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<blockquote data-quote="AslanC" data-source="post: 6945336" data-attributes="member: 14077"><p><span style="color: #333333">Been working it since and have updated stuff... which is as follows;</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">So the first people to arrive on the island of Albana were the Beastmen, primitives who's relation to humans is as valid as their relation to animals. They say that there are STILL tribes of Beastmen living in the caves and valleys of Brucca.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Then the Efanna came, ending their mass exodus from the Aegosian continent. They pretty much went straight to war with the neolithic Beastmen, but their knowledge of bronze gave them the edge and they took most of the island from the Beastmen.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Then, the Empire came, and with it came iron. The Efranna were conquered or driven to the edges much like the Beastmen before them, but eventually the empire fell and the Efranna began to repopulate their isle.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">That was when the Aglesh invaders came and either drove out or bred with the Efranna, except in what is now Drale where the Efranna resisted and held out.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">As the Aglesh began to form a society and culture, a new invader from Aegos came, the Baruzen tribes, who brought steel with them. The Aglesh were easily, and some suggest willingly, conquered and thus the Angle-Baruz kingdoms were formed, coming to be known as the Aglbarish Age. Over the years their languages would mix and meddle, and eventually become the common tongue today, also know as Albarish, which is also where the island gets it's name Albana (Island of the Albarish).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">There would be a later invasion by the Othais via the Oscait islands, brining some of that culture into the south-western part of the island, the Gathmen (Giantkin in Drale) brought their culture to mix with the Efranna in the north-east, and the Ostraad invasion by Austorian forces brought that culture to the North-Western part of the island.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">The Guileans, who never crossed bred, but stayed on their island, slowly lost their swarthiness turning to a pale-skinned people, but not their black hair and dark eyes. They are essentially "romani-goths" in the modern sense of things.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Note that there are no elves, dwarves, orcs, etc... and like Hârn which inspired it, monster will tend to be unique and less "species" like traditional D&D.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Also having the map redone to me wider than it is longer as that works better for my mind. </span><img src="https://forum.rpg.net/images/smilies/wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">More to come as I have it.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AslanC, post: 6945336, member: 14077"] [COLOR=#333333]Been working it since and have updated stuff... which is as follows;[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]So the first people to arrive on the island of Albana were the Beastmen, primitives who's relation to humans is as valid as their relation to animals. They say that there are STILL tribes of Beastmen living in the caves and valleys of Brucca.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Then the Efanna came, ending their mass exodus from the Aegosian continent. They pretty much went straight to war with the neolithic Beastmen, but their knowledge of bronze gave them the edge and they took most of the island from the Beastmen.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Then, the Empire came, and with it came iron. The Efranna were conquered or driven to the edges much like the Beastmen before them, but eventually the empire fell and the Efranna began to repopulate their isle.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]That was when the Aglesh invaders came and either drove out or bred with the Efranna, except in what is now Drale where the Efranna resisted and held out.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]As the Aglesh began to form a society and culture, a new invader from Aegos came, the Baruzen tribes, who brought steel with them. The Aglesh were easily, and some suggest willingly, conquered and thus the Angle-Baruz kingdoms were formed, coming to be known as the Aglbarish Age. Over the years their languages would mix and meddle, and eventually become the common tongue today, also know as Albarish, which is also where the island gets it's name Albana (Island of the Albarish).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]There would be a later invasion by the Othais via the Oscait islands, brining some of that culture into the south-western part of the island, the Gathmen (Giantkin in Drale) brought their culture to mix with the Efranna in the north-east, and the Ostraad invasion by Austorian forces brought that culture to the North-Western part of the island.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]The Guileans, who never crossed bred, but stayed on their island, slowly lost their swarthiness turning to a pale-skinned people, but not their black hair and dark eyes. They are essentially "romani-goths" in the modern sense of things.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Note that there are no elves, dwarves, orcs, etc... and like Hârn which inspired it, monster will tend to be unique and less "species" like traditional D&D.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]Also having the map redone to me wider than it is longer as that works better for my mind. [/COLOR][IMG]https://forum.rpg.net/images/smilies/wink.gif[/IMG] [COLOR=#333333]More to come as I have it.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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