The Empire Forge

[Luxuria]

Luxuria, being a goddess of secrets and mysteries wants her people to live her own life. But yet she was also boastful and vain, admiring her own form as much as the oceans. She inspired her people to create simple sculptures of one of her early forms. She knew that her people needed the guidance and sometimes her direct interference of herself.

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Totems:

[That_One_Guy]

Looking over the vast amounts of upgrades for the race, I will pick Spears, allowing them to have an upper fighting hand for them, if possible, I also pick Stone Tools and Palisades.

[Sortaix]

Sortaix saw the materials his people had gathered and was pleased. He then sent out another command to his people to gather food for themselves, so they would not starve.

[RavenLord]

Archaron ordered his people to gather resources. Wood, stones and metals. Their aim was to build forges, workshops, carpenteries, masonories and such, so they could process raw materials and turn them into workable goods.

(-Gather resources.)

[daxtinator396]

Daxtinator seeing his guidance used as he wants decides he needs just a bit more communication and tasks them in building a beautiful temple to praise and commune with him.

[Rooiehaan #2]

It is now the year fourhundred, and all's well.
Or well, it wás well until suddenly one of the demigods, Nicklas, shows up on the door of the godly Arena, where you all live.
Normally the door wouldn't even open, for the Arena is sacred and only gods are able to trespass, but Nicklas acts like nothing happens as he simply marches in all arrogantly like. You all look up from the table, adorned with a mirror which grants you your vision on the world and which allows you to guide your people.
"You! Demi creature! By what right are you here?" That one Guy howled at him, aggressively.
Nicklas simply raised his hands, and spoke with his scorched, whispering voice: "We half-gods have signed a treaty for the first time since... ever, actually. And with this contract i claim right to enter this place, and participate in your competition."
"Outrageous!" Claire said, furious. She was about to call justice on this thuggish half god, until The Alchemist stopped her hand with a simple gesture.
"Let us first ask why the demigods would band together like that, and stop their infighting. Tell me, Nicklas, what do you hope to gain from this?"
Nicklas grinned, a grin that showed he knew something they didn't. "We simply want to join this contest to show you we are not just some creature you can abandon and throw in the dust. If we band together, we are a force to be reckoned with. We merely want to show you this"

And so it happened that another force showed up, and joined the fray. You have no doubt they will be a malicious blight on the scene however, but perhaps beating the demigods with their own game will serve them right.

Daxtinator's race opdate thingy:

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recources: 800
food: 300
clothes: 300
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: trade in natura
foreign: unknown
other: totem

totem: you can now order your champion to join in on the action, giving a 1.25 boost to stuff gained!)

alchemists' race update:

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recources: 900
food: 800
clothes: 300
head count: 42.187
population growth: x1,5
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (species)
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: blankety blank blank

congratulations! You've hit the 30.000 headcounte milestone, which gives you an additional 100 stuff each turn!

Account's race update:

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recources: 300
food: 300
clothes: 300
head count: 42.187
population growth: x1,5
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (settlement)
wealth: none
foreign: discovered sortaix' Wolfen tribe. they haven't spotted you yet and they look pretty damn stocked up on supplies. what do you do?
other: elders

elders; opens up the intelligence tree :3

paradox' race update:

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recources: 300
food: 800
clothes: 300
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (species)
wealth: none
foreign: hanar – alliance is a very well possible
other: blank :3

laa's race update:

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recources: 300
food: 900
clothes: 300
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: elders

gatherers find a lush patch of berry bushes! Yay :3
+50 food per turn (8 turns left until it runs out)

hades' race update:

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recources: 300
food: 300
clothes: 300
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: humans
other: blank

that one guy's race update:

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recources: 800
food: 800
clothes: 300
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wooden spears
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: blank

luxuria's race update:

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recources: 900
food: 300
clothes: 300
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: totem!

found: big school of fish +50 food every turn :3 (8 turns left until it runs out)
totem: you can now order your champion to join in on the action, giving a 1.25 boost to stuff gained!)

Ravenlord's race update:

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recources: 800
food: 800
clothes: 800
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: blank

sortaix' race update:

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recources: 800
food: 800
clothes: 300
head count: 19.531
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: blank

Rooiehaan's race update:

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recources: 200
food: 200
clothes: 200
head count: 15.625
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (settlement)
wealth: trade in natura
foreign: unknown
other: elders

upgrades

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Agressive
spears; melee attack up
throwing spears; range attack up

defensive
palisade wall; ups fortification level
OR: camouflage; makes it harder for your settlements to be found

exoskeleton; makes your species more durable
OR: camouflage; makes your species harder to be found

trade
trade in natura; start a local economy


Exploration
scouts; map the area (finding other species unlocks 'foreign' tree)
explorers; find new recourses
settlers; found a new settlement (relocate a part of your population to keep squalor levels down)

religion
totem; allows you to commute with your champion
elders; enables 'intelligence' tree.

construction
dirt huts; increases population rate (1000 needs resources)
stone tools; upgrades your starting wooden tools to be more hardy (needs 1000 resources)

recourses
hunters; will bring in meats
gatherers; will bring in vegetables and fruits
materials; will bring in recources related to your species' location

intelligence;
tanning rack; a quarter of your food runs will provide leather clothes or armor
herbs; a quarter of your foraging runs will provide various beneficial herbs

population:
increase nourishment; increases birth rate (needs 1000 food)
increase clothing; increase birth rate (needs 1000 pelts)

[That_One_Guy]

He looked over his people and said "This is good, now let us attack and subjugate the surrounding tribes ,warriors.

