[OOC] Adventurers of Lemea (Lands of Lemea RS)

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Adventurers of Lemea OOC
(Lands of Lemea Restart)

Lands of Lemea

Far, far on the eastern edge of the known world stands Lemea,
There is said, that somewhere north from the Lacremia Mountains stands,
The Well of Wishes, which is said to grant any wish that those which reach it may have.
Lured by such promise thousands of people, marked as adventures,
Leave for Lemea, with only a few returning from the journey...
From the "Legend of Lemea"

Map of Lemea

Parts of Lemea

Kaymari

Name: Province of Kaymari (Elv. Saro'Gavis)
Political Rule: Judicial & Executive Rule under the Governor of Kaymari, Legislative Rule under the Emperor of Alagora.
Status: Part of Empire of Alagora under the crown of the Kingdom of Everas.
Location: The west most part of southern Lemea.
History: Kaymari (and Lemea) was first discovered by the explore Gamier di Massiar, which sailed past it during his voyage around the world, somewhere in late 476 E.A. It took almost a decade for the next expedition to come to Kaymari, this one lead by the Geworian explorer (in Alagorian service) Limoy di Krama, which stumble upon the land while searching for the east entrance to the Northern Sea Route (a naval route passing north of Ainyas). They set up a small port and explored the west areas of the province, coming into contact with the local elven folk and four years later founding the Colony of Torvey (named after Limoy's first son). It was next year in December of 489 A.E., after a man speaking of wonders in the far Kingdom of Ayya that the legend of the Well of Wishes started to invite, at first more explorers and soon adventurers to come to this land, leading to a influx of settlers and quickly expanding along the coast southwards. This sudden change made the elves quite agitated and in year 495 they struck into Kaymari, taking the port of Arunin, but were unable to hold it for long as resistance from both local populace and a quickly assembled but experienced army of Alagora soldiers and adventurers armed with firearms and mounted on horses brought from Ainyas colonies. After two more years of war on 31st May 497, a peace treaty was signed between Sear and Alagora, in which all land between the rivers Ivenia and Selkiar were to become a part of Alagora in return for a promise of elven observes in all military institutions in Kaymari as well as that Alagora never keeps more than 25 thousand soldiers and 5 thousands guns in Kaymari. Later a agreement that traders of both nations would have a favored trade position in the other nation was added; as well as an unofficial promise (which until now remains unbroken) of the Alagorian Emperor to never keep military force or build fortifications inside a day's walking from river Ivenia. After this a peaceful time fell over Kaymari with only occasional raids by powerful Orc Chiefs quickly being stopped by the local military. Thanks to this and the fertility of the province Kaymari is quickly rising in both population and wealth, promising to become a second Kingdom of Sorka inside half a century.
Notable places:
Torvey - Port Town - Founded in 486 by Limoy di Krama.
Iglian - Port Town - Founded in 489 by Limoy di Krama.
Arunin - Port Town - Founded in 491 by Elasia Sirawisah (Sira's Sisterhood).
Semera - Port Town - Founded in 491 by Semera deas Ilmas.
Cullia - Port Town - Founded in 492 by Cullia the Great (A bastard son of an Alagorian prince).
Covania - Port Town - Founded in 492 by Covania the Wise (Fourth princess of, at the time, the Holy King of Geworia)
Kaymari - City, Province Capital - Founded in 497 by Aresin III (the Emperor of Alagora at that time) Kaymari Settlement Mission.

Sear Kingdom

Name: High Elven Kingdom of Sear (Elv. Aisa'Sear)
Political Rule: Executive Rule under the King (Ais), Judicial Rule under the Queen (Isa) and Legislative Rule under the Council of People (Sear).
Location: North of Ivenia River and west of Kazuh Mountains.
History: Once spreading across much of Lemea, Sear is now confined a shadow of itself, but it still has many wonders and riches, as well as some of the oldest buildings in constant use since the time even before Rheas ruled Everan. (The whole history would take books so a short overview will be enough). Until around 14 centuries B.E.A. Sear was unchallenged in ruling Lemea but then humans from Ainyas, pushed by the Orc migrations, came pouring into the lands, forcing the Elves all the way back to what today is the Middle Orclands. For four centuries this situation stood still, except for the increasingly close relations between the human newcomers and elves as Orcs pushed southwards from Ainyas into Lemea. As the 9th century B.E.A. begun the Orcs reached the northernmost parts of southern Lemea - today's High Orclands - and two centuries later took the whole Orclands, pushing Sear across the river Selkiar and humans south and west, ones into today's Yana and the others into Ayya. This was the extend of their progress as even united, the tribes could do nothing against the powerful magical defenses that Sear raised on river Selkiar and the Driders and witches which kept the forests of Aen'Rain (Liguria) and Aen'Isoneya (Black Forest) a deathtrap for Orcs for centuries, until in 1st century E.A. the Great Elven King Lians'Omeyu and Queen Ayia'Suya lead a campaign and pushed the Orcs back all the way to the High Orclands. This stayed the same until in late 5th century E.A. Alagorian explores and settlers started to arrive in the south-west part of the country at a rate which greatly worried and angered the King and Queen leading to a three years war which ended with the loss of all land south of Ivenia River. Using the opportunity Orcs also retook most of their lands, with only the south most part of Orclands under partial Alagorian control.
Notable places:
Lea'Veas - City - Founded in 43th Century B.E.A.
Osi'Loas - City - Founded in 44th Century B.E.A.
Asi'Nalea - City - Founded in 45th Century B.E.A.
Asi'Sear - Capital City - Founded in 45th Century B.E.A.

Orclands

Name: Orclands (Elv. Yari'Mena)
Political Rule: Tribes (usually ruled by a Council of Elders or a Chief). Sometimes more tribes are untied under a Warchief.
Location: Between the Kazuh and Lacremia Mountains, east of river Selkiar and north of Ligura Forest.
History: Once a part of the Kingdom of Sear, then split amongst many human states after they arrived while running away from Orcs and finally taken over by Orcs until the Sear retook most of this area until a few years after the arrival of Alagora. Today Orcs are slowly working on repopulating the southern parts which were abandoned in the face of the Sear invasion.
Notable places:
Hohg'Shar - Ruins of the elven city of Lar'S'Kaya which once stood on the west shore of Kaya's mouth into Sey'Olasa Lake.

Ligura

Name: Ligura Forest (Elv. Aen'Rian)
Political Rule: None/Matriarchy under Queen Shhir Raag
Location: Southeast of Kaymari, south of Orclands, eastward until Lumina river.
History: For centuries by the Sesv'Elis-Garr Errha agreement except for the shore of Lumina was given to the Driders and their Queens. That remains so until today and driders still inhabit the depths of this forest. As peaceful people they only attack those which conduct large-scale woodcutting or those seeking to take their land and make it their own, like Orcs. For centuries this has kept the Orcs at a bay but a century ago Yana managed to use forest fire in south-east Ligura to take and expand a small territory which now driders have no way and wish to retake.
Notable places: Ahhar Shhar the nest of the drider Queen somewhere deep in the western parts of the forest.

