Kijaro

Kijaro is a town from the days of the nation Najera'jad, the Silver Coalition, then the Sterling Crownlands. Following the disillusion of the Crownlands, the town became part of the Emirate of Najer, and Sapphire Commonwealth.

History
Speculated to have been formed on November the 1st, 2020, Kijaro was a settlement within the claims of Najera'jad, a nation of the old north. Kavicus, and many others grew tiresome of the "endless ocean of sand" that their home city provided, and so they wished for a land cooler and vibrant. They found their wish, a place where the forests, the desert and Kijar Mountains met. And so, reviving the ways of their ancestors, Kavicus and his people formed Kijaro. While it's exact date of founding is lost to history, it is thought to have been founded a week or so after the foundation of the Silver Coalition, a grand alliance between Najera'jad and many other nations of the time. While the newly formed union dealt with their own issues, both political and defensive, Kijaro faced... more supernatural threats.

Settlement Under Siege
Said to be two or so moons after its founding, Kijaro fell under a wave of odd occurrences, both confusing and terrifying. Belongings went missing, to people gone missing within the near by dark oak forest, to waves of undead stormed the settlement. Two weeks had passed since the first incidences, with no end in sight, but miners of Kijaro found something yet even more frightening. They reported breaking into a temple of sorts, one depicting a women baring long fangs, and illuminated purple eyes. Each miner claimed to be underneath the nearby Dark Oak forest at the time of this discovery, and due to the dangers they found and this temple, nothing more could be learned from the miners. They all went home in haste, to the people of Kijaro, the lands harboring the Dark Oak trees henceforth would be known as the Forbidden Forest.

Kavicus made it his goal after to find out what this temple truly was and stop these events before Kijaro was no more than a graveyard.

Discovery of Malice
Many losses later, archeologists and historians found and deciphered some of the text engraved within plates in the temple. The first and third proved hard to translate, perhaps due to damage, the fourth was left on few pieces. But, the second and fifth were intact, and able to be deciphered. They spoke few words, but those were just enough:

"Death is but a natural process, one in which I interfere. These feelings to do harm to unto others of which I birthed."

'' "~---Da--_e-sever---__estiny." ''

"I am the incarnation of wrongdoings, violence, and anger! I. AM. SHESTRI. MOTHER OF MALICE."

In a shrine atop the temple, within the Dark Oak forest, a bell was found. This connected Shestri to the the Lost Gods, and the at the time recently rediscovered Buried Bells, and religion of the Najer.

While the people of Kijaro see Shestri as a threat, a menace, and terrifying. Those Najera'jad, and perhaps even the High Seyoh at the time, Basha saw her as more a natural process of life as she claimed. Thus, a slight cultural difference in perspective was formed, though if it ever spread outside of the view of Shestri is unknown.

Seyohs
Kavicus (November 1st-N/A)

Ole_Sheev (June 27th - August 10th, 2021)

Shivareh Wayfarer (Just_Shooter) (August 10th - Present)