Old Atlantia
17-09-2006, 02:33
Nation's Name: Under-Empire
Inhabitants: Humans + Dark Elves (70%); Trolls, hob-goblins (fallen orcs), demons, ect (30%)
Population: Unknown
Sigul: Crimson Hand on black background
History:
In ancient times, the god of Magic, Azathotep, sought to overthrow his divine brethren and rule the universe. The deity rallied many minor gods, angels, and other beings to his cause and waged a massive war on the gods of Light. After millenia of fighting Azathotep was overthrown, and was chained in the deepest pit of the newly created earth. There, as civilization was born and thrived far above him, the god slowly went mad as his bitterness consumed him. An elven mage named Athalus Kaine, interested in the secrets of the divine, delved into secrets best left untold and books best left unopened and learned of Azathotep's imprisonment. Hungry for magical knowledge the elf sought out the diety, wandering the many tunnels beneath the earth for nearly a century before finding the god's cell. The god promised Kaine unspeakable power in exchange for his service, and the Under-Empire was born...
It is a warped netherworld of tunnels, caverns, and caves that stretch underneath the earth. The Under-Empire's population dwells in massive subterrainian caverns, the ruins of ancient Dwarvish metropolises, and abandoned mines. Home to outcasts, rouges, degenerates, necromancers, fallen wizards, brigands, murderers, warlords, and lunatics all drawn by the seductive chaos that twists beneath the earth, the Under-Empire is ruled by the powerful, dangerous, and whimsically insane necromantic sorcerer- Athalus Kaine, who draws his power from the Dark God Azathotep (aka King of Insanity, Lord of the Flies, The Mad God). Emerging from the depths through caves and pits, the massive armies of the Under-Empire seek to bring about the dominion of their lunatic god by consuming the world in war and madness. They are the enemies of order, civilization, religion and light... the emissaries of greed, lust, decay and insanity. Eschewing technology in favor of dark magic, brutal strength and over powering numbers, the Under-Army lacks even archers among their ranks. The soldiers of the UE are heavily armored, barely human monsters supported by unholy creatures and powerful spell casters.
Capitol: Lud, a fortified city deep under the massive Eastern Mountains, sits on an island in the center of a huge subterranian lake. The city, composed of decaying dwarvish ruins and massive iron clad construction, surrounds Athalus Kain's stronghold- Pandemonium, where the dark god Azathotep is rumored to be imprisoned.
Notable Figures:
Azathotep:
Alias: Lord of the Flies, King of Lunacy, the Mad God, Emporer of Decay
Age: As ancient as humanity itself
Race: Demon
Phys. Desc: Any who've ever seen him have gone utterly mad, unknown
The malevolent diety chained eternally beneath the earth, he is the supreme authority of the Under-Empire, and bestows his blessings on those who follow him the most zealously.
Athalus Kaine:
Alias: King of Nowhere
Physical Desc: Changes his physical form on a whim
Race: Elvish
Age: Unknown, but undoubtedly ancient
Bio:
An extraordinarily powerful sorcerer who rules the Under Empire with the blessings of Azathotep, Kaine is a dangerous lunatic who is prone to changing his mind spontaneously- even in the heat of battle. Despite his lunacy, Kaine is a brilliant tactician, politician, and necromancer who is constantly scheming, building, and preparing for the war that the Under-Empire will someday wage on the citizens of the Surface. His magical abilities range from changing the weather to completely altering his physical form.
Name: N/A
Titles: Doomspeaker, Azathotep's Mouth, Emissary of madness
Race: Human
Physical Desc: Tall, gaunt figure clad in rusty armor and ratty white robes stained with blood. Usually his hood shadows most of his face- only a fang-filled mouth is visible. He is blind, with a rag wrapped around his head like a blindfold.
Age: 1,583
Weapon: Azathotep's Sword- 'Despoiler'
(( http://www.jaestudio.com/Bloodsword.jpg ))
Bio:
Kaine's favorite servant, Doomspeaker is a powerful sorcerer and swordsman in his own right. His true power, however, lies in his Voice. Whereas other spellcasters shoot flame and lightning at their foes, the nameless emissary of Azathotep uses his arcane ability to dispirit, demoralize and convert his enemies. Despair, lust, and greed are his weapons, and he weilds them with unparrelled skill. Many a brave knight has faced him only to end up bowing to Azathotep and joining the vast Under-Empire. It is he appears that appears to the mad, wicked, and tormented in dreams, beckoning them to join his warped cause. Able to overthrow the minds and corrupt the souls of his enemies with a single word, Doomspeaker is perhaps the most dangerous of Kaine's henchman.
