Dark Age: Total War

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Hey guys. So I'm basically just giving people an idea and seeing what they make of it because I have no idea how to mod stuff and I am too busy to learn. However, if someone were to run with it, I'd be ok (so long as you give credit).

So, I had this idea for a Total War mod and it could (theoretically) be for any game. The trouble is that Attila is the only one with depopulated regions. The game would be set in 632 and the variety of the factions would increase dramatically, as would the size of the map. I'm basically just going to dump all of the info I have on the documents I've created and then see what people make of it.

Firstly, the Map!

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That was the basic map I was using to plot out the major factions. Since then, I've made a much more detailed map (the borders have changed slightly). Warning: The image is pretty big.

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Now, what do all these numbers mean? Well, they are in three sets. The first set, in the light grey green in the regions without a dot (as you might have guessed the dots are settlements), are unsettled regions.

These regions are (with the people who live there):
1. Finland (Finns)
2. Vepsia (Veps)
3. Estonia (Ests)
4. Finno-Volga (Volga Finns)
5. Permia (Permians)
6. Ural (Khazars)
7. Yugra (Khanty Tribes)
8. Altai (Kyrgyz)
9. Aral-Caspian (Oghuz Turks)
10. Baikal (Kurykans)
11. East Siberia (Siberian Tribes)
12. Amur (Tungusic Tribes)
13. Hokkaido (Ainu Tribes)
14. Western Sahara (Berbers)
15. Central Sahara (Tuareg)
16. Kanem (Kanem)
17. Eastern Sahara (Berbers)
18. West Africa (Mande Tribes)
19. Kongo (Bantu Tribes)

The second group (the gold regions with the dark purple numbers) are the settled regions with minor factions. This time the region name reflects the settlement, rather than an actual regional name.

They are:
1. Cork (Irish)
2. Eoforwic (Northumbria)
3. Pengwern (Welsh)
4. Tamworth (Mercia)
5. Alcluith (Brythons)
6. Gwened (Bretons)
7. Dorestad (Frisians)
8. Bremen (Saxons)
9. Ribe (The Danes)
10. Poznan (The Polans)
11. Altstadt (Bavaria)
12. Pavia (The Lombards)
13. Benevento (The Dutchy of Benevento)
14. Tingis (Mauretania)
15. Taghaza (Berbers)
16. Aoudaghost (Berbers)
17. Gao (Gao Peoples)
18. Makari (Sao People)
19. Soba (Alodia)
20. Dongola (Makuria)
21. Faras (Nobatia)
22. Qasr Ibrim (Nobatia)
23. Jabiyah (The Ghassanids)
24. Madā'in Sālih (The Thamud)
25. Hajr (The Banu Hanifa)
26. Qaryat Dhāt Kāhil (The Kindah)
27. Vallabhi (Vallabhi)
28. Aror (Sidh)
29. Multan (Multan)
30. Pragjyotishpura (Kamarupa)
31. Kanchipuram (Pellava)
32. Madurai (Pandya)
33. Anuradhapura (Anuradhapura)
34. Pagan (Pyu People)
35. Sri Ksetra (Pyu People)
36. Binnaka (Pyu People)
37. Tagaung (Pyu People)
38. Tuodong (Bai Peoples)
39. Thaton (Kingdom of Thaton)
40. Nakhon Pathom (Dvaravati)
41. Hariphunchai (Hariphunchai)
42. Indrapura (Champa)
43. Niaosung (Niaosung)
44. Tondo (Kingdom of Tondo)
45. Butuan (Kingdom of Butuan)
46. Sandakan (Borneo Peoples)
47. Brunei (Vijayapura)
48. Pontinayak (Borneo Peoples)
49. Langkasuka (Langkasuka)
50. Lamuri (Sumatrans)
51. Palembang (Kantoli)
52. Saga (Asuka)
53. Nara (Asuka)
54. Niigata (Asuka)
55. Gyeongju (Silla)
56. Pyongyang (Goguryeo)
57. Gungnae (Goguryeo)
58. Ordu Baliq (Xueyantuo)
59. Fuqi (Tuyuhun)
60. Turpan (Turpan)
61. Khotan (Khotan)
62. Kabul (Kabul Shahi)
63. Kath (Afrighid Dynasty)
64. Atil (Khazars)
65. Bolghar (Volga Bulgars)
66. Kiev (Bulgars)
67. Kerch (Bulgars)
68. Phanagoria (Bulgars)
69. Riga (Slavic tribes)
70. Gardberg (Norse)
71. Gamla Uppsala (Swedes)
72. Aghmat (Berbers)
73. Sarapion (Barbaroi)
74. Uruwe (Bantu)
75. Daura (Hausa)
76. Zazau (Zazzau)
77. Taraz (Oghuz Turks)
78. Balkh (Tokharistan)
79. Gårdlösa (Geats)
80. Opone (Barbaroi)

