Tejar

Near the southwestern mainland of Rythalion lies a huge island called Tejar. Tejar hosts a massive jungle known as the Jungle of Tejar that is one of the most dangerous place on Rythalion, where dinosaurs roam, jungle illness looms in the thick flora and insects, dangers of other jungle critters are all around and very small traces of civilization exist.

One clear exception is Port Aruku, located on one of the northernmost bays of the island. It is ruled by five wealthy families that control successful merchant companies that are renowned for their quality goods and fair prices. One of said families was once exiled from Yense and has since made its fortune in the city through their own means. The other families all rose from the ashes of Tejar’s old empire and made their names while succeeding in commerce. Port Aruku is the must go-to place if someone is looking for goods that grow in the jungle or if they are looking for an animal that is native in this climate. The families also have succeeded in domesticating dinosaurs and are selling them to anyone interested in relatively good prices. Other merchants in similar places like some cities in faraway Yohssalu have tried domesticating dinosaurs but the lead in domesticating and selling such creatures remain the five families of Port Aruku.

The other famous city of Tejar is called Ilika and it is located in the easternmost part of Tejar, miles outside of the jungle next to the sea. Outside of Ilika, are villages and farms that tend the tropical land and live off it. They are a source for Ilika’s food and other raw materials as well as produces that Ilika sells overseas. Ilika is governed by three nobles, two Dukes and one Duchess, but even they are held in the whims of the Church of Waves; clerics of the Goddess Calaseid and controllers of the tide around Ilika. The faith and worshiping of Calaseid is prominent in Ilika and festivals and offerings to the Sea Queen are held every once in a while and all the boats and ships bear the holy symbol of Calaseid along with Ilika’s flag. Because of the prominent worship of the Sea Goddess, ships from Ilika always find good weather and a calm sea in their travels which does wonders for the city’s economy as trade with other cities and some islands are never threatened by storms or unrest in the sea or even by many sea critters. This is very important as well due to the remote location of the city. Had it not been for Calaseid’s mercy and favor, the livelihood of Ilika and the surrounding lands would be a hundredfold more difficult and Ilika would not be visited by anyone; unlike now. Because of all that many ships visit Ilika to trade and such and many will choose to go there even when they are far from Tejar.

People in these cities of Tejar speak Tejarin, a language that was used by the lost Tejar Empire.

Tejar's jungle used to be smaller, but when foreign vampires belonging to a cell detached from Clan Lendu of Eolda went there, their leaders used foul and forgotten magic to expand the jungle in order to use it to hide from the world and make it their domain while trapping the cities in. In a matter of months all of the cities in Tejar died out and overtaken by the vampires. Only two remained which were the only ones unclaimed by the jungle; Port Aruku and Ilika. Tejar's vampires are in sync with the jungle and have powers that can command the trees. They later fell victim to infighting and now many groups of the original cell are dead while only few yet remain, hidden in the jungle. Perhaps they have formed a new clan, forgotten by time.