Crisis Cycles

(Had to break a tie on my own!)

200 years pass...

The Republic has grown in size, swallowing up the rocky quarries of the middle of the plateau, and integrated the cow herding southern orcs into their grand nation. They even reached further into the jungle, even though it was slowly overtaken by horrible magical beasts, and there were also other, foreign threats from the south. Meanwhile, with the connection cut between the local dwarves and Enkre Hold, the Shamir could expand greatly. Paranoid in trying to not be cut off from potential friends anymore, the half-men constructed large cities. These were sparsely populated, but it did give them territorial claims. And in the meanwhile, Orclympics prospered, although they had to wage a constant war against ones who would cheat.

Just like centuries ago, many more things fell from the sky. However, these all fell towards the distant west. The coastal half-men, emboldened by their new caste of curious spirit, built great boats to travel west, and returned with news of a great new continent. They returned empty handed though, as they were repelled by hostiles. The Tuvarii were also interested in these new lands, mainly because it might be the source of the sunken elven sea boats. And thus, an era of DISCOVERY has started. Who will gain land, friends, or perhaps fallen moon technology pieces?

Meanwhile, rumors of hideous elves, robbing cemeteries to feast on the dead have begun to spread. Some said they snuck into the Grand Hospital in the city of the Twin Tribes, stealing medical supplies, and blood of the patients. The entrance to the blood red caves have been sealed long time ago... could there have been a breach somewhere else, scattering GHOULs everywhere? Superstition rises, with people selling talismans and wards, and the power of the magical priests of all kind rises... Fiction featuring a seductive version of these ghouls is also present in numbers, thanks to the newly invented printing press.

Speaking of magical priests, HALF-ism has spread everyone, and is enmeshed in many cultures! And thanks to some kind of strange constellation of the stars, during full moons and eclipses, when people perform the right rituals in the right places (which might be a step pyramid, or perhaps a party on top of a high rise building with the proper decoration), they become TWICE AS BIG, and see terrifying visions! Some say this is a sign that they have temporarily merged with their spirit half. Will the people exploit these visions, or perhaps try to make this enhanced state of physique last longer...


Inheritable Cultures:
The Tuvarii elves
Gildrak Hold (sad dwarves)
Rotpah Holds (happy dwarves)
Windrose (mainly orcs, but many other folks present from all over the realm)
Shamir worm-knights
Koon remnants
Half-men of Knocnorie
Terrestrial Bastion Of Vallis Marginis

Established Species:
Dwarves
Elves
Lizardfolk
Orcs
Half-men
Shamir
The Moon
Frog people

No new species this time, but plot hooks:
The lost people of Koon, returning
Possibility of a jungle lizardfolk empire, reaching a stalemate with the Republic
Southern cowboy orcs

You can play as a sub-polity of the republic

Culture Name: What is the name of your culture? During the first era, this is also the name of your city state.
Banner Colour: What colour represents your city state?
Government and Leader: Who leads this place? Tell us about the system, and this person.
Society: What can you tell about your culture?
Species: What is your species? This is especially important choice, as creating new species will be rarer in later ages. You may have mixed City States of course.
Stances on the three changes: Tell us how your culture handles the changes: do they embrace them, or deny them? If you embrace a change, you will divert resources towards it, if you deny it, you will divert resources away from it. If you embrace everything, you are a generalist, if you deny all of them, you are a subversive element.
Major cultural influence: Pick one of the previous cultures to be a major influence on your new culture! You can even pick someone else’s culture.  You may also replace an en existing culture. Perhaps you represent a new Dynasty, or maybe a new people who absorbed a previous culture. Or you can be a culture that seceded from their parent culture.