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- Hell
There is a reason united Europe never happened though, it was plain impossible to take over any one place for a long period of time before they fought back.
Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest
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Though we've already got France, the low countries, Germany and Italy united, and there is currently no signs of perfidious Albion or Russia.
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- Hell
Wait, are we really that big?
I was under the impression we simply unified Fantasy!France.
Well never mind and go off I guess.
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HRE was to loose for us to be it as we are somewhat more centralised, if i were to compare us to anything it would be German empire that came into existence into middle ages.
Which is why i don't think we are the 'Holy Roman Empire'.
And one day this world will be ours. But not today, today we play nice and take the chances to advance further when we see them.
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- Missouri
Interesting to see the Yaks live nearby as they are right now, I think we could try to entice some tribes to migrate to the Empire by all accounts I'd say that our lands are a paradise for the Yaks all things considered. We've got plenty of resources, large monsters ready for them to fight as I bet they are all in that glory before death type. Course it depends on what type of tribes we encounter, be really cool to see what might be living in that culture.
That said building some passport passes and fortresses as a bulwark just in case would be a great idea for the west.
That said building some passport passes and fortresses as a bulwark just in case would be a great idea for the west.
Crow gotta eat
That peckish, patriotic, Protestant passerine.
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- United States of America
We can possibly have a relationship with (some of) the Yaks like Russia had with the Cossacks. Maybe. Depends on what else we find out about them and what we can do in response.
Honestly, at this point we don't know enough about them to really do anything.
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- Ohio
I thought of the gryphons as more like Dwarf Fortress Dwarves, and Diamond Dogs like when goblins assimilate into Dwarven culture.
The HRE fits a tiny bit, as we are not grimdark enough for the Empire of Man.
The HRE got less decentralized as time went on I think, unless I am wronh, but we should avoid that so we avoid fragmentation.
We might just be unique as this is not humans, or we are like Byzantium.
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Crow gotta eat
That peckish, patriotic, Protestant passerine.
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- United States of America
Pretty much, yeah. We'll just have to wait and see how what pops up.
Explosive and incendiary arrows for our ballistas would be cheaper to do, and do well enough against under-armed - and Flammable! - opponents. Set the first raiding clan on fire and second will not follow, doubly so if we keep trade an option for them. Plus stuff like caltrops, which would massively slow them down while we can largely ignore it. Plus we have a massive vantage point advantage if we keep some watchtowers in the Black Cliffs.
Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
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- USoA
I'm pretty sure Equestria will not approve of that tbh.
Which is why we need to eclipse them in strength. Granted if we get to that point we'd have achieved the stated goal of the quest and won.
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- MN
honestly I feel it would be best just to put up a few fortifications on the mountain boarder or at least a few watchtowers to keep an eye on them then focus elsewhere until we can learn more about them and their land. If we find out they got things worth trading for we set up a trade route, we find out they're hostile dicks then we prepare our army, we find out they have nothing of interest we politely ignore them.
I mean I want to know who's to the south of us and to the east to get a clear picture of who all our neighbors are before deciding who to should focus on. I mean if we find out that one of out neighbors recently got conquered by a necromancer and their is now a massive fuck off army next to us that's only goal is to end all life on the planet I'd really rather focus on that then some yaks truth be told.
I mean I want to know who's to the south of us and to the east to get a clear picture of who all our neighbors are before deciding who to should focus on. I mean if we find out that one of out neighbors recently got conquered by a necromancer and their is now a massive fuck off army next to us that's only goal is to end all life on the planet I'd really rather focus on that then some yaks truth be told.
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- Back in Cali
The next move is South. After that we may send ships east. The main option I am hoping for is to claim the lands between ourselves and our neighbors. To the west the area before the steppes is the same as our current territory so we can easily settle there. We already build forts as towns and cities so they will be safe. The expansion of the Imperial Army will allow us to garrison the boarder lands as well. To the south will be warmer climates so we would do fine and take the land between our neighbors and ourselves. These two new regions will take time grow but once they are fully established we can build a Knight Order for them. It is unlikely that we will find any truly dangerous civilizations at this time. Most are still dealing with the aftermath of Discord.
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- Maryland
Unless otherwise specified, assume they live roughly as long as humans.
Dragons are of course the exception to that rule. And since the Qilin are descended from Dragons, they've inherited a bit of that longevity, enough that they reliably live to 140 or so.
This was actually touched on in an earlier post when the Dogs were first integrated. As far as you know, none of the Dogs in your Empire have any sort of magic. The Dogs tell stories of Alphas that could see through walls, conjure flames, and do all other kinds of supernatural feats, but as far as you can tell that's all they are: stories.
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- Back in Cali
So next turn we should take the get swole action. That along with any action needed for our new dragon daughter should hopefully settle our family pretty well. The get Swole action if we roll well should maybe get us another child as well.
As for the Diamond Dog magic if it is real it will probably be a generation or two before they grow large enough number wise by not all dying off all the time before we notice more magic users.
As for the Diamond Dog magic if it is real it will probably be a generation or two before they grow large enough number wise by not all dying off all the time before we notice more magic users.
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- Italy
Equestria is not really that strong right now. They have the two alicorn princesses, and that's it. Discord probably hit them harder than most too.
They already lost the pillars of harmony (should actually have happened BEFORE discord, if i remember the timeline right), and the elements of harmony probably wouldn't work against magicless not-possessed gryphons.
...Actually, i hope we find the crystal empire next time we explore. Right now Sombra should not exist yet, and Princess Amore (or whoever rules there in this quest's headcanon) would be a good trading partner and (possibly) ally.
let's be honest, we'll prepare our army anyway "just in case". We don't have the magical deus ex machina/macguffin after all.
And it comes in handy against all the monsters of our land anyway.
right, i forgot
.Now the question is: Were they the alpha because they had magic (and were, thus, stronger), or did they have magic BECAUSE they were alpha?
I find the idea of dogs gaining magical powers from their position of leadership (or, to be more precise, by being recognised as such by the other members of their packs) an interesting possibility.
Or, sadly more likely, those are simply stories and there is no such thing as a magic dog in this world...
We'll see what happens in a few generations i suppose.
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- MN
I meant prepare them to go to war, as in declare war.
As one of my old Professors pointed out, it was all Charlemagne's three Grandsons' faults.
Here's the TLDR Version.
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