Fact Boxes for Abacardat and the Jahadat States

Here are the fact boxes for the Sultanate of Abacardat and the Jahadat States. These will be the focus of the High-res and Textless next Atlas maps to be published for next week, exclusively for Acolytes.

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An abbreviated History of Abacardat and the Jahadat States

• c. 550 RM: the empire of Ummidia emerges in the east of Sammaea, around the Sea of Uhbataq. It resists most attempts at early Korachani colonisation within its territories, and eventually comes to trade with Noavatur.
• 1290 RM: the birth of Attrah.
• 1303 RM: the Upheaval of Lethea devastates Ummidia, leaving many of its cities toppled and its government in shambles. Coastal areas are destroyed by the resultant tsunamis. The empire crumbles over the next decade.
• c. 1330 - 1400 RM: the hero Attrah is instrumental in uniting the disparate peoples that have emerged in the wake of the destruction of Ummidia. The work he accomplishes continues after his death in 1378 RM, until the nation of Abacardat is born in 1401 RM.
• 1376 RM: Attrah dies. He goes on to become a culture hero in Abacardat.
• 1401 RM: the nation of Abacardat is born, and its capital is named Attrahasish in honour of Attrah.
• 2136 RM: the appearance (and supposed birth) of the otherworlder Jahinn near the settlement of Hamaran leads to a spiritual renaissance of sorts in the abandoned lands of western abacardat.
• c. 2136 - 2150 RM: spread of the so-called Jahinnid Faith across the east of abandoned Abacardat, stopping at the old capital of Attrahasish. It fails to move farther east due to the blockade overseen by Hemanat following the spread of Fahr’s Plague in 2138 RM. Salt features prominently in religious rites.
• 2138 RM: Fahr’s Plague decimates coastal areas around the Sea of Uhbataq, leading to a state of lawlessness in the west of Abacardat.
• 2138 - 2140 RM: The east weathers the calamity through careful planning, though there is political friction as the nation struggles to survive the plague. A police state emerges in the middle of the nation, centered in what is today the city of Hemanat, trying to contain the plague to the west in a bid to stop it from spreading further. It quarantines cities in the west and forbids travel killing those moving east from afflicted cities. This leaves the region fractured in two. The west rapidly wanes, with Hemanat growing stronger, founding cities farther east, around the Syashan river and lake Jehada. This divides what was once Abacardat into three - the plague-afflicted lands surrounding the old capital in the west; the cities of Hemanat in the centre, and the remnants of Abacardat in the far east, cut off from the heartland of the nation.
• c. 2140 - 2300 RM: territories under the control of Hemanat remain stable. Farther east the remnants of Abacardat stabilise and amid their isolation, oversee the founding of the reformed nation of Abacardat, abandoning any form of contact with the west. This new entity is centred around the three cities of Arhbah, Ashaija, and Miradas, which maintain contact with the Hemanati cities as well as Zhariah to the east and Anathul and Sabaisa across the Sea of Lethea. As a result, its people became adept at navigating the Sea of Lethea and combating its effects.
• 2187 RM: Hemanat loses much of its power and breaks away from Jahadat, as an independent city-state.
• 2285 RM: Kajaahwa, daughter of Jahinn, is born. Her mother dies in childbirth, becoming a martyr. Kajaahwa slowly supercedes Jahinn as a figurehead of the Jahinnid Faith and Jahinn becomes increasingly reclusive.
• 2294 RM: the cities founded by Hemanat surrounding the river Syashan are officially recognised as the Jahadat States for the first time, bringing them together under a confederacy.
• 2326 RM: emergence of the Jahinn Sultanate in Abacardat after halfblood descendents of the original Jahinn become prominent in the region, influencing politics and the economy through their actions. By the time the Sultanate rises, the Jahinn caste is already established and forming a ruling caste above others.
• c. 2470 RM: the Palace of the Stars is constructed atop the highest peak of the Uhbataqi Mountains. It becomes the primary residence of the otherworlder Jahinn, who becomes reclusive, shunning contact with mortals.
• c. 2540 - 2563 RM: the Abacardati Sultanate makes efforts to bring the Reformed Nation of Abacardat under its rule. This starts with political agreements and trade deals, though leads to war in 2561 RM. The war drags on for two years at the end of which eastern Abacardat surrenders to the Sultanate, bringing the two realms together.
• c. 2700 RM: Hemanat is reabsorbed by the Abacardati Sultanate.
• 3491 RM: the Jahinn halfblood Aldebarra is exiled for taking a human partner. Unbeknownst to those who exiled him, she is pregnant with his son - an act that would have warranted his execution had this been known. He travels north, into what would later become Sabaisa, becoming its first ruler.
• 3530 - 3895 RM: the knights of the Budding orchid (based in from Okkham) launch a religious crusade against the south - Abacardat, the Jahadat States and Zhariah - leading to much conflict in the region. The crusades are largely ineffectual in spreading their faith, ut they return home with great riches and spoils.