Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-26210095-20160728024232/@comment-26863727-20160802042235

Aramirtheranger wrote: A coastal region full of hilly plains and forests, with many settlements along the twin rivers that feed their agriculture, and in between the two, called Isibanda("the scar", for it is crooked and almost still) and Inkemba("the sword", for it is straight and swift), there are mountains.

They are the Abantu(the "people"), a breed of human who are the result of eugenics projects by a long extinct group they call the Ezizungezayo, or the "Tormentors". What little is known about them besides Abantu folklore, reveals that A), they were some kind of Elf long ago, B), they called themselves something completely unpronouncable for a Human larynx, and C) were probably destroyed by their own pissed off god.

Militarily they are a mixture of medium infantry, horse archers and heavy cavalry. Their armor resembles 16th century Japanese armor, except this is forged of steel, not iron. Swords are messer of various lengths. A round shield is the partner of that and a spear, except for the horse archers, who have a bow instead of the spear. The water god of the Abantu sometimes turns the water of the Isibanda and Inkemba red, to warn the Abantu of an upcoming invasion. The same god is also considered the god of brewing, farming, and the clouds, as they all involve water.

The Rusted Peaks(mountains 'tween the rivers). Regardless of whether or not the story about the earth goddess having created them when she forgot about a massive pile of iron and rocks she had made to prove her strength is true, they're full of damn good iron ore. The land was allegedly once a massive, incredibly dense forest, which was burned by the goddess of fire in spite against the god of the hunt.

The cliffs that dot parts the coast are unnaturally straight and smooth on their stone faces. This is because the god of war and death once undertook the task of sinking the Ezizungezayo civilization's few remaining inhabited cities. He took his sword and borrowed the hammer of the smithing god's hammer, and used them like a great mallet and chisel to split off the peninsular cities into the sea.