Black Forest

Name: Black Forest (Elv. Aen'Soneya)
Political Rule: None, trough some places have a basic political rule
Location: East of Ligura Forest across the Lumina River until the River Silvinia
History: Even in elven times this forest was a refugee for those marked or scorned for society and until their departure from some distant land at the beginning of 1st century E.A. the home of the Night Elven race. Today it remains covered both in dark evergreen forest, danger, secrets & magic.
Notable Places:
Witch Village – Deep in the western part of the forest stands a small village of witches, the largest known settlement of such kind outside of Ainyas. Ruled by a council of all witches older then 100 years. Founded sometime in the 2nd millennium B.E.A.
Ancient Dwarven Tunnels of Lacremia – Just north of the forest stands the entrance to the tunnels which once connected a long forgotten dwarven city with both the Black Forest and Ayya. Now it is one of the paths which can be taken to get to Ayya from Karans, but dangerous and vile creatures now inhabit it and the city they lead to.

Yana

Name: Empire of Yana (Elv. Seya'Losi/Yan. Oyana Teekoku)
Political Rule: All power is in the hands of the Emperor, trough local lords with large armed forces have some influence, at least in their own fiefs.
Location: Islands of Yana which number in thousands, a part of cleared out Ligura Forest.
History: Settled by these running from the Orc migrations southward in 9th century B.E.A. the country was first nothing more than scattered settlements and farms, but during the next ten centuries aristocracy slowly grew in power until a state of almost constant war erupted. It was the will of four men, in quick succession, to unite the country that finally end the war in 250 E.A. by the establishment of the Empire of Yana. But soon a new problem appeared before the country, from east the Karano people arrived, settling on the coastlands east of Silvin forest and on the islands of Karans. This lead to the policy of closed borders as well as, after a forest fire cleared a large part of Ligura, to establishing a military stronghold and settlement there so one could take it and use it as a invasion point towards Yana. Even today the leaders and most people of Yana remain fearful of strangers, even adventurers, only a few places have been left open for all to pass trough that are: Wayana, Daitsuka, Asunaka and Konasu, all which stand either on artificial islands or the Ligura coast, so no foreigner steps into Yana, trough a few foreign military & science experts have been in secret (at least to the people of Yana) brought to the Imperial Palace in Yanakyo.
Notable Places:
Wayana – Special Port – A small port settlement which allows adventurers to head eastwards to Daitsuka
Konasu – City – The only city open to foreigners in Yana, still the Ligura forest and distant naval trip from Kaymari make it a next to no existent Alagora trading spot
Isuna – City – A large city facing the Ligura Coast
Kurai – City – A large city in Yana
Nakui – City – A large city near Daitsuka
Daitsuka – Port Town/Artificial Island – A port town which allows adventurers to rest and then conntine towards Asunaka
Yokazu – City – A large city, was the last city on the largest island of Yana to become the part of the Empire
Yanakyo – Capital City – The capital of Yana. The Imperial Palace stands there.
Asunaka – Port Town/Artificial Island – A port town which allows adventurers to rest and then leave for Karans
Urime – City – A large Yanian city
Ezui – City – A large city near Asunaka

Karans

Name: United Republic of Karans (Elv. Alsia’Karano/Yan. Karano Kyowakoku)
Political Rule: A Council made out of 12 representatives of the Port Towns, 7 representatives of the City of Karans and five experts (military, diplomacy, economy, internal affairs and legislation) [23 total] is the Executive, Legislative and Judicial body of the country.
Location: Islands of Karans and the coastlands east from the Silvina River.
History: Little is known from where do the Karano, the primary inhabitants come from, but they have first been noted by the Empire Yana in 312 E.A. and only eight years later Karans was build and soon afterwards the Republic was formed. Trough lacking in land command, both technologically and somehow physically & psychologically, the Karano were at home on the sea. They were so efficient in naval combat that a single victory of one small Karano vessel over three large Yana ships made the large country decide to ignore the existence of Karans rather than to risk a total naval defeat of their island country. From then the Karano people and the Republic of Karano have spread both inland, trough not to much and eastward finding and calming the strange but amber-rich Amber Coast.
Notable Places:
Fort Resea – The most inland and west point of Karans is a fort which marks the end of the Karans Republic and the start of the trip along Silvinia River
Silvis, Elugia, Limina – Three port towns on the coastlands north of Karans isle.
Karans – The capital city of the country a located on a peninsula sticking out from the island bearing the same name
Yuyna, Oiai, Amber – Three ports leading to the Amber Coast
Last Outpost – A small outpost build by the Karans military and maintained by passing adventurers which marks the end of the Amber Coast and the start of the sail towards Ayya

Ayya

Name: Kingdom of Ayya (Ayy. Ayya Ehokko)
Political Rule: A Queen holds Executive power, the Council of Sages is the Judicial body of the country and the Voices of People (a council) is in charge of Legislation.
Location: Between the Irria and Lacremia (Ayy. Serra) Mountains.
History: First settled by those on the run from the Orc somewhere in 12th century B.E.A. for centuries the country, safeguarded by Oppan and its Yorra fortress, stood split into small countries ruled by the great cities of that time. It was only that in 1st century E.A. with the founding of the city of Ayya, dedicated to the land and the Goddess Iunna that the unification of the country trough the standardized religion made by Ayya’s priestess and the political marriages of the ruling family of Ayya. And so as the light dawned on the first day of year 462 E.A. that Ayya was unified by the silent passing of Lord Arran of Oppan, without even a single battle or war being waged. This peace is also why Ayya is full of wonders, scattered through this land, its cities and settlements and the reason it is believed to be the home of the Well of Wishes.
Notable Places:
Kenni – Northernmost Ayyan city from which Ayya plans to star exploration sailings eastward.
Awwari – A city lodged between two rivers and hills also known as “the land of wind and water mills”.
Risse – A city known for its beautiful handcrafts.
Nakka – Also known as “three-walled city”.
Simma – Located roughly half the way along the Ayyan coast it is a city of merchants.
Ayya – The Capital, “The most beautiful human city”. The center of Ayya.
Sunna – The southernmost Ayyan city and a large industrial and agricultural center.
Oppan – Know for many mines, blacksmiths and for manning the Yorra fortress for centuries.
Yorra Fortress – A large fortress overseeing the only mountain pass between Ayya and the Orclands.

(Names in these are in diffrent languages: Elv. - Elven, Yan.-Yanian, Ayy.-Ayyan)

Notable countries or areas outside of Lemea

Name: Empire of Alagora
Political Rule: The Emperor holds the highest Executive, Judicial and Legislative rule trough the feudal system gives a certain degree of autonomy to regions not governed by a emperor-appointed Governors.
Location: The Alago Peninsula in Everan, Sorka region in south Lowenar, parts of coastlands north of Altakar Kingdom, Kaymari province in southern Lemea, town-sized trading ports in Ainyas and Lowenar.
Info: Untied from the countries of Alago Peninsula on 24th August 0 E.A. Today it is the most powerful Everan country doe its advanced military technology, immense wealth generated trough trade and large population.

