Susland

The Region Of Susland

Susland, pronounced as "SEuse-Land" is one of the 14 regional areas on Liberos. Extending into the boundaries of the western half of the Forests Of Ying, Susland stretches along the rest of the eastern half of Bytos including the islands of Telikana and Benami. Susland is on average the coldest region, but surprisingly has high traces of early human activity. Susland was first settled by the native people due to the abundance of wildlife in the lower regions during the winter. Easy access to the sea allowed fishing, allowing people in the region to feast primarily on a diet consisting of fish and deer. However, the natural resources in the region besides wood and fur were severely limited. The only resource worth mining in the region was sapphires, mainly extracted from the large sapphire mine Iklo Sapphire Mine. Susland is located on one tectonic plate completely, allowing no mountain ranges to form through millions of years of planetary evolution although many tall hills dot the expanse.

Name

The name Susland first originated from the Kingdom Of Mani in the start of the 2nd Century. A group of fisherman from the Kingdom Of Osmax had became lost in a fishing journey and crash landed on a shore. Warriors from a nearby town that belonged to the Kingdom Of Mani held the warriors hostage. Horrified for their lives, the ships captain asked the warriors were they were. The Mani warriors replied "Sust-aNd," meaning 'Who are you?' The fisherman took the answer as the name of the land, and later told the King Of Osmax, Tiberius I, these ordeals. The King would send a small warship to investigate the people and initiated first contact with the Kingdom Of Mani. Although the native people of the land called the region Olamis, the name Susland would stick after the Kingdom Of Osmax officially mapped it is as so. The cost of the Ink to change the name was too high.

History

Human expansion into Susland first begun around the year B1E-1300 with small tribes. Centralization of the region first started under the infamous Tribe Of Elbama and later would expand to the Kingdom Of Mani and Kingdom Of Langley. The region despite its harsh winters and brutal weather was surprisingly inhabited heavily during the First Era. Throughout the further centuries, however, the region would notice a decline in population increase and would ultimately be the least inhabited region by the Third Era.

Tribe Of Elbama

The first fully developed city state on Susland were the Elbamas in the Tribe Of Elbama. The Elbamas were a strong, proud people that were considered dwarfs due to their small height. The Elbamas were originally settled as dwaft humans of the Heltas race but would shift in the following Eras into a whole new race. The Elbamo Dynasty is considered the weirdest most strangest dynasty consisting of XXVI (26) Elbamos until their great fall. This Tribe gave Susland a reputation of the strange and unnatural; a reputation it would never rid itself of.

Kingdom Of Mani

One of the most important Kingdoms in the First Era arose in 79 First Era from Huntir I. After uniting the surrounding tribes with the Formation Of Fami and Mani, the name Huntir would go down in history for millennia's. Starting small, the population of the Mani would grow much larger than one would think with the surrounding climate. With an efficient fishing and hunting populace, the Mani prospered. But soon, there wasn't enough food to sustain such a fast growing population and the population increase would stagnate in 120 First Era. Because of this, Tulus I would create the Mani Colonial Land Association through the Colonial Land Association Act in 126 First Era.

Regions

Generally Susland is divided into four sections: The North, The Middle, The East, and the West. The North was the coldest most barren terrain only inhabited by the insane crazed Elbamas of the Tribe Of Elbama. Here the weather was so cold that summer lasted only two months and the rest of the year the terrain was a frozen barren wasteland. To the East were islands full of natural resources like oil, wood, and even some minerals that were lacking on the mainland. These were controlled by the Osmax for many years before revolt finally freed them. To the west was unexplored wilderness with many creatures known and unknown. Expansion into this region stopped for centuries after the infamous Slaying Of The Lani terrified all future settlers. And to the Middle with the highest population and best arable land. With such hard winters most of Susland's population relied on fishing and hunting, but those in the middle could enjoy rare farming in the hospitable terrain.

Geography

Situated in the North of Liberos, Susland is a desolate cold region. Farming here is hard work, and hunting and fishing brings in most of the food. Inland civilizations have had many famines occur over the centuries from food instability. The geographical features include: Island Of Telikana, Island Of Benami, Peninsula Of Sus, Peninsula Of Max, Lake Of Elbama, Lake Of Elbama X, Plasong Lake.

Geology

Compared to regions like Peltas, Valmor, and Omis the region was very poor in natural resources. The only resource worth mining in the whole region was Sapphires, mainly mined from the Iklo Sapphire Mine. This mine was one of the worlds top producers in Sapphires, and was the shinning mine for miles. Other rock such as marble, slate, and granite formed deep underground in this region but was usually ignored due to weather conditions. The region almost year round was cold, with most of the region consisting of a 7 month winter. A mine in these conditions could not be profitable usually. Only local projects had mines constructed to have resources not hauled as far as Umon or Peltas.

Climate

Subject to great ice storms and frequent blizzards, Susland was one of the most inhospitable regions on Liberos. With nearly year round winters and blazing hot short summers, Susland was only for the strongest people. In the most remote and environmentally challenged regions to the North lived the insane Elbamas, dwarves known for their racism and greed. The Elbamas had a rough time living in such a hard environment but lived nonetheless. Their existence was generally thought to be a myth or a drawn out exaggeration for most of history. In the Middle, South of the North, was the little arable land in the region. Here, along with heavy fishing industries and hunting farms was were the majority of the people lived. Due to the regions limited capacity for attaining food colonization of farther more distant lands became a lived dream. Starting with the Colonial Land Association Act in 126 First Era, the Kingdom Of Mani would began expansion into new realms.

Culture

The primary language of Susland for centuries was Semther but it slowly shifted into Alarian, a Semther Helten hybrid langugage. Although not native to Susland, Helten arrived very early to Susland and is nearly on the same level as Semther in some locations.