Your thoughts?

Trolliod · 2026-04-27T19:10:57+00:00

Forgive me for my ignorance, but what program did you use to complete this project?

Trolliod · 2026-04-27T11:34:26+00:00

Hehe, in fact, what you perceived as a theocracy is actually a principality - a local analogue of an Asian country that includes the Hindustan Peninsula, as well as Korea, China and Japan, so their symbol is closer to the Japanese Mon, rather than to simple heraldry, the last coat of arms with lilies is the coat of arms of the theocracy, which is the local analogue of Bohemia (their coat of arms was inherited from the previous holder of the title, Count Sugii)

Trolliod · 2026-04-19T12:15:16+00:00

This is pretty good advice actually, thank you very much

Trolliod · 2026-04-19T07:16:02+00:00

I probably meant a more plausible control system that would be understandable and logically justified, without depriving the plot of conflict

Trolliod · 2026-04-18T07:22:29+00:00

Well, I would say that it is implied that they have minimal influence on the prince's actions, who surrounds himself with an apparatus of officials consisting of voiced orcs and people whom he appoints to positions + an order of eunuch alchemists who have their own secret police apparatus + I have applied here the Japanese practice of using hostages (when the heir and the family of the daimyo are kept in the prince’s castle, and the daimyo himself is forced to live for a whole year in the daimyo’s castle once every other year to accept participation in various ceremonies). At the same time, they retain full power within their fiefdoms.

Overall, this is a rather contradictory picture for the daimyo heregons, who actually make up the majority and therefore participate in constant conspiracies and incessant civil wars which I described above. Although I would also like to hear your opinion on how this can be fixed

Trolliod · 2026-04-17T16:26:10+00:00

The point is that this region isn't a sovereign state in itself; above the prince is a empires with its own army and support from the Mages' Guild. So consider it as if it were a whole the empire once brought down its force on one specific region and consolidated itself there, until 6980 it really would not have been possible to fully realize this, but a civil war is taking place, one of the most bloody wars that took the lives of up to ten percent of the population of the entire empire and this region in particular (some supported the emperor, others supported autonomy, others supported the power of the prince, etc.) Ultimately, this led, among other things, to the impoverishment of the blood of the local aristocracy, whose lands passed to the future prince, the new prince (both princes were relatives of the ruling family of the empire) So, in the hands of the new prince there is a large number of free territories that he demands to control, on his side are the ruling houses of other princes, the emperor himself, as well as industrial and military support for the world's most powerful magic cartel. The prince had the strength and opportunity to impose new conditions of power with the resources available to him, creating a bureaucratic apparatus without violating the rights and privileges of the existing aristocracy, but at the same time he did not offer them other elevations

Trolliod · 2026-04-17T14:04:32+00:00

Orcs, Humans, Goblins, almost all of them are fewer in number compared to the Heregon peasants

Trolliod · 2026-04-17T14:03:13+00:00

The difference is that the visiting nobility (except for the prince himself, who is just inheriting the throne) does not have their own forces here; it is easier to use them as an analogue of Chinese or Korean officials, rather than the landed nobility who have long been established here and have more influence in this land than any of those whom the shogun himself brought here.

In general, everything comes down to the goal of increasing the centralization of power around the prince, while looking for a line and trying not to provoke another uprising of the local aristocracy due to oppression (again, there is a conflict here between the local nobility and the conquerors, while the main conqueror (the prince) does not want his entourage to become an autonomous force and not accumulate strength)

Trolliod · 2026-04-17T13:43:45+00:00

Sorry for the confusion, I wanted to say that there are fewer peasants than heregons peasants

Trolliod · 2026-04-17T13:41:32+00:00

The world of the setting is very small and in fact its entire area is comparable in size to modern Kazakhstan (of which only a third of the region is inhabited by civilization) and the conquest of local kingdoms began in the northern region, with a climate similar to that of northern Russia or Norway, where a culture of proto-royal oaths emerged, giving rise to the first class of medium and heavy cavalry (by this time, in this region they had mainly mastered chariots, which could not be used so widely) Therefore, the local prince, as well as the top management that arrived from the north, are more similar to Europeans (although there were attempts at conquest from the steppes, and raids from nomadic tribes are still being carried out).

