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Post by rumblymarrow on Sept 16, 2014 9:51:57 GMT -6
Tel'Nah, the Kingdom of the undead, is the newest of the seven kingdoms. It was created after the undead plague spread across what used to be the past ork nation and managed to have pockets of infection in every species on Gaianus. When the undead first started appearing it threw all the other kingdoms into a panic. They feared that they would become the next invaders and that they would wipe out the other nations after they were weak from the ork war. All the kingdoms started persecuting the undead. They would kick anyone out of a city that showed symptoms of the plague regardless of f they had the plague or not. They burned down entire cities that had been infected and would kill anyone that had inhabited the city. The newly formed undead peoples fled from all the other nations. They looked for a place to call home but no other kingdom small or large would accept them. Scorned by the hatred and fear of their former friends and family the undead continued their search. A large exodus of undead from all nations eventually came to the plaguelands, which was formerly the orxs territory. They saw this desolated and barren land and saw that it was like them. It too was destroyed by the actions of others and then rejected by them. The Exodus decided that they would create a nation here. The natural resources of the land were intact as the orxs refused to take them and harm the planet by doing so and no other kingdom could take them because of the plague that surrounded them. With the undead not needing rest, food, or water they managed to build a kingdom in a scary amount of time. They made the kingdom as a place that anyone who was undead could live in but any who were undead weren't welcome in the kingdom. This caused the other kingdoms to fear for their existence as they feared that a united undead kingdom would surely try to kill them. All the kingdoms united what was left of their forces and led them straight into the heart of the plaguelands. With this act they hoped to destroy the undead kingdom before they could destroy Gaianus. Thus did the first Plague War begin. The forces of Gaianus managed to surprise the undead and make their way to their capital and almost conquer it. However due to some brilliant defenses by the undead they managed to keep them out of the capitol. (The capitol of the undead kingdom was a different city than it was now) The kingdoms of Gaianus decided to lay siege to the city and in this they destroyed themselves. The undead plague started to spread through the ranks of the forces of Gaianus and killed troops faster than any battle before. Any time a soldier raised from the dead he was attack by his former allies and those that managed to get away joined the ranks of the undead. This caused the undead's forces to massively swell and the undead used this momentum to go on the offensive. They attacked the forces of Gaianus and broke the seige. After that the forces of Gaianus fled the plaguelands and surrendered. In that moment they finished the first Plague war after 2 years of fighting and cemented themselves in history because now no kingdom had the forces to completely destroy them. The undead then named themselves Tel'nah and made themselves an official kingdom. There were 3 more Plague wars after that which involved the undead expanding their borders to what they are now. Until Cor'Thazad became the Lich King all other kings before him refused diplomatic contact with the other kingdoms. For reasons unknown to the other kingdoms he has opened up relations with other nations. This has caused other nations to be a little less wary of the undead in modern politics.
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Post by rumblymarrow on Sept 18, 2014 11:34:08 GMT -6
The structure of the Tel'Nah is quite different than any other kingdom's structure. This is due to the fact that the undead are incredibly resilient, able to recover from almost any injury, and are unable to age to death. The system they have created is based on the fact that the king of their kingdom will remain its king for a very very long time. The king is picked from a council of the nobles who upon the previous king's death or retirement will lock themselves away in a conclave and won't leave until a new king is picked. In the meantime if the king was killed then his closest of kin will rule until a new king is picked. The council has to come to a unanimous decision on who will be king before they are crowned. The king has ultimate power in the kingdom but the council will make decision on their own. If the old king is going to retire then he will rules until a new king is picked. The noble houses are comprised of Lichs with some vampire lords. Since with the undead are usually separated from their family when they catch the virus and they are unable to reproduce sexually their houses are normally just people that they like to be around. The noble houses do control some land and have a small fighting force of their own but they are rarely used as they are some of the most elite fighters in the land. Most nobles who enter the battlefield use the Tel'nah official military which is comprised of soldiers from all of the other kingdoms who volunteer because they have been rejected by their kingdoms upon catching the plague and the undead kingdom is the only place that will accept them.
