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|idea1name=The Northern Eagle Looms | |idea1name=The Northern Eagle Looms | ||
|idea1desc= | |idea1desc=Once, the Alenic tribes were seen by the rest of Cannor as nothing but savage barbarians living in the shadow of the Greatwoods. But during the Dragonwake, when the continent was torn asunder by fire and war, Godrac the Invader, chief of the Gawe, gathered countless tribes to his side and marched on Bal Vertesk, seizing it from the faltering Damerian Republic.\n\nAfterwards, he took one of their crescent moon banners and had it repainted with the eagle of Agrados, the Alenic war god, and hung it from the tower of Vertesk as a warning to all who sailed the Dameshead, a warning that the newly named ‘Gawedi’ were no longer contained to the edge of the map, but were a new power rising from the ashes of the old. Even today, this original banner is kept by the Kings of Gawed as their personal standard, flown at the head of their armies whenever the great Northern Eagle is on the march. | ||
|idea1effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+15%|description=Morale of Armies }} | |idea1effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+15%|description=Morale of Armies }} | ||
|idea2name=Children of the Alen | |idea2name=Children of the Alen | ||
|idea2desc= | |idea2desc=The Gawedi are a harsh and rugged folk, moreso even than the other Alenics, distrustful of almost all outsiders. Their folktales focus around the many dangers lurking in their lands: The hags, fey, werewolves, and all manner of beasts that prowl the darkness of the expanse. Foreign invaders often make an appearance as well, from the Castanorians to the Lorentish to Ianren the Rider.\n\nBut these tales also feature brave heroes and champions who defend their homes from these threats, who defeat them through strength and love of hearth and home. It is these stories that kindle the hearts of each Gawedi soldier and remind them what they fight for: to defend their flesh and blood, their homes and communities from southron invader and frontier beast alike. The Children of the Alen watch, fierce and vigilant, and brook no threat to their kith or kin. | ||
|idea2effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+10%|description=Infantry Combat Ability }}<br />{{Modifier|type=bonus|value=-10%|description=Shock Damage Received }} | |idea2effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+10%|description=Infantry Combat Ability }}<br />{{Modifier|type=bonus|value=-10%|description=Shock Damage Received }} | ||
|idea3name= | |idea3name=The Great Lords | ||
|idea3desc= | |idea3desc=When Godrac marched on Bal Vertesk, he did it with his companions by his side, those chiefs who bent the knee and served as loyal generals and advisors instead of resisting him. When the Gawedi Kingdom was formed in 474, these men and women became the Great Lords, responsible for settling the many corners of the realm with their vassal tribes. Many of the greatest Gawedi houses claim descent from these first Great Lords - Oudescker, Gerwick, and Baldfather among them.\n\nEach of those counted among the Great Lords is marked as such by the iron ring they wear, a heavy band carved with the oath their ancestor swore to Godrac in the forges of Vanbury: 'To blood of Godrac be ever faithful I, his shield to guard the people, his axe to smite the foe'. To this day the Great Lords keep their oath, serving the Kings of Gawed and enforcing his rule across the vast swatches of land they govern, ensuring that a realm larger than many kingdoms combined stays firmly under gaze of the eagle. | ||
|idea3effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+15%|description=Governing Capacity Modifier }} | |idea3effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+15%|description=Governing Capacity Modifier }} | ||
|idea4name= | |idea4name=Hosts Unceasing | ||
|idea4desc= | |idea4desc=As a people forged through war and conquest, the Gawedi are accustomed to being mustered into hosts when the time comes. Bound by ancient oath, every three households are to supply a soldier with all the equipment they can provide, with it being common for these levies to earn additional coin and experience as mercenaries when not summoned as hosts. Spearmen and pikemen, archers and outriders, these hosts are then commanded by their Great Lord or by the King himself.\n\nThis ancient system of recruitment among a free peasantry has long given the Gawedi the ability to raise staggering numbers of men and women to war compared to their foes. This served the Gawedi well during the Greatwoods Uprising when Humbert Baldfather, the one true Lord of Gawed, rallied the other Great Lords to depose the false and half-Lorentish Vanbury King and restored Gawed’s independence from Southron interference. While the Damerians are prized for their longbow archers, and the Lorentish have their rose knights, the Gawedi host is known far and wide as the unceasing river of pikes, metal twin to the torrent that flows through their kingdom’s heart. | ||
|idea4effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+20%|description=National Manpower Modifier }} | |idea4effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+20%|description=National Manpower Modifier }} | ||
|idea5name= | |idea5name=Banishment or Death | ||
|idea5desc= | |idea5desc=While the rest of Cannor follow Damerian and Castanorian rules of law, espousing chivalry and feudal order, the Gawedi practice the ancient Alenic customs of oaths and honour. These traditions, so old and integral to the culture, are embedded deep in the bones of all Gawedi, and failing to observe them brings draconian punishment.\n\nWhen an oath is broken, or one betrays their own flesh and blood, the offender is given a choice: banishment or death. Both of these choices will result in the offender’s name being struck from their family lineage, forsworn and forgotten, excised from legend and fable - the worst fate a Gawedi can suffer. This punishment was once levied upon the entire house of Vanbury following the Greatwoods Uprising, and the fear of such a fate has deterred most acts of treason and dishonour amongst the people of Gawed. | ||