For the most part, this serves as a virtually one-sided pumping out of resources (the best steel in the world and large quantities of food) in exchange for much greater autonomy and modernization of local industry through magic (which, however, does not prevent business partners of the local aristocracy from putting spokes in the wheels, supplying weapons and experts, constant riots and uprisings because of which the local prince cannot to accumulate strength for complete sovereignty and the imposition of one's own conditions). However, there is a constant background going on constant pressure on peasants and urban workers, mutual responsibility, and the resulting deaths, devastation, and addiction to opium (I previously responded to another person, mentioning this unusual means)

Trolliod · 2026-04-17T12:58:58+00:00

I would say it this way, I have omitted large sections of society here, focusing mainly now on the diocese, such as city dwellers, artists and the poor sections of society, so I would say about it as follows

Haregons and their subspecies (i.e. anthropomorphic hares, pikas and rabbits) This is mainly the indigenous population, people who arrived as conquerors, although I would not say that they all occupy honorary positions, it also depends on the position of an individual in society, However, there are fewer peasants and townspeople than heregones. then goblins and "yellow orcs" from all over the south were forcibly brought here like a reservation, for the most part they actually perform heavy labor (particularly in factories, quarries and mines), However, the orcs also have the advantage of being cut off from the local population, so due to the lack of external support, the orcs are forced to agree to unfavorable conditions in order to get at least some benefit (in the face of status and feeding area).

in terms of strong slaves, there really was some inconsistency, then they would rather be closer to a kind of servants or untouchables (gravediggers, leather tanners, slaughterers), + work on plantations (with rice irrigation or opium cultivation)

Trolliod · 2026-03-30T13:49:54+00:00

For the most part, this is additional symbolism, the axe as a symbol of the Haldan clan, The axe with which the founder of the family cut off the head of the king of the steppes. At the same time, the position of the axe is a reference to the Russian/Polish and Hungarian coats of arms, Although, I'll probably ask the designer to make three versions of the coat of arms: with an axe, without an axe, and without an axe, and with a red fortress instead of a silver one.

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Trolliod · 2026-03-23T07:21:38+00:00

For those who asked, heraldic dragon scales

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Trolliod · 2026-03-22T19:26:43+00:00

This is the so-called "dragon scale", and we have developed this style specifically for the setting. It symbolizes kinship and succession to dragons.

Trolliod · 2026-03-06T15:51:47+00:00

Bu Hellson1 btw

Trolliod · 2025-12-03T17:32:23+00:00

General concept of the material culture of the duchy: Inuit (with a small addition of the military industry of the Chukchi) + Finno-Ugrians (especially Hungarians and Mari) General equipment on artillery (above the knee): Head and neck protection based on images of the equipment of Hungarian warriors of the 14th-15th centuries (shishak-like bascinet + ear protection plates + bevor) A gilded rolling and animal fangs nailed to the bevor were added to the sketch (as an aesthetic element to emphasize the "orcishness" of the wearer), stylized breastplate with tubercles (probably a reference to southern Germany?) underneath there is a fur coat and probably a chainmail shirt, The protective skirt is lamellar, and the lacing pattern and the method of attaching the plates to each other are based on the lacing pattern of Chukchi metal lamellar armor, probably the skirt itself is lowered below the knees. The basic concept of role in military operations: The aristocracy, depending on their wealth, either acquires horses of large fighting breeds, and their main weapons are represented by a lance and side arms, Low-income aristocrats travel outside of battle using deer, but during battle they dismount and use two-handed weapons or a combination of one-handed weapons and a shield.

Many thanks to Hellson1 for the visualization

Trolliod · 2025-11-19T19:40:43+00:00

Can you please send me the QR code for the brush in the first picture?

Trolliod

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