Dallkory said: Hello everyone!
Here’s another teaser related to the Changeling Lands a redraw of Thorax, the leader of the resistance against Chrysalis and the main figure of the Changeling opposition.
By the way, if you unify Changelingia as Gytha, Thorax will become your political advisor! Just what you need for world conquest and the late game.
Looking ahead, I’d like to give Thorax a small (or perhaps not so small) rework. None of the EaW developers are currently working on the changelings (apart from Greneclyf), so it looks like I’ll have to take matters into my own hooves. I really like the concept of harmonic changelings, and I don’t like the fact that Thorax hasn’t received any meaningful updates in ages.
Submod that expands the base content for a small but very ambitious country!
Welcome to Greencliff! A small, forgotten bug island in the eastern part of the griffon continent. Its thousand-year history is interesting and awe-inspiring. Lead a brood of changelings and lead Greencliff to greatness! To do this, you need to industrialize, launch the largest ship that has ever seen the light of day, modernize the social structure and scientific base by founding the University of Blossmport, and hire rangers. Also, start mining resources to the great fleet, and launch a nuclear program to catch up and overtake your neighbors in development!
Why does the submod exist?
Dallkory said: I started playing EAW in 2018, around the time Griffonia came out. That’s when Greencliff came out. At first, I didn’t understand how to play him and why I couldn’t prevent the crisis. After a few games, I couldn’t do anything, Greencliff seemed boring and unfinished to me at the time. As the years went by, my love for changelings grew. As Chrysalis was getting content, mechanics were being updated, new characters were being added, there were no changes to Greencliff, and that was disappointing to me.
During the same period, I got back into drawing after a few years of art blocking. Then I started drawing changelings because in the MLP universe, they were the only ones that interested me. Magic, wings, the ability to transform into anything - wow. It’s fantastic. Over time, my drawing skills grew and I mastered the oil painting technique. Around this time, in 2023, I made a portrait of iral Hart and decided to use it to create a small submod for Greencliff to add some content to it. That submod is still on steam, and you can it. Eventually, I wanted to add more characters to that submod, but my university had other plans for me)
So, in 2024, I used my previous work and decided to add some characters to start. Over time, I decided to expand the submod by adding focuses, decisions, missions, resource mining to diversify the gameplay. And overall, I am happy with the result. There are many things I want to improve, such as: adding unique icons for ideas, creating unique illustrations for events (currently using temporary versions), but the main work is already behind (or not). In the future, a rework of Greencliff will come out, and perhaps my submod will not make sense, but right now I want to bring something new to one of my favorite countries in the EAW world. The far northern aesthetic, the island monarchy of the changelings, and the isolation - this challenge keeps me going as a player, considering the country has many threats in the outside world.
Lore Greneclyf Hives: As a product of Ditrysium’s colonial ambitions, Greneclyf has a long history shaped by the leadership of two exiled noble houses. The island’s population is a blend of sailors’ descendants and of the Leamhan and Óir houses, who abandoned the caste system to form a new nation, forgotten amidst homeland disputes.
At one point, Greneclyf nearly succumbed to famine, but fishermen from Farbrook saved it. In gratitude, the changelings repaid them with obsidian crafts and coastal defenses, marking the beginning of the “Great Pacts”-Greneclyf’s first link to the outside world. More than 700 years later, Eithne of Clann Óir ascended to the throne, declaring that isolation must end. The changelings gathered intelligence across Griffonia, creating the first bureaucrats, sparking an industrial revolution, transforming guilds into syndicates, cantons into prefectures, and turning inhabitants into citizens.
In 1006, Eithne’s death saw young matriarch Gytha Leamhan take the throne. Inspired by the revolution in the Griffon Empire and the Three Principles, she pondered how these ideals could shape her homeland. Armed with har-monious visions, she embraced Enya’s legacy, aiming to modernize Greneclyf and present it as a beacon of peace-just as the Second Great Famine looms on the horizon…
Population: 4.4 mil.
Leader: Queen Gytha
Capital: Blosmport
Race: Changelings
The Great Pacts: The ancient Farbrookian-Greneclyf friendship is symbolised by two pairs of tapestries, each weaved by Farbrook and Greneclyf. One represents the First Sharing from around 800 years ago, whereas the other depicts the Frozen Refuge, both events that are very significant for both Greneclyfians and Farbrookians.
Collectively known as the Great Pacts, this hoofscraft stands as a testament of the historic friendship and collaborative nature between the two peoples, trascending biological barriers and proving that Harmony is truly universal.
Biography: An outcast among the Hives, Thorax is one of the first ers of Harmony among the changelings. His belief that love can be obtained with friendship and peaceful trading with their neighbours has been slowly catching on among the despondent drones, who feel their lives are being thrown away in pursuit of militaristic expansion. Nonetheless, Thorax’s ideas are a minority in the Hives and he is mostly despised by the Hive Queens, who see his vision as detrimental to the changelings as whole…