More to come, but I've learned not to make posts too big or it crashes.

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Thirdly, we have the regions controlled by the main factions. I am actually on the fence with a few factions as to whether they should be major or minor (mostly around Eastern Europe). Also, apologies about the weird formatting stuff.

The Franks
1. Paris
2. Orleans
3. Tornai
4. Metz
5. Cologne
6. Regensburg
7. Toulouse
8. Massalia
The Visigoths
9. Toledo
10. Leon
11. Barcelona
12. Narbonne
13. Cordoba
14. Lisbon
The Byzantine Empire
15. Constantinople
16. Thesaloniki
17. Ioannia
18. Pula
19. Rome
20. Naples
21. Cagliari
22. Carthage
23. Alexandria
24. Rhodes
25. Athens
26. Ephesus
27. Nicaea
28. Ankyra
29. Konya
30. Trebizond
31. Tbilisi
32. Van
33. Antioch
34. Jerusalem
35. Memphis
36. Thebes
The Ghana Empire
37. Koumbi Saleh
38. Djenne
The Kingdom of Axum
39. Axum
40. Adulis
41. Avalites
The Caliphate of Mecca
42. Mecca
43. Medina
44. Najran
The Sasanian Empire
45. Ctesiphon
46. Ganzak
47. Hatta
48. Muscat
49. Sana’a
50. Ecbatana
51. Amol
52. Derbent
53. Gurgan
54. Yazd
55. Susa
56. Shiraz
57. Khandahar
58. Farah
59. Herat
The Gokturk Kaganate
60. Suyab
The Tibetan Empire
61. Lhasa
62. Jyekundo
63. Kathmandu
64. Kyunglung
The Harsha Empire
65. Kannauj

1. Indraprastha
2. Pataliputra
3. Jessore
4. Puri
5. Benares

The Chalukya Dynasty
71. Manyakheta
72. Visakhapatnam
73. Ellora
74. Mumbai
75. Mangaluru
The Tang Dynasty
76. Chang’an
77. Jinchang
78. Xilin Gol
79. Harbin
80. Fanyang
81. Yinchuan
82. Changshan
83. Jinan
84. Dongdu
85. Nanjing
86. Suzhou
87. Wuchang
88. Yu
89. Chengdu
90. Changsha
91. Wenzhou
92. Fuzhou
93. Xiamen
94. Canton
95. Nanning
96. Hanoi
97. Sanya
Kingdom of Chenla
98. Isanapura
99. Bhavapura
The Avars
100. Singidunum
101. Odessa

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Whoops, the Harsha Empire one went weird.

It should be

The Harsha Empire
65. Kannauj
66. Indraprastha
67. Pataliputra
68. Jessore
69. Puri
70. Benares

I should also mention the first region is their capital.

