Orjana - Revision history

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	Despite having a stronger martial discipline, the Ormjurin didn’t have a strong sense of culture and dissolved in the locals rather than vice-versa. As the ethnic groups gradually merged, the greater region became known as Orjana, after the conquerors. The humans became known as the Orjani by their neighbors.		Despite having a stronger martial discipline, the Ormjurin didn’t have a strong sense of culture and dissolved in the locals rather than vice-versa. As the ethnic groups gradually merged, the greater region became known as Orjana, after the conquerors. The humans became known as the Orjani by their neighbors.

	The Orjani people have also had to deal with incursions from the ~~south~~. Though they were protected from the worst of [[Zul Kiras\|Zul Kiran]] war bands by the difficult badlands and Borzoi forests between them, ~~High [[Griffons]] and [[Leturians]]~~ have sailed around the ~~side~~ of the continent~~, to try to establish a [[Lilism\|Lilist]] apartheid. About~~ two hundred years ago, ~~a Griffon commander backed by Leturians~~ almost succeeded in taking most of Orjana. A late alliance of the Orjani, elven and dwarven clans eventually forced back the ~~Lilists~~.		The Orjani people have also had to deal with incursions from the invaders beyond their borders. Though they were protected from the worst of [[Zul Kiras\|Zul Kiran]] war bands by the difficult badlands and Borzoi forests between them, others have sailed around the sides of the continent about two hundred years ago, one such invasion almost succeeded in taking most of Orjana. A late alliance of the Orjani, elven and dwarven clans eventually forced back the invaders.

	However, their leaders paid a high price for victory by committing several mundane and magical war crimes with lasting repercussions. The winter grove in Mytos K’unn ruptured, allowing the Spirit of Winter to run amok, almost exterminating the elven and gnome clans. Several Orjani detachments had also snuck around enemy lines and slaughtered many women and children in their settlements. Fueled by blood, the Spirit of Winter rampaged across the land before being overcome and dumped into the ocean. The Zamenhof, a cold whirlpool soon emerged, beginning to draw cold currents from the northern oceans and chilling the coast around it.		However, their leaders paid a high price for victory by committing several mundane and magical war crimes with lasting repercussions. The winter grove in Mytos K’unn ruptured, allowing the Spirit of Winter to run amok, almost exterminating the elven and gnome clans. Several Orjani detachments had also snuck around enemy lines and slaughtered many women and children in their settlements. Fueled by blood, the Spirit of Winter rampaged across the land before being overcome and dumped into the ocean. The Zamenhof, a cold whirlpool soon emerged, beginning to draw cold currents from the northern oceans and chilling the coast around it.

	Some of the choices made during the conflict severely angered the Mytossi witches, who have sealed off the deep woods and turned hostile to all interlopers, stripping the human lords of an important source of political counsel~~. Furthermore, because some [[Mingits]] and [[Dwarves]] practiced a different form of the Lil, they ran into pogroms and intolerance, suspected of helping the invaders~~.		Some of the choices made during the conflict severely angered the Mytossi witches, who have sealed off the deep woods and turned hostile to all interlopers, stripping the human lords of an important source of political counsel.

	Despite their repulsion, the Lilists left Orjana with a great deal of culture and several major cities that flourished when the locals fused the concepts found in Lilism with their own family-based hierarchies. Trade also grew in this period and though the mostly land-locked Orjani have no major port access, they provide an important interior trade route and are a major source of basic produce and natural resources for the northern continent.		Trade also grew in this period and though the mostly land-locked Orjani have no major port access, they provide an important interior trade route and are a major source of basic produce and natural resources for the northern continent.

	=Common Culture=		=Common Culture=

	Orjana isn’t a single country, and its multiple tribes, clans, and ethnic groups all have their own customs and traditions. Nonetheless, most of the children of the Ormjurin, Cheremosh and Ladoga pledge allegiance to the Krajiv Consensus, the treaty of alliance that superceded the hasty Fen-Lander Compact, which barely stopped the ~~Lilist~~ invaders. The treaty creates a 'Bond of Brotherhood' between the human, dwarven and elven lords, requiring their regular attendance in the realm's most powerful city.		Orjana isn’t a single country, and its multiple tribes, clans, and ethnic groups all have their own customs and traditions. Nonetheless, most of the children of the Ormjurin, Cheremosh and Ladoga pledge allegiance to the Krajiv Consensus, the treaty of alliance that superceded the hasty Fen-Lander Compact, which barely stopped the foreign invaders. The treaty creates a 'Bond of Brotherhood' between the human, dwarven and elven lords, requiring their regular attendance in the realm's most powerful city.

	Cities as large as [[Krajiv]] are a recent development in Orjani history. Most humans and dwarves are used to living in log holds and farmsteads, banded together as fortified villages. Some, like the Ladogans, spent their history in the shadow of one or another invader. Others, like the Ormjurin, often were the invaders until cultural assimilation erased hard boundaries between the two.		Cities as large as [[Krajiv]] are a recent development in Orjani history. Most humans and dwarves are used to living in log holds and farmsteads, banded together as fortified villages. Some, like the Ladogans, spent their history in the shadow of one or another invader. Others, like the Ormjurin, often were the invaders until cultural assimilation erased hard boundaries between the two.

