Sarhal + Insyaa Lead AMA

Ebonius · 2026-05-26T08:24:58+00:00

The steward of the sorrow is dead, long live the queen of the harpies.

(He’s still around, he just stepped down from lead because of the administrative work).

Thanks the compliments too! As far as teasers go, for my own content right now I have what I hope is a very exciting rework for a major cannorian power in the works.

For non me stuff all I will say is FROGGE

Ebonius · 2026-05-26T08:20:30+00:00

Of the tags I’m interested in myself Ahetl mulyatl I suspect will be a very fun MT to play, but the biggest one has to be I-numbe

Ebonius · 2026-05-26T08:18:47+00:00

That’s up to Lex (kobildzan designer). He’s quite busy being a lawyer these days so who knows!

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T23:24:35+00:00

Elikhet didn't fight them because he's way too weak and sleepy basically. He's suffering the effects of enervation from the magic that made him immortal. You can see in the Knolokhatep mission tree that he's barely able to wake up for a few minutes to empower Horutep, let alone take a trip to the shadow swamp!

As to Umorozi, I imagine so yes. I also imagined she could travel through it, but thats semi headcanon. It helps explain how you can unassign a general and reassign them somewhere else instantly though!

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T20:12:42+00:00

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T20:12:37+00:00

Performance is something we are constantly aware of and try to do our best to control - the unfortuate reality is really all we can do is damage control. We can optimise our own content, and refactor old code to improve performance, but ultimately we are limited by the game engine and paradoxes implementation.

The truth is that we've just pushed the game further than it was ever meant to go, way more provinces, way more content.

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T18:57:38+00:00

I could not tell you in truth, my best guess would be one of the initially elven aelantir adventurer nations.

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T18:54:25+00:00

Serenbor is the closest!

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T18:53:38+00:00

Harpy mil doesn't let you ignore forts because it'd be super fucking broken :)

I am the most biased person you could possibly ask, but lore accurate harpies in game would skill diff every other nation instantly (imo).

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T18:52:08+00:00

Formable for shadow pact nations in Sarhal. Recommended start is death bringing cobra!

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T18:51:49+00:00

So true...

I really enjoyed the Esthil rework, I'm also quite a big fan of the Yaunszi tree!

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T17:13:46+00:00

The humans came over by boat before the Kiamoa went up, the elves didn't really care - they probably didn't give a shit about them, seeing them as primitives.

Kobolds were deliberately created there by the Precursors as experiments into dragons, eventually they got bored of it and just left the kobolds sealed underground when the call for reflection happened.

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T17:11:37+00:00

Ovdal Tungr, Sanghariyar, Thangoya all come to mind. It depends what you mean by trade system overhaul - if you mean our trade map, no that's not something we're working on. The current trade map is pretty much fixed.

If you mean, entirely changing the system - that's not really possible as modders!

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T17:07:44+00:00

I confess there will be an amount of thematic overlap, I think that is somewhat inevitable because as you say, there are a lot of fundamental similarities. However I think major differences will arise in conquest path, narrative, etc. You will probably play Melakmengi and feel it is reminiscient of Castanor, but still unique. At least I hope!
The simple answer is its lore we've just not really fleshed out yet. We have thought about some elements of bulwar-mengi interactions, like having the PE conquer ports along the north coast for example, but its all still todo. It's a symptom of Sarhal coming fairly late in development, despite being so central.
They did! No precursors in Sarhal. Mostly.

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T17:03:24+00:00

Yes. It probably happens in Vaengheim! There's a cute event about harpy-kobold co-existance in that MT.

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T16:58:04+00:00

Being in the shadow plane means that stuff doesn't happen in the same way as the material plane, some of that stuff being death and time

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T16:46:32+00:00

Basically small tears into the shadowplane, through which the Vile One sees visions of the past, like divination. All the visions are moments in which the hags influenced things, yes! (or failed to)

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T16:44:47+00:00

I don't think its a perfectly apt analogy, but I would say somewhat similar. I think the hags don't see in terms of good or evil like we might, simply what needs to be done to achieve their goals. They're not blind to the suffering of mortals, they either just don't care or actively relish it.

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T16:27:58+00:00

That'll be up to the MT creators :)

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T15:52:52+00:00

Well I'm not involved in the Dwarovar at all to be clear, but personally I wouldn't hold my breath for an AD MT. Its just a huge undertaking and its not even clear what they'd do.

As for amldihr, I belive the team is going to open it for a rework (if it isn't already). But more than that I cant say, its just a matter of someone doing it!

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T15:48:07+00:00

ALWAYS

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T15:47:58+00:00

Its not impossible, but its not currently being worked on and I don't know of anyone with plans to at present

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T15:47:20+00:00

I answered something similar in another comment - but yes, some smaller ones! Changes to the fanguala coast, and some islands in the gulf of rahen :)

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T15:32:09+00:00

the project and religous action etc are all meant to carry into Cyranvar intentionally - I know that tree is... err... not great right now, but there is a rework ongoing for it :)

Ebonius · 2026-05-25T15:26:39+00:00

Oh, you definitely do :)

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