info Overview
Name - What is Dry Lands’s full name?

Dry Lands

 
Type - What type of location is Dry Lands?

Desert

 
Description - Describe Dry Lands.

The Drylands are east of the Dakkur Bodden mountains. As far as any knows they extend along the Maltan sea until you run out of provisions. They also run the length of the mountains and as of yet, no signs of life have been found in that region. There are rumors of people who live in the middle. Queen Sabiya will be the first of the three kingdoms to reach them. These people are rich in gold and opals. They bury their dead in the catacombs underground, where they often find Opals as they dig the tombs. They believe the souls of the dead come back as opals. They are dark-skinned with short curly black hair and dark eyes. They wear exotic animal skins, linen, and silk. Their main deities are Mother Water and Father Sun. Interestingly, they also have a temple to the Raven Queen.
Beyond the Dakkur Bodden Mountains in the great sands is the Kijani kingdom along the Maji Mazuri river. Ten-day camel ride inland from the Maltan Sea, the three kingdoms have not been there, although they have a legend about these people. The river creates an oasis starting seven miles from the mountains and extending east about thirty, otherwise, it is mostly sand in every direction. They also do not cross the mountains, for the same reasons as the "Wetlanders". The mountains are impassable. There are two main cities and three small villages. One village, Hekalu, is at the place the river exits the mountains and is a temple to the Mother Water. Fifteen priests and ten priestesses live there. On the outskirts on the west side of the first set of hills against the mountains are the catacombs called the Kella Souri. The village of Shuja’A is on the northern river of Umfula. The last village is Jangwa, a temple to Father Sun, which has twenty priests and thirty priestesses'.
Five miles from the village of Hekalu is the first city, Tigema’A has 20,000 people. It is mostly grasslands with a few trees. Tigema’A stretches from the first tree of an oasis to the first falls along the Maji Mazuri river, at the bottom of the first falls the river enters an 8-mile canyon. This city produces silk, furs from the black-spotted Lesser mountain cat, oberhasli goats, melons, wheat, opals, and timber. The king’s brother B’Amder governs the city. The city is split into 6 sections, each section elects a representative (the title of Den) to speak for them as B’Amder’s council. B’Amder then sends 2 ambassadors(the title of Kin) to the king to represent the city. Priests and priestesses are not allowed to be Den or Kin.
Fifteen miles east of Tigema’A is the Capitol of Nyamphere. Population of 40,000. Nyamphere starts as the river exits the canyon and extends to the second falls. There are approximately 8 miles between the cities. The capital produces linen, camels, mbuzi goats, limestone quarries, gold, and wheat. Za B’Emdo is the king. Zha Ba Onuru is his daughter and next in line. When she is queen her name will be Za Ba Onuru. Za represents the ruler, B’ or Ba denote male and female respectively. Only the royal family may use B’ and Ba. Zha represents who is next in line. Zam is for the ruler’s spouse, male or female.
Za B’Embo is married to Zam Gaone. Their children are Zha Ba Onuru, B’Timnu, B’Dendon, and Ba Emang.

 
face Culture
Language - What languages are spoken in Dry Lands?

Kijani

 
Population - What is Dry Lands’s population?

62,000

 
Currency - What currencies are used in Dry Lands?

Jiwe, gold coins.

 
Laws - What are the laws in Dry Lands?

very egalitarian. Don't kill people, don't steal, et cetera.
Jaguar pelts are for the King and his heir only. Only the Queen and her daughters may paint their lips lapis blue.

 
Sports - What sports are played in Dry Lands?

Camel racing

 
business Cities
map Geography
Area - What kind of area is Dry Lands in?

Desert with two Oasises

 
Crops - What crops does Dry Lands produce?

Wheat, melon, coconut, dates, oranges, lemons, goats, silk, gold, and opals.

 
Located at - Where is Dry Lands located?

East of the Dakkur Bodden mountains, north of the Maltan sea and south of the White Sea.

 
Climate - What is the climate like in Dry Lands?

hot most of the time. Summer 80 at night to 115 F day and winter 70 day to 60 F at night.

 
date_range History
Founding Story - How was Dry Lands founded?

Their story is that Father Sun set them in these lands to be caretakers of the opal souls that lie in the mountains and along the river.

 
Notable Wars - What notable wars has Dry Lands been involved in?

Northmen's war. It is said that a thousand years ago people came from the mountains in the north to take over their gold and steal the opal souls of their ancestors. The Northmen were unprepared for the heat of the desert and lost the war, even though they outnumbered the Kiljani 20 to 1.

 
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