![[khuzait banner.png]] | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Mazen | Kamshar | Pabastan | Danara | | The fishing village of Mazen sits on the northern end of Lake Tanaesis, which the Khuzaits call the Tanaz sea. The villagers set nets in the nearby Karakaz river to catch a variety of fish migrating to and from the lake. | Kamshar sits by the shores of Lake Tanaesis, which the Khuzaits call the Tanaz Sea. The fishing is poor in these parts but villagers collect clay from the lakeside for sale to the potters of [[Chaikand]] and other towns. | Pabastan sits in the narrow plain between the Akkan hills and Lake Tanaesis, which the Khuzaits call the Tanaz Sea. This land is fine country for wheat. | Danara sits by the salt lake that the Khuzaits know as Tsanga Nor, 'the pool that quenches no thirst'. The villagers of these parts extract salt from the bitter waters. | | | | | |  | | | | |---|---|---| |Asalig|Hanekhy|Simira| |Asalig sits at the foot of 'Bars Dag', one of the peaks that marks the edge of the Devseg plateau. Villagers raise horses in the lower slopes, keeping watch for the snow leopards for which the peak is named. |Hanekhy sits atop a northern spur of the Akkan hills. The reddish streaks in the soil and rocks testify to rich iron deposits, which are mined by the villagers.|Simira sits near the east of the Devseg plateau, as it begins to descend into the great grass sea of the east. Villagers here raise cattle bred to withstand both cold winters and hot summer.| ||||  | | | | |---|---|---| |Shapeshte|Kuruluk|Payam| |Shapeshte sits where the waters of the Zakhan river meet the Karakaz. The village makes its living from mining nearby salt deposits.|Kuruluk sits alongside the Zakhan, a tributary of the Karakaz river. Though this valley is snowbound for much of the year, steppe ponies thrive on the spring grasses and in the winter dig through the snow for food, their thick coats protecting them from the icy blasts of wind.|Payam lies alongside the Karakaz river in the cold north of the Khuzait lands. Though the land is snowbound much of the year, the villagers sow wheat and barley as soon as the melt starts, taking in a good crop before the autumn.| ||||  | | | | |---|---|---| |dinar|ulaan|fisnar| |Dinar lies in the far north of the [[Khuzait-Khanate]] confederacy, along the Karakaz river. Snow-bound for much of the year, the spring grasses nonetheless sustain sizeable herds of sheep, the thick wool of which protects them from this land's icy winds. |Ulaan sits in the valley of the Karakaz river. The villagers, nomads who have recently been forced by the khans to settle, have learned to grow flax in this low-lying marshy land.|Fisnar sits alongside the Zakhan, a tributary of the Karakaz river. Though this valley is snowbound for much of the year, the spring grasses nonetheless sustain sizeable herds of sheep, the thick wool of which protects them from this land's icy winds.| ||||  | | | |---|---| |khimli|karahan| |Khimli sits in a basin the Devseg plateau. Though this land is dry most of the year, it experiences winter snowfalls and muddy springs. Fine clay can be collected from the pools left by the snowmelt and the rains.|Karahan lies in in the foothills of the Kohi Rohini, 'the Mountains of the Dawn'. The villagers here buy horses from the wandering tribes, and raise some of their own, making this the source for many of the steeds ridden by the [[Khuzait-Khanate]] armies. | |||  | | |---| |nutyuk| |Nutyuk sits beneath the outcrop known by its [[Darshia-Cnty.]] name, the Kohi Rohini, the mountains of the dawn. The villagers here, mostly recently settled nomads, raise sheep like their ancestors. | ||  | | |---| |tismil| |Tismil sits on the Ozu river, which drains the southern end of the Devseg plateau. The people of this land are sheep-herders, who have thrived under [[Khuzait-Khanate]] overlordship as the khans keep nomadic raiders at bay. | ||  | | |---| |usek| |Usek sits at the foot of the Akkan hills on the eastern shores of Lake Tanaesis, which the Khuzaits call the Tanaz Sea. The villagers, who until recently were nomads, raise sheep known for the long, fine wool.| ||  | | | | |---|---|---| |esme|urunjan|akiser| |The village of Esme and its surrounding hamlets lie on the landward side of the Akkan hills on the Devseg plateau, prime grazing lands for the flocks of the Khuzaits and their confederates.|Urunjan near the western edge of the Devseg plateau, at the foot of the Akkan hills. Villagers raise cattle here that are bred to withstand both the hot summers and freezing winters.|Akiser sits in the southern reaches of the Akkan hills. The land here is exceptionally broken and weathered, revealing seams of iron in the sides of the gullies and ravines.| ||||  | | | | |---|---|---| |hakkun|karakalat|erzenur| |The village of Hakkun is perched atop the escarpment of the Akkan hills. The people of these parts have long mined silver from the mountains, a trade that the [[Khuzait-Khanate]] khans were happy to encourage when they conquered this region. |Karakalat lies in a basin in the flat, eastern edges of the Devseg plateau. Until recently, this land was dominated by nomads, and it is still famous as a breeding ground for horses.|Erzenur alongside the Tiagys river, known in the local dialect as the Teyagh. The waters here have a distinct reddish tint from the iron in the soil, which the villagers mine from riverside outcrops.| ||||  | | | | | | | |---|---|---|---|---|---| |kaysar|tepes|omrotok|okhutan|ispantar|kohi ajik| |Kaysar sits in the north and east of the lands ruled by the Khuzaits, in the valley of the Karakaz river. This district is snowbound for much of the year, but villagers still raise herds of cattle bred to withstand the icy winds coming downriver from the north.|Tepes sits overlooking a tributary of the Karakaz, a river that flows from the north into Lake Tanaz, which the Empire calls Tanaesis. This district specializes in the harvest of timber which is floated down the river and sold to the lake towns.|Omrotok sits at the foot of the Sulun Dag mountains, that mark the eastern border of the Devseg plateau. Villagers go to the nearby woods to harvest one of the Devseg's few sources of timber.|Okhutan is a village at the center of a wheat-growing district on a narrow stretch of plain between the Akkan hills and Lake Tanaesis, which the Khuzaits call the Tanaz Sea.|Ispantar is a village on a rocky spur of the Akkan hills overlooking Lake Tanaesis, which the Khuzaits call the Tanaz Sea. The villagers here make most of their income from the raising of sheep.|Kohi Ajik lies in a narrow, dry valley at the foot of the so-called 'Lover's Mountain', from which its name derives. The peoples of this land buy horses from the nomads to their east and sell them to the [[Khuzait-Khanate]] aristocracy in the towns. | |||||||  | | | | | |---|---|---|---| |mivanjan|ransam|kiraz|karahalli| |Mivanjan sits at the foot of the Sulun Dag mountains, that mark the eastern border of the Devseg plateau. Villagers, who not long ago still lived a nomadic lifestyle, raise sheep in the foothills.|Ransam in the southeastern plains of the Devseg plateau. Villagers, who not long ago still lived a nomadic lifestyle, specialize in the rearing of horses.|Kiraz lies in a basin at the southern end of the Devseg plateau. Until recently, this land was dominated by nomads, and the people here still make their living by raising sheep.|Karahalli lies in the far north of the [[Khuzait-Khanate]] confederacy, not far from the icy Byalic Sea. Snow-bound for much of the year, the spring grasses nonetheless sustain sizeable herds of sheep, the thick wool of which protects them from the icy winds blowing off of the waters. | |||||