Ounen Information

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Ounen

Created off of the inner most parts of Konan, Kutou, Genbu and Sairou, Ounen is the melting pot of the four countries. The rejects of the other countries, those who feel they cannot fit in anywhere else. Because of this, rather than worship the gods of their misfit home country, the patron god of Ounen is Pangu. However, since at the center of all the countries lay the holy Mount Taikyoku/Mount Tokyoku, that area has been made into a smaller country of it's very own. As only one Emperor can rule there...

Hiken: The capitol of Ounen, Hiken is one of the largest cities in the known world, even surpassing Eisei and Eiyoh in size. It is because of all of those who are considered rejects from the other countries. Located in the northern part of the country, it is a days ride from Mount Tokyoku.

Kufurukoken Village:

Huaxi Village:

Mount Tokyoku: A barren wasteland of a mountain, with several villages located at it's foot, along with a small shrine located halfway up it's peak. It is considered a country of it's own, as it is supposedly the home of the Emperor of the Heavens. When one attempts to approach Mount Taikyoku, they only see Mount Tokyoku.

Mount Taikyoku: The true home of the Emperor of the Heavens, this is what the mountain really looks like. The plain facade of Mount Tokyoku is a precaution, for those with clouded hearts. If your heart is clear, you will see Mount Taikyoku and not Mount Tokyoku.

Sukitama Village: While it is a peaceful village on the outside, Sukitama Village as a deep secret. No one talks about the evil that permeates there, and to ask the villagers invites certain doom. A word to wise travelers, get supplies and get out as fast as you can.  

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Extended Descriptions

Sukitama Village

Sukitama village lies on the border of Ounen and Kutou on Rising Dragon River. A simple, small village on the outside, many of the inhabitants are originally from Kutou. It was formed soon after the birth of Ounen from political and criminal refugees. While the streets are dirt and the fifty houses there was typical of farmers, a dark, underground smuggling ring is run through this sleepy fishing village. The product is humans, children and girls sold or stolen into slavery and sold as concubines or workers. The whole village is just a front for the way station between inner Ounen and Kutou. Half the population of 300 goes about fishing and farming to keep up the guise, while the other half traffic humans. The leader of the village is Gyokun, the leader of the traffickers.

The village is situated along the river, with most of the residences within 10 minutes walk of water, giving the village a long, narrow look. There is one main street in the town that runs parallel to the River, and then there is the main road about 100 yards south of the village that goes over a bridge. There is a checkpoint there for passports, so the people don't use that point of entry, but rather use boat that dock at the houses, then transfer the slaves to holding quarters set up in dummy houses along the river. There is one large inn, a brothel and a store. Since the people there run dual lives, they go out trading rather then inviting peddlers in. The Day End Brothel, Rising Dragon Inn and Water Sprites Store are all in the center of the town.