Yetmesira
Yetmesira
Religion
Traditions
+20% Foreign Spy Detection
+1 Merchants
A Slave City, Built by SlavesYetmesira’s foundation, in every sense of the word, is intertwined with the institution of slavery. In the wake of Jaher’s conquest of Rahen, the Kingdom of Fetengoni jumped on the opportunity to profit off of the burgeoning slave trade between Rahen and East Sarhal by founding the grand port city of Yetmesira. Its location at the mouth of the Yet river made it the perfect middle ground between the Raheni merchants across the sea, and the slave traders funnelling their goods downriver.\n\nThousands of Fetengoni slaves were shipped to the coast to build its foundations. The bodies of those who could not bear the working conditions are found regularly during construction in and around the original structures. Despite heavy losses, the practice proved rather effective, inspiring the "Final Service Act", a law which required all slaves to contribute towards construction and maintenance of the city before they could be placed on the market. This act remains in place to this day, despite Fetengoni overlordship ending nearly a century ago.
-10% Construction Cost
Centre of the Eastern TradeWhile the Yeteferen and Metobesi peoples have many ports to choose from to trade slaves, many states choose our city as their port of choice. This can be attributed to their proximity of course, but also due to the influence of the Raheni in all the other coastal kingdoms. Our fellow Mengi can take comfort in the fact that when they trade in Yetmesira, they do so under the protection of their brothers and sisters. No Raheni merchant will be able to pull any tricks, and yet they will still come, for there will be few finer ports to go to.
+10% Trade Efficiency
Melek’InetihadiIn 1317, a simple priest by the name of Rabhamas took the road to Yetmesira from Fetengoni. During this journey, he saw a mountain bathed in golden light, described on no chart nor merchant’s telling. He stepped upon the path to the mountain and vanished from sight, returning a tenday later, aged and wizened by six years. He said that he journeyed up the mountain, his faith tested by beings of light that wished to trick him to his doom, before finally entering a great ebony gate into an empty, ruined city centered around a great palace and mighty tree from which there was no equal. He touched the tree, and heard Amilak himself speak to him. From the tree’s bark did he scribe His words, carving with a simple knife a tome of living wood, peeling the bark from the tree and binding it with six iron rings.\n\nAfter this task was done, the priest would then carry it to Yetmesira. This book, named Melek’Inetihadi, would then be the heart of several miraculous incidents and would have seven copies scribed. It was sequestered away during the Rabble-Rouser Invasion by Rabhamas, now 68 and High Priest of the city, where it has been kept hidden by his successors since.
+2 Tolerance of the True Faith
Rabble-Rouser RoutinesAfter a swift invasion, Yetmesira became the base of operations for its greatest opponent in 1358: anti-slave abolitionists. The Rabble-Rouser Invasion (its name given after the fact by the Mengi) led by the Dakinshi slave Abazima Sky-Eyes, was remarkably disciplined under his leadership. During their occupation of the city, their drills were witnessed by our military personnel, who quickly adopted them into their own training to ensure when this crusade was finally dispersed, we would be ready if another were to be attempted.
-25% Regiment Drill Loss
The Merchants VisitMerchants come and go every day from the ever so imposing city of Yetmesira. But what really started to become interesting and worrying at the same time, were those from Iyarhashar; as they had recently conquered the neighboring kingdom of Berihrica. They started to come in greater numbers, not just trading goods that flow inside and around Madriamilak, but also documents, names, and information from nearby nations and even within our own. Wisdom is not needed to know where this would end, and unlike our neighbors we quickly made preparations, to make sure to have plenty of allies to defend and keep the Raheni conquerors at bay. With the looming threat around the corner, and many merchants that are at our disposal and some diplomacy, we quickly expanded our court to support plenty of negotiations and alliances.
+1 Diplomatic Relations
KetemamotIn the 18th century, an unknown novelist wrote a story titled "Ketemamot". It described how during the construction of the entrance to the Holy Land, many evil spirits died and were sealed underneath its foundation. Their tortured souls corrupted the foundations, and they began to rot away. The corruption crept up into the city, slowly morphing the Mengi citizens until they looked and acted no different than the spirits who they banished. The story ends with the city falling apart, causing the former citizens to lament their sinful ways, and sail out in search of the demons they banished, who they now consider their kin.\n\nThis novel sparked plenty of discussion across Melakmengi, raising concerns over the morality of slavery and its continued practice. Thus, "Ketemamot" was a major contributing factor towards the abolitionist movement in the region.
-10% Idea Cost
The Cannorian QuarterAs encounters with Cannorian diplomats, explorers, and merchants became more prevalent into the 19th century, it was decreed that those who wished to do business with the Mengi could do so only through Yetmesira. As a result, Yetmesira became one of the most diverse cities in all of Sarhal, resulting in an entire quarter of the city being dedicated to Cannorian influences.
+2 Max Promoted Cultures
Ambition
-1% Prestige Decay
History
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