LL Lore : Oberth Ra (Patreon)
Published:
2020-12-16 01:45:30
Edited:
2021-04-08 14:17:52
Imported:
2024-05
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The last of the four countries! I'll have to consider what lore to share next!
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OBERTH RA:
- MOTTO: “With strength and pride.”
- GOVERNMENT:
- Ruled by an Empress (a Crocodile)
- The next Empress is chosen by the current Empress.
- PLACES AND LAND:
- Includes the Lands of Crocodile and Tigers
- Jungle-like forests and swamps crossed with rivers and rice patties.
- Racial Distribution:
- Human 60%
- Tigers 40%
- INDUSTRIES:
- Mercenary Bands: Tigers always practice their martial arts. Some sell their skills.
- Food Export: Mostly rice and tea
- Blacksmithing: weapons and armor
- Sailing: Crocodiles are sailors and boat crafters. Good for traveling and trading.
- DIET:
- Rice is a main staple of every meal
- Rice wine or tea to drink.
- Rice noodles.
- Soy beans and some spring vegetables: ginger, bok choy, etc.
- Most popular meat is fish from the rivers and coasts.
- BANNER:
- White with a black crown and red border.
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GEOGRAPHY
- IMPERIAL BASTION:
- Home of the Crocodile Empress
- A stronghold protected by the mists.
- Most Crocodiles live on stilted houses spread throughout Bide Mists.
- Only the Empress and select others live inside the Bastion.
- House style: Stilt Cabins / Cathedral
- XIAO HAMLET:
- Home of the Tigers.
- Surrounded by farms and rice paddies
- The hamlet is spread around the valley.
- Famous for it’s teas.
- House Style: Small homes / Half stone and Half wood
- THE SINGING BOUGHS:
- A forest on a peninsula.
- Wind comes off the ocean and whistles through the trees. It sounds like singing.
- THE FALLEN LEA:
- A green valley perfect for farming.
- The valley is full of rice paddy terraces.
- DA WETLANDS:
- Marshy swampland.
- They can be dangerous if you wander off the main paths.
- THE CLOUD GROVE:
- A small forest high up in the mountains.
- It is so high that it’s in the low clouds.
- BIDE MISTS:
- Misty marshlands.
- Most traveling is done by swimming, rafts, or walking the elevated wooden paths.
- SKAI RIVER:
- A very wide waterway allowing for travel through Oberth Ra.
- It’s wide enough for boats to travel on, though not the large ocean masted ships.