Diguo-Dashu
- See also: Diguo-Dashun Underminer
Diguo-Dashu (pronounced dee-gwoh dah-shoo)1 is also known to many as the Empire of the Rat or the Empire of the Rats,2 though in reality "empire" is probably too organised a title for this chaotic region. Rather than being unified, the ratfolk of Diguo-Dashu have warred amongst themselves for countless generations. Nevertheless, Diguo-Dashu is one of Golarion's most populous ratfolk centres. Diguo-Dashu stretches across wide swathes of the Darklands level of Sekamina located below the continent of Tian Xia.34
History
For many on the surface, Diguo-Dashu is most famous for its war with Imperial Lung Wa in 4251 AR,✝ when the ratfolk managed to conquer over a dozen cities before being beaten back by Lung Wa's formidable armies. They were permanently pacified by the legendary archmage Hao Jin,5678 who transported the ratfolk army—and a spherical section of the surrounding underground depths 10 miles in diameter9—into her personal demiplanar tapestry.8
The excavated ground became known as Old Rat's Stolen Heart,10 and the sphere became known as Round Mountain.91 Hao Jin eventually returned Round Mountain to the site of Old Rat's Stolen Heart in modern-day southwestern Po Li in 7219 IC.111
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 . “Darklands” in Tian Xia World Guide, 72. Paizo Inc., 2024
- ↑ . “Goka” in Merchant's Manifest, 11. Paizo Inc., 2018
- ↑ . “Regions of the Dragon Empires” in Dragon Empires Gazetteer, 21. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ . “Introduction” in Blood of the Beast, 3. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ . “Regions of the Dragon Empires” in Dragon Empires Gazetteer, 17. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ . Pagoda of the Rat, 3. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . “Other Outliers” in Heroes from the Fringe, 30. Paizo Inc., 2018
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 . “Darklands” in Tian Xia World Guide, 70. Paizo Inc., 2024
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 . The Sundered Path, 3. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . Countdown to Round Mountain, 3. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ This refers to the events of Countdown to Round Mountain.
