Sodden Lands

The region currently known as the Sodden Lands was previously a pair of now-lost kingdoms which were destroyed by the formation of the Eye of Abendego in 1606 AR. In their place is a land constantly battered by storms and largely flooded with only a few isolated pockets of civilization.

The Sodden Lands were not always the broken, storm-lashed swamplands that they are now. Once, two powerful but very different civilizations flourished here: Lirgen and Yamasa.

Lirgen was the northernmost of these two countries. It was ruled by the Saoc Brethren, astrologers obsessed with prophecy and the stars. Despite their skill in prognostication, they were caught by surprise the forming of the Eye of Abendego in 1606 AR like everyone else. Not only was Lirgen battered by the massively powerful storm that now lay only a few dozen miles from its western shore, but all the teachings in which the Saoc Brethren had put their faith were proved wrong.

The inhabitants of Yamasa faired (arguably) even worse than the people of Lirgen. The land of Yamasa was always considered somewhat primitive, especially when compared with more powerful Garundi nations like Osirion, Nex, and Geb. The first wave hit Yamasa without warning, but it appears that even afterwards the people of Yamasa refused to evacuate. For a long time people thought that the entire nation had been destroyed, but the explorers who ventured into the Sodden Lands began to encounter survivors.

Government

Any government that remains in the Sodden Lands is normally small scale and rarely benevolent, and tribal leaders and violent juntas dominate the unfortunate people who still dwell within the Sodden Lands.

Inhabitants

The advent of the Eye of Abendego killed many of the region's inhabitants, and forced many others to flee. However, there are still some people living in the Sodden Lands in addition to the brave looters that travel there to scour the lost cities for treasure. The most common languages are Common and Polyglot, and the main religions, apart from various cults, are those of Gozreh and Norgorber.

In addition to intelligent inhabitants, the Sodden Lands have also become home to a variety of dangerous swamp-dwelling beasts, such as hydras, including miasma hydras and warden hydras guarding hoards of treasure in the ruins of the drowned nations; and the infamous muck bunyip Old Wulunga. In the Barrier Wall mountains north of the Sodden Lands, Rahadoumi soldiers maintain a series of magical wards and sentries known as the Rainwall to keep these creatures from venturing into their land.