Pathfinder Chronicles - Gazetteer - Asamnet

Government: Celestial Monarchy
Languages: Osirian
Religion: Nethys, Sarenrae, Pharasma, Lamashtu, Irori,
Norgorber, Rovagug
For almost 2,000 years after the Starstone fell from space
to create the Inner Sea, chaos and ruin defined Golarion.
The old empires were cast down and strange creatures
born of darkness and fear stalked the land. It was a time
of barbarism and terror, a slow decline into extinction
for humankind. Humanity rose again in the jungles
and deserts of the south Inner Sea coast. Osirion, a land
of living god-kings and monolithic pyramids, arose as a
civilized beacon in a world ruled by barbarism, the first of
the great kingdoms of man’s Age of Destiny.
A prophet of Nethys known as Azghaad unified the
warring tribes along the River Sphinx, initiating Osirion’s
first pharaonic dynasty in the city of Sothis, which still bears
titanic statues carved in his image. The Osirian folk honored
their pharaohs as gods in the f lesh, acceding to their every
whim and marching upon their grand ambitions. Within
500 years, Osirion controlled vast territories in Thuvia
and modern-day Rahadoum and Katapesh, as well as a lost
colony that eventually became the kingdom of Geb. This
Gazetteer: Nations
First Age of Osirion generated pyramid tombs and temples
for scores of pharaohs and their servants, many of which
remain undiscovered (and well defended) to this day.
A succession of lesser pharaohs and temporary foreign
conquerors ruled Osirion in the middle centuries of the
Age of Destiny, erecting cities and temples of their own
in an attempt to leave a permanent mark on history. Most
are forgotten today. During this period, Osirion waned in
inf luence throughout the Inner Sea, ceding its marginal
colonial territories.
Four competing warlords known as the Four Pharaohs
of Ascension halted Osirion’s decline about two centuries
before the foundation of Taldor, restoring the nation’s
inf luence and holdings using force and guile. The
resulting prosperity fueled a rebirth in the nation’s spirit,
marking Osirion’s Second Age.
In 1532, foreign inf luence ended Osirion’s pharaonic
era when Qadiri agents toppled the corrupt government of
Pharaoh Menedes XXVI, establishing Osirion as a satrapy
of the Keleshite Empire of the East. Over the centuries,
migrants from Kelesh changed the ethnic character
of the nation, razing many of the old monuments and
structures to the ground in an effort to chart a new
destiny for Osirion.
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