Eden Total War

[Master Zuma]

WELCOME TO THE EDEN TOTAL WAR
This mod based on Harry Harrison trilogy: West of Eden, Winter in Eden, Return to Eden.


Mod will be for Medieval 2 TW Kingdoms


Overview

In the Earth that exists in this mod, the asteroid that struck Earth 65 million years ago causing the mass extinction level event which wiped-out most of the reptiloids never happened, leaving the way clear for an intelligent dinosaur species to eventually evolve from the mosasaur branch (this is an error by the author, as mosasaurs are not dinosaurs but a species of reptile related to the modern monitor lizards, meaning that Yilane are not dinosaur-people but lizard-people).

These lizard-people are known as the Yilané, who become the dominant lifeform on most of the planet. During their evolutionary process, the species became non-viable on the two American continents, leaving them free of Yilané for millions of years.

Humanity, however, evolved there (and only there), and by the time the novel begins have reached a late stone age level of technology and culture.

The Yilané have a very advanced society, which is primarily based on a mastery of the biological sciences, especially genetic engineering, so much so that almost every tool and artifact they use is a modified lifeform. Their boats were originally squids, their submarines are enhanced ichthyosaurs (here called uruketos), and their guns are evolved monitor lizards which eject projectiles using pressurised gas.

The Yilané are a matriarchal society. The females control all political, military, and scientific aspects of the culture and keep the males segregated. Males are primarily poets and artisans, and enjoy dull, pampered lifestyles, but repeated matings will kill them, so they are very wary of the females. The Yilané language is incredibly complex, based on both sounds and body movements, and a key factor in social status among females is how well the language is mastered.

Factions

Yilané cities (each city as a faction)
Sorogetso (technology unadvanced Yilané)
Sisters of Life(Leader is Enge, who leads a faction of pacifist Yilanè who reject the militaristic and violent attitudes of other Yilanè)
Tanu(each sammad as a one faction)
Paramutns(peoples that lives in ice)
Saske(The most technology advanced people they live in a Valley and all as a one nation)
Kargu
Masai(will be in second campaign)

Faction descriptions

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Faction descriptions by Arsonist
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Yilané cities

Reptiles. One of the oldest forms of life on the planet. Approximately 270 million years BC definitively established their supremacy in the food chain and the overall dominant role in the earth. Many millions of years of evolution have developed reptile screen out weak, unadapted, Dead kinds. Strong progressed, his descendants passed all necessary for survival in a changing world.
Today, only a few remaining geological and palaeontological texts, annals, written on the rocks, it is possible to understand from where is started yilan history. This happened about 40 million years BC, when the boundless expanses of the oceans began efenburu. Close interaction within the group and especially the physiology gave start to the intellectual development of species. Mutual learning in the sea, yilane not forgotten about it, getting out of the ocean on a firm ground.
It is important to explain the principle of iylans society. At the core of society - the matriarchy, in which males - only one element of the reproduction. They - tired, weak beings, unable to defend themselves. It is believed that with the invention of the first defense of males and offspring rises science yilan. It all started with the usual thorns wall for protection against wild animals. Gradually yilane filled land and ocean, and once turned his first city on the shores of ancient seas. It was built a second, but for him and others. It was little food and had to learn to build a wall to protect their fields and grow the domestic animals, protecting them from predators. So iilane proved its superiority over the lower forms of life.
Science of yilan develops in biological ways: working with DNA genomes of animals, breeding, and all kinds of transformation - namely, that builds all the achievements of they society.
Physiologically yilane belong to the warm-and exothermic creatures - their body temperature and metabolic processes are directly dependent on environmental conditions. But the most curious fact is an inextricable link between the internal processes of metabolism of individuals and society as a whole. yilane can not live alone: to expel from the city immediately die as a result of irreversible physiological changes the body.
Yilane settled by the entire territory of the Old World and Entoban (Africa). And only the cold poles discourage them from settling the planet. And only recently they had found that there is a comfortable fit for the place where they do not step foot ...


