Northwest Region: Vaqueria

The Vaquerian people occupy a collection of city-states with a common economy situated between the Grey Mountain region of the Forever range to the west, the Raven-occupied mountain forests to the north, the Coyote and Hawkeye regions to the northeast and east, and the Deadened Bay to the south. A strip of Vaquerian territory reaches along the shore to the swamplands of the Triad. This area, claimed by the city Puertolaputa, is subject to regular raids by both the Lizardines and the Hawkeyes. Vaqueria is an affluent cattle-based society with a large slave population. Aside from some trade regulations, there are no overarching laws in the region and each city has its own. Some cities have outlawed slavery but can’t openly invite escaped slaves for fear of embargos or outright hostility from slave-based cities. Vaqueria is one of the few places in the Hubworld to embrace paper currency, which is printed in and guaranteed by Fort Fortuna, a mercantile city claiming to have the safest vaults in the world. Most cities are surrounded by ranches and farms. There are some small independent settlements near the wilderness edges and a few remote monasteries founded by the devout and the disciplined who shunned the decadent materialism of city life. Vaqueria is the most common destination for Martian exiles seeking mercenary work.
Races: Human, Gnome, Halfling (Stout, Hairfoot), Elf (Martian)
Common Tongue: Cuautil
Classes: Mounted Constable, Fighter, Bushi, Kensai, Gunslinger, Ranger, Bounder, Rover, Medjay, Survivalist, Mariner, Shamanic Bard, Minstrel, Merchant, Thief, Detective, Pirate, Assassin, Votary, Reverend, Witch/Warlock, Medicine Wo/Man, Houngan/Mambo, Nagual, Oracle, Monk, Magic-User, Illusionist, Clerk, Friar, Scholastic Sage, Sage-Magician, Sage-Mentalist, Sifu, Martial Advisor, Medic, Rogue Scholastic, Alchemist, Mechanist

Structure

Independent city-states with varying models of internal governance provide protection to surrounding peasantry and ranchers in the form of Mounted Constable patrols. Lawkeepers do not roam outside the protected area except in pursuit of criminals, and cities do not aid one another or coordinate anything except a banking system.

Mythology & Lore

Prominent Deities:
Vacamat – goddess of cows
Baphomet – god of bulls
Maria – goddess of magic
Al – god of time, life, and death
Ammon – god of strength and wolves
Bacchus – god of liquor
Belial – god of pain
Big Sky – god of sky
Br’er Rabbit – god of mischief
Cat Lord – god of thieves and cats
Coyote – god of crafts, craftiness, and coyotes
Dagon – god of agriculture and transport
Discordia – goddess of entropy
Dispater – god of the moon and fraud
Eye in the Sky – god of judgement and vengeance
Fortuna – goddess of fortune
Jesse – god of rebirth and mercy
Kakia – goddess of vice
Lord of Flies – god of insects and lies
Mad Harriet – goddess of insanity
Mammon – god of wealth and mineral riches
Moloch – god of destruction
Murdoch – god of cities
Pazuzu – god of assassins and night time
Putadeloro – goddess of prostitution and profit
Serpentor – god of reptiles and visions
Speedy – god of challenge and contests
Spider Queen – goddess of spiders and scorpions
Solero – god of the sun
Titivilus – god of negotiation
Xocho – god of gambling
Yaddah – god of law, heaven, and earth

Type

Financial, Other

Demonym

Vaquerians

Economic System

Market economy

Currency

Vaquerian coinage and bank-notes.