CrownOfSwords
08-14-2007, 23:13
I spent a lot of time on this so please just take a peek.
This mod cannot go unmade it is just too perfect of a setting for a MTW2 mod.
Many of the factions are much like factions from medieval Europe, a lot of units wouldn't even have to be changed that much. Unit lists are already done from the failed WOT mod for RTW... too few modelers I have no modeling skill myself but I can draw any artwork needed and can provide any information about the books.
IF YOU HAVENT READ THE BOOKS GO PICK UP THE FIRST BOOK : Eye of the World I promise you will like the book and be drawn in.
For those of you who don't know anything about the books here is a description:
Since the day of creation the Dark One was sealed in his prison in the mountain of Dhoom. Some three thousand years ago in the Age of Legends men and women who could channel the one power swore a dark oath to the Shadow and bore a hole into Shai'tan's prison. These men and women were labeled as the thirteen Forsaken, for they had forsaken their oaths to the light. The war that followed gave creation of many dark creatures to serve in the armies of the Dark One: Trollocs human-like shapes half again as tall as any man but distorted by horns and various other animal parts, Myrddraal human-like creatures with pasty like skin and without eyes it is a common saying in the Borderlands that, "the look of the Eyeless is fear". These creatures were lead south out of the Great Blight by men and women who could channel known as Dreadlords. Out of desperation The Dragon, Lews Therin Telamon led his hundred companions north to Shayol Goul, where they sealed the Dark One's prison and the Forsaken within. As a last stroke of revenge the Dark One reached out and tainted Saidin, the male half of the true source. Dooming any man who channeled to go insane. Even in great victory one by one every man who could channel went insane and broke the world, changing the face of earth itself. It has been three thousand years since the world was broken, now only women channel and any man who begins channeling is hunted down and killed out of fear. Yet the seals on the Dark One's prison begin to weaken, threatening to unleash Shai'tan on the world once more. Humankind's only hope is that The Dragon will be reborn to face the Dark One once more to raise the banner of the light and lead humanity against the Shadow in the Last Battle, fulfill prophecy and surely break the world once more..
Heres a image of the map
http://www.silklantern.com/images/map.jpg
Here is a list of factions:
Andor: ruled by Queens with close connections to Tar Valon
Tear: Guardians of the Stone the greatest fortress in the world. Hated enemies of Illian
Cairhein: Guardians of the Dragonwall, bitter players of Daes'Daemar or "the game of houses"
Tar Valon: Home of Aes Sedai the women who can channel
Illian: One of the great trading ports, where the Great Hunt of the Horn has always been called. They hold a bitter hatred of Tear.
Altara: Another land of great trading and sailors. Weak centralized government but a hardy people.
Amadicia: It may be ruled by a king but the true power is behind the Children of the Light, men sworn to fight the shadow an root out Darkfiends.
Ghealdan: A small but very strong neighbor of Amadicia
Tarabon: Capital Tanchico bitter rivals of Arad Doman. Known for the viels they wear.
Murandy: Much like Altara in the power of its king, Murandians rarely unite and only to face foreigners.
Saldea: A borderland nation committed to the never ending war against the blight, famous for their light cavalry.
Kandor: A borderland nation, famous for their archers.
Arafel: A borderland nation, famous for their swordsmen.
Shienar: Defenders of Tarwin's gap where they have many a time turned back the Trolloc hordes. Home of the best heavy cavalry in the world.
The Aiel: Bound to the waste for their sin of failing the Aes Sedai. A very hardy people, can easily run from sun up to sun down and fight a battle at the end. They disdain all armor and viel their faces before they kill. Will never touch a sword, they fight with short spears, a buckler, a small hornbow and a heavy bladed knife. Though they are known to be just as deadly with their hands and feet. Have never been united they fight continously among themselves. Twenty years before the begining of the game, three of the twelve clans crossed the Dragonwall burning and ravaging the land taking a united force from all nations to throw them back on the Slopes of Dragonmount near Tar Valon. Where Lews Therin Telamon killed himself and where it is prophecized he would be reborn.
The Blight: Armies of Trollocs led by Myrddraal who serve the Dark One. Pure evil.
Here are some fan artwork theres TONS OF IT so its hard sifting through good artwork and bad artwork, truthfully I can do my own artwork much better than most of the stuff out there but here you go:
Heres a huge battle from the Aiel war: Aiel battling a desperate combined force or wetlanders.
http://www.newsarama.com/DBPro/05-06.jpg
Aiel battling the Band of The Red Hand:
http://www.knifeofdreams.com/images/week6_art.jpg
A Sheniarian soldier named Uno
http://www.dragonmount.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/18829/normal_uno1.jpg
Trollocs:
http://www.dragonmount.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/18829/normal_trollocs1.jpg
One Power killing trollocs:
http://www.dragonmount.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/16718/wot_69.jpg
A drawing of a Myrddraal:
http://www.wotism.net/art/g1/cicely_combs/shadowman.sized.jpg
A Wheel of time poster:
http://www.fictionalworlds.com/FICWRLDS/WheelofTime/Art/93_wheelposter.jpg
AWESOME picture of the last stand of the brave men of Manetheren
http://www.firebrandfantasyart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/WOT_01_FINAL.jpg
Sketch of a borderland warrior:
http://www.newsarama.com/DBPro/Lan.jpg
A drawing I really like of the warder Lan, the uncrowned king of Malkier:
http://www.angelfire.com/in2/infern0/images/jblan.jpg
Ill be posting a bunch of my artwork later this week when I have time
-CoS
This mod cannot go unmade it is just too perfect of a setting for a MTW2 mod.
