Asturia

Asturia is a country in the Windrose world. It borders no other countries by land, but is in close proximity to the countries of Papillon, Grand Abies, and Coire by sea. It is also notable for mostly being developed by Burn instead of by Jay and Siv.

## History

At some point in the distant past, the islands of Asturia were a lush and beautiful paradise. A being known as the Serpent God resided on Asturia, likely fulfilling some kind of important role. It is unknown if humans lived on Asturia at this point in time, but it is unlikely.

Years later, a group of humans crash landed and washed up on the shores of Asturia. Following their arrival, some sort of event occurred on Asturia that dramatically altered the state of the landscape. The landscape and animals became dangerous and horrific, and the human inhabitants were cursed in a variety of ways. The Serpent God also died at some point in history, which could possibly be related to this transformation of the country. His corpse is now used as an underground tunnel system that connects the two islands.

In the modern era, Asturia is a rarely visited land inhabited by ravenous warrior clans and equally ravenous beasts. Very few people enter, and very few leave.

## Geography and Ecology

Asturia is divided into two major islands named Yan-Asturia and Kor-Asturia. Yan-Asturia, the northern island, has a tropical rainforest climate, whereas Kor-Asturia, the southern island, has a more arid hot desert climate. The country possesses a wide variety of strange and dangerous flora, fauna, and abiotic features, including rocks with the taste and nutrient quality of animal meat, giant bee-like insects that produce toxic crystals instead of honey, a variety of giant monsters, and many other dangerous entities. Asturia also possesses a unique type of Skysteel that is particularly ravenous, even without the influence of Caligite.

There is no sugar present on Asturia. Instead, most Asturians use cherries and cherry juice as a sweetener.

## Political Structure

Little is known about Asturia's political structure. It is known to have provinces, and the local political structure seems to be divided among various clans. The exact relationship between clans and the central government are unknown.

## Culture

Asturian culture is well-known for being violent. Many Asturians are warriors or monster hunters, and hunting a dangerous monster together is seen as an expression of camaraderie, friendship, or even romantic interest. Asturians hold the Xiphosi Champions in extremely high regard as legendary warriors. As previously mentioned, Asturian society is divided into many clans. New clans can also be created when a married couple separate from their families and establish their own territory as a family. Asturians value names little, and many Asturians change their name throughout their lives.

Asturia uses a Base-16 number system, making it difficult for foreign mathematicians to understand.

Asturian Magic is unique among magical frameworks. Mages focus less on channeling their magic into specific spells and more on training their magic as a raw instinct, usually by testing it in multiple repeated near-death situations. This is specifically done to build a unique fighting style around their magic, rather than applying it in more scholarly ways.

Asturia has many different bloodlines residing in the country, a large amount of which where created during the country's original corruption. Some known bloodlines include tiger-people, snake-people, and spider-people. There are also some bird-people.

### Asturian Calendar

Asturian mathematicians have developed a unique calendar used by Asturians. An Asturian week is divided into four days, with each day being forty-two Asturian hours long. Each day is split into twenty-one-hour halves of "light" and "dusk", with each day associated with a moon phase. For example, the first day in a week is twenty-one hours of new light, then twenty-one hours of new dusk, followed by waxing, full, and waning days until the week repeats.

An Asturian year consists of eight twenty-three day months. Each month has a day and an associated animal, besides the month of Regeneras. The month of Furallis is considered the first month, and Regeneras is the last. The months are as follows:

1. Furallis, Month of the Tiger
2. Deciduae, Month of the Serpent
3. Avaritus, Month of the Shark
4. Inviduae, Month of the Spider
5. Superbius, Month of the Wolf
6. Ingluviae, Month of the Octopus
7. Desiderus, Month of the Moth
8. Regeneras, Month of Renewal

## Notable Magical Phenomena

### The Faded

Within the Serpent God's corpse, there is a variety of undead-like beings known as "the Faded". Nothing is known about their history or behavior, just that they exist.

### The Hunger

A notable curse carried by all Asturians is "the Hunger". This curse makes it so that an Asturian is never sated by food, and will always carry some level of hunger that they can only dull, never truly quench. As a result, Asturians can be known to intake massive amounts of food very quickly without ever becoming full. It is unknown if the Hunger affects the metabolism of Asturians or if it just elicits a feeling of hunger.

## Trivia

* The name "Asturia" comes from editing the word "Atria", the upper part of the heart. This name means "the heart of the nation". It is unknown if this is also the in-world reason for the name of the country