Mith Nara

Mith Nara

Now with notes from Arc nine years later!

And lo on the night of the third day, when the Orbat stood completed, did Arc say from on high 'My work shall be undone and redone, before I am finished.' and it was so.

So, some explanation of this is probably in order. Keyway is a super fantasy world with a ton of NPC powers, including but not limited to: Liolanthe Confederation, the Gorghannen, Dwarves, Azrozea, Mal's snake island and a minotaur island that became Mith Nara. Originally the Lolianthes and the Gorghannen were the dominant powers, who utterly loathed and despised each other and warred for centuries. The Lolianthes were savage jungle-dwelling close to nature types who employed vast armies of creatures. The Gorghannen lived in fortress-cities in the mountains and employed armies of golems. Their wars were at a stalemate for ages because neither side could meaningfully damage the other. The balance was upset when the Papacy forced the demons out of the system next door and they took up residence on Keyway. The demons outright attacked Azrozea, conquered it and set up a doomsday weapon in the island's central volcano. They also infiltrated and suborned the Liolanthes, who finally began organizing properly, destroyed several Gorghannen cities and also laid siege to the Dwarves.

So the Liolanthes/demons are well on their way toward global conquest. Fallen Gorghannen cities are burned and the people slaughtered or enslaved. Dissenters are being killed or enslaved, as is generally anyone else of any utility who isn't already in league with them. The dwarves and the Gorghannen continue to fight what seems to be a losing battle and only two places offer any kind of refuge. Mith Nara was very heavily fortified and had a relatively strong garrison, so it attracted the majority of the refugees attempting to flee the main continent. Offworld travel is largely blocked, which prevents any kind of reinforcements from coming in, as well as preventing people from escaping.

So Mith Nara is a conglomeration of various refugee groups that have spent the past three years crash-militarizing and preparing to take some kind of action while the continental powers are occupied. What developed in LoE was a high magic nation with a bunch of creature races and armies based on beasts instead of constructs. It was wildly different and unique compared to any of LoE's other powers, but it made things overall very awkward and difficult to work with in the context of the majority of the game's player base. So, now things will move to what it should have been: a ramshackle organization comprising a kitchen sink of everything on Keyway, desperate and squabbling for resources and for say in the overall plan to save the world. Including more of the Liolanthes and the Gorghannen to dilute some of the extremes. All these dissimilar groups, some of which hate each other, will continue to work under common interests mostly owing to Rhodos. Though it's not because he's a particularly enlightened leader. Rhodos is not diplomatic by any stretch. He is blunt, decisive, intimidating and keenly aware of what things have to happen in order for any kind of government to function. While he is involved in high-level decisions, he doesn't absolutely dictate policy. What he does do is force the various parties together and to arrive at a consensus, then acts to keep the various factions aligned on global goals. It works because nobody wants to be the problem that makes Rhodos come down from his mountain to personally solve.

Level of Power: Empire (? starting points)

Empire Population: 50 million = 50 SP (+25 Industry) + 1.2 million

Infrastructure:

Industry: 75 production points/month + 25 Population (75 sp)
Wealth: 62 wealth/month (62 sp)
Research: 5 research/year (5 sp)
Ether Collection: 150 Ether/month (150 sp)
There have been so many OOB revisions due to rules changes I can no longer tell if this is correct. But this is what my past self trusted. Let's hope that Past Me had good judgement.

...Hope springs eternal, but this is a cynical world we live in. Why did you do this, Past Me? Why did you inflict this on me?

Current to January, 1007:

Stockpiles:

IUU: 292.5
Cash Left: 454.5
Ether Left: 2477.7
Geodes: 103
Research: 0
Prepared Spells:
10x D5/5
Cost: 7 ether each
Total Cost: 70 Ether

2x Move 5/5 - Shield
Cost: 7 ether each
Total Cost: 14 ether

10x D5
Cost: 2 ether each
Total Cost: 20 Ether

20x D4/3
Cost: 3 ether each
Total Cost: 60 Ether

20x Move 4/3 Shield
Cost: 4 ether each
Total Cost: 80 ether

Upkeep for 1006 (Paid):
IUU: 9 (Army), 81 (Mages)
WU: 233
Ether: 120
This is completely wrong for 1007, but it's not getting done if there's no more yearly upkeep.

