Diamond Mountain

Great miners and craftsdogs of the mountains, the Diamond Dogs of Diamond Mountain toil for gold and wealth. Yet their vaults lie empty, robbed by the Griffon Knights of Hellquill. Eager for revenge, King Rover Diamondshield works to rebuild and rearm. However, trouble brews in the depths of the Mountain. Slaves speak of freedom, whether from inside or from the agitation from Diamond Mountain's riverpony "allies".

Lore[]

Diamond Dogs have long been present across Griffonia and Equus. However their underground nature and hit and run slaving meant that they typically worked hidden from the societies above their tunnels. Diamond Mountain is the exception - a fortified stronghold from which their opponents could be enslaved and forced to mine the great mountain.The Kings under the Mountain jealously guarded their wealth, accrued by using a large caste of slaves. However, over time, decadence and overconfidence caused the dogs' vigilance to grow ever weaker. Jealous eyes search for a way in. Eventually, the Knights of Hellquill, at a stalemate against the united ponies of the Riverlands, decided to push north for easier targets in 972. During the reign of King Tug the Boneless griffons broke into the Mountain, sacked the capital and flew off with almost all the treasures of the Kingdom. Ever since, the dogs hunger for revenge.

Now, under the reign of Tug's son, Rover Diamondshield, the Mountain Kingdom is finally regaining its former glory, gem by gem. The dogs have aligned themselves with ponies of the River Coalition against the threat of the griffons to the West. However, if the dogs are to fight the knights, much remains to be done. Firstly, the revolting slaves have to brought back in line. A new book has been circulating amongst them and the slaves now scream a new word: revolution. How these revolutionaries are dealt with might well shape the course of the Kingdom. Although the King simply wishes to crush them, his daughter, Princess Molly, quietly hopes for a calmer approach.

It remains to be seen what the monuments to Rover Diamondshield will say about him. Will the King reclaim his father's wealth, will the Mountain Kingdom succumb to internal struggles or will a new power seize control of the riches underneath Diamond Mountain?

Gameplay Mechanics[]

Racial Tech[]

See Diamond Dogs

Troll Hounds (Support Companies)[]

"Take a dog. Corrupt it with dark magic and science. Throw it into a pit with others for a few weeks and take the survivors out and break their minds. These are the Troll Dogs. We can use them as front-line shock troops that can shrug off bullets, smash armoured tanks with their bare paws and cause havoc in the enemy's ranks"

Troll Hounds are exclusive support company for the Diamond Mountain's Army. You can obtain it by finishing the Troll Hounds in focus tree. This support company gives you a staggering +16 Breakthrough, +12 Soft Attack, +10 Defense, alongside with +11.6 Piercing to deal with the armored divisions. They also have +10% bonuses for fighting in Fort and Urban. If you can not afford to have Artillery and Anti-Tank as support company, then this is the best option to have.

National Focus[]

Political Branches[]

Diamond Mountain has 3 political branches

In the Hall of the Mountain King (Supremacy) - To enforce the rule of King Rover Diamondshield. King Diamondshield will have a choice between stay with the River Union or seek revenge at Hellquill.
The Princess Regent (Harmonic) - Princess Molly (daughter of the Diamond King) will attempt to replace her father and install the Harmonic rule over her nation. She will end the slavery that plagued the whole nation for more than a thousand years.
Great Strike (Communist) - will install a Communist government after overthrowing the Royal rule. Clifford the Red will have three options: to exile the Princess and kill the King, to spare them, or to execute both of them. After dealing with the Royals, Clifford will spread communism either alone or create the communist River Coalition.

These branches are summarised below. Note, some of these branches include sub branches, designated in the effects as L (Left) and R (Right)

Tree Bonus	In the Hall of the Mountain King	The Princess Regent	The Free Mountain*
Rush Time (d)	280	420	490
Complete Time (d)	840	910	910
Political
Stability	+48% (-4% L)	+20% (+10% R)	-10 (+10 R)
Political Power (Flat)	+550 (+25 L)	-200	-50 (+150 R)
Political Power (%)	+10%
Political Power (Daily)			+0.35
Military
War support	+11%	(+10% L)
Recruitable Pop Factor	2.00%	5% (+10% L)	20
Construction
Civilian factory		2
Construction Speed		+15% (1080 days) (+10% L)	-5% (+5% L)
Consumer Goods	-12%	-7% (1080 days) (+5% R)	+8%
Production
Factory Output	+10%	(+10% L)	+15% (+5% L)
Dockyard Output	+10%		+10%
Production Efficiency Cap			+5% (+5% L)
Science
Research Time (all)		(+5% L) (-5% R)	+3%
One-off reductions (50%)	1
Combat
Attack (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / (+10% R) / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Defence (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / (+10% R) / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Organization	-5%
Resources
Resource Gain Efficiency	+5%	+15%	+15%
Aluminum		4
Tungsten		3
Steel		4
Chromium		3
Crystal	38 (+76 L)	3
Other Notes / Bonuses
		Research sharing group with Communist nations with opinion >+60

