What are some of the craziest historical and political developments you've seen in your world?
Here's my latest one.
There are two human civs in the north which apparently haven't done much. There are also two dwarf civs, one in the southern mountain range with three fortresses, and another very isolated in the far west, with only one fortress.
The southern mountain range is also a hotbed of nonhuman activity. The big goblin civ there, The Persuasive Evil, was originally ruled by a demon who started several early wars with the neighboring elf civ of The Nourishing Eagles. The elf capital, "Raptorcactus", was sacked early in the war and the elf king killed. His daughter inherited but was killed in the second war. The demon ruler of the Persuasive Evil also got killed in the same year, although I have not yet discovered how (I have elected to keep events hidden by default). After him there was a string of goblin rulers who got killed in various wars against the elves. In 75 however these two civs ended their last war. From that time the Persuasive Evil started getting elf immigration to such degree that in modern times it is completely elf-dominated, with maybe 10 goblins still around to hundreds of elves! Even more interestingly, the elven immigrants started taking goblin names... one famous elf commander was named Ozud Coverplagues. So now I have the Persuasive Evil being an elf-dominated civ still living in goblin fortresses using goblin names.
The new elf king of the Nourishing Eagles, Thaci Stonebrother, was quite a character. Apparently not particularly happy with the elf-goblin civ developing next door, he attacked their border city several times, leading scores of elves who were nonetheless repelled every single time by about 4 goblins led by the aforementioned elf Ozud Coverplagues. Thaci gave up after some time and in modern time is still the king, though he was wounded in one assault.
Meanwhile, the Persuasive Evil, still at the time led by goblin kings though their military was becoming more and more elven, waged war on the other neighboring elf civ, The Distinct Seal. Yes, an elf army was led by a goblin king against another elf civ. This conflict continued for quite a while through several wars, resulting in the death of many goblin kings and several elf queens in the process, and the destruction of one of the elf cities. Eventually it ended, when the last goblin king died for still unknown reasons and was replaced by an elf king, who still rules the Persuasive Evil to this day.
This second elf civ, the Distinct Seal, had some bad luck even after the war, losing two rulers to the same rampaging minotaur, who forced the third (and current) ruler to flee as well.
In the meantime, there was a second goblin civ a little north, also ruled by a demon. They never seemed to do anything, and the demon still rules them today.
There were also two kobold civs in the area. One of them lost quite a few rulers to the same giant, eventually dying out in 340. The other one still hangs around.
So the current situation is:
The Persuasive Evil, a formerly goblin civ now completely dominated by elves and ruled by an elf king.
The Nourishing Eagles, an elf civ ruled by Thaci Stonebrother, a wounded and somewhat deranged king.
The Distinct Seal, a not so lucky elf civ ruled by a queen who is probably being stalked by a minotaur.
The Unthinkable Torments, a goblin civ ruled by a demon.
The Truthful Gates, a dwarf civ bordering the Persuasive Evil goblin-elves.
The Praised Artifact, a small and isolated dwarf civ in the west.
Two human empires in the north, which may or may not be hostile to each other.
A pretty hidden kobold civ down under all the goblins and elves.
Into this screwed up world I am about to release my dwarf settlers...
Here are the worldgen params:
[WORLD_GEN]
[TITLE:HUMANS]
[SEED:748185882]
[HISTORY_SEED:552026760]
[NAME_SEED:3908215682]
[DIM:129:129]
[END_YEAR:1050]
[BEAST_END_YEAR:1000:70]
[END_YEAR:1050]
[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:0]
[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:0]
[ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]
[RAINFALL:0:90:0:0]
[TEMPERATURE:20:70:200:200]
[DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]
[VOLCANISM:0:100:200:200]
[SAVAGERY:5:100:200:200]
[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]
[RAIN_FREQUENCY:1:1:2:1:1:1]
[DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:2:1:1]
[TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:1:1:2:2:1:1]
[SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:2:1:1]
[VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:2:1]
[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:25:251:503]
[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:7]
[OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:1]
[VOLCANO_MIN:2]
[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:0:0:0]
[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:0:0:0]
[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:0:0:0]
[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:2080:2:2]
[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:2080:1:1]
[REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:0:0:0]
[REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:0:0:0]
[REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:2080:3:3]
[REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:2080:3:3]
[EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:260]
[RIVER_MINS:100:100]
[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]
[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]
[SUBREGION_MAX:2750]
[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]
[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:100]
[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:10]
[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:0]
[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:10]
[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:20000]
[PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:1]
[ELEVATION_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
[RAIN_RANGES:0:0:0]
[DRAINAGE_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
[SAVAGERY_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
[VOLCANISM_RANGES:2080:4160:2080]
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