Omu

Omu, also known as the Forbidden City, is a ruined city in the Amedio.

History

In its early days, the city of Omu prospered through mining and commerce. Its riches and power led to greed, as the city demanded offerings from its neighbors in the form of slaves to work the mines. The city's armies marched upon its neighbours and angered Ometeotl, who decided to abandon the Omuans sometime in the mid-400s CY.
The city was forsaken by Ometeotl and the clerics that lived within lost their divine power. The slaves revolted against their oppressors and the city fell to ruin. Signs of the once-great society, its currency and maps showing its location, were purposefully destroyed. It truly became the Forgotten City.
The city's lack of a patron deity drew the attention of primal spirits from the jungle. They offered power to scattered Omuans that remained, in exchange for their veneration. The Omuans promptly destroyed their temples to Ubtao and worshiped the brutal and discordant spirits, who came known as the nine trickster gods.
The trickster gods' power was limited. Since they could not grant spells to all their clerics, they demanded sacrifices and blood trials to test their resolve and entertain the decadent population. Their reign over Omu lasted for the next 90 years.
Sometime in the late 14th century DR, the trickster gods' behavior piqued the curiosity of the lich Acererak. Inspired by their bloody trials, Acererak invaded Omu, killed the trickster gods and forced the Omuans into servitude. The lich forced them to construct his own murderous dungeon underneath the city, one that would contain the malevolent spirits, known as the Tomb of the Nine Gods. Acererak then slaughtered the remaining Omuans and sealed their fates alongside those of their gods.

RUINED SETTLEMENT
Mid-400s CY

Alternative Name(s)

The Forbidden City

Type

Metropolis