Onto first leaders and religions:

Leaders (I had to guess some of them because I couldn't find them):

The Franks: King Dagobert
The Visigoths: King Sisenand
The Byzantine Empire: Emperor Heraclius
The Ghana Empire: Emperor Jawuru (guess)
The Kingdom of Axum: King Kwastantinos
The Caliphate of Mecca: Caliph Abu Bakr
The Sassanian Empire: Shahanshah Yazdegerd III
The Gokturk Khaganate: Khagan Irbis Bolun Cabgu
The Tibetan Empire: Emperor Songtsen Gampo
The Harsha Empire: Emperor Harshavardhana
The Chalukya Dynasty: Emperor Pulakeshin II
The Tang Dynasty: Emperor Taizong
The Chenla Kingdom: King Isanavarman I
The Avars: Bayan II (guess)

Religions:
The Franks: Chalcedonian Christianity
The Visigoths: Chalcedonian Christianity
The Byzantine Empire: Eastern Orthodoxy
The Ghana Empire: West African Traditional Religion
The Kingdom of Axum: Ethiopian Orthodoxy
The Caliphate of Mecca: Islam
The Sassanian Empire: Zoroastrianism
The Gokturk Kaganate: Tengrism
The Tibetan Empire: Buddhism
The Harsha Empire: Hinduism
The Chalukya Dynasty: Hinduism
The Tang Dynasty: Taoism
The Chenla Kingdom: Hinduism
The Avars: Tengrism

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Now, the units. all have 10 units, and some armies are more accurate than others:

The Franks
Inferiores
Light infantry. Armed with farming tools like rakes and axes, these are peasants called upon to fight from their farmsteads.
Urban Levies
Medium infantry. Equipped with round shields and spears, these troops are called upon from the towns and cities to fight in the Frankish army.
Levy Swordsmen
Medium Infantry. Equipped with round shields and swords, these levy troops are less defensive than the spear armed counterparts.
Levy Horsemen
Light cavalry. These urban levies carry spears and swords and ride warhorses into battle. They make effective light cavalry.
Levy Archers
Ranged infantry. The basic archers of the Franks, these troops are poor bowmen, but they can be used to lay down suppressing volleys.
East Rhine Axemen
Medium infantry. These warriors hail from the lands east of the River Rhine. They ear simple armour and carry axes and shields into battle.
East Rhine Spearmen
Medium infantry. These soldiers wear simple armour and carry a spear and large shield. They are a good defensive unit.
Frankish Swordsmen
Heavy infantry. These troops are the true core of the Frankish army. Clad in chainmail and holding shields and swords, these warriors can effectively hold off enemy troops or rush in for a charge.
Frankish Archers
Ranged infantry. Decent bowmen, though nothing particularly special. An improvement over their levy counterparts.
Frankish Lancers
Medium cavalry. These warriors are armed with lances and swords and are good at taking on light infantry and archers.


The Visigoths
Iberian levies
Light infantry. These troops are simple Iberian farmers who have been drafted into the military to serve their Visigoth overlords
Gadrauhts Militia
Medium infantry. These are the basic troops of the Visigothic Army. They are armed with spears and shields.
Gadrauhts Swordsmen
Heavy infantry. These troops form the backbone of the Visigoth army. Equipped with chainmail, shields and helmets, these troops are good at defending areas against foes.
Gadrauhts Legionaries
Heavy infantry. A direct descendant of the Roman Legions, these troops wear a mix of chainmail and scale armour in similar fashion to the Romans, and are equipped with similar short swords.
Visigoth Spearmen
Heavy infantry. These anti-cavalry troops wear lamellar armour and carry long spears and shields. Good for holding positions, especially against cavalry.
Steppe Horsemen
Ranged cavalry. A relic from the Gothic period in north-eastern Europe, these horsemen are effective against light infantry. They are armed with bows and swords.
Visigoth Horsemen
Heavy cavalry. Armed with shields and maces and wearing scale and chainmail armour, these troops are effective against medium and heavy infantry.
Visigoth Raiders
Medium Cavalry. Armed with axes and wearing chainmail, these troops are effective against light and medium infantry.
Visigoth Archers
Ranged infantry. Mediocre quality bowmen.
Noble Swordsmen
Heavy infantry. The best of the Visigoth swordsmen serve as elite infantry for the Nobles. Equipped with swords, shields and heavy scale and mail armour, these troops are not to be messed with.


