders is Mountain related. If this is the case then we're Naya.

>>53603773
You guard the underground vaults and wear the white Royal badge on your forehead.

And you're a son of man(jack=man), which implies you also secretly have divine blood.

>Eminent
>Thanks

Chinese names kind of suck for this.

>>53603708
>>53603773
>>53603585

The footjob giving furry Nation.

>>53603832
Fobes could be argued for RGB Jund or BUG Sultai depending on how you want to do the mind/heart/soul bit. Jund for savage, fierce fighters who study emotions to better use them, or Sultai for calculating masters who study to manipulate others

>victorious people
>crowned one
>thistle

>Gift from God
>Wanderer
>Twin
House of really skilled errant knights with a specialization in dual-wielding?

>>53603876
Thinking about it, Miofb would absolutely be Mardu. The red for the passion and aggression of the people, black for the ambition and amoral behavior, but the white for the loyalty to the country itself. Humorously, it seems all the nations are three colored shards/wedges.

>>53603585
>>53603773
>>53603708
>>53604079
>>53604245

Immigrants turned guards of the royalty, who live in a constant state of suspicion and must prove their loyalty again an again being on rocky ground, and they still remain thankful as the world they left was that much worse, they are a prickly crowd proud and quick to defend any challenges to their honor and loyalty with steel.

>>53604389
Heads up.

>>53603585
I'm afraid I have to ignore this one since it's not his described name as stated here >>53603696

Until he corrects it, use >>53604312 's Twin for Immigrant instead.

Oh fuck me
>God is my judge
>Defender of men
>Majestic

Autocrat
Betrayer
Immortal

>One who Rules
>Sorrow
>Warlike
Eh, I could see this one working pretty well.

>>53603542
Conquering fear is their tradition and version of a spiritual journey??? p>>53603542

>>53595035
>Light
>Martial Prowess
>Tomorrow/Dawn

This from me, >>53604312

So
>>53604627 is the house in charge,
>>53604564 is the trade guilds and probably the entire economy
>>53604504 is the shield of our people
>>53604312 is the sword that defends our borders
>>53604755 is the lance that strikes our enemies

I think?

>>53602740

>>53602490 here, idk, basically my family immigrated and when they got to staton island they gave a fake name that they made up on the spot, the immigration officers changed our family name to Police (yes like the cop) and I ended up being the only one to get the "old family name" back before people did some digging and realized it was literally gibberish.

>>53603832
I am unfamiliar, how to read?

>>53604829
I believe you should still be a part of the prior City-Nation due to "Footjob Immigrant" misunderstanding the rules.

>>53604913
Oh shit, yeah
>This is exactly why I'm not in charge

>>53595035
>Savior
>Noble and bright
>One hundred flames
Some kind of priest?

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>>53604891
Colors in MtG have archetypes and themes to define them by flavor and by gameplay.

>>53595035
>Helmet
So a soldier, mercenary or town guard. I think I'll choose the latter.
>Twin
Secretly knows he has a twin, but doesn't tell anyone because reasons.
>Of Holden
Okay, I'm guessing he's a noble of some kind, or at least has noble blood.

>>53603575
Working name for our city-state: Sanctus Tal
We are a nation with a monotheistic leadership and a polytheistic working class that is still making the transition to a single god. The two God families make up the central leadership, since they are the ones chosen by God. The learned one family, being the smart ones, act as bureaucrats and scholars. The military is lead by the unknown battle family, them being a group of former warrior nomads who settled and intergrated into the normal populace. The bent grass family are druids who believe their nature powers come from the monotheistic God. They serve as magic units in the army, apothecarie, and mediators between the elites and the still nature worshipping general population.

>>53605165
They also represent different types of landscape, and are attached to different archetypal monsters.

I vote fobes as sultai or bug but the u is for the sun right??(newfag)

>>53605307
W for White, U for Blue, B for Black, R for Red, and G for Green.

>>53605307
Definately sultai

>>53605200
This is definitely Bant/GWU.

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>Supplanter
Usurper of power
>Loyal friend, defender
Stands by allies
>Cup bearer
fucking barkeep

A barkeep who usurped power from the local lord after his friends were unjustly punished.
Attempts to rule over his new domain justly and fairly, is constantly under attack from foreign nobles as they deem him illegitimate.
Peasant lords are an interesting thing.

