History
The Dominion was created at the end of the Dawn War to defend the
Master Gate of Fire from anyone who may try to enter the Plane of Fire. Fire Titan
Achazar left a number of trained cohorts of Kobolds, to create a civilization of the western most coast of Heshin, where the Gate originally opened. Over the next thousand years or so, the elemental forces from the gate turn the surrounding lands in a scorching desert of sand, rock and wastelands, where little could survive bar on the banks of the River ##. Which seems to protect a mile wide strip of land to either side of the water from the worst of the Gates affects. Creating the Area called the Cradle by the Kobolds of the Dominion.
Rulership
The Kobolds of the Dominion have short and harsh lives, so no single ruler would work, and once you got beyond 6 kobolds arguing, you never get an agreement within a hundred years. So they fell back on the old army ways of a triarch of leaders, which made all decisions of the kingdom between them. Becoming a member of the Triarch was a position for live, many could see it as a punishment, many believe the stress and strains of the roles mean they lives are shortern by it. But it is offically an honour to become a member of the leading body of the Dominion and only the best and brightest get the chance. Whenever a member dies the other 2 members of the Triarch will decide on a successor to the fallen brother.
Life in the Dominion
Life is harsh, living in what is affectly a narrow band of land on either bank of the river is not the best, and the best way of earning money is by collecting the
Ember Quartz from the heart of the desert, which obviously for the short live kobolds is a dangerous adventure. There is no organised schooling for professions or either basic learning and families teach the offspring as best they can, and tried to apprentice them to best master they can, be that a trader, a smith, a scholar or alchemist. There are multiple festivals designed to match master with apprentice, over the course a year and families travel from the small villages and towns to the larger cities in attempt to get the best apprenticeship for their offspring.
TTRPG Info
99% of the Popultion of the Ember Dominon are
Kobold, and nearly all others are people from other kingdoms, looking to disappear into the desert, but there people born within the Dominion from other species its just rare.
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