The Principality Of Jiara
The city-state of Jiara is the capital of the Jiaran satrapy. Situated upon a high plateau, it stands at a conflux of roads, rivers, and bridges that gives access to the River Province and the rest of the Scavenger Lands, as well as the jungles between the Gray River and the Summer Mountains. The valleys of the Justice and Ondessics Rivers offer rich farmland and pasturage, while the surrounding mountains supply copper, iron, precious metals, and gemstones.
House Mnemon holds Jiara. The palace-strewn acropolis called the Artahunara, once home to House Khidara— Jiara’s royal family—now hosts a puppet prince and his Dragon-Blooded masters. In and around the city below, military encampments stand packed with Mnemon’s forces. Her House soldiers are backed with mercenary units, masses of conscripts from other satrapies, and the forces of Jiaran princelings who have rebelled against House Khidara. Many soldiers have been billeted in the houses of suspected Khidara loyalists to watch for resistance activities.
Jiaran soldiers are feared and respected for their skill at arms, much of it drawn from their training in the ritual sword dance. For centuries, these soldiers formed an auxiliary to the Realm’s legions. Now their skills trouble the Mnemon garrison as rebellion foments amid the Jiaran countryside.
A year ago, the heir to House Khidara abandoned the capital to raise a revolt. Her forces—a mix of mercenaries, Jiaran loyalists, and the royal guard—now occupy the lesser Jiaran cities of Daric, Naathul, and Parapet. Other settlements and states in the region set old resentment aside, seeing the uprising as a symbol of rebellion against the Realm. Mnemon’s interest is more personal. The other Houses will take failure here as a sign of weakness, at a time when they could tear her House apart if they smell blood in the water.
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