Kariam

Karim or Karimians, are a race of people found in Rathnir. Currently, they can be found in Al Soyuzia Emirates in the land of Marhib and another settlement called the El Mosh Emirate, comprising of mostly of Karimians in the Soleannan Imperium, in the region of Asterien, in the province of Suderen.
== History ==
The Kariamians have a long history comprising of several different eras. 
=== Pre-history ===
The Karim people wandered the desert for a around a month and were dumbfounded by the the lack of resources, food and water, as they barely managed to scrape by on the wildlife in the area. When they were about to give up, suddenly a sand cat was spotted going in the same direction as them. Seeing this cat, the travelers were filled with enough resolve, thinking to themselves that "If a cat could survive somewhere as hostile an environment as this land, then why can't we?" After some time of travel, the tribespeople arrived at the settlement of Omegacity and were welcomed with open arms and were allowed to set up a sanctuary within the city's borders, and even built their own walls around it. The Karim named the camp "Constantinia". Eventually the Kariam people gathered enough funds to re-settle somewhere else permanently, as Omegacity had just recently been formed after brutal civil war that left both sides devastated. They called this new outpost "Al Karim". 
=== Gladia Period ===
Basically the people were discussing about what they should first build in this newfound settlement. One person said first to build housing, another mentioned farms, but the last mentioned a house of worship. They decided to build this first instead, with the help of people from the city state of Al Ashayrah, whom the Karimians deeply respected due to their similar faith and political opinions and aid given to each other mutually during times of need as the Karimians traded many valuable books and crops to the Ashayrahans. These created the structure, and was named by both leaders of these respective settlements as "Nador". After this they did everything else, and then walls as there was a threat of war near a nation due to them thinking of the tribespeople were mostly inactive in their development. This nation was called Nirdama. After a decisive victory by the Karimians after gathering plenty , as war trophies they decided to take their banner and war treasury. The situation on the continent of Gladia started to calm down, the largest city on the continent, New Whales, promoted propaganda about the end of end the world. The subject of the posters was mostly about the destruction of the entire continent. Before that occurred, during the nearing of "end-times" the Karimians finally managed to expand to the beaches of Djezair, securing a small coastline enough for small boats to dock. After a few weeks of the construction of the dock, the end of the continent did indeed come. The Karimians unperturbed, decided to set sail to resettle once more to find the "promised land" that would serve as refuge in this time of peril. 
=== Polis Period ===
After month of sailing with many perilous close calls, the Karimian tribespeople finally arrived on the shores of Polis, where they decided to settle on northern beaches. Polis was significantly more advanced than Gladia, having gunpowder weaponry and moderately advanced industrial machinery. They named this settlement the Emirate of Al Suizeea. Al Suizeea after some time grew to become the largest exporter of iron on the continent, so much so that they had 8 beacons and could buy their way out of war no matter what. The only reason Al Soyuzia was due to an ongoing feud between leaders of the settlement on who could produce the most iron. After the settlement was constructed, the expanded to a new settlement named in honor of a freedom fighter named "Black Dragon" who fought for the rights of the Indigenous people of the region. They named the land New Djezair, because it reminded them of their homeland, being an expansive desert that stretched until the horizon. This new settlement would be called Tizi. The settlement remains there until this day, known for high quality crop production, namely carrots of all variety. 
=== Rathnir period ===
Eventually, during the slow decadence of their Union of Al Soyuzia and across the rest of the world of Polis the Karimians decided to send an expedition to discover a new world, the world of Rathnir. How they came here is unsure, some believe the worlds are secretely connected because of the fact that some members of the inhuman Horde also have a connection to Polis, others believe the worlds to be seperate and that the Karimians somehow arrived via for example a portal or other magical devices. Lastle, some believe the world of Polis never existed, yet there is rather little evidence to sustain this theory, as the Karimians are importing pieces of literature from Polis and high profile members of the Horde being former citizens of Polis.
Al Mosh had a troubled beginning because of their corrupted union with another state called Krasnograd. Under this uneasy union they had a Socialist Emirate government, where there were two regions under control of 2 differant leaders, one Emir, and one Prime Minister. However, a member known as Thanis attempted to coup both government which ended turning into a bloody civil war. Thanis lost the civil war but fixed his relation with Al Mosh. Eventually however, Thanis seeked more power and abandonned his former town of Krasnograd to attempt two failed coups in Heimstadt. Thanis also released a book only to Al Mosh which is now still under high protection within the Royal vault. The Emirate of Al Mosh banner displays their former ideology, but the colors mean differant things nowadays. The Blue crescent stood for the Emirate, while the red background stood for their socialist counterpart, however it is important to note that despite the system of krasnograd being almost exactly the same as socialism their high profile member Thanis continuosly claimed that their government was actually communist. Nowadays the Crescent still stands for the Emir, but the Red represents all the bloodshed the Karimians went through to ensure their safety and continued existance.
Al Mosh, in a simmilair fashion to Al Karim, had a troubled start. Al Mosh had an incredibly poor economy and relied almost purely on their very minor ore reserves. The first buildings constructed were the watchtower, the main government building, and most importantly the Royal Quarters of Al Mosh. Throughout time however, Al Mosh came to increase in wealth, members, industry, and size due to their focussing on niches such as horse breeding, assisting in war efforts, brew manufacturing, and cats. Alongside those the Emir also on occasion does work for the higher government.
During the Soleanen civil war, Al Mosh participated by selling Rockets to Amir and handing them a series of strategies they developed, becoming the first proper usage of rocket warfare.
=== Special features ===
Due to their hardened upbringing, the Karimians have formed a culture of self preservation, forming hardy stomachs and using their environment to their advantage. Alongside this it is also commonly believed that Karimians hold a special connection to cats, both figuratively and literally. Karimians can communicate with cats and incorporate cats into their daily lives. Within Al Mosh there exists an Island entirely run by cats, with their governer being a sandcat by the name of ašemrari, translating to white in the language commonly spoken by Karimians.
Category:Races
Category:Traveler's Era