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In the frozen northwest is a land of strange and foreign in the rest of Theah. Those who visit Ussura return to tell the
tales of a land five hundred years behind the times. Their soldiers still use axes and wooden sheilds, wear furs and skins,
grow their beards to their knees and barter rather than use currency.
While Ussura may still be living in the twelfth century, she is a land that looks out for her own. Invading armies have
discovered that to be a literal truth. "Grandmother Winter" seems very alive in Ussura, throwing snow and ice on those who
have violated her borders, while her grandchildren remain safe from her cold clutches. It is almost as if the land itself
were alive and aware, blessing her own and obliterating those who are not. it is also rumored that some amoung the Ussurans
are able to communicate with beasts such as wolves and bears, but that is no doubt peasent superstition.
The ruler of Ussura, Gaius Ilya, is a beautiful young man with a brutal and deadly temper. While the advice of the Knias
Council of Boyars is supposed to guide the Gaius' decisions, Ilya has shown on many occasions his hatred of their kind. One
boyar who defied his wishes as thrown to his own dogs while the Gaius watched, sipping vodka and making conversation with
the doomed man's fellow council members.
Ussura is a land of brutal winters, savage justice and black humor.
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