Terrain/Weather
Total: 13 SP (3 free)

6x Wild Terrain:
Northeastern Province
Southeastern Province
Southwestern Province
Northwestern Province
The Western Walls (Shoreline facing continent)
Iridas & Surround (Base of Central Mountains)

4x Very Difficult Terrain
Northern Mountains (Special Feature: Travenil, a massive icy peak)
Central Mountains
Southern Mountains

Intervening Terrain:
3x Wild (The Straights of Mith Nara, Two Bordering Ocean)

Climate: Temperate

Weather:
Summer: Normal
Winter:
Cold (1 SP)
Stormy Skies (1 SP)
Storms (1 SP)
Why the heck did I spent points to make the weather worse?

Total Infrastructure Capacity:
(Tech)
66 Industry
26 Million Pop
(Magic)
126 Industry
126 Million Pop

Advancement

Technology: 0 SP
Engineering: 0
Chemistry: 0
Physics: 0
Biology: 0
Psychology: 0
As part of the ongoing efforts to simplify LoE's system into something less convoluted, mixed advancement units were removed and replaced with units of my highest advancement level. No mixed advancement units means no TL2. This OOB contained TL2 units with ML5 mage caps, TL2 units with ML5 materials and ML5 mage caps, ML3 units with ML5 mage caps and ML4 units with ML5 mage caps. Along with straight ML5 units. A tally later showed this was fully half of my forces and confirmed that by all that is holy, this OOB is a nightmare.

Magic: 250 SP
Destruction: 500
Creation: 500
Movement: 500
Mental: 500
Transmogrification: 500

Fusion: Zip

Total Advancement costs: 250 SP

Advantages (Total: 25 SP)

So, the great reckoning begins. See these ads? They don't mean anything any more. Not a bit. The creature stuff is completely defunct, there is no more prospecting and no more artificing stuff with geodes. All for the better, yet some things remain behind. Look upon this, ye people of the future! Imagine this as a gargantuan monolith - a looming momument of weathered stone - a record of the folly of people who thought giant rocks in the middle of fields were the shit. And now we're blowing it up to make room for a new bypass.
Terra Incognita Magicka (0 SP)
Ether Rich (15)
Green Fields (10 SP)
This was added with points leftover from the abolishment of TL2. It doesn't do very much, but fark it. At least ONE PC world is going to be a lush and vibrant place. It also represents a constant stream of refugees coming in to some place that can support them.
Creature Fest! (0)
Native Creature Population - Minotaurs (0)
Nobody ever called me on it to my face, but holy shit. There's so many beautiful snowflakes in here I can't see anything but a dizzying whitespace. I just know this spot is where it started. What was I thinking?

Disadvantages (Total: 75 SP)

Disad farming was something you could list on your tax returns as an occuption in LoE. Past Me is guilty. So very guilty. But at least some of this should change now.
Hostile World (25 SP) (Reduced down from 50 SP with TIM defunct)
"You may as well take hostile world because I know what you're getting." Y-uuup
Tech Dumb (25 SP)
To be honest this was a total gimmie. Mith Nara can't actually make any complex units. But they're an isolated fantasy civilization that's hardly ever *encountered* complex technology. And nobody's just going to up and give me a pile of machine guns.
Fourth Law (0 SP)
This was here because the Gorghannen, the golem dudes, were a traditional enemy. But they're not the enemy any more.
Home is Where the Heart Is (25)
I thought about nixing this one too, but I think it actually fits. With all this high magic, Mith Nara could've built an Exodus Gate and probably escaped Keyway. There's lots of other planets out there, but only one is home. Keyway is a mess, but these colors don't run.