|idea5effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=-1|description=National Unrest }}<br />{{Modifier|type=bonus|value=-0.05|description=Yearly Corruption }} | |idea5effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=-1|description=National Unrest }}<br />{{Modifier|type=bonus|value=-0.05|description=Yearly Corruption }} | ||
|idea6name= | |idea6name=The Welyamite Reforms | ||
|idea6desc= | |idea6desc=‘...and as such, I cannot help but conclude that the Eagle looms over us once more.’ - Magister Tomar of Vertesk to Emperor Caylen I síl na Trisfer, 1498\n\nKing Welyam III Gerwick, crowned at sixteen after the death of his father at Rottenstep, was painfully aware of the state of the realm he inherited. He had witnessed the Greentide nearly wash over Gawed, yet the hosts had not risen. In the face of this crisis, the Great Lords had spent their days reaping the riches of their vast lands, myopic and greedy, too fat to remember the oaths they had sworn to the blood of Godrac. The late King had received so few soldiers and taxes that he had been forced to fill his ranks with mercenaries from the Cobalt Company, then renege on their pay.\n\nShouldering this shame and outrage, Welyam began implementing reforms the moment his lords had sworn their oaths. To counter the influence of the Great Lords and ensure the financial independence of the Crown, Weylam called the first Magnate council, and used the funds gained to reign in the independence of his vassals such that they would never again fail their king. Though many resisted his efforts, Weylam’s reforms left a lasting legacy on Gawed, and set the kingdom’s course for centuries to follow. | ||
|idea6effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+20%|description=Land Force Limit Modifier }} | |idea6effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+20%|description=Land Force Limit Modifier }} | ||
|idea7name= | |idea7name=The Magnate Council | ||
|idea7desc= | |idea7desc=The largest and most impactful of the Welyamite reforms, the establishment of the Magnate Council was a shock to many, especially the Great Lords. Originally consisting of the twelve most powerful merchants and businessmen in the realm, they were headed by Welyam’s chief advisor and mentor, the enigmatic Derek Deland. The Council’s establishment saw the Gawedi Kingdom nearly torn apart by aristocratic outrage, a crisis averted only after Deland and the King granted certain political concessions to the Great Lords at The Aldvord Conference in 1448.\n\nIn the centuries that followed The Aldvord Conference, it became apparent that the crown had gotten the better deal from its lords - the Magnate Council served Welyam’s successors well, especially in economic matters. Their partnership with the Crown enabled greater control over the industries of Gawed, centralised toll collection over the burgeoning Alen river trade, and provided crucial low interest loans to the Crown during the Corinite Wars. The Magnates gladly rendered these services at only the minor cost of political concessions that saw their influence slowly but steadily eclipse that of first the Great Lords, and then even the Crown itself… | ||
|idea7effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+0.05|description=Yearly Inflation Reduction }}<br />{{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+1|description=Merchants }} | |idea7effect={{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+0.05|description=Yearly Inflation Reduction }}<br />{{Modifier|type=bonus|value=+1|description=Merchants }} | ||
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<noinclude>[[Category:Country Ideas]]</noinclude> | <noinclude>[[Category:Country Ideas]]</noinclude> | ||
Latest revision as of 04:05, 27 April 2024
Traditions
+0.5 Yearly Army Tradition
-10% Infantry Cost
The Northern Eagle LoomsOnce, the Alenic tribes were seen by the rest of Cannor as nothing but savage barbarians living in the shadow of the Greatwoods. But during the Dragonwake, when the continent was torn asunder by fire and war, Godrac the Invader, chief of the Gawe, gathered countless tribes to his side and marched on Bal Vertesk, seizing it from the faltering Damerian Republic.\n\nAfterwards, he took one of their crescent moon banners and had it repainted with the eagle of Agrados, the Alenic war god, and hung it from the tower of Vertesk as a warning to all who sailed the Dameshead, a warning that the newly named ‘Gawedi’ were no longer contained to the edge of the map, but were a new power rising from the ashes of the old. Even today, this original banner is kept by the Kings of Gawed as their personal standard, flown at the head of their armies whenever the great Northern Eagle is on the march.
+15% Morale of Armies
Children of the AlenThe Gawedi are a harsh and rugged folk, moreso even than the other Alenics, distrustful of almost all outsiders. Their folktales focus around the many dangers lurking in their lands: The hags, fey, werewolves, and all manner of beasts that prowl the darkness of the expanse. Foreign invaders often make an appearance as well, from the Castanorians to the Lorentish to Ianren the Rider.\n\nBut these tales also feature brave heroes and champions who defend their homes from these threats, who defeat them through strength and love of hearth and home. It is these stories that kindle the hearts of each Gawedi soldier and remind them what they fight for: to defend their flesh and blood, their homes and communities from southron invader and frontier beast alike. The Children of the Alen watch, fierce and vigilant, and brook no threat to their kith or kin.
