Shénchåo
morass seterra
“It was a dream, this temple: a shock of bright reds, oranges, and whites above the sea of dark green.
How many days had it taken to carve the snakes adorning the roof, their giant bodies coiling, slithering, serpentine, and sidewinding? ”
TSÖSINDRAL
Dáharǔd Desert
The Living Place: Talhümus Yurt Village
GEOGRAPHY
Biomes: Savanna, dry desert, wetlands, high alpine, steppes, montane, temperate rainforest, temperate broadleaf, chaparral
History: For millennia, there were loosely held Tribal Territories across the Morass seterra: the sea-dwelling Kodumjin occupied the western shores of the seterra and the Shiteik seaterra; the Shámin occupied the vast majority of the southwestern lands, from the Cáidiq Mountains to the Dáharûd Desert.
The Talhümus lived on the steppes and northern plains during the winter months; the Dakúdmin occupied the eastern plains and southern wetlands; and the Teolangin occupied the forests east of the Annul Desert.
With the establishment of the Shamin’s Guǎdí Empire under the rule of Ma Gao, 3,578 YBP, and the following 300-year reign of Empress Ning, the entire seterra came under Shámin rule. It was divided into five realms and renamed Shénchāo.
NATIVE PEOPLES
Shámin: dwellers of the mountains and plains of southwest Morass
Kodumjin: sea-faring people of the eastern coasts, as well as the Shiteik seaterra and surrounding islands
Dakúdmin: farmers of the eastern plains and southern wetlands
Teolangin: lived in the forests of eastern and southeastern Morass
Talhümus: nomadic tribes of central Borea and northern Morass