Senate Faction Icon

[JeffSteel]

So I was rummaging around the faction icons for EB and came across this one for the senate:



While obviously not being used currently, I was wondering what the backstory was behind it, why it was put in originally, and why it was no longer being used, that sort of thing. Can any of the "insiders" help satisfy my curiosity?

[Teleklos Archelaou]

It was done by Parmenio quite early on, dunno the story behind it, but it was done early on when the senate was thought to be necessary still I believe.

[Spoofa]

That eagle looks very angry, and menacing.. rawr...

[abou]

.rar

[Dux Corvanus]

Yep, it was made by Parmenio as a candidate -among several- to Roman or Senate icon. He himself discarded it, despite being quite good, because the eagle looked quite chickenish, and didn't inspire power.

I guess the old icon thread must be buried somewhere. It included Parmenio's impressive efforts, Parmenio's not-quite-impressive sudden defection (What happened to the guy? We never knew, maybe something happened to him. Hope he's OK), and my first ludicrous attempts to take his task forward -a bit ashaming but tender (just like being Süssmayr and trying to finish Mozart's Requiem).

[Will_YouFight_ForME]

ahh the senate those were the days,

mozarts requiem dies irae? one of my fave pieces of music

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Well, dux is right. Now that he mentions it, it is clearer in my memory too - Parmenio did it as an icon for the entire Romani faction, but we weren't happy with it really (chicken comments already mentioned) and stuck it in as a senate icon instead. It wasn't designed for the Senate only, my mistake if I conveyed that.

[JeffSteel]

Ah, so there it is. Didn't really see the chiken resemblence until now, !

[The Celt]

Interesting. And speaking of the Senate, are there any plans on using that slot for a new faction? If not maybe someone can start a minimod and include a new faction!

[Teleklos Archelaou]

We definitely already used the senate slot - that's why the Sabaeans are in the game now.

[The Celt]

We definitely already used the senate slot - that's why the Sabaeans are in the game now.

Doh! So thats how they got there! Which means just about every slot is used now!(Inc the Rebels)

[Barbarossa82]

That symbol kind of reminds me of the terrifying German parliament Death Chicken.