Tanmar is predominantly swampland area, situated at the far north of the planet Dorull. It is bordered by Chaygor on the east and Amn-oaz to the south-west, with great Kabial sea encasing the entire southern border.
This wild inhospitable territory was the everlasting subject of dispute between the humans and the orcs. And was the central point of the Great war among these two races. The war that started because of the discovery of the riches deep beneath the mountain range of Laorn, stretching around the region from the north-west, all the way to the south-east. The war which lasted for more than thirty years.
The Great war ended with the battle of Tvayas hills, where human forces managed to stop the invading orc hordes, before they reached the fortress of Issurk. The victory ultimately brought the much-needed peace. And also assured humans' stay in this region, leaving the orcs to retreat to their settlements in the east. To wait for the next opportunity, which will undoubtedly arrive.
And so they did, staying away on their side of Tanmar, to the east. Staying close to the border with Chaygor. Keeping the great marshlands in between them. Orcs are living in three large towns, Khoill, Zhinnaeg and Gaaran. While humans inhabited mining town of Gollvin to the north, and Vallsynk and Issurk to the south of this area. With Thirel fort, situated several hundred kilometers north of Vallsynk, build mainly as an outpost for securing the transport of ores from the north, humans practically controlled the swamp.
Their blood-lust, their warmongering ways, their constant need to hunt and kill, often pitted them against orcs and especially humans, for they were their most sought after source of food. Ogres preferred them to the indigenous animal species of this swamp, amphibians and reptiles. And even to the wild, mountain goats, rams and sheep, whom they couldn't even imagine to track, trap or hunt over the tall mountaintops, on the steep cliff sides and in the narrow crags, due to sheer size and stature of the typical ogre frame which reached well over 10 feet.
Humans, orcs and especially goblins, on the other hand, had no trouble in that aspect, managing even to tame some of those animals. By doing that, they added even more use for those animals, as they started creating the concepts of farming. Which was only possible in the certain small patches of the lands in the west, north-east and south-east. The rest of the marshes were almost completely under water. Making the soil untillable, but a perfect place for the propagation of various aquatic lifeforms.
Tanmar is the main location of the Dorull Saga books one, two and three, Swamp of Death (published), Blood Vengeance - part one (published) and Blood Vengeance - part two (wip).
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