Telborea the Empire

[Johnny Walac]

To become a citizen of Telborea you send a bird to 434212709

All Hail Telborea

[dwight]

Dead to the daemon Thoeak Milner!!

~ a Britain citizen too afraid to sign his name ~

[Johnny Walac]

Greetings folks. My name is Ragnar and I am currently the representative for the citizens of Telborea. I have just recently created an orginisation for all citizens to join to easier update our army about who is a citizen and not. I wish the citizens who have already joined welcome. If you are a citizen of Telborea send a bird to this location 434212709.




Signed
Ragnar

[Johnny Walac]

Only citizens of Telborea may hunt and harvest on our land. A citizenship cost 10.000 gold coins.
All those who break the law of Telborea will be punished.








Signed
King of Telborea
Thoeak Milner

[Mike]

Citizens are required to register for the census. Contact me for your citizenship documents.


630227684
Gaius Lucretius
Censor

[Balu]

bALu dEmaNd pIctUrE oF teLebOrEa.

bALu kNOw nOT wHer IT iS.

bALU.

[Johnny Walac]

In the realm of Telan...

Telborea

Telborea was once a city state amount many of others on the mainland of Telan. The name of this vast landmass was recently decided, while the city of Telborea is very old. It was only recently that visitors from other realms made it to the continent by ship, while Telborea itself sent out explorers who reported back news of island civilizations and other continents.

Telborea co-existed with many other settlements in the fertile hill country of central Telan for half a century. In an area known for trade of iron, bronze, clay, timber and stone by river ports, Telborea was exceptionally well located at the river Oloar. The city soon expanded to both sides of the river, and its chief architects were forced to learn to build bridges to tie the city together. Traders from upstream came through to sell their wares and spend their coin in the city and brought with them news of the high cultures of the plains, of many gods that were honored there and many inventions in the arts of architecture, philosophy, metallurgy. Roads from Telborea were hardly more than tracks often travelled by cattle herders, but the Telborean merchants travelled them at great risk to sell their goods to those of its neighbors who lacked their own ports in exchange for raw materials. The city states eventually developed to a point where the goods imported form inland on one of the great rivers became not luxuries, but necessities to maintain their level of civilization and Telborea was one of only a dozen cities with access to a river port.

Telborea had been ruled for five hundred years by the soft hands of merchants, who hired private cohorts to patrol the streets to maintain law and order. Their council was the main political power of Telborea, with only one tribune from the working people of the city and one from the animal herders and farmers in the surrounding country to consider before dictating the future of the city. They became aware of Telborea's rising prominence and power, and the promise of great prosperity. Prices of goods were continuously raised, and their neighbors had few alternatives but to pay, sending the Telboreans even more of their resources in return for imported goods. The profit was used to enrich the merchants, but also for public works such as statues, public baths and the first Telborean library. Learned men began to collect written knowledge from the high cultures of the inland cities and developed some of their arts with inventions of their own. The most significant investment however was in the productions of weapons and armor. The merchant elite saw the future where one of their neighbors would no longer endure the Telborean monopoly on trade along the river, and prepared the city accordingly.

The Telborean trading partner to the west, the city of Varinth, finally grew weary of the Telborean trade practices. The Varinthian citizens raised up in arms, armed and armored with the bronze that was the main commodity of the town. The army of Varinth marched out and the Telboreans raised their legion, citizens armed with iron breastplates and swords. The two inexperienced armies met in the rough hill country between the two cities and the battle turned into an indecisive massacre where countless lives were lost to fatigue and confusion. For the years to follow Telborea and Varinth skirmished in the hills, neither side gaining a decisive advantage. The Telboreans were better armed for skirmishing, but the Varinthians with their bronze spears would often hold the line and push back any larger advance with lethal effect. The tide of war turned with the rise of a young tribune to military command. Marcus Artorius, a Telborean citizen with no wealth or noble ancestry, gained command of the legion after the death of three higher officers in a minor battle. Under his command the Telborean legion used its advantage in speed and agility to circumvent and destroy much of the Varinthian army. Following the battle of the Stellatian hill where the Varinthian force was utterly destroyed, he was hailed by the Telborean troops, hardened veterans after years of war, as Imperator. He quickly marched on Varinth and the city surrendered to Telborea, becoming the first client state. The city received a Telborean governor and was commanded to provide taxes to Telborea and manpower to be trained in the ways of the Legion. Its citizens were forced to build the first real road in the area, making merchants able to travel between Telborea and Varinth on a stone-laid highway. In future wars, Telborea would not be so generous to those who defied her.

