Hatistathar and Kelantuis

Where is Kelantuis?

West of Ranivik, Walled Garden, Kelantuis is the prosperous alternative route for dragons who fear to tread in Inadagedyn and Inaildoro. It is southwest of Danundseer and northwest of considered part of the Tachanigh-Kelkaith Trade Corridor.

How is Kelantuis classified?

Benevolent. Fate is taut in Kelantuis, but it's not quite a model city, and Hatistathar's Fate-weaving is not considered mind control.

What kind of population and economy does Kelantuis have?

Kelantuis is known as 'the prosperous swamp'. It is sunken into the landscape. Although it is inland from the coasts, rain sometimes reaches it anyways. Moreover, water flows into the theome from elsewhere and bubbles up from the ground. It's under the waterline. While the poor soil limits the architectural ambitions of Kelantuis, stubborn wealthy dragons have sunk some impressive structures into this swamp since the city of Kelantuis was founded in year 127 of Theoma. More conventional buildings use stilted construction, but it's clean and often brightly painted.

There is some farming in the waterlogged soil of Kelantuis, which doesn't lack for fertility, and some livestocking as well. Most of the conventional agricultural output is consumed by local markets, which actually demand more food than is grown in the theome, leading to modest food imports to complete the city's diet.

The theome's most renowned domestic trade good arises from the sivast flower, which comes in red, violet, and yellow varieties. The red and violet varieties each yield an excellent pigment. The yellow variety loses most of its vibrancy in processing, turning into a beige pigment that still has some market. Sivast farmers use greenhouses to grow regular crops of the flowers year-round, while poorer Sivast foragers pick them from the swamp. Most of the yellow sivast produced in Kelantuis is harvested by foragers, as it is not considered worth cropping. The flowers are also edible, though they are rarely eaten, as they are reported to have a bitter texture. Sivast seeds are tiny, but the plants produce them in profusion, and they yield a fine, clear oil. This leads to a secondary supply of oil from the plants. However, harvesting and hulling the tiny sivast seeds is difficult enough to limit the development of the sivast oil market.

Although some merchants do come to Kelantuis to buy red, violet, or beige paints, the true foundation of Kelantuis' economy isn't the pigments. It's the trade route. There are manufacturies built up here to supply sundries into the Tachanigh-Kelkaith, and merchantgons visit the shops of Kelantuis looking for rarities.

Who is the land god of Kelantuis?

Hatistathar is a column of flaming letters that lives in a fountain park in the center of the the city of Kelantuis. He never moves from his spot, but he manifests flaming eyes that meet the gaze of anyone who looks at him. Dragons who pray quietly near him usually report conversing with him in their thoughts, but he'll ignore any dragon sometimes and some dragons always. Geomancers find Hatistathar very interesting to talk to and report that he occasionally even gives geomancy lessons, though the cost in serenity drain is very severe.

The library of Querent-Querent in Kelantuis is very prosperous as Hatistathar's approachability attracts many geomancers interested in serving locally and the trade route's prosperity attracts many travellers interested in the library's services. Despite this, there is no actual geomantic academy in Kelantuis, and several prominent local geomancers have expressed their opposition to one being founded, essentially on the grounds that young geomancers are chaotic.