Bībūnor
Bībūnor, also known as Gutterland, is a shoreland country south of the Gha-ghīl-Mārosh. It is a province of the Umbadic Empire.
Description
Bībūnor occupies a fertile stretch south of the Strand Mountains, where the land softens from rugged highland foothills into rolling plains and woods. Its climate is temperate and maritime, marked by warm, dry summers and mild, rain-fed winters that sustain a patchwork of vineyards, olive groves, and grain fields. Seasonal winds descending from the mountains temper the summer heat.
The region is densely populated, with a chain of cities and towns that, for the most part, trace their origins to colonial outposts established by Patrinor.
History
After fleeing the Wooded Mountain, the Patrin passed through Empheros during their journey to Pārāgōl. Some split off from the main party in this time, passing through the steep Gha-ghīl-Mārosh before ultimately choosing to dwell in Bībūnor.
Bībūnor was the first land of Rhusagos rediscovered by the Patrin after their exodus. In the mid-fourth century A.B., a lone fisherman, known afterward as Dun Nurūk, was flung into the sea from his boat by a terrible storm. Later he washed onto a strange shore atop a piece of driftwood. There he was roused by the smell of dead fish tossed onto the beach by the very same storm that threw him to the sea. It is said that, upon his waking, he knew immediately whither he had come. He swiftly brought news of this new land back to Patrinor.
The first settlement of the Patrin in Bībūnor was Īngomes. It is said that Palagon Patermāgor participated in the colonial effort before he began his conquests, though the veracity of this claim is unknown. Many colonies came after, and the Patrin gradually displaced the native peoples, who were their distant kin.
During the War of the Patrons, Bībūnor began as a province loyal to Gauron, but was soon invaded and seized by Umbad the Rider.
Etymology
Bībūnor is a Paternic name, which means “Gutterland”. It consists of the elements bību “sewer” and -(n)or. The name comes from the stench of rotting fish that was present where Bībūnor was first discovered.