+10% Infantry Combat Ability
-10% Shock Damage Received
The Great LordsWhen Godrac marched on Bal Vertesk, he did it with his companions by his side, those chiefs who bent the knee and served as loyal generals and advisors instead of resisting him. When the Gawedi Kingdom was formed in 474, these men and women became the Great Lords, responsible for settling the many corners of the realm with their vassal tribes. Many of the greatest Gawedi houses claim descent from these first Great Lords - Oudescker, Gerwick, and Baldfather among them.\n\nEach of those counted among the Great Lords is marked as such by the iron ring they wear, a heavy band carved with the oath their ancestor swore to Godrac in the forges of Vanbury: 'To blood of Godrac be ever faithful I, his shield to guard the people, his axe to smite the foe'. To this day the Great Lords keep their oath, serving the Kings of Gawed and enforcing his rule across the vast swatches of land they govern, ensuring that a realm larger than many kingdoms combined stays firmly under gaze of the eagle.
+15% Governing Capacity Modifier
Hosts UnceasingAs a people forged through war and conquest, the Gawedi are accustomed to being mustered into hosts when the time comes. Bound by ancient oath, every three households are to supply a soldier with all the equipment they can provide, with it being common for these levies to earn additional coin and experience as mercenaries when not summoned as hosts. Spearmen and pikemen, archers and outriders, these hosts are then commanded by their Great Lord or by the King himself.\n\nThis ancient system of recruitment among a free peasantry has long given the Gawedi the ability to raise staggering numbers of men and women to war compared to their foes. This served the Gawedi well during the Greatwoods Uprising when Humbert Baldfather, the one true Lord of Gawed, rallied the other Great Lords to depose the false and half-Lorentish Vanbury King and restored Gawed’s independence from Southron interference. While the Damerians are prized for their longbow archers, and the Lorentish have their rose knights, the Gawedi host is known far and wide as the unceasing river of pikes, metal twin to the torrent that flows through their kingdom’s heart.
+20% National Manpower Modifier
Banishment or DeathWhile the rest of Cannor follow Damerian and Castanorian rules of law, espousing chivalry and feudal order, the Gawedi practice the ancient Alenic customs of oaths and honour. These traditions, so old and integral to the culture, are embedded deep in the bones of all Gawedi, and failing to observe them brings draconian punishment.\n\nWhen an oath is broken, or one betrays their own flesh and blood, the offender is given a choice: banishment or death. Both of these choices will result in the offender’s name being struck from their family lineage, forsworn and forgotten, excised from legend and fable - the worst fate a Gawedi can suffer. This punishment was once levied upon the entire house of Vanbury following the Greatwoods Uprising, and the fear of such a fate has deterred most acts of treason and dishonour amongst the people of Gawed.
-1 National Unrest
-0.05 Yearly Corruption
The Welyamite Reforms‘...and as such, I cannot help but conclude that the Eagle looms over us once more.’ - Magister Tomar of Vertesk to Emperor Caylen I síl na Trisfer, 1498\n\nKing Welyam III Gerwick, crowned at sixteen after the death of his father at Rottenstep, was painfully aware of the state of the realm he inherited. He had witnessed the Greentide nearly wash over Gawed, yet the hosts had not risen. In the face of this crisis, the Great Lords had spent their days reaping the riches of their vast lands, myopic and greedy, too fat to remember the oaths they had sworn to the blood of Godrac. The late King had received so few soldiers and taxes that he had been forced to fill his ranks with mercenaries from the Cobalt Company, then renege on their pay.\n\nShouldering this shame and outrage, Welyam began implementing reforms the moment his lords had sworn their oaths. To counter the influence of the Great Lords and ensure the financial independence of the Crown, Weylam called the first Magnate council, and used the funds gained to reign in the independence of his vassals such that they would never again fail their king. Though many resisted his efforts, Weylam’s reforms left a lasting legacy on Gawed, and set the kingdom’s course for centuries to follow.
+20% Land Force Limit Modifier
The Magnate CouncilThe largest and most impactful of the Welyamite reforms, the establishment of the Magnate Council was a shock to many, especially the Great Lords. Originally consisting of the twelve most powerful merchants and businessmen in the realm, they were headed by Welyam’s chief advisor and mentor, the enigmatic Derek Deland. The Council’s establishment saw the Gawedi Kingdom nearly torn apart by aristocratic outrage, a crisis averted only after Deland and the King granted certain political concessions to the Great Lords at The Aldvord Conference in 1448.\n\nIn the centuries that followed The Aldvord Conference, it became apparent that the crown had gotten the better deal from its lords - the Magnate Council served Welyam’s successors well, especially in economic matters. Their partnership with the Crown enabled greater control over the industries of Gawed, centralised toll collection over the burgeoning Alen river trade, and provided crucial low interest loans to the Crown during the Corinite Wars. The Magnates gladly rendered these services at only the minor cost of political concessions that saw their influence slowly but steadily eclipse that of first the Great Lords, and then even the Crown itself…
+0.05 Yearly Inflation Reduction
+1 Merchants
Ambition
+10% Goods Produced Modifier