Gezza

A small country on the Skahazadani coast of the Levanthian Sea, equally feared and shrouded in myth. Gezza is cut off from the rest of the mainland by the Eunisian mountains in an exceptionally hostile, but fruitful coastal region shaped by extensive volcanic activity, which is said to cause the shallows and reefs around it to boil. The people of Gezza speak their own foreign language and worship strange idols of black stone. To this day, little is known of their society and culture. Only few scholars have visited Gezza and the only others traversing the waters around the country are Sylozi traders heading to the Sub-eunisian lands of the far south. 
Gezza is centred around the nine Ashen Forts, structures seemingly constructed from solid black stone, with no clear traces of human hands, built atop active volcanos. All we know of these forts is that 3 of them are currently inhabited and there are mines and forges deep in the smouldering volcanic rocks where the Gezkari produce the most wondrous metals and, some even claim, artifacts with arcane properties. 
==Culture==
Gezkari are short, with pitch-black skin and most seem to be born with white hair, although a Gezkari's are fiery red, a trait not found elsewhere in the Skahazadans. Many Gizkari suffer from a special birth defect, being either partially or completely born with scales or leathery skin. They worship idols of black stone, make sacrifices to dragon altars, and appear to have certain rituals during nighttime. Agriculture is thriving and fruits and berries grow here which are found nowhere else, but seeing as volcanic eruptions are fairly common, their villages appear rather primitive. They live in clay huts, their roofs made from thick, giant leaves of their strange black trees.
== Geography ==
The coasts of Gezza consist of pitch-black sand beaches. Further inland, black trees grow with large rubbery leaves, the length of a person. In stark contrast, their remaining plant life is apparently some of the most vibrant and colourful in the known world. Here, all manner of unknown creatures roam. Giant birds with tooth-filled beaks and fleshy wings circle the skies and all manner of creatures, both small and abnormally large, have been reported to crawl and burrow in the undergrowth, just beyond the Gezkari settlements.
Category:Countries
Category:Skahazadans