The ruling council of Telborea celebrated the victory. With the road being constructed and the copper mine of Varinth under Telborean control trade flourished like never before and bronze ornaments and statues began to adorn the Telborean temples and villas. They failed to notice the popularity of the Imperator at first, but soon came to realize that the balance of power had shifted when the common people came to see their military commander as a savior who could protect their interests. The social struggle between the commoners and the merchant elite was interrupted by wars against other neighbors, who were driven into debt and desperation by the Telborean trade monopoly, but the Telborean Legion could not be opposed and other cities fell. Those who agreed to submit to Telborea were treated like client states, while those who sent their men to the battlefield were annexed, their provinces falling under the rule of Telborean magistrates. These people had their civil rights taken from them for their insolence and became servants of Telborea. Roads started to reach out to connect cities further from the Oloar river where ever the Telboreans would go, and what was once a city state started to become a nation. At the same time the council of merchants lost their grasp of power. The Imperators, supported by the common people, became the rulers of Telborea. The entire society was militarized by the constant struggles and a professional army was raised, paid for and equipped by the state. People from the conquered cities moved to Telborea to grasp opportunities of trade, and the city expanded.

Further down the Oloar lay the Kingdom of Cinai, governed by an aristocratic family of tyrants. As they came into contact with Telborea when her borders pushed south, the Telboreans experienced something that they had nearly forgotten: the threat of a competitor. The hills were softer and the terrain less broken in this kingdom, and the Cinaii were known as fierce horsemen and loyal soldiers with a tradition of duty to the tyrant. Negotiations over the trade rights on the Oloar broke down, and Cinaii invaded Telborean soil, capturing its client cities and vanquishing its armies. Radical changes swept through Telborea at the threat of foreign invasion. All of the client cities' levies were combined with Telborea's Legion, forming several Legions. They were equipped with heavy plate armor, tower shields and heavy broadswords and taught to fight in unison, motivated by the black smoke of allied lands set ablaze by the soldiers of Cinaii. The servant people were granted Telborean citizenship if they fought as lightly armed pike men to support the Legions, and many of those unfortunate men signed up to fight for their conquerors to regain the rights they had lost long ago. Imperator Stratus Invictus marched south with the Legions, numbering tens of thousands, and met the Cinaii on the field. The new system of war, highly professional, effective and merciless, proved to preserve the liberty of Telborea and spell doom for the Kingdom of Cinai. Before the battle, Stratus Invictus claimed to have been given a vision from the gods of an eternal realm reaching out to govern the entire world, a rule to right all wrongs and bring about the golden age. He called it Empire, and in the ashes and blood on the battlefield the Telborean Empire was born.

Telborean soldiers marched mile after mile on the great campaign against Cinai. The Kingdom rivaled Telborea and its allies in population and territory, and the battles were fought on a scale unimaginable for the previous generation. Hundreds of horsemen would charge across battlefields to rip men on foot to pieces with their spears before being impaled on the myriad pikes of the light troops of Telborea. The ranks of soldiers would stand shoulder to shoulder from sunset to sundown pressing the enemy, but the men on both sides understood that to run was to die, and neither army would yield easily. The warriors forged in the fires of this great war would have been nightmarish predators toward all they conquered had it not been for the divine guidance of the Imperator. Many great works of Cinai culture and art were spared when their cities fell, and civilians were rarely butchered as long as they complied with the Telborean rule established over them. The long gruesome war ended in the great battle of Cinastephon where the tyrant, King Deoklies, was slain. Within months every flame of resistance in the former Kingdom was stomped out and the Telborean Empire doubled its territory, gaining control over the Oloar river from the city of Telborea itself to the southern coast. The conquest brought with it changes. The Cinaii had revered their tyrants and sworn to follow them without question and had raised statues and temples that depicted not only the gods, but also the living ruler of their realm. Stratus Invictus was impressed by the personal cult the tyrants had received, and soon statues of the Imperator were placed in Telborean temples. Much of the plunder from the campaign was used to construct the massive Pantheon of Telborea.

