Pathfinder Chronicles - Gazetteer - Asamnet

Government: Military Oligarchy
Languages: Common, Varisian
Religion: Iomedae, Abadar, Erastil
With the collapse of Cheliax following Aroden’s death, many
of the empire’s marchlands fell into open revolt. One of
the first among them was Molthune, an
enormous province stretching from
the Menador Mountains to the south
all the way north to the border of the
military province of Lastwall.
Molthune’s loss further crippled
the wounded empire, inspiring
other provinces like Galt
and Andoran to break from
Cheliax.
Unfortunately, peace would
not find the newly independent
nation for some time. Using
ancient maps of the territory
to define its boundaries, Governor
Kellon quickly attempted to restore
order to his beleaguered people. Despite his
attempts, the independent folk of the Fangwood
Forest resisted his rule, seeking to break away from the old
traditions that treated them as little more than indentured
servants. Acts of sabotage at the various lumber camps
throughout the region eventually led to all-out rebellion,
and in 4655 the Fangwood rangers announced the birth of
their own new nation, Nirmathas. His position as governor
greatly damaged, Kellon soon relinquished his title and
faded into ignominy.
The intervening years have seen six new governors,
each drawn from the Molthuni Army, and various levels of
open warfare with Nirmathas. Although each governor has
failed to cow the folk of Nirmathas, Molthune’s current
leader, Markwin Teldas, has ordered the construction of
a new fortress along the northern border, from which to
launch greater assaults. Fort Ramgate (so named because
of the repeated attempts by raiders to destroy its main gate)
nears completion, an event sure to precede even greater
conf lict between the two struggling nations.
Most citizens of Molthune fall into one of two distinct
groups: city dwellers and laborers. The city dwellers, almost
all of whom live in Eranmas or the capital of Canorate,
are considered “Imperial Citizens,” and may participate
in local governance and foreign trade and move freely
about the country. Most of the rest of the populace are
laborers. These indentured servants till the great fields of
the central plains and perform most of the common work
that keeps the economy of Molthune af loat. While many
laborers resent their position, most take pride in their
work, seeing it as one part of a greater whole that allows
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Molthune to maintain its proud traditions while forging
a new future based in independence. Governor Teldas
recently proclaimed that any laborer can gain the status of
Citizen by serving in the armies of Molthune for a period
of 5 years. While this decision enjoys strong popularity
with the working masses, the elite consider it to be an
abomination. Teldas hopes the swell in the
army’s numbers allows him to retake
Nirmathas, thus quieting his critics.
Mwangi Expanse
JUNGLE WILDERNESS
Alignment: N
Capital: None
Notable Settlements: Bloodcove
(5,280), Jaha (5,600), Kibwe
( 3 , 8 0 0), M za l i ( 36,9 0 0), Nantambu
(14,500), Osibu (9,800), Ruins of
Kho (unknown), Senghor (26,430),
Usaro (8,790)
Ruler: None
Government: Countless tribal strongmen,
lost kingdoms, unorganized nomad bands,
and one enraged gorilla king
Languages: Polyglot
Religion: Shamanism, ancestor worship, Angazhan
(demon lord of beasts), Gozreh
Some of the oldest human ruins in the world lie scattered
throughout the interior jungles of Garund, cracked
through with powerful roots and rubbed smooth by the
passing of millennia. The reclusive tribal inhabitants
from whom the forests and wildlands take their name trace
their heritage to forgotten kingdoms and lost nations, but
they have fallen far since the days of their zenith, and their
glorious past remains a mystery not just to the outside
world, but also to themselves.
No accurate maps of Garund’s interior exist, and
the Mwangi, elven, and less-recognizable tribes of the
Expanse seldom declare formal borders. Some nomadic
groups wander the jungles and valleys without ever
settling anywhere for long. Several locales within the
trackless wild attract potent malevolent spirits, sentient
plant colonies, juju zombie cults, or similar hazards,
making them shunned by right-thinking natives and
explorers alike.
Chelaxian explorers first penetrated the Mwangi
Expanse during the reign of the expansionist Prince
Haliad I, establishing a colony at Sargava that still
exists (if precariously) to this day. Centuries earlier, the
insidious Aspis Consortium established a beachhead
at a scurvy port known as Bloodcove at the mouth of
the powerful Vanji River, from whence its meticulous
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