===== Yakami ===== | | | |**Geography** || |Location:|Middlesea| |Area:| | |Largest City:| | |**Demography** | | |Demonym:|Yakami| |Population:| | |Languages:|Yakami \\ True Common| |Races and Ethnicities:|Yakami Human \\ Ainu Human \\ Hengeyokai((Probably, they're from the same book.))| |Religion:|Yakami Pantheon((Obviously,))((Mostly the Kami, among civilized folk.))| Yakami is an island in the Middlesea south-west of Al-Qashqa. It is a peaceful land of feudal realms; oftentimes, adventurers and heroes leave this land in pursuit of gold to loot and evil to thwart in more barbaric lands. Yakami is organized in the mortal realm under an absolute monarchy. Yakami are oriental in appearance with pale skin and black hair. While the common soldier likely uses a spear, curved swords - especially the katana, a sort of bastard sword - are ubiquitous among more prestigious soldiers, with different sizes of swords having their own names in the Yakami language. The Yakami lack a Paladin or Druidic tradition. Monks are very common, on the other hand; it’s common for powerful Yakami warriors to supplement their other skills with a few Monk levels. On a meta level, Yakami is the land of the Samurai. Many Samurai characters hail from there, though the tradition of the bushido warrior has spread beyond the borders. ==== Notable Characters ==== [[:tsuruno|Akita Tsuruno]], a samurai exiled from her homeland. She became a renowned warrior and master weaponsmith, known for her refusal to sell anything other than a katana. She now runs a dojo in Barrow's Maw. Bayushi Yoritomo, a samurai exiled from his homeland. He planned on expanding the influence of the Scorpion clan and their unique warrior's code to the adventuring lands, but died saving his allies from a swarm of reanimated hands. He has since returned to Yakami. Akodo Timur, outcast from his lands, grandson of the Great Khan((A great and terrible orcish warlord who led several bloody campaigns. He went insane and blazed a path of destruction across southern Yakami, killing his own allies and family in the process.)) and scion of the Akodo clan; wielder of his grandfather's Daisho, build for a giant man ten feet tall; died defending his seeming ally, Wendell Scuttle, from the predations of a Landshark. On his first expedition ever. Red, a Kitsune (Fox Hengeyokai) spirit shaman and early traveler to the Ohm Basin.