Tuzul

Home to the ferocious Dragonborn. This island in the Western Immeras often finds itself torn up by internal wars. Dragonborn are a prideful folk who value martial prowess over anything. Over its long history, this has lead to many great battles that have thankfully mostly been contained to Tuzul itself. Especially in Les Colverdants and Conivia the fear of Tuzulian unification is high, since the Dragonborn then usually decide to expand their borders in Occidacia.

Fah Kaan arkh Grah (for honour and battle)

## History

### Founding

The Dragonborn were born with a sense of pride. Because of this, they instantly felt the need to isolate themselves from, what they saw as, lesser creatures. Even the similarly scaly lizardfolk seemed pathetic to them. And so, the Dragonborn travelled to Tuzul, where they could train their fighting skills without being disturbed. Training together quickly lead to rivalry, which lead to conflict and the division of the Dragonborn into several clans. For millenia, this is how they would live: fighting amongst themselves to prove who was the strongest, only bothering to sail to the mainland when unified.

### Sahrot'Fus

Several small invasions were made in the first seven thousand years or so of Tuzulian civilization, but nothing lasted. This all changed when the most powerful Thur (leader of the Dragonborn) rose to power; the force attributed Sahrot'Fus. Under his leadership, the Dragonborn would conquer the coasts of the Immeras, from Conivia to Thalla. This empire would last close to 500 years, until the long living Thur was finally killed, after which the leaderless empire collapsed. They went back to their old ways after that; being an island of conflict far in the distance.

## Military

All Dragonborn can fight, as the first thing a young dragonborn learns is how to hold a sword. This is why it is one of those places similar to the night realm and Sylvaloque that you just, under every circumstance, leave alone. Thankfully their swords are mostly pointed at eachother. The Dragonborn fight according to one of 5 ways, also known as schools.

### The five ways of the sword

#### The way of water breathing.

This school is focussed on armour penetrating strikes. Much like water will flow through any gap or weak point, these Dragonborn have a keen analytic eye to spot weakness in armor and will attack with strong bursts to completely destroy it.

#### The way of lightning draw.

This school follows the philosophy of ''if you attack as many times as possible, something is bound to do damage''. Dragonborn trained in this school often use somewhat smaller and lighter weapons to attack quickly, not giving the enemy time to parry.

#### The way of wind slashing.

In a battle of endurance, these Dragonborn always come out on top. They use longer weapons to keep their enemies at a distance whilst they tire themselves out.

#### The way of earth cutting.

Requires the most physical strength out of any school, as this fighting technique revolves around defeating enemies with slow but powerful strikes that will do damage regardless of armour. These Dragonborn will often let the enemy have at them until they are able to get a single blow in, usually defeating the opponent instantly.

#### The way of wildfire.

The enemy can not predict your moves if you have no plans yourself. This way of fighting is chaotic, with Dragonborn often going into a berserk like rage as they slash their way across the battlefield.

### Attributes.

The Dragonborn use a special type of breathing armor that allows them to make use of certain elemental abilities in their fighting. They do not consider this as a magical ability, as the dragonborn despise magic as something that can only interfere with swordfighting. Most Dragonborn fall under one of three attributes:

* Fire
* Ice
* Electricity

There are some rare elements:

* Venom
* Metal
* Shadow

And then there are legendary attributes. The kind you see once in a lifetime.

* Light
* Life
* Force

## Dragon mages

There are some who would defy the way of the sword. Instead, they feel the sword only gets in the way of their true heritage; that of dragons. By drinking Dragon's blood these Dragonborn gain both wings and powerful arcane abilities. They become outcasts of Tuzul societies. Some lead small cults on Tuzul in secret, whilst others fly to the mainland to gain power there. A few have made their way to the resting places of the Dragons of old.

## Notable Dragonborn

### Thur Sahrot'Fus

Greatest military strategist in Dragonborn history who managed to not only unify Tuzul, but to keep an Immeras empire for several centuries. He had the legendary force attribute which might have kept him alive for as long as he did.

### The first warlord

Their name is lost to history but we know they were responsible for setting great reformations in motion when it came to the navy. It is because of them that the Dragonborn are quite comfortable fighting on ships, even though they still prefer the solid ground.

### Thur Kendov Kroniid

Said to be the greatest swordmaster in all of Tuzul history. Unfortunately, he was mostly brawn and no brain so his reign did not last particularly long.

### Tuz Qo'Rhagol & Tuz Dwiin'Strunmah

The current two warlords who each conquered half of Tuzul. They are equally powerful which has lead to a lot of uncertainty about how one would overtake the other.