Fact Box for Kaspia

Here is are fact boxes for the region of Kaspia. 

This will be the focus of the next high-res and textless atlas maps that will be published next week, exclusively for Acolytes, followed by the normal version and encyclopaedia entries the week after that.  

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This boreal land is located in the far north of Llachatul, just south of the Sea of Daggers, and separated from Sabia by the Sea of Bielost, better-known as the White Sea. It is known for its boreal forests and cold, windswept plains, that are home to vast herds of wild beasts and large fortified settlements that provide shelter against the elements.

Kaspia originated with the discovery of the White Angel Tahira by the peasant girl Huldah in the north of Eldria in around 1500 RM. This brought about a religious and cultural renaissance there, many aspects of which remain common to this day. The rise to power of the controversial Orrex caste in 2185 RM  saw Eldria gripped by a civil war that left it sundered in two, with its eastern territories becoming known as Elliadha in 2205RM.

What followed were centuries of conflict as Elliadha remained a land divided, with no true power able to unite its people, all while Eldria succumbed to the decadence and tyranny of the Orrex, who eventually let the empire collapse in 2682 RM, allowing the disparate Elliadhan states to expand into its lost territories. By around 3100 RM the state of Kaspia had grown powerful enough to challenge the neighbouring states, leading to decades of conflict in which the other states allied against Kaspia, leading to the formation in 3305 RM of the Elliandhan League, ruled over by the Kaspian Hegemony, which survives to this day.

Kaspian economy is reliant on the many natural resources common to the region, including ambergris and whale oil, as well as amethyst alcohol that is popular across Llachatul, which has become its largest industry.

The people of Kaspia are devout and hard-working, though are seen as superstitious by outsiders, with their many archaic customs and the ubiquitous use of the so-called Wings of Tahira in their architecture, fashion, and art.