Thread: Nana's Pathfinder Gallery

Game 2 The Serpent's War Theme Intrigue, Action, Harem Building In its apex, The Franca empire stretched all across the continent. Through diplomacy and trade, what once began as a small Kingdom in the western shores became a mighty confederations of many smaller nations. The Franca empire's first taste of conquest came when they came into conflict with the City States of Toro, ruler of the southern seas and the biggest economic power in the land. Toro had the strongest naval fleet in the land and a standing army of well trained militias. The fledgling Franca empire on the other hand, relied on its free knights, heroes and adventurers drawn from all corners of its provinces. Against all odds, the Franca empire came out victorious, annexing the city states. With their dominance over the trade routes secure, Queen Selyse of Franca led the nation into a prosperous age, but greed makes fools of even the wisest men. Soon, the chamber of senators proposed an expansion to the Southern continent of Haskur, the land of incense and gems. The Queen reluctantly agreed and sent her army, led by the order of the swan, free knights who survived the Toro mercantile war, they set out to control the ports of Haskur. For a while, everything went well and the expedition would return with riches from the distant world, but soon they drew the attention of Yana, the Serpent King, a man considered to be the richest Sultan in Haskur. Yana took great insult at the Northerner's invasion of his land and gathered his army to fight back. The order of the swan, unused to the deserts of Haskur, was eventually pushed back by the Sik-Anan, the sand children, Yana's elite guards and soon the expedition was called back. Yana's vengeance was not yet sated, with a fury, he united the many sultanates of Haskur and sent a fleet of ten thousand ships to storm the City States of Toro. Once they secured a beach head, Yana used his limitless wealth to bolster his army with mercenaries from both the North and South, scouring the land and taking kingdom after kingdom until only the Capital of Franca remained. Here, despite a brave last stand, the empire fell and Queen Selyse was taken as a concubine of the Serpent King, kept in his harem of a thousand woman. At the end of the war, the land was carved out amongst those who participated in the invasion. Imperial nobles were considered to be of the highest value, for they are the rightful ruler of the land, and the more nobles one have in their harem, the more land they would rule. A year after the fall of Franca, rumors began to stir that the order of the swan would rise once more in the form of a rebel force waiting to strike. You are one of the Serpent Guard, men and women chosen by the Sultan himself to protect the peace. A Serpent Guard can come from any origin, picked only by competence and hired during the war. You were one of the first to storm the Imperial Palace of Franca and you were rewarded with a noble to marry and thus earning you land. Now, the Sultan asks that you quell the rebelion before it spreads, and in return, he will reward you with both riches as well as nobles to marry, thus expanding your domain.