Name: Holy Kingdom of Geworia
Political Rule: Executive power lays in the Holy King’s hands while the Council of Bishops is highest Judicial body. The Legislative part of the country is in the hands of the Holy Father, a elected priest and the head of the Mersian Church (which exhibits much power over quite a few countries in Everan).
Location: Taking large parts of west and central Everan Geworia borders Alagora's home territory to the north (trough the Alagor Mountains block all but a few miles of coast for easy travel).
Info: Formed by the Roseliua Family from the Kingdom of Geworia this country is most notable for its almost blind devotion to the Mersian Church which teaches that all inhuman is bad and the demons and that “corrupted” by them are messengers of evil and should be destroyed. This leads to Geworia leading, roughly each twelve years, an expedition into Aiynas, the home of demons, to wage war and conduct genocide in the name of their religion.

Name: Kingdom of Dormedon
Political Rule: The king and a council of nobles share all power in the country.
Location: Far East of Everan, the south of the Dorme subcontinent.
Info: In 201 E.A. the Kings of Dormedon started to work closely with powerful nobles from their own and nearby human countries and used all possible resources to expand from a small kingdom in south-west Dorme to the second human country by area of Everan under its rule.

Name: Orc High Chiefdom (Karz-Dera)
Political Rule: The High Chief (Karz-De) is the highest ruler in all meters, trough local Warchiefs and Chiefs have a certain degree of autonomy.
Location: Plains, taiga and tundra in north-west Dorma.
Info: As Dormedon finished the unification of south-east Dorma it looked like the Orcs north from it, split in many tribes and constantly fighting amongst themselves would be an easy target for Dormedon, but then Karz-Surga (Karz the Great also The Great Chief) quickly united the Orcs by axe and then proceeded to mend the centuries of wounds caused by wars between tribes. Through its successors still had many troubles, the might of Karz-Dera makes Dormadon thread carefully and focus on the south-west rather than the north-west.

Name: Centaur Plains
Political Rule: Only unofficial Dormadon rule over human settlements and the Keaton, an advising council of Centaur Chiefs which rule over the nomadic Centaur tribes after being selected by the whole tribe by a decisive majority.
Location: North-east from Dormedon.
Info: From before written history the Centaur tribes ruled the plains of north-east Dorma and that stays so until now.

Name: Republic of Kamay
Info: A small country located on a strip of tundra north of the salt Lieh’s Lake and on the volcanic islands of Kamay. Little is known about it except hear-say tales of snow-white skinned blonde people who run around next to naked in a land where only two summer months melt the permafrost of its tundra.

Name: Kingdom of Rheas (Once Empire of Rheas)
Political Rule: All Executive is in the hands of the ruling King/Queen (in Rheas the oldest child, no matter the gender, takes the throne), while the Legislative is split with the House of Lords and the Council of Commoners (a tax based system in which those which pay more tax have greater political power). The High Court of Rheas is the highest Judicial body.
Location: A small strip of land between the Souna River, Fealbuth River and the sea.
Info: Once ruling most of Everan, from the coasts of present-day Alagora to the lush forests of north Geworia, now Rheas is a duchy-sized kingdom. Today it remains one of the rare places where, backed by almost a thousand years of such practice, all are equal before the law, no matter the race, creed or gender. It is also a place where the freedom of thought, speech and emancipation are on the highest level of all known lands. This is one of the main reasons that Rheas is a source of new philosophy, medical breakthroughs and engineering practices, only falling second in terms of military technology where the guns and soldiers of Alagora defeat them.

Name: Yaes Numir Seyur (Union, Military, of Demons)
Political Rule: Military Alliance with no shared political elements.
Location: All of Ainyas except a few small Alagorian ports and the Rark Soval/Coast of Salvation which is occupied by a large Geworian force.
Info: A military alliance of demons and other inhabitants of this continent against the, next to regular, military attacks of Geworia. Little is known about most of this land except that the rare spices and commodities that it generates prompted Alagora in opening a number of trading colonies on the coast of Ainyas.

Name: Altakar Kingdom (Alt. Merak Altakar)
Political Rule: The King has full Executive power, shares some Legislative power with local nobles. The Elasia Sirawisah (Sira's Sisterhood) provides priestess for Sirawmah (Moon’s Council) the highest Judicial body.
Location: North-west Lowenar, right south (over the sea) from Alagora.
Info: Formed from the breaking up of the great Arhovan Empire now only Sirawisam (a religion which worships the Moon Deity Sira) which is the most practiced religion, points out that this county once belonged to Arhovan, as with time their customs grew into a mixture of Arhovan, ancient Rhean, Algorian and even some from the lands south of the great deserts of Lowenar. Still even with this they hold tightly to the Arhovan custom of scholastics and have some of the best mathematicians, astronomers and medical experts in the world of which many decide to leave Altakar work in Alagora.

Name: Sorka
Political Rule: King of Sorka, a vassal of Emperor of Alagora, has full rule in all matters in all lands in Sorka not belonging to the crown of Alagora.
Location: Southern tip of Lowenar .
Info: This region doted by Alagora ports and mining settlement and rich in livestock, ores and farming land is it the largest continuous part of Alagora outside of its homeland. The wealth and size of the region allowed it to become the first area outside of the Alagora homeland to be put under its own crown (the crown of Sorka). Except for this Sorka is an important stop for resupplies and rest of ships heading to the east or those returning from such a trip.

Name: Mahiras
Location: Half way to the Far East of Lowenar
Info: A large subcontinent, inhabited by many races is split up in many smaller or larger states with many governing systems. Alagora has a number of trading colonies established for the sake of importing ivory, gold, silver and spices as well as to supply ships heading eastwards towards Far East Lowenar.

Name: Loraya & Inichi
Location: Halfway between Mahiras and Orientar.
Info: Loraya (an island chain) & Inichi (an subcontinent) are lands covered in jungle spanning around the straits of Merkkas, which allow quicker voyage from Mahiras to Orientar. It is also rich in spices and other commodities, meaning that many trade ports of Alagora dot the area.

Name: Orientar
Location: Far on the east end of Lowenar.
Info: Orientar, a land in which many wonders are found and in which luxury goods are bought and sold everyday. Unfortunately the wealth of farmlands and resources means that is heavily populated and the Alagora has no way of projecting its military power more then to protect a few scattered trading ports. It should be noted that Mugen Okoku (Lit. Land of Fantasy) a country populated by Youkai is also located here. Also the ports of Orientar, in particularly Eroku-minato, are the stating locations for sailings to Lemea.

