Fact Box for Etua

Here is the fact box for the city-states of Etua, a landlocked arid region dominated by deserts and Atramental wastelands.

This will be the focus of the next high-res and textless atlas map that will be published next week, exclusively for Acolyte patrons and higher followed by the normal version the week after that.

The Encyclopaedia Elyden is already updated with all the relevant entries related to the regions and their history, so you can check them out there.

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ETUA

A nation in the c north of Sammaea, nestled between the south east of the Surrach and the north west of Kharkharadontis. It is of a dry continental climate, with very little running water. Most settlements must dig deep wells or rely on aquifers or rare few oases that dot its more hospitable regions in order to survive. Much of its land is covered in deserts, with the Dune Sea of Kharkharadontis spilling over into its eastern territories, and its c western lands dominated by the scattered stone deserts of Giggeragh.

Its people are insular and hardy and quite unlike humans found elsewhere, with skin tones that range from red, to brown, and black, amongst others, and features that echo those of other mortal peoples, indicating a mixed heritage, perhaps from ancient unions with between humans, lhaus, keratin and/or shie.

Most Etuani people are nomadic, moving from watering-hole to watering-hole, careful not to deplete any resource completely in any place they stop, out of respect for others who may follow. They are adept trackers, navigating their harsh homeland in even the harshest weather. This lifestyle breeds a culture of people who are highly militant, with most children capable of stripping and firing firearms and competent in close combat.

It is considered a state by most outsiders, though this is not really the case. Its people do share a cultural heritage dating back to the early Fifth Age, though most cities are self-governing with little in the form of an overarching government. One unifying factor is the Gibbering Worm – the uncaring chthonic deity at the centre of a harsh religion that dominates most aspects of life in the region. Its elders rule the majority of Etuani cities under a tyrannical theocracy, who together form a network of leadership and intelligence across Etua.

Little is known of the regions’ history for the Etuani people do not share their culture and history with outsiders.

Etuani merchants are known to trade gems north west with the Surrach and east with Moah on occasion. Its architecture is known for its star-shaped arches, the negative shape of which is a common motif, likely dating back to an ancient precursor culture.