- Joined
- Sep 3, 2014
IMO the setting was fucked when they didn't lean into some of the unique tribal beliefs or systems available. No awesome Haudenosaunee Senate furiously debating over the treaties broken with the Huron Confederation, their long hated trade and military rivals who seek to control the Great Lakes. Both threatened by the Lakotans and their desire for more grazing land due to a population bottleneck.
No Shawnee Guard who watch over Cahokia like the Swiss Pikemen did for the Papacy, hired due to their military prowess and dedication to war and honor being the one thing to match the Chickasaw City States, the Spartans of the west. Cahokia, the Light of the Great River, and the last bastion of the Moundbuilding Legacy.
No Comanchean Empire, the great Horse Empire of the West, the great threat. No Burned Man leading them, called as such due to conquering and uniting the clans, and destroying dozens of states with great fire in service of the Divine Creator against the Destroyer. Who upon his death will end an empire, but bring forth chaos as the bands split and ride.
No tottering Triple Alliance, whose schemes against each of the three cities and their state sponsored death cult and blood rites leads to an enduring civil war, led by the Fallen, those who take the names of the great cities that were bled to fuel the sun. The elites of the Aztecs degenerating to cannibalism, believing their closeness to the Divine allowing them to partake in the flesh, with human chili dishes and cornbread wraps.
No powerful but decadent Incan Empire, the Land of the Sun, heading to its own civil war due to a lack of stable succession. Not that an heir would help, as more than once has it been proven a family line descended from Viracocha can seize power upon death, and they have not fought a war since their conquest of the Twin Kings of the Muisca. Despite this claim, the restive northern provinces are plotting revolt.
All this shit could've been done, go full high fantasy, give the fuckers the American Horse by having it not go extinct due to hunting and have it look like this:
It'd be a fucking great high fantasy, modern or medieval if done right.
No Shawnee Guard who watch over Cahokia like the Swiss Pikemen did for the Papacy, hired due to their military prowess and dedication to war and honor being the one thing to match the Chickasaw City States, the Spartans of the west. Cahokia, the Light of the Great River, and the last bastion of the Moundbuilding Legacy.
No Comanchean Empire, the great Horse Empire of the West, the great threat. No Burned Man leading them, called as such due to conquering and uniting the clans, and destroying dozens of states with great fire in service of the Divine Creator against the Destroyer. Who upon his death will end an empire, but bring forth chaos as the bands split and ride.
No tottering Triple Alliance, whose schemes against each of the three cities and their state sponsored death cult and blood rites leads to an enduring civil war, led by the Fallen, those who take the names of the great cities that were bled to fuel the sun. The elites of the Aztecs degenerating to cannibalism, believing their closeness to the Divine allowing them to partake in the flesh, with human chili dishes and cornbread wraps.
No powerful but decadent Incan Empire, the Land of the Sun, heading to its own civil war due to a lack of stable succession. Not that an heir would help, as more than once has it been proven a family line descended from Viracocha can seize power upon death, and they have not fought a war since their conquest of the Twin Kings of the Muisca. Despite this claim, the restive northern provinces are plotting revolt.
All this shit could've been done, go full high fantasy, give the fuckers the American Horse by having it not go extinct due to hunting and have it look like this:
It'd be a fucking great high fantasy, modern or medieval if done right.