Before you head to making a character:
Obviously no Godmodding. Silly stuff, references and so on are OK.

This will stay always open, new characters will join the group(s) when a opportunity for that arises.

Character Sheet:

Name:
Age:
Race:
Country of Birth:
Country of Origin:

Appearance:
Bio:
Personality:

Combat Skills:
Adventuring & Survival Skills:
Other Skills:

Reason for traveling:
Other:

Notes on making the CS:
If you plan to make a country or a race than use the Sheets provided for that!
Country of Birth, is obviously, the country (or general area of one of the continents) where was your character born.
Country of Origin is the country (or general area of one of the continents) where your character decided to start its journey towards Lemea.
A good description would work for an Appearance, trough I would then probably go around and try to find a picture to go with that description.
Skill sections are manly to have an easier look on what skills our characters have. Note that almost all magic in the RP has to be linked to an ELEMENT or CELESTIAL body. For making things easy, the world of Lemea is located at the exactly the same spot as Earth in a Universe in which everything except Earth (which is replaced by Lemea’s world) is exactly the same.
YOU MUST PUT A REASON FOR TRAVELING! It is the plot driver after all.

Race Creation Sheet:

Name:
Homeland:
Country(s):
Common Physical Features:
Common Physiological Features:
Common Magical Features:
Other:
Notes:
You don’t need to be the controller of your homeland. If you have no country to call your own put the one where your race has the highest overall population.
Common Features are what features does the race share and which indentify a race as one. Magical ones are how common does the race provide natural magic user and if (and which) some elements specially influence (and in which way) the race.

Country Creation Sheet:

Name:
Political System:
Location:
History:
Notes:
Note all and any race that is significant in the country in the history or notes.
If you wish you can make your own country and place it somewhere outside of Lemea and inside the known world.
I used Earth as a template but there are many differences between Earth and this world.
Everan is similar to Europe with an undiscovered connection with Lowenar.
Lowenar is Africa and Asia - note the lack of the Red Sea. There will be no Suez channel counterpart in this world.
Aniyas is the Americas. There is a chain of islands in the cold north connecting Ainyas and Lowenar.
Lemea is actually a large subcontinent in the area of what would be the Pacific Ocean west of north California and Oregon. It is connected to Aniyas.

Noteworthy stuff:
The most advanced technologies are those of the Empire of Alagora which is as developed as the 1550's Spain.
Elves have the highest understanding (and development) of magic and use that to counterweight humanity's technology and numbers.
This RP will definitely include Magic, Adventure, Encounters with Hostile Life forms, Casual Level IC Posts, Sceneries, Lolis.
This RP might include PC Deaths, An End, Kittens, , Reference to Manga & More.
This RP probably will not include Science Fiction, Aliens, Spaceships, Computers.
This RP will definitely not include IC One-Liners.

The year is 523 of the Era Alagoria (E.A.) and now we shall follow those which dare to become adventurers and travel trough Lemea to search for the Well of Wishes.

Questions, comments and posts of all kind are welcomed as long as you don't post just for the sake of posting (AKA no SPAM!).

Roleplayer-created section AKA all off your sheets are linked here. Those which are transferred from the old OOC have been marked with "Transfer".

Character List

Aerrea gamer5 Transfer
Aes'tille Tatsua Transfer
Eoin Lonne’lle thegreenleafe
Kayetan Skythikon
Zinzie Metronome
Gresforn Heat
Damian Lucius Cypher
Morgan Ryonara
Blue PinkFlower

Race List

Kingdom of Fae'lanse Tatsua Transfer
Svekkeren Skythikon
Vastermannen Skythikon
Arakan Heat

Country List

Fairies Tatsua Transfer
Svekker-Vastermannen Commonwealth Skythikon
Arakan Expanse Heat

Oh Lemea, once home of the Elves
Now you stand divided,
Long has time of your glory run past,
Trough your name
Still inspires people of all creeds,
Oh Land of Lemea!

[gamer5]

Name: Aerrea h's Fargur Zeharr
Age: 26
Race: Human
Country of Birth: Geworia (Solvis Province)
Country of Origin: Orientar (Eroku-minato)

Appearance:

Aerrea

Aerrea, when overloaded with demonic magic

Naikawa

Immes Sword

Short

Long (plus one of Immes' many appearances)

Immes Human (the most common one)

Bio:

Early Childhood

Aerrea was born in a small village in Solvis, a mountains part of Geworia from which is almost isolated from the rest of the country, so isolated that many of the demons of Everian sought refugee in the mountains of this area. Dotted by small villages and town in river valley, near mountain lakes or the high pastures, it was a peaceful area ans Aerrea lived a simple life for the first four years of her life. But no peace lasts forever in the lands under the Geworian crown and a few weeks before Aerrea's fifth birthday a hunting party discovered the entrance to a mountain hideout of demons. A council was held to decide what to do, but demons did not wish to risk anything and put the whole village to sleep and changed the memories so they would not remember the demon's hideout. Unfortunately one of the villagers, a zealous Mersian, already sent a message to the Geworian Inquisition. Two weeks after this a small military task force, roughly two hundreds in number, came to the village, lead by a Geworian Inquisitor and started to question the villagers about the hideout of the demons. Angered by the lack of answers coming from the villagers whose memories were changed and realizing that the demons were the ones behind this the Inquisitor, in a burst of anger, ordered the troops escorting him to wipe the village off the face of the world. The troops proceeded to do this and only two things saved Aerrea from death, the fact that her father was a retired soldier and knew the searching methods of the military and that their house was the one furthest from the troops. Following her father's orders; to hide in a small pond and use a hallowed reed to breath until the Moon rises. Hours passed in which the soldiers restlessly killed the villagers and then, still many hours from moonrise set all ablaze before heading off to form a patrol zone around the village so no one escapes. As flames engulfed her home, the young Aerrea could only watch and wait. It took almost half of the night for the Moon to come out, allowing Aerrea to do so. What laid in front of Aerrea was a dreadful scene, although fires were still burning away at the few stone buildings in the village the, all made out of wood was now chars except for the largest and thickest beams and all over the village, where they fell, were bodies of dozens and dozens of villagers, including Aerrea's parents. Before the few other survivors, a priest hiding in an apparently sealed sarcophagus, a few children and adults from hoses which had hiding places left from more turbulent eras and a old knight which managed do blockade himself in the small stone tower of the village, a demon, which was sent to investigate the bright light coming from the settlement, noticed her, and feeling pity for Aerrea, which was crying tears over her dead parent's bodies, took the small child in his hands and disappeared in the darkness of the night.

