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Il racconto di Oifame non ha un titolo...almeno che io sappia, lo contatto e vediamo cosa dice.
Per ora beccatevi la versione "inglese" della timeline di Catai estratta ed epurata delle sole parti che citano Nippon direttamente dal sito postato da Jehan:
-1st century IC First contact with the Nipponese who are still barbarians. The exploror Ching Hsing reports to the Emperor that they are a stocky, cannibalistic people unworthy of further attention.
2355 IC Nipponese army invades Han Kuo and Bei-An. Beginning of the 12 decade
war between the two Empires of the east.
2357 IC Cathanese army defeats the Nipponese at the Battle of Jumpong. Surviving Nipponese return to their navy in the Bay of Chee Kun and flee home to Nippon.
2362 IC Combined Cathanese/Han Kuo navy attempt a blockade and invasion of Nippon with over 135,000 men and ships. Misfortune strikes when Nipponese elementalists summon a typhoon which wrecks the fleet. Only 3 survivors are reported to have made the return to the capital.
24th cent Continued skirmishing between Nipponese and Cathanese forces along the coastal provinces. Drain on the treasury is immense and the bureaucracy begins to counsel towards a truce.
2476 IC Cathanese-Nipponese war ends with neither side pledging tribute.
Come avrete letto Nippon non è una provincia del Catai... ma a me piace molto ma molto di più l'idea di una provincia ribelle che non quella di un popolo di buzzurri vicini scomodi (almeno così sono descritti dal punto di vista Catai).
Questo è altro materiale descrittivo dei dintorni di Catai e di Nippon
Kitsevara
Hobgoblin Hegemony
This is a loose confederation of petty warlord clans west/southwest of Cathay.
Apart from periodic thrusts east, the Hegemony primarily interests itself with the taxing trade routes while guarding them from smaller bandits. Most of the clans are semi-nomadic, moving between args (hill caves, cliffs, passes) according to the season. Warbands make seasonal raids on neighbors.
At various times the Hegemony has shrunk to as small as 2 or 3 clans or
expanded to as many as 8. Since the rise of the Chaos dwarves further west, the hobgoblins have seen their territory shrinking considerably, and have some of the more restless clans have migrated northwest as far as Kislev (see Something Rotten in Kislev). Lately, rumour has it that the Emperor has been sending supplies to the Hobgoblins in their war with the Chaos dwarves in return for safe passage of the trade caravans.
Some of the args are more or less permanent settlements. One of them, Da M'arg
is a small city. Built originally by the Cathanese as a trading post during the heyday of the old Spice Road, it was taken by the Hobgoblins when the humans died of plague in 1840 I.C. Since then, it has grown into a haphazard collection of buildings and hovels both big and small encircled by a crumbling 20’ wall of adobe. Filthy and disgusting by human standards, it nevertheless sports primitive sewer facilities- true innovation for goblinoids. The largest clan, Umpeg-varg live here. Trade is flourishing, with smugglers coming to sell weapons, alcohol and armour to the goblin market and caravans bound for Cathay buying water and protection. The slave market is large, with slaves from throughout the east. Hashish is produced in the town and sold in the market, mainly for goblins and hobgoblins who love it. It is also a good place to buy horses and camels. Leather goods such as saddles or boots are produced here. Craftsmanship is crude but durable. Pottery is also sold here, as are dried meats and fruits.
What the town is really famous for though, is the 'Thinkun Tank' - a massive bronze bell turned upend and now the sight of nightly pit fights. Mercenaries looking for work get their first chance for employment with a good showing in the Tank. Not surprisingly, a fair number of ogres are to be found here along with an occasional troll.
Ungol Steppes
For additional information concerning this area, see Garrett Lepper’s notes in the WFRP Archives.
Han Kuo
A cold harsh land which until recently was held by the Emperor as a tributary state.
Culturally, similar in many ways to northern Cathay, although their spoken dialect is different. Politically they are ruled by a king and an educated bureaucracy much like the Empire. Classical Cathanese is the written script.
Nippon
Much of what the Cathanese know about their island neighbors is tainted
by the continued bad relations between the two. Most Cathanese believe them to be pirates and bandits living in a land of little culture. In earlier times, the Nipponese ambassodors to Cathay brought some small tribute in exchange for learning and culture. Additionally, the priests of Vimto are known to have contact with their brothers, and occasionally a Nipponese wizard is known to visit Cathay.
Sind/Indhya
Very little is known of this land south of Cathay, across the Kamalayan Mts. Some
travellers have managed to make the journey and return to Cathay but there is no constant trade between the two. Rumored to be a land of dark-skinned warrior-priests.
Torno alla lettura / scrittura ed al disegno preparatorio per i Kuma-inu in pasta...ne vedrete delle belle (o delle brutte
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