
The city of Ysawis lies in this tropical land of south-eastern Zakhara, an area that has remained sheathed in mystery and superstition since the enlightened west discovered it many centuries ago. In ages past, the empires of Nog and Kadar spread their influence south along the eastern coast all the way to the Grey Jungle.Yet a third great empire, which once dominated the isle of Afyal, is now also remembered by its ruins. Zakharans know these two kingdoms as Nog and Kadar. These were powerful river-empires, of which, say the sages, there were two (though some suggest there were at times as many as a seven). Long, long ago, when the giants ruled and the Haunted Lands were said to be verdant, the lands now called the Ruined Kingdoms held mighty human empires.Sokkar falls into ruin and is devoured by the encroaching desert.While they squabbled, their own gen united against them, stole the jar, and it has remained hidden ever since. After his death, Jafar’s foolish students quarrelled over the Seal. While the Seal was in his hands, the genies obeyed all men perforce, much as the dao now serve all yak-men, and Zakhara enjoyed a golden age. Jafar the Incomparable, first sha’ir, made the Seal of Jafar al-Samar in a distant age, when the four genie lords grew jealous of his power and sent an army to harass the people of Zakhara.
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He learned how to bind genies to his will.
Long long ago: The first Sha’ir found the Ruby of Yalsur in the mountain caves (was this the Heart of the World that both gods and genies longed to possess?), and an ancient sword on an elven corpse that could kill a great ghul (bane against genies?). Thus, Kagemni set upon his brother all unknowing. The king mistakenly slew his brother, Diarbekir, after battling deceitful genies with their dying screams, the genies cursed the blade, making its wielder believe friends to be foes. Many centuries ago with its first owner, Kagemni. the infamous Drinker of a Thousand Lives blade was enchanted by the necromancer Diarbekir for his brother, Kagemni, first king of Ysawis. A huge deposit of lodestone lies at the bottom of the Crowded Sea – is this the meteor that ended the rule of the gods and genies. The gods responded by hurling a moon-sized boulder into the ocean, splashing the water into the surrounding desert and crushing the giant and his army of minions. The Pit of Ghuls once contained an ocean, ruled by an arrogant giant who demanded that the gods recognize him as an equal. In an age before men worshiped the righteous god, Ahz’ahk, a noble efreet, challenged the Sultan of the City of Brass and was banished to the Pit of Ghuls to try and carve out his own empire (Caravans pg 51). The gods and genies fled (were destroyed by the meteor?). Some people fled to the mountains and became the hill tribes, few others remained (survived) in the lands of the gods and genies and became the faithful of the gods. (Could the gods be giants or titans?) The gods and genies fought over something precious to both, they rent the land and the sky filled with fire (a meteor). The gods sailed the great sea and fought with the genies.
Long long long ago: Gods and genies lived in Zakhara but did not know how to share.Long long long ago: Before Nog and Kadar existed, dragons came to Zakhara but they were slain or turned away by the power of the genies (From the Dragon and the Genies tale).