The Army of the Under-Empire:
Lower Castes:
Slaves: Composed of humans, dwarves, and elves kidnapped from the surface by UE raiding parties, slaves live a desperate, awful life beneath the earth. They serve the armies of Kaine as food sources, builders, and sometimes cannon fodder. Many of the UE slaves are children, stolen from their beds at night by Azathotep's followers.
Grunts: An assortment of goblins, human slaves, and other miserable creatures forced to fight for Azathotep. They are poorly armed and armored, forced to fight with whatever they can scavenge. Driven by cruel, whip weilding hob-goblins, they are rushed blindly at enemy lines... relying on numbers over skill or moral.
Middle Castes:
Marauders::
The bulk of the UE army. Marauders are heavily armored human warriors who favor close fighting over range. They are huge in number and very skilled in hand to hand combat, but their limited manuverablity leaves them vunerable to arrow and musket fire. They carry tower sheilds and an asorment of close range weapons into combat.
(( http://uk.games-workshop.com/hordesofchaos/miniature-gallery/20/ ))
Berzerkers:
Warriors driven utterly mad by their god's warping influence, these half-human monsters go into combat weilding two weapons and little armor if any.
Marauder Knights:
Marauder warriors on horse-like creatures bred far beneath the earth, their increased manueverability makes them more potent against archers and riflemen.
(( http://uk.games-workshop.com/hordesofchaos/miniature-gallery/21/ ))
Helltrolls:
Enormous monstrosities bred far beneath the earth, helltrolls are the heavy hitters of the UE army.
(( http://uk.games-workshop.com/download/popup.htm?/beastsofchaos/artwork/images/6-big.jpg ))
Upper Castes:
Dark Elf spearmen:
Fallen elves weilding spears and towershields, they are the elite of the UE society and fight with skill and precision. Able to form into a deadly phalanx formation that resists even the most dedicated rifle fire, they are the bane of enemy cavalry.
Dark Elf Mages:
Battle mages and sorcerers that support the troops by hurling green bolts of magic at their foes.
Dark Elves: http://www.jaestudio.com/DarkElfHighSorceress.jpg
Necromancers: The most powerful sorcerers in service of the UE are the six apprentices of Athalus Kaine. They have the ability to animate corpses, summon demons, change the weather, and curse enemy armys. Each of the 6 necromancers under Kaine weilds different weapons, powers, and armor, but each are brilliant tactions and deadly mages.
Inhabitants: Humans + Dark Elves (70%); Trolls, hob-goblins (fallen orcs), demons, ect (30%)
Population: Unknown
Sigul: Crimson Hand on black background
History:
In ancient times, the god of Magic, Azathotep, sought to overthrow his divine brethren and rule the universe. The deity rallied many minor gods, angels, and other beings to his cause and waged a massive war on the gods of Light. After millenia of fighting Azathotep was overthrown, and was chained in the deepest pit of the newly created earth. There, as civilization was born and thrived far above him, the god slowly went mad as his bitterness consumed him. An elven mage named Athalus Kaine, interested in the secrets of the divine, delved into secrets best left untold and books best left unopened and learned of Azathotep's imprisonment. Hungry for magical knowledge the elf sought out the diety, wandering the many tunnels beneath the earth for nearly a century before finding the god's cell. The god promised Kaine unspeakable power in exchange for his service, and the Under-Empire was born...
It is a warped netherworld of tunnels, caverns, and caves that stretch underneath the earth. The Under-Empire's population dwells in massive subterrainian caverns, the ruins of ancient Dwarvish metropolises, and abandoned mines. Home to outcasts, rouges, degenerates, necromancers, fallen wizards, brigands, murderers, warlords, and lunatics all drawn by the seductive chaos that twists beneath the earth, the Under-Empire is ruled by the powerful, dangerous, and whimsically insane necromantic sorcerer- Athalus Kaine, who draws his power from the Dark God Azathotep (aka King of Insanity, Lord of the Flies, The Mad God). Emerging from the depths through caves and pits, the massive armies of the Under-Empire seek to bring about the dominion of their lunatic god by consuming the world in war and madness. They are the enemies of order, civilization, religion and light... the emissaries of greed, lust, decay and insanity. Eschewing technology in favor of dark magic, brutal strength and over powering numbers, the Under-Army lacks even archers among their ranks. The soldiers of the UE are heavily armored, barely human monsters supported by unholy creatures and powerful spell casters.
Capitol: Lud, a fortified city deep under the massive Eastern Mountains, sits on an island in the center of a huge subterranian lake. The city, composed of decaying dwarvish ruins and massive iron clad construction, surrounds Athalus Kain's stronghold- Pandemonium, where the dark god Azathotep is rumored to be imprisoned.