The Byzantine Empire
Light Limitanei
Medium Infantry. Equipped with large shields, spears and swords, these are the militia of the Byzantine army, drafted in to help keep the borders safe.
Heavy Limitanei
Heavy infantry. Equipped with swords, spears and large shields, these are a more heavily armoured version of the Limitanei militia of the Byzantine Empire.
Comitatenses
Heavy Infantry. These troops have similar equipment to the Limitanei, but with the addition of three javelins which they throw at enemy warriors.
Plumbatarii
Heavy infantry. Essentially a better version of the Comitatenses, these troops have very similar equipment, but are better trained warriors.
Limitanei Cavalry
Medium cavalry. A mounted version of the Limitanei, armed with lances, large shields and maces.
Byzantine Horsemen
Ranged cavalry. Armed with bows, lances maces and swords, these multi-purpose cavalry can let loose arrows from a distance before charging against foes. They wear a moderate amount of armour.
Byzantine Cataphracts
Heavy cavalry. Armed with bows, lances and maces, these heavily armoured smash through enemy lines, including heavy infantry, and pepper them with arrows from a distance.
Byzantine Clibanarii
Heavy cavalry. These are highly trained elite cataphracts. They wear even heavier armour and can pack even more of a punch against foes.
Byzantine Archers
Ranged infantry. These archers carry both regular bows and crossbows, as well as swords. They have small shields and are flexible archers, though not the best in the world.
Byzantine Skirmishers
Skirmish infantry. Armed with javelins and spears and equipped with small shields, effective at shorter range combat.


The Ghana Empire
Jonow Spearmen
Light infantry. Jonow are the slaves of Ghana and they serve in the military as basic spearmen. They also have small shields for limited protection.
Horon Spearmen
Light infantry. The Horon are the freeborn of Ghana and these particular warriors are armed with spears and shields. They are the backbone of the Ghana forces.
Horon Axemen
Light infantry. Armed with axes and large shields, these troops are good for charging into the enemy and chopping up foes. They are good assault infantry.
Provincial Warriors
Medium infantry. These troops are recruited to maintain order within the provinces of Ghana. They wear chainmail armour and carry spears, and are a decent defensive unit.
Sahel Hunters
Ranged infantry. Sahel hunters wear no armour and are equipped with bows and axes. They are decent quality archers, as the transition from hunting beasts to men is fairly easy.
Horon Cavalry
Medium cavalry. These troops are the basic cavalry of Ghana, the riders being equipped with spears and heavy padded armour.
Horon Lancers
Heavy cavalry. These troops wear thick padded armour, as do their mounts, and carry lances to charge forward into enemy lines, along with axes to fight them once their lances break.
Noble Cavalry
Heavy cavalry. These elite heavy cavalry carry spears and wear chainmail armour while their horses are protected by thick padding. They are drawn from the higher classes of Ghana society.
Horon Archers
Ranged infantry. These troops are better armoured, but slower than hunters, and are pretty decent bowmen.
Merchant Guard
Medium Infantry. The heaviest infantry of Ghana, trained to protect the trade caravans from attack, they are a good defensive unit on the battlefield.


The Kingdom of Axum
Axumite Herders
Light infantry. Almost everyone in the countryside of Axum is trained to use a spear to protect their herds. They are often called upon to fight in the Axumite army as levies.
Axumite Militia
Light infantry. These troops are the basic soldiers of Axum, usually reserved for keeping the population under control. They are equipped with shields and spears.
Axumite Skirmishers
Skirmish infantry. These warriors carry small round shields and several javelins to throw at enemies. They are some of the best skirmishers in the world.
Axumite Warriors
Light infantry. These troops form the backbone of the forces of Axum. They are armed with swords and three javelins to throw at the enemy forces as they advance towards them. They also carry shields.
Axumite Spearmen
Medium infantry. These troops carry large round shields and spears and form a defensive core of the Axumite army.
Axumite archers
Ranged infantry. Average bowmen, they get the job done, but are nothing special.
Axumite Cavalry
Light cavalry. These warriors carry spears and swords and are decent light cavalry.
Desert Riders
Medium cavalry. Warriors with spears and shields riding on camels, these troops are slower than horses, but can potentially scare them in battle and are heavier on the charge.
Raider Cavalry
Skirmish cavalry. A mounted version of the Axumite Warriors, equipped with javelins, a small shield, and a sword. A good harassing unit.
Axumite War Elephant
Super heavy cavalry. An unarmoured War Elephant with a spear armed driver and two archers on top. These beasts of war can devastate the enemy if used correctly, but they are big targets and aren’t invulnerable.


