Human Kingdoms of Atakumi

The vast majority of humans on the continent of Atakumi reside in the Southern Plains, which covers approximately one-third of the total area of the continent and spans its entire Southern coast. This area was settled prior to the planar war, but became the primary location for human settlements as denizens from other planes populated the continent between 0-200 MA.

As of 600 MA, four major areas are recognised within the human populations of the Southern Plains, which are divided into twelve separate kingdoms. Each of the kingdoms, excluding the Port of Sano, has a capitol city of the same name as the kingdom.

## The Three Major Kingdoms

### Imonaite

Imonaite is the largest and oldest of the human kingdoms. It is also the only one with an Elven name.

#### History

The first settlement in the area was upon the site of Imonaite's capitol city in 10 MA. Seeking safety outside of the woods, which were quickly being populated with extraplanar races unfamiliar to the indigenous humans, a large group travelled South and established themselves near the coast. The area was quickly turned into an agricultural village, with a central building in which resided the Clan leader. The humans named this site Eraya.

As other humans established their own villages nearby, Eraya quickly became the central meeting point for smaller clans and groups without an established leader. Four times a year, in alignment with the solstices and equinoxes, there would be a large gathering wherein celebrations and a Thing would be held. For the next few decades, as these meetings continued and families in the area joined and expanded, the villages slowly became geographically cohesive.

Between 0-300 MA, the growing human populations of the Southern Plains conducted battles and skirmishes for the many reasons humans do. Though the leader of the Clan centered in Eraya changed every few generations, the city continued to expand and maintain itself. As the population continued to grow, it became necessary to establish a more comprehensive form of government, and in 237 MA the Kingdom of Eraya was formally established. It was the first kingdom established in the Southern Plains, and it quickly enveloped the smaller clans in the surrounding area, until it covered a sprawling area from the Western coast of the continent to a small ways into what is now delineated as Yarnen.

Tensions grew between the new kingdom and its larger neighbors, primarily over the possession of, and rights to, land and community. Before a proper war could break out, the humans of the Southern Plains found themselves suddenly vying for land with Dwarves to the West and South, and with Gnomes to the North. A simmering fear exploded into a territory war, which pitted race against race for over half a decade. When the dust settled, the formal boundaries of A'Sili and the Southern Plains were established, and the human kingdoms began to forge tenuous treaties based on their alliances during the war.

Actual record of the proceedings that led to the marriage of an elven knight to the successor of the throne were never officially made, or at least have been lost to time, but it came to pass that Kaisha Menonaine, Kiron of Queen Iluvia of Marenmir, was wed to Arik Arker, almost immediately after the end of the war in 301 MA. This union helped to solidify the peace between elves and humans specifically, and served as living proof that both races were moving on from the war itself. In honour of the union, the kingdom was renamed Imonaite.

Though the other large kingdoms of the time ostensibly took well to this display, it was what eventually led to the fracturing of the Minor Kingdoms. Kaisha Menonaine long outlived her first husband, and rather than remarrying, appointed a series of secondary rulers to serve as King Regents until her own death in 498 MA. A hereditary line of succession has been the rule since then.

#### Geography

Imonaite is the second-most Westerly kingdom in the Southern Plains.

#### Governance

Imonaite is a classic feudal structure. It is centrally governed by a King or Queen, who delegates to Lords who are in control of cities and their attached farmland. Imonaite's seat of power is its capitol city, with the same name as the kingdom at large. During the seventh century MA, the Okanis are the royal family.

## The Port of Sano

A bit of a misnomer, the Port of Sano encompasses a large collection of cities and villages clustered in close proximity which covers the entirety of the South-Western peninsula of the continent of Atakumi. Its economy is comprised almost entirely of maritime business, including fishing, pearl diving, boat-making, and maritime transportation. As of 650 MA, oceangoing vessels were not yet reliably constructed or used, however travel via rivers and the warm water coast ringing the Southern half of the continent was common.