Delkari

Government: Minarchist
Capital: Baitam
Borders: South- Rukilia, North- Quenardya, East- unknown, Southwest- unknown, West- unknown, Northwest- unknown (little orange yellow nation on the big map that hits both Quenardya & Rukilia)

Geography

History

Delkari is a nation started by refugees.

Rukilia has gone through several expansionistic phases, growing it's country into its current size over time. About 500 CR, during one such phases, the city of Delkari didn't like the idea of becoming servants to the Naga.

The Delkarians, while respecting the aedra and daedra, followed a different philosphy.

Mostly an Universalist philosophy, they do believe in re-incarnation. While the daedra found a way to trap souls in the Hells, once a soul passes through the Veil they are reborn into the natural world to learn all the aspects of Truth.

The major difference is that the Truth is not the Truth of the Universe… but the Truth of the Self.

The Truth of the Self is represented in the image of the Floating Flame, the balance of Passion with Reason, the Spirit and the Body.

And to learn the truth of one's self, you could not be bowing down to another. So one night, called the Night of Freedom's Fire, the Delkari packced up their belongings, set the city on fire behind them, and fled into the mountains of the north. They found a nice spot on a small plateau in the mountains that provided what they need- security against the naga, a place to grow food, a nearby river that went out the Central Sea (not quite into Rukilia, but a little too close for comfort), and a pass up into Quenardya.

Delkari Today

Delkari is rich in natural resources, but the Delkarian people realized early on that they couldn't just squander that richness and open themselves to needing assistance from Rukilia. They do facilitate some trade, but their biggest export is art. One of Delkari's natural (and renewable) resources is a plant called flame weed (akin to the real life stinging nettle, Urtica dioica), which is a component of a number of different alchemical potions and the fiber is used in various fabrics. There is also a puppeterring art that is very intricate and well respected.

The capital city of Baitam is the home of the martial art of Vadkalan, which was developed after the Night of Freedom's Fire.

They have a fairly unique government. Partially by virtue of a small population that can and wants to maintain the system, they have very minimal government institutions.

In most nations, this might not work, but the strong personal ethical focus of Vadkalan and its prevalence in the culture makes it possible for a primarily minarchist state to exist.

Military service is not mandatory, but many Delkarians join the military for at least one tour of service to contribute to the security of the country as a whole.

Relations with Other Nations

Delkari does it best to be neutral and cordial with its neighbors. They remain wary of Rukilia, but realize that it is not always a justified fear. They work well with Quenardya, but realize that they cannot be as friendly as they may want to be as to maintain a neutral stance.

As the other neighboring nations are not defined at this time, unless they are being antagonistic, Delkari will not be the aggressor (partially due to practicality, partially due to their general focus on self-growth and realization and a distaste of imposing will and restrictions on another).

Author's Notes

Delkari is a combination of Indonesian elements and Southern Indian (Kerala specifically).
Geography is like Romania, with the envrioment, flora, and fauna of Indonesia, minus many of the bad enviromental issue.

Sources Rukilia Tide of Mist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalari

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaripayat

I've not modified this information much, so while it's in the Wiki…. there is still a lot of outdated information in these basic imports. The stories that have been (and will be) published on the podcast feed further mold the universe (which is just so cool…), but conflicts with the original Bible.

So if you look at a number of the new pages, there are notes all over the place that things need to be confirmed/updated by the powers that be.

Indar is ex-army (a special forces equivalent team)… so I asked how the army is set up and run because that may give me more clues onto how Indar was affected by his training. And there's not much information on it, so we get to build it.

I am not very versed in the workings of any military, beyond what military/action sci-fi I've read and some friends who've served in just about every branch of the US military there is. I'm certainly willing to learn/read…

What direction I got from Chris was that the feel would be somewhere between modern US & UK, with naming conventions leaning towards the UK style. If we take what I did in Tide of Mist before knowing this, there would have to be at least some minor changes in the naming from UK convention.

~Mildred

I was curious if the minority status of them would mean they would live in some sort of commune together or be fiercely divided by their species or how strictly they all carry their queen, worker, soldier social structure. I was thinking of pitching a short story on this, but I'd like some collaboration on how they could fit in and of course your blessings before I got into it.

Perhaps they are a nation of creatures that keep to themselves with little need for technology or for the modernization that has covered the world. Maybe there is no true organized government, just a true democracy where everyone decides the actions. They have a Coucil of Elders that meets at various times when decisions must absolutely be made in the mortal definition of a hurry ie. contact with other governments or once a year to discuss the path that the nation has been taking. These Elders are the dragons which have lived the longest and do have the great wisdom. Sometimes these Elders might be reluctant to be leaders but their society obligates them to do so.

I've been thinking about what the unifromed police should carry. I'd appreciate hearing your comments, especially if I've missed something. This is similar to what I've seen Police wearing, in shows and in real life.

Let's start from the belt buckle, and work our way to the right (the policeman's right, not your right)
1)Service Gauss gun
2)Portable radio, with speaker unit snaking up, clipped around his right collarbone
3)Handcuff(s) - one or many?
4)Magical restrain belts
5)Night stick (on the left hip)

Optional - multitool/lockpick/utilty knife. Depending on the officer, not manadatory.
I'm wondering if they should hang on the belt, between 4) and 5), or be stowed in various pants baggy pockets (think about army non-dress uniforms, which have these great baggy useful button down pockets).

Any comments would be welcome.

Thanks,

Uri David

I need some volunteers to take the lead in building the wiki entries for the Southlands. Before we can figure out what's happening to them now, we need to know what's happened to them in the past. Unfortunately, I barely know the names of the places in the Southlands, much less anything meaningful about them.

Anyone who has knowledge on this front, please jump in and start building pages in the wiki for it. Here are some particular areas where we need help, along with suggestions about which category they should be placed under in the Writer's Bible:

• Major nations or cultural groups (Places and Organizations, respectively)
• Major geographical features (Places)
• History of the Sondeckis (Organizations)
• The Sondeck — its nature, abilities, and anything known about its origins (Tech)
• History of the Kankoran (Organizations)
• Fellos (Places)
• The Felikaush (Organizations)

The really great thing about wikis is that anyone who's a member can add content. That's what I need from you guys here — if anyone can help fill in the gaps in my knowledge about this region of the MK world, it would be a big help to all of us. Thanks in advance!