Military

After I converted the RP from mages and also converted all my creature stuff to PP, this is what I wound up with. I don't know if this is a correct translation, but I have done some math on the subject of how much it would have worked out to if I had industry or research instead of all those creature advantages. It's actually pretty close.
Total: 8657.5 PP
Army: 5532.5

Cavalry : 2055

Infantry: 2802.5

Artillery: 675

Air: 1530
Navy: 775
Forts: 820
Creature Points: 1800(?)
I have no idea what the creature points mean. I can't tell if I spent some of them, all of them or none of them. Or...wait. Wait! I figured it out! I FIGURED IT OUT! HAHAHA! Take that, Past Me! It's...however many I gained in 1006. Whatever that number was. It was probably a lot.

Template Points Available: 50
Templates:
These don't matter any more!

Infantry:

Minotaurs (Native Population) (Class V)
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Cost: 0
I get that the island was a minotaur island, but it would've worked way better if I'd had a more normal base population with all these creatures filling in around it. An actual kitchen sink of fantasy stuff, some more traditional and some radical, instead of being fully poised on the extreme end of the scale.

Avians (Class V) - Infantry
+3 Advanced Mobility: Flight
+1 Stealth
+1 Toughness
Template Cost: 1
Batch Cost: 30
I had a very strange physical description for them despite the name implying bird-like, trying way too hard to be different for the sake of being different. They were some kind of pterodactyl folks. Though that's actually kinda cool as a concept now that I think about it. I happened upon a better concept I think that spans the divide, though. Proto-birds in the vein of feathered dinosaurs. The few defining traits they have is an ingrained claustrophobia, and in general utilizing high skill/coordination tactics and ranged weapons because they're much weaker physically than most other Keyway denizens their own size.

Schecks (Class V) - Infantry
+2 Speed
+1 Agility
+1 Toughness
+1 Strength
Cost: 1
batch Cost: 30
Lizard/dinosaur folks. Again, I had a completely bizarre description for them that was almost centauroid for no other reason than to be different for the sake of being different. It was very difficult to write for and I've decided what they really should be is some sort of ornithopod reptile with a long stride and a horned head. That sort of body plan puts most of their strength in their legs and body as compared to a humanoid, so they most effectively use melee weapons like lances and spears that they can put their body weight behind. They are much faster on the ground with better balance, though, and tend towards maneuver-based warfare with ranged weapons. That's not dramatically different from regular fantasy stock, though I notice I made everything the highest class it could be whether or not the concept demanded it.

Vehicle Types:

Landwyrm (Class V) - Titan - Rare
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Melee
Cost: 1
Batch Cost: 60
This I think was supposed to be some kind of huge dinosaur, but now I can't help but think of it as a giant scaled fire-breathing serpentine wurm out of norse myth. I'm cool with that. But...it could also be an honest fire-breathing kaiju, and that's hard to resist. So very hard. Impossible even.

Armoursaur(Class VII) - Rare
Monster Cavalry (1 per 10)
+1 Agility
+1 Speed
+3 Stoneskin
+2 Regeneration
+1 Strength
Rectifying some of Past Self's mistakes, these replace the poorly conceptualized giants. This is exactly what it says on the tin; huge plated dinosaurs. I have a theme here and we're sticking to it.

Banorin (Class IV)
+2 Stoneskin
+2 Strength
The image I have in my head for these is something like a rhino with a carapace of rigid plates, complete with a horn on its nose. Keyway's unicorn.

Pack Beast (Class V)
+2 Beast of Burden
+2 Large Size
+1 Speed

Air Types:

Roc (Class VII)
+2 Ranged Attack
+2 Agility
+1 Senses
+2 Sixth Sense
Legendary birds that could carry away elephants. As a true mythical creature, it has a magical power. It controls lightning. Pretty serious.

Wyverns (Class IV)
+2 Agility
+2 Sixth Sense

Mythical Creatures:

Elder Wyrm Nerrental: 1
Elder Wyrm Zathil: 2

Leftover Template Points: 15
Does. Not. Matter!

