Urnu-Arrak

Cultural History
Urnu-Arrak was the first town to be founded on the server and is the spiritual successor to Shyr-Arrak in build style and playerbase. It is the Capital of Yimmu-Audal and is a important city in the Yidalad Protectorate Coalition.

When the old residents of Shyr-Arrak arrived on Rathnir escaping the end of Jagdas they found the Sea of Pearls, a very attractive location that reminded them of home. Wanting to settle with a view of the reef and having no large islands to settle they found the native people of the Geshem peninsula and settled by the location of their main temple to their blood god. Currently Urnu-Arrak is bi-cultural, made up of both native and old Shyr-Arrak citizens. Surprisingly the shore based and ocean based cultures mixed surprisingly well and the main differences came in religion and slight architectural differences.

The name "Urnu-Arrak" means "New Hill" in the language of the ancient inhabitants of the Shyr-Arrak or "Small Hill" island of Jagdas. There are many native cultures that have been assimilated into Yimmu-Audalian society, with the main ones being the Geshemi, that once ruled the land from modern-day Amos to Urnu-Arrak, the dwarves of Yadishel that migrated northward, and the Erekenthiin people of Amos, having migrated south from the savannah and settled there.

Please see Construction of Urnu-Arrak
The first phase of Urnu-Arrak construction consisted of basic settler encampments and the old village of the native population. this was only present for a part of the first day of the server and new settlers began building houses and started and completed the major works of the Urnu-Arrak Lighthouse, The Tunnels and the Temple of the Blood God. After the first day the town began adding many new homes and buildings and laying out roads and the temple plaza and plans for new construction efforts. on the third day the plaza was finished and the hill citadel began construction along with the first walls of Urnu-Arrak being raised.

Religion
Religion in Urnu-Arrak falls under the the belief system of The Great Existence. where almost all of its component cultures believed in some sort of animism or shamanism and personification of great powers in the world that it became generally accepted that every part of the world was deserving of appreciation and could be holy, in a similar style to old Hallowism.

Religions present in Urnu-Arrak:

The Red Cult

Faith of the Holy Golden Seabird

Qasim (minority)

Theiosism (minority)