>>53595035

>Handsome
>Crown/Wreath
>Bee/Child

I don't even know.

>>53606065
Noble scion of a wealthy family that originally built its wealth on apiaries?

>God was gracious
>Wealthy person/nobleman
>North man

Looks like I'm the lucky, lucky Viking. I hope I get to found a Russia or something.

>sacred oath
>bitterly rebellious
>a narrow path between hedges

Interesting but only before you get to my last name

>>53606212
You could take the surname to mean something like symbolically being forced to adhere to a path by outside forces, metaphorical hedges in this case.

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>>53595035
>Nobleman/Patrician
>West Meadow
>Someone who lives in a hollow

The nobleman of the west meadow, who lives in the hollow. But what does hollow mean in this context, exactly?
>A small valley between mountains.
Oh, that sounds cool. Well then, sounds to me like an aristocratic family who oversees the fertile western hinterland from their palatial valley home. Sweet! I'm a fancy land baron! Time to kick back and enjoy that comfortably dull idle-rich country life.

>>53595035
>Wealthy; Foresight
>God is my judge
>Country which permits for summer pasture

Shrewd and moderately pious cattle rancher.

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>>53595035
>The one who hears/heard by god.
>Well Liked/flower
>Herder

A cultic leader of a shamanic/druidic following touched by a greater power or influencibg of a greater power pleasantly liked by most folk. Notable modest living as beast tamer and breeder benefitted by my own influences.

/tg/? Am.. i a friend-to-all likable jesustype?

>>53606065
Silverspooned noble prick.

>>53605434
In all fairness, well-liked innkeepers are OP as fuck in fantasy, seeing as all the strongest citizens in the nation convene at them!
Im invisioning a tiny army of super strong adventurers from across the globe, helping "Just cuz"

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>Beloved, Friend
>Shown favor by God
>The lesser turret/tower
I'm some sort of guard of a minor outpost that has God on my side apparently.
Oh, and everyone likes me.

>>53605170
Maybe a Noble bodyguard?

Nopewait. Your older twin is a prince and in the event of twindom the younger lives to serve and protect the other! Boom!

>>53595035
Did I do it right

>Derived from Roman clan name which may mean industrious
>honorable ruler
>Son of Per

>>53603585
Please tell us your full name.. , or atleast middle!

>>53607403
I guess I am a hard working and industrious ruler who is very honorable to friends and foes alike. He is the son of Per, perhaps an equally mighty ruler as he is.

>>53595035
>Famous Warrior
>Eagle
>Tower
So...
A family of Aarakocras that are famous for their combat prowess and only living in towers?
Neat.

>Gift of Yahweh
>Bright Fame
>Little Cognate of Elijah

What in Gods name is going on?

>>53595035
>God remembers
>Black river
>Digs dirt, moves land
So, long ago, a family member performed a heinous crime that caused the gods themselves to curse their line... And they've since been forced to wash away their sins by widening the canals for the sacred waters? No idea if I'm doing this right.

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CURVE BALL.

How does your situation change if you're your favourite fantasy race?

>>53607561
Well now I'm a Thri-Kreen ranger with an eagle buddy and my land is full of towers.

First:
>a hero of God/devoted to God
Middle:
>supplanter/one who follows
Last:
>no meaning

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>Healer
>Famous warrior
>Son of the dark one

A doctor with a secret past - he was once a famous warrior under the command of his father, a brutal warlord.

>>53607583
I quite like that character idea.

>>53607561
>>53601884 here.

As I am a huge fan lizardmen, kobolds, and other reptillian things, the swamp living and snake god name just got way more important.

Also it probably means the Sanctified just got a little less friar tuck and a little more ritual sacrifice. Which is fitting because my name is Aztec

>>53607629
The best part is that I'd always have the High ground.

>>53595035
First
>Bright Fame
Middle:
>Priceless
Last:
Very roughly translates to >Little Big John
I don't know where to take this

>champion of the people
>he who follows
>guardian of the doorway

paladin as fuck.

