FACTION: The Kingdom of Makuria

[AdmiringtheEnemyeh?]

Wait, what if you loose all family members but you still have settlements? Do the faction get destroyed?

And if I recruit generals do they count as family members? in the family tree.

They have to get man of the hour first, just like captains.

[Rex Armeniae]

Oh so recruited generals can get man of the hour aswell? And then get adopted in to the family tree.

[Kalos]

Oh so recruited generals can get man of the hour aswell? And then get adopted in to the family tree.

Ja.

[John I Tzimisces]

Couldn't you marry one of your princesses to them?

[Rex Armeniae]

Couldn't you marry one of your princesses to them?

Thats probably a possibility.

[zznɟ ǝɥʇ]

Sort of related, I played SV and the Timurids had all their cities taken, I assumed they were destroyed and maybe 15 years later a full stack of them show up on jihad to Constantinople and take it.... if BC has anything like this (and I think you do?), that'll be amazing.

I completely forgot about them and suddenly they were a regional power again.

I must train my horsemen to hunt down every man, woman and child! It is the only way to have victory! :sparta:

[teh.frickin.pope]

When a faction's last city is taken, if there are still family members around the map, they turn into a horde. MOst factions can only do it a limited amount of times and get a rather poor group of troops, but more nomadic factions can do it a few times with an elite army popping up to represent the faction's nobility pulling up stakes ala khwarezm.

[crowduntruth]

I am confused; is Makuria going to be included in the first release?

congrats on an amazing project btw...

[Blingerman]

Yes, read the stickies for more info

[The Mongol]

They were done quite a while ago so I can only assume they will be.

[Miraj]

Posts Merged

Yes, of course Makuria will be included in BC 1.0, fully playable.

[King of Axum]

will the lutat macemen recieve armour at level/ tier 4

[Miraj]

What you see is what you get. We have no armour upgrades.

[SwiftBlade]

what accent will the makurians use?

[AlphaDelta]

Mongols I believe.

Cheers

[Ahiga]

On the battle map we've gone with various accents for their units. Some are middle eastern, some are mongolian, a few have an Eastern European one (Which has been one of our catch-all accents. It works for some ghulams, for east Christians, ect.)

[Maréchal_Martin]

I love this faction, great work !

[CelticPagan]

Found some interesting info, from the book When We Ruled - 50 Greatest Africans, that shows the relationship between Egypt and the Makurians:

Emperor Semamun of Makuria (flourished 1286 AD- ?)
Defender of the Sudanese Empire of Makuria against Arab and Turkish aggressionFollowing a complaint to the Egyptian Sultan about the mistreatment of envoys from Egypt by the ruler of the Sudanese empire of Makuria, the Egyptians attacked in 1286 AD. When the Arabs and Turks of Egypt sent two armies into Makuria, Semamun, the Makurian Emperor, ordered the evacuation of the country. In his absence, the invaders placed the son of the royal sister on the throne and also appointed a new deputy. The Egyptian armies returned home arriving at their court in August 1288. As they withdrew, Semamun returned to Old Dongola, seized the city, and regained power. The Muslim royal puppet and the deputy fled to the Egyptian court.

The Egyptians assembled another large army to battle the Makurians. They set off from Cairo in October 1289. Semamun again ordered evacuations. He himself fled upstream to the island of Mograt, fifteen days journey from Old Dongola, accompanied by his court. The Makurian Emperor, after refusing to swear allegiance to the Sultan and fearing the arrival of an Egyptian fleet, fled even further upstream to the Kingdom of el-Abwab. However, the royal princes, officials and priests were left abandoned on Mograt. They made their peace with the invaders and swore allegiance to them. Furthermore, they handed over the Makurian crown and other royal regalia. Following this, a great banquet was held in the largest of Old Dongola's churches, where the new royal appointee by the Sultan's court was enthroned. This puppet swore loyalty to the Egyptian Sultan and was required to pay the Baqt.

Leaving a garrison behind in the capital, the Egyptians again withdrew, arriving in Cairo in May 1290. Once again Semamum returned to Old Dongola and, with the support of the army and some of the princes, arrested the puppet ruler at the palace. He gave safe passage to the Muslim garrison who then withdrew to Qoz. Moreover, he ordered the execution of the puppet ruler and the puppet deputy.

His actions eventually brought some peace.

[YANZHAOYINGYANG]

I have change the Makurian general img ～

Is someone like him？

[NoFrag]

Makuria is my favorite faction along with KoJ and the Maharaja. However I feel like they should revamp the skins of their early units because they look like a bunch of naked barbarians rather than an organised army. Just a bit of armor, not need to add bonuses but at least dress them ! =P