*For the Free Mountain path, there is an event to deal with the Royals, that includes the following choices (not shown in the details above

Spare the Princess. Kill the King - +25 PP, River Republic gets event "The Exile Princess"
We'll look better if we kick both them out - +25 PP, -5% Stability, River Republic gets event "The Exile Princess", Barrad Magocracy gets event "The Exile King"
Death to Royalty - -10% Stability, +50 PP

Industrial Tree[]

Tree Bonus	Industrial Tree
Complete Time (d)	1260
Construction
Civilian factory	6 (+3 R)
Construction Speed	+10% Infrastructure +20% Fort +20% Anti Air (+10% Military L) (+20% Civilian R)
Consumer Goods	-3%
Infrastructure	23
Production
Military factory	7 (+3 L)
Factory Output	+5%, +10% (720d)
Science
One-off reductions (50%)	3x50% Industry 2x25% Infantry Weapons 1x50% Nuclear Tech
Resources
Steel	8

Military Trees[]

Troll Hounds Unit Unlocked from the Military Focus Tree

The military tree is short and fairly typical, with the usual doctrinal choices. Of special note is Underhill Roads, which provide bonuses to Artillery and Antitank movement speed, and Troll Hounds under Mass Assault Doctrine, which are a unique unit type unlocked by this focus.

Starting Situation[]

Military - Diamond Mountain starts with 73.5K in deployed infantry, but severely lack of equipment, left alone with 33.12K spare ponypower for recruiting. virtually no aircraft, and a Navy which consists of 2 Destroyers.

All branches in Diamond Mountain are militarily weak compared to their pony allies in River Coalition. Players should rely Racial tech advantages, which help the dogs play defensively and work in mountainous terrain.

Industry - Diamond Mountain's industry is very weak at the start of the game, with only a few factories to begin with. Thanks to the vast resources in the nation, you can use them to boost the industry by trading. At the same time, your industry is being affected negatively by the national spirits. You should get rid of them as soon as possible in order to expand your Industry and Army quickly and make use of your massive resource base.

Gameplay and Strategy[]

Slave Riots[]

A few days after the start of the game, players will encounter Slave riots, since Diamond Mountain still has slaves. Players have no choice but to crush the Rebellion, losing political power, stability and dogpower.

They will then have a choice on how to deal with the remnants - track them down (-25PP, Supremacy / Harmonist Path), or we have more important things to do (Communist path).

Track them down[]

After capturing the remaining rebels, the King is faced with a choice as his daughter, Molly pleas for mercy for the prisoners.

Kill them all - National spirit The Strong Rule will give you +25 political power, +10% in both Stability and Supremacy popularity, and most importantly remove the national spirit, Risk of Rebellion.

You heard the princess, throw them in prison - A trial will be held. Rover can allow them to continue (Harmonic Path) or interrupt the trial and hold an execution (Supremacy Path, same results as kill them all).

If the player follows the harmonic path, eventually Molly will inherit the throne, unlocking the the princess Regent focus trees and BARK (Harmonic) becomes the ruling party.

We have more important things to do[]

Allowed to regroup and recover, Communists gain support. Our movement grows gives popularity of Communism +10% and Growing Support of Communism as the National Spirit.

(tbc)

War with Hellquill[]

If players are still ruling Diamond Mountain as Rover's Supremacy Party, and have finished the Revenge focus, they will have an Annex war goal against Hellquill. But be careful, if Hellquill decides to choose "Status Quo" focus tree- then later "The Shield of Griffonkind", Hellquill will become a subject of Griffon Empire. Players will end up fighting half of Griffonia if they're not careful. So, to counter this, players either have to swiftly conquer Hellquill alone, before they finish the required focus, or choose to call their allies for a long grueling war.

Technology[]

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Musket Mountain Infantry I Engineer Company I Pre-Industrial Artillery	Destroyers I Transport Ship	None	None
Doctrine			Racial
None	None	None	Ironpaws Division I

Politics[]

National Spirits[]

Revanchism	War Support: +20.0% Surrender Limit: +20.0% A few decades ago, the griffons of Hellquill did the unthinkable. They breached the impenetrable walls of Diamond Mountain and sacked the city, making off with the King's Horde. This act of humiliation has remained in the hearts and minds of Diamond Dogs everywhere and will not be extinguished until Hellquill pays.
Slavery	Stability: -10.0% Consumer Goods Factories: -5% Political Power Gain: -20% Resource Gain Efficiency: +10.0% Only the strongest of dogs get to be free.
Slave Army	Political Power Gain: -20% Division Organization: -30.0% Recruitable Population Factor: +15% Stability: -10.0% War Support: -10.0% If you fight, you might live.
Risk of Rebellion	Slave revolts are frequent, and anything could set the slaves off and start a full blown rebellion.
Treaty of Coltstream Member	This state has signed the Treaty of Coltstream. In 898 the River Coalition was founded after an attack by the Griffon Orders was pushed back. The founding members of the treaty were Lake City, Deponya, River Republic and Nimbusia. Although the treaty has been mainly a defensive alliance since its inception, some politicians and their supporters advocate to expand the treaty to allow for more cooperation between the states of the River Coalition.

