Fiction:Deonari Realm

"Here's the first rule of the Desert, son. By all means, stay away from Ae Wetami."

- Unknown

One of the eldest civilisations of that still exist, the High Realm of the Deonar (also known as the Deonari Realm) is a mysterious kingdom located amidst the Koldenwelti Desert. Formerly incorporating hundreds of towns, cities and fortresses, the Realm's current extent is rather humble: the only city that remains under its control is the ancient citadel called Ea Wetami, also known as the Forbidden City among the other inhabitants of the Great Desert. The Realm's main and only species, the Deonari, are a magical, long-lived (some say immortal) race, dedicated greatly to their mysterious deity only referred to as the Echo.

Extremely xenophobic, the Realm's leaders do not tolerate young races, and its magically animated guardian golems will destroy anyone who dares to enter their territory. Because of this xenophoby, no non-Deonari in the last ten millenia has ever entered Ae Wetami or seen a living Deonari, which has led to numerous theories which claim that the Realm's subjects are, in fact, long gone, and the Forbidden City is nothing but a ghost town, its soulless protectors driven by the last covenant their masters gave to them.