[Idea] Wheel of Time: Total War
Hey guys. just had a thought spring to my mind while i was on the bus today and i looked through the forum and i couldnt find a thread on it.
Don't read ahead if you havent read all the books in case spoil something for you! Be it on your on head if you down.
The Wheel of Time has a good amount of lore, probably at the least a dozen factions, the Amyrlin could be based off a Pope/Senate system, obviously depending on which engine it's built on.
The Whitecloaks could start off as a solid faction which has Amadicia as a protectorate and if destroyed it asks another faction for its province much like the pope did.
Everyone would be at war with the Dark One (obviously).
On the topic of Rand and his empire im not yet sure as to how one would implement him into the game whilst retaining the lore and such. Maybe with a Trait/Ancillary system we could name Rand 'Dragon Reborn' and be the faction leader. And have say Darlin as 'King of Tear' with the description describing the fact Darlin was basically ruling in Rands name and do the same with the others. Mat and Perrin could be Generals.
To add to the gameplay we would obviously have to abandon some of the lore and have the game based around a 'Tri-Superpower system' similar to how Elayne envisioned in Towers of Midnight:
-'Dragon Coalition' where the Dragon Empire itself owned the Aiel Waste, Tear, Two Rivers, Carhien, and Illian.
-'The Seanchan Empire' which would own the south-western lands where they landed
-'Alliance of the Borderlands' which would contain Saldea, Kandor, Arafel and Shienar (possibly implement a script where within the Blight there is a region named Malkier and if the Borderlands capture this settlement the nation of Malkier is born again, once again slightly un-lore as somehow Lan would have to become King
- The Fourth and final one (not included in the Tri system as they inherently evil!) would be the 'Dark One's' faction, with some of the forsaken acting as Generals? Maybe some of the less populated lands are strongholds of Darkfriends and each settlement is in some sort of alliance system with the chief Dark Ones faction. Like instead of Rebels they were for instance 'Haddon Mirk Darkfriends' so basically Rebels who can't go to war with the 'Dark One's Faction'
There would also be other minor factions with undecided options such as Andor, Lugard and Murandy, etc. Although Andor isnt a minor faction whatsoever but you know what i mean haha. I Guess the White Tower would be the papal states but im stuck on how to implement the Aes Sedai themselves as a unit
The Alliances would somehow have to be unbreakable between the coalitions and such. I have no idea what the time of start would be for the campaign nor for how long it would continue for. It would either have to be before rand was born like maybe the start of the Aiel war, or just as Rand admits to being the Dragon Reborn and the Seanchan attack Falme.
Yeah just something i thought up of. I have NO modding experiance whatsoever, though i do have extensive knowledge of the books and the lore. If anyones willing to take this gargantuan challenge then you can definately count on my support in whatevers needed.
Oh and before anyone startsabout something this was just an IDEA that i thought experianced modders who loved the books as i do, might be interested in
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Originally Posted by y2day