	All of this contributed to the rise of militant, self-reliant warrior-cliques protecting their chosen brothers, families or holdfasts. During the worst of the ~~Lilist~~ troubles, by Orjani tradition, a father would approach his newborn son with a drawn sword or axe, cast it to the ground and say “I cannot leave you any land. All that you shall have, shall you earn with this blade.”		All of this contributed to the rise of militant, self-reliant warrior-cliques protecting their chosen brothers, families or holdfasts. During the worst of the invader troubles, by Orjani tradition, a father would approach his newborn son with a drawn sword or axe, cast it to the ground and say “I cannot leave you any land. All that you shall have, shall you earn with this blade.”

	Elves and gnomes also band together but prefer to live within the Cheremosh forest, using the natural terrain instead of walls to deter intruders. They practice agriculture in open meadows and hunt game in the woods.		Elves and gnomes also band together but prefer to live within the Cheremosh forest, using the natural terrain instead of walls to deter intruders. They practice agriculture in open meadows and hunt game in the woods.
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	Ormjurin have an Avir-like figure but place more emphasis on his children, a pantheon of gods whose mission is to hold back the relentlessly coming Endless Winter at the behest of a betrayer figure and his army of outer monsters of the cold. The betrayer is sometimes portrayed as a soot-colored dog, who will swallow the sun if allowed to get close to it. These gods always need stout warriors to join the fight – hence why being a mighty hero is so important.		Ormjurin have an Avir-like figure but place more emphasis on his children, a pantheon of gods whose mission is to hold back the relentlessly coming Endless Winter at the behest of a betrayer figure and his army of outer monsters of the cold. The betrayer is sometimes portrayed as a soot-colored dog, who will swallow the sun if allowed to get close to it. These gods always need stout warriors to join the fight – hence why being a mighty hero is so important.

	The [[Griffons]] and [[Leturians]] also left a [[Lilism\|Lilist]] legacy, despite their attempt to use it to justify racial subjugation. Lilist monasteries sprung up around the land, to contemplate the more mystical aspects of the discipline and some of the land’s most revered elders – male counterparts to the Mytossi witches, have recently emerged from such institutions.

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	==Skorzenitsa==		==Skorzenitsa==

	The second-largest warrior host, named after Bogdan Skorzenko, Krajiv’s biggest pain in the backside. Skorzenko was a war hero to the Orjani in the fight against the ~~Lilists~~ but after the war ended, he decided to stay a raider and rebel instead of settling down and pledging his sword to the Krajiv consensus. He was declared an outlaw but no knjaz or barin in Orjana had the manpower to catch him and Skorzenko lived to a ripe old age before he fell in battle.		The second-largest warrior host, named after Bogdan Skorzenko, Krajiv’s biggest pain in the backside. Skorzenko was a war hero to the Orjani in the fight against the foreign invaders but after the war ended, he decided to stay a raider and rebel instead of settling down and pledging his sword to the Krajiv consensus. He was declared an outlaw but no knjaz or barin in Orjana had the manpower to catch him and Skorzenko lived to a ripe old age before he fell in battle.

	His warrior host, known as the Skorzenitsa, is the preeminent lodge for restless wanderers and brigands who like hiring out as mercenaries, living freely off the land or taking other people’s goods as tribute.		His warrior host, known as the Skorzenitsa, is the preeminent lodge for restless wanderers and brigands who like hiring out as mercenaries, living freely off the land or taking other people’s goods as tribute.
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	==Cheremosh: The Fey==		==Cheremosh: The Fey==

	The Cheremosh is the name of a forest that covers a good part of Orjana. Much like the Soranion, the woods are run through with powerful ley line grids, giving the forest an arcane presence and enabling the habitation of faeries. Certain elven and [[Gnomes\|gnomish]] clans make their homes here as well. They prefer to keep to themselves and only allied with the humans when the ~~Lilist~~ incursion seemed hopeless.		The Cheremosh is the name of a forest that covers a good part of Orjana. Much like the Soranion, the woods are run through with powerful ley line grids, giving the forest an arcane presence and enabling the habitation of faeries. Certain elven and [[Gnomes\|gnomish]] clans make their homes here as well. They prefer to keep to themselves and only allied with the humans when the foreign incursion seemed hopeless.

	==Mytos K’unn==		==Mytos K’unn==
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	Deep in the Cheremosh are the four sacred groves of Mytos K’unn. Each grove is suspended in spacetime during a different season: eternal spring, eternal summer, eternal fall and eternal winter. The forests are watched over by the Mytossi witches, several clans of elves and gnomes and a handful of “spirits of the land” – massive totemic animals and walking trees that carry the ley nerve-endings of the forest and the soul-templates of its animals. How the witches are trained or whether they’re mortal is unknown. By ancient tradition, the big majority has been female.		Deep in the Cheremosh are the four sacred groves of Mytos K’unn. Each grove is suspended in spacetime during a different season: eternal spring, eternal summer, eternal fall and eternal winter. The forests are watched over by the Mytossi witches, several clans of elves and gnomes and a handful of “spirits of the land” – massive totemic animals and walking trees that carry the ley nerve-endings of the forest and the soul-templates of its animals. How the witches are trained or whether they’re mortal is unknown. By ancient tradition, the big majority has been female.

