Villages List
Villages are settlements that represent the center of a rural district, a medium-sized community surrounded by outlying farms and hamlets. They are not fortified, and instead are bound to nearby towns or castles, and are conquered when that town or castle is conquered. They produce food and raw materials, which they send to the nearest town in exchange for manufactured goods. They are home to headmen, rich or charismatic peasants who speak for the others, as well as landowners, who own property and employ many of the other villagers as tenants. Villages have Hearths, a measure of their size and economic output.
| Ain Baliq |
Medeni |
Liwas |
Baq |
| Ain Baliq is clustered around a well in a wide valley that separates the Jarjara Escarpment from the Jabal Tamar mountains to the west. The surrounding lands, though dry, produce enough grass in the spring to allow the breeding of horses. |
Medeni sits in lowlands between the Bahr al-Yeshm sea and the Jarjara Escarpment. Villagers grow dates by the coast in gardens watered by wells and small dams in the wadis that trap run-off from the cliffs during the short rainy season. |
Liwas sits in a broad valley south of the Bahr al-Yeshm. Farmland is limited here, and the land is best known for the horses that are grazed on the desert's short-lived but rich spring grasses. |
Baq slightly inland from the Bahr al-Yeshm sea, beneath the great granite outcrop of the Jabal Tamar. The seawinds bring the uplands here just enough rain to support the cultivation of olive trees. |
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| Ezbet Nahul |
Asmait |
Barihal |
| Ezbet Nahul sits on a rocky shelf overlooking the waters that the Aserai call the Bahr al-Yeshm, the Jade Sea. Groundwater trapped by the rocks is accessed by wells and used to irrigate the village wheatfields. |
Asmait lies in a nook of the Jabal Ashabi mountains, bordered to the south by the deep desert. Villagers trap floods running down the hills during rare rainstorms, using the water to grow date palms and other crops. |
The oasis-village of Barihal sits in a wadi amid the mesas of the Jarjara Escarpment. The land is best known for the horses that are grazed on the desert's short-lived but rich spring grasses. |
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| Deir Hawa |
| Deir Hawa sits on the windswept southern shores of the sea that the Aserai call the Bahr al-Yeshm. Villagers trap run-off water from the hills and grow flax in the lowlands here. |
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| Sahel |
Jamayeh |
Shibal Zumr |
Bunqaz |
Tamnuh |
Fanab |
| Sahel on the far edges of the Aserai lands, on the low-lying Jabal Ashabi mountains. This ridge catches rainclouds coming off the Bahr al-Yeshm sea and are brushed by monsoons from the southeast, allowing cistern-watered fields of millet and wheat. |
Jamayeh sits on the southern shores of the sea that the Aserai call the Bahr al Yeshm, the Jade Sea. The climate is well-suited to olive trees that thrive despite the short rainy season. |
Shibal Zumr sits on the Nahr al-Kals, the river of lime. Here the waters are pure and the soil is fertile, and grain is grown. But a short distance to the south, the land becomes barren and alkaline, and only the hardiest crops survive. |
Bunqaz sits at the mouth of the great wadi that divides the Jarjara Escarpment from the Jabal Tamar hills. Villagers sink wells here to tap the wadi's groundwater, using it to irrigate their olive groves. |
Tamnuh sits near a large lagoon, cut off from the Perassic Sea by a sandspit. Villagers scrape clay from the shallow waters to sell to the region's potters. |
Fanab sits in a low promontory between the bay that the Aserai call the Gulf of Shariz and the inner sea of the Bahr al-Yeshm. The seawinds bring just enough rain to support the cultivation of olive trees. |
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| Hiblet |
Lamesa |
Mahloul |
Mussum |
Kuqa |
| Hiblet sits at the base of the granite outcrop known as the Jabal Tamar. Rainwater trapped in cracks in the rock is diverted to the village's date-palm gardens. |
Lamesa sits amid open plains and patches of dry acacia forest on the eastern shores of the Bahr al-Yeshm. Some of the Aserai's most prized horses graze on the grasses of this district. |
Mahloul sits in a broad valley between the Jarjara Escarpment and the Jabal Ashab hills in the desert steppe southeast of the Bahr al-Yeshm. Groundwater provides just enough water to grow crops for subsistence, while the village makes its money from rearing horses on the rich grass that grows in the Jabal Ashabi after the spring rains. |
Mussum sits near the eastern coast of the Bahr al-Yeshm sea, where the Aserai deserts give way to desert-steppe with scattered acacia and scrub. The villagers here sink wells to water their groves of date palms. |