>>53607640
Stupid sexy lizard priest
>>53607643
Bugs and birds are OP

>>53595035
First: Victory
Middle: Long Lasting
Last: Forest

>>53607656
A glamorous pop star that knows the location of a hidden treasure trove and...is some sort of half giant, maybe?

>>53607708

.....Apparently I'm a guerrilla leader and jungle fighter who keeps winning?

>>53607737
Rebel dogs!!

>>53607482
>>53607543
>>53607552
>>53607600
>>53607616
Well looks like we're a nation now.
Oh boy.
This is gonna be one wild ride.

>>53607700
>"It's like I'm wearing nothing at all!"
>"Well, come to think of it, I'm not"
>"Swamps are hot, and I don't sweat like you mammals, so warpaint doesn't fall off fast."

>>53607379
>>53607300
>>53607197
>>53607093
>>53606212
Im seeing a pattern for this batch.

>>53607816
Draw me like one of your frog girls~

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>>53607561
>Paladin beholder
I'm not sure how this is supposed to work but okay

>>53607700
I feel as if he'd rely on his eagle to distract adventurers and then he'd push them off a tower.

>>53607879
>"I HAVE SEEN YOUR SINS, VILLAIN"
>"YOU CANNOT ESCAPE JUSTICE"
>"YOUR FOUL SPELLS WILL NOT AVAIL YOU!"

Giving any paladin an at will antimagic cone is some bullshit right there.

>>53607879
>>53607932

Thats the greatest thing ive ever heard of.

>Supplanter
>From the Highlands
>Defender of the King
I sound like a villain.

>Son of the wave
>Victory of the people
>Man of Calm
A calculating, seafaring people.

>>53595035
>Victorious one
>The field of the Ladies.
Either a pimp or a defender of a magical lady à la green knight

>>53607656
>>53607661
>>53607708
>>53608101
>>53608126

Are we literally just a nation of rebels?

>Protector of those that are close to you
>Warrior
>From a village/small community

I guess I'm the warrior of the village

>>53607561
>Skaven
It... it doesn't work.

>>53595035
Let's see if I'm understanding right...

>The Just
>Harmony/Stone/Noble all potential meanings...
>Weaver

Someone figure something with this. Looks like some kind of interesting magic...

>>53608288
I mean, you could be like the defender of a Skaven broodmother

>>53608288
>New Skaven colony, pretty small all things considered.
>Made of closely knit groups seeking to set out from the main warrens.
>Views everything in an Us versus Them scenario, with Us being the tiny group that is your fledgling colony.

I'm picturing a Skaven with the mindset of Rooster Cogburn leaning up against a tree pointing at some trespassers with a "You best be going now, you ain't welcome here." while idly toying with his axe.

>>53608199
I see great houses who defend different territories of the nation
>>53608126
Guarding the seas
>>53608101
The Mountainous Range
>>53607708
The Forests
>>53607661
The capital
and>>53607656 being the middle man between the other houses

>>53608486
That is pretty good, I could see that. Of course, because Skaven are agoistical fucks, he only acts like this because he thinks is the best for his interest, and if he changes kids mind he will simply "change his name"

>>53608633
I figure it could also be out of Skaven's innate selfishness. He's not defending these people because they are his friends. He's defending them because they are HIS, and you don't fuck with his stuff.

>>53608613
So it's a relatively isolated nation? Vast woods on one side, mountainous ranges on another and a safe harbour in a cove?

>>53609113
Yeah. An ancient land of giants guarding some kind of sacred artifact. Each house is represented by warriors to defend their turf, with those deemed unfit to fight are put to work to farms and other jobs to maintain the nation

>>53607827
Money and agriculture, baby!

>>53595035
>Of the sea
>Young Dog
>(Direct) Valley-Mountain (Indirect) A noble family, with links to both great men and to great political scandals.

Man, last names for this are fucking tough

>>53595035
>Praiseworthy
>Happiness
>Diplomat

Basically i would be a famous diplomat if some sort who people would come for me to settle disputes. That or influential enough for people to take my word while i settle them that any decision i make would seldom end in bad terms

First name
>wisdom
Middle names
>my god is my oath
>defender of men
Surname
>defiant / stubborn

Looks like I'm a paladin or cleric of some kind.

