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Message: <blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 726622" data-attributes="member: 6929">I think you missed the Cresian naval forces... while they're not too useful against a Ta'jinn invasion, the Cresian River has been excavated and maintained with a deep central channel that allows ships to navigate its entire length without hindrance, and that is an advantage. (Plus there are the scurvy sea dogs, arr, and their cetacean technology.) I think Cresia might have a few monster units, too, from Auselen traders.I'd agree that the griffin riders aren't a predominant battlefield force. As they're ridden by godsblood sorcerers, by and large, they're very useful in surgical strikes that do massive damage very quickly.Chariots... good point. The question is, Do the Cresians have the inclination to develop them? Their nation is largely built around agriculture and the Cresian River, at least to my mind, but the river is days' travel from most regions of Cresia, even though it's the spine of trade. So they have developed roads, and carts (although some regions might use dolphins in irrigation channels instead of land-based beasts of burden). From there, chariots might have been developed, especially during the expansionist phase, and most of Cresia was plains at that point. I think the Cresians are likely to have chariots, all things considered, and reliable ones too.Does anyone think the Cresians would have access to elephants or mammoths? Probably not, all things considered. I've looked at the size of the battlefield, and from Jonga to the distant reaches of the Ta'jinn lands it's not quite as wide as Turkey (with Cyprus taking the role of Ausel). Hm, that could be useful for further geographical positioning...</blockquote>

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