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Contents 1 Timeline 2 Iron Age 2.1 Qullswordsman 2.2 Double Bladed Longbow Archer 2.3 Turnabegga Ale 2.4 Natural Resources 2.5 Aohoshi Village 2.6 Shrine of Aohoshi 2.7 Qat 3 Medieval Age 3.1 Qullswordsman 3.2 Emperor of the 3 Kingdoms 3.3 City of Au 4 Renaissance Age 4.1 Hand Cannoneer 4.2 Assassin of Au 4.3 The Great Hydromancy Pool 4.4 War Lystrophant 5 Exploration Age 5.1 Explorer 5.2 Coins 5.3 Pirates 5.4 Farmer 6 See Also

Timeline

City Stage

Iron Age – 557,200 to 558,200 (1,000 years long)

Medieval Age – 558,200 to 558,700 (500 years long)

Renaissance Age – 558,700 to 558,950 (250 years long)

Exploration Age – 558,950 to 559,150 (200 years long)

Iron Age

Qullswordsman

Here is a Dark Age warrior from the River Tribe. The dark ages happend after the fall of the Grassland Empire that once spread all the way South to the Desert, North to the mountains, West to the grasslands and even East to the river. As youcan see the style of Quill blade is similar but is much better and made of iron rather than bronze. It also has protective handle. Floots have also been upgraded with iron plating. There is still padded armor but it is worm under iron plates. The helm too has been upgraded to cover the pseudo-mandible. Also if you notice gloves have caught on to protect their tentacles. The most important feature of this age is the discovery of the iron shell shield. More and more the River Tribe is becoming less aquatic. They still live above the river in their stilt homes over the river but battles are more land based.

Double Bladed Longbow Archer

Here is a River Tribe Double Bladed Longbow Archer during the Iron Age. Even though the Double Bladed Longbow was made during the Bronze Age the Iron version was much stronger in hand to hand battle.Unlike say a Quill Sword Warrior the Archers wore much less armor and just had padded armor and an iron helm. Durring battle archers were known to retreat to the water if their double bladed fighting failed. They would drop their bows and helm and swim away. This may seem stupid but heavily armored Nauceans cannot swim thus they can fight another day. Many Nauceans obtained their weapons through this method. Normally they did not have to retreat and were perched atop stone river towers far up where they could not be reached. Their range was about the length of an Earth Longbow even though they were bigger. But they went shorter because they could not best as much with blades on them. Infact they were quite dangerous cause if they did not shoot you full of arrows then they might just cut off a tentacle or 2. Durring this age it was common for Many Naucean if they had not died in battle to come back missing some tentacles and even in some cases missing a floot. Sadly cutting of a head or tail was a bit to much to recover from.

Turnabegga Ale

Though the ages there is an interconnected system of goods that depend upon each other. Durring the Iron Age of the River tribe 4 businesses depend upon each other for business. These are the Turnabegga Farmers, Brewers, Glassblowers and Bartenders at the Taverns.

In the first step from vegetable to ale, the farmers grow the turnabeggas in circular farms on the river bands of the city. Once grown they sell them to the brewers who brew the turnabeggas in to an ale. This process takes awhile and they also depend upon the carpenters for their barrels. Meanwhile the glassblowers collect the sand from the beach downstream to be used to turn into glass. They make many glass items but for this particular one they make bottles for the ale. They also recycle the broken bottles that Naucean throw away.

After the ale is brewed and the bottles are made they are brought tot the tavern in which they are poured into the bottles and sold, or poured into glasses also made by the glassmaker. The tavern is one of the main social hubs for the working River Tribe Naucean. This tradition of an alcoholic beverage continues all the way until the last days of the Naucean civilization. Infact turnabegga ale is still brewed by other species around the soloar system.

Natural Resources

Here is a map of Natural Resources during the Iron Age in the "Old World".

Cave Tribe: Copper Ore, Emeralds, Glowing Mushroom, Glowing Lichen, Cave Squimander.

Mountain Tribe: Conifer Tree, Woolly Gobblehorn, Red Olivenut, Gold Ore, Saphires.

River Tribe: Puck, Flowit, Nauish, Turnabegga, Iron Ore.

Swamp Tribe: Mud Tusker, Fishypad, Orat, Karrkumber.

Ocean Tribe: Swoark, Scrab, Quill Sponge, Kelp Weed.

Jungle Tribe: Oranna, Plemon, Spike Gourd, Vine Tree, Giant Quat Berry.

Desert Tribe: Desert Gobblehorn, Red Fang Berry, Rubies, Giant Puttle Grub.

Grassland Tribe: Lystrophant, Iron Ore, Mill Grass.

