Speer



The Isle of Speer is a tear-drop shaped island lying between the Nariin Sea and Omonod Bay.

General Information
Speer was Nikan's sole remaining tributary state and annexed during the Red Emperor's reign. The Speerlies had their own culture and religion, and they primarily worshiped the Vermillion Phoenix of the South.

History
Speer was conquered and annexed by the Red Emperor of Nikan. He recruited Speerlies into his army for his own faction of shamanic soldiers, but also crippled its population by introducing opium to the island. As a culture close to shamanic powers and rituals, Speerlies were exceptionally susceptible to the intoxicant effects of the drugs and most of their people and their shamans fell victim to opium addiction.

The island and its population was decimated by the Federation of Mugen during the Second Poppy War. While Nikara forces were engaged at the north, a fleet of Federation sheeps razed the island overnight, presumably with no survivors. This is considered a tremendous but strategic loss for Nikan, as after the genocide of Speer, the Republic of Hesperia intervened and defeated Mugen through naval warfare. After this event, the isle has been known as the Dead Island.

Geography
Speer was beautiful and described as a green paradise. The Nikara Empire was visible from one side of the island; the other side faced endless ocean.

Demographics
Speerlies were a race of warriors and had immense athletic abilities, which their warriors channeled into fighting capabilities. They also had shamans, although it is not known to what extent shamanism was popular among their people. Their shamans could manipulate fire.

They were also a people of sailors. They took ships and boats out into the ocean to seek new land. Speerlies used celestial navigation to travel the seas; they divided the night sky into sixty-four houses of constellations, per god. They used position fixing of the southern star of the Phoenix to return to Speer.

As a colony, Speer exported very little in terms of products. However, they provided soldiers for the Red Emperor's army. Though the information has been lost to time, they were shamanic soldiers, kept under reign through opium addiction.

Notable Residents

 * Altan Trengsin
 * Fang Runin
 * Hanelai
 * Queen Mai'rinnen Tearza