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'''Dolina''' is a developed domain stretching across the dense swamplands of the Dolina Peninsula in [[Amusa]]. The primary inhabitants of Dolina are dragonborn and other dragon kin. In ages past they were a fervent supporter of the Dragon Queen [[Tiamat]] and served as a major player during [[Realm War I]], but as many draconic races fled to the continent during [[The Second Draconic Crusades]], many of those old beliefs fell to the wayside. | |||
== Weather and Natural Terrain == | == Weather and Natural Terrain == | ||
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It is because of this that travel by horse and cart is near impossible. Most travel in and around the region is accomplished with small and swift shallow water boats. The bay between Dolina and Western Amusa is to shallow for larger shipping vessels, and so any aquatic travel must be accomplished with smaller form boats. | It is because of this that travel by horse and cart is near impossible. Most travel in and around the region is accomplished with small and swift shallow water boats. The bay between Dolina and Western Amusa is to shallow for larger shipping vessels, and so any aquatic travel must be accomplished with smaller form boats. | ||
== Politics == | == Politics == | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Founding and the Holy War === | === Founding and the Holy War === | ||
The Kingdom and later Domain of Dolina was believed to have been founded by worshipers of Tiamat in early 200 BR, around the same time Tiamat first entered into the realm with her dragons. In the years leading up to the [[Holy War]], they began to grow their forces and assisted Tiamat in raising scores of evil dragons | The Kingdom and later Domain of Dolina was believed to have been founded by worshipers of Tiamat in early 200 BR, around the same time Tiamat first entered into the realm with her dragons. In the years leading up to the [[Holy War]], they began to grow their forces and assisted Tiamat in raising scores of evil dragons. They would spend many of the following years fighting crusaders from [[The First Draconic Crusades]]. | ||
=== The First Realm War and the AmuPter Front === | === The First Realm War and the AmuPter Front === | ||
Following their losses in the Holy War and feeling pressure from the First Draconic Crusades, Dolina attempted to push into the continent of [[Pteris]] where they believed they could retreat into the badlands and regroup to continue their war in the name of Tiamat. The only thing stopping them was the [[Snobbite]] who halted their push into the Pteris badlands. The series of battles that resulted became known as the [[AmuPter Front]] and was considered one of the most dangerous areas of war in the entire realm. A majority of the fighting occurred in the open sea between Dolina and Snobbite ships. | Following their losses in the Holy War and feeling pressure from the First Draconic Crusades, Dolina attempted to push into the continent of [[Pteris]] where they believed they could retreat into the badlands and regroup to continue their war in the name of Tiamat. The only thing stopping them was the [[Snobbite]] who halted their push into the Pteris badlands. The series of battles that resulted became known as the [[AmuPter Front]] and was considered one of the most dangerous areas of war in the entire realm. A majority of the fighting occurred in the open sea between Dolina and Snobbite ships. | ||
It was a perfect battlefield for both factions as many Dolina dragonkin were adapt swimmers and masters of aquatic combat, , but the Snobbite were a sea-faring folk whose skin and blood were crusted with the salt of the ocean. Dolina became famous for their use of [[ | It was a perfect battlefield for both factions as many Dolina dragonkin were adapt swimmers and masters of aquatic combat, , but the Snobbite were a sea-faring folk whose skin and blood were crusted with the salt of the ocean. Dolina became famous for their use of [[Maledictum Somnum]] poison and for charming pods of whales to hunt Snobbite ships. Some of these whales would have bombs attached to them to act as suicide bombers for enemy vessels. | ||
Eventually though Snobbite forces were able to push Dolina back into Amusa, ending the AmuPter Front. | Eventually though Snobbite forces were able to push Dolina back into Amusa, ending the AmuPter Front. | ||
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Ships crafted by Dolina forces were exceptional for their design, which often allowed for segmented hulls that could weave like a crocodile in water. A few notable vessels in the conflict included: The Qumado Kluchud, The Pab Urthalre Q, The umadosfan Sventar, the Nurh Marfedelom, and the Jaciv Geou Qe Spical. | Ships crafted by Dolina forces were exceptional for their design, which often allowed for segmented hulls that could weave like a crocodile in water. A few notable vessels in the conflict included: The Qumado Kluchud, The Pab Urthalre Q, The umadosfan Sventar, the Nurh Marfedelom, and the Jaciv Geou Qe Spical. | ||
=== | === The Night of a Thousand Knocks === | ||
As Dolina was recovering from Realm War I and as refugees flooded into Dolina from the surrounding lands, Tiamat's influence over the land began to falter. In this moment of weakness a being only known by his title, "He Who Knocks" rose to purge her from the land. No one knows where this strange deity came from, but many believe it is of the land itself and was a direct response to Tiamat's poisoning of their lands. | |||
Stories say this being would travel door to door and knock on the doors of worshipers of Tiamat. This knock would invoke three curses, | When Tiamat was eventually banished in 995 and with the last dragon slain, Dolina's warfront fell apart without their goddess and their greatest weapons. | ||
Stories say this being would travel door to door and knock on the doors of worshipers of Tiamat. This knock would invoke three curses, which would be preceded with a knock on the family's door. First was ''Curse of Reclamation''. In the following days, all of the family's property would rot and decay, returning to the land. The Second was the ''Curse of Hunger''. In the following weeks the family would be beset by and endless hunger never to be sated no matter how much they would eat or drink. Then their was the ''Curse of Retribution'' which would fall on the seventh second of the seventh minute of the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh week after the first knock. First, the patriarch of the family would combust into flames that could not be dossed by any means. Then, the matriarch would be beset by the birds and beasts of the land, to be torn apart until their was not but bones. All of the sons would jump into the water and drown themselves while all of the daughters would run into the forest where their skin would turn to bark, their feet to roots, and their fingers to leaves. | |||
The following weeks and months in Dolina were stained with death and suffering, but also came with the hope for a better future. A druidic cult called the Grove of Voiceless Whispers formed to worship this being who after its purge faded back into the swamplands, only ever appearing again to their cult or when the land of Dolina was again at threat of destruction. | The following weeks and months in Dolina were stained with death and suffering, but also came with the hope for a better future. A druidic cult called the Grove of Voiceless Whispers formed to worship this being who after its purge faded back into the swamplands, only ever appearing again to their cult or when the land of Dolina was again at threat of destruction. | ||