Tejar

Near the southwestern mainland of Rythalion lies a huge island called Tejar. Tejar, in its entirety, hosts a massive jungle known as the Jungle of Tejar. The jungle is perhaps the most dangerous place on Rythalion, where dinosaurs roam, jungle illness looms in the thick flora, dangers of other jungle critters are all around and very small traces of civilization exist.

One clear exception is Port Aruku, located on one of the northernmost bays of the island. It is ruled by five wealthy families that control successful merchant companies that are renowned for their quality goods and fair prices. One of said families was once exiled from Yense and has since made its fortune in the city through their own means. The other families all rose from the ashes of Tejar’s old empire and made their names while succeeding in commerce. Port Aruku is the must go-to place if someone is looking for goods that grow in the jungle or if they are looking for an animal that is native in this climate. The families also have succeeded in domesticating dinosaurs and are selling them to anyone interested in relatively good prices. Other merchants in similar places like some cities in faraway Yohssalu have tried domesticating dinosaurs but the lead in domesticating and selling such creatures remain the five families of Port Aruku.

The other city in all of Tejar where the locals won't probably kill you is called Ilika and it is located in the easternmost part of Tejar, miles outside of the jungle next to the sea. Outside of Ilika, are villages and farms that tend the tropical land and live off it. They are a source for Ilika’s food and other raw materials as well as produces that Ilika sells overseas. Ilika is governed by three nobles, two Dukes and one Duchess, but even they are held in the whims of the Church of Waves; clerics of the Goddess Calaseid and controllers of the tide around Ilika. The faith and worshipping of Calaseid is prominent in Ilika and festivals and offerings to the Sea Queen are held every once in a while and all the boats and ships bear the holy symbol of Calaseid along with Ilika’s flag. Because of the prominent worship of the Sea Goddess, ships from Ilika always find good weather and a calm sea in their travels which does wonders for the city’s economy as trade with other cities and some islands are never threatened by storms or unrest in the sea or even by many sea critters. This is very important as well due to the remote location of the city. Had it not been for Calaseid’s mercy and favor, the livelihood of Ilika and the surrounding lands would be a hundredfold more difficult and Ilika would not be visited by anyone; unlike now. Because of all that many ships visit Ilika to trade and such and many will choose to go there even when they are far from Tejar.

People in these cities of Tejar speak Tejarin, a language that was used by the lost Tejar Empire.