Aaydda

The Sultan's Playground

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2% Genasi

1% Others

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Aaydda was one of the Realms of Ahlus.

## History

Aaydda is one of six nations that once made up the vast continent spanning Empire of Raq, an entity that had existed for centuries before its eventual collapse.

The Empire of Raq enjoyed prosperous rivalries with its neighbouring states, but this would in time catch the eye of the King of Tulis, seeking to expand the dominion of his lands. King Aubin IV Allaire would barter passage of his armies through the territories of Lachlen through a marriage between his son and heir and the daughter of the ruler of the neighbouring Kingdom, whilst legions of mercenaries swept through passages weaving through the Ironfangs to strike from the east.

King Aubin brought with him mages and wizards from the Guild of the Crimson Blossom, and their joined might would fell the Grand Empire. As part of their agreement, the Guild would claim the gemstone mines that were rich and numerous along the eastern aspect of the territory, whilst Tulis sought to reap the benefits of its new lands. The Empire had been built upon hundreds of miles of fertile grasslands, its coasts forested and ripe with sturdy timber. A booming population provided workforces and armies beyond that of the Tulisian borders, but this would in time serve against the Allaire family’s interests.

Supposedly granted a vision in the dark of tunnels winding, a miner would throw down his pick and instead turn upon his masters, wielding magical abilities previously unseen. Men resolute screamed themselves to death in the night and any that attempted to cut him down found themselves crushed into the dusty cobbles by hands of great unstoppable force. The more learned have since mused that the miner surely located the vessel of a genie of some sort, on account of the sudden development of powers, but in time even this would falter. Having served the purpose intended, the being behind these talents cast him aside, claiming another and another, stirring rebellion and dissent across Tulisian-occupied Raq. Eventually, an injured military general, left blinded from the wars when Tulis first invaded was regranted his sight in exchange for servitude. The man that would become the Sultan Igmilum would cause the fracturing of the Empire of Raq, forcing Tulisian administrators out and prompting immediate civil war and struggles over dominion of the lands of the Ivory Emperors.

Igmilum has since been believed to be merely a pawn of the patron of his magic abilities, his leash held far tighter than by those others that make pacts with beings primordial and ancient. Aaydda was ruled from its capital of Aayd Daya by the Sultan, although very few doubt who truly rules the territory as weekly offerings were expected to be pledged in the name of Aayddayadaya, by the orders of the Sultan himself.

## Relations

Aaydda, built upon lands rich in valuable luxuries such as gemstones and hardwoods found much trade with the surrounding Realms of Ahlus, including that of Tulis, Gawylthlan and Nidaynia. Conflicts commonly brewed between the Realm and that of the Duchies of Tynd however, most commonly so with the northernmost Duchy of Nolheimia, prompting the construction of Aayddayadaya's Wall.