Aohoshi Village

This is Aohoshi Village at 557,500 A.S. It is just a small Iron Age village that live up at the end of the treeline. They use the conifer trees for wood and gather their water from the snow. They live in hide covered yurts with stone bases. On the far right of the picture you can see a barn in which they hold their prized woolly gobblehorn. They hunt in the forest and fish in the streams. They now raise the woollys rather than following the migration rout of the wild woolly gobblehorns like in the past. They do not grow crops due to the harsh soil how ever they do eat moss and lichen that grows on the rocks around as well as roasted conenuts from the conifer trees. The village is surround by a palisade wall and the entrance is decorated with woolly gobblehorn antlers. The single path that winds down the mountain leads to the Grassland and River tribes in which they trade goods. They also from time to time travel deep into the mountains to the caves in which the Cave Tribe live in, though as time goes on they visit them less and less.

Shrine of Aohoshi

Here is the Mountain tribe at the shrine of Aohoshi. Aohoshi is the big brother of Nauceanica and Au. He is an Ocean Tribe by race but is worshiped by both the Ocean and Mountain Tribe (some cave tribe too). Those that worship Aohoshi believe he is the true creator of all the universe but was too modest to say so and let his little sister and brother bicker over which one of them did. Aohoshi encourages peace and harmony. Aohoshi is represented by the Blue Giant in the sky which is from the Neighboring solar system and not even their own. The home star is Au the red dwarf and if Aohoshi was no there then there would not be enough heat to warm the planet of Nauceanica.

In the Mountain tribe tradition they carve huge wooden sculptures of Aohoshi as well as smaller lesser gods. This is just the larger of them. But each yurt has a small wooden idol with a mini-shrine in which they pray to at noon when Aohoshi is highest in the sky. Wen visiting the shrine they sent down a bowl on inscents and bow their heats with arms out wide. The candles in each oral tentacle on the sculpture are kept lit all the time and are changed out each day. The candles are made from the fat of woolly gobblehorns. Durring the winter solstice they roast a woolly gobblehorn in honor of Aohoshi, it is rather like Thanksgiving and Christmas all in one. They share gifts have a big feast, dance, sing and play music.

Qat

Qat is a diffrent type of God. One in which is based upon a real Mountain Tribe Naucean who use to bring eggs to the villages up in the mountains on a Woolly Gobblehorn pulled sled. But over time it transformed into a mythical god named Qat, just like the Gas giant in their solar system and his woolly gobblehorn called Laka, also like the Gas giant in their solar system.

Qat wears a bright blue leather suit and leave a silver woolly gobble horn egg in juvenile Naucean's "floots" which hang on the fireplaces to dry out from walking in the snow. He comes in at night on the very fast sled pulled by Laka the magical woolly gobblehorn which has glowing gobbles to see though the fog. Unlike Earth's Santa it cannot fly but he dose sled around at super fast speeds.

Over time this strange tradition of the winter solstice spread to other tribes and changed as it went. For the river tribe he rides around on a lystrophant, while for the desert tribe he rides around on a desert gobblehorn. But they all have the gobbles or trunks glowing blue. It is not clear how he is related to the other patheon so it is widely accepted as a children's imaginary tradition. Durring the modern age marketing of Qat exploded with tons of merchandise such as silver egg shaped trinkets and even woolly gobblehorn, egg and Qat shaped ornaments placed on their solstice trees.

Medieval Age

Qullswordsman

Here is a typical melee unit of the River Tribe Middle Ages. Due to the ever increasing opposition of more armored Nauceans the river tribe too had to face this. One compromise of weight and protection came with chainmail. Which replaced padded armor still underneed the iron plate armor. Their quill sword have advanced too to become broader and thicker to slice through such armor. Some of the strongest Nauceans fight during this time. Where tentacle muscles bulged.

Not shown here is the armored War Lystrophants and Composite Double Bladed Long Bows. The river tribe are known for their advanced archers who shoot from high atop their river castles. Durring this time advanced siege equipment was developed to take out these castles in the river.

Emperor of the 3 Kingdoms

Here is the Emperor of the 3 Kingdoms during the Medieval Age. Durring this time there was a short period in which the Emperor was able to unite the Mountain, Grassland and River tribe. This was to fight the desert tribe and its fanatical ways. The Emperor was actually half river and half grassland by race and was married to the queen of the mountain tribe. Sadly after his death this empire fell. You cans see that his crown is golden with blue spahires and red rubies. These 2 gems were important because they represented the large blue sun and the small red sun. He wore many tentacle and tail rings as well as golden gauntlets. Even the "floots" had studded toes to them. In his hand was a golden scepter which was modeled after the stone age shaman staff. Around his neck is a royal neck poncho, in which was the only one made like this, because it had the river symbol on the top, grassland in the middle and mountain tribe on the bottom. Between them were golden threaded stripes. As emperor he lead the people into the Renaissance Age, but not before many bloody battles which eventually led to the uniting of the 3 kingdoms.