Tanu

Dinosaurs ruled the world. They dominated in all continents, and above all of them - yilane ...
But not in the Western Hemisphere. Suppose that in South America is dominated by reptiles - in the north things are slightly different. Land bridge of Central America - a narrow strip between the northern and southern continents - left under water in different geological epochs. Ice sheets glaciers descended almost to the shores of inland seas. And many millions of years there was a climate of cold even in summer. Cold extinct in this region, were dominated by warm-forms. They were distributed evolved and began to prevail throughout the continent.
Then the glaciers retreated, mammals have gone after them. And by the time the land bridge connecting the two once again America, the North has already ruled warm. But resist the onslaught of slow reptiles, they could not. Before the giant armored vosmidesyatitonnym can only retreat.
Only in the north, the foothills and at the foot of the mountains, mammals have managed to survive. Including the New World primates, which are descendants of TANU.
In the Old World mammals, no - he is at the mercy of the reptile. No dogs or bears. But in the new world deer are flourishing - from the very small to huge, with the size of an elk. There is a mastodon and marsupial, including saber-toothed. So on a narrow strip of fertile land between the glaciers and pangolin thrive mammals.
Because of the brutal conditions of the tribes TANU largely have remained hunters and gatherers. Adapting under natural conditions they had to choose a nomadic way of life. Dominant role in society played TANU hunters - the main miners and advocates sammada (tribe). Head Hunters - sammadar, solves the key issues that determines the direction of nomadic and a new park. All life is based on the mammoth sammada - they are the main force in the draft kochevaniya, as well as playing a crucial role in many aspects of life sammada.
Since ancient times, TANU not fighting each other, but tightened the conditions of existence in consequence of lowering the temperature on the continent led to clashes of individual tribes. And that even on the south coast suddenly a new threat - a very dangerous type of IAWG (dinosaurs) ...

Saske

Not all the tribes of the northern continent of people Gendasi (South Amerika - on yilan language) were nomads. Land along the west coast are separated by high mountains and deserts, and this has provided an opportunity has arisen a new culture - people Saske.
Saske - the first Neolithic farmers. Sedentary farmers have mastered weaving and pottery craft, created a more sophisticated and diverse society. They have greatly developed, and a religious component, based on reverence for the spirits of animate and inanimate nature. Saske lived in caves, but rather furnished, equipped with various household welfare.
Physically, Saske much less tall, tempered hard struggle for survival tanu had dark skin, black hair and wore no beard. Thus, the clothes are made of fabric and did not use fur and animal skins.
However, the high level of cultural and handicraft development could not protect the peace-loving Saske from external enemies, and terrible events taking place on the continent, it doesn't feel good ...


Paramutans

Like tanu, paramutans come from the New World primates. Genetic analysis shows that. despite the absence of fossil evidence, tanu and paramutans are related and do not intersect until now only because they shared a great distance. Despite the external differences in hair, the skin on the hairless and hairy tanu has the same number of hair follicles. tanu Many are born with rudimentary tail, still, and it contains the same number of vertebrae, and how many paramutans tails .
Explicit physical differences between the two groups are insignificant, if we look at cultural and social factors. Paramutans migrated northward beyond other primates. Population pressure and availability of the necessary knowledge gave them an opportunity to survive in Arctic conditions, then made the necessary. Dependence paramutan from the only source of food and raw materials (ularuaks ), he established the conditions for the existence, does not allow for other possibilities.
They also enjoy a number of materials provided by temperate latitudes, but ularuaks is the foundation of the entire material culture of paramutans.
It should be noted that the concept of «paramutan» is not the self and represents marbak word meaning «raw-meat-eaters». They use the word «angurpiakv», which means «real people», which they themselves believe. Lonely existence on the northern spaces naturally leads to their feeling that only they are human beings. That is why they call tanu erkvigdlitami, or fairy people. Strangers, are unrealistic from the world, because that would not exist.

Sorogetso

While at the space the old world and Entobana ruled by highly yilans, in the west, the Great River in the jungle, live reptiles, which are only at the beginning of the path of intellectual development. Sorogetso - namely, the so-called yilane this type. Type, which in essence is a living ancestor of yilan on kakoyto unknown reason, some stalled in development. In fact, sorogetso - a transitional stage of development from wild dinosaurs to iilane. They still live like animals - build logs, do not have science, speak on the primitive by the standards of iilane language. They have no sexual division of labor, and males are too active life, as well as females. They are still only an emerging society has no organized structure and all the right sense of hunger and desire to save their lives ...

Sisters of Life

It's no secret that society of ylan fairly conservative. Thousands of years passed and his foundation have remained unchanged. Iilane live, caring only about themselves and the types that are useful to them. Others - sweep the face of the earth, as potentially dangerous or bothersome. Ordinary iilane rarely thought about such things, but with the development of science in a society iilan, a new layer - educated, intellectuals, academics. Iilane of this group are aware of the value of every life, and put it in the whole chapter. With their ideas and thoughts, so the rest of extrinsic iilane they were in opposition to the system. When eystaa myatezhnits decided to expel from the city, it turned out that they are not killed like the rest. During this iilane called them «Sisters of Death», as they call themselves «Sisters of Life» ... Since then they have become pariahs among themselves such. And one, realizing the futility and danger of his stay in the community iilan, Sisters of Life had left his native city, thus founding a new society ...


