Ikmar
Ikmar (The Fallen Skies)
"The Rocs no longer fly. The spices have turned to ash. Ikmar is a continent that forgot how to breathe when the Rifts tore the sky open."
Overview
- Classification: Ruined Trade Hub / Feral Megafauna Zone
- Biome: Diverse coastal and inland — once supported large domesticated megafauna
- Governance: Two Great Empires in balanced power — both have ships capable of crossing the ocean
- Character: Source of raiders, pirates, and high-value luxury trade
Geography & Features
A vibrant continent of high commerce, strange beasts, and aerial capability. Cultures here relied on enormous domesticated animals — elephants, giant wolves, or large aquatic creatures — alongside flying species such as Rocs, or bird-riders integrated into their naval fleets.
Resources: The primary source of luxury trade commodities — spices, textiles, drugs, medicines. These goods were so valuable that knowing Ikmar's trade routes was itself worth a fortune.
Aerial Warfare: The two empires cooperated with flying species and bird-riders, giving them a significant military and navigational advantage over other continents.
Current State (Post-Fracture)
The thin, Rift-scarred air makes flight impossible for Rocs. The megafauna have turned feral from famine and "Sour Waters" of the rising seas. The luxury trade has collapsed — spices are ash, the routes are gone.
Many of the pirate cultures now in Iskavell claim descent from Ikmar's noble bird-riders. They sail on salt-rotted wood instead.
Relationship to Iskavell
Raiders and traders. Ikmar's cultures are the ancestral source of most of the pirate and raider traditions in the known world. Some view Iskavell as a hunting ground — a place of legendary, corrupted monsters worth a fortune to a skilled hunter. The Rift Chasers' reputation for harvesting exotic materials plays into this framing.
Several Oakhaven Settlers claim Ikmar heritage, particularly through the pirate/sea-trader tradition.
How Ikmar Views Iskavell
A hunter's paradise and nightmare. Those from Ikmar's beast-rider tradition see Iskavell's corrupted megafauna as legendary quarry — dangerous, valuable, and worth the risk. The Rift Chasers' activities look like a "Shard Gold Rush" to Ikmaran eyes: reckless but potentially lucrative.
Open Questions / GM Notes
- Are there Ikmaran beast-rider descendants among the Settlers? What traditions have they kept?
- The two empires — did they make it through the Fracture at all, or are they entirely gone?
- Any feral megafauna from Ikmar potentially making it to Iskavell via drifting ships or swim?