Calradia's true location

[Aticus]

Germany, a messed up version of it. Hear me out, it is not the Baltics. If it was, the Kergits would still not make sense. Swadia is the Holy Roman Empire, Vaegiria is Russia, Nords are Nords, Kergits still don't make sense if it is the Germanic area, and Rhodoks are a smaller Germanic nation unto themselves. The reason I think this is because it makes more sense of the Swadians, Nords, and Vaegirians. Nords in the Baltics, or Germany? Germany. Crusaders having THAT big of a presence in the Baltics? Not really, at all. Russia having a large military presence in the Southern Baltic, or in Eastern Europe? Eastern Europe. That huge mountain chain at bottom of the map? THE ALPS. Rhodoks may not look German, but this still makes more sense than the Baltic. This makes MUCH more sense of the Nordic and Swadian factions, which most of the player base seems to love so much(indeed, I do to). If someone else has proposed this before me, I didn't know. It makes a lot more sense that the Baltics.

 

[Bank Robber]

HINT: Calradia doesn't exist.

 

[Puxohe]

HINT: Calradia doesn't exist.

Yes I believe Calradia is a realistic but fictional land with factions inspired by the middle ages(or close to it).

 

[Captain Pyjama Shark]

Why I also see no point in figuring out where Caldaria is (If it is even based on somewhere, which I doubt), why can no one ever see that the Rhodoks are quite obviously a sort of Italian city sate thingy, a bit like Milan.

 

[Dudro]

There have been other threads talking about this, and frankly, they presented a much better argument than you.


Cheers, Llew2 

 

[Bruhlan Revan]

I think we all have to agree its in africa! 

 

[Sporky]

I myself don't care if Calradia exists at all. I mean it doesn't really matter, but hey if you're bored you can figure it out for me.

 

[Dudro]

I think we all have to agree its in africa! 

Nay, Turkey!  As in the place.  I do not believe you're a turkey.

 

[Magorian Aximand]

Calradia's true location is your computer screen.

 

[Narduiran]

I remember someone pasting calradia's map over the map of turkey and it made perfect sense. Can't see anywhere else that it would fit...

 

[Bruhlan Revan]

I remember someone pasting calradia's map over the map of turkey and it made perfect sense. Can't see anywhere else that it would fit...

Really? hmmmm gonna have to try that out....

 

[Lord Burgess1]

But really at the end of all of this;


Who actually gives a **** what they based calradia on, the actual geography makes a tiny amount of difference compared to the troops you are using.

 

[Aticus]

Nords still don't make sense in Turkey though. I guess it could be there, because Armagan lives there, but at that point your just speculating about Armagan's nationalism. I guess Mongolians in Turkey makes more sense, but as Captain Pyjama Shark said, "Rhodoks are Italians," and Germany makes more sense of Italians than the Southern Baltics does; it also makes sense of the Swadians and Nords. The Rhodoks is an invading Italian nation, then. Baltics makes some sense, but we don't know that Armagan loves where he lives enough to retail a game entirely located in his nation's region. If it is the Baltics, why is Swadia's King called "Harlaus"? "Harlaus" might not be German, but it sure doesn't sound like any name in the Southern Baltic area. Again, Nords make way more sense in Germany. Lastly, can I have a link to that better argument that Dudro mentioned?

To Puxohe: No ****, I said Calradia's location, not time period. Read, please, read.

 

[Grocat]

Calradia is actually in.... AMERICA!  All you have to do is superimpose the map over the state of Oregon, and imagine native americans wearing armor that is totally historically inappropriate!  I'm surprised I'm the first one to see it, it's so obvious!

-Grocat the Anachronistic Antimatter Emulsifier 

 

[Aticus]

Well, my idea may not be thought out much, but it makes more sense of at least some factions than the Baltics does. Mongolians in Turkey in 1257? Not really. Kergits don't make sense in the Baltics either.

 

[Weren]

Calradia is just a mix of different milatary forces from around the world. Nords are obviously ispired by Vikings. Khergits by Mongols. Swadians by feudal knights. Rhodok by italian spearmen(maybe). And Vaegirs are just random trash.

The map is not based on anything, i presume. It's jus Calradia.

 

[Aticus]

Nords are obviously ispired by Vikings. Khergits by Mongols. Swadians by feudal knights. Rhodok by italian spearmen(maybe).

Exactly. Why would some kind of knightly order own that much land, or any land in that area? Swadians in Baltic? No. Nothmen in Baltic? No. Vaegirs(it is presumed that they are Russian\Hungarian people) in Baltic? Yes, but Eastern Europe makes much more sense of Russians. Rhodoks in Baltic? Yes, but, again, they make more sense as an Italian state that has some land in Germany. Kergits, as said, make more sense in Baltic, but still not much. Also, in the early to high period(1080-1300ish), the Holy Roman Empire had tensions with some Italian states, even went to war with some of them. So, this makes perfect sense of Rhodoks, Swadians, Nords, and Vaegirs(if, indeed, they truly are Russian).

 

[Valmy]

Why I also see no point in figuring out where Caldaria is (If it is even based on somewhere, which I doubt), why can no one ever see that the Rhodoks are quite obviously a sort of Italian city sate thingy, a bit like Milan.

Wow I never got that at all.  I thought the Rhodoks were like the Flemish or the Swiss as those were the most famous pikemen in the Middle Ages.  I mean look at their place names...they look more Germanic than Italic.

The Swadians are the French/English classical Middle Ages types.

The Nords are of coure the Northern Europeans

The Vaegirs are the Eastern European/Russian types

The Khergits are the Bulgarian/Hunnic/Magyar/Turkish/Tartar types

 

[Aticus]

Why I also see no point in figuring out where Caldaria is (If it is even based on somewhere, which I doubt), why can no one ever see that the Rhodoks are quite obviously a sort of Italian city sate thingy, a bit like Milan.

Wow I never got that at all. (Neither did I)  I thought the Rhodoks were like the Flemish or the Swiss as those were the most famous pikemen in the Middle Ages.  I mean look at their place names...they look more Germanic than Italic.

(Maybe, I think Captain Pyjama Shark was right when he said they were probably Italians, who also fit into a German setting. They might be Germans, but I have been having serious doubts about that since Captain Pyjama Shark proposed Italians. Flemish and Swiss Pikemen? I believe there were quite a few Flemish and Swiss pikemen mercenaries in medieval Europe. Swiss... that sounds like a very sensible background for the Rhodoks, even more so than an Italian one.)

The Swadians are the French/English classical Middle Ages types.

The Nords are of coure the Northern Europeans

The Vaegirs are the Eastern European/Russian types

The Khergits are the Bulgarian/Hunnic/Magyar/Turkish/Tartar types

(Bulgarians look like Russians and sound like Russians. Also, Bulgaria had some problems with the Holy Roman Empire a couple of times. Bulgaria is not exactly to the North East of Germany, but Russia had Poland in between them and Germany for all of Medieval history. Still, Russia makes sense in Europe if you imagine that their fighting against Scandinavians(Nords), their mortal enemies. I guess you could suppose that Vaegiria is Poland. It makes just as much sense as Russians. Although, the Vaegirs don't have any horse archers, of which medieval Poland and Russia used extensively in their armies. But then, that has nothing to do with location, just a historically inaccurate presumed-to-be-Russian/Polish based Vaegirian army... a pet peev for me. )

French, English, or Germanic. I take it that you partially agree with this idea. And the Rhodoks are just north of some kind of mountain chain...... the ALPS. So, Captain Pyjama Shark was right about the Rhodoks, they are Italian.

 

[tansvanio]

the khergits can be like asian nomads that come from land to land or something like that.....