Khoursir

A long, thin desert that abuts the western slopes of the Myr Mountains. The desert, named Khoursir after the inhabitants, runs from frozen desert wastes in the North to heat blasted in the South. It is said to be "the land of magic and demons".

History

300 years ago^{[as of when?]} the Khoursir were nomads and raiders, separated into various tribes. Their way of life was changed when the Iron Wizards united these tribes, and they began to work to build a new civilization, founding the Thaumocracy of Khoursir, also known as the Hazar.

Technology

The Hazar were among the most advanced human societies in the world, possessing sophisticated mathematics, astronomy, and a devotion to experimentation verging on the scientific. The Khoursirians understood optics and anatomy, making their telescopes and medicine the best in the world. In Khoursir, mathematics was considered another branch of magic and a very fashionable one.

Religion

The Hazar had a different relationship to demons than most cultures, they did not ascribe the same negative connotations to the creatures. Their native term was Djinn and they believed all of nature to be populated by Djinns, who were responsible for most natural phenomenon. The Hazar pantheon was populated by thousands of Djinn as well as the Sun, the father god; the High Moon, the bride of god; and the two Sons of God, the Dawn Moon and the Dusk Moon. The Hazar believed these gods created the world but were absent from it, the Djinns overseed life on Orden.