The Caliphate of Mecca
Arabian Militia
Light infantry. Armed with a spear and a shield, these troops are the basic unit of the Caliphate, usually tasked with keeping order in the settlements of the Caliphate.
Arabian Spearmen
Medium infantry. The main troops of the Arab Caliphate’s forces, these warriors are armed with a spear, short-sword and shield and wear leather lamellar armour.
Caliphate Spearmen
Medium infantry. These warriors carry spears, long-swords and shields and wear leather lamellar armour. They are slightly more elite version of the Arabian Spearmen.
Mubarizun Infantry
Heavy infantry. Equipped with chainmail, shields and swords made from Wootz steel, these are elite champions, designed to kill enemy elite units.
Hijazi Ramat
Ranged infantry. The standard archers of the Caliphate are decent archers, more than capable of doing their job.
Mubarizun Archers
Ranged infantry. The elite archers of the Caliphate can do significant damage to their foes, and also carry swords which they are decent with.
Arabian Horsemen
Light cavalry. These troops are equipped with lances, shields and swords and are effective light cavalry units and highly manoeuvrable.
Mobile Guard
Light cavalry. These warriors are elite light cavalry of the caliphate, and can pack a punch above their weight if used correctly against their foes.
Mubarizun Cavalry
Medium cavalry. These troops are armed with lances, swords and shields, as well as chainmail armour. They are the elite horsemen of the Caliphate.
Rukban
Medium cavalry. These troops ride upon camels into battle, and can demoralise enemy cavalry, making them effective anti-cavalry. They are armed with lances, swords and shields.

The Sasanian Empire
Paighan Spearmen
Medium infantry. These are the basic warriors of the Sasanians, armed with a shield and a spear, they are the very basic troops of the Empire. They lack much skill in combat, but are decent for basic infantry.
Dailamites
Heavy infantry. Warriors from the region of Daylam, these troops are the best infantry of the empire. They wear heavy armour and carry spears, swords and shields.
Kurdish Warriors
Skirmish infantry. These light troops are armed with javelins and shields.
Kamandaran
Ranged infantry. These Sasanian archers are some of the best on earth, capable of causing huge amounts of damage to light infantry.
Persian Horse Archers
Ranged cavalry. These light horsemen are used to pepper the enemy with arrows while manoeuvring swiftly around them. They are armed with a bow and sword.
Dehqan cavalry
Medium cavalry. These Sasanian nobles have come to form the backbone of the Sasanian cavalry, and are armed with a lance and a bow.
Asvārān Cataphracts
Heavy cavalry. The Persian equivalent to Byzantine Cataphracts, they are armed with bows, maces and lances, and equipped with heavy lamellar armour.
Zhayedan
Heavy cavalry. These troops, also known as the Immortals, are elite heavy cavalry that are the Sasanian equal to the Clibanarii of the Byzantines, armed with bows, lances and maces.
Persian War Elephant
Super heavy cavalry. Originally from India, War Elephants are used frequently by the Sasanians, and ridden by two archers and a spear-equipped driver.
Sasanian Camel Riders
Heavy cavalry. These troops ride armoured camels into battle and carry a lance, shield and mace. They are effective anti- cavalry, but can also do a decent job against infantry.