City of Au

Here is Au City at 558,500 A.S (after sentience). Durring this time the Desert Tribe is fighting the the Northern Tribes (Grassland, River) over religious differences. The Desert Tribe believe in Au the Red Sun god is the Creator over everything while the River and Grassland believe in Nauceanica the Goddess of the planet creating everything. To top it all off the Mountain tribe believe that Aohoshi the Blue Sun God is the main Creator of all. To appease Au they developed a system of Nacuean sacrifices and use the blood of their enemies for ritual sacrifice. These "Blood Priest" were Central to the culture and a large tower with a sphere on top (as seen at the upper right in the picture).

The city of Au was on either side of the Blood River. It gets this name because at the Summer Solstice the Blue Giant Star hides behind the red dwarf sun and turns the sky red all day and reflect upon the river turning it bright red. Since it is on the equator it is the only river that is complete red during this time. Within the walls they grow desert crops found no where else on the planet. These plants thrive in the scorching heat of the 2 suns as long as there is plenty of water. Durring the flood season the farmlands are replenished with new sediment thus allowing for rich farmland.

On the cliff sides are the famous spherical cliff homes which connect the floor to the top of the mesas. They also have many dug out caverns in the cliff face as well. Within the cliffs it is cool and protected from the heat outside. The road connects connects to other outposts in which they use to protect their desert empire from the other tribes. There is some trade of caravans among some tribes like the jungle tribe but not too much.

Renaissance Age

Hand Cannoneer

Here is a Renaissance River Tribe hand cannoneer. As you can see the River tribe were the first to discover gun powder and took the advantage over the other tribes. They also kept up with the armor race in which this shows it has full plate. Sadly this will be all for nothing in the future because as gun powderer gets better the slow armored knight will be obsolete. If you also notice the whole body is covered with metal except for the eyes which have 4 holes and on the top where the nostril is has a grate to breathe through. Also even the 3 main tentacles are covered in chainmail.

Assassin of Au

Durring the Renaissance the Desert Tribe kidnapped young Jungle Tribe Nauceans and trained them in the ways of the assassin or Shadow Assassin of Au. They were used during the dark of night, unlike most desert tribe warriors. While the rest of the civilized world were begin to fight with gun powder the desert tribe was perfecting the art of shadow fighting. A Naucean Assassin could easily climb up anything and do acrobatic displays. They would wear an all black suit, black "floots" and wrap up any flesh with dark graycloth. The only parts that would show was the nostrils and 4 eyes. Even the pseudo mandible was wrapped up so when open you could not see flesh, even the beak was covered. On the floots were sharp talons in which they used for attacking enemies as well as help climbing up trees, walls and other such obstacles. On the oral tentacles with hands they wore bladed gloves and on the oral tentacles without they would wear punching daggers. They could use these to for attacking their enemies as well as climbing.

Nauceans assassins were silent, fast, agile and disciplined. From the day they were put in training to the day they died they served the Blood Priests of Au. They believed their were holy warriors who's duty was to eliminate the non believers and infidels. Like the blood priests they would get back pericing in which would show out of small holes in the suit. The more piercing the more devout they were and higher ranking. The Naucean assassins were used up until the Emancipation Age were it was illegal to take such children. But a new group based upon the descendent's of their order sprung up. But these used guns and became the Shadow Snipers of Au. To this day it is said that they still hide in the shadows of the galaxy fighting for their religious cause. Only Jungle Nauceans that worship Au can be one and since that is a small minority little is known.But some say they wear nano suits in which can become invisible and have quantum based weaponry. Needless to say they have come a Naucean legend.

The Great Hydromancy Pool

Here is The Great Hydromancy Pool, one of the 8 wonders of the world. It was built in the River tribe empire during the Renaissance. It is made of gold and glass and is the shape of a sphere. Which is suppose to be the perfect shape. It is not only filled with water but it contrains tiny glowing bacteria who at night glow (as seen in the picture). The sphere acts as a greenhouse for them and the water is recycled using pumps. The power for the pumps is ironically a river close by in which they originally got the water and the bacteria from. The river is known as the glowing river, because of these creatures. On the top of the dome is Nauceanica the Creator Goddess in her famous pose in which she holds both stars, both moons and good and evil all in balance in her oral tentacles. The dome is held up by 16 side pillars and one central pillar. The walkway goes to the exact center of the sphere and the water falls though a hole in the center of that. The high Priest will either bathe in the waterfall to get inspiration of look on either side and look into his reflection or a combination of both. Many Nauceans say that this has healing powers and on the "Nauceanica Day" Nauceans form miles around are allow to be healed of their aliments by bathing in the water dropped from above. Otherwise no one is allowed in except the High Priest. However the door is left open with a rope across so tourists can peak in one by one and leave offerings at the doorway.

