Scerynias

Scerynias, also known as the "Southern Eastlands" is a region between the Eastlands proper and Qimha.

## Geography

Scerynias lies within a massive river valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The land of this region is mostly flat with scattered small lakes and highlands in between the region's massive rivers. In the north of the region are the mighty Ispbent Mountains and the Bamelleirian Forest. In the interior of the region it gets drier; so much that the Great Heardian Grasslands even extend inwards into Scerynias.

In the ancient past, this Scerynias was filled with massive lakes at the lowest points in the valley when the mountains once enclosed the valley.

## History

### Ancient Times

In the distant pass the great valley "Scerynias" was home many magnificent creatures beyond human description; in this age the land was ruled by a a great precursor empire who supposedly ruled from the Ispbents all the way to Scblouqaran coast, according to the Qimhanese. The Qimhanese also sees this civilization as their precursors and claim they are descended from them.

### Age of Phalinskya

Under the first Eastermen empire, Phalinskya, Scerynias was invaded but wasn't settled much by the Eastermen; this lack of interest to colonize this fertile land was uncharacteristic of Phalinskya. However its now believed due to the settlement of the Starsflow Valley and Cirum the Empire just lacked the interest to largely populate Scerynias. Instead Phalinskyian policy toward the native Qimhanese in the region was co-existence. This was mainly due to the common racial theory that all near Eastermen species who were vaguely "Human" would assimilate into the "superior" Eastermen culture. Thus the Qimhanese population of the region were allowed to keep their lands and their states became vassals to the empire; even Qimha proper was reduced from a once mighty empire to a protectorate of Phalinskya.

### Intermediate Period

Scerynias was eventually Eastermanized as predicted by imperial officials and this created an unique culture that still exists to this day in the great valley.

### Post-Phalinskya

Since the fall of Phalinskya, Scerynias has been in a state of disarray. The once Qimhanese vassals under the Empire were able to gain independence, and the few Eastermen settler fiefdoms on the Eastlands frontier entered warfare with the radical Qimhanese irredentists.

Already suffering internal instability Scerynias was invaded by the Cossack Hetmanate to their west, and the Cossacks were able to establish their own state in the western most portion of Scerynias.

Another threat to the region of as a whole is Eastermen expansion from Bamelleir. Originally Bamelleir was a march of the Empire of Phalinskya and later Estiandsya; it was their goal to protect the Eastlands from Qimhanese advances north. This status quo ended when the Queens of Hacellton declared independence from the Empire of Estiandsya a few decades ago. Since then the Queens of Bamelleir have sponsored the Order State of Hurresya (the once tryant rulers of Imperial Qimhan), to expand into the vast lands of Scerynias to bring their culture and prosperity to the virgin lands of Scerynias; by any means necessary. The fanatic Hurresya will accomplish this task not only for Bamelleir but for all Eastermen.