DEV DIARY 2 Lands of RHOS
Good evning gents and gentry this devdiary will focus on one of theaters of war(and schemming) that will be getting the complete botox treatment for the next version of the mod.
Before I move on to the diary itself I would like to annonce that the swmh family has grown as Bertuccio has joined the team
Now for a quick overveiw of some of what you can expect in the comming version, let me welcome you to the Eastern Front.
Welcome to Rhos!(note that Halych-Volyn will be moved back to Poland-Lithuania, its only included here to better outline the main reworked area)
And on kingdom level
The kingdom of Rhos itself will consist of four major principalities; Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod and Polotsk. While Halych-Volyn will rejoin Lithuania and Poland in the commonwalth.
Northern duchies
Southern Duchies
Eastern duchies
28(counting Halych Volyn) duchylevel principalites, and hopefully achieving the goal of representing every principality above a certain size as it were at just before the arrival of the horde.
now for a closer look lets join army group south for a look at the Kievan lands, the backbone of the Rhos.
a bit less boring with a bit of water eh?^^ A lot more provinces than previously. At the Duchy level; Kiev, Perezlavl, Turov, Smolensk, Chernigov, Novosil(Itil), Smolensk and Toropets.
Halych-Volyn
Like Kiev this area isn't depopulated anylonger but got provinces to reflect its lesser principalities and its RL population density.
At the duchy level Halych-Volyn consist of; Halych, Volyn, Zvenigorod, Belz and Podlashye.
Polotsk
A small state all things considerd, just two duchy level titles Polotsk and Minsk. But still most of Polotsk's small princiapility is on the map, making it 8 provinces in total.
Novgorod where it all began.
As visible both Pskov and Novgorod got their rightfull sailable waterways(I think you can all guess what that will mean^^)
Novgorod the great master, styles 5 duchy level entities; Novogord(thats the big white blob), lonely Pskov, Kholm, Belozeroo and Bjarmia.
Vladimir
and in fertile lands of Zalesye, the crown of Vladimir awaits a cunning ruler, capable of joining the small prinicipalities into a fomidable force under his leadership(hopefully before the Horde arrives
)
Vladimir is composed of; Suzdal, Rostov, Ustyg, Tver, Moskva, Ryazan, Murom and Nizhny Nogorod
so that makes 88(counting Halych Volyn) provinces, where 80-90% is based on RL small principalities, while the rest is based on strategic important towns/castles(was mainly neccesary to do it this way for the far outskirts of Novogorod).
next time I will be showing Finland, the Baltics and a bit of the 30.000-40.000 kilometers worth(not shure what it equals in pixels
) of coastlines that has been redrawn.
Thats all for tonight folks, I hope you like what you have seen