The Central Flats
intro

Life in the Heart of Empire


Social Etiquette and Customs

maintain formatting

Arts and Entertainment

maintain formatting

Diet and Eating Customs

maintain formatting

Fashion and Dress

maintain formatting

Religion and Philosophy

maintain formatting

Transportation and Communication

maintain formatting

Common Pass Times

maintain formatting

Political


Political System

Central_Haedrasia.jpg

maintain formatting

Legal System and Enforcement

maintain formatting

Military

maintain formatting

Technology


Architecture and Construction

maintain formatting

Daily Living

maintain formatting

Major Industry

maintain formatting

Medicine

maintain formatting

Economy


Hemp and Bamboo

While winter brings snows to much of northern Haedrasia, the warm winds off the Bair of Suirene that herald the spring thaw make for ideal conditions in this often chill land for the two crops that they say are the backbone of Haedrasia's dominance: hemp and bamboo. Hardy, prolific, and prevalent in haedrasian goods, these two things, alongside the horses of the plains, have defined the Haedrasian way of life for centuries - since they came to Allornus long ago.

Hemp fiber is used for rope, textiles, paper, and to make the durable plaster that lines the interior of Haedrasian homes. Hemp seeds produce oil for lamps and cooking, horse feed, and also a kind of blackish flour unique to Haedrasian meals. Bamboo also provides a food source, with farmers eating the young shoots boiled, but more commonly it is used as a construction material to make furniture, and more importantly it forms a strong, light weight scaffolding that has allowed Haedrasians to build and maintain the massive civic buildings of their cultural heartland. Where hemp finds more domestic uses, bamboo is precious to legions on the march, because ladders, ballistae, mantlets, pavilions, lances, wooden training weapons, carts and wagons, chariots, and even stretchers for the injured and dead.

Hashish

A by product of the hemp crops of the flats and the south, hashish is used to make ritual wafers used during certain temple ceremonies, and in the hands of the templars it is perfectly acceptable, but because the visions it often grants are prophetic, or at least sacred, its use is heretical outside of temple ceremonies. Many hemp farmers will sample their crop by illegally extracting and smoking hashish, but such activities are considered tantamount to black magic by many templars, especially debasing the sacred hashish into choking vapours thought to be home to evil spirits, and where such activities are uncovered they are viciously punished. Perhaps this is why no black market trade in hashish has developed outside of the actual producers, despite its ready availability.

Money

maintain formatting

The Imperatry Plains of Mighty Haedrasia
The Frozen North Cosarian Islands, Perca, Lekia, Illyum
The Ghan States Khalavic-Ghania, Trazdek-Ghania, Dragolchok-Ghania, Royal Haedrasia
The Central Flats Haedarium, Icarium, Lukaria, Haedrasia and the Unchallenged City, Roetia
The Drak Frontier Black Ice Bay, Maldrakaneum, The Salt Flats, Turana
The Kelorn Districts Gamon, Marisarn, Cal-Tolun, Trodur, The Three Cities
The Southern Soldatry Pannonium, Sacraminium, The Bair
Director's Miscellany Amenities, Culture, Gear, Prices, Professions, Random Encounters, Sample Characters, Series Loglines, Small Settlement Generator, Supporting Cast Generator