Pool: 150
This doesn't matter any more either!

Army

Cavalry

1x Landwyrm
(Titan: 1 per 1)
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Strength
Equipment
+2 Adamantium Armour
+2 Casting Chamber
+1 Sildron Enhanced Armour (Shields)
+3 Mage (ML5)
Cost: 70 PP Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 6 Ether
I guess this one is layered down in metal plates and has a howdah on its back with mages. Sure. OK.

2x Landwyrm
(Titan: 1 per 1)
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Strength
Equipment
+2 Adamantium Armour
+1 Even More Fwoosh (Ranged Weapon)
+1 Sildron Enhanced Armor (Shields)
+1 Mindex Scrying
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 70 PP
Total Cost: 140 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 6 Ether
I remember having this idea similar to a lot of fantasy where intelligence isn't rare at all and these sorts of things didn't need handlers. Even so, how does this work?

4x Landwyrm
(Titan: 1 per 1)
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Strength
Equipment
+2 Adamantium Armour
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 55 PP
Total Cost: 220 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 4 WU, 12 Ether

20x Schech Siege Armoursaur
Monster Cavalry (1 per 10)
+1 Agility
+1 Speed
+2 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Regeneration
Equipment:
+2 Adamantium Armour
+2 Pyrite Cannon On Its Back
+1 Sildron Enhanced Armor (Shields)
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 80 PP
Total Cost: 160 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 6 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 2 WU, 12 Ether

80x Schech Siege Armoursaur
Monster Cavalry (1 per 10)
+1 Agility
+1 Speed
+2 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Regeneration
Equipment:
+2 Adamantium Armour
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 60 PP
Total Cost: 480 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 2 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 8 WU, 16 Ether

200x Liolanthe Banorin
Very Heavy Cavalry (1 per 100)
+2 Strength
+2 Stoneskin
Equipment:
+2 Pyrite-Laden Ballista
+1 Mobility
+2 Adamantium Armour
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 60 PP
Total Cost: 120 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 5 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 4 WU, 10 Ether

900x Liolanthe Banorin
Very Heavy Cavalry (1 per 100)
+2 Strength
+2 Stoneskin
Equipment:
+1 Adamantium Armour
+1 Pyrite Ranged Weapon
+1 Sildron Enhanced Armor (Shields)
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 50 PP
Total Cost: 200 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 4 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 9 WU, 36 Ether

1000x Liolanthe Young Banorin
Heavy Cavalry (1 per 200)
+2 Strength
+2 Stoneskin
Equipment:
+1 Adamantium Armour
+1 Pyrite Ranged Weapon
+1 Sildron-laced Armour (Shields)
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 50 PP
Total Cost: 250 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 4 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 20 Ether

1000x Schech Strike Regiment
Medium Cavalry (1 per 1000)
+2 Stoneskin
+2 Strength
Equipment:
(ML5)
+1 Ranged Weapons
+1 Mobility
+1 Armour
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 50 PP
Total Cost: 50 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 4 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 4 Ether

2000x Avian Scout Regiment
Light Cavalry (1 per 2000)
+2 Advanced Mobility: Flight
+1 Tough
+1 Speed
Equipment:
+2 Mindex-Enchanced Tracking
+3 I Am Invisible
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 65 PP
Total Cost: 65 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 8 Ether

20 000 x Pack Beast
(Beast of Burden: 1 per 2000)
+2 Beast of Burden
+2 Large Size
+1 Speed
Batch Cost: 30 PP
Total Cost: 300 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 10 WU, 0 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 10 WU, 0 Ether

Infantry

200 x Margrave's Elites
(Simple Special Forces: 1 per 100)
Minotaurs
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
+2 Mythril Armour
+2 Adamantium Weapons
+1 Mobility
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 70 PP
Total Cost: 140 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 2 WU, 6 Ether

100x Dragon's Legion Experiment
(Simple Special Forces: 1 per 100)
Minotaurs
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
+2 Mythril Armour
+2 Adamantium Weapons
+1 Sildron Mobility
+1 Wolfsbane
+1 Titan Juice
+1 Natural Pyrite Ranged Weaponry
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 85 PP
Total Cost: 85 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 5 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 5 Ether
What the heck are these things supposed to be? Why did I do this?