The Gokturk Khaganate
Camp Guard
Light infantry. Armed with a spear, these troops are the very basic warriors of the Gokturks and are poor quality infantry.
Turkic Spearmen
Light infantry. These warriors are used when the Gokturks need foot soldiers and are equipped with spears and shields.
Tarkan Spearmen
Heavy infantry. These heavily armoured infantry are the elite foot soldiers of the Gokturks. This variety is armed with spears and curved blades.
Tarkan Champion
Ranged infantry. These heavily armoured foot soldiers are the elite foot soldiers of the Gokturks. This variety is armed with bows and swords, and are good in melee and decent at range.
Turkic Bowmen
Ranged infantry. These warriors are lighter than the Tarkan Champions, and nowhere near as good in melee combat, but they are good quality archers, some of the best, in fact.
Turkic Herdsmen
Light cavalry. These warriors are armed with lances and go into battle on unarmoured horses. They are excellent light cavalry.
Turkic Tribesmen
Ranged Cavalry. These light cavalry are equipped with swords and bows and are very effective at their role.
Gokturk Warriors
Medium Cavalry. These units have armoured riders which carry bows and swords. They are fairly decent medium cavalry both at range and in melee.
Gokturk Lancer
Heavy cavalry. These warriors ride armoured horses into battle and carry a lance and sword. They are decent heavy cavalry.
Tarkan Cavalry
Heavy cavalry. Armed with a bow and sword, the Tarkan Cavalry are heavily armoured horse archers who can shoot arrows at foes before charging in for the kill.


The Tibetan Empire
Tibetan Tribesmen
Light infantry. Equipped with spears and shields, these are the basic troops called from the various tribes of the Tibetan plateau.
Tibetan Spearmen
Medium infantry. Armed with spears and equipped with shields and leather armour, these are decent spearmen, and can hold a position well.
Tibetan Warriors
Medium infantry. Equipped with leather armour, shields and swords, Tibetan Warriors form the backbone of the Tibetan army.
Khampa Warriors
Medium infantry. Armed and swords and equipped with leather armour, the warriors of Kham are excellent assault infantry. They also have bows which they can use, though not well.
Lhasa Swordsmen
Heavy infantry. These troops are equipped with swords, shields and lamellar armour. They are excellent disciplined swordsmen.
Lhasa Spearmen
Heavy spearmen. Equipped with shields, spears and lamellar armour, these troops are good at defending against the enemy.
Tibetan Hunters
Ranged infantry. Unarmoured archers equipped with helmets, bows and swords, these troops are better bowmen than Khampa warriors, though not by much.
Tibetan Raiders
Light cavalry. Armed with swords and bows, these troops are designed to harass enemy lines from a distance before cutting down light infantry.
Tibetan Lancers
Medium cavalry. Equipped with lamellar armour, lances and swords, these warriors are effective medium cavalry, and can change into light infantry to cause heavy damage.
Tibetan Nobles
Heavy cavalry. These horsemen are armed with lances and wear lamellar armour. Thesir horses are also heavily armoured, making them good for smashing through the enemy ranks.


The Harsha Empire
Levy Spearmen
Light infantry. Armed with a spear and shield, these are the basic troops of Harsha’s Empire, designed to keep order in the towns and cities.
Gupta Swordsmen
Light infantry. Sword wielding troops modelled after the warriors of the Gupta Empire, the warriors carry shields and swords and are good assault infantry.
Gupta Warriors
Skirmish infantry. Modelled after the Gupta soldiers of earlier times, these troops carry swords, shields and javelins and form the majority of the Harsha infantry.
Khanda Swordsmen
Medium infantry. These warriors wear breastplate armour and carry specialised Khanda broadswords and shields, making them effective swordsmen.
Noble Axemen
Medium Infantry. Equipped with axes, breastplates and shields, these troops are a disciplined core of the Harsha forces.
Gupta Bowmen
Ranged infantry. These troops carry bows made of bamboo and are pretty decent archers. They can cause significant damage to the correct enemies if used in the right way.
Noble Bowmen
Ranged infantry. Armed with powerful steel bows, these archers are very effective ranged troops, and can even piece medium armour.
Gupta Horsemen
Light Cavalry. Equipped with swords and lances, these troops are decent light cavalry, capable of charging most ranged infantry.
Noble Horsemen
Medium Cavalry. These noblemen are equipped with breastplates, lances and curved swords, and are decent medium cavalry, capable of doing heavy damage to foes.
Gupta War Elephant
Super heavy cavalry. These are the heaviest cavalry in the game, equipped with elephant armour, and ridden by a spear-armed driver and two archers. They can cause terror among the enemy ranks, but are rather large targets.


