Principality of Tulyamin
Tulyamin is located on the Reaping Sea on the eastern coast of Libynos, at the very southern tip of the continent. The country is not large or populous, but it does produce several valuable spices such as cabb’e beans, cocoa beans, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and pepper. The late Prince Vedastus encouraged his people to start planting the two types of beans when he saw how well they did in nearby countries, but at the time many thought the drinks made from them were just a passing fancy. Now those who cultivate either of the beans are doing quite well, and others are starting to grow them also.
Prince Diodorus has reigned for 17 years, and it has been a time of stability and peace. But the prince is nervous nonetheless. Castorhage has colonies only a few days’ sail north along the Reaping Coast, and their merchant captains stop frequently in Tulyamin. Realizing the country could never defend itself against a determined attack by the city-state, Diodorus can only hope Tulyamin looks to be not worth the effort. He has heard that Queen Lediana of Sensibar is being pressured to grant Castorhage a trade monopoly and is afraid he would be unable to refuse if such a thing were demanded of him.
Tulyamin has a small army that is usually split between the northern and southern outposts of the country. The intention is that it could move quickly to wherever it might be needed, and the Prince’s Road, a coastal road the length of the country, is kept in good repair to facilitate that necessity. The navy is somewhat larger and actively patrols up and down the coast out of its base at Larrima.
The population of Tulyamin is not highly religious, but temples are kept in each city to the most important of the ancestral deities. The first would be Lohfa, Who Makes Things Grow, followed by Ghamia, the River Lady. Vreenon, Who Loves Birds, and Selena, the Peaceful Lady, also have temples. One of the closest friends of Prince Diodorus is a wizard, Kabwe Mefume; his research discovered that the worship of Ahtizerr, Who Loves Magic, is really a very old-fashioned form of devotion to Thasizier, the god of goodness and magic, who is the patron deity of an important wizards’ school on the island of Jah Sezar in the eastern Reaping Sea. That being the case, Thasizier’s temples were updated just a few years ago, and the priests were sent to learn anything more they needed to know about the worship of their true deity.
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