Darkness Bathing
Chapter 28: Opening 4
Previous Chapter Next ChapterNow we inform you about the next area. Libya. This is where Hurricane and her tribe settled. Flat plains, full of superb wildebeests and other creatures that can be used as mounts. An area of land that is filled mostly with minerals for metals, making this land the go-to area for army supplies. But with the multiple warring factions of Hurricane's descents, you can be sure that there will ample competition for prices on both army supplies and mounts even. You just have to get through the fighting between all the of the pegasus clans fighting in the providence. Though recently, there has been an upheaval in the last few years. With the destruction of the Cornwall invasion force and the death of the kingdom's heir many either rebelled or was invaded by its neighbors in Libya. Cornwall kingdom originally spanned the eight most northern fiefs, but now it is no more and the land has been divided up into many new kingdoms of different warlords. Now the position of the most dominant warlord is up for grabs, leading many to be fighting to expand their territory or reach for it.
The started after Hurricane had settled with her followers, following such a failed alliance with the other tribes headed further south. Using their natural ability to fly, they surveyed the land and settled the first suitable place they found which is now known as the fief of Girgenti. As time went on, more of the fiefs were settled by them, allowing them to become the first military superpower faction. With their mining of metals and knowledge on how to use them to forge proper weapons, they ruled the lands. But, with more and more weapons and armor being made, letting more armies rise up inside the lands, this allowed those armies to start resenting one another. Out of those armies, three large figures of Hurricane's tribe descendants rose to power.
Rainbow Dash is the most recent in the line of direct descendants of Hurricane, became the ruler of Girgenti, the original capital of the land. However, her age and bashfulness make her seem irresponsible, incapable of leading her citizens and fighting the other two recognizable rulers. But her idea of never backing down and making sure to win the fight has lead to her fame as one of the toughest ponies to lead an army. Her most recognizable feat is that she leads with her army is the nearly perfect coordination of but her cavalry, infantry, and fliers in battle. This leaves someone who isn't prepared or inexperienced to find themselves heavily on the defense, even if they are the one attacking.
Spitfire is the next descendant, ruling from the Torpas fief. She is from a branch family of the line. Although she is currently the heir of her kingdom, she has distinguished herself very well since being recognized as the heir. She personally leads a force that captured the south part of the forest for them and the fief with it with a controlled fire tactic with minimum losses and minor damage to the fief. However, she has since meeting Sky back when she was challenged, she has changed her ways, only slightly, though. She became more protective of her army, making less risky plans and slowly leaning into plans of long range strikes instead of up close and personal. More subterfuge. Though this has made her seen as lazy and scared, she is still a force to be reckoned with when met sword to sword.
Shadow is the last in the long line of descents. The more levelheaded of the three, she fights by quick guerrilla attacks and raids. As seen the biggest coward of the three, it is strange to them as to why she is still the next leader. But none can argue her results. She has a gift for psychological warfare able to manipulate an enemy into thinking they are severely outnumbered or get them to fall into her traps.
However, even though they are the toughest armies to keep others out, there is a more dangerous race which haunts the nights and the mountain. Vampires, made largely of ponies and batponies, have been feared throughout the land and nearby provinces around the mountain. However, they do not attack head on. They strike from out of sight, using the rumors around them to their advantage, lowering morale and attacking then, allowing for some easy killing. All under the guiding eyes and leadership of the vampiric elf pony hybrid, Vinyl. Living around a few thousand years, she watched the lands burn and rebuild themselves, but kept to the shadows. Herself and her followers of vampiric warriors watch over their land that they themselves call home. But their goddess has other plans now. Especially since she has sent a courier to somepony who the vampires are taking an interest in.
Their military started off mostly with just infantry wielding the traditional shields, spears, and short swords. But as time went on, Hurricane saw a few more of the other tribes, most she figured had to have migrated to her lands without her notice. With these new additions and new generations, she noticed that those, not pegasi had a harder time keeping pace with those who were in the army. This was a problem for it as they were not as fast and usually, their earthbound status made them have to stand and fight all they faced and unable to fly out of reach if they got into trouble. Hurricane made a declaration to everyone of the lands, you must be trained in the army and helped out by the Pegasus should the need arise. So every able-bodied of the age of the time was made to work and train under her training regimen. This helped, but still didn't have the results she wanted. Until she had an idea while watching the miners one day, hauling ore to the smiths. The creatures that pulled the wagons. What if they could be more than just a beast of burden? With this thought fueling her, Hurricane started having ponies train the Wildebeests to help fight, which eventually, after trial and error, lead them to ride on their backs. The results were more than satisfaction to her and devastating on the battlefield. Thus Libya became the first place ponies started riding Wildebeests on the continent and eventually the birthplace of the knight orders generations later.
Libya Providence - With Resource
Circle with a plus in it- Salerno - Rainbow's territory - gold mine
Circle with a X in it- Catanzaro - Rainbow's territory - gold mine
4 point star - Aavoz'bvlg - silver mine
5 point star - Geneak - copper, iron
6 point star - Tain Nabilcrab Land - livestock
7 point star - Galatia - marble
8 point star-Sharp Seven - lead
10 point star- Funnotice - salt, grain
Heart - Den To - Shadow's territory - leather, livestock
Sun - Torpas - Spitfire's territory - olive oil, linen
Diamond - Reggio - Rainbow's territory - timber
Frame - Messina - Spitfire's territory - timber
Triangle - Palermo - Spitfire's territory - timber
Trapezoid - Trapani - marble
Lightning Bolt - Girgenti - Rainbow's territory - silk
Moon - Siracusa - Shadow's territory - wine
Cloud - Taranto - Shadow's territory - glassware
Donut - Apulia - Spitfire's territory - war mounts
Hexagon - Venezia - leather, linen
Heptagon - Veglia - silver mine, war mounts
Cube - Zagreb - dyes, grain
Scroll - Zadar - dyes, war mounts
Octagon - Ohrid - Shadow's territory - iron
Knight Orders of Libya-
Dark Moon Knights
Numbers- 9800 ponies and 200 vampires
Main headquarters- Mount Albrayon
Flag- Black with a red moon in the middle
Armor- Black with red dragon decorations on them.
The Iron Preservers
Numbers- 1700
Main headquarters - Ohrid in Libya
Flag - Grey with a silver warhammer in the middle
Armor - Blue waves etched onto armor
The Shields of the Water
Numbers- 1300
Main headquarters- Zadar in Libya
Flag - Light blue with a white castle in the middle
Armor - White with castle tops on the legs
The Knights of the Crest
Numbers- 2400
Main headquarters- Girgenti in Libya
Flag - Green with White wheel in the middle
Armor - One pillar in front, two on the sides
The Squires of the Raven
Numbers- 2800
Main headquarters- Palermo in Libya
Flag - Light blue with a black Raven in the middle
Armor - Black armor with blue cloth and feathers decorating the armor.