Notable Figures:
Azathotep:
Alias: Lord of the Flies, King of Lunacy, the Mad God, Emporer of Decay
Age: As ancient as humanity itself
Race: Demon
Phys. Desc: Any who've ever seen him have gone utterly mad, unknown
The malevolent diety chained eternally beneath the earth, he is the supreme authority of the Under-Empire, and bestows his blessings on those who follow him the most zealously.
Athalus Kaine:
Alias: King of Nowhere
Physical Desc: Changes his physical form on a whim
Race: Elvish
Age: Unknown, but undoubtedly ancient
Bio:
An extraordinarily powerful sorcerer who rules the Under Empire with the blessings of Azathotep, Kaine is a dangerous lunatic who is prone to changing his mind spontaneously- even in the heat of battle. Despite his lunacy, Kaine is a brilliant tactician, politician, and necromancer who is constantly scheming, building, and preparing for the war that the Under-Empire will someday wage on the citizens of the Surface. His magical abilities range from changing the weather to completely altering his physical form.
Name: N/A
Titles: Doomspeaker, Azathotep's Mouth, Emissary of madness
Race: Human
Physical Desc: Tall, gaunt figure clad in rusty armor and ratty white robes stained with blood. Usually his hood shadows most of his face- only a fang-filled mouth is visible. He is blind, with a rag wrapped around his head like a blindfold.
Age: 1,583
Weapon: Azathotep's Sword- 'Despoiler'
(( http://www.jaestudio.com/Bloodsword.jpg ))
Bio:
Kaine's favorite servant, Doomspeaker is a powerful sorcerer and swordsman in his own right. His true power, however, lies in his Voice. Whereas other spellcasters shoot flame and lightning at their foes, the nameless emissary of Azathotep uses his arcane ability to dispirit, demoralize and convert his enemies. Despair, lust, and greed are his weapons, and he weilds them with unparrelled skill. Many a brave knight has faced him only to end up bowing to Azathotep and joining the vast Under-Empire. It is he appears that appears to the mad, wicked, and tormented in dreams, beckoning them to join his warped cause. Able to overthrow the minds and corrupt the souls of his enemies with a single word, Doomspeaker is perhaps the most dangerous of Kaine's henchman.
The Army of the Under-Empire:
Lower Castes:
Slaves: Composed of humans, dwarves, and elves kidnapped from the surface by UE raiding parties, slaves live a desperate, awful life beneath the earth. They serve the armies of Kaine as food sources, builders, and sometimes cannon fodder. Many of the UE slaves are children, stolen from their beds at night by Azathotep's followers.
Grunts: An assortment of goblins, human slaves, and other miserable creatures forced to fight for Azathotep. They are poorly armed and armored, forced to fight with whatever they can scavenge. Driven by cruel, whip weilding hob-goblins, they are rushed blindly at enemy lines... relying on numbers over skill or moral.
Middle Castes:
Marauders::
The bulk of the UE army. Marauders are heavily armored human warriors who favor close fighting over range. They are huge in number and very skilled in hand to hand combat, but their limited manuverablity leaves them vunerable to arrow and musket fire. They carry tower sheilds and an asorment of close range weapons into combat.
(( http://uk.games-workshop.com/hordesofchaos/miniature-gallery/20/ ))
Berzerkers:
Warriors driven utterly mad by their god's warping influence, these half-human monsters go into combat weilding two weapons and little armor if any.
Marauder Knights:
Marauder warriors on horse-like creatures bred far beneath the earth, their increased manueverability makes them more potent against archers and riflemen.
(( http://uk.games-workshop.com/hordesofchaos/miniature-gallery/21/ ))
Helltrolls:
Enormous monstrosities bred far beneath the earth, helltrolls are the heavy hitters of the UE army.
(( http://uk.games-workshop.com/download/popup.htm?/beastsofchaos/artwork/images/6-big.jpg ))
Upper Castes:
Dark Elf spearmen:
Fallen elves weilding spears and towershields, they are the elite of the UE society and fight with skill and precision. Able to form into a deadly phalanx formation that resists even the most dedicated rifle fire, they are the bane of enemy cavalry.
Dark Elf Mages:
Battle mages and sorcerers that support the troops by hurling green bolts of magic at their foes.
Dark Elves: http://www.jaestudio.com/DarkElfHighSorceress.jpg
Necromancers: The most powerful sorcerers in service of the UE are the six apprentices of Athalus Kaine. They have the ability to animate corpses, summon demons, change the weather, and curse enemy armys. Each of the 6 necromancers under Kaine weilds different weapons, powers, and armor, but each are brilliant tactions and deadly mages.