Rayan
Rayan is the Northen matriarchy of Gardyan. Embedded into the Red Forest and surrounded by massive mountain chains, many locations of the realm are enchanted by a mysterious blood mist. 'Ts the divine aura of Rayan's mother deity Arayona, the maple goddess. Her children, the Rayonaigh have inhabited the land for millennia and rule over it as is their birthright. Well skilled swordsmen of the country's warrior caste known as Raji'Draq defend the maple throne with steel and iron fist.
Truly, a martial folk per se, driven by the animalis of the blood fox, blood dragon and blood raven. Every Rayonaigh feels the feral impulse in their genetic makeup when the blood moon rises during fall each year. Many a young men then succumb to frenzy, leaving no doubts about their primordial yet sacred origin. It is reflected in every ruby tree and shrub native to the Red Forest—Arayona's wild and fierce ancestry. Even the dragons living in the Ray Mountains carry parts of the magical bloodline that once created the people of Rayan.
A fringe group of Rayan's population are the Sionnaigh. Located in the matriarchy's South-West, their Fox Clan rules over the forest of Red Branch. As a ranger society by default, their lifestyle greatly differs from the aristocratic structures in Rayan's capital Rubinburgh. Moreover, is it their exceptional knowledge of animals that provides war dragons to the Raji'Draq's military forces. Only at Dragon Peak's, the Sionnaigh's clan fortress, are those magnificent beasts nursed and trained. Another tradition that adds to the complex dynamics of Rayan's great houses.