Gatherers, gather food and resources

And expand our people, we need more people"

[Paradox]

"I never had any children, so you should have no quarrel with me."

After Connor spoke to the demigod, he decided that his species needed to start up an economy, and to set up an alliance with the Hanar, of both are possible, because the Hanar thing isn't on the tree. If not, just the alliance with the Hanar.

[thealchemist]

TheAlchemist looked down at his people and assigned advisors(elders) to the queens

[RavenLord]

Explore, gather resources.

Archaron, knowing that it is time to learn more about their homeland, sends scouting parties, far and wide, each with orders too look for anything noteworthy. Remaining people are ordered to continue hunt or gather resources.

[Sortaix]

Sortaix glared at the demi god, but turned his attention back to his people. He then called to them and gave them the gift of trade, wanting them to build a bolstering economy.

[Luxuria]

Luxuria looked at the demigod that entered the arena, appearing rather... curious. She was luscious and tempting to mortals and gods alike, so quite a bunch of the demigods would be her children. Of course, she could not understand, why they would choose to fight against her. Instead she had her people learn more on the world they lived in sending out scouts to the sea and above the land alike, she even asked Luna, her precious child to join them.

While the torrent of time would show the results of her people's work, she would turn towards the arrogant demigod. "Nicklas... young one... Why would you join this struggle for nothing... why would my sons and daughters?... Have I not been the caring mother, granting them powers beyond belief?", Luxuria sighed in disbelief at the thought that one of her children would betray her.

[Account404]

Keshraa the Unchained Dreamer, upon learning of the other species nearby, orders the gathering of resources to stockpile for future... endeavours.

[Resources: Materials]

[Rooiehaan #2]

Another age has passed, marking the five hundred year milestone. For ye golds this is just a moment passed, for your species it is several generations coming to pass.
The years came and go rather casually without much going on, until suddenly the earth erupted in the far west, clouding the air with pillars of smoke and clouds of ash. Vulcanoes catapulted huge flaming boulders into the air and whatever happened on the other side of the ocean made the horizon turn an ominous red. The aquatic species guided by Luxuria was the only one partly affected, for the massive amounts of tectonic activity send hords of fish of various shapes and sizes their way. While it brought with it a huge stockpile of prey, it also brought the big predators from the depths along, which made the shores where they resided a gamble to survive. In her wisdom, Luxuria ordered her people up the beaches, before she send out her scouts accompanied with her champion Luna.

As the smoke settled and the pillars of destructive ash and fire died down, it became clear what had happened; the earth itself had spit out huge colonies of odd and misshapen creatures, which were quick to settle on the beachheads on the other side of the ocean, and were soon to follow suit with various scouts to check out the land where the various species of the gods resided.

Luxuria's people were the first to come across these hideous abominations, and it didn't took long for Luna to reach the news that a small clash had followed when scouts from both sides met each other. Many of Luxuria's race were lost to the fight, but as they gave their life some rather sickening discoveries could be made about their new obvious enemy.

Daxtinator's race opdate thingy:

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recources: 800
food: 300
clothes: 300
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: trade in natura
foreign: unknown
other: totem

totem: you can now order your champion to join in on the action, giving a 1.25 boost to stuff gained!)

alchemists' race update:

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recources: 1100
food: 1000
clothes: 500
head count: 59.062
population growth: x1,4
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (species)
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: elders

elders; opens up the intelligence tree
congratulations! You've hit the 30.000 headcounte milestone, which gives you an additional 100 stuff each turn!

Account's race update:

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recources: 900
food: 400
clothes: 400
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (settlement)
wealth: none
foreign: discovered sortaix' Wolfen tribe. they haven't spotted you yet and they look pretty damn stocked up on supplies. what do you do?
other: elders

elders; opens up the intelligence tree :3

paradox' race update:

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recources: 300
food: 800
clothes: 300
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (species)
wealth: trade in natura
foreign: hanar – trade is established. You can trade any of your items for another item in return. (e.a. 1 food for 1 clothes etc)
other: blank :3

(the hanar treaty isn't on the tree, because it wouldn't take a hundred years to say 'oh hai wanna trade' to some hanar jelly fishes :3)

laa's race update:

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recources: 300
food: 900
clothes: 300
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: elders

gatherers find a lush patch of berry bushes! Yay :3
+50 food per turn (8 turns left until it runs out)

hades' race update:

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

recources: 300
food: 300
clothes: 300
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: palisade wall
wealth: trade in natura
foreign: humans
other: blank

that one guy's race update:

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recources: 800
food: 800
clothes: 300
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wooden spears
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: discovered some hostile abominations! Its just a small scouting party. They havent spotted you yet, what do you do?
other: blank

dude, just pick one option already Dx
i told ya about the one option per hundred years in the ooc enough already Dx
~ set ya up with some scouts, if thats what you wanted

luxuria's race update:

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

recources: 900
food: 300
clothes: 300
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: unknown
other: totem!

found: big school of fish +50 food every turn :3 (8 turns left until it runs out)
totem: you can now order your champion to join in on the action, giving a 1.25 boost to stuff gained!)

