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====== Pthora ====== | ====== Pthora ====== | ||
* Government Type: Dictatorship | * Government Type: Dictatorship | ||
- | * Symbol: | + | * Symbol: |
- | * Major Races: Dwarves | + | * Major Races: Dwarves, Kleemudor Lizards |
+ | * Capital: Polis | ||
+ | * Demonym: Pthoran | ||
- | Presided over by Agnes Aaronborn, the snowy mountain sides of Pthora are mostly barren save for the occasional beast. | + | {{settings: |
- | === Major Laws === | + | ===== Overview ===== |
- | * Every individual | + | The far eastern reaches of Cahyali are a polar wasteland, to some… but to Pthora, it is home. Mostly tundra, the technical territory of Pthora spans most of the far-eastern side of the Cahyali continent, although most of their population is located only in the north. The climate of Pthora is cold year-round, with temperatures approaching temperate in the midst of summer. A mystical leyspring lies in the south, its surroundings shrouded in mystery and danger. The caretakers of this leyspring, and the indigenous people of the southern tundras are known as the **Johtalit.** Pthora |
- | * Romantic Interaction | + | |
- | * The drinking age is 12. | + | Since its founding, Pthora has known constant war - thousands of years ago, against the armies of Dahabu, and more recently, it has been locked in an arms race against Ley’Ork and the Oxis Alliance. In the intervening time, its struggle against the cold of the southern tundra has defined national identity. Pthora and war are entities so deeply linked that one cannot disentangle them any longer. With the largest standing army and most developed military in all of Cahyali, its martial might is a force to be reckoned with. |
- | * Children Considered Property | + | |
- | * A citizen must be born within | + | === Natural Resources === |
- | * Children may begin to work at age 12. | + | |
- | * Citizens may carry weapons starting at age 12, so long as they have a permit. | + | Pthora is home to a wealth of natural resources: stone and ore, all mined from the Stili Mountains (particularly the towering Polis Peak). Most notably of these resources is a metal called **adamantite**, |
- | * It is Illegal | + | |
- | * Illegal | + | ==== Regions ==== |
- | * Any able bodied citizen may enter the military at the age of 12, upon which their class will be upgraded | + | Pthora is a large country, though most of it is centralized in the northern landmass and archipelago. Southern Pthora is hardly Pthora at all, though Polis still claims dominion over the vast, forbidding tundras. Altogether, the country is broadly split into six regions. |
- | * F class citizens are not entitled | + | * **Greater Polis Area:** Polis is the largest city in Pthora, and towers above the Chamomile Expanse from where it is built into the tallest peak of the Spitl Mountains. Surrounding it, representing hundreds of years of building and civilization, |
- | * Upon committing theft, adultery, rape, romantic contact | + | |
- | * Once above the age of 5, citizens are required | + | * **Stili Mountains: |
- | * For citizens born into class F with higher aspirations, they may enter the apprentice lottery system | + | * **Shattered Isles:** The Shattered Isles are a chain of islands that connect Pthora and the tundras. In winter, one can walk from northern Pthora down to the islands, as thick sheets of sea ice form between the islands that last well into the spring. Few are sure of the true shape of the Isles, as this icy layer persists in some capacity year-round. The Isles mainly export fishing, and contain all of Pthora’s port cities. All trade conducted with other nations goes through the Shattered Isles. In addition, the Isles contain most of Pthora’s prisons, where inmates |
+ | * **Johtalit Tundra - Inner Coast:** The majority of the Johtalit inhabit the western coast of Pthora, where weather is warmer and resources are more plentiful. They form few large cities, but a few sizable towns exist in the Inner Coast area. Many of these maintain good relationships with Ley’Ork, offering aid to explorers and scientists - under the condition that they remain staunchly sovereign. | ||
+ | * **Johtalit Tundra - Qaiqsu Wastes:** Nothing lives in the Qaiqsu Wastes. Nothing has ever lived in the Qaiqsu Wastes. Ignore the “stars” that land here, and do not stare too long at the angry, lone mountain peak. Please. Nothing is to be gained. This is not a place of honor. | ||
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+ | ==== Governance ===== | ||
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+ | Having switched hands rapidly from dictatorship to dictatorship over the years, the current regime in Pthora calls itself the **Ember Army,** led by their High General **Katerina Zimina.** She rules from the Winter Office, in the grand city of Polis, and is considered on the same level as a god by most of the Pthoran populace. | ||