Leaders[]

Leader	Party	Traits
Rover Diamondshied	Supremacy Glory to the Royal Will	Diamond King Resource Gain Efficiency: +10.0%
Princess Molly	Harmony Bread and Recreation Kinship
Clifford the Red	Communist Worker's United Front
Bernard	Non-Aligned Party National

Staff and Designers[]

Political Advisors

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Manndober	Silent Workpony	None	Political Power Gain: +15.0%	150
Shih Tzu	Backroom Backstabber	None	Political Power Gain: +5.0% Ideology drift defense: +15.0%	150
Akita	Ruthless Industrialist	None	Construction Speed: +5% Production Efficiency Cap: +5% Daily Political Power Cost: +0.10	150
Yorkie	Captain of Industry	Not:dead_commies	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10.0% Infrastructure construction speed: +10.0% Refinery construction speed: +10.0%	150
Rex	Prince of Terror	None	Effect of partisans on us: -25.0% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: -30.0% Non-core Ponypower: +2.0%	150
Mastiff	Cult Leader	Current ruling party is Supremacy	Ideology drift defense: +10.0% Stability: 5.0% Political Power Gain: +10%	150
Daner	Secret Police Chief	None	Encryption: +0.5 Political Power Gain: -5% Ideology Drift Defense: +15%	150
Sweep	Pro-Harmony Reformer	Freedom	Daily Harmony Support: +0.10	150
Fido	Communist Revolutionary	Communist	Daily Communism Support: +0.10	150
Royal	Supremacy Demagogue	Supremacy	Daily Supremacy Support: +0.10	150

Tank Designer

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Cerberus	Mobile tank designer	None	Armor Research Time: -10.0% Armor Maximum Speed: +5.0% Armor Reliability: +10.0% Light Tank Breakthrough +5.0%	150
Boxer	Medium tank designer	None	Armor Research Time: -10.0% Armor Armor Value: +5.0% Armor Soft Attack: +5.0% Medium Tank Soft Attack +5.0%	150

Ship Designer

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Podelia	Ship Designer	Any state Is costal Controlled by Diamond Mountain	Naval Research Time: -10% Carrier Armor: +5.0% Anti-air: +5.0% Surface Visibility: -5.0% Battleship, Battlecruiser, Heavy Cruiser, and Light Cruiser Naval Firepower: +5.0% Fire Range: +3.0%	150
Gold Triver	Ship Designer	Any state Is costal Controlled by Diamond Mountain	Naval Research Time: -10.0% Carrier Armor: +5.0% Anti-air: +5.0% Surface Visibility: -5.0% Destroyer and Submarine Production Cost: -5.0%	150

Aircraft Designer

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
L. Black	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Time: -10.0% Fighter Agility: +10% Fighter Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Agility: +10% Carrier Fighter Max Speed: +10%	150
Herder	Medium Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Time: -10.0% Heavy Fighter Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber Reliability: +20%	150
B. Agle	Naval Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Time: -10% Naval Bomber Range: +10% Naval Bomber Naval Attack: +10% CV Naval Bomber Range: +10% CV Naval Bomber Naval Attack: +10%	150

Materiel Designer

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Var Alsas Forge	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Time: -10.0% Towed Artillery Soft attack: +5.0%	150
Kal Spankaz Forge	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Time: -10.0% Infantry Equipment Defense: +5.0%	150
Terri Azur Forge	Motorized Equipment Designer	None	Motorization Research Time: -10.0% Motorized Reliability: +5.0%	150

Industrial Concern

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Dalmari	Refining concern	None	Synthetic Resources Research Time: -10.0%	150
Puggy	Electronics Concern	None	Electronics Research Time: -10.0%	150
Huskeria	Industrial Concern	None	Industrial Research Time: -10.0%	150

Theorist

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Roarer	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Research Time: -10.0% Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily	150
Scboobies	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Research Time: -10.0% Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily	150
Canette	Naval Theorist	None	Naval Doctrine Research Time: -10.0% Navy Experience Gain: +0.05 daily	150

