Magna Graecia

Purpose
Exposition on Magna Graecia - The Empire's Fury

Publication Status
The Royal Planetic Society of Bildung of Letters - Class: Preliminary and Sensitive
 * Alternative Name(s)
 * Tabletop Kingdoms


 * Designation Type
 * The Diarchic Protectorate


 * Population
 * Est 500,000 - 750,000


 * Inhabitant Demonym
 * Graecians

Type - Study, Scientific
 * Owner/Ruler
 * House Brontes and House Vulcan

Location - Tiber

Authors - Sir Bartholomew Belton Barlow

Kingdom of Cyclopes
House Brontes rules over Kingdom of Cyclopes

Kingdom of Vulcanalia
House Vulcan rules over Kingdom of Vulcanalia

Culture
The castles and noble estates sitting on hills give Magna Graecia its nickname Tabletop Kingdoms. Despite smaller tribes and two Kingdoms, House Bronte and House Vulcan rule in reciprocal inviolability. A collective ethos runs throughout its society. Unity, self-sacrifice, and caring for one's neighbor strengthen the social spirit. Its foundation: the welfare and honor of kin, and no temptation would move them to glance aside, for a passion live in their blood. A passion they call love. Graecians are honorable and take oaths at the upmost importance, so much so one needs to keep in mind when dealing in generalities.

Standing at the average height of a human and coats having patterns of red and brown, a stark difference to a typical raccoon, the Graecians have a martial culture. They have a penchant for melee weapons and familiarity with diverse terrain. Whereupon The Ophion Empire use them as its troops. Their fighting styles takes on a barbarian passion and unrefined quality relative to Anastasius' styles focusing on thrusting finesse. However, there is technique driving bashing hammers and maces and any weapon one will see them wield. The smithing of weapons and armor is second to none on Tiber.

Religious orders take in willing and deserving soldiers to train them in religio-arcanoform fighting. These paladins draw on powers of Hyperion to dispatch and heal.

Tiber's raccoons worship the Sister's Children. In addition to martial deities, particular deities to Graecians are one's dedicated to fertility and hearth. Graecians led an agriculture society and still do in large part in its economy today.

Architecture
The Tabletop Kingdoms imported Anastasius architectural style. Nonetheless, the Graecians honor their ancestors and its past. The Houses supplement their castles, estates, and walls surrounding the Tabletop Kingdom with technology yet show historical rustic mason and wood work shaped by the hills they sit on. The main entrance to Magna Graecia is a towering gate flanked by two keeps equal in stature and size - an engineering feet Graecians take pride in.