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Post by rumblymarrow on Sept 18, 2014 12:05:17 GMT -6
Lichs are the ruling body of Tel'Nah. They are immensely powerful necromancers who have managed to change their binds. Instead of being bound to Gaianus they choose an object and bind their soul to that and then move their soul to the desired body and use it as temporary storage. This makes them even harder to kill than the normal undead. As long as the soulstone is intact they will be able to gain a new body. The reason why this works is when a lich creates a soul stone he puts arcane runes in it that creates a sort of failsafe. Once the soul starts to go through the process of banishment the failsafe activates. It prepares to pull their soul back into the stone and at the moment that the banishment would be successful the stone pulls the soul to it and causes it to fail. However their is a drawback to the soulstone. It interferes with their body and makes it to where the only form they can hold is a boney hollow one. Being the nobles of the kingdom though they love to adorn themselves in extravagant silk and headpeices. Most lichs are also incredibly powerful mages as well. Their mastery of ice is unparalleled by any race and anone who wishes to engage them would be wise to reconsider. For with hundreds and sometimes thousands of years of experience behind them they are formidable foes. Magic is not their only weapon for most lichs have had training in weapons of their choices for centuries and are considered nothing less than masters with that weapon. Being nearly immortal causes most lichs to be incredibly patient and calculating. They are all fiercely independent though and want to see their own goals and hope along with the goals of their house come to fruition. This will lead to fighting among lichs but this fighting almost never leads to war as they all realize that both of their armies are undying and that it would be pointless to fight. Lichs are not one to forget when someone does something good or bad to them and while a lich will almost always repay an insult to him the same can be said for kind acts. Once an undead becomes a Lich he forgoes his previous name and gives himself a lich's name. A Lich's name follows a certain nomenclature. It starts with the first three letters of their previous name. Then is separated by an apostrophe. Then the last three letters of their last name come after that. Then attached to that is the named of the lich house they are joining. Most Lich houses have names between 2-4 letters long. (Example Rum'Rowworlds is Rumbly Marrow joining the lich house of Worlds) Joining a Lich house is a very complex process that varies from house to house with very little common between joining rituals. a lich Vampire lords and vampires are other types of undead who are next in the social structure. Vampires are humans and elves who have allowed necromancers to alter their body to increase their strength, speed, and reflexes. However this causes a drain on the vampires body. The vampire only way a vampire can recover from the drain on its body is to drink blood of any non undead creature, dead or alive. Due to the undead plague corsing through them though when a vampire bites someone to drain their blood it normally spreads the plague to them. Some vampire houses are considerate of this and will house animals who are immune to the plague for consumption of blood instead of other races. Some however don't care what they drink as long as it satisfies their thirst. The augments that they get cause them to become incredibly pale and insanely weak to fire magic and fire; however like all undead they are resistant to ice magic. Vampire Lords are vampires who have allowed themselves to be further augmented. The ones that survive this become even stronger than normal vampires and in addition the changes unblock some of the blocked magic and let them use blood magic. Blood magic is an extremely rare and powerful form of magic. This magic allows the user to manipulate the magical life energies in people. This magic can do things such as blocking the magical points in a person where magic flow through and keep them from using magic or drain the life from another to enhance their own. Vampire lords are in charge of vampire households A male Vampire Lord After vampire the rest of the undead are equal in social status. The typical undead is referred to as a zombie. They look just like they did in life except their skin now is now sickly and pale. Despite looking sickly any undead feels better than he did in life. Quite often you will see an undead's limb that have been sewn back on after they have been lost in battle. Undead never heal due to being dead but since they are undead necomancers function similarly to doctors in that they can reattach limbs with necromancy, can actually remake lost limbs and even bodies for undead that have lost their bodies, and if their bodies have been completely destroyed in battle they can resurrect them to fight again. Shades are undead who have lost their bodies and haven't gotten them rebuilt are called shades. Shades are ethereal beings who are entirely immune to any physical damage but have a weakness to any magical damage. They are able to posses objects and and people to gain control over them. If they wish a shade can also turn invisible. When a shade is "killed" they are not truly dead. Much like the gods they just have to wait for their soul to reform. The more damage they took the longer it takes to reform; however most shades have never gone through this process because they will flee if they take damage since they are extremely fragile. this is a shade Ghouls are the last variant of undead. They are any race of undead who have modified themselves to boost their combat ability. Vampires are technically a ghoul but most count themselves as being a different thing because they're much more modified. The modifications can be anything from, claws, to increased vision, to releasing plague from their bodies.