With the vast population, wealth and military strength of Telborea none of the remaining free city states could stand against them, and the uniform rule of the Imperator of Telborea expanded to include the entire culture of city states and kingdoms south of the great high culture of the central plains of Telan. The myriad of independent cities and small kingdoms were soon to have one law, one currency and one ruler. The Vanguard of Telborea was formed to fight as the Imperator's personal soldiers in battle, and the guard the burgeoning Empire against moral decay and black magic that became an increasing threat as the Telboreans encountered foreign cultures. The Empire expanded naturally to the limits of the city state culture of central Telan, and there it ceased. For two decades the Telboreans build roads, aqueducts and trade forts throughout their nation, inceasing their prosperity and military prowess every years as natural resources were exploited at a greater rate than ever and population kept growing. At the death of Imperator Gemillus Varus, Taurus Victor was chosen as his successor. The young man moved the Telboran civilization into action once more, leading one great army north while two others headed west and east under the command of trusted generals. For the years to come Telborea would conquer the known world.

Written by Mike.


Vanguard of Telborea

The military elite of the Emperor of Telborea.

Based in the city of Telborea, the once city state now ruling the entire continent, the Vanguard has thousands of dedicated soldiers at its disposal, both infantry and cavalry. During times of war the Vanguard serves as the elite core of the Telborean Legions. The Vanguard is made up of hand picked veterans from the Legions of Telborea.

When not on campaign the Vanguard upholds the law of the Emperor and the virtues of the gods. They sometimes take their time to interrogate and judge common criminals, but concentrate on those who violate the peace of the gods the the Emperor by using black magic or conspiring against the Empire. The Vanguard also upholds public morality, ensuring the continued prosperity of the Telborean culture.

The beginning

The Emperor Taurus Victor wanted too expand the empire. Not just across the sea but to another realm. Captain Thoeak Milner and High Judge Lucius Camulus was sent into a magic portal, into an unknown realm...

Map

Pangaea

There is no way back. No return. Thoeak and Lucius is stuck on this realm. They were sent too expand the empire, spread the word of K'arcan. Building an army from scratch is no easy thing. Neither possess the charisma of Taurus, seems easy enough for him. They were met with great hostility like expected but longer then they thought. Thoeak scouted the land in the first years of his arrival and at the third year the first attack was made. It was the beginning of Pangaea's first Telborean Vanguard. The elite force for the emperor. When they found out there was no way out new ideas came to their minds. This land isn't perfect, Telborea is perfect. They will make a new kingdom. A great kingdom with a force strong enough to keep it free from crimes and infidels. Where the citizens live safe without fear. A kingdom free from corruption and sins. Telborea shall rule Pangaea. Ah! If Taurus could see them now. Spilling blood in his name, spilling blood for Telborea the greatest empire man has ever seen.

Pangaea

Legio XII Victrix marches again in this world. Lead by a man named Thoeak Milner they stand stall on the battlefield. Surrounded by death and war they are the true power of the realms.

Pangaea

The new Kingdom has finally reached acceptable numbers of citizens. Thoeak held a meeting with the Legion and they stood proud as he rewarded them with the finest gifts. That night they feasted in the halls of Telborea and the next day the message was sent to Taurus Victor of their recent accomplishment.

I have swept over these lands and embraced it with death.

The realm bleeds, my time here has been unchallanged by the authorites. The Orders are crippled.

The citizens has given their part to K'arcan, blood. Now it is time the leaders gave their.

In the name of K'arcan i claim the north lands. The lords and ladies that own land and castle in this part can remain there but give half their land as a gift to their new king. Everyone shall pay taxes. No exceptions.

The farmers shall give a fifth of every years harvest to their new king as a gift.

Anyone hunting or harvesting raw materials in the new kingdom shall pay a fee or be punished.

Signed
Thoeak Milner
High King of Death

Everything above the red ink

[Johnny Walac]

*Notes are being spread out across the land*

Telborea has risen once again to liberate this land from it's oppressors. Lord British and his dogs have been abusing this land and its citizens for too long now.
Become a citizen of Telborea and support our cause.

Those who already paid taxes shall remain a citizen of Telborea.
Pay 10.000 gold coins one time and live the rest of your life in peace and harmony.

All Hail Thoeak Milner and praise K'arcan the god of death.

434212709
Thoeak Milner
King of Telborea

Citizens are required to register for the census. Contact me for your citizenship documents.


630227684
Gaius Lucretius
Censor

[Johnny Walac]

The history of Telborea is spreading across the land...

