Horse Province

Horse Province is one of the northern provinces of Nikan.

History
After the Second Poppy War and the signing of the Non-Aggression Pact, the Federation's presence in Nikan was limited to trading outposts on the eastern coast of Horse Province.

The Third Poppy war began with a series of skirmishes between Horse Province and Mugen in their border cities. The casus belli is a Federation soldier going missing after a border skirmish at the northern border to the Hinterlands.

Horse Province was the first to fall under Mugenese occupation in the Third Poppy War. Muriden is the first casualty.

Muriden
The border city of Muriden is the first city invaded and attacked by the Federation of Mugen. The city is decimated, their male children and adults rounded up and shot. The women are spared due to Mugen's haste to continue inland towards the capital. The Province falls four days after Muriden.

Geography
It is the northern-most province of the Nikara Empire. Bordered by The Hinterlands to the north and Nariin Sea to the east, it is not a particularly well-protected province. The Maduzi Mountain Range defines its southern border with Rat and Tiger Province. The Wudang Mountains and the Northern Murui defines its western border.

The capital Sinegard sits at its border juncture with Rat and Ram Province.

Demographics
Info to be added.

Notable Residents

 * Han, one of Fang Runin's classmates at Sinegard Academy. During the tournament at the end of their first year, Han was defeated by Rin. Han's father commands a battalion of the Horse Province, although it is unclear whether he is a Warlord. Han left the Academy shortly after the Third Poppy War broke out to help his father.
 * Menda, one of Rin's classmates at Sinegard Academy. He was expelled after attempting to purchase a list of Master Jima's exam questions from an older apprentice.
 * The Wolf Meat General, a bandit who survived torture and imprisonment from the occupying Mugenese before escaping and surviving on foraging, became the de facto Horse Warlord after the war until he was killed by Yin Nezha.