War Lystrophant

Up until the Industrial Age the Lystrophant was used for work and warfare. This is a war lystrophant during the Renaissance Age, during this time they were the most armored. As you can see they are completely covered from trunk to tail with iron plating as well as chainmail under it. The tentacle "tusks" have sharp points on them for goring and the 2 "trunks" have spiked maces on them. The nostrils and eyes were covered with a grade for protection and they were guided with leather reins in which connected on the "tusks" on up to the spherical archer's nest. This nest could hold up to 4 nauceans (one controlling the lystropant and 3 archers). The archer's nest has 3 windows and one door on top in which to get in. This was firmly planted on the back and was high enough to see pretty much the whole battle. They were practically walking towers with a nasty front end which would pummel and gore its opponents. They moved slow but was a power house. Thai only weakness was their stomach in which if an enemy could get under without being tramples could stab them in the heart thus taking down the whole creature. It was not until futher advances in gunpowder and the tank that these creatures became obsolete in battle.

Exploration Age

Explorer

Sorry this is out of order but this age goes between the Renaissance and Industrial Age of the River Tribe. This is the first time they traveled far far east and discovered a new world. Un-like Earths there were no inhabitants but there were strange and exotic creatures as well as untamed landscapes. After the river tribe found it it became a race for land with the Grassland, Mountain and Desert tribes. By this time the Ocean, Swamp and Jungle Tribes are still to primitive and were used for slave labor by the other tribe. The only exception is the Cave tribe that used slaves for mining but did not have a navy to explore the New World.

This is a typical explorer with a compass in one tentacle and a flint-lock pistol in the other. This is more advance than the hand cannon but is not as advanced as the industrial revolver. Also you might notice that the armor is much lighter than the previous age for better movement and guns were getting better. Thus being slow would not help.

Coins

Here are some coins in which have evolved over the ages. As the ages improve and the higher the cost goes the more advanced the Money has gotten. This is Money around Imperial Age. If you look carefully you can read the numbers from my Naucean numbers. The coins come in 2 - Bone, 4 - Copper, 8 - Tin, 16 - Bronze, 24 - Iron, 32 - Silver, 64 - Gold. There is also the 80 - Platinum (not shown). Over the ages the material and styles have changed. Also depending upon the leading tribe has changed it too. Sadly by the time of the Nano Age none of these coins are used and all currency is electronic. Thus making these only collectors items.

Pirates

Durring the late Exploration Age and early Industrial Age pirates rule the Sea of EA. As the colonies were forming Naucean pirates would plunder these ships for gold being shipped back to the old world as well as just taking over the ships themselves. Like Human pirates they lost body parts such as their legs, hands, and eyes. The pirate in the picture shows one without his "floot" which is replace by a peg leg. Also its left main eye has been poked out and has an eye patch. It was common for pirate to loose oral tentacles too as well as scared up bodies. They used cutlas-like quill-blades as well as pistols.

Life on the high seas was dangerous, but pirates made it even more so. Unlike humans Nauceans swim very well so a man overboard did not mean death. Many battles were fought under the water. Also slave ship being shipped to the colony plantations would have slaves jump ship whenever they could and tried to swim to land. This was not always possible and a population of run away slaves lives under the ocean living off it like their ancestors did. Usually the Ocean tribe slaves survived the most but some swamp and even jungle tribe managed to survive. Those that could not cut it some times became pirates. On of the most famous was Shimprawn the Pirate. he was a small run away jungle tribe who was extremely small even for Jungle tribes, but he had a temper and wild nature about him. The Jungle tribe is known for their tree swinging acrobatics and he was no diffrent, Shrimprawn could fly around the masts and sails in an acrobatic show of death, taking over the fleets of the River, Grassland and even Desert Tribe ships.

This age of pirates change dover time to smugglers during modern times and even the rebels during the space age. These were never recognized as an official tribe but their group did have a skull and cross bones flag which is still used as a trademark during the galactic age by the rebel space pirates.

Farmer

Here is a Naucean Farmer during the Exploration Age. Due to the improvements from Iron to steel the quill scythe was able to be used. Steel was string enough to withstand the rigors of slicing the crops down better than the quill sword ever was. They collect the sliced crops by putting them in woven sphere baskets which hug over each side of their bodies and was held closed with iron clips. After harvesting they were taken to the water mills in which the plants were ground down and made into bread to eat. The River Tribe produced the most bread of any reason because of the use of water mills. Durring plowing the fields they would use lystropahnts to pull tillers and then drop in seeds by hand.

See Also

Naucean: Basic Info, Geography, Creature Stage, Tribal Stage, City Stage, Civilization Stage, Solar System Stage, Galactic Stage, Universal Stage Overview, Naucean Civilization Video, Time Sphere