uumalah

the pleasure oasis

Nestled far to the east, just as Dorobo's wild plateaus give way to endless desert, is an oasis filled with all of the world's pleasures: Uumalah. Ruled by gold, there is little loyalty to be found in the city--though riches, luxuries, and pleasures abound.

Uumalah began as a small trading town that was 'the doorway to the east.' Mostly Korofi (with the occasional Dorobian or Debwani) would trade their ores, jewels, pelts, and plants for any number of useful and strange Eastern commodities. However, there was one man, known only as the Father, who saw an opportunity in this small, oasis town. He was as tall and dark as the night he owned, and he came into Uumalah beneath its the cover of blackness. The Father brought a small harem of his ‘daughters’, young mares lured away from nomadic desert and Korofi clans by his silken tongue and promises of luxury in the Oasis City.

But the Father, by spreading wide the legs of his daughters and breaking his promises in the dead of nights, slowly spread his influence of power every nightfall in Uumalah. So the the town grew, more merchants lured by the promised pleasures—all the while bringing luxuries of their own to trade. The Father built whore houses: lavish, large, and filled with lovely youth. There was always a supply of beauty to those who passed through the growing city.

And so The Father came to power in Uumalah, because all the gold and riches ran through his houses and all the city’s business took place under his roofs. He built many houses and paved the city center with gold. But loyalty doesn’t exist in power built on pleasure, so his whores bought information with the bodies, information the Father kept and used against those more powerful than himself…until none were left, and he was the most powerful. The Father kept his pet daughters close to him, only selling to highest bidder and raising their pleasure-begot children to further his powerful hold on the city. Sons became cogs in the city’s machine while daughters seduced the officials with long limbs and sensual promises. And all came to heel beneath the Father’s greed.

Until one daughter, whose soul was more vengeful than the Father’s was dark, rose against him on the day he chose to break her himself. In a rage that made the oasis waters run red, she and other Daughters massacred many of the unsuspecting Merchants. However, when these vengeful Daughters fled the city, they took with them the uprising. And so, after smoothing gold leaf over the blood-stained streets, the Father viciously brought his whores the heel, and regained a renewed, depraved and savage power over the Pleasure Oasis.

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• The language of commerce is Arabic; however, nearly all languages are spoken in the city.
• No one knows the Father's name, though it is rumored that the one who learns it will wrench the control of Uumalah from his grasp.
• Some whisper that the Father is immortal; others claim he is not one man, but an identity assumed by the next-most powerful man once the previous one has died. No one truly knows.
• Prostitutes are thrown into mass graves once they die (either of natural causes or foul play).
• The city is nearly entirely run by males; very few females have gained any autonomy or power.
• The main streets are grand and splendid with the city square paved in gold. However, further out, the decay seeps out from beneath the gilt, with streets becoming unsafe and filled with filth.
• The police-force of the city are called Shurta, and the Watch Tower is manned by the elite Alhurra. All are corrupt, however.
• Common whores are referred to as Eahira; More valuable, upper class prostitutes are referred to as Mahzia.
• Sibal (fillies born of the pleasure) are raised by wet nurses and, when of 'breaking age,' undergo a 'breaking day' where their first night is sold to the highest bidder.
• Bidharr (colts born of the pleasure) are thrown in rough communal houses where only the strongest, most ruthless grow into the Father's corrupt machine.
• more to come...

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• Ghalia :: A Mahzia (high-end prostitute) that was made to flee to freedom by the rich merchant, Tarek.
• Mihtal :: An Eahira (low-class whore) with a past of abuse and love.
• Orithia :: The Father's Daughter and infamous massacress of Uumalah, she started the bloody uprising and then fled the pleasure city in rage and blood.
• Tarek :: A conflicted, but successful, rich merchant with a royal lineage in Qumox that earned dangerous enemies in Uumalah before fleeing/hiding.

• there are no Uumalah adoptables available, currently!

Being a commerce city, Uumalah is home to a myriad of character types and races! Feel free to create any type of character you'd like.
If you need a little direction, here are some archetypes:

• Eahira/Mahzia :: Prostitutes; generally beautiful, young mares that were taken (by force or with empty promises) from nomadic clans. While young, these prostitutes enjoyed the Father's lavish houses. However, as they aged, they were moved to less savory brothels. Only extremely successful and well-known whores were kept in the main houses as they aged. However, in the dark corners of the city, more unique and sinful pleasures grew and flourished. Here any gender prostitutes would fulfill any traveller's darkest, wildest dreams--for a price, of course.
• Tajir :: Merhcants; a vast range of characters, some immoral and seeking out Uumalah for its pleasures while others using it as a necessary evil to trade their wares, these are what breath the life into the gluttonous beast that is the Pleasure City. Their luxurious commodities are the foundation. Some merchants travel from far beyond the desert, some from the distant Dorobain Plains, some Korofi from the Plateaus... But they all have a singular purpose: trading their merchandise.
• Bidharr :: There are few Uumalah natives, but those that were born in the city either escape or grow the grease the corrupted gears of the Father's political machine. All stallions, as any native mare either becomes a whore or works to support the whores, these are the power hungry, greedy souls that feast on the gluttony of Uumalah--and ensure that the depravity continues.
• Shurta/Alhurra :: The 'police force' of Uumalah, these are generally corrupt individuals that are hardened by the grotesque depravity they see in the underbelly of pleasure.

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