Pogimmel

The **Kingdom of Pogimmel** is a large nation located along the eastern coast of north Darros. To the north lay the nation of Darros, and to the west lay the kingdom of Baniorel.

## Geography

Pogimmel is a tropical country, covered mostly in rainforests and jungles. A mountain range to the west divides it from Baniorel.

* Pogimmelgrad - the capital city
	+ Pogimmelgrad International Airport
	+ Verechnaja Luxury Waterfront Resort
* Rechiares Highway
* Monsk Jungle

## History

The Pogimmellians were taught to ride on reptiles from the Tirrian kingdoms further south. However, they were only used in specialised bands (such as artillery or raptors for fast riders), as the Pogimmellians preferred horses.

In ancient times, the Pogimmellians were ruled by a wicked king from Darros, who demanded a yearly tribute of women as sacrifices to Jarilo. The people revolted and saved their daughters, sisters, and mothers from that evil king. Some Pogimmellians claimed that Jarilo himself and his daughter Vesnovka were the ones who drove the Pogimmellians to fight back, as the two gods were disgusted by such reckless murder done in their name.

In defiance to the Darroskei clergy condemning them as heretics, the Pogimmellians made up their own myths to mock them. They claimed and cursed that all the women murdered as sacrifices to Jarilo will be raised as goddesses by Vesnovka herself, not absorbed into her.

Later legends also claimed that the same goddesses unleashed natural disasters upon Darros, until every priest and warrior who shed the blood of a single human as a sacrifice was thrown into the Underworld. The goddesses were willed by Vesnovka to be reincarnated as humans again, to live the lives that they were denied for ages. One of those women was Veselja the Beautiful, a sacrificial victim raised as a river goddess. When she died of old age and returned to heaven, the spirits in a forest left in mourning, so the trees died with her.

During the Seventh Age, Pogimmel consisted of sixteen kingdoms and one republic: the republic of Uzoluz thrived in the northwest with its gold mines and its gate to Baniorel.

The ancestors of the Movarians and Ashostranian Slavs, all the way from Noktea to Sevestrana, Turodaron, and as far away as Bujan, were from southeastern Pogimmel. They worshipped the god Rugievit, who is venerated by Bujanski royalty. One group of Pogimmellians, the Prejaznians, intervened in the island of Bujan to aid the Drevbojanse kin and Wonao revolutionaries to expel the Vozonid rulers, resulting in these three peoples to establish the Kingdom of Zvesta.

In 2208 AT, Pogimmel was invaded by the Wannaenid Empire, who sought to steal some artifacts and set up a base in its jungles. The bartender Zivko helped the film star Ragnvald and Rembartin escape the Wannaenid troops attacking the city, and he led them to the Monsk Jungle at the west.

## Culture

Every few years, a film festival is held at the city of Pogimmelgrad, the Solokov Arts Festival.

In 2208, it was notorious for its usage of rap music and hip hop.

The alphabet of the Pogimmelian language was originally from ancient Rukanian, and it was also the source of its relatives, including the Bujanski alphabet.

The Slavic people of Bujan were ultimately from the southeastern part of the country.

## Glossary

* svo- - self-
* svōljastvo - freedom
* volja - will

## Religion

In earlier times, the national deity of Pogimmel's nations was Perun. Three of these kingdoms venerated his consort Mokosh.

Modern Pogimmel venerates Stribog, the god of the monsoon winds and rain. The Royal Family of Pogimmel worships Perun and Mokosh, so Perendan and High Mokoshdan are the kingdom's national days.

Rugievit, a local deity worshipped in the southeast, is worshipped by the Royal Family of Bujan as an ancestor god, especially among ethnic Slavic dynasties.

According to Pogimmellian religion, Perun and Mokosh are accompanied by twelve gods and goddesses, who record and help people in their respective months. The twelve deities present everyone's deeds on the last day of the month, and the gods reward or punish people by their own deeds and motives. This belief is carried over into Bujan.

## Trivia

* Pogimmel was originally known as Melpogind. It was originally a joke to reference the show "MLPFIM".
* The author based Pogimmel on Serbia and Monaco.