Roleplaying

Cities and Houses of Jahavra

# See section on houses.

HOUSES AND FAMILIES

Lion Clan

Lion copyright 2000 Jen Starling

Nastara Ba Kashti or White Rose by the Sea is a seaside city located where the Xud Ruxane forks into the sea. This region is controlled by the Lion clan and its twelve great houses. The Lion clan is known as a clan of great merchants and Nastaran Ba Kashti is a great trading center on Jahavra. The Lion Sarr are also a great source of celestial mages.

Tiger Clan

Telesm is a city on the edge of the Pahani jungle in southern Jahavra and is controlled by the Tiger clan. The Tiger clan is known for its collecting and trading of herbs, and exports large amounts of oil, spices, and incense. Telesm is the fighters center of Jahavra boasting a training academy that teaches techniques of fighting, healing, and other arts. There are five known houses.

Leopard Clan

Panah is a cliffside tree city of refuge in the Pahani jungle on the southern coast of Jahavra. The region is controlled by the Leopard clan. Panah and its sister city Bast are responsible for most of the fruit eaten in Jahavra, things such as bananas, mangoes, and papayas. The Leopard clan also trades in exotic animals such as monkeys which are used as pets as well as for food. Panah also boasts a school of healing and earth magic. The leopard clan has five houses.

Cheetah Clan

Cheetah copyright 2000 Jen Starling

Cador Ba Kashti or Tent by the Sea is a walled town near Snake Head Lake. Cador Ba Kashti is controlled by the Cheetah clan. This clan is nomadic in nature being a grouping under one house name, consisting of six tribes each with its own symbol, usually worn on the outfit somewhere. This clan is headed by Lady Matriarch Fatima Pryderi. The main exports of this clan are its horses that it raises and Cador Ba Kashti is where the horses are bred and trained. The plains of Cador Ba Kashti also make it possible for the Cheetah clan to raise and export livestock. The Sarr of the Cheetah clan are extremely fast runners and are often hired by other Sarr to work as messengers and couriers.

Lynx Clan

Zommorod is a village located in the Ganjaz Garaxtan Forest on the southwest coast of Jahavra. The region is controlled by the Lynx clan and consists of three houses. The Ganjaz Garaxtan Forest is the largest hardwood forest on Jahavra. It is from here that most of the wood used for furniture or building comes. The Lynx clan also exports a wonderfully delicious venison which comes from the tiny deer native to the forest.

Jaguar Clan

Behesht also known as Paradise is a town on the western part ofJahavra. The region is controlled by the Jaguar clan. The Jaguar clan export fish to the rest of Jahavra, as well as being excellent shipbuilders. There are several large orchards in Behesht where apples and pears are grown. There are five houses in this clan.

Puma Clan

Baz is a mountain town in Northern Jahavra at the edge of the Nimeshab Mountains. The region is controlled by the Puma clan. The clan mines the Mountain range and gives Jahavra most of its metals and precious stones. Large sections of the town are built into the mountains. This clan is also noted for the aviaries of hawks it raises and trains and also for its fine jewelry. This clan has four houses.

Ocelot Clan

Cador is a village on the plains of northeast Jahavra near Yadegar Lake. This region is controlled by the Ocelot clan. The Ocelot clan is known for its scribes and potions and runs an Alchemists school in Cador. Members of this clan are often hired to do jobs involving thievery due to their size and enjoyment of said pursuits. This clan has one great house consisting of 500 members.

Marguay clan

Tabistan is a walled city on the Northwest coast of Jahavra. This region is controlled by the Marguay clan. The Marguay clan grows wheat for bread as well as fishing on the coast. Tabistan is a coastal trading city and boasts a shipyard and is involved in trade to the West and South. This clan has two houses.

Caracal Clan

Ghadim. is a village located on the plains area of Northern Jahavra. This region is controlled by the Caracal. The Caracal raise long-haired goats which they sheer and weave the hair into marvelous clothing. Being a small clan it boasts only three houses.

Golden Cat Clan

Bast is a tree city in the Panahi jungle on the Southern part ofJahavra. This region is controlled by the Golden Cat clan. Bast and its sister city Panah are responsible for most of the fruit eaten in Jahavra. This clan helps to run the school of healing in Panah, and being small in size this clan has two tribes.

Serval Clan

Rahmat is a plains town at the edge of the mountains in Nordiemjahavra. This region is controlled by the Serval clan. The Serval clan makes paper and ink and is known for the scribing and calligraphy of quality they produce. This house is small and consists of one tribe.

LIGER CLAN

*Jadugar Serif or Mages Valley is the home of the Ligers and also home to those few other Sarr which practice celestial magics as well as housing and training some healers as well. The population fluctuates but there are usually 300 Ligers and a small portion of each clan of tigers and Lions, as well as representatives from each clan. Also Jadugar Senf is the yearly marketplace where merchants from all over Jahavra come to trade. Usually representatives from each clan will convene here each summer for one week. Each tribe also gives 10% of each year's product to the citadel as the citadel will often teach the young of each clan sent there the ways of balance and then send them to whichever school they are so inclined to learn. The week of market festival is considered a holiday known as Harvest Festival and is celebrated all overjahavra.

Setare*

Setare is an oasis in the Teshne Desert in Southeastern Jahavra. This region is neutral territory but is guarded by the Lion and Tiger clans to stop entry into Jahavra from the South. The oasis is also a stopover to Telesm, Jazire, and Xamushi Jazire where the Tiger clan gets most of its spices and herbs.