>>53595035
Ok then.

>Brave warrior
>Praised
>Stone Soldier

Sounds pretty badass, I got a very warlike feeling of it though but also sounds as if it is based on the idea of glory so a bit of an adventurer like thing.

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>>The shining.
>>Castle
>>Of Madmen/murderers.
Guess that there is a mad science city somewhere in the world.
Noice.

>>53610131
>>53610354
>>53610501
>>53610559
>>53612243
Nation # whatever.
>Valley-Mountain/Noble family w/ great men and scandals
>Diplomat
>Defiant/stubborn
>Stone soldier
>of madmen/murderers

>>53600206
>god is grac
Whats up John?

>>53596735
>Who is like God?
Nice middle name michael

God has remembered
Friend
Who plays the Harp

I am marked as lost to god, for he has remembered my sins.

But to those who get to know me, I am a fast friend and loyal.

As a profession, I am a minstrel and bard for a Lord, as was my father before me. In truth, we use our connection to the court and our ability to put nobles in a lax mood to collect and sell secrets.

>>53595035
>strong and healthy
>defender of the people
> immortal
What do I do now?

>>53603832
Philosophy, a whole lot of Selesnia?

famous friend
flowering
Warfort

Mercenaries and traders seeking your goods or inviting every stranger who wants to be a part of the warband if he has skills?
Not nomads.

>>53612507
the immortal part sounds interesting
dunno how a city of immortals would work

>>53610501
>defender of men
hello alex

>Heaven's Messenger and Strongman
>From the Rocks
>From the Valley

An overly zealous religious family in a rocky valley.

Isn't that just mormons but more badass?

>>53612648

Well, short middle name, but hi anon

>>53595035
first name would be Manly
second name would be Harsh Rule
surname doesn't seem to have an easy to find etymological root so I'll just go with an inside joke of the family and call it Monster

>>53612483
>Who plays the Harp
>>53612507
>Immortal
>>53612542
>Warfort
>>53612713
>From the Valley
>>53612756
>Monster?

And there's another nation. Fluff it

>>53612783
I can picture this as being kinda like the Cossacks but on mountains. Very religious people that are warlike but will accept anyone to their ranks if they can prove they're strong enough to survive on the environment.

>>53595035
>heir
>prostitute's client
>noble
So I'm some rich kid's heir who doesn't do anything of value except siphon off dad's money and blow it all on whores.

I'm OK with this.

>>53599334
meme answer, but funy

>>53599305
>>53599309
correct answers

>>53595035
>Son of the Right Hand
>Lives on or near a hill
>Crafty,Ingenious,trickery
Not really sure what to do with this one

Can I get an update on all the city-nations that have been created and can I also get an idea on how the other city-nations see each other? I'm the guy that was working on Miofb, but I've got no idea how to flesh my city out, so I'm hoping that hearing more about your cities will help me. Thank you.

>>53613151
Of the named ones, we have D'Gensib, Fobes, Miofb, Nascolind, Sanctus Tal.

Son of Hugh here. Fobes seems to be the kind of people you trade to get exotic animals or their furs/bones/meats as well as jungle fruit. They're probably seen as a little creepy what with the constant animal companions and fascination with fear. I can see uneasy peace being held with bordering nations, tolerating them more so they don't have to deal with the Twisting Catacombs and Snares. Basically the reason in TES why the Empire made a treaty with Black Marsh

>>53613151
I'm >>53612862, and honestly so far I've not much. The nation seems to be very religious, warlike and living in harsh conditions by nature.

I can picture the Cossacks if they were Slovaks, and that's it, really.

>>53613151

There's an unnamed isolated port city militaristically guarding an ancient artefact that, allows the wielder to rule an empire? Not sure what to name it.

>>53595035
This isn't going to go well

>Treasurer
>Supplanter
>Son of the supplanter

Yup, this is what I get for having a middle- lastname combo that implies I'm my own son Jakob Jakobsson. Honestly at a loss for words at what this would imply. A young, up-and-coming entrepreneur seeking to overthrow his fathers business, much like he had done to his father before him? Before you ask, yes. It is a trend among the men of my extended family to have those two as well.

So in what CN does a jackass like me belong? Miofb?

