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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. {{Infobox_Kingdom|title1 = Cauldomo|image1 = New Amusa Domains.png|primary_races = Dragonborn, Lizardfolk, Kobolds}} | |||
== Weather and Natural Terrain == | == Weather and Natural Terrain == | ||
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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 and beyond dragonborn and other types of dragonkin fled to Dolina for refuge and safety. 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. | 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 and beyond dragonborn and other types of dragonkin fled to Dolina for refuge and safety. 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, | 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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Much of their local economy relies on hunting and the harvesting of rare swamp based flora which can be used to distill a number of powerful potions and are highly sought after spell components for spellcasters. Many towns and cities are built upon the wetlands with stilts and other wooden supports to protect buildings from rising waters. Travel across the land is accomplished by small shallow water ferries which an bring you to almost any point across Dolina. | Much of their local economy relies on hunting and the harvesting of rare swamp based flora which can be used to distill a number of powerful potions and are highly sought after spell components for spellcasters. Many towns and cities are built upon the wetlands with stilts and other wooden supports to protect buildings from rising waters. Travel across the land is accomplished by small shallow water ferries which an bring you to almost any point across Dolina. | ||
Many Dolinan towns and cities pay monthly tributes to "He Who Knocks" as thanks for their protection of the land with bones and meat. Members of the Grove of Voiceless Whispers are highly respected in Dolina for their service to the swamp deity, but few know of their practices as many of the cults beliefs and rituals are practiced in secret. It is tradition that the first born child of each household | Many Dolinan towns and cities pay monthly tributes to "He Who Knocks" as thanks for their protection of the land with bones and meat. Members of the Grove of Voiceless Whispers are highly respected in Dolina for their service to the swamp deity, but few know of their practices as many of the cults beliefs and rituals are practiced in secret. It is tradition that the first born child of each household will journey off and train to join the grove. Those who pass the trials are welcomed into the grove while those who fail disappear. | ||
== Notable Towns/Cities == | == Notable Towns/Cities == | ||
* [[Seawell]] | * [[Seawell]] | ||
* | * Swamp Coast Reef | ||
** The [[Thimble Piep-Piep|Piep-Piep]] dynasty was said to rule over the swamplands. | ** The [[Thimble Piep-Piep|Piep-Piep]] dynasty was said to rule over the swamplands. | ||
== Notable Locations == | == Notable Locations == | ||
* | * The Spider Swamps | ||
* | * Amparo (ruins) | ||
* | * Atla (submerged off coast) | ||
[[Category:Amusa]] | [[Category:Amusa]] | ||
[[Category:Ancients Alive]] | [[Category:Ancients Alive]] | ||
[[Category:Wicked Wilds]] | [[Category:Wicked Wilds]] |