Editing Drath Archipelago

The '''Drath Archipelago''' is a group of islands in the western oceans of [[Innworld]]. The dominant power in this region is the '''Empire of Drath'''. 

== Geography ==
The Drath Archipelago is west of [[Izril]],<ref name="1.03R">[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/11/06/1-03-r/ Chapter 1.03 R]</ref> at the [[Edge of the World]].<ref name=":3.35" /> The islands are also relatively close to [[Minos]] and [[Rhir]],<ref name="6.55K" /> as well as [[Baleros]]. They are furthest from Izril.<ref name=":0" />

There are great reefs that bloom with a thousand colors underwater.

:''Note: There are only two geographical features of Innworld usually referenced as an archipelago: the [[Isles of Minos]] (but rarely), and the Drath Archipelago (more often). In the first two volumes, Ryoka mentioned that a sixth continent of Innworld has been destroyed, and that the only thing remaining is a "massive archipelago filled with whirlpools and deadly storms".<ref name="2.06">[https://wanderinginn.com/2-07/ Chapter 2.07]</ref> This was assumed to be the to be the Drath Archipelago, but then came information about Tiernas the destroyed Continent of Glass, which may have been what was referred to instead.''<ref>{{VERef|8.76 B}}</ref> ''Magnolia mentions yet another one, the ''frozen archipelago'',<ref name="1.03R" /> which has not been mentioned since Volume One.''

=== Islands: ===

* Satoreni Islands<ref>{{VERef|10.15}}</ref>

== Layout ==
The capital's great palace built from an entire island, extending into the sea with underwater ports and connected to the rest of the city by bridges and magic. It used to be an ancient border fort from the old kingdom of Drath before the Godwar. There are bulwarks of jade. There is an ancient watchtower planted in the ocean, rising from the depths twenty thousand feet down.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/04/26/8-82-pt-3/ Chapter 8.82 (Pt. 3)]</ref>

There are villages on the islands where rare plants are collected for medicines.<ref name=":1" />

== Overview ==

=== Inhabitants ===
The inhabitants of the Archipelago are referred as '''Drathians''' and the '''Drath people.'''<ref name="gloss">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/19/glossary/ The Wandering Inn Glossary]</ref>A very formal people, Drathians are rarely seen in foreign lands.<ref name="gloss" /><ref name="6.14 K">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/07/6-14-k/ Chapter 6.14 K]</ref> The Humans of Drath have unique physical features uncommon among other Humans. Both [[Magnolia Reinhart]]<ref name="1.03R" /> and [[Venitra]]<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/26/2-24/ Chapter 2.29]</ref> noticed that [[Ryoka Griffin|Ryoka]] (who is half-Japanese) appears to look similar to a Drath Archipelago native. Another species native to Drath are Kitsunes.<ref name=":0">[[Chapter 8.77 B]]</ref> 

The people of Drath are the descendants of the "survivors of countless nations," from the area where the [[The Last Tide (location)|Last Tide]] is now. <ref>{{VERef|9.39}}</ref> 

=== Trade ===
The Drathians maintain trade fleets capable of far ocean-travelling. Drathian waters are also considered ''dangerous'' for [[pirates]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/09/03/interlude-rufelt/ Interlude - Rufelt]</ref>

After incidents with [[Roshal]] slavers, they stopped sailing to [[Chandrar]]. However, seeing Drathian sailors in [[Dullahans|Dullahan]] ports is not a rarity unlike in most other ports,<ref name="6.55K" /> and their products make their way also to the rest of Baleros and even [[Terandria]].<ref name="6.44E" /> The house of Minos also trades with the Drathians, claiming that their tools and magic are useful.<ref name="6.23D">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/08/6-23-d/ Chapter 6.23 D]</ref>

Foreign warriors make pilgrimages to Drath to learn their fighting arts.<ref name=":1" />

From books of Magnolia's library, [[Ryoka]] deduced that the Minotaurs and the natives of the Archipelago often clash, and she mentally compared them to the Philippines or Japan.<ref name=":3.35">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/12/05/3-35/ Chapter 3.35]</ref> Other sources confirm that Drathians and other seafarers occasionally clash with each other.<ref name="gloss" /><!-- ''Note: Ryoka also got things wrong about Baleros, believing that the continent was similar to the Americas without any colonization happening.''<ref name="2.06" /> -->

=== Culture ===
Drathian culture contains elements similar to Japanese, Chinese, and Korean cultures. Drath's unique language, referred to as Drathian, contains Japanese and Chinese words.<ref name="5.05">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/07/24/5-05/ Chapter 5.05]</ref><ref>[[Chapter 8.51 D]]</ref><ref name=":0" /> Traditional Drathian weapons also include katanas and ''hwachas'', which are Japanese and Korean respectively.