>>53595035
>Who is like God
>He who is driven to riot due to sadness
>He who resides upon a hill
Righteous rich knight who fights for the woes of the peasant folk and for the will of his God sounds pretty cool

>Chosen, favored one

>Unclear etymology, could be either "afflicted, unhappy" or "beloved by the god Amon"

>Unknown etymology, porbably derived from a toponym


I'm either a pseudo-egyptian paladin tied to a specific place or a real sadsack.

>>53612424

The Mountainhold of Kar Annis
A small but rich city-state, perched on the slopes of the Annis Ara trio - three tall mountains spires jumbled together.
The three-limbed valley slopes are forested, and much of the city's food comes from there - hardy hunters spend their time tracking game to bring back to the city proper, their enduring stubborness the city's lifeline.

Once, the city was known for its great mines, though in the last centuries they have dried up and been emptied. However, the city endured, building itself a new name on the backs of its traders.
A knack for brokering metal trades became a knack for brokering peace deals, and the great university was founded, carved into the peaks.
Kingdoms the world over clamour for the men and women of this great school, for everything from border drawing disputes to peace talks to drafting war declarations.
Owning a diplomat from Kar Annis is a fine boast in many courts.

The city is defended well enough by its placement - the mountains mean no large force can ever advance unseen and unassailed and the city's food stores run deep inside the rock, more than enough to outlast an invader. Kar Annis does, however, have a small and fierce standing army.
Only the most ceremonial of positions in the Stone Soldiers actually has the ancient traditional granite buckler as part of its uniform - most of the force simply use metal - but the legend of 'the men who have shields and hearts of stone' has done much to bolster the city's reputation of impregnability.

However, the city's storied reputation hides a dark secret.
Perhaps the thinner air does strange things to some men's minds.
Perhaps some men simply cannot cope in an enclosed city perched atop the world.
Perhaps a dozen other things, not yet considered by the learned men and wise women, are what rots away at the heart of Kar Annis.
But, regardless of reason, there is a stark truth; in the mountains, madness runs on swift feet.

>>53612783
A warrior culture sprung up in a valley filled with monsters who are or believe themselves to be chosen of the gods and immortals and who celebrate adventures and conquests with epic ballads and songs. Call it something like Hardhearth, Windsrest or Fanghalt

>>53613364
>>53612483
>>53612507
>>53612542
>>53612713
>>53612756

this >>53613727

>>53595035
I'm the servant of a dragon who also happens to be a good blacksmith I guess

>>53613514
>>53613494
>>53613411
>>53613029
>>53612919

>Noble
>Ingenious and tricky
>Sons of the supplanter
>Reside on a specific hill with a weird name

Sounds like some swell city-state.

>>53613348
What race do you think we should be, elf? Beast charmer here

>>53595035
>Crooked river
>Swift
>Prosperity Guard
This may get interesting

>>53614028
It honestly seems the best choice. Lizard folk wouldn't be bad, but the Nascolind sound like they have a corner on the scaled species

OP here to set things straight. All you had to do was go in a straight line, not skipping a name.

>>53604389
City-Nation 10

>>53604504
>>53604564
>>53604627
>>53604755
>>53605056
City-Nation 11

>>53605170
>>53605434
>>53606065
>>53606105
>>53606212
City-Nation 12

>>53607093
>>53607197
>>53607300
>>53607379
>>53607403
City-Nation 13

>>53607482
>>53607543
>>53607552
>>53607600
>>53607616
City-Nation 14

>>53607656
>>53607661
>>53607708
>>53608101
>>53608126
City-Nation 15

>>53608175
>>53608288
>>53608356
>>53610131
>>53610354
City-Nation 16

>>53610501
>>53610559
>>53612243
>>53612483
>>53612507
City-Nation 17

>>53612542
>>53612713
>>53612756
>>53612919
>>53613029
City-Nation 18

>>53613411
>>53613494
>>53613514
>>53614033
>????
City-Nation 19

My autism couldn't handle it.

>>53614773
Hope this is a fair sized continent or we are going to see a lot of resource fueled conflict

>>53614919
Based on the City-Nations we've seen so far, only a few of them belong on continents based on the geography, mainly my fucking desert. Other than that, the majority of nations that do make sense could be neighbors.