The scouts that survived the clash and reported back spoke of abominations, humans but part animal, and ridden with metallic pieces. Stories spread quickly of enemies with pieces of metal growing out of eyesockets and other hideous places. The worst thing, however, was that they seemed to duplicate themselves when eating a dead victim; hence it took you fifty people to take out a group of twelve scouts; as they kept feeding on your fallen, their numbers kept increasing.
Protip: this is valuable information. A good commander would use such intel to benefit her own troops. A good merchant however would sell such information to the other species. (too bad you can't do both :p)

Ravenlord's race update:

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

recources: 900
food: 900
clothes: 900
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: none
foreign: your scouts have stumbled apon a group of abomination scouts! They've spotted you, and battle erupted! You've got a 3:2 chance to win this thing. Do you take action? (its free lol)
other: blank

sortaix' race update:

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

recources: 900
food: 900
clothes: 400
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: none
wealth: trade in natura
foreign: one of your smaller settlements got attacked by abomination scouts! Three hundred of your people have either been killed or abducted. Do you take action?
other: blank

Rooiehaan's race update:

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

recources: 400
food: 400
clothes: 400
head count: 24.414
population growth: x1,25
weaponry: wood
defences: camouflage (settlement)
wealth: trade in natura
foreign: unknown
other: elders, totem

upgrades

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Agressive
a. spears; melee attack up
b. throwing spears; range attack up

tier 2: (requires previous upgrades)
a. clubs
b. bows

defensive
a. palisade wall; ups fortification level
OR: camouflage; makes it harder for your settlements to be found

b. exoskeleton; makes your species more durable
OR: camouflage; makes your species harder to be found

tier 2: (requires previous upgrades)
a. Wooden wall/shrubbery
b. mimicry/hardening

trade
a. trade in natura; start a local economy

tier 2: (requires previous upgrades)
a. crop farms
a. market
a. traders


Exploration
scouts; map the area (finding other species unlocks 'foreign' tree)
explorers; find new recourses
settlers; found a new settlement (relocate a part of your population to keep squalor levels down)


religion
a. totem; allows you to commute with your champion
b. elders; enables 'intelligence' tree.

tier 2: (requires previous upgrades)
a. shrine
b. shamans


construction
a. dirt huts; increases population rate (1000 needs resources)
b. stone tools; upgrades your starting wooden tools to be more hardy (needs 1000 resources)

tier 2: (requires previous upgrades)

a. wooden huts
- storage depot
b. brass tools


recourses
hunters; will bring in meats
gatherers; will bring in vegetables and fruits
materials; will bring in recources related to your species' location


intelligence;
a. tanning rack; a quarter of your food runs will provide leather clothes or armor
b. herbs; a quarter of your foraging runs will provide various beneficial herbs

tier 2: (requires previous upgrades)
a. hunters lodge
b. medicine


population:
a. increase nourishment; increases birth rate (needs 1000 food)
b. increase clothing; increase birth rate (needs 1000 pelts)

tier 2: (requires previous upgrades)
a. nourishment +
b. leather clothes

[Luxuria]

Luxuria looked down at the abominations. But it weren't these beasts that caused her anger to rise, it was the eruption that caused the oceans to shake and tremble. The damage that was done to a part of her so loved depths, forcing the predators of the oceans to leave their home. While she loved even those beasts of the ocean, indeed they were a few of her favorite creations, they would now harass her people.

As those hostile forces presented themselves to her people, she spoke with Luna. She sent her out to craft long weapons out of the woods, With a pointy tip their would be as usable in the water, as they were on land.

[Paradox]

Connor decided on mimicry.

[That_One_Guy]

(I am going to keep making multiple choices, because damnit, that's what I do!)

Seeing the enemy scouts, decide to use the element of surprise and attack.

[Sortaix]

Sort could feel his anger seethe at the attack by the abomination monsters. He then orders his people to craft throwing spears, directing them as they need.

[Account404]

Thankful that the Hashalaq are yet to be discovered, Keshraa the Unchained Dreamer takes it upon herself to further conceal her race. It is with this, she turns her attention to stealth and camouflage for the race as a whole, driving them further into seclusion.

[Defensive: B. Camouflage]

[RavenLord]

Bjorn leader of the scout party gave the order. Scouts, hardy and well-trained, quickly formed into groups. Bjorn lead the vanguard, rushing head-in while other two groups tried to flank.

Meanwhile Archaron ordered animals(tundra chargers, rams and ewes) to be caught and tamed.