In Fharis

The demon, named Zeharr, which saved Aerrea was no other than the sword master of Fharis, the local demon hideout, which was once a dwarven mine although it was extend by demons trough many years. He presented her to the local demon leader, Yurras, which trough concerned, allowed the child to stay in Fharis. From then Zeharr and his lover at that time, Verrka, raised Aerrea together, teaching her the knowledge, stories and ways of their kind as well as of humanity, at least which the ones they knew about. In such a way two years passed when the two demons deduced that Aerrea was ready to start basic training in arms. Under her foster-father Zeharr, she trained her body and begun learning the basics of using a sword. Three years later she begun slowly learning more advanced techniques, but she wished to reach the maximal what could her body reach and started learning the secret ways of Shadow-Walking which using mixture of acrobatics, sneaking and multiple techniques to evade detection, fool enemies and strike from where the enemy expects it. When she was seventeen she suffered a injury and was forced to case all heavier exercise from some time, but not being a person which can do nothing for long she found a female Night Elf, one of the rares races that one can meet, resting in one of the forgotten and long-abandoned dwarven mining storage, and after many tries finally managed to get the elf to teach her something, and this was the Night Elven Moon Dance, a form of magical channeling which allowed even those with no magical capability to make use of the Moonlight to aid oneself with magic. The last day of her recovery and training with the elf she found the cave empty except for a single earring in the shape of the Crescent Moon, one from the pair that until then hanged from the elf's ears.

Meeting Naikawa

The next day the final stage of Aerrea's training begun as well as deciding what to do whit her life from now on, the demons were allowing her to leave Fharis, is she wished so, when she turned eighteen. During the time she was given to think about it she meet a rare kind of demon, a cloth(ing) demon, haling from Mugen Okoku, and befriended him. The demon, named Naikawa, was extremely knowledgeable about many things, as well as one of the many demons which worked for Yaes Numir Seyur as information gatherers, he took her interest by a proposition that he made - that she, under him, becomes an apprentice information gatherer, before going on to become a full fledged one under the flag of Yaes Numir Seyur. She accepted this and after turning 18 she and Naikawa went to travel the whole Everan, gathering information, experiencing adventurers and living on the road, all while Naikawa though her the secrets of the trade as well as many other things.

The city of Laggara

Finally, three years later, on a cold day in December, Naikawa said that they will traveling to Ainyas to finish to make her an official informer of Yaes Numir Seyur. After a long trip, which included riding one of the last dragons, the two arrived at the unofficial capital of Yaes Numir Seyur, the city of Laggara. There while Naikawa took care of the paperwork Aerrea was left to wonder the city and in one of the long forgotten parts of the city found a single sword which bewitched her to take it in her arms. She slowly gripped the handle and was startled when the sword spoke up, trough it soon cleared the situation. The sword was Immes, at least that was the oldest name it carried, and it was a powerful demon which chose to take the form of a sword while resting and waited for someone who cloud wake him up. After he finished explaining Immes changed his appearance to a young human's and then accompanied Aerrea all around the city, showing her the wonders of it, many of which Immes helped build. The two felt a attraction to each other, trough not one of love, but deep friendship and decided to travel together, trough Immes said that he was an old demon already so he would need to stay a sword most of the time to conserve energy. When the sun set, in the inn in which they were staying in, Aerrea introduces Immes to Naikawa, while Naikawa informed that all but a single thing, requiring her signature, were left and that they would take care of this the next morning. Aerrea and the two demons did this formality first thing after breakfast, but before leaving, on Immes' suggestion, they visited a small shrine that Immes said had the best and most accurate advices that he knew. They did so and Aerrea was told to head alone into the Great Forest, a part of western Ainyas which was covered under a enormous and dense forest dangerous even to demons.

Mystery of the Great Forest

Trough skeptical she was raised to give at least some regard to such omens and left to the GreatForest, asking Naikawa and Immes to wait half a year before giving up on her returning back. The trip itself and the events which happened on it are shrouded in mystery and Aerrea rarely start talking about it and if she does until now always ended the story after the point in which she entered the forest. What is know is what the experts in Laggare established, somehow, Aerrea had all the traits of being a demon but without any trace of being one, except when she was subjected to a directed flow of demonic magic which was also followed with her going berserk, just like a real demon would if his body was overloaded with demonic magic. After being under observation for some time she was given the "all green" to start her service as a informant of Yaes Numir Seyur she begun to traveling together with Naikawa and Immes.

Years have passed and the rumors of the Well of Wishes reached Yaes Numir Seyur and they decided to send their closes information gatherer, which was Aerrea & gang to Lemea to learn if the rumors are true or not.

Personality:
Aerrea is a person able to put any kind of front need for gathering information. Her real personality is one which wishes to always be doing something, even just studying something incredibly boring (like maths) and is incredibly open towards strangers which she thinks are trustworthy. Has quite a thing for cute things, especially people. Her being brought up with both human and demon customs, made her much more open to "bedroom stuff" that other humans would, trough she knows, unlike demons, where/when is the right place/time for such things.
Naikawa is a talkative demon which is ready to chatter almost about anything except ravens (for some reason).
Immes is a stern, serious grandfather-like demon which rarely speaks but his words usually carry good advices.

Combat Skills:
Swordsmanship of advanced levels, for the needs of one information she won the title of sword champion of Sorka.
Shadow-Walking, a skill similar to Ninjitsu joined with some basic shadow & light manipulation magic for greater effect.
Moon Dance, a multipurpose Celestial magic based on Moonlight.
A physique of a demon which is quite better then a human's.

Adventuring & Survival Skills:
Pretty much an average to above average knowledge of all skills a eternal traveler needs, from bartering to fishing.

Other Skills:
Information gathering of many kinds.

Reason for traveling: Says that she wants to add "Reaching the Well of Wishes" to her adventuring achievements. Actually on a mission for the Yaes Numir Seyur.
Other: Carries all sorts of equipment for her needs, from a hunting bow to a shovel. Wears Naikawa as her outfit (over her undergarments), which can change into any desired clothing and color pattern.

[Big Al Jefferson]

Assuming I am let in, this is where I shall be planting my CS.

Also, it would be nice if the nations had a racial-makeup section; it's hard to tell at a glance whether it is primarily elves, or humans, or what have you.

EDIT: And a full race list of the already-established races, with a bit of information on them; elves, orcs, and especially demons tend to vary RP to RP.

[gamer5]

Big Al Jefferson said Assuming I am let in, this is where I shall be planting my CS.

Also, it would be nice if the nations had a racial-makeup section; it's hard to tell at a glance whether it is primarily elves, or humans, or what have you.

EDIT: And a full race list of the already-established races, with a bit of information on them; elves, orcs, and especially demons tend to vary RP to RP.

You are more then welcomed.

Racial-make up of countries is not that important (the countries are primary there so the players can base the bios of their characters on something if none of the given countries fits for them) but I noted that a notion about any significant races inside of the country should be added inside the history or notes.

Since a list of all the given race would be humongous and time-consuming you should go with the standard of most fantasy settings with an certain amount of grey area for you to be creative. Demons can be in any kind or shape, originate from any mythology or fantasy setting like my CS shows. I don't expect much people wanting a demon character anyways. I except a lot of original creative races.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

How would you feel about me coming back and, you know, actually posting?

