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Hmm I’ll give this a shot. It seems fun!

Country: Usirm

Capitol: Usirm Major

Adjective: (is this what they are called? Like “Americans”?) Usirmites or Ice Goblins

Race: Goblins

Location:

The Caves on the mountain tops of the frozen valley. Usirm Major is on top of the tallest mountain in the frozen valley.

Animals:

Mountain goats, foxes, mice, squirrels, and an occasional bear live in the frozen valley. In caves there are also rats and bats.

Agriculture:

Wild snow berries and pine trees are all that grow in this region. Mushrooms also occasionally grow in caves.

Culture:

Due to their harsh living situations and constant struggle for survival in the cold, they have little culture. All they have are cave drawings made with animal blood and their own feces. Food is whatever they can find to eat with no notable dishes.

Politics:

Usirm is a dictatorship ran by Zrulsos. All of the goblins fall in line under the strongest in the tribe located on the tallest mountain. There is no formal government or way for challenger to try to seize control. They would have to just attack Zrulsos himself. Whatever goblin is still breathing takes over as dictator. This dictator has absolute authority and rules by force if anyone doesn’t listen.

History:

It is said that the goblins were driven out of the more habitable lands long ago by humans, but the elders do not even remember living anywhere else. In the harsh winter lands, the goblins live in small colonies founded in the caves atop the mountains. Usirm Major was the first colony and is still the largest. They used eat mostly cave rats as they struggled to survive for the first century of their history known as the dark past.

As their numbers grew, they branched out to hunt for bats, mountain goats, and even bears. However, their nation was saved by the introduction of the Diekt. During the Diekt, which happens once a year, the Usirmites turn cannibalistic and cull the weakest goblins to feed the stronger. By doing this, they were able to build a basic military and increase the average strength of their population while reducing the amount of food needed to feed everyone.

This tradition continues to today. Often there is a fighting tournament between the smallest goblins where the losers are eaten and the winner gets another chance to grow and become strong. Zrulsos introduced the fighting tournaments during his rule. He is building up the ice goblins army and population, hoping to become a strong enough nation to challenge the others, start engaging in business/trade, and eventually get revenge on all human societies.

Technology:

Usirmites do not have advanced technology. They make crude knives and swords from iron in the mountains. Without skilled blacksmiths, they can’t make steel. However, there is a lot of raw materials available to them including coal, copper, iron, and gold. Zrulsos has plans to sell these raw materials to a nearby (closest) nation of orcs to expand the economy, crate an ally, and learn to refine the materials better. The end goal is to learn to make steel weapons similar to orcish ones but smaller so that goblins can wield them.

Their clothes are fashioned from rat pelts and look like tattered rags even when new. Only Zrulsos wears nicer clothes made from a bear pelt. He wears a mountain goat skull like a helmet, but there is no armor available to any goblins right now. This is also something they plan to learn from an orcish nation.

Flag and colors:

Their flag, of which there is only one in existence, is a normal burlap sack with Zrulsos’ bloody handprint on it. The blood is said to be of his most recent challenger for control of Usirm. Colors would be brown and red based on that…

shadowdrake27 I like how, even though they are simple in their culture and technology, you were able to put so much meaning into those very same simplicities.

The way you framed their feral "traditions" was amazing too. So much detail. I never thought to add agriculture or anything beyond what was there, simply because I thought it was an implicit detail for humans or any other highly civilized nation. You took it a step further.

Kinda hope yours is the winner tbh. Let's hope someone else doesn't come flexing their creative muscles today :D

Dzeeck I did not notice that, sorry for not submitting one. If I had to guess, it would probably be a Gryphon overlaid over a cross on a white background. Simple, and illustrative of Silias' history.

Also, have you tried mentioning this thread on discord, or is that against the rules there? Because this is probably one of the more interesting things I've seen on this forum thus far. The more creative minds, the better in my opinion.

shadowdrake27 I get what you mean. But It turned out great anyways, so not really a big deal.

Though now that I think about it, maybe there could be some lore (idk, might be a little cliched) where the Theocracy declares the goblins as enemies (mistakenly, like a bad turn of events give the goblins a bad name or what have you, or maybe just straight up yoink some Goblin Slayer content), and there's conflict there. But maybe that's not accurate to the map, since the area above the pass is somewhat far from the northern end where the gobs are.

Idk. But maybe someone else can work out a good way to link the two together if they choose the midlands. I honestly wanna see what somebody does with the desert region since I left that as a little hole for someone to fill.

I actually tried recruiting @SlaveOfTheLord to join in in another thread, but idk if they're willing yet. We'll see though.

ShoeInk lore

Everything about lore will be done in the future (after end date)

shadowdrake27 lol. Just be prepared to get blasted by my Theocracy's off-brand relics. I just hope they don't run out of juice before your goblin's numbers overtake me though :D

nomanlike ShoeInk shadowdrake27 IsNotRight

Since the people who's contributing is not that fast growing, I'm allowing you all and the next people who joins to build multiple cities up to 5! Be creative. Just make sure the cities are next to each other, and not too spread out.