A special meal from Drath is the ''sea urchin'', that is also common on other eastern parts of the world, like Rhir and Minos.<ref name="6.55K">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/11/05/6-55-k/ Chapter 6.55 K]</ref> Some Drathians and Minotaurs are also known to be [Martial Artists].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/21/6-18-h/ Chapter 6.18 H]</ref> The Drathian culture also has [Ninjas], while other continents refer to a similar class as <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Assassins]]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/09/16/3-13/ Chapter 3.13]</ref>

The Drathians have distinct ornamentatations. [[Niers Astoragon]] uses a tiny comb with these patterns.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/12/11/interlude-foliana/ Interlude - Foliana]</ref> The Drathians also produce ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofuda ofuda]''-like charms and glass talismans, intended to protect from magic.<ref name="6.44E">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/09/14/6-44-e/ Chapter 6.44 E]</ref> Most other species have fewer counters to Drathian magic, since it's comparatively exotic.<ref name="6.23D" />

Drathians also know that any aspect of the body and even qualities like the mind or natural flow of mana can be improved to some extent. They have became experts at making, refining and producing pills, liquids, and other methods to cultivating and changing the very nature of their form. Thus, they have individuals with the [Cultivator] class.<ref name=":0" /> Even villages know about cultivation, and there is a market for providing cultivation ingredients.<ref name=":2">{{VERef|10.39 YN}}</ref>

Using these cultivating methods, it is said that the perfect warriors of Drath have blood which circulates the body ten times faster than a normal person, as well as being lighter, swifter, stronger, have eyes like birds and flawless skin and the ability to consume poison like water.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/02/23/7-09-k/ Chapter 7.09 K]</ref>

== Military ==
Drath has a powerful navy that patrols [[the Last Tide]] to slay any [[Seamwalkers|Seamwalker]] that arises. Aside from their armadas, they also have Border Fleets that act as peacekeepers and patrol the edge of the world. Their ships are armored with scale-mail inscribed with magical sigils, armed with what may be magic-based weapons resembling cannons (magical devices with glowing barrels), and some are large enough to carry hundreds of soldiers. One of those ships can duel one of [[Zeres]]' biggest warships.<ref name=":0" />

The most powerful warriors of Drath are called Mediators. They are cultivators capable of feats like walking on water and splitting lightning with their fists, and the powerful ones can live hundreds of years. Few are chosen for the position due to the cost and difficulty of supplying them.<ref name=":2" />

Their soldiers use katanas and glaives, and also have staff-wielders and bare-handed experts in their ranks. They also have a "suicide corps" comprised of [Abyssal Slayers], [Doomkillers], and [Edgeworld Hunters]. These hunters, trained to fight Seamwalkers, carry gigantic dragonblood crystal weapons.<ref name=":0" />

As mentioned above, they craft hwachas. They also produce artifacts that summon monsters from paper.

== History ==
The Kingdom of Drath predates the God War. The southernmost edge of their old empire survived the attack that destroyed a part of the world and created the Last Tide. The inhabitants have sworn to remember theses events.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/04/17/8-80/ Chapter 8.80]</ref><ref name=":1" />

Dragons took notes of the capital's jade bulwarks to later build their [[Walled Cities]]. Their warriors of stone once helped revive the art of creating [[Golems]].<ref name=":1" />

== Trivia ==
* ''Islanders'' (either the [[Minotaurs]] or more possibly the Drathians)<!--In chapter 4.03 K, Flos also just calls them ''islanders'' when describing them, also Magnolia in 1.03 R--> are practicing a caste society.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/10/26/6-52-k/ Chapter 6.52 K]</ref>

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