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+ | Zimina employs a small cabinet of trusted subordinates, | ||
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+ | The Ember Army enforces a variety | ||
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+ | === Laws === | ||
+ | * Theft of personal property: Incarceration for up to 30 days | ||
+ | * Theft of government property: Incarceration for up to 2 years | ||
+ | * Use of unsanctioned magic, non-divine: Incarceration for up to 10 years and fine of up to 2,000 gc. | ||
+ | * Use of unsanctioned magic, divine: Incarceration for 20 years - life, or execution. | ||
+ | * Speaking ill of the Ember Army, or sullying | ||
+ | * Assault: Incarceration for up to 4 years | ||
+ | * Assault on an officer of the law or Ember Army member: Execution | ||
+ | * Creation or patronage of “degenerate” art: Fine of up to 3,000 gc | ||
+ | * Murder & rape: Execution | ||
+ | * Illegal exit of the country: Deportation back to Pthora, incarceration for up to 8 years | ||
+ | * Treason: Execution, & incarceration of family members for up to 5 years | ||
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+ | For more information on the history and culture of Pthora, follow this link: [[https:// | ||
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+ | {{pthoraflag.png}} | ||
+ | == The national flag of Pthora | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Cities | ||
+ | **Polis, Everlasting Northern Star:** // | ||
+ | * **Svetagrad Town:** // | ||
+ | * **Kogot Village:** // | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Czernobog, | ||
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+ | **Arkhivgrad, | ||
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+ | **Eastside Port, Gate to Mountains: | ||
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+ | **Korabel Port, Gate to Seas:** // | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Rozmakhigrad, | ||
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+ | **Upirngivik, | ||
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+ | **Taqtu-Tasiq, | ||
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+ | This leyspring, flowing far more peacefully than the one in Ruefang, is a sacred site for the Johtalit. They call it Angiyok-Orpik, | ||
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+ | ===== Culture ===== | ||
+ | ==== Impenetrable, | ||
+ | Time and time again, including today under the rule of the Ember Army, Pthora has thrown its full weight behind a single ruler and their armies. War is arguably the glue that binds Pthora together; the country has hardly known life without it. The people of Pthora are hostile | ||
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+ | The daily attire | ||
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+ | Though the arts of Pthora are tightly regulated by the Winter Office, the daily musings of people can never really be stopped. Operating illegally | ||
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+ | ==== Religion & Magic ==== | ||
+ | Having never known Dahabi religion, Pthoran traditional belief is animistic and semi-monotheistic, | ||
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+ | Non-divine magic is permitted, but under strict regulations. No public arcane colleges exist in Pthora, with the only mages being those employed by the Army. Fire magic, especially valued for its ability to combat the brutal cold, | ||
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+ | ==== Southbound: Lands of Drifting Snow ==== | ||
+ | Defended by their natural environment, | ||
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+ | The Johtalit herd large animals called snowstriders (pictured bottom right), the name going back to their origins on Kleemudor - but here used to refer to an entirely different creature. The husbandry of these creatures is central to much of Johtalit culture, as snowstriders allow them to cross the land in relative safety and also provide much-needed hides and meat. Johtalit live mostly in small villages built from wood and brick, each led by a chieftain or shaman. Few elemental mages exist among the Johtalit, with magic practice being in the realm of divine or spiritual (the Johtalit make no distinction between the two); or, occasionally, | ||
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+ | Promised great rewards from the Ember Army, explorers from Pthora often venture out into the southern tundra. They hope to find something; a place to stake a proper claim for Pthora, or treasure, or the like. Few of these explorers ever return, claimed by Mother Nature or by… something else, perhaps. | ||
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