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Hados

Next up on the list, we've got the wonderfully gothic land of Hados! Built on a series of volcanoes and the plains resulting from ancient eruptions, Hados is in a constant state of darkness due to the smoky clouds above. Hados is home to the dragons, but not the big reptile one I mentioned back in Mudrye. Hadan dragons are instead humanoid, with wings and horns resembling their draconic heritage. Dragons are closely tied to fire, and are naturally able to draw it's power for magic.

Hados' patron god is Jinx God of Death and Bad luck. Not the most promising sounding patron, but the Hadans came to love them all the same. Ironically, since Jinx's disappearance a couple decades ago, Hados fell into a pit of bad luck in their absence, losing their previous streak of being practically unbeatable and losing a battle for the first time in over three hundred years.

Hados is a commune, with no formal leader over the entire country. Cities elect representatives to gather as a sort of council, and they make the big decisions together. Council members make the decisions for their respective cites as well, usually through votes to allow for anyone to be heard.

Hados has a temple built for Jinx on the highest volcano, integrated with the lava pool and near constant smoke plume. In the past couple decades since Jinx's disappearance, this temple has slowly but surely filled with offerings hoping for their return, piling up and overflowing the altar. A section of the temple grounds is dedicated for the council to meet, their hope being that Jinx will send their bad luck to their enemies and inform their decisions.

The peaks of the volcanoes naturally attract and accumulate residual life energy due to Jinx's domain over Death, commonly referred to as soul energy. (Not the souls themselves, but the energy their life once held.) This energy crystalizes at the peaks, forming giant masses of energy crystals that are ground into dust and used to power Hados, along with it's allies.

That's it for now! Thanks for reading :D