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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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== 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 === | ||
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=== The Second Draconic Crusades and The Night of a Thousand Knocks === | === The Second Draconic Crusades and The Night of a Thousand Knocks === | ||
While Dolina was still recovering from Realm War I, the Second Draconic Crusades began with the [[The Ten Heralds of Tiamat|re-emergence of dragons]]. From all across Amusa | While Dolina was still recovering from Realm War I, the Second Draconic Crusades began with the [[The Ten Heralds of Tiamat|re-emergence of dragons]]. From all across Amusa dn beyond dragonborn and other types of dragonkin fled to Dolina for refuge and saftey. The natural swamplands made it easy to disappear and made it difficult for crusaders to pursue. 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. | ||
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Dolina's culture places a lot of emphasis on found family as many of its residents either came from or are descendants of those who came to Dolina from far off lands. After going through the hardships of the Second Draconic Crusades, the people of Dolina found solace in their shared identity as dragonkin. Much of this brought fourth a put your neighbor before yourself mentality in Dolina's people. | Dolina's culture places a lot of emphasis on found family as many of its residents either came from or are descendants of those who came to Dolina from far off lands. After going through the hardships of the Second Draconic Crusades, the people of Dolina found solace in their shared identity as dragonkin. Much of this brought fourth a put your neighbor before yourself mentality in Dolina's people. | ||
These beliefs though did not necessarily extend past Dolina's borders as they held a very isolationist stance in regards to realm politics. They most they would interact with the rest of Amusa is through trade across the bay with [[Cauldomo]] and [[Wistness]], or from travelers crossing Dolina's land border with | These beliefs though did not necessarily extend past Dolina's borders as they held a very isolationist stance in regards to realm politics. They most they would interact with the rest of Amusa is through trade across the bay with [[Cauldomo]] and [[Wistness]], or from travelers crossing Dolina's land border with Galik. All such interactions are heavily regulated and checked by local Dolina officials to prevent any dangerous elements from crossing into Dolina. | ||
[[Category:Amusa]] | [[Category:Amusa]] | ||
[[Category:Ancients Alive]] | [[Category:Ancients Alive]] | ||
[[Category:Wicked Wilds]] | [[Category:Wicked Wilds]] |