Blame the Thetans your guys hung around with on the Flayer Crusade. Most of that was stuff I got as post-war loot off the Flayers and had no use for - I think I traded it for a pile of geodes to power my nuclear navy. --Shrike (talk) 16:47, 22 February 2015 (PST)

300x Pride of Mith Nara
Simple Special Forces (1 per 100)
Minotaurs
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
(ML5)
+1 Adamantium Melee Weapons
+1 Adamantium Armour
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 50 PP
Total Cost: 150 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 2 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 3 WU, 6 Ether

1600x Minotaur Champion
Very Heavy Infantry (1 per 200)
Minotaurs
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
(Eng 230, Chem 230)
+1 Adamantium Melee Weapons
+1 Adamantium Armour
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 50 PP
Total Cost: 400 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 2 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 8 WU, 16 Ether

20 000x Avian War Party
(Avians)
+3 Advanced Mobility: Flight
+1 Stealth
+1 Toughness
Elite Infantry (1 per 2000)
(ML5)
+1 Mobility
+1 Mythril Armour
+1 Ambrium Crossbow
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 55 PP
Total Cost: 550 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 10 WU, 30 Ether

100 000x Schech Army
(Schechs)
+2 Speed
+1 Agility
+1 Toughness
+1 Strength
Skilled Infantry (1 per 20 000)
(ML5)
+1 Mythril Armour
+2 Powdered Pyrite Arquebus
+1 Mobility
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 55 PP
Total Cost: 275 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 5 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 25 Ether

80 000x Mith Nara Regulars
Simple Skilled Infantry: 1 per 20 000
Minotaurs
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
+2 Mythril Armour
+2 Adamantium Weapons
+1 Mobility
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 65 PP
Total Cost: 260 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 4 WU, 12 Ether

30 000x Mith Nara Assault Regiment
Simple Skilled Infantry: 1 per 20 000
(Minotaurs)
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
+1 Heavy Weapons (Anti-vehicle)
+1 Pyrite Hand Cannon
+2 Mythril Armour
+1 Mobility
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 65 PP
Total Cost: 97.5 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 10 WU, 0 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 10 WU, 0 Ether

80 000x Mith Nara Arbalestiers
Simple Skilled Infantry: 1 per 20 000
Minotaurs
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
+1 Mythril Armour
+1 Pyrite Arbalest (Ranged Weapons)
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 50 PP
Total Cost: 200 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 12 Ether

200 000x Provincial Guard
Simple Skilled Infantry (1 per 20 000)
(ML5)
+3 Strength
+2 Toughness
Equipment:
+1 Adamantium Melee Weapons
+2 Adamantium Armour
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 55 PP
Total Cost: 550 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 2 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 10 WU, 20 Ether

15x +1 Pyrite Ranged Weapons Infantry External
Adds +1 Ether

4x +1 Adamantium Melee External

Artillery

6000x Magepowder Rocket Battery
Simple Artillery: 1 per 400
(ML5)
+1 Range
+1 Mobility
+1 Big Boom
Cost: 20 PP per Batch
Total Cost: 300 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 2 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 15 WU, 30 Ether

750x Bombards
Simple Very Heavy Artillery: 1 per 50
(ML5)
+1 Adamantium Barrel and Pyrite Powder
+1 Explosive Shot
+2 Range
Cost: 25 PP per Batch
Total Cost: 375 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 2 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 15 WU, 30 Ether

Air Forces

5x Young Roc
Deadly Flyer (1 per 5)
+2 Ranged Attack
+2 Agility
+1 Senses
+2 Sixth Sense
Equipment:
+2 Ambruim Lightning Generator (Des)
+2 Levistones (Fo/Fi)
+1 Mindex-Enhanced Senses
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 80 PP
Total Cost: 80 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 8 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 8 Ether

