The Necropolis
Leader:Theras the Mad Lich
Territory:A Large expanse of lands in front of a place known as the GrimStone Mountains.
Capitol city- The Necropolis- City of the Dead, this city used to be a thriving Human community, that was powerful and had one time conquered all the known lands, now its just a city of black stone with nothing but phantoms and the undead within its halls and cities. Besides the Grim and Dark Beauty of the city, or its once beauty the most Notable features are the Large Human shaped Collosusi carved into the the Mountain, and two Mostly Buried ones before the Palace. These Collussi are the most Powerful things to exist in any land army, though they cannot be brought to War they simply Defend the City, under no ones command besides the ancient magics that made them.
Two of these stand to either side of the City, unmoving but attack with magic in crisis, but cannot be commanded or controlled
These two are Burried in the Grounds before the palace, and only emerge to defend the city, and nothing else.
Race:The Undead
Description of Race: The undead are those who have died regardless of species or past life, if they are killed and retrieved by other undead or Phantom carriages then they will join the undead. Undead vary from tortured ghosts, to Shambling skeletons, to Zombies of all sorts.
Population: 3 million Undead can include people from any nation any species as well, their numbers always increase with those who them have claimed, their smaller national numbers are made up by the fact that if needed all of them could go to war, which is something they will never do.
Society: Society is grim, as they are undead, they hate a hate of the living, not because they have life but because they can die unlike those who become cursed. The entire society is enslaved to the will of the Lich, with few exceptions.
Stance on Magic: Magic is an integral part of their society as the Mad Lich is the most powerful masic user in the region. Magic can also be used by lesser lich and undead sorcerers.
Religion: They worship the Angel of Death, in hopes that the reaper will have mercy one day and take their lives finally.
Government: Monarchy, The Mad Lich is the sole leader and mastermind of every decision made.
Economy: Gathering of the dead is their largest purpose, they also punish Prisoners of other kingdoms who leave the criminals for the Undead to take back to the Necropolis, this is done with trades of materials, while for the most part they are self reliant due to their nature of being undead. Materials for wars and weapon production is standard though.
Army: The Army relies on numbers, and fear tactics and magic to win wars. Armies are generally large, and contain units for a wide variety of tasks. They have tactics which undermine standard marching armies and colliding in lines of men, these tactics are used in war but when facing an unprepared enemy they many surprise them and ensue chaos from within. Ground Armies are particularly powerful and the mainstay of this Kingdom, using cheap units that have high numbers, and are highly resistant to many things do to their nature of undeath. Their are Elite units that would give the elite units of any other army pause, their numbers are less, and their are ways of forcibly improving cheap units by spending resources on enhancing them through tactics no living creature could withstand.
Navy: The Navy is nearly non-existant, a few ships have been seen, mostly ghost pirates, they act of thier own accord though, but can be called upon by the Lich Lord Theras in times of need.
Technology: Metalurgy is common and standard, forging weapons for the army, usually cheaply as number make up for any lacking, These weapons are not high quality, but have curses upon them as standard, very simple curses with finality, those wounded with these weapons will join the Undead, eventually, even if the survive and recover from an injury. There is a unique resource that is only found in the Grimstone mountains, like its name sake it is the unique material known as GrimStone, which can be used in forging stone weapons that Never Dull and can accept more enchantments than other material, this can also be used in armor making with similar results, only the Undead know how to successfully craft such items, the down side is they are heavier than regular metal counter parts, but not so much as to be unusable.
National Focus: Magic- which includes enchanting, Undead with Magical abilities, and unique units.
Background: Not Much is known about them, except that they were created from what was once a powerful kingdom, but with their power they became arrogant and blasphemous. The Leader Theras, was not actually the Leader he was the high Sorcerer for the Ancient Emperor, but he some how angered the a god that cursed him with Undeath, a curse that spread through the entire kingdom making it an unsuitable land for the living. With his power though he Brought the undead under his command and waged ancient wars against the living, which may be the reason so many people fear them, there are however no memories of these times, only the Undead knows what happened long ago, but it seems the Powerful Lich became Docile with time, seeming to give into his Curse and with time he went Mad, not entirely though. When questioned on the Past he may never tell the same story twice, but neither does he lie as there is some truth in each thing he says.
Alliances: None currently, though due to agreements made in life, the Mad lich has brought his army to bear for other nations who were able to prove that he owed them.
Trading Agreements: Its easy to make one, as giving prisoners along with materials for alchemy or metallurgy is how they trade, it would take more convincing to get standard resource trade, and their unique resources is impossible to acquire, only adventurers have ever been able to claim items made from Grim Stone.
Strengths: Numbers are their largest strength, they have unique and powerful units, but for the most part they aren't needed because with each war it adds more to their army, as people struck down by the Undead will rise as one of them. The Units are Diverse and typically outnumber any army, since more undead can be called to fight. They are also good with magic that makes them hard to put down as they may just get back up again, so it makes Lesser Lich priority Targets, but the Lich themselves are powerful spell casters usually protected by more elite units. Elite Units include, Undead Knights, Undead Assassins, Heavy Archers, Bone Giants, And Various levels of Lich, Zombies can also be considered Elite, but they are just harder to kill. Basic units include Skeletons Warriors which make up most of the army, they are strong but fragile units but can be equipped with armor to make them tougher, usually the armor they died wearing, the Skeletons can also be Archers, Horsemen Archers and other infantry. All infantry can be improved Magically with enhancements to their body structure, Turning them into Black Skull warriors, Warriors that have received a Metal infusion to their bone structure including marks of enchantment on the metal, increasing their resilience, but making them loud and clanking in combat. This is an upgrade any undead unit can receive. They are also extremely immune to dark magic, and have a higher damage threshold due to the inability to feel pain, also small projectiles are not as effective against skeletal warriors because a lack of body mass.
Weakness: Besides not being war prone unless the Lich commands it, they also have a strong aversion of holy items and land, they also have no Navy to speak of currently.
Best Infantry Unit: Black Skull Warriors, those who recieve the Metal Infusion into their bones with Enchanted metals, making them highly resistant to all damage, but can still be felled, they are usually divided into Leader like positions of larger units of regular Skeletal warriors, an entire Unit of them would be a nightmare to behold.
Best Cavalry Unit: Grimstone Knights- Bone Knights on Skeletal Horseback, both of which have recieved the Black skull treatment, and on top of that these knights also use GrimStone Armor and Weapons, they are far fewer, and are usually leader units, adding their strength to standard Knight Calvary, or Lesser Calvary.
Best Naval Unit: Current
ly the only Naval unit available is the Ghost Pirate ships, and they usually act on their own accord because of their distance from the Dead lands, since it is a land locked Nation
Best Warmachine/Seige Engine: Bone Catapults- These catapults use a Large Skeltal Forearm and Hand for flinging rocks and boulders, which they can fling farther than a standard catapult but not as far as a trebuchet, they make up for this with numbers.