Masai

Entoban. Motherland, cradle of the world of dinosaurs. At the open spaces here in the savannah and dense thickets of the jungle, on the coast and even in the desert - everywhere Domestic reptiles. However, in the south-east coast of the continent, isolated lakes and large range of high mountains, mammals have achieved their right to exist. These lands - the birthplace of the Masai tribes. Dangerous neighborhood, and local climate conditions have formed a strong people. Subtle, physical development, fleet-footed and durable black Masai have learned to survive next to a dangerous neighborhood. As tanu in Gendasi, Masai tribes live, each of which has its own chief, shaman and a strict social hierarchy. But climate Entobana considerably more favorable than in Gendasi allows Masai tribes to sedentary lifestyles.
The Masai have learned to protect their ancient land of wild to the borders of their possessions, and able to respond to podstupayuschuyu threat. But the time comes, to the north is becoming colder ... Died already great city iilan - Egepte and they look for new prehoditsya beaches south. A Maasai land just lie in the way of their quest ....



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Map

Starting positions

Ideas suggestions
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The story of Kerric

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Animals

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Picthure 01. Bansemnilla
Щredator marsupial. Had tail. Гув ин sasku to kill rats and mice.


Picthure 02. Ship
Surface water transport of Yilans. Moved forward by a strong jet of water, set back. There was only the beginnings of intelligence, but can be trained to perform simple commands.


Picthure 03. Coat
Animals used by Yilans to protect against the cold. Well-fed coat maintained body temperature around 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Coat dosen't have mind.


Picthure 04. Deer
The object of hunting Tanu. The meat was excellent taste. Of the skins produced clothing, shoes, handbags, etc.


Picthure 05. Энтисенат
Хищная морская рептилия, хорошо приспособленная для жизни в океане. Имело маленькую голову и змеевидную шею, а веслообразные плавники делали его похожим на черепаху. Разводились ийланами в качестве заготовителей пищи для урукето.


Рисунок 06. Эйсекол
Травоядное водное млекопитающее. Разводились ийланами для прокладки и очистки подводных каналов.


Рисунок 07. Элиноу
Маленький проворный динозавр, весьма ценившийся ийланами за уничтожение мелких грызунов. Из-за пестрой окраски и услужливого характера часто становились любимчиками.


Рисунок 08. Эретрук
Крупный хищный динозавр. Длина достигала 40 футов. вес – 7 тонн. Передние лапы маленькие, но сильные. Очень медлителен.


Рисунок 09. Гигантский олень
Крупнейший из оленей. Тану охотились на него не только из-за мяса, но и из-за шкуры, которую они использовали в качестве материала для палаток.


Рисунок 10. Хесотсан
Искусственно выведенный ийланами вид ящериц, которые по мере старения костенели и превращались в грозное оружие. Парообразующие железы с силой выталкивали дротик, который отравлялся при прохождении через половые органы. Яд хесотсана в количестве всего 500 молекул приводил к параличу и смерти.


Рисунок 11. Длиннозубый
Член семейства сумчатого тигра. Крупный и свирепый хищник, получивший свое название за выступающие наружу клыки. Охотники каргу использовали длиннозубых в качестве помощников при охоте.


Рисунок 12. Мастодонт
Крупное млекопитающее с длинными бивнями и цепким хоботом. Использовалось тану в качестве тяговых животных.


Рисунок 13. Ненитеск
Травоядное животное, имевшее рога на костяной лобовой пластине. Размножалось, откладывая яйца. Интеллект невелик. Использовался, в основном, в декоративных целях.


Рисунок 14. Онетсенсаст
Крупнейший из бронированных динозавров. Для защиты имел два ряда роговых пластин на шее и спине, колючки на хвосте.


Рисунок 15. Сандуу
Используя интенсивное генное вмешательство, ийланы нревратили это существо в живой микроскоп. Увеличение изображения предмета, помещенного в сандуу, до 200 раз достигалось прохождением солнечных лучей через систему органических линз в их голове.
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Рисунок 16. Таракаст
Остроклювый хищный динозавр, крупнейшие экземпляры которого достигали 13 футов в высоту. Плохо поддавались обучению. Однако, при правильном обращении, позволяли себя оседлать.


