Ulthuan

Caesar's alleged homosexuality was not why that was an insult; the insult was in making him the 'passive' partner. Homosexuality was not so very taboo in Rome, just read a handful of poems by Catullus for example. The most common statue surviving from antiquity is of the Emperor Hadrian's male lover...

Well elves continue to join evil illegal pleasure cults and in much the same way some could practice homosexuality outside of them (I think it can be taken as read that such things would take place within pleasure worship considering the more extreme activities which are alluded to). Of course we ca...

Looking at elf books in general the Malus darkblade series have a fair bit of sex in them (never particularly graphic but present never the less) and may be the best available source. Granted the series is not considered cannon nor even close to such by many but I have always taken the view that any...

From what I understand Dragons are supposed to be considerably more intelligent than say a dog or a cow but not on the same level as an elf or a human unless there is something odd going on. Certainly they can be broken to the will of another. It has to be remembered that different black library boo...

Lotheren Sea guard as sea guard no but the combined nature (archer/spearmen) fits quite well with a colonial theme, limited numbers and resources make this kind of duel usage very appealing. As for shadow warriors the Druchii may have started the WOTB but they did so so that they could invade, I thi...

I just wonder how many of the units existed in their current form at the time of the war of the beard, this might well be in the army book but mine is far away. The white tower was built quite early on I think but maybe not prior to the wotb and without a tower were there any sword masters? Also whe...

So the system is essentially feudal and in theory should a province have what it perceived to be good cause you think it is likely that a prince could raise an army against another province or even the king and be able to rely on the levied troops? I know this is all hypothetical but I am interested.

I think the title says it all really; we all know basically how the high elf armies are raised, specialist troops from each province raised recruited and trained in different manners and commanded by and presumably loyal to the prince of the realm/local lord. But what about the levy? I know that it ...

Well the two thrones are somewhat representative of the dual nature of elves; on the one hand dark, primal and warlike, on the other peaceful, in tune with nature and (relatively) good. Obviously this duality permeates all three races. The wood elves have it to an even greater degree as they are bas...

All of this assumes that elves have the same moral codes on the subject of incest as humans do (and not all humans at that, though most throughout history have not been keen on anything closer than cousins/uncles/aunts). I have not read anything saying that they do, but then I have not read all of t...

Ok well I have not done a real role play on this site before nor have I used this system but it sounds like fun. Practically though how is it played? What would I be doing and how would I be doing it?

Hi guys. I'd personally like to see our spears become more elite somehow, perhaps the armor, and maybe some sort of "mid range" monster that other armies field. HE spears already have ASF, fight in three ranks and have de facto hatred due to their high I, how much more elite were you thin...

Traditions thousands of years old can be hard to break particulaly when there is no pressing reason to change them.

Whilst I think that is a fairly cool idea for a unit it doesn't make much sense in terms of background. The elves were not a very war like people before the invasion of chaos and there are still a few elves alive who can remember that invasion. Five thousand years just is not long enough to be mythi...

Eagles are not sociable creatures, of course these are giant magic birds so anything goes but still I think that any kind of leadership of the eagle community is pretty silly.

There are plenty of background books but consistency is a problem, not only from edition to edition but also book to book. The Liber Chaotica for example gives a great deal of history and background but not all of it is current due to GW's penchant of re-writing any history they feel like; the conqu...

It is more a matter of probability than possibility. Yes you can transport horses by ship but it is costly, inefficient, damaging to the horses and all around a fairly difficult thing to do. Certainly one would try and avoid bringing horses along on a long voyage. They take up allot of space (severa...

"I see no problems with such a proposal."

"We can all understand that many even in such august company as this do not have the cash on hand to donate such necessary sums immediately; fortunately I am better placed than most. Provided of course that the spoils taken from the cities nigh inevitable sack are divided in proportion to the f...

" I have to say I find myself in agreement with my honourable friend here," Claudius nodded to Caecilius "the empire relies a on trade for a great deal of its revenue while the monopoly of the guilds benefits only a very few men within the city. Not only that but I would argue that th...

I have found that for this kind of thing three days is about right, two can be a little short as it is easy for life to suddenly overtake people and then just as quickly subside. Of course it is up to you.

I am not trying to be pedantic or anything but Octavious was Augustus' first name before he was adopted, the family name was Julian. Roman names get pretty confusing I will admit.

Name: Aullus Sejanus Claudius Political leanings: Conservative Age: 42 Physical description: Grey hair, clean shaven as any true Roman should be (assuming early-mid high empire) usually seen sporting a toga even when not required by law and custom. His expression is more likely to be a scowl than a ...

Character 4 wrote: Character 4 Blurb: The head of one of the oldest houses, rich both in coin and lands. Long established in the Senate it already has many allies. Income: 10 for rare and expensive materials (Character 2) 10 for access through lands (Character 3) Bank: 600 2 Senators Expenses: 10 t...

Well as a classics student I don't see how I could possibly say no, I am in.

No doubt it still wont have started when you get back.

For the surname the way I did it (this is for my DE army but that doesn't make much difference here) was to come up with the descriptive name in English first and then translate it into Druhk Eltharion. So my general is Drainial Shadowheart or Drainial Athalir which means the same thing, though it c...

It seems to me that in such a political society the swords need not neccesarily stay with the same elf or even the same family.

Well as this looks like it may not be happening at all this maybe besides the point but I was expecting to have finished with this by now, not still be waiting for it to start. Exams aproach ever more rapidly and in any case this is me saying I have to pull out.

I am just saying that while there is no reason to suppose that Finubar is particularly weak there is also no reason to think he would be particularly strong or skilled, I suspect that the number of kings there have ever been in the world who were the best fighters in their army is pretty low. You ca...