Theyra

New Dawn of Civilizations

I'll be making a post here Wednesday. Been busy with irl work and such in general otherwise in the meantime. (@_@)

@Crusader Lord

Okay, good to know and take your time.

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What did they use for writing then? because when i looked it up all i could find was that they had advanced past the point of clay tablets/slate

@TruckKun

Where did you find that? Since I am finding that the Minoans still used clay tablets. Give me a link to what you found. But about parchment... it seems I was a bit wrong, and it could be around. Papyrus would be around as well. Sorry about that.

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Okay TruckKun, so I may have been too hard on you about the Damascus Steel part but, to even attempt to try and make Damascus Steel which no one knows how they made it. You would have to invent some stuff before you can try to make Damascus Steel. Like a Kiln and maybe even a blast furnace. Plus, I want to say a source of iron outside of iron meteorites, since finding enough to smelt it and steel, if that is possbile and make swords may be hard or not viable if you want to mass-produce it.

And again, parchment has not been invented yet. That was invented in the 2nd century BC. So your char cannot just write down the blueprints for a galley. They would have to find something to write stuff down since your char would not have to know how to invent parchment.

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Damascus is made from several different layers of metal forged together, then acid etched to show the pattern, it is a forging technique, wich ignoring all ways to get this save for one, can be procured by forging a meteorite.

@TruckKun

Crucible steel is what you are talking about. But that is made by melting different kinds of iron and some other stuff like sand and glass together. So you need more than meteoric iron and no one is mining iron in this time period. Which yeah Damascus Steel is crucible steel, but, no one knows how Damascus Steel was made since the techniques were lost and the attempts to make it used steel that was very similar to Wootz steel or used different kinds of steel and iron to make it.

Plus, meteoric iron is already iron, no need to smelt, and that is why people used it in the Bronze Age. They did not need to smelt it to use it like with iron ore, and they just hammered it into the shape they wanted. So you have to invent a furnace that can reach the temperature needed to melt the iron since that has not been invented yet.

Now I could be wrong about stuff but, you would still need to make a setup where your char could do this and do it reliably. No one in ancient or modern times makes steel from meteoric iron, so you would be on your own and have no knowledge of how to make steel from meteoric iron using ancient techniques. I am not sure if you can try doing it with a modern technique with no modern setup. Also, it has to be an iron meteorite. Not a random meteorite.

Side note about your post, parchment has not been invented yet. That was invented in the 2nd century BC. So your char cannot just write down the blueprints for a galley. They would have to invent it or a writing surface on which he can write on. But, I do not think your character knows how to do.

@Theyra also, what was the Minoan head of government, i am not having much luck finding out online, so asking you

@TruckKun

From what I could find, it is either elite families ruled both the government and religion or a theocracy of some sort, governed by a college of priestesses. So no one ruler ruled the island.

I think I'll make 1 or 2 more posts and I'll be ready for the first timeskip.

@Wernher

Okay, good to know.

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I have a question, do you think that the minoans might have had acid? i cant find any info on it
I am asking for the sole purpose (for right now atleast) of acid etching damascus blades

@TruckKun

I am going to say no, and why are you going for Damascus Blades? You need Wootz steel to make Damascus steel, and that is from India. Which Wootz steel is nowhere close to being invented yet.

Minoan nor anyone would have access to Wootz steel or Damascus steel to make Damascus Blades for like one thousand+ years.

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Thodon Zarr

Thodon Zarr

Species

Arkanian

Gender

Male

Age

35

Appearance

Thodon is 6'0, has white hair and all white eyes. He has a cybernetic right arm and three fingers on each hand. Instead of traditional Jedi attire, Thodon wears a green coat with a black shirt and black pants underneath and cybernetic lower legs. Along with a belt with some pouches and durasteel shoulder guards with the Jedi Order symbol on them.

Personality

Calm, Patient, Compassionate, Open-Minded, and Driven

Homeworld

Arkania

Occupation

Jedi

Force Sensitive

Y

Rank

Jedi Master

Forces Abilities

Force Sense, Force Jump, Force Pull and Push, Force Healing, Force Illusion, Telekinesis, Mindtrick, Force Stasis and Tutaminis

Skills

Piloting, Slicing, Accurate with a Blaster Pistol, Double-bladed lightsaber combat, Soresu, and Djem So

Equipment//Personal Belongings

Double Bladed Yellow Lightsaber(One blade can be active instead of both), blaster pistol, modified T-6 shuttle and a personal comlink.