The 12th legion was created for the war against the desert tribes and was levied by Emperor Taurus Victor. The desert tribes were known for their brutality but so far in the history of Telborea no one could stand against the Empire. The legion got the name Legio XII Victrix which meant “victorious”. The 12th legion was commanded by general Kartec from the Vanguard, a trusted leader and a good tactician. Even during the creation of the legion it gained famed as it was known general Kartec would lead it. He had led so many legions to victory and was a good friend of the Emperor so that when the legion formed up outside Telborea before their march to war the whole city cheered them. Legio XII Victrix descended from the hills of Telborea towards the city of Aquilinum where they would get the final supplies before entering enemy grounds. The 5th legion that was created during the reign of Gemillus Varus was station at Aquilinum and had faced the tribes before. They were veterans of war and several were granted to sign up for Legio XII Victrix. They were stationed outside the city for three months before everything was ready. At the end of the year 104, Six thousand soldiers lead by general Kartec marched through the city and into the enemy lands of Set.

The 12th legion had prepared with hundreds casks of water for the journey through the desert. But the casks were disappearing as fast as lives. The hot gaze of the sun was never resting as the legion marched on leaving corpses behind. The desert tribes were always raiding their flanks then disappearing. During the night some pickets was found dead, throats cut off. Only the first day had the legion stood victorious against the tribes when they attack head on. The disciplined soldiers of Telborea could easily fend off and kill most of the attackers toe to toe. But this was different. The desert soldiers would never meet them in a fair fight. As soon a legion formed up for the attack the tribes disappeared amongst the sand hills only to attack a flank longer down the legion. But this did not stop the march. The 12th legion kept on going into their homelands. Most villages they found were empty but from time to time some village was too stubborn to leave. The legion took what they could for their soldiers then marched on. There were no men in the villages, only women and children who watched with hatred as the Telborean soldiers marched past. The desert people often had black or brown hair. Their skin was mulatto. They wore the hides of desert animals that would protect them from the sun. Sometimes a tribe member would strike a soldier but only to be killed. An attack on a soldier of the Empire is an attack on the Emperor himself and the punishment is death.

He looked up at the sun and it gazed back at him. It felt as he hadn’t stopped walking in centuries. His legs have grown numb and his feet were covered in blisters. He tried to save the day’s ration of water but it was hard. There were flies constantly on the sores around his mouth and he had to keep them away so they wouldn’t lay eggs in the wounds. He had seen with his own eyes as a soldier cut of the flesh around his mouth when he discovered maggots crawling out from the wounds. When the night came the soldiers covered themselves in the garbs they still had. No one actually knew how big this desert was or where they were going. Captured tribe soldiers often spoke of different things. The end of the desert is the end of the world or that the god Set awaits us at the end only to devour the soldiers. But at least they all had something to say in common that made Thoeak glad, they all said the desert ends. He stroke is beard in thought of what really lied at the end of this hell. He didn’t bother shaving anymore. In the beginning he had shaved to keep the standards of a Captain but no one cared anymore. He would probably be killed if he wasted water on something like that. They were losing men and fast.

The legion was constantly locked in battle. No one knew how long they had been there but they had lost over a thousand men. Soldiers of the 12th legion will say today that they had entered the abyss when they walked out of Aquilinum. The land itself fought against them. A few months into year 105 the scouts reported to Kartec about an army only one day ahead. The people of the desert had gathered for a final clash. The now weary soldiers of Telborea would end it there. The orders went out and armors were being donned. That night no one could sleep. Around the fires sat soldiers with wet stones and sharpened their weapons.

The armies faced each other. The banner of Legio XII Victrix waved in the wind. The battlefield was a flat sand dune and the sun stood high. The desert army had placed themselves on higher ground and the ground shook as their whole army lunged forward in one motion against the foreign invaders. When the tribe warriors were close enough the two front lines of the Telborean army released a wave of bolts against them. They pierced the light armor of the warriors and some were flung back by the power. The two lines made way for two new ones and they too released a wave of death. A third wave was released before heavy infantry took their place. Shields high and their short sword ready the desert army crashed into Legio XII Victrix. The heavy infantry did not yield and every soldier lowered their shield only to cut down the attacker then raise the shield again. Over and over again the attackers were cut down. Kartec watched as the desert warriors ran into the disciplined soldiers of Telborea only to be cut down. After months of harassing the Legion their leader thought Telborea would be weak and easy. They had underestimated Telborea which was their biggest mistake. He gave the command and the flanks marched forward. He had placed the heavy infantry in the middle as the enemy would try to cut it down to split the army. Though Legio XII Victrix would not yield to these barbarians. The medium infantry marched up the flank and had the enemy half surrounded. In silence the 12th legion cut down warrior after warrior. The sand drank their blood and those desert warriors who could now retreated.

