Tyried (Tyrrrr-iiieee-d)

Tyried is a large continent with extremely diverse regions. Its large western portion, the Immortal Earth’s territory, is characterized by valleys, some forests, and wetlands. Its equally large eastern desert, an autonomous region, is surrounded by mountain ranges, while the area is temperate yielding some forests, connecting the peninsula to the neighbouring continent of the Broken Coasts

Tyried is within the southern part of Caelum. It is bounded by the Inner Sea, with the eastern Barrier Wall Mountains and the Rahadoum in the west with Osirion to the East.   Its territory includes the Isles but they are not within a strict control distance and the unpredictable behaviour of the inhabitants. Much of the land is desert. The two main river systems are at the country's edges. The Junira river in the east forms the border with Osirion. In the west, the Turvanar River rises in the Barrier Wall and flows in a roughly north westerly direction until it meets the Uta River. The Uta then continues until it reaches the Inner Sea.

As with much of Tyried, little is known about the history of the land prior to the Age of the Calamity. At the start of that Age the region was home to hardy bands of desert tribesmen. They banned togehter to form a union of city states known as the Leage of Tekrit.   During this time the Osirion Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues lured the powerful extra planar entity known as Ahriman to the land by creating the House of Oblivion in the heart of Tyried's desert. Ahriman departed when the Pharaoh was overthrown, but his army of D.I.V followers remained and have been a threat to the people of Tyried ever since. A Thuvian cult known as the Usij continue to worship Ahriman to this day.   That all changed when Artokus Kirran, an alchemist living in the city-state, discovered the sun orchid elixir. The elixir's ability to temporarily halt the ageing process attracted the attention of a number of foreign powers. Supplies of the elixir were necessarily limited by the scarcity of the sun orchid and the dangers of the div-infested regions in which it grew. Various competing foreign nations drew up plans to invade Tyried to ensure they gained control of the elixir.   Tyried sought allies amongst the other city states of the region, offering equal shares in the elixir in return for protection against the threat of foreign invasion. The offer was accepted, and the cities united under the old name of Thuvia. It was agreed that seven vials of the elixir would be produced each year – one vial would be consumed by Artokus, and the other six would be auctioned off by one of the cities, which would rotate each year.   This system has remained stable ever since. Foreign powers that were once prepared to go to war over the elixir now bid grudgingly for it instead, and the barren land of Thuvia is sustained by foreign gold.