Stahaan

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Stahaan
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Plane	Dominaria
Part of	the Domains

Stahaan is an island situated in the extreme northern reaches of the Domains on Dominaria., as well as the name of the dominant tribe of minotaurs who live there.

Description

Locations

Locations on the island of Stahaan include:

• Boiling Lake - a hot spring lake that provides both a clean (if smelly) source of water and heat to its otherwise cold surroundings
  • Bathtown, a human trading post located on the shores of the lake.
• The Boiling River - though not boiling, the river is formed from warm water from Boiling Lake running off to the ocean, its banks heavy with green trees.
• Cryvern Peak - an icy and isolated mountain.
• The Mirtiin Mountains - the southerly mountain range, where the Mirtiin live.
  • The Halls of Mirtiin - the main Mirtiin settlement, a large series of tunnels carved directly into the mountains
    • The Assembly Chamber - a large cave where clan representatives convene to discuss matters of importance.
    • The Great Maze - a labyrinth designed to deter and confuse invaders
    • The Great Way - a more direct passage to secure access and retreat
    • The Lamp of Passing Flames - a sacred clockwork device inside the temple that perpetually lights and extinguishes candles, symbolizing the unending cycle of minotaur life.
    • The Wells of Ashes - sacred chutes where the Mirtiin scatter the ashes of their dead, symbolizing their return to the heart of the mountain.
• Null Divva, a remote human settlement known for its glass production.
• The Stahaan Mountains - the northern mountain range, where the large Stahaan nation lives
  • The Holy Library - where the sacred texts of Lemeya are preserved and perused
  • The Well of Beginnings - a most revered holy site, source of the stone used for all the Wells of Ashes

Stahaan Society

Stahaan is home to a xenophobic and orthodox nation of minotaurs, serving as a sister nation to the Mirtiin, who live in a different mountain range on the same island. The society is strictly governed by religious doctrine, led by the Speaker of Stone — a matriarch-priestess who acts as both a spiritual and political leader, though still subject to the nation's matriarch.

Stahaan minotaurs wear red or red-and-white garments as symbols of their identity. Adult males possess names ending in -ekst, while adult females bear names ending in -alem. They have four fingers on each hand, a trait they share with their cousins from Mirtiin but not with the five-fingered Hurloon minotaurs. The Hurloon minotaurs were exiled from Stahaan as heretics for their belief that humans and minotaurs share a common ancestor — a belief that contradicts Stahaan's scriptures. According to the first chapter of Knowing Purity, “By this shall you know the division: The fifth finger is flakkach.”

Stahaan’s strict orthodoxy is demonstrated by their concept of purrah, a ritualistic purity law that forbids the presence of flakkach (unclean beings), such as humans and goblins, within their halls. Violations of purrah are met with severe consequences.