Caishenic Kingdoms and the South
c. 3500-2500 B.C.
Soon after the founding of the Ancient Alousian Empire and the Magisterium of Godossea, the caisheni lands in the south began founding kingdoms. Previously as nomadic as the ausrani caravans, the people of the southern lands first settled near the rich fisheries of the Indrasi coast. The southern interior remained nomadic for centuries while the new coastal towns grew and prospered.
By 2300 B.C., eight kingdoms had been founded along the coast of the Indras Sea. From north to south they were: Millenia later, the kingdoms of Baijan and Dvin would be founded, the former seceding from the Magisterium and the latter formed in the wake of the Halaanic Wars of 223-297 A.C. By 2176 B.C., the kings and queens of every coastal kingdom but Qurhat had joined forces under Faendral I Odrysian, King of Vishayn, who was chosen as the first High King of the new nation of Nymera. The proud aarakocra of the Qurhati Mountains refused to bow down to anyone but their own Queen and remained independent. Millennia later, the nation of Haleska peacefully seceded from the High Kingdom, becoming independent. The nomadic tribes of the K'Shanian plains and the hills of Ch'rth remained free and independent of the more formal kingdoms of the south. To this day, they wander free across their lands. Even their capital and ruler are often on the move. While the K'Shanians have built a few large towns and cities, the vast majority of their people are nomadic. Other, non-caisheni southern kingdoms include:
By 2300 B.C., eight kingdoms had been founded along the coast of the Indras Sea. From north to south they were: Millenia later, the kingdoms of Baijan and Dvin would be founded, the former seceding from the Magisterium and the latter formed in the wake of the Halaanic Wars of 223-297 A.C. By 2176 B.C., the kings and queens of every coastal kingdom but Qurhat had joined forces under Faendral I Odrysian, King of Vishayn, who was chosen as the first High King of the new nation of Nymera. The proud aarakocra of the Qurhati Mountains refused to bow down to anyone but their own Queen and remained independent. Millennia later, the nation of Haleska peacefully seceded from the High Kingdom, becoming independent. The nomadic tribes of the K'Shanian plains and the hills of Ch'rth remained free and independent of the more formal kingdoms of the south. To this day, they wander free across their lands. Even their capital and ruler are often on the move. While the K'Shanians have built a few large towns and cities, the vast majority of their people are nomadic. Other, non-caisheni southern kingdoms include:
- Fealand, an arcane technocracy and heartland of the old Magisterium of Godossea
- Mazdaram is an arcanocracy containing both the most beautiful temples and the most corrupt city in the world. Elves, gnolls, bugbears, and loxodon are common there.
- Mogham seceded from Rhean several centuries ago and is ruled by a tiefling minority
- Rhean, founded by refugees from the Halaanic Wars in the southernmost reaches of the Carentan Forest
- The mostly gnomish Tanatran Alliance deep in the Tanatran Mountains is home to the oldest city in the world.
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