~Love, Tatsua.

[gamer5]

I will welcome all roleplayers which come here - from the Lands as well as those which are newcomers.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

Aes'tille the Vagrant Star, second princess of the Fae Queen Tille'aisle and Stars Captain in the Heroic Order of Fairy Knights.Age: 47
Race: Fae
Country of Birth: Fae'lanse, the Hidden Kingdom of the Faeries
Country of Origin: Fae'lanse, the Nation-in-your-Cupboard

Bio

As the second princess of the Fae Queen, it isn't absurd to imagine that Aes'tille would take up the stars and become a Fairy Knight. Since a young age her curious mind has been focused not on the social workings of a kingdom, but on the untamed wilds of the mortal world, her tiny heart throbbed excitedly when she listened to stories of heroism, so that is the calling she eventually tried to pursue. Naturally, as a Royal Princess, her rank in the thousand star army was never disputed, her magical potential was tremendous and her prodigal intellect was all focused on improving her skills so she could become the hero she envisioned. While her older sister will take up the throne before her, she has briefly touched on the workings of the Fairy Court, and has even used that knowledge to her advantage in the past to secure herself positions as a Knight of Stars. She is now technically in charge of a Stars Unit, and even has a few subordinates of her own back in the Kingdom, but none were allowed to follow her on the perilous trek into the mortal realm. Finally, her chance to realize her purpose has come, and with the magic of stars and her legendary sword, she will show the world the true strength of a Fairy and her Magic.

Personality: Aes'tille is the Vagrant Star, she is free spirited and careless, as well as consumed with adventure and whimsy. She adores fun or awesome things, but will quickly discard anything that doesn't interest her, be it a magic item or a friend. She's quick to make friends and companions, however, and being a Fairy she shows natural curiosity in most things, especially mortals. She's playful, but heroic, she'll never stand by and let bad triumph over good, or leave the weak to die in the gutter. She despises tyranny, oppression and dishonourable actions, so much so that she would have no qualms with attacking a king if he was being mean to his subjects. Doesn't care much for mortal authority or morals.

Combat Skills:

• Swordplay, Aes'tille is considered a master among her people who wields the legendary sword Shooting Star. She has developed a few magic-based sword skills, all of which come in great use when battling the giants of the mortal world.
• Magic of Stars, the magic used by the Royal Family in Fae'lanse. This magic can produce a wide variety of effects, but is mostly centred around high-powered enchantment and beam-based destructive energy. While not comparable to the great mages of Fae'lanse or the others in her family, Aes'tille is still many leagues above most magic-users in the mortal world.

Adventuring & Survival Skills:

• High-speed Fairy Flight, using a combination of magic and her natural wings.
• Shape-shifting, not unlimited but able to at the most make her into a human-sized version of herself and hide her wings. Extremely efficient compared to the mortal transformation magics.
• Guidance to the Kingdom of Fairies, a skill allowing her to transit from certain points into the magic Kingdom, Fae'lanse. This also means she's able to guide others there!
• Fairy Navigation, the skill to find the secret Fairy Paths in the world that lead through dangerous or mysterious places alike, providing a safe way to travel through most areas.
• Invisibility, a technique that is more a magical skill than a trait or spell. When hiding their presence, Fairies can become virtually undetectable, although it may be possible to trick them into revealing themselves.
• Plant Manipulation, whether it's weaving flowers into an elaborate dress or creating a house from living leaves, Fairies are masters of playing with plants in the most effective ways possible.
• Prodigal Learning, a skill possessed by all Fairies which allows them to learn virtually any skill with three times the haste and mastery of an ordinary human. This includes things such as conversation skills or speech habits, but doesn't include things the Fairy isn't interested in.

Other Skills:

• Floral Enchanting, a magical skill which allows the Vagrant Star to enchant flowers to possess various abilities or traits.
• Communication with All Things, a trait unique to Fairies which allows them to listen to the language of all things and communicate with even the dirt under their feet. Applies significantly more towards cats or cat-like entities, due to her possessing Shooting Star.

Reason for travelling: The Vagrant Star seeks nothing but adventure, wonder and enjoyment. She is the most free of her sisters, so she is expected to experience the mortal world in all of its worth.
Other:

Legendary Sword, Shooting Star

A brilliant Faesilver blade similar in appearance to a human fork, with three bladed prongs protruding from an ample hilt almost three times as long as the blade itself. Despite the length of the hilt that may suggest it is a spear, it is both considered a sword and wielded as one. While it may look uninteresting as a fairy-sized weapon not unlike a simple silver fork, the Shooting Star is an extremely deadly blade able to cut through mortal steel effortlessly and channel the wielder's magic with an amplification of up to ten times, so long as it can reflect the night sky. This is the weapon once wielded by the Hero of Heroes in Fae legends, it is virtually indestructible and its abilities are as numerous as the stars in the sky, making it a weapon truly suitable for the Vagrant Star and her adventures. Whoever wields it will receive recognition as the Legendary Hero, allowing them to communicate with and request help from any cat or cat-like entity.

[gamer5]

Transfer the Race and Country info from the Lands and you are good to go.

[Heat]

I'm interested, working on some stuff.

[Skythikon]

I wasn't sure if these ideas I have for races and a country would work, so I'll put them here for you all to approve/disapprove.

Races

Name: Svekkeren
Homeland: The Far North of Aniyas
Country(s): The Svekker-Vastermannen Commonwealth
Common Physical Features:

- Pale, almost alabaster skin. They can seem frightening to strangers due to their blood vessels being quite prominent
- Hair colour ranges from a sandy brown to light blonde, bordering on white. An observant person would be able to tell the Svekkeren's heritage from that. The darker the hair colour, the more tribal blood they have.
- Generally they stand anywhere between 1.65 meters to 1.85 meters tall. Svekkeren above 1.90 meters are considered to be unique.
- Generally slim and slender build.

Common Physiological Features:

- Highly resistant to low temperatures

Common Magical Features:

- As a rule of thumb, Svekkerens are magically inept, but there are exceptions. Svekkeren magic users gravitate between focusing on Ice and Water - to make use of the vast abundance of both in the north - and fire - to provide a quick source of heat.

Other:

- On average, they are more serious than a Vastermannen, leading to plenty of jokes about how the Svekkerens are the heartless logical part of the Commonwealth.
- They don't tan, they burn. Jokes about vampirism abound, though some people seriously believe that the myth of vampires may have come from ancient explorers making contact with tribes within Svekker region.

Name: Vastermannen
Homeland: The far north of Aniyas
Country(s): The Svekker-Vastermannen Commonwealth
Common Physical Features:

- Similar to the Svekkerens, only that their skin tend to be of a darker hue.
- Generally shorter that your average Svekkeren.
- Hair colour covers a range similar to the Svekkeren, only difference is that one should not use a Vastermannen's hair colour to attempt to guess their heritage. They take offense to being mistaken for a Svekkeren.
- Body hair is thicker than normal. At worst, it makes them look unshaven and unkempt.