10x Young Roc
Deadly Flyer (1 per 5)
+2 Ranged Attack
+2 Agility
+1 Senses
+2 Sixth Sense
Equipment:
+1 Ambruim Lightning Generator
+1 Casting Chamber
+2 Levistones (Fo/Fi)
+1 Mindex-Enhanced Senses
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 80 PP
Total Cost: 160 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 8 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 2 WU, 16 Ether

5x Young Roc
Deadly Flyer (1 per 5)
+2 Ranged Attack
+2 Agility
+1 Senses
+2 Sixth Sense
Equipment:
+1 Ambruim Lightning Generator
+1 Casting Chamber
+1 Levistones (Fo/Fi)
+1 Mythril Armour
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 75 PP
Total Cost: 75 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 7 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 7 Ether

100x Flyer
(Flyer: 1 per 25)
+2 Agility
+1 Speed
+2 Sixth Sense
Equipment:
+2 Levistones
+1 Ambruim Lightning Generator (Des)
+2 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 55 PP
Total Cost: 220 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 5 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 4 WU, 20 Ether

200x Wyvern
Flyer (1 per 25)
+2 Agility
+2 Sixth Sense
Equipment:
(ML5)
+1 Mithril Armour
+1 Sildron-Laced Armour
+1 Wizard with a Ballista
+1 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 45 PP
Total Cost: 360 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 8 WU, 24 Ether

Rhodos the Grey
Rhodos remained a hero independent of my national OOB. My records for him are pretty terrible, but they exist. I don't actually know how that's supposed to work with the new national hero character business.

Zathil
Mega Flyer: 5 per 1
(Dragon)
+1 Etheric Metabolism
+2 Self-Generating Ether
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Toughness
Equipment:
(ML5)
+2 Sildron Enhanced Armor (Shields)
+1 Telekinetic Bash
+2 Casting Chamber
+3 Mage (ML5)
Total Cost: 115 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 0 Ether
I'll admit that I changed the unit types of Zathil and Nerrental, because while stumbling through the old Simple Air Units stuff I realized they were the wrong template for what they are. They're elder dragons and they're enormous.

Nerrental
Mega Flyer: 5 per 1
(Dragon)
+1 Etheric Metabolism
+2 Self-Generating Ether
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Toughness
Equipment:
(ML5)
+2 Adamantium Armour
+1 Mindex (Sensors)
+2 Casting Chamber
+3 Mage (ML5)
Total Cost: 115 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 0 Ether

1x Chailar
Gigantic Flyer: 1 per 1
(Dragon)
+1 Etheric Metabolism
+2 Self-Generating Ether
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Toughness (or Large Size?)
Equipment:
(ML5)
+1 Adamantium Armour
+1 Sildron Enhanced Armor (Shields)
+1 Mindex Sensor-Deal (Sensors)
+2 Casting Chamber
+3 Mage (ML5)
Total Cost: 95 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 0 Ether
Chailar and Rethus both rode inside a Sceptan supercarrier during the Crusade. All five of these guys were called elder dragons, but they weren't all part of the same generation as the ones that actually ruled Azrozea. Zathil and Nerrental represent the survivors of the ruling cabal of elders, but these other three were always younger and smaller and represent the most capable of the adults born after the storms began.

1x Rethus
Gigantic Flyer: 1 per 1
(Dragon)
+1 Etheric Metabolism
+2 Self-Generating Ether
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Toughness (or Large Size?)
Equipment:
(ML5)
+2 Adamantium Armour
+2 Melee
+1 Casting Chamber +3 Mage (ML5)
Total Cost: 95 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 0 Ether

1x Adult Dragon
Gigantic Flyer: 1 per 1
(Dragon)
+1 Etheric Metabolism
+2 Self-Generating Ether
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Toughness
Equipment:
(ML5)
+2 Adamantium Armour
+2 Melee
+1 Casting Chamber +3 Mage (ML5)
Total Cost: 95 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 0 Ether

