Sychkar

Ruler: Queen Wymarc Wade Government: monarchy
Culture: Humans
Population: 2,854,567
History:

• year 102 - Linmere's commitment to shipbuilding and cartography leads to the new settlement of Sychkar on distant shores.
• year 161 - Lodowin Firebend is immortalized in song by the bards for his heroic deeds.
• year 223 - Bernart von Großel accidentally creates a religious schism.
• year 227 - Bernart von Großel escapes from an elaborate trap set by his enemies.
• year 264 - Bernart von Großel is venerated as a god in Sychkar upon his death.
• year 298 - Chas becomes famous for opening orphanages all over Sychkar.
• year 299 - Dictator Mainard Knighton marries a commoner, only to later discover that she is the ancestor of the legendary hero Hermanus Spikebind the Cheap, and sole heir to an immense fortune.
• year 434 - Agatha rescues all hands from a sinking ship.
• year 457 - Amelia Thundereyes learns the art of assassination to get revenge upon the assassin who killed her parents.
• year 459 - Amelia Thundereyes discovers the long-lost tomb of Dictator Almund Fleetwood's legendary ancestor.
• year 469 - Amelia Thundereyes discovers a vast hoard of unguarded loot and retires in opulence.
• year 500 - Dictator Edmer Geste of Sychkar conquers and annexes Khegr.
• year 565 - Xi Aren, Taoist Immortal is killed saving the Dictator from a master assassin.
• year 746 - An assassination attempt on Dictator Rebecca Frewell is foiled when a flying bird happens to intercept the poisoned arrow fired at her.
• year 761 - The landed nobility, led by Beatrice Manfield, overthrows Dictator Agatha Gifford and declare Sychkar to be a kingdom.
• year 810 - Years of warmer than usual temperatures allow explorers from Sychchar to settle nearby lands as the nation of Daleia.
• year 862 - Long-simmering tensions over the corruption of the Sychchar Court by the thieves' guilds erupt in civil war, ending with the independence of Leathia.
• year 1136 - Nessarine declares independence from Sychkar.
• year 1164 - Holmgerthr Frostbeater thwarts an assassination attempt on King Rafwin Bosby by a member of the Court.
• year 1176 - Holmgerthr Frostbeater becomes the subject of a famous play.

Majesty, Humility, Wisdom

Maps

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  The Heart of Sychkar

  The northern interior of the nation of Sychkar, an ancient human monarchy founded in the earliest days of Praetonia. Presided over by the Queen Wymarc Wade in the capitol of Offlbarrow, Sychkar controls rich farmlands that provide much of the grain needs for the Western Continent.
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  Offlbarrow - Sychkar

  The capital of Sychkar

Founding Date

102 FE

Type

Geopolitical, Country

Demonym

Sychkarians

Government System

Monarchy, Constitutional

Power Structure

Feudal state

Economic System

Market economy

Currency

Sychkar Standards are the official minted coins and are worth 1 gold piece. Nearly all coins are accepted in Sychkar, as it is a vital trade hub for its neighbors, as well as a valuable farming hub.

Legislative Body

Queen Wymarc Wade and the Sychkar Council rule from Offlbarrow. The Sychkar Council consists of seven nobles selected from wealthy, influential, or militaristic houses.