	During the final ~~Lilist~~ incursion, an elven lord performed a terrible ritual, summoning the fey spirit of winter into himself and his warriors. Though they won their battle, they soon died and the spirit, freed from its constraints and fed on violence, became a living blight that was barely overcome and thrown into the ocean. For this and for all the bloodshed, the angered Mytossi witches sealed their realm and started killing everyone who comes close to any of the sacred groves.		During the final foreign incursion, an elven lord performed a terrible ritual, summoning the fey spirit of winter into himself and his warriors. Though they won their battle, they soon died and the spirit, freed from its constraints and fed on violence, became a living blight that was barely overcome and thrown into the ocean. For this and for all the bloodshed, the angered Mytossi witches sealed their realm and started killing everyone who comes close to any of the sacred groves.

	=Sample Names=		=Sample Names=

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	'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina		'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina


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	'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina		'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina

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	The breadbasket of the north, Orjana is a cool to temperate land of hearty farms, mystic forests, warrior lodges and witchy powers. It’s a multi-ethnic region divided among ~~multiple groups, including~~ humans, [[Elves]], [[Dwarves]] and [[Mingits]]. Orjani culture is a difficult blend of homegrown traditions and centuries of absorbed foreign imperialists.		The breadbasket of the north, Orjana is a cool to temperate land of hearty farms, mystic forests, warrior lodges and witchy powers. It’s a multi-ethnic region divided among humans, [[Elves]], [[Dwarves]] and [[Mingits]]. Orjani culture is a difficult blend of homegrown traditions and centuries of absorbed foreign imperialists.

	=Common History=		=Common History=

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	=Common Culture=		=Common Culture=

	Orjana isn’t a single country, and its multiple tribes, clans, and ethnic groups all have their own customs and traditions. Nonetheless, ~~commonalities exist among~~ the children of the Ormjurin, Cheremosh and Ladoga.		Orjana isn’t a single country, and its multiple tribes, clans, and ethnic groups all have their own customs and traditions. Nonetheless, most of the children of the Ormjurin, Cheremosh and Ladoga pledge allegiance to the Krajiv Consensus, the treaty of alliance that superceded the hasty Fen-Lander Compact, which barely stopped the Lilist invaders. The treaty creates a 'Bond of Brotherhood' between the human, dwarven and elven lords, requiring their regular attendance in the realm's most powerful city.

	Cities as large as [[Krajiv]] are a recent development in Orjani history. Most humans and dwarves are used to living in log holds and farmsteads, banded together as fortified villages. Some, like the Ladogans, spent their history in the shadow of one or another invader. Others, like the Ormjurin, often were the invaders until cultural assimilation erased hard boundaries between the two.		Cities as large as [[Krajiv]] are a recent development in Orjani history. Most humans and dwarves are used to living in log holds and farmsteads, banded together as fortified villages. Some, like the Ladogans, spent their history in the shadow of one or another invader. Others, like the Ormjurin, often were the invaders until cultural assimilation erased hard boundaries between the two.

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	Names are often given as First Name of Father's Name, of Place. Example: "Ivan, of Vsevolod, of Krajiv."		Names are often given as First Name of Father's Name, of Place. Example: "Ivan, of Vsevolod, of Krajiv."

	'''Male''': Ivan, Sviatoslav, Rurik, Sviatogor, Hildar, Vladimir, Vsevolod, Noreg, Erikur, Ilya, Ranulf, Trofim, Pyotr, Fedor, Alyosha		'''Male''': Ivan, Sviatoslav, Rurik, Sviatogor, Hildar, Vladimir, Vsevolod, Noreg, Vostok, Erikur, Ilya, Ranulf, Trofim, Pyotr, Fedor, Alyosha

	'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina		'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina

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	Names are often given as First Name of Father's Name, of Place. Example: "Ivan, of Vsevolod, of Krajiv."		Names are often given as First Name of Father's Name, of Place. Example: "Ivan, of Vsevolod, of Krajiv."

	'''Male''': Ivan, Sviatoslav, ~~Rurikind~~, Sviatogor, Hildar, Vladimir, Vsevolod, Noreg, Erikur, Ilya, Ranulf, Trofim, Pyotr, Fedor, Alyosha		'''Male''': Ivan, Sviatoslav, Rurik, Sviatogor, Hildar, Vladimir, Vsevolod, Noreg, Erikur, Ilya, Ranulf, Trofim, Pyotr, Fedor, Alyosha

	'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina		'''Female''': Mara, Zina, Siri, Tatiana, Ekaterina, Ingrid, Tyra, Lana, Oksana, Vasilisa, Siv, Verdandi, Mina, Ludmila, Zoya, Masha, Alina

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