Farhan

**Farhan** is a nation comprised of the **Isle of Farhan** and its smaller outlying islands.

## Religion

After the rebellion against the Ash Lord, Farhani religion has greatly shifted away from demonic practices and worship. The state has no official religion and their are very few religious institutions which exist at present. Practicing religion faces many difficulties in Farhan because of the Tahir, which bans all forms of magic and demonic practices. The most commonly held practice amongst the murhan of Farhan is the reverence of the sands of Farhan itself, from whence their race was created. Many choose to be buried or cremated as a way of returning to the sands from which they came. Although many believe that the sands guide and protect them, only a rare few practice Ramilism and worship the sands as a god. Even rarer are those who continue to worships demons and the Ash Lord, although they most certainly keep their practices secret in order to avoid persecution.

## History

### Farhan and Eazimran

For longer than the two nations have existed, the murhan of Farhan and the shaiyadi of Eazimran have been in conflict with one another. During the Age of Dragons, the draconic empire of Dharr controlled what is now Eazimran and Farhan. While the population was spread amongst the entire nation, Eazimran was both the seat of government and the more populated region of the two. Sometime during this age, the devil known as the Ash Lord began experimenting with the arcane and successfully used demonic magic to create a sentient race of warriors, now known as the murhan.

Using an army which could utilize the strengths of both demons and mortals, the Ash Lord began to conquer the isle of Farhan. Shaiyadi and dragon alike were killed and displaced by the conquest, leading to a large exodus from the isle to the mainland. During the Dragonfall, the murhan successfully invaded and toppled the Empire of Dharr, leaving only the shaiyadi in Eazimran. Although the Ash Lord excelled as a military commander, the success of the campaign led to an excess of pride and a lack of caution from the demon lord. The murhan, tired of being treated as second-class to demons, began to rebel against their demonic masters. The Ash Lord underestimated the strength of his own creations and eventually he would be slain and demons too would be expelled from the southlands. With the threat of demonic power gone, the shaiyadi rose up against the murhan and reconquered much of their lost land, founding the new nation of Eazimran.

Though the presence of dragons and demons has long left the southlands, the nations of Farhan and Eazimran continue to struggle over their contested territory. Both nations hold legitimate claims to each other’s lands and neither has been willing to renounce their claims. Although the two nations have long since engaged in full scale warfare with each other, conflict is still very much alive in the southlands.

At present, the nations have engaged in open conflict over the islands which lie between Eazimran and Farhan proper. Farhan has been fairly successful in reclaiming the islands which they covet. However, the conflict is still very much ongoing and Eazimran has yet to lose their foothold in the territory.