Basningia
Basningia [anglicization: /baz ˈnɪn dʒɪə/] is a small city that rests northeast of the Adamantine Mountains and in the southernmost reaches of the Brasen Horde. The city is ruled by a desert sheikh who pays annual tribute to the Shakhumbla of the Brasen Horde. Basningia is a minor but celebrated site along the merchants route from the West to the far East, including to Sungo and it is the first site before one enters the Danzercouphtan Desert and other wastes of central Asdauria. For Aurician skybarge merchants, it is often the first placed stopped after they have left the frontier of the Aurician Empire.
Basningia Beer and Tribute
Basningia Beer possesses its own pecular texture and flavor which has become world-famous to beer connoisseurs and merchants of the Asdaurian frontier. The beer is brewed in little ships that are hoisted to skysails. The 'ships' do not actually rise aloft from the surface of the earth, but cause the beer while it is being brewed to be tugged about the surface of the semi-dunes of the land where Basningia rests. In ancient times, the sails were used to enable the Basningians to flee desert marauders with their other effects in skycraft, heading either for the deep Danzercouphtan Desert or into the Adamantine Mountains for refuge.
Subject to the Shakhumbla of the Brasen Horde, Basningia must provide a tribute of its famous Basningia Beer to the cruel overlord every year or face dreadful repercussions. Any beer above the exacted tributed may be sold to merchants or kept for domestic use. The sheikh ruler of Basningia transports the beer to the great Shakhumbla in low-flying skybarges similar to those used by the Xsytes.
See Also
- Basningia Beer
- Brasen Horde
- List of Spirits, Beers, and Wines of Asdar
- Paradeisius' Guide to the Shanjari Khamifate
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