Renlong Archipelago (Country)

Home to the dragonborn (or natively, Ren), the Renlong Archipelago is a collection of numerous islands west of Avalon and Aldurend. The largest island is Da Wen, where the dragonborn capital of Redland (or Hong Guo, in Ren) is located. Governing the dragonborn are a unitary parliament and their monarch, the Red Empress. Across the different islands, dragonborn culture and appearance can vary according to their lineage. However, after swearing fealty to the Redland monarchy, their language and traditions have been mostly formalized. Masters of seafaring, the dragonborn rely heavily on fishing and ship-making for their economy. In recent history, the dragonborn have been at odds with the country of Aldurend over their drug wyrmsalve (liao, in Ren), extracted from the jungle's blackflower (liaohua, in Ren). A panacea in dragonborn medicine, wyrmsalve is integral to dragonborn societal health. To other races, however, wyrmsalve acts as a potent psychedelic narcotic; its abusers are prone to addiction, overdose, and death (especially in humans). Brought to the Aion mainland by Aldurian traders, its dissemination has plagued Eingrad's underground with illegal trading and trafficking.

Game Master's Notes
The dragonborn culture is based on precolonial, imperial China. Their proficiency in seafaring borrows heavily from the Polynesian peoples, who explored the breadth of the Pacific despite being on isolated islands. It is worth noting, however, that their technology is imagined to be much more advanced than those of the Polynesians. Their ships are on the level of those of the Portuguese and Chinese in their construction and design. Generally, most dragonborn from the Renlong Archipelago have a stereotypical Chinese accent, somewhere between Mulan (minimal) and James Hong (stereotypical).