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Skifander

“The Warrior Queen’s Hidden Jewel,” tucked away in a secret location, high up in the sky, Skifandarians are a people dominated by women. Almost the entire population is women with a few free men that have been given special permission from the warrior queen to remain within the glittering city.

The only aspect of Skifander that most people ever see outside of the city are its warriors. These are women of exceptional strength and skill that are treated with reverence and awe across the jungle. The mystery of the skifandarian people has given rise to many rumors, mostly of these women dragging away handsome men to serve in the city’s harems. Some believe that no men are ever born in Skifander. Many believe that if you can defeat a Skifander warrior in single combat you will have to marry her and that if you save her life, she’ll be your loyal servant for the rest of her days. Some of these ideas are simple wish fulfillment, others have a grain of truth.

Within the city, there are many different pursuits for those women that do not serve as warriors, but all can defend themselves. The women of Skifander are proud of their warrior traditions, and bind themselves to codes of honor, expanding it beyond simple combat. A skifandarian warrior may teach their skills to only one other besides their daughters and this tradition has been adopted by other masters like craftsmen and sailors. The skifandarians are all goliaths, but do not share any cultural connections with the goliath tribes of the north and are not nomadic in any way.