Making our civ special

[Calanthian]

Furthermore I'd like to start making our civ special.

* Proposal 1
Renaming our civ like this:




* Proposal 2: Naming each and every unit
I took the liberty to name our first warrior "Apollo" (based on Apolyton).
We can name each unit after it's commander. And later use this in our stories.


* Proposal 3: Let's write our first story about our civ
I have seen some excellent foundation stories (DNK ?, anyone else?).
We can start collecting some story elements we want to put in..
It is good to tell we are open for diplomacy and business.
And a good story is a way to win goodwill.


Furthermore we could also give misinformation via these stories:
e.g. we come up with a religion of our own, while we are not pursuing that path..

[Calanthian]

For inspiration on our first story:

In the foundation myth expressed in the medieval story known as "Osman's Dream", the young Osman was inspired to conquest by a prescient vision of empire (according to his dream, the empire is a big tree whose roots spread through three continents and whose branches cover the sky).^[19] According to his dream the tree, which was Osman's Empire, issued four rivers from its roots, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Nile and the Danube.^[19] Additionally, the tree shaded four mountain ranges, the Caucasus, the Taurus, the Atlas and the Balkan ranges.^[19] During his reign as Sultan, Osman I extended the frontiers of Turkish (Ottoman) settlement toward the edge of the Byzantine Empire.

From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

[Calanthian]

* Proposal 4: Naming geographical regions (much like I did on the G&H map),
and put these with ALT-S on the map.

We could look at English and / or Ottoman geography for inspiration on names.

[OzzyKP]

Yay!! I've totally wanted to see us do all this stuff, I'm 100% in favor of everything you mentioned! Let's throw some of our awesome diplo spirit into this game!

[Dinner]

I like it.

[DNK]

Cool. I'm a bit out of steam at the moment, but maybe in a few days I'll pitch in some ideas.

[Ben Kenobi]

With apologies to Shelley.

The sleepless Hours who watch me as I lie,
Curtained with star-inwoven tapestries,
Corrall'd the modest moonlight of the sky
Fanning the busy dreams from my dim eyes
Waken me when their Mother, the gray Dawn
Compels me from my cobwebb'd dreams begone

I dreamt of Basileous of a land
Once fruitful, blasted now with pitted hands
Of ancient intricacies long forlorn
And lasses leaving lovely locks unshorn
By barbaros, boasting their bloody bursts
With beastly brays and bloated curse

Then I arise, and climbing Heaven's dome,
I walk over the mountains and the waves
Leaving my robe upon the ocean foam
My footsteps pave the clouds with fire; the caves
Are filled with my bright presence, and the air
Leaves the green Earth to my embraces bare.

No more shall dusty desert bind our toes
No more shall nomads count amongst our foes
We shall now settle by the sodden shore
And boldly build upon the ruins once more
We clasp the clay within our folded hands
And now press forth our claim upon this land

The sunbeams are my shafts, with which I kill
Deceit, that loves the night and fears the day;
All men who imagine naught but ill
Fly me, and from the glory of my ray
Good minds and open actions take new might
Until diminished by the reign of Night.

Our fond forces received their foremost chore
From the terrible Tigris and it's swollen shores
Defy all those who would compress their might
And force us to hide within the caves of yore
As Babylon bestrode the world's light
So shall we stride upon the cause of right

Feed I, the clouds, rainbows, and the flowers,
With ethereal colors; the Moon's globe,
The pure stars in their eternal bowers,
Cincture my public power as with a robe;
Whatever lamps on Earth or Heaven shine,
Are portions of my power, which is mine.

Advancing our now chosen cause divine
Foundations of the earth will yield to thine
To shine your light upon the depths of fear
Mining Ignorance's ingots as we peer
Within the laws of nature we will find
Revelation of your plan within it's signs

At noon I rest on heaven's peak untrod
With my unwilling steps I wander down
Into the Atlantic's comfort unbid
For grief that I depart they weep and frown:
What look is more delightful than the smile
With which I soothe them from the western isle?

And all shall fall, before your fearful eyes
That burn and roast the heathens careless cries
Shall fall upon their dimly known champions
That nap within their feeble pantheon
As we proclaim thy power throughout the earth
And you shall bless our noble tribal birth

I am the eye the Universe beholds
Itself, and understands it is divine;
All harmony of instrument or verse,
All prophecy, all medicine, is mine,
All light of art or nature; - to my song
All Victory and peerless praise belong.

[Calanthian]

Great !
Let's make a story thread on CFC. This one can very well be the first post.

[Calanthian]

Proposal 5: City names:
I propose we name them based on the alphabet (this can be handy when sorting). And let's make them up ourselves..

Apolyton
Barcas
Celeste

[Calanthian]

I have named the first geographical items:

The TRIANA region: land of the three streams (Celtic, latin)

Ortygia Forest: the forest the god Apollo is born in

Mount Parnassos: the mountain where Apollo sits, surrounded by his muses