Kuqa sits at the foot of a range of low hills east of the Bahr al-Yeshm sea, where the Aserai deserts give way to desert-steppe with scattered acacia and scrub. The villagers here sink wells to water their groves of date palms. |
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| Hunab |
Bir Seif |
| Hunab lies in one of the wadis that cut beneath the weathered mesas of the Jarjara Escarpment. Villagers raise horses here, taking advantage of the brief but lush crop of grass that covers the slopes in the spring. |
Bir Seif is centered around a group of wells and pools in the Jarjara Escarpment. Villagers dig down to the shallow groundwater layer for clay to sell to the potters of the Nahasa. |
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| Tubilis |
Qidnar |
Doqa |
Waltas |
| Tubilis lies on the Bay of Charas, which the Aserai call Shariz. Villagers go fishing here amid the offshore islands in search of tuna, sardines, and shark. |
Qidnar lies in the floodplain of the Damar river, the most densely populated part of the Aserai lands, where it slices through the Jarjara Escarpment. Farmers here grow grain in the rich silt brought by the river's annual flooding. |
Doqa is a fishing village on the Bahr al-Yeshm sea. Villagers sail out in feluccas to harvest perch that sometimes grow as long as a man is tall, keeping an eye out for the salt-water crocodiles which live in the local inlets and marshes and which compete with them for their catch. |
Waltas sits by the Bahr al-Yeshm, the Jade Sea, in lowlands well suited to the growing of flax. |
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| Hoqqa |
Bait Hatif |
Nahlan |
Mijayit |
| Hoqqa sits on the far east of the Aserai lands, on the Tiyagis river. The land is mostly desert-steppe. Barren most of the year except for scrub, it is covered in grass and flowers in the spring and is fine grazing for horses. |
Bait Hatif sits in the floodplain of the Damar river as it cuts through the Jarjara Escarpment. Rocky soil in this district limits irrigation, but horses thrive on the spring grasses of the hills. |
Nahlan sits on the floodplain of the Damar River as it cuts through the Jarjara escarpment. This soil, refreshed yearly by the silt of the flooding river, produces bountiful crops of wheat. |
Mijayit lies off of the estuary of the Damar river as it reaches the Bahr al-Yeshm sea. The rich silt deposits left by the river make this one of the most fertile regions of the Aserai lands. |
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| Zalm |
Uqba |
| Zalm sits at the Scorched Gates, where the Damar river descends from the Nahasa desert and starts its journey through the Jarjara Escarpment. The silt brought by the river produces bountiful crops of wheat. |
Uqba sits alongside the Perassic Sea. Villagers trap rainwater and runoff from the hills to water their fields and their gardens of date-palms. |
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| Tasheba |
Abu Khih |
Qablab |
Abghan |
| Tasheba lies on the western edges of the Bahr al-Yeshm. Fishermen venture out into the protected waters, gentle and calm for most of the year, for tuna and sardines. |
Abu Khih sits along the Nahr al-Kals river on its way to its barren southern reaches. The surrounding lands, an ancient lakebed, are already becoming barren and alkaline, although date-palms still thrive. |
Qablab sits near a broad bay on the southern coast of the Perassic Sea. The low-lying coastline is well-suited to the construction of salt pans. |
Abghan sits by a small lagoon on the southern shores of the Bahr al-Yeshm, the Jade Sea. Villagers here fish for tuna, sardines, bonito and shark. |
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| Hamoshawat |
Jahasim |
Mabwaz |
| Hamoshawat lies on the lower Damar river, just before it reaches the Bahr al-Yeshm sea. The rich silt deposits left by the river make this one of the most fertile regions of the Aserai lands. |
Jahasim sits on the southern shore of the sea that the Aserai call the Bahr al-Yeshm. The warm waters abound in tuna, bonito, sardines, and other fish. |
Mabwaz overlooks the Damar River as it weaves through the mesas of the Jarjara Escarpment. Villagers grow wheat and other crops in the silt of the river floodplain. |
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| Abba |
Wadar |
| Abba sits on the edge of the deep desert, at the foot of the landward side of the Jarjara Escarpment. Runoff from the hills is trapped underground here, creating springs that sustain an oasis. Wheat thrives in the fields and gardens. |
Wadar sits in the rocky wadis at the inland edge of the Jarjara Escarpment, before it gives way to barren gravel plains and dunes. Clouds from the Bahr al-Yeshm drop their last reserves of water here in the spring and winter, giving the land just enough grass to support horse-rearing. |
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