Hydossia (HI doe see ah)
the Queendom of the Salemona
Hydossia is a queendom in the mountainous southern Craddle Valley region of eastern Anbar, on the major continent of Ethae. It is considered an inhospitable, unpopulated desert by most outside the region, largely forgotten and ignored. The Hydossa people, however, are masters architects that have built vast underground aqueduct systems. These flow to large reservoirs with powerful pumping systems below towns and farmslands, providing life to the dry land.
The real glory of the Hydossa architects are their roads that crosses the desert connecting the coast of the Sea of the Ten Sisters to the rest of the Craddle Valley. Water pumps designed to activate at a pull of a lever are dispersed along these roads as camp sites. These roads connect vital trade routes from Novyum, through the Craddle Valley into the Cota Ocean, saving months of travel time around the Western Reach. Despite being an 'invisible' nation, Hydossia holds a lot of power when it comes to the mercantile systems of western trade across the continent. Their rival to the north, Mysobia, is the northern half of this trade network across the region. The two nations live in a state of working together to maintain the trade, all while holding daggers to each other's throats waiting to slice out the competition.
The Hydossa have a similar relationship, if not more volatile, with the Orc of Kal Kissuti to their west. The two peoples trade across their borders for resources, while at the same time trying to destroy each other. Raiders from both nations regularly cross each other's borders in attempts to weaken their enemy into submission. So far these raids have been considered to small by both sides for open war. The town of Maadi, that sits on their borders in their neutral ground for these two nations trading.
To the east, across the Sea of the Ten Sisters, stand Hathor, once part of Hydossia, now and independent queendom. Hathor broke away just over sixty years ago under Chinmayi, twin sister of Hydossia's current queen. The two nations, despite being separated still act as one body.
Hydossia is a queendom by tradition. The queen is the symbol of stability, prosperity, and fertility. The current queen, Rabasa), is rumored to be a powerful witch infused with the Shadow, and immortal. This is fueled by the fact that the queen is rarely publicly seen, acting only through her daughters and stewards. Rumors of immortal witch-queens aside, Rabasa has led Hydossia into an age of prosperity for her people for the last sixty plus years.
Ruler: Rabasa
Capital: Amytis
Native People: Hydossa
Native Language: Sidubi
The Leaf of Hydossia, sometimes called the 'Lady of Hydossia', or just 'the Lady,' is the symbol of the queendom of Hydossia under Queen Rabasa. The golden leaf is an ancient symbol of fertility and life, dating back to legends and the Valan of Craddle Valley before history. The Lady is a symbol of the nation and the queen, it represents the nations power to continue on, generation after generation. Rabasa used this new symbol as a way to take the people out of the past and into a new era of prosperity and growth.
Before the queendom of Rabasa, Hydossia used the ancient regional symbol of the 'Dragon Priestess.' The region, once a province of Ancient Siduum, had a tradition of their dragons choosing virginal women to be their priestess and rulers of their land. These women would wear black and vail their face to be unseen. They did not matter; they were only the voice of the dragon-god. At modern day Hydossia's founding in 6659sc, the Salemona choice the image of these ancient priestess as the national symbol, to associate their dynasty as a continuation of their people's traditions and why of life before the coming of the orc and normon.
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