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Post by rumblymarrow on Sept 25, 2014 12:36:30 GMT -6
The capitol of Tel'nah is the great necropolis of She'Nah. It follows the Tel'nah nomenclature for naming cities. First comes the first three letters of the person who founded it then comes Nah to show that it's eternally a part of Tel'nah. It was the first city that was founded when the undead came together to form the Kingdom of Tel'Nah. As a result it is the single most infected place in the entire world. No one that isn't undead can go into the city not because they aren't allowed but because they are certain to catch the plague and no one wishes to catch the plague. Despite being filled with undead it is a very lively city. You can see people of all races roaming around going about their daily lives. In the center of She'nah is where the capitol building is. This building is where the coucil resides and makes most of the decisions involving the kingdom. If a citizen wishes for them to address an issue they will make their case here in front of the council and if they think it's a worthy case they will do something about it. The city is split into two levels and many districts. The top level where most daily activity happens and the bottom underground crypt area where the undead make their homes.
The districts are separated into: government, necromancer, military, lich and many more. Each section is divided by what it does. The necromancer district to any outsiders it resembles an industrial district. It is filled with many large buildings with large smoke stacks billowing green smoke from it all day and night. This is the district where all variants but the lichs come from. Necromancers all day and night come up with new variants of the undead here and throw away the bodies of the variants that have failed. Every major city in Tel'Nah has a Lich district but they normally only hold a single lich house; however the Lich district in She'Nah holds hundreds of Lich houses. This is where the Lichs and their standing armies live.
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Post by rumblymarrow on Sept 25, 2014 13:01:17 GMT -6
The current ruler of Tel'Nah is Cor'Thazad,The Lich King, he is the undying ruler of Tel'Nah. He has been the king of Tel'Nah for 200 years. Though he has ruled for so long no one knows his origins. He does not belong to any of the Lich houses and no one is sure of his age. One thing that is for certain is that he is the greatest sorcerer in the entire kingdom. His necromancy skills allow him to raise platoons of soldiers who have fallen to him back to serve their new master. His personal army seems unending and undying. They call his army the Legion of the Damned, and it is the largest army of all the Lich noble houses. Wherever he goes he is followed by a fog that is brought upon by his presence chilling the air around him. His frost magic skills are unparalleled and no one has been able to defeat him in a duel and most who have seen him battle feel that he is holding back his true strength. He started two Plague wars has conquered more land than all of the previous kings put together. In each new and conquered territory he scours every library to uncover every piece of knowledge that kingdom knew. He then gathers it and bring it back to the capitol. After weeks he has always returned it to it's rightful place and this has led people to believe that he is searching for something but no one knows what he is searching for and each time he is asked he tells them nothing. Not all of his achievements have been military related though. He is the greatest and first diplomat that Tel'Nah has had as well. He invented a spell that allows lichs to project holograms of themselves anywhere that a projector crystal is. A projector crystal is an invention of his as well. It is a crystal that once the activation spell is cast it creates a 3D hologram of people. This allows conversation between people thousand of miles as well. This has made it to where the undead are able to communicate with people without fear of spreading the plague. He is the first king who has managed to open diplomatic relations with other nations. Now the other kingdoms are still wary of the undead but some are beginning to fear them less and are beginning to call them friends. When he isn't conquering or being diplomatic Cor'Thazad is spending his time in his lab inventing new magical spells and items. Now while he doesn't normally share his inventions with people those who see them are awe bound with Cor'Thazad's genius. To many residents in Tel'Nah Cor'Thazad is considered the greatest ruler in all of their history.
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