Pemba

The name Pemba and the borders on most maps date from the days when Hesperia's Amazons ruled here. It was among the first provinces to break away as Hesperia declined, and it has since split into two rival peoples, the Avakuli and the Okwilu, who have been at odds ever since the last Hesperians left centuries ago.

Pemba belongs to the jungle interior of Gondwana, thick with tropical forest and strange beasts. The Okawala River that divides it harbors reptiles extinct elsewhere and many other dangerous animals, and the rest of the land is just as wild; its people are primitive and warlike, shaped by a harsh environment. The two tribes share an ethnic origin and a hunting-gathering life, but one is ruled by women and the other by men, and each sees the other's order as a perversion of how life should be. They fight on sight, though the perils of the river usually keep them apart. Both distrust foreigners, and treat anyone who deals with their rivals, or who does not hold correct views about what men and women should do, as an enemy regardless of intent.