I think the plan so far will be to have the nations neighbor each other based on number order unless their geography doesn't coincide with them, ie: deserts next to jungles or islands next to tundras.

>Walks with god
>Lion
>Son of the strong ruler

Brave and noble Paladin who renounced his noble birth to defeat the evils of this world.

>>53615040
if there is a mountain between a desert and jungle, the jungle could receive all the rain creating a rain shadow on the desert, so that's not impossible. islands could be in tundras, though not in the tropical island sense. numerical would be a clusterfuck, but fun

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>>53614773

>>53614773
I may be an autistic too, but I like this,

>>53613727
The Wolfheart Tribes of the Windstorm Valley, a loose confederation of tribes that formerly were made of raiders. The Windstorm Valley is crossed by a large river, which flows from the freezing peaks of the Deathsnow mountains – at the edge of civilization, the tribes are the monster’s first target, and obligatory passage.

Normally this would lead to groups that really like to defend themselves, but not the tribes. Fierce raiders, imbued with a religion on the virtues of strength, courage and leadership, they started pushing further and further up the valley, fighting monsters every day. They believe that they’re the people chosen to protect the civilized folks from their dreaded foes, and thus push harder and harder, fiercer and fiercer, faster and faster, every day until the monsters retreat. In a way, it’s a bit like giving the fiends a taste of their own medicine.

The tribes are mostly self-contained within the area they claim as their own – big city-states would only lead to disaster, even when claiming large amounts of unpopulated land under their protection. However, there is one center where they meet. The councils are hosted there, with the most capable leaders of the five tribes deciding amongst themselves the future foreign policy of the tribes, from signing alliances with peoples further South to the strategic impact of their raids into enemy territory.

In addition, upon returning from every raid, there is a celebration amongst all tribes, with plenty of singing and drinking, commemorating the glorious tales of heroes past – and current, too. These can last for an entire week, impressively enough.

The tribes call themselves Wolfheart because of the first great hero of the Windstorm Valley, Lars Wolfheart. When asked the meaning of the name, they claim it is “wolves can act independently and be very dangerous – a wolf pack is far, far more dangerous because they have a leader. We are as wolves. Evil is our prey.”

>>53595035
Translated origin and meaning

>Cliff
>Spear of God
>Grove Castle

Can someone make sense of this?

>>53613411
>>53613494
>>53613514
>>53614033
>>53615125
City-Nation 19
>Son of the Supplanter
>He Who Resides Upon a Hill
>Unknown
>Prosperity Guard
>Son of a Strong Ruler
Go at it.

>>53614773
>City-Nation 18
Nation 18 is Mook nation

>>53617126
I'm >>53613514, if it can help the toponym roughly translates in english as "Ironkeep".

So maybe one of the city's features is an iron fortress built on the highest hill.

>>53595035
>Great Warrior, Belongs to Mars
>Healthy, strong
>Brother, relative, kinsman
So basically a warrior from a family that puts huge emphasis on community?
Can't wait to see how the world ends up looking with that many city-states.

>>53617708
Son of a Strong Ruler here. Ironkeep it is.

>Supplanter, son of the supplanter
Confirmed in charge. Paladin confirmed his son or relative or crown prince or something.

Like Prussia, Macedon, or Venice, going from unremarkable to great due to powerful leadership? Has none of the old glory or respect of other duchies, but still excells at its' job, even when seen as poor redneck country by other nations.

>>53617126
>>53617782
>Prosperity Guard
Maybe they look after the trade caravans that pass through their territory. Like, they keep guard forces active along the major routes, perhaps even have built something akin to the silk road that you have to pay a toll to get on, but is heavily guarded, so bandit attacks are rare

>>53617782
>>53617920

And these vital trade routes are the main reason for its meteoric rise to power.

The order of the paladins of not!Amon could be elite caravan guards, or mantain keeps along the roads a la Hospitallers.

>>53618048
>And these vital trade routes are the main reason for its meteoric rise to power.

