The Notharian Empire

## Inhabitants

### Species

Humans, goblinoid, orcs, lizardfolk, minotaurs, tabaxi, loxodon, shifters, monsterous beings

The Notharian Empire is a nation in Reth'car. It is a totalitarian empire, with a vast array of different species who has been forcibly been made part of the nation. It has vast stretches of lands across many kinds of climates, with just as diverse people living there. It is known for three things in Reth'car: their women, their caste system and the various species living in the Empire.

## Culture

### Food

Common ways of preserving food includes olive oil preservation, drying milk into a paste called gundah, cheese, yoghurt and milled grain.

## People

   When children reaches the age of 9, or the equivalent for other races or species, they are taken in by the state to be given a education which is used to evaluate their most suited position. While most are able to return to their previous homes after their education is complete, people are reolacted over the nation as needed.

A Notharian they will only address you with your full name, unless they are close kin or closer friends.

Notharian shops often uses flags instead of signs since the overall lack of wood in major parts of the empire.

### Gender

The women of the Empire are seen as dragons, dangerous and beautiful. They are strong and demand to be treated as such, but they are not allowed to physically fight in the army or in the arenas. This is because fighting is a male profession proclaimed by the first empress. Only women are allowed to be trained in arcane magic of any kind, and those are made to serve the empress.

Boys are trained from a young age to fight, and only those who survive or avoid getting crippled during training are allowed to join the warrior cast. Those who show great promise or have powerful families are recruited as priests by the church of Wee Jas. This means that only the priests and few merchants know how too read among the men of the empire.

It is always up to the woman to propose towards the man, and during the courtship the man is suppose to give his bride to be a knife with the words, "If I ever displease you, use this knife on me. "

### Castes

There are four different casts, Muqadas, Rumh, Sihri, and Daeif.

#### Rumh

The common soldiers are trained to be lightly armored and fast on their feet, giving them similiar abilites as monks.

Those who cant fight or serve Wee Jas are not treated with the same respect as those who can.

When a warrior dies in battle it is his right to have his skull cleaned by his kin and placed inside of the empires temple as a reward.

For a long time, The Notharian Empire had a dedicated social group dedicated to fighting undead. After Trailblazers however, this group lost its purpose as the undead didn't rise in force anymore. Gladiatorial games have been on the rise in the empire after the threat of the undead disappeared.

#### Sihri

The empress have monopoly on the magic users in Notharian. If a noble wanted to use a magicians service they would have to partition the empress and ask if they could borrow one of her mages.

If one of the mages were to cause havoc or unrest in Notharian, the crown will send their mage hunters to track and take care of the menace. They dress in a hexagon scale mail built of talismans made to protect them from magic. Their faces are hidden by a mask of white wood portraying a skull. They are usually armed with knives in various sizes and metals.

## Geography

The tempel of gilded skulls is the holiest place of worship in the empire, its guardian is the keeper of bones.

The lands owned by the emerald andrah are known for their unique white oak that the empire have never traded.

The lands are poor in natural resources, having less wood and metal compared to other regions. Amongst the few useful minerals there are includes zinc, cinnabarite and magnesium.

Each province in the empire has a leading family that is given power to them from the empress to rule in her name. These families in the different provinces are part of the council of gems, and none of these families can become empress. Unfortunately these provinces are often ruled by a specific race so a lot of conflicts occur between different provinces.

Human capital province

Ruby: Lizardfolk

Topaz: Hob Goblins

Saphire: Bugbears

Dimonde: Minotaurs

Emerald: Orcs

Amathyst: Tabaxi

Garnet: Centours

Peal: Loxodon

## Relations

The Notharian Empire neighbours Lahal to the west, Cidarn to the north, Tir Bor La and Veshi to the east and coastally Dorthu Eratha and Narel to the south.