Common Physiological Features:

- Highly resistant to low temperatures.

Common Magical Features:

- There are more Vastermannen magic users than Svekkeren magic users, but they are still a minority. They gravitate towards the same elements as a Svekkeren magic user.

Other:

- Generally friendlier than a Svekkeren. A common joke is that the Vastermannen is the dumb heart of the Svekker-Vastermannen Commonwealth.

Country

Name: The Svekker-Vastermannen Commonwealth (Svekkeren-Vastermannen Sarkildariket)

Political System: Elective Monarchy, where the ruling monarch holds executive power. A common council is entrusted with voting in a new monarch when necessary. Council holds legislative power. Judicial power is controlled by independent system of courts within each state.

Location: Far north of Aniyas

History:

The Svekker and Vasterman were once two separate northern tribes on extreme ends of northern Aniyas. The Svekker rose in the east while the Vasterman came into being in the west. During the early years, they were content with simply subjugating the minor tribes around them as they pursued a policy of rapid expansion. The scarcity of resources in the frozen north required it of them, and so it was only a matter of time before the two tribes would meet. While relations were initially cordial, a few border disagreements and skirmishes were all that were needed for all-out war to break out between them.

Both sides fielded similar armies, and both sides had similarly adopted the martial cultures of the tribes they had conquered and forcibly assimilated into their fledgling empires. It was thus no surprise that the war became a war of stalemates, with neither side being able to achieve a decisive tactical or strategic victory against the other. Still, neither side was willing to back down. Northern pride simply would not allow for it. They would fight until one side was defeated or they had a very, very good reason to stop.

That reason came in the form of a minor empire from the south seeking to expand northwards in early 210 E.A. By then, the Svekkern and Vastermannen tribes had been warring for a good sixty years and they had lost thousands of men. The only way they could put up any sort of defense against the invading empire was by working together and thus in mid 210 E.A, the Chiefs of the Svekkern and Vastermannen tribes met in a small ceremony to sign the Treaty of Skarsbo in a village that sat on the border between the two tribes.

The combined Svekker-Vastermannen armies managed to crush the armies of the invading empire and they annexed the empire into Svekker-Vastermannen controlled territory in 212 E.A. From captures records, the Svekkern and Vastermannen tribes learned of the existence of other civilizations apart from their own. It was then did the idea of a combined Svekker and Vasterman nation become something other than a joke. The leaders of both sides knew that they would not survive for long on their own, and their recent war against the invading empire had shown them that a Svekker-Vastermannen union was viable.

Thus, in 214 E.A, the Commonwealth Pact was signed, unifying the Svekker and Vastermannen tribes into a single nation. To simplify the matter of who would rule over the nation, it was decided that a council consisting of equal numbers of Svekker and Vasterman members would be given the power to elect the monarch from a pool of candidates. The monarch would then be granted close to absolute power over the nation for the duration of his life, or until he is deemed unfit to rule due to either illness or general incompetence.

Faced with a growing Gowerian threat, it had only been a matter of time before the Commonwealth joined the Yaes Numir Seyur. The alliance suited the independent nature of the Commonwealth's constituent states, and the Commonwealth was more than capable of sending armies of men willing to fight and die for a chance at glory to defend against the invading Gowerians.

Notes:
- Aloof: They rarely bother with political intrigues, even within the Yaes Numir Seyur. Apart from war, the Commonwealth interacts only as much as it needs to with other nations.
- Open: They welcome anyone who can tolerate the cold to live within the Commonwealth. They have the space to spare.
- Militant: The Commonwealth boasts one of the most well-trained armies in the world.
- Mining Industry: The Ice Flats of the north are surprisingly rich in precious and useful minerals
- Agriculturally inept: The frozen north does not allow for substantial farming activities. Their diet consists mainly of fish, moss, deer, elk, and basically whatever they can hunt down.
- Most of the population are of the Svekker or Vasterman ethnicity, but there are a myriad of northern ethnicities that are a significant minority within the Commonwealth.

[gamer5]

There is just one problem - Yaes Numir Seyur (Union, Military, of Demons) is what occupies most of Aniyas, except for those two areas mentioned that the Geworia taken by force or were given to Alagoria in return for favored trade relations and a yearly tribute in gunpowder weapons. Also Aniyas has a civilization older then Rheas - not many tribes now dot it's landscape - most countries up until the Geworian arrival were kingdoms or city states, except in the cold northern ice fields and southern lush jungles.

Well since Yeas Numir Seyur is a military alliance in which each member has it's own political life so if you just note that in the face of the Geworian invaders they joined Yeas Numir Seyur and for now stopped warring with numerous southern kingdoms and city states it should be OK.

A information - the word Seyur actually means "Those which inhabit the western lands", this western lands being Aniyas, and Seyur is the ancient Rheas name for those which inhabit Aniyas.

So somehow incorporate the country into Yeas Numir Seyur or just move it to the Dorme-facing coast-lands of Lowenar.

Waiting for more character sheets and Tatsua to copy race and country sheet from the Lands of Lemea OOC.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

The Hidden Kingdom of Fae'lanse...
Name: Fae'lanse, also known as the Hidden Kingdom or sometimes the Realm of Fairies.
Political System: Monarchy (Led by the Queen of Fairies and her wonderful Princesses.)
Location: "Aelis'ri 'n Eine", a place often referred to as being everywhere and nowhere. Existing parallel to every kingdom in the world, the hidden realm of fairies exists in all places at once, but can only truly be found when guided by their mystical inhabitants. Because of how Fae'lanse's magic works, it has been known to appear in countless absurd places in the past, one fairy once even reported guiding a human there by travelling through an empty goblet at one point. The human miraculously fit, but it truly is a testament to the strength of Fairy Magic for an entire kingdom to be hidden within such a small space.

History

Fae'lanse was founded by the Hero of Heroes, the Great Fairy Queen who was said to have battled an army of giant wizard dragons to save fairykind from the evil cat people who were intent on eating all fairies. Through her guidance and magic, the fairy people gathered and formed the kingdom in the shadow of a human one, living alongside them without the humans realizing. By using ancient magic, the fairy kingdom shifted in and out of existence on the boundaries of civilization, appearing wherever fairies needed solace to lead them to salvation.

Other: Due to how it's been concealed in the shadows of all "Mortal" kingdoms, Fae'lanse is unknown to most outside of legends and tales. It is not recognized as real by most individuals and nations, although some magic-savvy folk have come close to discovering it in the past.

