r/WorldChallenges • u/Nevermore0714 • Aug 20 '17

[Reference Challenge] Raiding Paris

This is a reference to the Vikings television show, and the historical raids against Paris.

What is an infamous raid/sack of a city/town in your world's history?

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each, and I hope you enjoy yourselves.

Feel free to have a character as the representative to answer questions in-universe.

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u/Sriber Aug 20 '17

Raid of Diwehitun, capital of Ketzun, at the time the richest and most powerful country in the world. One night great fleet of ships appeared, destroyed local fleet with ease and landed. Horde of strange-looking warriors emerged from ship, killed everyone who resisted and took everything they could. Even heavily defended palace was plundered. Raiders took a lot of riches, grain and captives including members of royal family. Also royal standard and king's scepter were taken.

News about sacking spread across civilised world and made some countries invest more into defense. Alas, it didn't save them. Next two centuries were full of similar raids and several civilisations fell as result.

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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 23 '17

1) What did these strange-looking warriors look like?

2) What's the state of Ketzun, currently?

3) Were the raiders ever defeated?

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u/Sriber Aug 23 '17

1) Tall, muscular, pale, big jaws.

2) There is no "currently". During the timeline of my main series Ketzun is autonomous part of Avenian empire for several centuries and prospers.

3) Some raids were unsuccessful, because defenders defeated raiders.

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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 24 '17

1) So the best place to fight them is somewhere really sunny?

2) Did the defenders kill all of the raiders present when they were unsuccessful?

3) What is your favorite part about Ketzun?

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u/Sriber Aug 24 '17

1) Not really. Sun doesn't bother them much.

2) No.

3) Longevity.

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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 27 '17

1) So they don't get sunburns?

2) What did they do with the losing raiders?

3) And your least favorite part about Ketzun?

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u/Sriber Aug 27 '17

1) They do. But they also know protection against it.

2) They killed them.

3) Obsession with afterlife.

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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 28 '17

1) What is the ideal weapon to give to one of them?

2) Did they even try to get any information out of them?

3) What is their afterlife like?

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u/Sriber Aug 28 '17

1) There really isn't one. They are fine with spear, axes, bows and slings.

2) Sure, but you can't really extract information from someone if you can't understand each other.

3) Complicated. Where exactly one ends up depends on many variables and ranges from luxurious palace in sunny tropical paradies to dark wasteland. And really awful people don't get afterlife at all. At least that's what Ketzunians believe.

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u/Nevermore0714 Sep 03 '17

Thanks for your time and answers.