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Marukh

Marukh

Head of State: Idris ibn Salih
System of Government: Monarchy
Major Religions: Elemental Shamanism
Minor Religions: None
Languages: Alkhan
Major Species: Humans
Minor Species: Elemental Elves
National Descriptor: Marukhi

A lively country in which all the faiths the rest of the world consider divine are believed to be evil.

Five Rumours about Marukh

Rumours may be known by characters who are not from and have not visited Marukh. This is just a small sample of rumours you might have heard about this strange country and its unusual beliefs.

  1. If you worship a god in Marukh, they will kill you – unless you know the secret handshake by which networks of underground believers identify each other!
  2. In Marukh you cannot buy nobility.
  3. The Marukhi worship strange gods that protect their land, unknown to the rest of the world. Nothing is known about this secretive fourth pantheon, but it must exist!
  4. Outsiders are banned from doing magic in Marukh, but hypocritically, their nobles are allowed to do it all the time!
  5. The Sultan of Marukh has a great zoo in which he keeps one of every kind of animal in the world. Some say this includes beastmen and other intelligent beings!

Five Facts about Marukh

For your OC reference, or IC if your character is from Marukh or has visited it in the past.

  1. Gods as Demons: In Marukh the Spiritual Gods are believed to be demonic in nature, and the worship of these gods is forbidden on pain of death.
  2. Elite Bloodlines: The Sultan and the wider nobility claim a bloodline that is blessed by elementalism. This blessed bloodline is what gives them the right to rule.
  3. Elemental Shamanism: The religion of Marukh claims that there are blessed elemental spirits who are summoned by the priests to aid the world. Elemental magic and communing with the spirits are greatly respected, but also controlled, while geomancy is considered a highly dangerous art only permitted under the strict control of the Sultan.
  4. Strict Class Differences: In Marukh there are essentially two classes: the nobility, who have traces of divine blood; and the rest. Non-nobles are not permitted to learn magic or commune with the spirits. Nobles are encouraged to marry non-nobles to avoid inbreeding, but while their children will be nobles, the non-noble partner will never be considered noble: even though they may share a home and life with their partner and accompany them almost everywhere, they do not themself have divine blood.
  5. Enemy of Talaik: Neighbouring Talaik is Marukh’s greatest enemy, and the two exist in a perpetual state of simmering hostility that occasionally breaks out into outright war.