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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 302056" data-attributes="member: 571">The Heck with It.Rather than wait until tomorrow, I'm presenting the third in our series on Khemit's neighbors.Axxum is a mountainous land in the Ætheopian Plateau. She is bordered by Khemit to the north, the Mare Rubine to the East, Adar to the south, and to the west by Ætheope and Meroe. Once a part of Ætheope, she recently gained her independence, adopting the Babylonian pantheon in the process. Being a wild, tribal nation, she has but recently begun building a proper military, with emphasis being given to her navy.Her current conflicts involve raids with Khemit, Adar and Ætheope, and anti piracy raids against Yarbay (ostensibly an ally, but apparently that message has yet to reach the Yarbayan buccaneers).Axxum is a harsh, rugged land, with tall mountains and deep valleys. Her people (of the Ætheope race, possibly the oldest in the world) dwell in the valleys and along the coast, leaving the mountains to the gelada baboon. They are a fierce, proud people, determined to forge an Axxumite empire that will spread the word of the gods of Babylon, and possibly become the leading power in the alliance that binds followers of that pantheon together.Yet, once you get to know them, the Axxumites are friendly, helpful, and courteous.At present her greatest troubles are with Adar to the south. Relations with Ætheope and Meroe are mostly peaceful. While relations with Khemit are tense, with occasional border "incidents". Since Khemit is preoccupied with her troubles with Lybbos and Shamash, the Khemite response has been restrained.Rumor has it that once the unmortal fiend Rahotep rises from his tomb Axxum will use the opportunity to invade and "liberate" the Nubian Oversight (Khemit's unofficial "Fourth Kingdom"). With Nubia in her grasp Axxum will have the resources to invade and conquer Ætheope and Meroe, then turn on and subdue Adar.With all this done Axxum proposes to expand along the East Afrikan coast as far south as the island of Zanzibar, and west into Central Afrika and the fabled city of Opar. With this power base she will then march north on a now weaken Khemit. With the resources gained thereby, she will turn east and establish her rule over her former allies.(As you may have noted by now, those nations following the Babylonian pantheon are not what one would call reliable allies. As the leader of a rogues' guild once said, "Honor among thieves? What a romantic notion.")-----There you have part three. Since I'm feeling creative right now, expect the entry on Ætheope fairly soon.</blockquote>

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