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==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend==
==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend==
*{{netbook-small}}[[Al Khymer's Oasis]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[Al Khymer's Oasis]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
*[[The Scabrous One]]
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*[[Tiyet's Estate]]
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====[[Oasis|Oases]]====
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*{{netbook-small}}[[Al Khymer's Oasis]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[Al Khymer's Oasis]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
*[[Red Oasis]]<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
*[[Red Oasis]]<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
*[[Tawiel Akhdar]]<ref name="Ravenloft DMG p. 83-85">[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]] p. 83-85</ref>
*[[Tawiel Akhdar]]<ref name="Ravenloft DMG p. 83-85">[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]] p. 83-85</ref>
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==[[NPC]]==
==[[NPC]]==
*{{netbook-small}}[[Abel]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
* {{netbook-small}}[[Abel]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
*[[Ar]]<ref>[[Children of the Night: Vampires]] p.31-32</ref>
*[[Ar]]<ref>[[Children of the Night: Vampires]] p.31-32</ref>
*[[Johara bint Kalila al Asima]]<ref name="Ravenloft DMG p. 83-85">[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]] p. 83-85</ref>
*[[Johara bint Kalila al Asima]]<ref name="Ravenloft DMG p. 83-85">[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]] p. 83-85</ref>

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Sebua
Culture Level Stone Age (1), with Bronze Age (2) ruins[1][2]
Ecology Full[1][2]
Climate & Terrain Warm deserts, hills, mountains[1][2]
Year Formed 564 BC[3][4]
Population Unknown[5][2]
Races (%) Humans assumed 100%[5][2]
Languages Wildspeak[5][2]
Religions None[5][2]
Government No formal government, but the wild children of the domain have an rudimentary but egalitarian society that essentially works on the basis of direct democracy[5][6]
Ruler(s) Tiyet[7]
Darklord(s) Tiyet[8]
Nationality Sebuan[7]
Analog Ancient Egypt
Related Categories
Locations in Sebua
Transportation in Sebua
Inhabitants of Sebua
Former Inhabitants of Sebua
Flora of Sebua
Fauna of Sebua
Native Monsters of Sebua

Originally an Island of terror, Sebua is a domain of the Amber Wastes[7][2], ruled by Tiyet.[7] It is a harsh desert land. Hidden beneath and within the ruins, sandy dunes, and desolate rocky flats lies the wealth and secrets of a lost Bronze Age civilization resembling that of Har'Akir, though the only living Sebuan native people of any numbers are children that live in Stone Age living conditions. These "wild children" dwell within the ruined city of Anhalla. Oases in the wastelands are surprisingly not uncommon, though pollution or hidden dangers often befoul them. Although the land bears natural resources, the Pharazian nomads that travel through Sebua to reach the neighboring domain of Har'Akir do not for the most part linger long to exploit them, for Sebua is considered a vile and unholy land.[9][6]

Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend

Biology

Flora

Any would be crops are mostly unexploited.

Fauna

Native Horrors


Geography

Weather

By day, Sebua is consumed by hellish heat, even when the skies are dark. Night is characterized by a crispy cool temperature, though not cold save for the Valley of Death.[15]

Although Sebua generally has an arid climate, great but fleeting downpours in the afternoon are presaged by the formation of storm clouds in the morning. Any cooling provided by the rain is all too brief. In addition, dark sandstorms periodically ravages through the area and cover anything in their paths with sand that burns the skin and assaults the nasal passages.[15][1][2]

Terrain

Oases

Authority

Darklord

The former wife of a Black Lands Pharaoh, Tiyet is the darklord of the realm, though she only really presides over the undead inhabitants. She has a supernatural control over them. This is not so with the living, whom she generally avoids the living for she can hear the beating of their hearts, and it pains her. Woe be it for any explorer who thief whom violates her estate however, for such trespass is to court death. In addition, she is compelled to seek out a mortal and rip out their heart at least once per year. Delaying such meals means she experiences greater pain when she hears a heartbeat.[17]

Language & Culture

The ancient ruins of Sebua strongly implies Sebua had a cultural connection to Har'Akir, and Akiri is the language written upon the tombs and other old monuments of the land. However, the only native living Sebuan culture is that of the Stone Age wild children whom never seem to grow older. The reclusive wild children speak their own language known to the Pharazian nomads as Wildspeak.[5][6]

Gods and Religions

The Sebuan wild children do not recognize any deities save for the general desert itself, which they see through the general lens of a stern and punitive mother figure. Though there are no organized religions in this domain, druids and rangers are among the recommended character classes for Sebuan player characters,[5][6] suggesting that the Sebuan wild children's belief in nature may grant divine powers to some of their number.

NPC


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ravenloft Third Edition p. 150
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.169
  3. ↑ Domains of Dread p.16
  4. ↑ Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.19
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Ravenloft Third Edition p. 151
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p.170 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "rlphb170" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "rlphb170" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "rlphb170" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Domains of Dread p.107
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Domains of Dread p.108
  9. ↑ Ravenloft Third Edition p. 150-151
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 <Children of the Night: Demons p. 7-8
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Darklords p. 86
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Domains of Dread p.102
  13. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead p. 39, 47-48
  14. ↑ Darklords p. 85
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Darklords p. 85-86
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide p. 83-85
  17. ↑ Darklords p. 84-85
  18. ↑ Children of the Night: Vampires p.31-32

Chronology

BC

References

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Ravenloft Third Edition
Domains of Dread
Darklords

Secrets of the Dread Realms - p7
Ravenloft Third Edition - pp13,17-18,150-152
Domains of Dread - pp107-108
Darklords - pp85-88
Children of the Night: Vampires - pp30-34

Ravenloft Third Edition - p147
Domains of Dread - p103
Darklords - p83