Many of the factions are much like factions from medieval Europe, a lot of units wouldn't even have to be changed that much. Unit lists are already done from the failed WOT mod for RTW... too few modelers I have no modeling skill myself but I can draw any artwork needed and can provide any information about the books.
IF YOU HAVENT READ THE BOOKS GO PICK UP THE FIRST BOOK : Eye of the World I promise you will like the book and be drawn in.
For those of you who don't know anything about the books here is a description:
Since the day of creation the Dark One was sealed in his prison in the mountain of Dhoom. Some three thousand years ago in the Age of Legends men and women who could channel the one power swore a dark oath to the Shadow and bore a hole into Shai'tan's prison. These men and women were labeled as the thirteen Forsaken, for they had forsaken their oaths to the light. The war that followed gave creation of many dark creatures to serve in the armies of the Dark One: Trollocs human-like shapes half again as tall as any man but distorted by horns and various other animal parts, Myrddraal human-like creatures with pasty like skin and without eyes it is a common saying in the Borderlands that, "the look of the Eyeless is fear". These creatures were lead south out of the Great Blight by men and women who could channel known as Dreadlords. Out of desperation The Dragon, Lews Therin Telamon led his hundred companions north to Shayol Goul, where they sealed the Dark One's prison and the Forsaken within. As a last stroke of revenge the Dark One reached out and tainted Saidin, the male half of the true source. Dooming any man who channeled to go insane. Even in great victory one by one every man who could channel went insane and broke the world, changing the face of earth itself. It has been three thousand years since the world was broken, now only women channel and any man who begins channeling is hunted down and killed out of fear. Yet the seals on the Dark One's prison begin to weaken, threatening to unleash Shai'tan on the world once more. Humankind's only hope is that The Dragon will be reborn to face the Dark One once more to raise the banner of the light and lead humanity against the Shadow in the Last Battle, fulfill prophecy and surely break the world once more..
Heres a image of the map
http://www.silklantern.com/images/map.jpg
Here is a list of factions:
Andor: ruled by Queens with close connections to Tar Valon
Tear: Guardians of the Stone the greatest fortress in the world. Hated enemies of Illian
Cairhein: Guardians of the Dragonwall, bitter players of Daes'Daemar or "the game of houses"
Tar Valon: Home of Aes Sedai the women who can channel
Illian: One of the great trading ports, where the Great Hunt of the Horn has always been called. They hold a bitter hatred of Tear.
Altara: Another land of great trading and sailors. Weak centralized government but a hardy people.
Amadicia: It may be ruled by a king but the true power is behind the Children of the Light, men sworn to fight the shadow an root out Darkfiends.
Ghealdan: A small but very strong neighbor of Amadicia
Tarabon: Capital Tanchico bitter rivals of Arad Doman. Known for the viels they wear.
Murandy: Much like Altara in the power of its king, Murandians rarely unite and only to face foreigners.
Saldea: A borderland nation committed to the never ending war against the blight, famous for their light cavalry.
Kandor: A borderland nation, famous for their archers.
Arafel: A borderland nation, famous for their swordsmen.
Shienar: Defenders of Tarwin's gap where they have many a time turned back the Trolloc hordes. Home of the best heavy cavalry in the world.
The Aiel: Bound to the waste for their sin of failing the Aes Sedai. A very hardy people, can easily run from sun up to sun down and fight a battle at the end. They disdain all armor and viel their faces before they kill. Will never touch a sword, they fight with short spears, a buckler, a small hornbow and a heavy bladed knife. Though they are known to be just as deadly with their hands and feet. Have never been united they fight continously among themselves. Twenty years before the begining of the game, three of the twelve clans crossed the Dragonwall burning and ravaging the land taking a united force from all nations to throw them back on the Slopes of Dragonmount near Tar Valon. Where Lews Therin Telamon killed himself and where it is prophecized he would be reborn.
The Blight: Armies of Trollocs led by Myrddraal who serve the Dark One. Pure evil.
Here are some fan artwork theres TONS OF IT so its hard sifting through good artwork and bad artwork, truthfully I can do my own artwork much better than most of the stuff out there but here you go:
Heres a huge battle from the Aiel war: Aiel battling a desperate combined force or wetlanders.
http://www.newsarama.com/DBPro/05-06.jpg
Aiel battling the Band of The Red Hand:
http://www.knifeofdreams.com/images/week6_art.jpg
A Sheniarian soldier named Uno
http://www.dragonmount.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/18829/normal_uno1.jpg
Trollocs:
http://www.dragonmount.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/18829/normal_trollocs1.jpg
One Power killing trollocs:
http://www.dragonmount.com/Gallery/albums/userpics/16718/wot_69.jpg
A drawing of a Myrddraal:
http://www.wotism.net/art/g1/cicely_combs/shadowman.sized.jpg
A Wheel of time poster:
http://www.fictionalworlds.com/FICWRLDS/WheelofTime/Art/93_wheelposter.jpg
AWESOME picture of the last stand of the brave men of Manetheren
http://www.firebrandfantasyart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/WOT_01_FINAL.jpg
Sketch of a borderland warrior:
http://www.newsarama.com/DBPro/Lan.jpg
A drawing I really like of the warder Lan, the uncrowned king of Malkier:
http://www.angelfire.com/in2/infern0/images/jblan.jpg
Ill be posting a bunch of my artwork later this week when I have time
-CoS