[h3][center] Habotul Saliszi - The Salished Empire[/center][/h3]
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Alias: The Empire, The Dominion
Government Type: Autocratic. The Sashul appoints peers of high birth to rule in his stead outside of Nyssos. Over the past several decades, some lords have revolted against the Sashul's command and formed independent city-states.
Faction Species: Almost entirely comprised of men. The rural villages and hamlets are virtually completely human, while the large cities are slightly more cosmopolitan. Abhumans, beastmen, and Nyr'kiin are generally unwelcome in Salished society but may be found in the cities in relatively small numbers; those who may be found within the walls of the Salished cities are typically conducting business or passing through. The port and bazaars of Kul Nabal are perhaps the most diverse places within the empire, where the local lord's love of foreign trade overcomes his disdain for the lesser creatures.
Location: Encompasses the greater part of the Rainlands
Faction Religion/Ideology: Pending
Faction Description: Pending
Faction History: Pending
Important Characters: Pending
Important Holdings/Territory/Possessions: 
[b]Nyssos[/b]: The Emperor's seat of power is situated at the confluence of the Nabal and Tashgad rivers. A series of earthen dams upstream of the city have inundated the rivers' natural floodplains. These waters fill irrigation canals for a vast expanse of ricelands surrounding the city proper. Nyssos proper is a city of canals flowing through tiered sandstone plazas planted richly with lush, verdant trees and flowering plants. Outside of the pampered plazas and canals, a dense ring of slums radiates outward into the ricelands. The vast majority of the city's population live in this cramped, mosquito-infested maze of wattle-and-daub shanties shoddily built just above the waterline.

[b]Arshadar[/b]: A walled city built upon a rocky hill overlooking miles of scrubby highland better suited for grazing than farming. As a citadel city, its skyline is composed of sandstone towers giving an excellent view of the surrounding countryside. The city's two rings of walls and many of its towers are still scorched and battered from a siege that occurred a full generation ago, when Sashul Dagorvada took the city back from the upstart Lord Vissaban.

[b]Kul Nabal:[/b] A major trade city situated at the marshy mouth of the Nabal River. A Nyssos-esque canal city is situated on the main channel of the Nabal river, though the port and bazaars are much more densely populated. Vessels from ports along the Sullied and Ashen Coasts and the Bay of Teeth bring foreign commerce flowing through the city. Kul Nabal is probably the most economically important Salished city.

[b]Zar Salis:[/b] Situated at the threshold of the Ashlands, this city was the Dratha stronghold of Zar Vorgol until Sashul Tiomad IV captured it in the Year of the Setting Sun 7,906 during one of the Salished Empire's numerous conflicts with the Dratha Union. Tiomad retained the Dratha prefix Zar, but replaced Vorgol wit Salis - the Dratha word for Salished - as a taunt to the Dratha Union. A series of earthen dams is being built just upstream, near the Vorgol Falls.
Relation to other Factions: Pending