Landlocked, yes, but surrounded by mountains, a la Afghanistan. It's hard to pierce due to its mountainous terrain, but said mountains allow for a large amount of trade to be forced into the long valley. There, the heartlands are fertile, the people are rural, there isn't much industry to speak of, but there is a large military presence and a high amount of infrastructure. A merchant would tie his horse to the side of the road, and go to sleep under the night sky. When he wakes up, the horse and all his belongings will remain.

Not that one has to sleep on bare ground, as the region is also famous for the way taverns and villages line the main road.

>>53617668
>just a mook nation
It's a giant warfort spanning across every inch of the valley. Besides the obvious monsters lying in their, they have nobles just as monstrous as they scheme with ingenious trickery. Yeah, totally mooks.

If this were MtG, they're Grixis/BUR.

>Small
>I lack a middle name, but the closest thing I have to one means Warring
>Goiters


So basically a tiny deformed man, which is secretly full of fighting spirit?

any drawfags wanna make a map?

>>53619865
Can we request this task in drawthreads if we have to?

Hey guys, what's a good way stat the City-Nations by? I'm going to throw out some ideas and tell me if I'm missing anything.

>Defenses/Fortification
>Money/Resources
>Food/Agriculture
>Military
>Diplomacy
>Magic

And the stats range from 1-5, 1 being what they're worst at, 5 being what they're best at.

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>>53605200
Witnessed.
>>53603575

The House of Learned had a devoted their considerable intellect to propelling Sanctus Tal into greater victory and dominion in the name of our Great Tal. They employed a system of spies and information networks which brought to them the latest news and happenings within the nation.

When Sanctus Tal encountered another community the House of Learned would send their tendrils into the foreign populous and quietly learn of their beliefs their classes and resources, any valuable information and knowledge was taken to the library and transcribed.

Of course if the foreign body proved resistant to the solicitations from the preachers of the God Market, information on how to dismantle and invade and incorporate those left after the carnage is given directly to the exalted Warrior Born.

>>53603273
The ruling class of Sanctus Tal are those who are born of the House barring the closest resemblance to god. These 'Tal'est are the paradigm of what all in the nation aspire to be, strength, and divine beauty among the traits. Some of the lesser tribes and communities brought into the fold worship the Tal'est as gods in their own right, and those of the Veil of Grasses tolerate such heresies, as the transition to the religion of Tal from a polytheistic religion takes time, gently reminding that the Tal'est only represent Tal in the mortal world.

The power the Veil of Grasses wield is revered with the more established of Sanctum Tal, its healing and offensive magic is honored by Warrior Born, and those integrated into society still remember the gentle lifting of the veil and parting of the grass which showed the true light of Tal to them.

Preachers of the God Market want to share the greatness of Tal it is not mandatory to live within the realm, many religions are tolerated and kept peaceful at the God Market. Of course that is after they have submitted to the military might of the Sanctum and various taxation and mandatory tributes..

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>>53620578
You Tal really shouldn't overstep your boundries. The people are free to wander our dear Earth to believe whatever they wish, WITHOUT your tithes.

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>>53620854
Worry not, I'm sure the God Market is only enforcing their laws on those who "choose: to submit. I don't really know how they'd handle our faith though, their envoys never seem to make it here...

>>53616391
Maybe apart from the main city-forts were most of the population lives there are also small forts of like 20 people pushing further and further into the wilderness, more like colonial outposts than actual cities, run under martial law by a veteran warrior.
Most citizens have military and survivalist trainning and as a rite of initiations to maturity, every citizen must spend a year at an advanced outpost and bring back a trophe. Those that do refuse to go or don t collect a trophe are seen as weaklings and second class citizens and delegated the lowest tasks (cleaning septic pits, washing floors etc)
They are a very superstitious people, and while they mainly belive in a organised religion they are extremely in touch with shamanistic practices

>>53621337
I hate to be that guy, but this City-Nation shouldn't be a thing as posted here >>53614773

But the lore for it is already being fleshed out so I don't want to trample over your fun. Just keep in mind that their may be confusion on this Nation.

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>>53620854
Remain in your barren Wastes and mountain fastnesses you call home, demon. Lest we water those sands with your blood.

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>>53621614
... Where do you hail from, sir? I can bring the Wastes to you with ease.