Background

Background

Thodon has had a mixed life since leaving his homeworld of Arkania. Maybe even had a better life before the Arkanian Revolution, but it was not to be. He was only four when the civil war took place, and his parents were on the side of the Arkanian Renegades. Only in fear for his safety did his parents send him away with a family friend, an Arkanian trader named Elnok, to the world of Uviuy Exen during the revolution. He would learn after its conclusion that the renegades lost with the help of the Jedi, and his parents, with the rest of the renegades, were executed by the Arkanian Dominion. Thodon would be depressed over the loss of his parents, and Elnok would try and fail to cheer him up.

Now an orphan but later adopted by Elnok, for several years, Thodon would stay with Elnok and accompany him on his travels until one day when pirates attacked their ship, and they were forced to crash land on Argai Minor. Thodon was the sole survivor and was barely injured, missing his right forearm and crushed lower legs, and by luck or fate, a Jedi who was leaving Argai Minor at the time saw the ship crash towards the surface and went to check for survivors. There, she found Thodon, who once told him she was a Jedi. Thodon was hostile at first, but his wounds prevented him from continuing, and he would pass out due to blood loss.

The next thing he knew, Thodon ended up at a hospital and with a new cybernetic forearm and cybernetic lower legs. There waiting for them was the Jedi, a female Cathar by the name of Jyruni Nhuk. She told him what happened after he passed out and asked why he was hostile towards her. Thodon only replied that the Jedi killed his parents, and for a moment, there was silence for a long time before his curiosity got the better of him. Why are you still here? He asked, to which Jyruni replied. To make sure that you are okay and that she will be staying nearby to check up on him. Though she had to admit there was another reason, she could sense that he was force-sensitive and thought about bringing him back to the Jedi Temple to train him in the ways of the Jedi. To which he said he will never be a Jedi, and the room filled with silence again.

This repeated over the days as he recovered, and Jyruni would visit him until one day, Thodon asked why she is still here despite not wanting to be a Jedi. To which she said, to make sure that he was recovering well and that despite wanting for him to come back with her to Coruscant. She did not want to force it and wanted him to come willingly. As there would be no point in training someone who did not want to be a Jedi. Thodon was complexed by this and, after some thought, asked what it means to be a Jedi. Jyruni would reply to be a peacekeeper and defend the defenseless against those who sought to abuse them or worse. He said that does not sound like the Jedi who killed his parents. and after a very long talk. Jyruni managed to convince him to try being a Jedi, and if things do not turn out, then she will find a way for him to leave. She promised him this. Thodon, after a long silence, accepted Jyruni's offer and traveled to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and trained to be a Jedi.

At first, he was shy and nervous about his new life, but as time passed, He adjusted and would later do well, though the memory of his parents' deaths would weigh on his mind. Meanwhile, Jyruni watched his progress from afar, and when he became a padawan, he trained under a master. Thodon was surprised that Jyruni would pick him as her padawan and later when they were alone. She asked if he wanted to stay with the Jedi. Thodon said he was unsure and needed more time to think about it. So the two would travel the galaxy, doing missions, and as he grew to know her. He realized that she was an unorthodox Jedi due to her past as a Jedi Watchman and her own personal views. She secretly allowed herself to form attachments and had skills outside of a normal Jedi's skillset. This, however, did not trouble him, and he would develop the same views, and he kept it a secret.

Before he was promoted to a Jedi Knight, Jyruni asked him one last time if he wanted to be a Jedi. Thodon replied that he was sure he could be one, especially with Jyruni's help what his parents' role in the Arkanian Revolution. While he still agrees with his parents' reason for joining the Arkanian Renegades, the atrocities they committed with the Arkanian Renegades left a sour taste in his mouth. So his answer to Jyruni's question was yes, he wanted to be a Jedi and Jyruni had a warm smile on her face. He was soon promoted to Jedi Knight and became a Jedi Watchman like his master. He was assigned to Balmorra and would hold the position of Jedi Watchman until during the Clone Wars when Balmorra joined the Separatists. He was lucky when a friend informed him of Balmorra's defection and he was able to get off-world before the local security force could grab him.

Now being tasked by the Jedi Council as a Jedi General. Thodon did not like the idea of clone soldiers, not that he thought they were inferior or anything, but that they were soldiers by force and not choice. So, he cared for the clones under his command and would go on several campaigns during the three years of the war. Not only was he made a Jedi Master, but he was also recalled to Coruscant and was in the Jedi Temple when Mace killed Palpatine and enacted his plan to take over the Senate. Thodon was wary of the Jedi Council taking over the Senate, and he shared Yoda's thoughts about it.