The Chalukya Dynasty
Chalukya Levies
Light infantry. These troops wear no armour and carry a spear and shield. They are the cheap, basic troops of the Chalukya.
Chalukya Spearmen
Light infantry. Wearing limited armour these troops carry spears and shields into battle and are reasonably well disciplined spearmen, capable of holding the line against foes.
Aruval Warriors
Medium infantry. These warriors wield Tamil weapons similar to billhooks designed to pull troops off horses. They are effective anti-cavalry troops.
Chalukya Swordsmen
Medium infantry. These troops wear breastplates and carry swords and shields and are disciplined warriors, capable of holding their formation against enemy assaults.
Chalukya Heavy Spearmen
Medium infantry. These warriors carry spears and shields and form up disciplined ranks to fend off foes, in particular cavalry, but certainly infantry too.
Chaluka Skirmishers
Skirmish infantry. Armed with shields, javelins and long daggers, these warriors can be effective at weakening foes right before they hit your ranks of infantry.
Chalukya Archers
Ranged infantry. Decent archers, though nothing special. Effective for suppressive volleys against the enemy infantry.
Chalukya Cavalry
Light Cavalry. Warriors with spears and swords, these troops make decent light cavalry, capable of standing up to light infantry.
Chalukya Nobles
Medium Cavalry. Armed with lances and sword and wearing breastplates, these warriors are reasonable medium cavalry.
Calukya War Elephant
Super heavy cavalry. Ridden by one spear armed driver and two archers, these war elephants wear some elephant armour and can crash through the enemy.


The Tang Dynasty
Fubing Militia
Light infantry. Warriors equipped with spears and shields that mainly keep order in the Tang settlements.
Fubing Qiang
Medium infantry. Armed with a spear and shield, these troops make decent medium infantry and are effective against cavalry.
Jiàn shì
Heavy infantry. Armed with Jian longswords and gourd shaped shields, these troops act in many ways like Roman Legionaries.
Jǐ bīng
Heavy infantry. Armed with Jian and Chinese Halberdiers, these troops are highly effective against cavalry, but they are vulnerable to archers due to their lack of shields and speed.
Nǔ bīng
Ranged Infantry. Warriors carrying Jian and crossbows, these are the most common of the Tang archers.
Lian Nǔ bīng
Ranged Infantry. Warriors armed with repeating crossbows and Jian. These bows can shoot much faster than normal crossbows, but sacrifice range and accuracy.
Gōngjiàn shǒu
Ranged Infantry. Warriors armed with regular bows and Jian. These troops technically have a shorter range than crossbowmen, but are much more accurate at long distances. Their rate of shooting is in between both varieties of crossbow.
Qīngqí
Medium Cavalry. Armed with lances and Dao swords, these riders are well armoured, though their horses are unarmoured.
Zhòng Qíbīng
Heavy Cavalry. These horsemen have both heavily armoured riders and horses, in a similar style to cataphracts, and are designed for the same purpose of smashing into foes.


