>>6087012>Nation Name: Kingdom of Barzaentines>Race: Human>Capital: Barzaenium>Long description:The hills and mountains were once home to thriving cities and culture. It was that way even before the old empire conqured these lands, took their culture and gave some in return, then went further beyond. That empire, and the Polis which came before are long gone now. Our, or rather, their pagan gods retreating with the empire's armies back to their heartlands from which they have not since returned. But this matters little anymore. The chaos of those times has waned, and civilization has waxed once again.
We barzaentine have retained some of that old nobility, that antiquated Imperial stubbornness and desire to grow. At the same time, we continue to hold within us the spark of culture, philosophy and belief. While the old gods have left these lands, we have found salvation anew; the Luxosophic faith has long persisted in these lands after the execution of the Son of God, Luxos, in spite of his peaceful and giving ways. It is his willing sacrifice to remind us of those core values any man should have; humility, wisdom and charity, which kept the light of true culture alive.
While faith is important, so too is the magic which lingers in these lands. Geomancy, the calling and shaping of the soil, stone and minerals which lie within the earth, has been in the blood of Barzaentines since time immemorial. The many ruins of Polis and imperial forts which dot these lands were mostly shaped by the Geomancers which call this land home, as there is no stronger wall than one of a single stone, no crop richer than one in soil enriched by the arcane, no blade purer than one forged under the wisdom of a Magos.
Vasileus Domianus Stratioticus II has ascended to the throne in Barzaenium, and with his reign comes new ideas and motivations. The kingdom must prosper, and so must its people whomever they may be in time. Come peace or war, things shall change.
Actions:
1. Reclamation:
The time has come to venture past the great walls of Barzaenium and reestablish the rule of the Vasileus over the surrounding countryside. Villages must be reintegrated, farms put to the production of foodstuffs and utility crops, and order restored to the land.
2. Pourable stone:
The people of the old Imperial heartland did not have the same aptitude for the shaping of the earth by magical means as our people do, but what they did have is Concrete. Semi liquid, easily shaped and highly resilient. While the mystery of its creation was unknown for a time, documents in the capital’s library dating back to our time as an Imperial province have revealed the nature of this substance. While Geomancy is still the preferred way of building, not every man is a magos, and the magi cannot be everywhere at once.