>>53621489
Yeah, I'd say just ignore it - and I wrote most of the text for it. I screwed up for reasons I don't quite understand yet.

>>53595035
>Lover of Hounds
>God has given
>Holy quote
Am I a Cleric or a Druid?

>>53621853
Somewhere along the line, someone skipped a few names; maybe as they were being posted or they didn't want to include those names. Maybe they just missed them.

>>53599957
Hint, it rhymes with Shmisrael

>>53621897
Your family follows a Holy quote or mantra to live by. You yourself love hounds and thus can become a hound-based beastmaster. And God has given means that if you stay true to the faith, your bound to gain the things you and your allies need.

>>53621817
Turning lands of green and plenty to your hellish wasteland? And some call our religion evil.

Scoffing_high_priest.gif

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>>53622319
Only when threats to the human way of life calls for it. Besides, all will return to the Earth eventually.

>>53602189
>>53595035
>>>53600475
>>>53600494
>>>53601098
>>>53601171

>>53602189
ALRIGHT, fobes and the five founder families
Son of hugh sounds like a family of cleric/and or paladins/ healers/leaders?Beastcharmer prides themselves of taming flying, water dwelling and legged beast alike seam to be the citys caravaners/transport and venders.
One of you, a group of soldiers and warriors they except recruits only you must oass series of tests/undergo hardships, something like this. From the lowlands, are the assassins/secret service of the twisting catacombs? All familys are helped by an ancient breed of their own tasked to the bennifit of the needs of its master. This was one of the gifts of the beastcharmers on founding date(someone from fobes help out here)

>>53622851
The Sons of Hugh are priests, healers, and scholars. The religion as referenced >>53604751
is about overcoming fear and embracing the world for what it is. Their teachings better allow those who learn them to navigate the Twisting Catacombs, which are still not fully mapped. They are gifted with an owl as their beast.

The ruling class of Fobes is a council of the 5 major families, each managing the city in their own way while staving off whatever lurks within the jungle and beneath the surface.

I believe that beast charmer has gigantic roosters >>53602353 or basically chocobo to help them hunt and capture prey. Don't know about the other houses

>>53595035
> "Narrow, Straight" another source said "Victorious"
>Derived from the name Margaret, as in "Mark, son of Margaret."
>Manufacturer of footware

I guess I'm a successful, law-abiding cobbler whose mother's name is Margaret. Shit I'm an NPC aren't I?

>>53616553
>>53617772
>>53619078
>>53621897
>>53623108
City-Nation 20
>Grove Castle
>Brother, Relative, Kinsman
>Goiters
>Holy Quote
>Manufacturer of Footwear
Any ideas?

>>53623108
Just look up the meaning for Margaret. It essentially makes the same difference.

>>53622366
>all life will return to the Earth eventually

It's a full on armageddon of sand, protect yourselves friends, we'll stand against them in defiance before we "return to the earth" !

>>53623199
Hey good idea!
>the meaning of Margaret is "pearl". A saint's name. Historical: the name of nine queens of England, Scotland, France, and Austria.

Not quite sure what to do with this. A Successful, law-abiding cobbler who is secretly the illegitimate son of a saint perhaps?

>>53623250
The secrecy of d'gensib leads me to believe fobes and them should have an alliance also for the different terrains rescources

Is there a number of cities cutoff OP

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>>53623250
>>53623413
Hahaha! The end of days hasn't come yet, for you and loved ones still have the ground to walk upon. Peace on Earth will remain as long as you don't turn your swords on us. I promise you that.

>>53623437
Nope, no limit. Which is the reason why I deemed them City-Nations. No CN will be continent size to take up the entire globe.

>>53595035
>God is Salvation
>People's Ruler
>Son of the Sea Cursed

Well, this is interesting.

>>53595801
Joshua graham

>>53595035
Earl (my name as is)
Potter
Mud

Pot baron, pretty much. The secret is that the noble makes the pots himself.

>Hound Lover
>May Jehovah add
>meeting/assembly

I'm just a pious dude that loves dogs and people. Some kind of priest from a pretty well off church/temple?

>>53618754
Nobles spend their times fucking whores instead of dealing with their monster problem.

>supplanter
>seller of firewood
>of Flanders

Stumped tbqh