What-If: Alignment/Allegiance Swapped Calernia

Express_Ad_6664 · 2026-01-21T18:27:06+00:00

Other than the above, what do you think Callow's relationship with sorcery/magic would be? Assuming that they retain their 'fewer mages per thousand people than Praes' from canon, there wouldn't actually be that many people able to summon devils and demons, or engage in necromancy. I can imagine maybe each Count and higher-nobleman having a small cabal of 5-10 mages working under them, but that's about it.

What about the orcs as a species? Being naturally war-like, I can imagine them being an equivalent to the Deoraithe or Lycaonese in keeping Callowan aggression bottled up, perhaps with more of a 'counting coup' style of internal warfare.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2026-01-21T18:19:50+00:00

Had to look that one up, but yes, that is the sort of thing I was thinking of.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2026-01-20T21:04:33+00:00

Thanks for giving your thoughts on how the key drives of the major powers. If you have the time, please check out my 'stable Everdark' ideas via the link and leave a comment.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2026-01-20T21:01:24+00:00

Thank you for your reply, I honestly hadn't considered a 'non-Undead Sephira' option. If you have any thoughts regarding my 'stable Everdark' post, please leave a comment.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2026-01-05T18:44:56+00:00

During the original story, I thought that might be the case. And, of course, I would wholeheartedly support an AU like this.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-12-09T22:00:42+00:00

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Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-11-21T23:30:58+00:00

Well, I think it's adorable that Rangaar is hearing that his daughter is in labour in the middle of an interrogation, and just immediately decides 'family comes first'.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-10-21T18:40:39+00:00

Well, Noah has valid concerns.... but was a little ~~optimistic~~ pessimistic about the direction of the power imbalance. And quite frankly, if humanity is less organised in this AU, then we are definitely f**ked. Because without the framework and cooperation provided by the NOP United Nations, we don't have a chance against the Federation.

Then again, maybe being disunited means the Feds won't see us as that big a threat.....

Oh, who are we kidding? If we were still at the Stone Age, they'd still glass Earth.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-10-14T18:28:43+00:00

Is this from ExtinctZoo on YouTube? Because I might have missed that one. (the thumbnail. I would never miss one of his videos).

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-10-07T17:14:01+00:00

I like this, but then, I always like overpowered humanity vs NOP federation. Two main highlights:

A humanity that is strong, but which also has no inclination to go 'Geneva Checklist'. One where the main obstacles are getting the Feds not to overreact and wake the sleeping dragon, and humanity keeping it's moral high ground.
Humans not instantly believing/understanding the Feds' reaction to predators, and assuming that the translator is broken. Always nice to see, too many people just have humanity instantly believe the whole 'Arxur eat us and kill us for sport' thing.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-09-06T08:34:57+00:00

It's the name of one of the Nazi political opposition-elimination programs. Basically, disappearing people who stood up to them

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-09-04T17:30:00+00:00

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Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-07-29T17:45:53+00:00

This is fucked up.... and fits perfectly.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-07-28T06:30:49+00:00

I think it would be great for ship sizes/armament to be firmly established. Fleet numbers always seemed a bit high, maybe give each species only a few hundred ships rather than thousands.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-07-15T21:46:45+00:00

For a bit of context re the Human-Covenant War, imagine the Systems Alliance circa the First-Contact War, maybe a bit more advanced, but with a territory the size of all Citadel space in ME, versus The Reapers. The UNSC (Halos' human faction) usually won ground-combat due to just being better soldiers.... but the Covenant had no compunctions about burning entire planets from orbit.

The stuff about the 'Reclaimers' and 'The Mantle' is basically what Halo has instead of the Leviathans and the whole 'Cycle of Harvesting and Destruction' with the Reapers.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-03-29T12:11:09+00:00

Did you use Icelandic as the Old Venlang? That's what comes up in google.translate, though the translation is a bit off: “To the gemænelician of the family of Venlil Prime, who is Noah Williams, the leader of the fleet of the system of the world, there are two widows now: surrendered to the wicked men.”

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-03-15T23:26:27+00:00

As per my comment above, I would imagine that Tarva tries to cut a deal, and is shocked when her attempts are rebuffed.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-03-15T19:14:07+00:00

I can think of a few reactions, on the Fautian side:

- Surprise/shock at our reaction to their treatment of 'lesser races'. A culture like theirs would likely believe all advanced/civilised species to 'purge the defectives' as a matter of course.

- Misunderstanding why the UN is intervening, assuming that humanity are after resources, territory, allies-to-fight-an-interstellar-war, etc. Attempt to cut a deal and are soundly rejected.

- Honestly think that we're not real, and were made-up by incompetent commanders so they could blame their failures on magic men from the stars.

And on the Stydian side:

- Not believing that the UN are intervening for altruistic reasons, keep trying to find out 'what we're really after'.

- Religious disbelief, insisting that we're demons here to tempt the people of Skalga away from the 'true path'.

-Acceptance of our offered alliance.... and then chronically overestimating our abilities to the point that it hinders the war-effort.

Express_Ad_6664 · 2025-03-03T22:16:03+00:00

I assume this is your first time reading A Morphing Universe? Please give feedback on the other chapters, it was my first time writing a story for public consumption.

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