20x Young Dragon
Huge Flyer: 1 per 10
(Dragon)
+1 Etheric Metabolism
+2 Self-Generating Ether
+3 Stoneskin
+1 Strength
+2 Ranged Attack (Fwoosh!)
+1 Toughness (or Large Size?)
Equipment:
(ML5)
+1 Mythril Armour
+1 Melee
+3 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 60 PP
Total Cost: 120 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 2 WU, 0 Ether

Naval Forces

The original navy was crash-built in a panic at the onset of the Island Crisis to move my armies across the ocean. If any of it survives, it may wind up ferrying me across the stars. Appropriately fantastical I suppose.

75x Longship O' Doom
Simple Cruiser: 1 per 5
(ML5)
+1 Adamantium Cladding
+1 Heavily Enchanted Gunpowder Cannon Battery
+1 Levitated By A Wizard
+1 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 25 PP
Total Cost: 375 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 15 WU, 45 Ether

100x Longship O' Somewhat Lesser Doom
Simple Small Warship: 1 per 10
(ML5)
+1 Adamantium Armour
+1 Heavily Enchanted Gunpowder Cannon Battery
+1 Levitated By A Wizard
+1 Mage (ML5)
Batch Cost: 25 PP
Total Cost: 250 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 10 WU, 30 Ether

300 Longboat O' Doom
Simple Freighter: 1 per 20
(ML5)
+1 Levitated By A Wizard
Batch Cost: 10 PP
Total Cost: 150 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 1 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 15 WU, 15 Ether

Magic Users

This section was subject to heavy errata. A significant amount of PP was gained after converting things from RP, which is now distributed as +mage caps amongst my forces.

Creatures

This had a purpose at one point, but EVERYTHING is creatures.

Forts

Castles! Everywhere. Wow. I guess it was called the fortress island for a reason. Now with a whole pile of raw magical power, these fortresses shall become goddam flying space castles. Though due to various rules difficulties and revisions, they must now poofle to different KINDS of fortresses. But they're all still literal stone-walled castles on islands of floating rock ripped from the earth by tremendous power. Wizards are awesome.

The Fortress of Iridas
Super Fort (5 per 1)
(ML5)
+1 Particularly Massive Cannon Battery
+1 Transmuted Stone Walls
+1 Huge Island of Rock (Cargo)
+1 A Wizard Makes It Go
+2 Mage
Cost: 60 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 3 Ether

The Western Wall
Super Fort (5 per 1)
(ML5)
+1 Particularly Massive Cannon Battery
+1 Transmuted Stone Walls
+1 Huge Island of Rock (Cargo)
+1 A Wizard Makes It Go
+2 Mage
Cost: 60 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 3 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 5 WU, 3 Ether

20x March District Fortress
Battle Fort (2 per 1)
(ML5)
+1 Heavy Adamantium Cannon Battery
+0 Double Powder Charges
+1 Transmuted Stone Walls
+1 A Wizard Makes It Go
+2 Mage
Batch Cost: 35 PP
Total Cost: 700 PP
Upkeep: 0 Ind, 1 WU, 4 Ether
Total Upkeep: 0 Ind, 20 WU, 80 Ether

Dramatis Personae

Rhodos

Combat

Etheric

Mental

Social

Conviction

Savant

• Arcana
• Magic
• Champion
• Living Legend
• Undiplomatic
• Ginormous

The great dragon of Keyway. Largely living in solitude for generations, he emerged in 1001 NE and joined in the nascent wars on Myrkleia to seek vengeance for the death of Lybere the Seaborn at the hands of the Alter Empire. Instrumental in the defeat of the Alters at Tolas, he was badly wounded and returned to Keyway. The spectacular melee between Rhodos and the three immense Alter WEAPONS in the midst of the battle immediately established a new legend which has spread to virtually all worlds along Myrkleia's busy trade corridor. Rhodos has established the common conception of an elder dragon - immensely powerful, willful, but also flawed. A strong leader, warrior and survivor, he is also harsh, spiteful and carries deep resentment for the human race.

