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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 302897" data-attributes="member: 571">A Bit Later Than I ThoughtThe next neighbor of Khemit is Ætheope. Ætheope is bordered on the east by Axxum and Adal, to the south-east by Punt, the south by various Central Afrikan tribes, to the west by Meroe, and to the north by Khemit. Next to the last Ætheope is the oldest of the Afrikan nations, with a history extending back millennia.Ætheope is primarily inhabited by members of the Ætheopic race, with some Afrikan Blacks in the south, and people of mixed raced in the far north. The people are settled for the most part, with nomads in the arid north.In physical geography she is mountainous in the east, leveling out to savannah and scrub in the center and west. In the far north there is arid grassland, while in the south the bush gives way to forest.Ætheope's government is organized in the Khemit fashion, with a pharoah and lesser officials. She is a firm adherent of the Khemitian pantheon.Relations with Khemit and Adal are good. Currently Ætheope is cooperating with both against raids from Axxum. Relations with Meroe to the west are tense, however, but progress is being made regarding cooperation against the bandits that plague both kingdoms.Recent news from the Ætheope/Punt border has revealed a growing friendship between the two. The Puntish navy has joined the anti Yarbayan pirate effort, going so far as to allow Ætheopic soldiers to sail with them in preparation for the day when Axxum is brought back into the Ætheope fold and Ætheope has a coast line again.Matters are more sanguine (in a bad way) in the south. The tribes there are opposed to Ætheope extending its control and influence over them. There is evidence Palu Ea has sent agents provacateur to the area to stir up trouble.. For this reason Ætheope is forced to keep substantial forces along her southern border, to guard against raids and to mount punitive expeditions.To counter Palu Ea proselytizing efforts both Ætheope and Punt have mounted missionary efforts in an attempt to merge the Khemit and Voudoun pantheons together. This, it is hoped, would give the two allies friendly neighbors to the south. It would also substantially expand the Khemitite pantheon. The sticking point lies in the respective pantheons gods of the dead. Or, rather, the sticking point lies in Osiris. Being a proud, stubborn deity, he is not eager to share his portfolio with another. But progress is being made, since the Voudoun view of death is substantially different from the Khemit. Set, on the other hand, is proving to be quite open to the idea. which isn't all that surprising when you consider the fact that he is the god of the stranger and the foreigner.At present Ætheope is facing the prospect of war with Axxum, troubled by threats from the south, and investigating a plot to install the Babylonian Pantheon as her official religion. Her secret service has also joined with the Khemitic to investigate rumors of the imminent return of an old menace. Stories in Ætheope's bazaars speak of shadowy strangers looking for stalwart adventuring types to check out certain locations.Ætheope stands poised for either a great future, or on the brink of conquest and slavery. She can either become the dominant power in Afrika, or thrall to tyrants.-----When next I post we will be looking at the Kingdom of Meroe.</blockquote>

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