Eternity RPC Board
Khiva. A land of incredible beauty and majesty, with natural wonders galore and featuring one of the planets cradles of biodiversity. A region of rich heritage and cultural significance, with written history going back thousands of years. Some of the earliest civilizations grew up in this region, with ancient cities rivaling those of the Sentric Empire and the Mahkals to the far north.
While first officially discovered by western explorers in the mid 1200s, the region was known to those in the near east far sooner, and some maps created in that region marked Cae Verii, or a bastardization of what the coastel tribes called themselves. The tern "Khiva" specifically is tied to a Lambore word Khe-Vah meaning "Land of Joy".
First discovered by the west by Oslanburgan explorer Sabastien Kleinsson in 1238, the northern coastal reaches of Khiva weren't properly explored and mapped until later, near the end of the thirteenth century. Early explorers reported untold riches, including valuable spices and, naturally, gold, and it wouldnt be long before boats of Brigidnans would arrive to pillage the region, and pillage they would. The story of Khiva cannot properly be told without acknowledging the acts undertaken by the colonial powers of Brigidna. This is the story of how how these powers came, saw, and conquered the Land of Joy, and how Khiva found itself into the present day, warts and all.
(OOC: this is going to probably be a messy topic chronology wise, but that is okay. It's not the end of the world if things are out of order. Feel free to begin describing how your colonial domain was established. We'll eventually find ourselves to the point where we're ready for de-colonization. We're roughly starting around 1300.)
While first officially discovered by western explorers in the mid 1200s, the region was known to those in the near east far sooner, and some maps created in that region marked Cae Verii, or a bastardization of what the coastel tribes called themselves. The tern "Khiva" specifically is tied to a Lambore word Khe-Vah meaning "Land of Joy".
First discovered by the west by Oslanburgan explorer Sabastien Kleinsson in 1238, the northern coastal reaches of Khiva weren't properly explored and mapped until later, near the end of the thirteenth century. Early explorers reported untold riches, including valuable spices and, naturally, gold, and it wouldnt be long before boats of Brigidnans would arrive to pillage the region, and pillage they would. The story of Khiva cannot properly be told without acknowledging the acts undertaken by the colonial powers of Brigidna. This is the story of how how these powers came, saw, and conquered the Land of Joy, and how Khiva found itself into the present day, warts and all.
(OOC: this is going to probably be a messy topic chronology wise, but that is okay. It's not the end of the world if things are out of order. Feel free to begin describing how your colonial domain was established. We'll eventually find ourselves to the point where we're ready for de-colonization. We're roughly starting around 1300.)