Tazilwere

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In a small niche of shadow far north of Diaga is the tiny realm of Tazilwere. Tucked into a ring of mountain ranges is a vast region of rich soils where the peaceful people have raised sheep, goats, and fowl for meat and grew grapes and olive trees for wine and oil.

Geography

  • The shadow is surrounded by high mountains with a dell in the center. Beyond the deep mountains is a sandy plain devoid of life that fades into shadow. Some spring fed streams and rivers flow out of the mountain ranges.
  • This region rests under A starry sky but is not on a planet or part of a universal system.
  • The sun of Tazilwere is directly above the valley and dims and brighten yellow on a 12 hour rotation. Every 30 days the sun of Tazilwere brightens as bright green. The calendar of Tazilwere is 12 months of 30 days.
  • It's weather system circles the single realm on the world circling clockwise with an even mix of clouds and rains. Flooding is extremely rare.
  • There are many small isolated farms and hamlets in the mountain regions.

History

Discovered in antiquity by Prince Oscric of Amber. It was a isolated region of nearly 7 million sqr miles (just less then Australia) surrounded by mountains and had little connection to other shadows. The Agrarian people had been living a peaceful lifestyle raising sheep, goats, and fowl and growing grapes, olive trees, pepper trees and fruit trees. a wide range of vegetables were also grown.

Depending on how one views the functions of shadow according to Prince Osric he had sought in shadow a peaceful agrarian realm able to provide food stuffs to the growing populace of the Kingdom of Amber and Tazilwere fit the requirements well.

The Tazil had no military tradition and were not a combative people. Nor did they have any royalty being ruled mostly by Clan and family leaders.

Clans specialized in a products though often produced enough of other produce to need little trade. Still a robust barter economy had developed with regional fairs and clan agreements to trade produce.

Osric found a clan at the confluence of three large rivers, each of which were large enough to shadowsail a merchant ship on. He established the City of Tazilqala to be a shipping hub off shadow and taught the Clan Zalriq to manage and organize shipping to Amber. He established a guard compound and a merchant factor. He discovered items in Amber the Tazil appreciated and would trade for. These mostly consisted of glassware and metals. Oils and wines had traditionally been stored in ceramic and the introduction in glass revolutionized the clarity of their produce and helped created some of the finest wines, vinegars and oils that can be found in shadow.

The Rebalas Invasion

In 5241, being the 40th year of King Random's reign, a people called the Rebalas invaded the Tazil region quickly and seized the royal family. They expelled the small Amber military presence transporting them magically to Diega Raks. They married the crown Princess to one of their princes, deposed the king and queen and put their prince, Prince Padat Rebalas, on the Tazil throne.

They claimed right of conquest and informed the Amber Merchant Factor that the trade of produce in to Amber would not be disrupted.

A young prince escaped, and arriving in Amber invoked the golden Circle Treaty between Tazil and Amber. Prince Haris Tazil gained the aide of a small band of young Amberites to return to Tazil and oust the invaders.

Prince Haris is one of the few heros the Tazil ever produced. After reinstalling the king and Queen, and slaying prince Padat Reblas, he was accepted into the Amber military, eventually becoming an elite.

Royal Family

The royal Family of Tazilwere is the Clan . Currently its ruler is King Trebin and Queen Gazala. Royalty rules for twenty years then resigns, and conclude overseeing a Jubilee of Life. During the Jubilee those of the family wishing to serve a king put a signet ring in a bowl. the rings are taken and backed into a giant cupcake pan. The pan is cooked. The cupcakes are removed and the king picks one at random. The signet ring included in the cupcake represents the new ruler, regardless of their sex.

The royal couple is sometime hard to tell from the gentry. They royal family does not embrace sumptuous dress beyond the average man. A simple coronet is all that separates them from the general citizenry.

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Produce

The main produce in Tazilwere is olives, olive oils, wine, vinegar, and some meats. Goats, sheep, fowls, & fish are caught commercially.

  • Olive trees are ubiquitous and grow well. Nearly every farm has some and make their own oil and cure their own olives.
  • Pepper trees are ubiquitous. While every farm has a few most don't consider them as important as olives.
  • Grapes are a staple food and mot farms have grapevines incorporated into their architecture. However many farms specialize in grapes of various types and use the in the production of wine. Vinegar production is a side venture for most vineyards since the starting point for vinegar is wine that sours.
  • Vegetables are a common garden product though many of the gardens are very large.
  • Meats are common from farm to farm but some producers have large flocks. Sheep and goats primarily.. There are no pigs on planet.
  • Fowl. chickens are common but Dive turkeys are the most common meat bird.