Khalau

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**Khalau** is
one of the countries of the planet Nakti and it is situated in the
central-eastern part of the mainland called Centralia. Khalau adjoin
with other countries to the North, East and West, overlooking the
Endranite Ocean to the South.

The
capital city, **Netia**, is the heart of the kingdom and homes the most
privileged nobility and the **Asser**, the title by which the Queen is
renown.

Other important cities are **Kahul** on the coast, well-known for
its trade of coral accessories and fish products, and Hikti, where
young stockfarmers are trained and the Hitas are raised.

Khalau is
inhabited by Hatrans only and are called Khalaii. The current Asser
is a young Hatrans called **Iasu**.

## The Origins

The
Khalaii aren't the native inhabitants of Khalau: in ancient times they inhabited
The Land of Dread, a large region in the northern Ran'Dra. Life was
very hard: desertification, famine and epidemics yoked the Khalaii,
until one night their God, **Dawah**, appeared to the tribe chief,
Kahar'Ohr**,**
in
his dreams and showed him a prosperous land in which they could
settle, a sacred land for his beloved and faithful servants.

The long
journey began but was not an easy one: a lot of people and the tribe
chief itself died of starvation and hardships. His young daughter,
**Anis, reluctantly succeeded his father at the age of 14** but
undismaiedly persevered in the quest guided by Dawah through her
dreams, and her people eventually began calling her **Asser**, "Sacred
Guide" in Khalaii language.

Although
not everyone accepted the new chief: **Mohk'Nor**, and old warrior, was
skeptical about the success of the journey and secretly mustered a
group against the young girl. They tried to divert her from her
purpose and daily talked to her about the imraces ability and
absurdness of her quest and suggested to go back to the Land of
Dread. One evening Anis, her mind clouded from all the talking, left
the encampment and saw a glossy, pure-white Hita on a knoll which was
staring at her with its deep eyes.

Once she drew closer, Dawah's
voice spoke through the animal: words of solace, hope and love. The
morning after Anis seemed ever more motivated than before and the
opponent group decided to take her on, leaded by the old warrior.
Before leaving the camp Mohk'Nor questioned Anis' role as chief in
front of the whole tribe, calling her out to a duel for supremacy.

Everyone gathered and formed a ring around the challengers, into
which Anis and Mohk'Nor would fight in hand-to-hand combat with
nothing but claws and wits. The duel lasted all night, the
challengers goaded and spurred by their supporters' meowing until the
first rays of dawn, when Dawah gave Anis a glimpse of godly power.
Avoiding her enemy's attacks she fell upon Mohk'Nor with a quick
pounce and plunged her
claws into the rebel's eyes until Mohk'Nor died.

Cries of joy and
sorrow both erupted equally as Anis rose, indisputed Asser of the
Khalaii tribe, and with her still gore-soaked hands reluctantly
absolved the dissidents, allowing them to return back to whence they
came in the Land of Dread.

The
jourey resumed till one evening the white Hita appeared into Anis'
dreams and commanded the Sacred Land be purified from the winged
demons which stole the land from Dawah itself. The next day the
Khalaii finally reached their destination only to find their promised
heaven occupied by the **Juhra**, an anthropomorphic bat population.
Anis met the Juhran chief and commanded them to bequeath those lands,
otherwise they would face extermination. As the Juhran chief refused
a holy war bursted which lasted three whole years until Anis'
seventeenth birthday when the Juhran survivors fled to the East where
they found an uninhabited land where they established the Delhang
Tetrarchate.

Dawah's
sacred land was once again pure and Anis was revered as the first
Asser of the newborn Khalau Kingdom, a temple built in the capital
city, **Netia**, which became her residence. Immediately before the
official coronation the ministers performed a ritual where Anis
received from Dawah a part of its godly essence and Dawah itself
spoke through Anis. Khalau became a theocracy and after a gory civil
war between the **Conservatives** and the **Revisionists**, Anis declared
non-violence as a law to show gracefulness and superiority toward all
other Naktian races.