The night the scout had reported the desert army Kartec had a meeting with the captains. They would set out immediately straight north and then keep east. Thoeak lead his squad and in total they were five hundred medium infantry soldiers. The sun rose and the small force kept on going east and now they were in position. They could hear the battle that went on for several hours before the enemies horn of retreat was heard. They rushed out unto the hill and could now gaze upon the blood bath. Kartec had almost fully surrounded the enemy and the desert warriors now tried to run back up the hill only to see Thoeak with five hundred soldiers waiting for them. He could see the fear in their eyes and the shame of their defeat. But Thoeak had been given the command. Kartec wanted this to end now. No mercy was to be given, their retreat shall be stopped and every tribe soldiers must be killed. Thoeak gave the command and the Telborean soldiers descended from the hill to cut down the fleeing enemy. When some of the desert warriors saw enemies in their path of retreat they gave up. Fell down to the knees and cut open their own throat. Some warriors turned into frenzied animals and fought until they were cut down. It was a slaughter. Thoeak’s blade slashed out and severed the arm of the warrior. A savage cut that took the head off ended the life of the tribe man. The sword grip was slick with blood as he cut down warrior after warrior. Several soldiers fell down to their knees and begged for mercy in their foreign tongue. Thoeak was a Captain that followed his orders and he slit the throat of everyone. The 12th legion stood victorious. As the legion had recovered scouts reported about a city a few days march from there.

The city did not try to defend itself. The walls were empty and Legio XII Victrix marched into the city of Set. The city was a cluster of sandstone houses but the temple of Set was a gigantic building in the middle. It towered most temples in Telborea and outside stood golden statues of the foreign god. Legio XII Victrix had killed every defender the city had and now they yielded. Their king had died in the battle but his son gave Kartec the crown as a token. The city was now theirs. The legion was to be stationed there until further notice. Messengers were dispatched and soon enough they got word of building the outpost. Seven hundred men and builders were ordered to follow the river. They had been given a map by the city council. The outpost Sekaton was to be built at the end of the river near the sea. The statues of Set was razed and the gold melted down to be sent back to Telborea along with some of the city treasury. Kartec now declared this land to be owned by the Emperor Taurus Victor.

The bar door slammed open and a Telborean soldier walked out. He started to make his way back to the barracks. The city of Set was rather big and so the barracks were divided in different parts of the town. He could think no more of it as a dagger slipped in beneath is ribs and the ground rushed up to meet him. The killer wrote on the wall with the soldier’s blood. The words could easily be understood as “Death to Telborea”. That night several officers and soldiers died and the same thing written on the wall. Some died in the barracks by skilled assassins and some died on the street.

Kartec stood below the temple of Set and watched upon the line of people. He had gathered the ten richest men in the city known for their hatred and plans for resistance against Telborea. He took the death of his soldiers harsh. They did not die in the field of battle but in their beds or on the street.

“With your tongue you planned the death of Telborea . It was basicly you who killed my soldiers with your own hands. We shall burn out your tongue so you can no longer whisper the words of hatred. We shall cut of your hands so you can no longer fight against Telborea. And after this we shall take your life. Your lives though are not worth much in comparison with my soldiers. I claim all your belongings and treasure from your family. Let it be known for every dead Telborean soldier there will be ten dead of you.”

Kartec gave the order and there, outside the temple of Set the ten citizens were punished. Their tongue burned out and their hands cut off before nailed to a cross through their arms and legs. And in the eyes of Set they bled out. After this there were no more assassinations.

The 12th Legion was still stationed at Sekaton and in the city of Set to keep down any resistance from the people. Sekaton built a harbor and two years later the first ship from Telborea reached them. Every soldier in Legio XII Victrix had lined up on the market infront of the temple of set. Emperor Taurus Victor had come to behold the huge temple of Set and to congratulate Kartec on his victory.

For the years to come the 12th legion named Legio XII Victrix was stationed there in the desert to uphold the Telborean laws.

[Milkbags]

*Notes are being spread out across the land*

Telborea has risen once again to liberate this land from it's oppressors. Lord British and his dogs have been abusing this land and its citizens for too long now.
Become a citizen of Telborea and support our cause.

Those who already paid taxes shall remain a citizen of Telborea.
Pay 10.000 gold coins one time and live the rest of your life in peace and harmony.

All Hail Thoeak Milner and praise K'arcan the god of death.

434212709
Thoeak Milner
King of Telborea

Citizens are required to register for the census. Contact me for your citizenship documents.


630227684
Gaius Lucretius
Censor

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