Syaitar

Syaitar, also known as the kingdom of Syaitar or the Lichdom of Syaitar, is a small isolated nation of mages and undead located on an island between the continents of Fjordal and Muneya.

## History

### Prehistory and Founding

In ancient times the lands of Syaitar were ruled by the noble house of Aitar. The island had been nothing more than an inhospitable rock used as a fortress and prison of a long lost empire. Despite this the island is where the family of Aitar remained ruling over what garrisons prisoners and other working folk lived on the unforgiving land. Little remains of the history or fall of the empire and the Aitar nobility but it is said the lich king himself feels remorse for his actions in those days having a hand in the end of his own family. His hands were bloodied by hubris and eyes blinded by power. He remained on the island and used it as his own isolated laboratory and testing grounds.

Over centuries adventures and explorers had come to the island not realizing it was inhabited by a lich. By word of mouth and written letters more flocked to the island, some in search of magical knowledge or cures to curses and disease, others looking for a safe place to stay. This was particularly true for the sentient undead, and cursed as well as mages and sorcerers looking for a safe place to research and practice dangerous and particularly dark magics and practices. Eventually the population grew on the island and government was formed led by the original inhabitant of the isle and a picked council of mages, forming the Lichdom of Syaitar officially.

## Geography

### Physical Geography

Syaitar is located in the far south west of Valeon.

The island that Syaitar is located on has several mountains and plateaus located on it, There are no rivers or bodies of water flowing or otherwise. The island has gravel and stone shores that slope up into snow laden fields and hills that progress into mountains as you go further inland.

The island itself is located in the frozen south western corner of Valeon surrounded by thick ice making traversal not impossible but very hazardous.

## Biodiversity

The lands of Syaitar has sparse to rare spruce and fir tree growth along its more inland hills and slopes where most of the island is home to a tough dense grass and lichen that cover the stones and open spaces of the island.

A species of bore known as pordia can be found exclusively here adapted to the harsh cold climate with thick dense fur and hardy fat. The living population of the island have domesticated some of these bores and use them for food and clothing as well as oils provided by the fat.

## Climate and Weather

the climate of Syaitar is polar tundra. The weather trends wetter receiving  snowfall a majority of the fall winter and spring. The summers are brief and dry usually going without any precipitation at all and temperatures rise to a few degrees above freezing allowing for snow and ice to melt but not entirely dissipate. The summers are considered far more dangerous due to the melting of the snow and ice. The ice sheets around the island become much more perilous to navigate as the ice is far thinner and can crack more easily.

The Sea just beyond the ice is warmer but mixing with the change in temperature creates volatile raging waters with large waves heavy freezing rainfall and high winds.

## Government

The government of Syaitar is relatively simple with the lich king being the figure head of the nation, while a hand picked council of six mages actually manage the island and its foreign interactions. The council will look to the king for matter beyond themselves, tie breakers in votes and emergencies. The king can also over rule anything done by the council or ruled by them righting wrongs and rooting out corruption. The Lich kings intervention is rare and he tends to be hands off observing the councils decisions.