Chief of Army

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Collin	Army Defense (Expert)	None	Army Defense: +10.0%	150
Aushard	Army Offense (Specialist)	None	Army Attack: +5.0%	150
Pointer	Army Morale (Specialist)	None	Division Recovery Rate: +4.0%	150
Spaniel	Army Maneuver (Expert)	None	Divisions speed: +10.0%	150

Chief of Navy

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Borzoi	Naval Aviation (Expert)	None	Carrier Air Attack: +6.0% Carrier Air Targetting: +7.0% Carrier Air Agility: +8.0%	150
Blizzard	Decisive Battle (Genius)	None	Capital Ship Attack: +15.0% Capital Ship Armor: +15.0% Screen Attack: +15.0% Screen Defense: +15.0%	150

Chief of Airforce

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Corgi	Air Superiority (Expert)	None	Air superiority Attack: +5.0% Air superiority Defence: +5.0% Air superiority Agility: +5.0%	150
Boston	Close Air Support (Expert)	None	Close Air Support Attack: +3.0% Close Air Support Defence: +3.0% Close Air Support Agility: +3.0%	150
Basenji	Bomber Interception (Expert)	None	Interception Attack: +3.0% Interception Defence: +3.0% Interception Agility: +3.0%	150

Military High Command

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Lupus	Artillery (Expert)	None	Artillery Attack: +15.0% Artillery Defense: +10.0%	150
Canis	Infantry (Specialist)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +5.0% Infantry Division Defense: +10.0%	150
Wolfy	Armor (Specialist)	None	Armor Division Attack: +5.0% Armor Division Defense: +5.0%	150
Rocky	Commando (Expert)	None	Special forces Attack: +15.0% Special forces Defense: +15.0%	150
Spot	Army Regrouping (Genius)	None	Division Recovery Rate: +12.0%	150

Economy[]

Laws and Development[]

Laws and Development
Conscription Law	Trade Law	Economy Law
Limited Conscription Recruitable Population: 2.50%	Limited Exports Construction Speed: +5.00% Research Speed: +1.00% Factory Output: +5.00% Dockyard Output: +5.00% Resources to Market: +25% Trade deal opinion factor: -30.00% Civilian intelligence to others: +10.0% Navy intelligence to others: +5.0%	Partial Mobilization Consumer Goods Factories: 25.0% Military to Civilian Factory conversion cost: -10.00% Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: -10.00% Fuel Gain per Oil: -10.00% Military Factory construction speed: +10.00%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Small Science Base Daily Political Power Gain: +0.20 Research Speed: -55.00%	Industrialising Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -20.00% Monthly Population: -10.0% Construction Speed: -20.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -10.00% Research Speed: -20.00% Factory Output: -20.00% Dockyard Output: -20.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -25.00%	Mass Illiteracy Construction Speed: -20.00% Research Speed: -60.00%
Poverty	Race
High Poverty Monthly Population: -13.0% Consumer Goods Factories: 11.0% Construction Speed: -16.00% Research Speed: -7.50%	Diamond Dog Uses Diamond Dog Racial Tree

Industry and Resources[]

Factories
3 Military Factories	1 Naval Dockyard	4 Civilian Factories

Resources*
Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium	Crystal
0	0	0	25	58	25	171

Countries

Central Griffonia

Reichspakt: The Empire Angriver Bronzehill Feathisia Greifenmarschen Katerin Romau Strawberry Yale Rectorate
Others:

Griffonstone

House Avian

House Erie

House Eyrie

Rumare

Hellquill

Longsword

Northern Griffonia

SRS

Vedina

Evi Valley

The Bandits

Gryphus

Gryphian Host

Lushi

Brodfeld

GLA

The Riverlands

River Coalition:

Bakara

Deponya

Diamond Mount.

Lake City

Nimbusia

Pònaidhean

River Republic

Wittenland
Others:

Barrad

Farbrook

Greneclyf

Firtree Villages

Austurland

Kása Free State

Watertowns

Southern Griffonia

Karthinian Pact:

Wingbardy

Arantiga

Francistria

Talouse
Others:

Cyanolisia

Falcor

Sicameon

Asterion

New Mareland

Western Griffonia

Aquileia: Pridea Rila Vinovia Westkeep
Others:

Fezera

Greifwald

Adelart

Haukland

Skyfall

Flowena

Pomovarra

Secessionists

Tarrin

The Ponies

Equestria

Crystal Empire

Stalliongrad

Our Town

Other Races

Changeling Lands

Nova Griffonia

Griffon Frontier

Olenia

Yakyakistan

Pingland

Polar Bears

Jaki-Clan

Formable

Secessionists

Baltimare

Vanhoover

Confederation

Disciples

Celestial State

Aztlan Free State

Las Pegasus

Special

Zecora's Rebels

E.L.F.

Ahuizotl's Cult

Manehattan Protectorate