Three Sisters

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The **Triarchy of the Three Sisters**, or just "**The Sisters**" is an island state south of Scimitaria. It's named as such because it's comprised of three islands: Kabal, Tyr and Nekiz.

## History

The first settlement on these islands was the fortress of Nekiz, which gave its name to the island itself. It was built by the Azanneese over a thousands years ago, as a means of defense against the warring Drow. After the wars, it was subsequently abandoned, and its inhabitants turned to fishing as a means to provide for themselves.
This population of humans quickly spread to the neighboring islands of Tyr and Kabal, who founded the cities of Kabal (on the eponymous island) and Gaius (on Tyr). The islands had remained relatively poor, until a species of sea slug was discovered in the waters near Kabal. As these slugs came in many different vibrant colours, the people of the Sisters were able to use its secretions in order to extract fabulous colours from them, which soon became their main export. These dyes are characteristic for their durability and the seemingly infinite shades and hues they provide. The Sisters soon became immensely rich due to the dye trade, with thousands of merchants moving to the islands within a generation. Soon enough, the three cities grew in size and importance, and they soon established a government consisting of three Triarchs - one from each island - who ruled in unison.

## People

Sistermen are considered boisterous, flamboyant and greedy. They love bright colors, dyeing their hair and beards brightly in colors such as maroon, scarlet, orange and vermilion. They are considered queer by the Azanneese and even their islander neighbors. Their language is a corrupted version of Azaneese. Moreelsians and Hithloneans consider their accents ludicrous.

## Economy

Gaius, Nekiz and Kabal are merchantile cities, where trade is considered a much more honorable profession than arms. Many banks are present in the Sisters, its merchants having amassed enormous wealth in their vaults. Sistermen dyers are able to manipulate the colours of the sea slugs by changing their diets.

The Triarchy is also deeply involved in the slave trade, and Sistermen slavers are known to be especially aggressive. They even sail beyond the Adamantine Archipelago, in search of slaves from the lands of the hobbits, gnomes and brownies. Most of the slaves in the west are a result of the Triarchy's monopoly on slave trade.

## Cities

The main cities of the Sisters are Nekiz, Kabal and Gaius.

### Nekiz

   Nekiz was the first settlement in the Sisters, originally a fortress town. It's now considered the administrative capital of the Triarchy, although it has the smallest population of the three cities. It's protected by brim, white walls and there's a huge tower near its Harbor that serves as a lighthouse. It's in Nekiz that the Triarchs hold their meetings and official festivities, Even though slaves are numerous and outnumber the local populace in every city, Nekiz is the worst offender of all. Slaves outnumber the freeborn four to one, and sellswords are particularly common.

### Gaius

Gaius is the most populous city in the Triarchy, located in the biggest island of the sisters, Tyr. Gaius has many factories and is home to all manner of craftsmen offering every ware possible and one can even find the occasional con-man or shady dealer. The city is also home to numerous banks and even has a zoo. There's no official army, but there's a secret service that operates there. Gaius is known as the "City of a Thousand Gods" thanks to hundreds of temples devoted to hundreds of gods that dot its streets. One can even find temples dedicated to Drow or even Witch Elven gods.

### Kabal

Kabal is known as the economic capital of the Triarchy, as its in this city where most of the Sisters' dyers are based. There are over a dozen banks in the city's premises, as well as insurance companies. It's particularly known for its colourful buildings and walls that surround it, which are painted from the dyes extracted from the sea slugs. Some call it "the city of Rainbows". Pleasure houses are common in Kabal.

## Religion

There's no official religion in the Sisters. The locals worship a plethora of gods, while others follow the old faith of Azan. The slaves in Gaius find fortitude in prayer thanks to the myriad of temples that house gods from all over the known world.

## Government

The Triarch of each island is chosen from among the members of a conclave of the wealthiest and noblest of each city. He rules for 8 years, although examples of longer reigns have been recorded.

The Triarch of Nekiz is Brusco Saeleris, an old man with a sturdy build that used to be a sellsword in his younger days.

Yuuri Flatro is the Gaius' Triarch, a passionate young man with a quick temper who's family is said to hail from Blesire settlers.

The Triarch of Kabal is Elian Quanis, a flamboyant man with shoulder-length blonde hair, who's proud of his heritage as one of the first settlers in the Sisters.

## Geography

The Sisters are relatively flat islands. Foreign merchants have noted how some of the beaches in the less populated areas are so clean you can see staright to the bottom. The sea around the Sisters is known as the "Sea of Tranquility" thanks to its calm waters.

## Millitary

The Triarchy has a large fleet, most of it leased or bought from the large shipyards of Hithlone. During times of war, the Triarchs use their influence among the bankers in order to employ an impressive amount of mercenaries from Furlaniya, Azan and Ampleazzo.

## Foreign Relations

### Hithlone

Relations with the Terpsytheans are mostly cordial, although there have been attempts of Hithlone merchants to try and seize part of the dye production in the past. The Triarchy would support them in a war against the Drow.

### Moreelse

Even though a fellow human nation, the relationship between the two aren't perfect. Despite Moreelse's nobles claiming resassuring the triarchy that the situation is under control, many Hydra's Eyes scientists have been disturbing the Triarchy's operations in the Kinogg Jungles, as well as pushing the White Death narcotic in the streets of Gaius.

### Kinnog

The main source of slaves for the Triarchy. Slavers have built bases there that they use to comb out the jungles in search of elusive Orcs and Dwarves to capture.

### SonQo Temples

The slavers avoid this place and for good reason. Nothing good can come from the cursed monks of the temples.

### Red Lotus Congregation

Another source of slaves for the slavers of the Sisters. However, in the last years the Holy Guard have fought back mercilessly, even successfully repelling some of the raids.

### Orc'Eire

Although they don't directly interact with the island of Orc'Eire, many of their orcs have been captured as slaves in the jungles of Kinnog. Therefore, these Orcs share a deep hatred not only for the Sistermen, but for all humans as a whole.

### The Drow

Same goes for the Drow, although many Drow slaves in the Sisters are a result of the Triarchy's slavers buying them off the hands of human rebel groups in the Drow's lands.