Рисунок 17. Угуншаа
Поскольку язык ийлан зависел от цвета кожи, движения тела и звуков, записывать его было невозможно. Поэтому у ийлан никогда не было письменности, а исторические сведения передавались устно. Запись информации стала возможной только тогда, когда органические жидкие кристаллы угуншаа приспособили для зрительного сопровождения слуховых памятных записей.


Рисунок 18. Унутак
Одно из сильно измененных ийланами животных. Этот цефалопод легко усваивал ороговевшую ткань, особенно волосы.


Рисунок 19. Урукето
Крупнейший из семейства водяных динозавров. Тысячелетия генной инженерии вывели породу ихтиозавров, весьма отличающихся от своих предков. Над его позвоночником имелось крупное помещение, расположенное в спинном плавнике, и использовавшееся для перевозки экипажа и грузов.


Рисунок 20. Уруктоп
Одно из сильно измененных ийланами животных. Использовалось для наземных перевозок тяжелых грузов на большие расстояния, поскольку после генного дублирования имело восемь ног.

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Unit rosters

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Yilané:
1. Фарги - молодые, не опытные иилане, ещё только обучающиеся речи. Они вооружены хесотсанами, но ещё не имеют всех необходимых навыков и малоэффективны в бою.
2. Охотницы - более опытные ийланы хорошо обученые стрелять из хесотсанов, редко промахиваются.
3. Элитные охотницы - ийланы посвятившие себя убийству устозоу, вооружены дальнобойными мощными хесотсанами, умеют двигатся ночью, великолепные следопыты.
4. Интостал - специально выведеный убийца, обученый выслеживать устозоу. Внешне похож на велоцираптора но кожа неуязвима для дротиков, очень проворен.
5. Фарги на уруктопах - уруктопы сносят все на своем пути, неязвимы перед тану с копьями и ножами, наездники вооружены хесотсанами но неумело их используют.
6. Наездники на таракастах - ийланы командиры высоких рангов, искусны в убийстве, вооружены мощными хесотсанами. Благодаря быстрым таракастам в них трудно попасть копьем но больше шансов у стрелы.


Tanu:
1. Младшие охотники – не опытные, молодые охотники, 16-20 лет, вооружены копьём и ножом.
2. Охотники - взрослые мужчини от 20 до 40 лет, очень опытные в охоте и убийстве мургу, вооружены луками копьями каменными ножами.
3. Охотники с хесотсанами – не смотря на свой опыт обращения с копьём и луком, плохо владеют трофейным оружием мургу (хесотсан) и часто мажут во время стрельбы.
4. Шаманы - 2 юнита в отряде аладжекс и шаман вдохнавляют охотников в битвах с мургу, не вооружены.
5. Охотники на мургу - преуспевшие в этом деле охотники имеют делать ловушки для мургу, вооружение как хесотсаном так и копьё с луком.
6. Охотники с ядвитыми стрелами – очень опытные, умелые бойцы, вооружённые луками с ядовитыми стрелами, качественными ножами и копьями, лучшие бойцы саммадов Тану.
7. Саммадар (Гентинац) - лучший охотник саммада, сопроваждаемый наиболее опытными охотниками.
8. Элск - одомашненные тану огромные мастодонты, играющие ключевую роль в их жизни, применяются так же и в бою. Наездники – младшие охотники, вооружённые луками.
9. Женщины Тану – в обществе Тану, женщины имеют абсолютно равные права с мужчинами и в случае необходимости, могут выступить на защиту родного саммада. Вооружены копьями и ножами.


Saske:
1. Молодые охотники - мужчины 15- 20 лет не очень опытны, вооружены метательным копьём, малоэфективны в бою.
2. Охотники - мужчины 20- 50 лет, имеют опыт в бою, вооружены специальными метательными копьями.
3. Охотники в харадисе - люди полностью обмотаные в белую ткань из харадиса, неуязвимы перед дротиками обычных хесотсанов, беззащитны перед копьями и стрелами, вооружены специальными метательными копьями.
4. Люди Кадайра - специальный отряд саске предназначеный для борьбы с Карогнисом (зло, или чаще всего ийланы), в него входят только опытные преуспевающие воины, вооружены специальными метательными копьями и захвачеными у врага хесотсанами.
5. Мандуктос- старейшины и шаманы саске…


Sorogetso:
1. Эфенийлы - недавно вышедшие на берег сорогетсо, глупые, плохоговорящие, вооружены собствеными зубами и камнями.
2. Охотники - добывают пищу, неплохо сражаются, вооружены палкой с привязаной к ней крабовой клешней (подобие гарпуна).
3. Охранники - сорогетсо охраняющие поселение, могут учавствовать в военных действиях, чаще всего это опытные самцы, вооружены палками с отравлеными наконечниками, могут кидатся ядовитыми пауками.


