Mamara

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The Dune Sea

Travelers dread the immense desert wasteland of Mamara, for few have crossed its dunes alive. Mamara is the largest realm in the World of Ruin, divided into the provinces of Al Tufail, Sirokos, and Doggerland.

Mamara was once ruled by an ancient dynasty of Pharaohs, and according to myth, the Dune Sea was once a lush paradise. What ravages created the vast desert remain a mystery to its inhabitants. In the east, the Valley of the Dead in Sirokos is a forbidden desert punctuated by three salty rivers, and no sane traveler will travel up the long road of Pilgrim's Path toward the ruin of the Tomb of Kings, where the Burning Pharaohs sleep. In the Valley of the Dead, it is rumored that tribes of dead warriors called Ammuti roam.

To the west, the tribes who were once the Pharaohs' people cling to life in small villages dotted alongside fertile oases near Al Tufail, the most populated region in all of Mamara. Here, it is said the capricious Sultana Meseampur rules in place of the Caliphate she ousted, and some believe she is a Rasa.

The hard-heartened Mamarans are as varied in their beliefs as they are in their origins, but fierce survival instincts has made them all suspicious of outsiders.

The Alchemist Azarbod

Azarbod is believed to have been a student of Muraius. His book represents the foundation of the school of alchemy.

Peoples

Midworlders, Ammuti, Rasan Humanoids

Religion & Culture

The Sirokan Gods, The Rasan Pantheon

Locations

Provinces

The province of Al Tufail is surrounded by the Dune Sea of Mamara, home to several ancient yet massive metropolises: the City of Glory, the City of Splendor, and the City of Strength. All three remain jewels of history, fragments of an older age, before even the High People held dominion over the earth. Read More
This stretch of desert in the Dune Sea of Mamara is a no man’s land of sky pirates, sandworms, and lost treasure. Its exact geography is impossible to map, given the shifting sands of the Dune Sea, but if you pay the right price, you might find waypoints to permanent outposts selling the rarest of wares. Read More

The long road into the Valley of the Dead is known as Pilgrim’s Path, so named after the mythical acestic who walked across the Dune Sea to bear a gift to the Pharaohs of old. He was beset by many perils along the way and survived solely by the grace of his divine patrons. The Path cuts across the stony expanse that is Sirokos, where searing hot winds shred travelers to bone and the wandering dead known as the Ammuti are rumored to kidnap the doe-eyed and hopeful for rituals unknown and unspeakable. Read More

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