Gurkhal
Auror
This is intended to a be general topic for my development of my, if things comes to success, development of a Ancient Greece and Hellenistic inspired fantasty setting thus far named "Kosmos". I'll be posting a little of everything, do revisions etc. All manner of comments and suggestions are welcome.
To start with it. I'll start with a short overview of the race of men called the Hallienes.
The Hallienes
Part 1.
This people were born by the ur-mother Galaya and by a divine father whose name and nature shifts according to version, and the place where they were raised and put up their homes was called Hallia, a set of mountainous islands and penninsulas shoting out into Sapphire Sea. This geographical circumstances pulled them towards the waters and it was not long before they came into contact with surrounding cultures and became part of the great trade network that span across the Sapphire Sea. This had several effects of both getting trade contacts, offering oppertunities for piracy as well as get the Hallienes into contact with clients who could pay well for foreign mercenaries for one of their many wars.
For just as fertile soil, fresh water springs, good grazing lands and other resources were sparse due to the mountainous nature of their homeland, so had the Hallienes grown to fight harshly with each other over these resurces. For many the lure of foreign gold proved a great alternative to poverty or risk of starvation and so they sold their spears to whatever king or cheiftain would care to hire them in their wars and feuds.
To start with it. I'll start with a short overview of the race of men called the Hallienes.
The Hallienes
Part 1.
This people were born by the ur-mother Galaya and by a divine father whose name and nature shifts according to version, and the place where they were raised and put up their homes was called Hallia, a set of mountainous islands and penninsulas shoting out into Sapphire Sea. This geographical circumstances pulled them towards the waters and it was not long before they came into contact with surrounding cultures and became part of the great trade network that span across the Sapphire Sea. This had several effects of both getting trade contacts, offering oppertunities for piracy as well as get the Hallienes into contact with clients who could pay well for foreign mercenaries for one of their many wars.
For just as fertile soil, fresh water springs, good grazing lands and other resources were sparse due to the mountainous nature of their homeland, so had the Hallienes grown to fight harshly with each other over these resurces. For many the lure of foreign gold proved a great alternative to poverty or risk of starvation and so they sold their spears to whatever king or cheiftain would care to hire them in their wars and feuds.