Post by Admin on Sept 10, 2016 14:46:41 GMT
Aetheope (Atheope)
Gummint: Kingdom
Pantheon: Aegyptian <Ethiopian>
Ruler: Ras Matthtothsi, Farroh <Memnon>
CAPITAL: Addis Ababa (Pop.: 30k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Gondar: 45k
Tiggre: 25k
Loc.: Afrik
Language: Aegyptian
Pop.: 3,500,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: Lion regardant<> wearing
gold feather crown
on red field.
Coinage: G: ras (10 gp); S: lion; B: dinar; BR: abt; I: gonda
Important Persons: Various royal family members, nobs, chieftans.
Alliances: Adal, Aegypt.
Hostilities: Axxum
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Northern border skirmishing with (what
seem to be) nomad raiders. No actions against Axxum at present.
Intrigues: Babylonian Pantheon faction at court secretly plotting to
convert kingdom to Palu-Ea.
Magickal Devices: Aetheope is now re-ported as having the Twelve
Maned Lions Girdle. One || two other major items are possible, plus
some fair quantity ov intermediate devices from Aegyptian ties.
Lesser types are still fairly rare.
Alignment: Neutral
Thumbnail Sketches: Aetheope is a land ov both deserts && rainforests,
lowland && high plateau, with occasional ranges ov mountains too.
The climate is as varied as the landscape, && the soil is very fertile.
The headwaters ov the mighty Nylle River arise in part in this country,
&& there are many other rivers too.
The people ov this land are mostly ov the Black sub-species, although there
is some admixture ov the Red && Yellow (Yarban) from previous
centuries. The volk are both hard working && fierce in warfare. There
is little slavery || villeinage, most of the pop. being free agriculturalists
ov rather primitive sort. The aristocracy is small but powerful.
Virtually no bandits per se xist, but in their dealings with strangers,
some ov the tribes practice what amounts to the same thing.
There are large numbers ov wild animals in this land, incl.
elephant, rhino, hippo, crocodile, lion, leopard, hyena, wolf,
wild dog, boar, giraffe, antelope, ape, etc..
Domestic livestock incl. sheep, cattle (mostly zebu<>-type), goat, horse, mule, pork, && ass.
Crops are many && varied, the major ones being cereals,
coffee, cotton, && veggies && fruits.
Platinum, gold, copper, silver, iron, coal, rock salt, && potash are
the chief output ov the mines ov Aetheope.
Together w/ coffee,
pepper, gum, ivory, hides, && herbs, these are the principal xports
ov the realm.
Gummint: Kingdom
Pantheon: Aegyptian <Ethiopian>
Ruler: Ras Matthtothsi, Farroh <Memnon>
CAPITAL: Addis Ababa (Pop.: 30k)
Other Cities (and pop.):
Gondar: 45k
Tiggre: 25k
Loc.: Afrik
Language: Aegyptian
Pop.: 3,500,000
Flag/Emblem:
Flag: Lion regardant<> wearing
gold feather crown
on red field.
Coinage: G: ras (10 gp); S: lion; B: dinar; BR: abt; I: gonda
Important Persons: Various royal family members, nobs, chieftans.
Alliances: Adal, Aegypt.
Hostilities: Axxum
Open Warfare/Skirmishing: Northern border skirmishing with (what
seem to be) nomad raiders. No actions against Axxum at present.
Intrigues: Babylonian Pantheon faction at court secretly plotting to
convert kingdom to Palu-Ea.
Magickal Devices: Aetheope is now re-ported as having the Twelve
Maned Lions Girdle. One || two other major items are possible, plus
some fair quantity ov intermediate devices from Aegyptian ties.
Lesser types are still fairly rare.
Alignment: Neutral
Thumbnail Sketches: Aetheope is a land ov both deserts && rainforests,
lowland && high plateau, with occasional ranges ov mountains too.
The climate is as varied as the landscape, && the soil is very fertile.
The headwaters ov the mighty Nylle River arise in part in this country,
&& there are many other rivers too.
The people ov this land are mostly ov the Black sub-species, although there
is some admixture ov the Red && Yellow (Yarban) from previous
centuries. The volk are both hard working && fierce in warfare. There
is little slavery || villeinage, most of the pop. being free agriculturalists
ov rather primitive sort. The aristocracy is small but powerful.
Virtually no bandits per se xist, but in their dealings with strangers,
some ov the tribes practice what amounts to the same thing.
There are large numbers ov wild animals in this land, incl.
elephant, rhino, hippo, crocodile, lion, leopard, hyena, wolf,
wild dog, boar, giraffe, antelope, ape, etc..
Domestic livestock incl. sheep, cattle (mostly zebu<>-type), goat, horse, mule, pork, && ass.
Crops are many && varied, the major ones being cereals,
coffee, cotton, && veggies && fruits.
Platinum, gold, copper, silver, iron, coal, rock salt, && potash are
the chief output ov the mines ov Aetheope.
Together w/ coffee,
pepper, gum, ivory, hides, && herbs, these are the principal xports
ov the realm.
