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[Elfeater]

The Hao Kin Yuu Do'Dis dynasty famed for their tactics and farming, although hated by many other noble houses, hold fertile land in the west, across the river lies their sworn enemy, house Ladron, on equally fertile lands.

The House

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Name: Hao Kin Yuu Do'Dis Dynasty, or Hao for short.
Color: White.
Coat of Arms: Two swords, parallel, with an arrow between the two, forming an H.
Dynastic Quirks: The men of Hao are known for their skill in agrarian matters and manage farms masterfully. They are, additionally, renowned for their great tactical and leadership skills. However, they are poor diplomats and do not get along with outsiders well.

Prominent Members: Their Glorious Leader (Tawarochir) and an Heir.

Special Rules for the dynasty

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None as of yet, will expand through actions in the game.

Holdings

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Castles: Their ancestral seat of power, yet unnamed.
Towns: The castle town at the foot of their hold.
Villages: Two farming Villages

In the first phase both sides will be editing the terrain, which can be done on either side of the river, but nothing too cheese can be done, as outlined in the OOC thread. So each king may consult the advisers who can join their dynasty before making their announcement for what they want me to do to the map.
Map

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MAPPING TURN ONE

Current Map

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OOC Thread: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=152540.0

[andrea]

not sure if I can post here directly, but what about some moutnains on the riverside in the north? that would make a considerable portion of our land much safer, allowing for better growth.

[Elfeater]

You are sposed to post here, but you have to swear to one house and stick with em.

[Elfeater]

Im going to give Tawarochir a bit longer to post, but if he doesn't in a reasonable amount of time, as we have been waiting for a while, I'll go ahead with your idea andrea.

[Tawa]

Uh, right. Hmm.
Andrea's plan is OK, except the mountains shouldn't be directly up against the riverside; they should be about two or three hexes away.

The hex directly left of the river and the six around it should be forests. Our castle and the six hexes directly surrounding it should be hills.

The three hexes directly south of our southernmost farms should be swamps.

Hmm... that's about it.

[Elfeater]

Okay, I'm going to take the first suggestion, since Ladron only has his one, and isn't on right now. I am going to work on the map now, expect turn two to be coming around shortly.

[Elfeater]

As some more maps emerge it appears the lands to the south east had a forest, with light forest along the outskirts, quickly becoming a dense woodland. The woods hinder movement on horse, unless a path is cleared, and formations will be must more broken walking through the dense woodlands, the woods are filled with many strong oak and yew trees.

In the north, nearish to the river is group of mountains, in the middle of these great peaks is a pass, treacherous, and unpassable in winter, however given enough time, and an unopposed crossing, an army can in time make it across with only some causalities, but a small force garrisoned on either side would make life a living hell for any sized force trying to cross. Many valuable ores are in the mountains.

Map

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Mapping Turn 2

Note: the map is actually getting cluttered faster than I thought it would, so there may only be a few more additions, so pick your moves wisely.

[Tawa]

Alright, let's just go with the next one on my list. That should be good enough.

The hex directly left of the river and the six around it should be forests.

[Elfeater]

Okay, where on the river?

[Tawa]

Derp. Meant the bridge.

[Elfeater]

The maps show the western side of the bridge covered in forest, the woods thick around the main road leading between the two Castles, while able to be traversed the woods left any advancing armies open to ambush and mostly stuck in a marching formation unable to deploy effectively. The lighter forests skirted the river, not posing as much of an issue to the impediment of armies, as well as spreading onto some of the foothills surrounding the mountain range. The quality of lumber is appreciable, though not to the same extent as the forests of the east, the wildlife has grown to larger sizes, and as such are much more profitable to hunt, although rumors persist of something lurking deep within the forest.

The skyline east of the bridge was dominated by the presence of two massive mountains, many of the locals calling them the twins. Their nearness to the road allows them to make a very effective choke point, allowing a smaller army to effectively engage larger armies in pitched battles. A side note is that due to their positioning the area between them is perfectly shaded, except at noon, making it a prime spot for hunters to camp before entering the forest, at least that was before the war. While not as rich in minerals as the mountain range in the west, their stone quality is much higher. Some foothills dot the area around them.


Map

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Mapping turn three

Side note: I felt that adding foot hills around the mountains would make that a bit more dynamic than just mountains raising straight from the ground, they act as you would expect hills too.

[andrea]

out of curiosity, why did you move the mountain range that far inland? positioned like this, we have a good chunck of land that will be very hard to use ( the area between the mountains and the river), while the idea I had was to use the mountains as a defensive border with a wide fertile area behind.

hm. What other actions can we take? can we make land more fertile in an area?

[Elfeater]

out of curiosity, why did you move the mountain range that far inland? positioned like this, we have a good chunck of land that will be very hard to use ( the area between the mountains and the river), while the idea I had was to use the mountains as a defensive border with a wide fertile area behind.

hm. What other actions can we take? can we make land more fertile in an area?

I put it there because Tawarochir wanted it 2-3 away from the river.
You cant directly make the land more fertile, but by say adding a river, could allow for more irrigation and the like.

EDIT: Also you will have to build the farms up there, which each side will get two economic buildings straight off the bat of their choosing, but will also be able to build things during the course of the game.

[Tawa]

My inner geologist couldn't live with the kind of images a mountain range being cut off by a river on only one side produced. :v

Anyway, I think I'd like to make a tributary of the river come through the area between the town and the forest.

[Elfeater]

The southern farming village and the area between it and your sides forest?