Zathil

Combat 1

Etheric 3

Mental

Social 1

Conviction

Savant

• Arcana
• Magic
• Ginormous

Zathil is one of the two survivors from the cabal of elder dragons that once ruled the island of Azrozea on Keyway. She bears her title well, but tends to avoid direct confrontations with Rhodos and is surprisingly skilled at political maneuvering, evidently a result of internal power plays over the ages with her peers.

Nerrental

Combat

Etheric 3

Mental 2

Social

Conviction

Savant

• Arcana
• Magic
• Ginormous

Nerrental is the second of Azrozea's surviving elder dragons. The youngest of the elders, he is innately curious and studious. The most approachable of Mith Nara's elder dragons by far, he is well-regarded by the island's denizens. He has a personal distaste for physical combat, preferring to solve particularly stubborn problems with spellcraft. He is often seen as being the weakest of the three simply because he's the least forceful in terms of personality, being generally agreeable, well-reasoned and patient.

Kardin

Combat

Etheric

Mental 1

Social 3

Conviction 1

Official

• Politics
• King

Kardin is the aging monarch of the Mith Naran minotaurs. He has ruled for decades and has a network of allegiances and an arsenal of actionable favors at his disposal.

Alager

Combat

Etheric

Mental 3

Social 2

Conviction

Officer

• Leadership
• Land Command 1
• The People's Hero

High general of the armies of Mith Nara. Alager bears his battle scars with no small amount of pride- veteran of numerous wars and an accomplished soldier and commander. Intensely loyal to Kardin, he is quietly unsettled by how much of the island's former autonomy has been given over to new arrivals. He commands the respect of the common people of Mith Nara, particularly those who make up its infantry, because he began life as a low-born soldier and holds one of the highest positions of power on the island based on merit alone.

Alderix

Combat 3

Etheric 2

Mental

Social

Conviction

Agent

• Covert Operations
• Assassin
• Battlemage

A high-born casualty of one of the intrigue-laden power struggles between avian clans. Having titles but no real power, he is forced to be subservient to the whims of the clan lord that absorbed his house. Arrogance and bluster conceals depression and disgust at how his talents are being put to use, but he is none the less bound to obey for the sake of the future of his relatives.

The Azrozea Reconnaissance Mission: A high-risk reconnaissance mission was dispatched from Mith Nara to investigate the activities of the demons on Azrozea. While ultimately successful, it came at a high cost. The suvivors remain on Mith Nara, having nowhere else to go.

David Besson

Combat 3

Etheric 1

Mental 1

Social

Conviction

Adventurer

• Heroic
• Rogue
• Borrowed Life

A former Xenofront sniper killed during the miserable invasion of Kozun, returned to life by the wandering oracle Kaal Porthos in some form of cosmic irony, he was eventually found and recruited as a Warden, assigned to Keyway to monitor the activities of the demons at Azrozea. His cell was discovered and destroyed when they rescued the two survivors of the Mith Nara expedition to the island. He escaped, but remains haunted by the fact that this life doesn't belong to him. An unknown soldier's grave on Kozun belongs to him, and he takes it with him.

Amle

Combat 3

Etheric 1

Mental

Social 1

Conviction

Adventurer

• Heroic
• Champion
• Battlemage

A soldier of the Alter Empire and the lone survivor of the Lost Ground contingent on the expedition to Azrozea. Effectively exiled from Lost Ground and abandoned after surviving to report his findings, he remained on Mith Nara seeking some sort of purpose with his life.

Laric

Combat 1

Etheric

Mental 3

Social

Conviction 1

Adventurer

• Heroic
• Explorer
• Run Silent, Run Deep

Laric is a particularly skilled avian scout and tracker, the last of twelve who left Mith Nara. She carried Amle and kept him alive in Keyway's harsh jungles, until the mission was through. She was lauded with accolades for surviving to return home again with the critical intelligence concerning the Azrozea Doomsday Weapon, though the deaths of so many of her charges haunts her.