Now, it has been three months, and there is still no new Supreme Chancellor. Thodon is not sure when the Jedi Council will concede their hold over the Republic and has grown wary. Not wanting the Jedi to lose themselves during this time, Thodon has been talking with similarly minded Jedi and has thrown his lot with the Jedi who opposed the Jedi Council's control over the Senate. He does not know where this path will lead, but one he must follow, and he hopes that, in the end, the Jedi Council will release its control over the Senate before it is too late.

{ ᴀ ᴛʀᴀɪʟ ᴏꜰ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ & ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ }

Aslan Calides

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It was good that all of the mercenaries here were on board. Aslan had to admit, it was nice to be with others who shared the same desire for once. Granted, he had to admit to himself. Perhaps he should be more cautious with declaring his intent to Brigitte and her tale. Given what has happened to him. This could be a mistake on his part and could get him finally killed. But the idea of striking against the king and his allies. A thought he has, Aslan was just glad he could find someone with the same drive for revenge. Even if he should be more cautious with it by now.

Still, Brigitte's anger seems real to him, though he wondered how the Luxun bodyguard, Nika will act going against his kin. Despite the reassurance from the young pup. He will watch and see how the two will act. Aslan has managed to get out of danger before, he can do so again if the act of betrayal is noticed.

Either way, all seems to have been settled. Which all three of them joining Brigitte's cause, and with Maeki and Bet providing food and board for the night. Plus, giving them the knowledge of the dwarven rebels. More allies in his quest against the king and his allies. Well, their quest now. It is nice to have allies that he can hopefully trust and see this through. That would be nice for once.

But about Maeki's information about the forests and a pyromancer. That made Aslan cautious. The Luxuns were already combing the forests, a bad sign. But, to his knowledge, none of his kin were in those woods. Few would be in these lands, and he has little in the way to contact them. But Aslan would still pray that any kin of his would find safety and be gone from there before it is too late. "Thanks for the warning, Maeki." Aslan said in a respectful tone.

Now, all he can do is rest for the night. After getting some food before that and prepare for the trip, as it does not sound safe. More so, given the state of affairs, once word gets out what has happened to House Fenris. So here's to a good night's sleep and maybe the only good one for a while.

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William Westrik
Week 1
Location: Unknown

Things do not make any sense. That is what I have come to realize after spending some time with Ozen's tribe. Luckily for me, they have given me clothes to wear and have allowed me to stay with them. At least until I can find my people and return home, who knows how long that will take. But, as I have stayed with the tribe and noticed some things. Nothing makes sense, and I have no clue where I am.

For starters, Ozen's tribe, a small one, are nomads. That is clear now since I asked about farming or other foods. They looked at me with confusion. So I dropped it and focused on what they had. They have carts, horses, and some animals. Mainly cattle, sheeps and goats. Which I have asked that they move with the seasons to ensure their animals get food and do not starve.

Now, there are not many nomads left in the world, from what I remember, but these people are too primitive. No iron or steel or anything that indicates that they know or have anything of the modern world. Not even saddles of all things. Which I have tried asking questions about the world, and what they know, but after getting answers that give me nothing but looks and confusion. I now have even less idea of where I am or how I got here. Because, based on what I have observed. I am not even sure how I am understanding them since they know nothing about America, and yet I can understand them. Either they speak English, or something else is happening, and I am just confused.

What has happened to me, and why am I here? Wherever I am? But at least despite my situation. I know I can stay with Ozen's tribe and be safe and fed during my time here. Which by Ozen's advice, I should make myself useful to the tribe while I stay with them. Advice I agree with, and I have been helping around where I could. I know little about the lives of nomads, but I am starting to learn.

But, one fact that I am surprised with about them is that, despite being nomads. They have knowledge of metals, since I have seen some of the tribe with gold and silver ornaments. Plus, copper and bronze tools and weapons. So at least they have that and not solely sticking with stone and bone.

Still, maybe by staying with the tribe, I can find someone who knows where I am, and while I am not sure if I can find someone who knows how to get me back home. It will be a learning experience either way. Either way, I plan on helping the tribe and learning more about the area. I am just glad that I have someone to help me survive wherever I am at. So, here goes living with nomads and who knows. Maybe I can find a way home, but for now, here goes nothing.

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Im fine with this because i think that my civ already has a buncha resources due to trade, and i think it could be fun

@TruckKun

I am going to say you do not have to do it if you do not want to. More so if you think you have access to what resources you are okay with.

RANGERS ⚡️

Hmmm, though I guess there is a reason why he is being quiet.

@LG I saw you visited my profile.

@Azure Bubbles

Same.