Selem
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| Former names | Elem | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,800, incl. 500 Achaz and 200 Novadi (1040 FB); 1800 (1022 FB); 1.800, incl. 300 Achaz and 120 Novadi (1017 FB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | Elem: 1688 b. FB, re-founding as Selem: 89 b. FB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Razed | 106 b. FB (by the star of Elem) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | King | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| derographical | South Aventuria: Lizard Swamps, Selem Sound | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| political | Al'Anfa or Caliphate (depending on who you ask) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trade zone | ALA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| By courtesy of Ulisses Spiele and Uhrwerk Verlag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description
[edit | edit source]The harbour town Selem in the south lies at the mouth of the Szinto river in the Selem Sound. Previously part of the Caliphate, the city was occupied by Al'Anfa during the Khôm War. Today it is an independent city-state. A special feature is the library of Old Elem. On several islands at the mouth of the Szinto are trading centres named after the merchants' home ports. Humans and lizard folk coexist in this city as it is also home to a tribe of Achaz. The town and the surrounding area are the last place where Zelemja is still spoken.
The former metropolis and trading centre is scarred by a meteorite impact that destroyed large parts of the ancient Sultanate of Elem and its capital in 106 b. FB. The ruins of Old Elem still surround the inhabited parts of the city today.
The imaginary line Selem - Drôl marks the border to the steaming jungles of the south.
- Temples
- Boron (Al'Anfan rite), Hesinde, Peraine/Tsa, Satuaria/Satinav; Rastullah (outside the city); several diverse secret temples to gods and idols
- Education
- Silem-Horas-Library
Publications
[edit | edit source]Primary Sources
[edit | edit source]- Aventuria Almanac page 14-15 (overview), 61-62 (region), 85, 94 (lizardfolk influences), 95 (Zelemja), 220 (star of Selem)
- World of Aventuria page 13 (adamantine sultanate), 16 (star of elem), 21 (geographic border), 26 (slavery), 88, 91-92, 94 (ancient history), 122 (Zelemja), 128 (port)
Further Sources
[edit | edit source]- German Lexikon des Schwarzen Auges page 228