Paramutans:
1. Молодые охотники - мужчины 15- 20 лет не очень опытны, вооружены копьём, малоэфективны в бою. основное занятие ловля рыбы.
2. Охотники - мужчины 20- 50 лет, имеют опыт в бою, вооружены копьём и каменным ножом. занимаются ловлей крупных животных
3. Охотники на урулака - люди которые обеспечивают всё племя кожей и мясом Улурака вооружены копьём очень опытны помогают вождб поймать улурака.
4. Вождь - только вождь имеет право атаковать улурака первым мощным ударом копья с ядом убивает улурака.
5. Охотники на мургу - люди вооруженные копьями и мешочками с ядом.


Masai:
1. Юноши-охотники – неопытные юноши племени масаи, ещё не прошедшие обряда посвящения в воины. Вооружены коротким копьем, одеты в короткие накидки масаи.
2. Воины – молодые воины племени, прошедшие обряд посвящения через «танец прыжков». Ещё не достаточно опытны, но вполне боеспособны. Вооружение – метательное копьё, нож , одеты в накидки масаи.
3. Мораны – опытные воины масаи. Вооружены боевым копьём и ножом, одеты в накидки масаи.
4. «Охотники на львов» - каста элитных воинов, сформировавшаяся во времена, когда единственными врагами масай в их родной долине были львы. Они прекрасно дисциплинированные, опытные, самые сильные и ловкие воины племени. Вооружены одним лишь копьём и призирают любое другое оружие, одеты в «усиленные» накидки масаи.
5. Охрана старейшины – собственно старейшина племени и его телохранители
6. «Шаманы гор» - шаман племени масай со своими подмастерьями. (по поверьям боги племени масаи живут в горах и обороняют их земли от врагов).

Kargu:
1.Охотники с долгозубами – отряд охотников каргу, в сопровождении хищных долгозубов.

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[Master Zuma]

some art

[y2day]

Very intersting Zuma, I will keep an eye on this and also check out the books. It looks like a good read.

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[Master Zuma]

yeah bet books that i have ever read
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thanks

i will update this with a lot of stuff and ideas tomorrow i must rest today

mod is officaly in development on imperial
http://imperiall.1bb.ru/index.php?showtopic=3609&st=0

[Aenima]

ive skimmed through west of eden a few times, fairly good read for me. would be interesting to see it made into a mod though

[Master Zuma]

first post updated

[Stephan]

zuma ill help you looks very cool
I can do 2D art if you want

[Master Zuma]

great you in

[Lord Willy]

Good Idea!Looking Forward to it!

[Prince Nuada]

this is nice

[Master Zuma]

Lord Willy
Prince Nuada
thanks

now we are working on buidings

[Lord Willy]

Lord Willy
Prince Nuada
thanks

now we are working on buidings

Good News!

[Augustus Lucifer]

This looks like it will be a very interesting mod concept. It could be really good or really bad just based on the premise of lizard-people, but let's all hope for the former.

[Blondie_]

Aaw, I was expecting an epic battle between God and Satan à la Paradise Lost...

[S-te-Fan]

Looks cool if it can be accomplished.

[Master Zuma]

It could be really good or really bad just based on the premise of lizard-people, but let's all hope for the former.

we will do our best

Looks cool if it can be accomplished.

thanks
it's can

[Rorarii]

Isn't it amazing how in all the time Reptiles and Dinosaurs ruled the earth, no intelligent species evolved! ..

Makes one wonder.

Apart from that, excellent idea except ETW will mainly have fire-arm meshes and annimations.

R

[Master Zuma]

Rorarii

Isn't it amazing how in all the time Reptiles and Dinosaurs ruled the earth, no intelligent species evolved! ..

it is

Apart from that, excellent idea except ETW will mainly have fire-arm meshes and annimations.

thanks
also there will be american tribes i think without gunpowder weapon some of them

[Augustus Lucifer]

Will definitely need an animations person, but at least according to the first post you seem to have one, which is a step in the right direction. Hopefully the battle map buildings will be more accessible than in the past, at least as much as Rome, god forbid they're like Medieval II.

[Master Zuma]

Hopefully the battle map buildings will be more accessible than in the past

we hope in it