Marujai

Map of Marujai

## Common Knowledge

Marujai is a small, grassy nation in northwestern Orelisle, known for its secretive, sometimes paranoid mages who study elemental magic. It is also a member of a confederacy with Taphran, Daugon, and Faidor.

## Topography and Climate

Grasslands and hills dominate Marujai’s landscape, with forests cropping up closer to the southern border with Argider. The country has a temperate climate.

## Population

Marujai has a largely human and wood elven population, with the occasional half-elf mix between the two. There are also a good deal of gnomes who immigrated from northern Ivoran.

## Exports and Trades

Marujai is known for its production of grains and fine textiles, as well as various other types of linen work.

Most of its people are farmers, miners, lumberjacks, or any other litany of work-heavy occupations. There are a large number of magic-users in the population as well, most specializing in Celestial magic, Elemental magic, or both.

## Government

Marujai follows an absolute monarchy, with the restriction that the lone permitted court mage of the monarch must be monitored at all times.

## Military

Marujai’s military is about average for its size, and used almost exclusively for self-defense. The abundance of mages in the region could be mobilized for war, should the need ever arise.

## Social Hierarchy and Culture

The people of Marujai tend to be wise and aloof, and in many ways their culture has been heavily influenced by the elves to the north and Taphran.

### Magic

Marujai has a rich history of magic and its practice, dating back thousands of years. The vast majority of mages in the area swear themselves and any potential apprentices to secrecy, lest their knowledge be stolen. Nearly all magical research is done to benefit the Marujin people in some way, supposedly as “atonement”.

Among the Marujin mages, magic for war, manipulation, or necromancy are considered the vilest taboo. Those kinds of spells and the rot that crafts them dominated the country long ago, and that power inspires fear in the hearts of modern practitioners. Though some fear the consequences they may face from the government and their peers, the most learned mages fear a hypothetical ban of magical study. This nightmare scenario would see magic outlawed, the mages of Marujai and their legacy destroyed, and millennia of study lost to the fires of outrage.

### Celebrations and Holidays

Different areas of Marujai practice unique holidays, such as harvest festivals.

## Cities, Towns, and Villages

Only a few villages are known to be located in Marujai, however there may well be many more which are undocumented.

### Protas

Capital city of Marujai, quite possibly the only city in Marujai.

### Yeraz

Yeraz is an incredibly ordinary looking small village in the middle of nowhere. Within the town you can find a library.

### Landmarks

#### Temple of Memory

Located within the planes of Marujai is the Temple of Memory, one of the several located across the continent. The temple acts as an archive for historical memory and personal knowledge, as well as a worshipping place of Emlek, the Goddess of Memory.

## Alliances

Marujai has a trade alliance with Argider. Though not formalized in writing, there is a loose defense agreement between Argider and Marujai. As a show of its alliance with Taphran, Marujai is not a member of the United Orelisian Council.

## Enemy Countries

Marujai has no true enemies, but strongly distrusts K’Vesten

## Historical Timeline

* 286 A.B. - Malovazen collapses, clan Argider returns to ancient borders (Argider, Marujai)
* 816 A.B. - 1,435 A.B. - Malovazen attempts to reclaim Argider’s territory, unsuccessful
* 1,482 A.B. - Clan Argider formally organizes into a nation-state, forming the country called Argider
* 2,069 A.B. - 2,082 A.B. - Argider joins an alliance to beat K’Vesten back into its own borders
* 2,082 A.B. - K’Vesten legally recognizes Argider as a sovereign nation
* 3,510 A.B. - Emboldened by unchecked power of K’Vesten Magisters, Argider mages rise in power and influence
* 3,516 A.B. - 3,519 A.B. - Argider Civil War
* 3,519 A.B. - Queen Menulis Argider captured by mages, tried for crimes against the state, executed
* 3,521 A.B. - Mages have complete control over Argider, install themselves as ruling Magistrate Council
	+ Use displays of magic power, constructs, etc. to extort population for resources
* 3,550 A.B. - Revolutionary forces take economic powerhouse city Ausra
* 3,552 A.B. - Internal pressures force Magistrates to meet with revolutionary leaders
	+ Offer peace, in exchange they will split Argider into North and South Argider (North Argider still under control of Magistrates, South Argider controlled by revolutionaries)
	+ The peace is agreed upon
	+ During the meeting, one of the Magistrates casually drops that Saule is the former queen’s daughter
* 3,553 A.B. - Magistrates manipulate one a revolutionary leader into a temporary leave of absence
	+ Magistrates use a mole in revolutionary ranks to cause infighting (hoped to destabilize them enough for a collapse or easy recapture later on)
	+ Aforementioned leader returns, exposes the mole, restores order
* 3,553 A.B. - 3,861 A.B. - Magistrates drain North Argider’s resources for personal gain, quality of life gets worse at alarming speeds
* 3,861 A.B. - Magistrates foresee a famine, hoard resources to secure their positions of authority and outlast the famine
* 3,862 A.B. - Famine ravages North Argider, thousands die of hunger, some regions resort to barbarism over foodstuffs
* 3,865 A.B. - Famine persists, organized efforts to overtake and redistribute Magistrate food supplies begin
* 3,867 A.B. - Famine ended, raids against Magistrates morph into revolts against the Magistrates’ authority
* 3,869 A.B. - 3,899 A.B. - Marujai Civil War
	+ Zwayge Marujai becomes de facto head of revolutionary forces after uncovering Magistrate conspiracy
* 3,899 A.B. - North Argider collapses under revolution, aided by South Argider resources, becomes Marujai
	+ Zwayge crowned first king of Marujai
* 5,859 - 5,855 A.B. - Daugon-Argider-Marujai War
	+ Argider & Marujai work together to defend against Daugon invasion
* 10,009 - 10,014 A.B. - Sentarel family comes to power in Taphran, imposes large tariffs on trade between Taphran and every other nation
	+ 10,014 A.B. - Kaizoak family returns to power, tariffs return to previous fees
	+ Marujai joins Daugon, Faidor, and Taphran in a large, military confederacy.

## Further Information

* Argider
* Daugon
* K’Vesten
* Malovazen
* Taphran