...and its magical inhabitants, the Fairies.
Name: Fae (Fairykind, Fairies, Fairy)
Homeland: N/A
Country: Fae'lanse
Common Physical Features: Often small in stature and with pointed ears, most Fae also possess fair skin and glowing, colour-changing eyes that set them apart from ordinary mortals. All Fae possess wings of some sort, although the type of wings is often dependant on the individual.
Common Physiological Features: Fairies are among the only varieties of "Existential Beings" in this world, they don't possess a life in the conventional sense, instead they are more akin to a sentient magical phenomenon that continues to exist only because it continues to believe in its own existence. Technically, this makes them immortal, but due to various circumstances as well as a vulnerability to existential attacks, this is not actually the case.
Common Magical Features: All Fae are masters of shape-shifting, flight and invisibility. They possess a prodigal magical ability that surpasses even that of the elves, and if given enough time, most Fae would be able to master any conceivable technique, art or spell simply through watching it preformed.
Other: For the sake of simplicity, I've done my best to avoid mentioning Fairy pronunciation. Mostly because Fairies don't like logic all that much.

[Skythikon]

gamer5 said
There is just one problem - Yaes Numir Seyur (Union, Military, of Demons) is what occupies most of Aniyas, except for those two areas mentioned that the Geworia taken by force or were given to Alagoria in return for favored trade relations and a yearly tribute in gunpowder weapons. Also Aniyas has a civilization older then Rheas - not many tribes now dot it's landscape - most countries up until the Geworian arrival were kingdoms or city states, except in the cold northern ice fields and southern lush jungles.Well since Yeas Numir Seyur is a military alliance in which each member has it's own political life so if you just note that in the face of the Geworian invaders they joined Yeas Numir Seyur and for now stopped warring with numerous southern kingdoms and city states it should be OK.A information - the word Seyur actually means "Those which inhabit the western lands", this western lands being Aniyas, and Seyur is the ancient Rheas name for those which inhabit Aniyas.So somehow incorporate the country into Yeas Numir Seyur or just move it to the Dorme-facing coast-lands of Lowenar.Waiting for more character sheets and Tatsua to copy race and country sheet from the Lands of Lemea OOC.

Well, I just need it to be somewhere cold and frozen, so if that region in Lowenar fits, I'll shift it there.

[Metronome]

May re-join with a new character.

[Heat]

I'll post my created race and country first.

Race -
Name: Arakan
Homeland: Arakan Expanse
Country: Arakan Expanse
Common Physical Features:
- Nearly identical in outward appearance to humans except for a few differences.
- The average height of an Arakan male is 1.87 meters; the average height of a female is 1.82 meters.
- Instead of teeth, Arakans have fangs, comparable to that of a wolf.
- Eye color is much wilder, shades of red, yellow, green and purple.
- Their skin color is darker, as they are from a desert region.
Common Physiological Features:
- Tougher skin compared to humans, they are more resistant to cuts, scrapes and bruises.
- They live an extended lifespan, Arakans max out at 500 years old.
Common Magical Features:
- Magic is uncommon among Arakans, about five percent of the population is able to use magic, and these magic users are highly regarded as healers and priests of the Arakan.
Other:
- They are a quiet uncommon race, low in numbers compared to the others. About 175k live in the Expanse.
- Many Arakans look down upon the other races and do not trust them. This doesn't necessarily make them racist, most of them just spend their own lives with their own people in their homeland.
- Many Arakans don't usually leave the Expanse willingly. Most of the few that are seen in Lemea are exiles who committed serious crimes that resulted in them being sent away from their homeland as punishment. Although sometimes traveling Arakan merchants, scouts or messengers are seen in Lemea.

Country -
Name: Arakan Expanse
Political System: Clan system (One dominant clan rules the others and runs the country, the other recognized clans have advisers so their clans input is given to the head clan)
Location: The Expanse is a desert coastal region split from Lamea by the Kazuh Mountains, it resides on the west coastline, the natural barrier of the mountains keep it isolated. Those that manage to get through the mountains would then have to cross a desert. This would place the Expanse north of the Elven Kingdom and northwest of the Orclands.
History:
The Arakan people have a long and bloody history, the race from the start has been very war oriented. The strongest Arakan warriors are revered and well respected; the order of the clans is determined by the militaristic strength of the clans.
The Arakan began as a small band of warriors, mercenaries and explorers whom migrated from the surrounding region. They moved to the harsh north western regions of Lemea, now referred to as the Arkanan Expanse. They started a settlement deep in the desert by the oceans to the northwest. Right away they began hunting, scavenging and fishing, eager to make a home in the cruel Expanse.
The Arakan people had differing ideas of how to run the country, so naturally they formed clans of descent and friendship. These early clans fought gladiatorial style matches in order to determine the rightful ruling clan, as they did not have enough people to start civil wars that nowadays happen when one recognized Arakan clan wishes to take control of the country over the current ruling one.
The Arakan prospered in the hardy Expanse, uninterrupted by the nations of Lemea that could’ve invaded if it were not for the mountain range and deserts which stopped any plan to move armies. The Arakan did send scout groups up and around the range, they did come upon mountain passes which allowed them access to the rest of Lemea. These scouts interacted with other races they came upon. They returned many months later with tales of faraway settlements and strange races.
Nowadays, there are five recognized clans, other smaller ones exist, but they do not meet the requirements to be recognized. The current ruling clan is Ithric, the overall Arakan leader being Beson Ithric, who has ruled for 41 years. The four other recognized clans are Kacar, Eacyn, Kaedma and Jonaloc. Beson’s rule has been well received and tensions are low amongst the clans.
Notes:
- Most of the other races tend to stay away from the Arakan Expanse, though the Arakan welcome anybody who can trek through the mountains and desert to reach their settlement.
- The Arakan have no true organized military at the moment, if they ever were attacked, the ruler of all the clans would unite every clan and create a fearsome, well trained military force.

[gamer5]

Nice but I would suggest that a highly arid krast highland in the Kazuh Mountains with a single mountain pass leading out of it to a small west-facing coast or a area of desert coast split from Lamea by Kazuh Mountains, both somewhere alongside the west coast of Lemea, would be much better as a location for you country since otherwise the sturdy Orcs would braved trough any desert while settling in Lemea, only a great natural obstacle in which even they can't move and live without extreme troubles like the Kazuh Mountains would stop their advancement.

[Skythikon]

I edited my post to have the Commonwealth be integrated with the Yaes Numir Seyur. I kept their tribal roots, since you mentioned that there had been tribal elements in the north of Aniyas.

[gamer5]

Accepted! Hope I see a CS up soon to.

[Skythikon]

Thanks! Going to start planning things out. =D

[Heat]

gamer5 said
Nice but I would suggest that a highly arid krast highland in the Kazuh Mountains with a single mountain pass leading out of it to a small west-facing coast or a area of desert coast split from Lamea by Kazuh Mountains, both somewhere alongside the west coast of Lemea, would be much better as a location for you country since otherwise the sturdy Orcs would braved trough any desert while settling in Lemea, only a great natural obstacle in which even they can't move and live without extreme troubles like the Kazuh Mountains would stop their advancement.

Hmm, I will make this change, after that I'll post my character sheet.

EDIT: Changed it.