Dark_Hamlet said:The Siege of Forde (tolrania x maccavia)
The Red Death reaches the maccavian shores
Everything went right until it went wrong, sorry for the bugfixing gore at the end
arduus said:They look too plain, almost 2d, maybe because we are facing the structure straight. Once you release the mod, I will be able to take a better look
I agree with you, those square windows look bad, I'll see what I can do about them.
Apstinentas said:
I'm not questioning your opinion, but I want to share some information about the reasoning behind the use of this type of material:
The elves of Elintor are formidable warriors, creative artists and agile workers, but they lack any talent for engineering. They can build houses and put materials together, but have a very poor grasp of mathematics, relying on engineers from other races to plan any big construction project. But even the best foreign engineer can't make sense of the old architecture and even when they can the buildings are too massive and costly to properly maintain.
Notice I didn't refer to those buildings as elven, as they actually belong to a much older culture, which ruled over men and elves long ago. They were a large empire that ruled from Khul Nebeski, now known as Khul Vara, and are the reason for many of the ruins dotted around the land, for bringing elves to Perisno and for their own demise.
In this ancient society even men who came from slavery could obtain a form of citizenship with enough effort, but elves were slaves for life. They were brought by conquests in foreign lands and thus were seen as strange by the empire populace and judged to be a lesser being together with the likes of giants and dwarves, but unlike the latter which could leverage power thanks to their military and economic might the elves had nothing to offer but their bodies as either work or sex slaves. Elven kind was treated as cattle under this ancient empire and would be born and die as slaves.
Although the ancient masters are gone they left behind many cities and fortresses still inhabited by their elven slaves. The elves banded together and at some point, with the help of fully stocked armories, were strong enough to be left alone by all but the most stubborn invader. As part of their duties as slaves many elves were blacksmiths, bowyers and hunters and thus they naturally became a faction of expert archers wielding the weapons and armor of their former masters.
Nowadays the empire is all but ruins and even the cities kept by the elves are crumbling as it's too expensive to maintain all sections of the old cities and thus only critical and emergency repairs are made to prevent collapses and only the houses of the most rich denizens and lords are fully maintained.
So don't be surprised to see elves living in old decaying buildings, they're making the best out of a bad situation.
If any of the above doesn't make sense with the current lore it's because it isn't part of it. This is part 2 of my project which I haven't revealed yet so this will be our little secret ok?
Simply loved it. Favourite featute: using boats to create a path that leads to the city. Wonderful! Ok.
