A mostly flat bowl of
Endless Steppes, grasslands and herds of large herbivores, populated by nomadic hunter / warrior tribes and four legged predators.
The default
Artifice level is
Primitive.
Nations:
Of Interest:
- Atlovs: Travelling Merchants and Entertainers
EditRegional Politics
There are no real politics to speak of in Stepizia. The Adahem control the southern plains and the Khor-da control the northern steppes. When they meet, they either have a tense parley or fight.
As the Adahem are far less bellicose than the Khor-da, trade between Civizia and Orizia moves through the northern edge of their lands via a long and mostly straight hard-packed road called the Asulka (literally, "The Silk Road" in Civizian). There are campgrounds situated roughly one days worth of travel from each other all along the route. As long as outsiders stick close to the road and these camps the Adahem generally leave them alone; though in hard years of drought or bad hunting predations are more likely to occur.
To the north, in the frozen peat bogs and the the long taiga stretches between Norizia and the Khor-da lands lies Zlavikia, a land of hardy and dour humans. The Zlavikians have no real political leanings as a whole. Some of the fiefdoms resist incursions by Orcs from the south or human raiders from the northlands, while others prefer to tithe their way out of trouble, and still others prefer to abandon their homes temporarily and hide out in the bogs or forests until any invaders opt to depart their lands. And to be sure, in the end invaders always do end up leaving sooner rather than later; this is a dreary land of little prospects and unpleasant for all save the most hardbitten.
The Atlovians travel more or less freely through the lands of the Zlavikians and also the Khor-da Hordelandes. For reasons that are unknown to outsiders, Atlovians are never attacked or molested by even the most blood thirsty of hordes; they travel and trade freely and are welcomed by the normally aggressive Orcs.
EditAdahem
The Adahem respect the Khor-da as ferocious warriors, but no more than that.
EditKhor-da Hordes
The Khor-da think the Adahem make good camp slaves, but put up enough of a fight to make the taking of them something to be done with great caution.
EditZlavikia
The Zlavikians generally just dislike everyone equally. Orcs are natural enemies. The Adahem are far away and generally believed to be myths.
Regions of Barbarica