The Chenla Kingdom
Kangchivopol
Light infantry. These warriors are like most other militia, being armed with a spear and a shield, they are used mainly to guard towns.
Lompeng Infantry
Medium infantry. These warriors carry large rectangular shields and spears and formed disciplined formations to defend against opponents, particularly cavalry.
Krabi Ta Han
Light infantry. These soldiers carry single edged swords and small round shields and are good assault infantry, designed to attack fast. They lack armour, however, making them vulnerable to heavily armoured troops.
Dav Ta Han
Medium infantry. These soldiers carry large rectangular shields and large flared swords. They are one of the core units in your army.
Chenla Pikemen
Medium infantry. Equipped with long spears and swords, these troops are excellent against cavalry, and can take up a variety of defensive positions.
Ksekar Archer
Ranged infantry. Poor quality archers, levied from the peasants of the land. Best used to shower foes with arrows for a suppressing effect.
Banh Thnou
Ranged infantry. Mediocre bowmen, but decent enough at their job to take out unarmoured foes.
Tpseh Lompeng
Light cavalry. These horsemen are armed with spears and shields and are designed to flank unarmoured foes and crash into them.
Tpseh dav
Light cavalry. Horsemen armed with swords, trained to cut through unarmoured foes. They are faster than Tpesh Lompeng, but pack less of a punch.
Chenla War Elephant
Super heavy cavalry. As with all war elephants, these great beasts smash through armoured foes, and have two archers on top to unleash arrows upon them.


The Avars
Pannonian Militia
Light infantry. Recruited from the local population, these troops keep order in the villages and towns that the Avars control. They are equipped with a spear and shield.
Herd Guard
Light infantry. Herdsmen are the pastoral nomads that guard the herds of cattle that roam the steppe. They are trained with bows and swords and are pretty good light infantry.
Avari Spearmen
Medium infantry. These infantry carry spears and shields and are the main infantry of the Avars. They are not particularly good infantry, but they still do a decent job.
Gepsid Warriors
Medium infantry. Germanic warriors armed with large shields and swords, descended from the Goths, which make useful assault infantry.
Slavic Spearmen
Heavy infantry. These warriors are equipped with lamellar armour and shields, and are trained to be good anti-cavalry troops.
Herdsmen
Light cavalry. These troops are good trained to guide and watch over the herds of the steppes. They are trained with spears and can charge into light infantry, causing significant damage.
Avari Raiders
Ranged cavalry. These horsemen carry bows and and a variety of melee weapons like swords, maces and axes. They are fast and manoeuvrable.
Steppe Cavalry
Medium cavalry. Armed with bows and swords, these troops are the main cavalry of the Avars. They wear lamellar armour and are slightly better at range.
Avari Lancers
Heavy cavalry. Both horse and rider wear heavy armour and the riders carry lances and swords. They are designed to smash through the enemy.
Baghatur
Medium cavalry. These troops are elite medium cavalry, champions among the Avari. They are equipped with a spear, sword and bow and are great horsemen.

[Linke]

Impressive and well researched map, but it wont be possible in Total war Attila

[PontusTookEgypt]

Really, how come? Are the map and/or provinces locked?

Whatever the reason, do you think Rome or Medieval II would be better for this? I mean, you could just put villages in the unsettled regions.

[FrozenmenSS]

Impressive and well researched map, but it wont be possible in Total war Attila

Really, how come? Are the map and/or provinces locked?

Whatever the reason, do you think Rome or Medieval II would be better for this? I mean, you could just put villages in the unsettled regions.

Fosr such a mod Medieval 2 and Rome 1 are better,because of the mapping tools and the proposed unit rosters are ok for those games,but for Attila they will be too small

the problem is - we cant add new provinces/regions/cities and expand the map across the 4 corners of the world.

BTW a Dark Age: Total War type of mod is already in the works. Click on my signature pic for more info.

BTW gratz for your hard work to make this up + rep

[PontusTookEgypt]

Fair enough. Would you say Rome 1 or Medieval II would be better then? I mean, I think they have region caps don't they? I'm not sure if they can be changed.

[PontusTookEgypt]

So, in any case, I think the rivers shown on the maps should be sail-able, at least for some of their length. Do you think the Grand Canal of China would be a good thing to put in if this is the case?

[alejandromachine]

where can i download this mod?