I have been working on creating a Nemedian character.
Yet when I did research into them from many various sites into what racial connections they would have in real life, I came across many conflicting answers.
Some say they would be Irish. While others say they are the Germanic Roman Empire, there are some who say they are French.
So could someone give me the correct answer?
The reason I’m asking is that I have so many names picked out for my character that would be Germanic, Roman, Irish, or French.
Without knowing what country they would have come from, I can’t give him the proper name.
I believe they’re based on the Roman civilization. Don’t go off actual historical facts since they’re all based on Conan lore. We already know that a number of the real historical civilizations aren’t always the same as the names would have you believe. Some are. However, in this case, I believe they’re more akin to Romans.
That being said, I’m no expert, so someone else may have a differing opinion.
Commonly, it’s said their culture is Germany-inspired, while their style is a bit Roman-like. As “Germany” called itself the Holy Roman Empire for some time, there’s a connection there.
The connection is pretty slim, and Germans afaik didn’t dress like Romans during that time, but hey, it’s Hyboria, not Historia.
Aquilonia is France-like, also with a Roman Empire thing stuck to it.
In Conan Exiles, Nemedia seems to be more “pure” German-style. The buildings, armor and weapons from the Nemedia DLC are inspired by medieval central Europe.
Nemedia would be roughly 7600 BCE (I forget the math) pre-Holy Roman Empire Germany. As Khaletohep mentions, known Germans didn’t go around looking like Romans, but again Hyborian Age is set before HRE and their style of clothing would be different. So, you could very well say, the Romans got their style from Nemedia, which one day will become Germany.
Again, Hyborian Age is set so far in the past, long before the last Ice Age, that you could pretty much say whatever you want. IF you want to say your character is Aquilonian or Stygian and starts a bloodline that will survive through all of Hyborian Age, the Ice Age, and be the ancestor of the very first person that inspired Germany’s creation, you damn well could say that. Empires rise and fall, and a lot of empires rose and fell in the time between Exiles and recorded history, so take everything with a grain of salt, and try not to compare recorded history to Hyborian Age, because it takes place before it.
Though you could also ready “The Hyborian Age” essay which goes on to tell you how the modern nations came to rise from those peoples of the Hybrian Age. This would give you some indication of where those “first people to become XYZ” came from.
No, Nemedia is absolutely a Hyborian nation. The people are Hyborian. This was all very clearly established by Robert E. Howard.
This is straight from the Hyborian Age essay written by Robert E. Howard.
Five hundred years later the kingdoms of the world are clearly defined. The kingdoms of the Hyborians—Aquilonia, Nemedia, Brythunia, Hyperborea, Koth, Ophir, Argos, Corinthia, and one known as the Border Kingdom—dominate the western world.
I can understand where people might be confused and suggest Irish, however this is incorrect. There are Irish myths which mention a people who settled there who were called Nemedians, and were the ofspring of Nemed. This is not the origin of the Nemedians in Conan’s time, and even he explains this himself.
Nemedia get overrun and destroyed by Aesir and it is the decendants of these Aesir Nemedians who are the source of the Irish myths, but not the original Nemedians of Conan’s time. As for being Roman, that is also incorrect. The correct answer is they were inspired by the Holy Roman Empire, which was neither Holy (their leader was excommunicated after all), nor Roman (they were Germans), nor an Empire. So, ultimately, Germanic is the answer.
Doesn’t mean there couldn’t be nobles from two hated families that become lovers couldn’t happen. Conan’s wife/queen is Nemedian, and Cimmerians (which are Irish and a little Scottish @AdisiTaliWaya The Pictish Wilderness, however will become Scottland) and Nemedians were always fighting.
As a side note, I personally like Nemedia because of its loose connection to Germany, because my own family came from Germany supposedly to get away from WWI and WWII. For RP fun, I RP a Nemedian Sorcerer.
Yeah they had a son named Conn. Conn was the eldest son of Conan, the Cimmerian king of Aquilonia, and of Queen Zenobia. Prince Conan was mostly known by his sobriquet, “Conn”, and was sometimes named “Prince Conn”.
Yes Zenobia was a slave in Nemedia. But Conan is also not Aquilonian.
Also, you could have a group of mercenaries from Poitain who are loyal to the old king and are willing to take gold from even their bitter rivals to dispose of the usurper (aka Conan). There are ways around it! You just have to think about how you are going to do it.
Well the german name that I was planning on using if it came down to being german is Kommandant Esienwolf = Commander Iron Wolf. I was going to mix the wolf helm from siptah and the other two armors together. While dyeing them to have a more iron look.
