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Vudra (pronounced VOO-drah)^[1] is a vast peninsula extending from the southeastern section of the supercontinent Casmaron, with a total area about half that of Avistan. Vudra is also known as Vandu.^[2] The Vudrani are the native people of this region. Also known as the Impossible Kingdoms, Vudra consists of more than one hundred mahajanapadas: semi-independent kingdoms ruled by rajahs. These rajahs in turn serve the maharajah, an emperor-like figure descended from Khiben-Sald, who in his lifetime spent a decade as an honored guest of the ancient Garundi wizard-king Nex.^[3]

Most recent contact between Vudra and the Inner Sea region comes as a direct result of Vudrani emissaries now dwelling on the Isle of Jalmeray, located in the Obari Ocean between the countries of Nex and Qadira.^[4][5]

Contents 1 Inhabitants 2 Geography 2.1 Regions and Geographic Features 2.2 Settlements 2.3 Other Sites 2.4 Overseas Colonies 3 History 4 Religion 5 Organizations 6 Equipment 7 References

Inhabitants

Beside the native Vudrani Humans, Vudra is also home to Half-elves^[6] , Garudas^[7], and Rakshasas^[8]. Janni are often bound into service for Vudran nobles.^[9]

Geography

Regions and Geographic Features

• Ajitash Valley
• Dhalava River
• Narhari Desert
• Sikari

Settlements

• Bannaquet
• Chennipon
• Samudhadra
• Sihadrimon
• Udayasankar

Other Sites

• Hemachandra
• Jayat-Von
• Palace of Emerald and Ivy
• Palace of Ivory and Bone
• Tree of Eternal Dawn

Overseas Colonies

• Chauxen
• Jalmeray

History

According to the Vudrani people themselves, their homeland has been existence for 50,000 years ago, older even than the rise of Azlant. Most foreign scholars, however, dismiss such claims as exaggeration.^[10] The history of Vudra and of Golarion as a whole is told in the Mizravrtta Brahmodya, dictated to the sage Balazastrin by the goddess Likha.^[11]

By the middle 300s AR Vudra was a cultural unity; but politically split amongst a "hundred" kingdoms of varying degrees of interdependence. The Spawn of Rovagug called Kothogaz, the "Dance of Disharmony", came upon the chaotic region and wrought much destruction in it. A hero, whose name is unknown outside Vudra, led the defense of this land. In a battle that cost a "million" Vudrani lives, the hero-priests cast it into the ocean and boiled the ocean, weakening it to the point where the creature's heart could be extracted. The heart was cut into 101 pieces and not all are still to be found in Vudra.^[12]

Two centuries later^[13] the "jungle princess" Chhaya began the process of unification. Khiben-Sald claimed descent from the slayer of Kothogaz and defeated her.^[10][14] The present ruling Maharaja claims descent from Khiben-Sald.

In 563 AR Khiben-Sald sailed west to Jalmeray, then a part of the magical realm of Nex. BY 571 AR, gunpowder was brought to the markets of the Inner Sea in Vudrani trading expeditions.^[15] Though it had lapsed into the control of the Arclords of Nex, in 2822 AR the Vudrans return and wrested control of Jalmeray, making a permanent colony in the Inner Sea region.^[16]

Following a tremendous earthquake in 4275 AR, the Vudran coast was flooded, with thousands dying.^[16]

The great explorer Selmius Foster of the Pathfinder Society blazed a trade route from Absalom to Vudra in 4320 AR. He perished ten years later, in 4330 AR, on the island of Bhopan while continuing his voyages into the east.^[17]

House Arkona of Korvosa became a major trading concern between Avistan and Vudra after their final gamble of sending a trading vessel in 4458 AR—dubbed the Reprieve—proved more profitable than their wildest dreams. The Arkonans continued to send ships up to 4708 AR.^[18]

Rajput Shivji Shashibhushan, a necromancer, constructed the Palace of Ivory and Bone in 4465 AR, but the rajahs finally defeated him and razed his jungle stronghold in 4505 AR.^[19]

Religion

Vudra is the home of Irori, who is one of the core gods of the Vudrani pantheon.^[11] The thousand gods of Vudra also include such deities as Chamidu,^[20] Dhalavei,^[21] Diomazul,^[22] Gruhastha,^[11] Lahkgya^[23] Likha, Raumya, Suyuddha,^[11] Vineshvakhi,^[24] and Vritra.^[25] It is believed that the Child-goddess may be also of Vudran origin.^[26]

Organizations

• Breathers of Ash
• Cult of the Ebon Destroyers
• Daughters of Blinding Night
• Mandagara League

Equipment

• Bich'hwa

References

1. ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 247. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
2. ↑ James Jacobs. (June 24, 2008). "Gorrish River", Paizo Messageboard.
3. ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 154-155. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
4. ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 38-29. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
5. ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 154-155. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
6. ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 13. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
7. ↑ Matt Goodall. (2011). Cult of the Ebon Destroyers, p. 29. Paizo Publishing, LLC.
8. ↑ Richard Pett. (2008). Escape from Old Korvosa.Escape from Old Korvosa, p. 33. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-092-6
9. ↑ Richard Pett. (2008). Escape from Old Korvosa.Escape from Old Korvosa, p. 44. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-092-6
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 155. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 39. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
12. ↑ Clinton Boomer. (2009). Spawn of Rovagug.The Final Wish, p. 53. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-185-5
13. ↑ Boomer.
14. ↑ Boomer.
15. ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 201. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 202. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
17. ↑ Tim Hitchcock, Erik Mona, James L. Sutter, and Russ Taylor. (2009). Seekers of Secrets: A Guide to the Pathfinder Society, p. 26-27. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-178-7
18. ↑ Mike McArtor. (2008). Guide to Korvosa, p. 40. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-078-0
19. ↑ Brian Cortijo, Joshua J. Frost, James Jacobs, & Richard Pett. (2008). Bestiary.Escape from Old Korvosa, p. 85. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-092-6
20. ↑ Richard Pett. (2008). Escape from Old Korvosa.Escape from Old Korvosa, p. 37. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-092-6
21. ↑ Matt Goodall. (2011). Cult of the Ebon Destroyers, p. 3,6. Paizo Publishing, LLC.
22. ↑ Richard Pett. (2008). Escape from Old Korvosa.Escape from Old Korvosa, p. 54. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-092-6
23. ↑ Brian Cortijo, Joshua J. Frost, James Jacobs, & Richard Pett. (2008). Bestiary.Escape from Old Korvosa, p. 89. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-092-6
24. ↑ Greg A. Vaughan. (2010). Mother of Flies.Mother of Flies, p. 80-81. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-199-2
25. ↑ Brian Cortijo, Joshua J. Frost, James Jacobs, & Richard Pett. (2008). Bestiary.Escape from Old Korvosa, p. 83. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-092-6
26. ↑ James L. Sutter. (2010). City of Strangers, p. 9-10. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-248-7