Gaetan lies to the south of Tympania, beyond the marshes of Orsinia. Geographically, it is divided into several regions:
Yaakni Payyatha, the Coast Region, and the Coast Hills are all traditionally viewed as backwaters, although Yaakni’ Páyyatha has recently been promoted to being a rebellious trouble spot.
Capital Island and the Inner Channel make up the heart of Gaetan, while the Marches are the militarized border with the ever-troublesome
Ulveg.
Gaetani high culture is organized around two major axis: perpetual war with the Ulveg and veneration of the
Celestial Gods, as represented by the
Protector King and the Preisthoods of the
White Moon, the
Green Moon and the
Red Moon.
Gaetani high culture is viewed by Tympanians as distinctly theocratic, and the King of Gaetan is believed to descend from the Preist King of Gaetan.
Gaetani low culture is focused around service to the King, sex, gambling, drinking, gathering berries and salmon, a little agriculture, and avoiding the monsters that live in the wilderness. All of these activities are organized into
, to which almost everyone belongs.
Proposed place-names.
Thought I might take some time while running some database updates to coin some Gætani place-names. Let’s start at the top of the map:
Running down the peninsula:
There’s a lot of words and possible place-names for the Inner Channel. Some might apply to specific places; others to conditions that flux throughout.
Finally, the large mountains twilishward are known as the Okti’shki’ni, or the Tobhi’shki’ni: the Snow Mothers, the Silver Mothers, the White Mothers.
Oh, and Tympanians are Naahollo.