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|culture_lvl=[[CL 1|Stone Age (1)]], with [[CL 2|Bronze Age (2)]] ruins<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
|ecology=Full<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
|terrain=Warm [[desert]]s, [[hill]]s, [[mountain]]s<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
|year_formed=[[564 BC]]<ref name="DoD p.16">[[Domains of Dread]] p.16</ref><ref name=rlphb19>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.19</ref>
|population=Unknown<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 151</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
|races=[[Human]]s assumed 100%<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 151</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
|languages=[[Wildspeak]]<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 151</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
|religions=None<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 151</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
|government=No formal government, but the [[:category:Wild Child (Sebua)|wild children]] of the domain have an rudimentary but egalitarian society that essentially works on the basis of [[direct democracy]]<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 151</ref><ref name=rlphb170>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.170</ref>
|ruler=[[Tiyet]]<ref name="DoD p.107">[[Domains of Dread]] p.107</ref>
|darklord=[[Tiyet]]<ref name="DoD p.108">[[Domains of Dread]] p.108</ref>
|analog=Ancient Egypt
|nationality=[[Sebuan]]<ref name="DoD p.107">[[Domains of Dread]] p.107</ref>
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{{canon}}

Originally an [[Island of terror]], [[Sebua]] is now a [[domain]] of [[the Amber Wastes]]<ref name="DoD p.107">[[Domains of Dread]] p.107</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>, ruled by [[Tiyet]].<ref name="DoD p.107">[[Domains of Dread]] p.107</ref> It is a harsh [[desert]] land. Hidden beneath and within the [[ruins]], sandy dunes, and desolate rocky flats lies the wealth and secrets of a lost [[CL 2|Bronze Age]] civilization resembling that of [[Har'Akir]], though the only [[living]] [[Sebuan]] native people of any numbers are children that live in [[CL 1|Stone Age]] living conditions. These [[:category:Wild Child (Sebua)|"wild children"]] dwell within the ruined city of [[Anhalla]]. [[Oasis|Oases]] in the [[wastelands]] are surprisingly not uncommon, though [[pollution]] or hidden dangers often befoul them. Although the land bears natural resources, the [[Pharazian]] [[:Category:Nomads of Pharazia|nomads]] that travel through Sebua to reach the neighboring domain of Har'Akir do not for the most part linger long enough to exploit them, for Sebua is considered a vile and [[unholy]] land.<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150-151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150-151</ref><ref name=rlphb169170>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169-170</ref>

==Things, Creatures & Personages of Legend==
* {{netbook-small}}[[Al Khymer's Oasis]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
*[[The Scabrous One]]
*[[Tiyet's Estate]]

==Biology==

===Flora===
Any potential [[crop]]s are mostly unexploited.
*[[Bean]]s
*[[Date]]s
*[[Pea]]s

===Fauna===
*[[Baboon]](in Anhalla)<ref name="DL p. 86">[[Darklords]] p. 86</ref>
*[[Camel]]<ref name="DoD p. 102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102</ref>
*[[Jackal]]<ref name="DL p. 86">[[Darklords]] p. 86</ref><ref name="DoD p. 102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102</ref>
*[[Locust]] swarms<ref name="DL p. 86">[[Darklords]] p. 86</ref>
*[[Monkey]] (in Anhalla)<ref name="DL p. 86">[[Darklords]] p. 86</ref>
*[[Mosquito]]<ref name="DoD p.108">[[Domains of Dread]] p.108</ref>
*[[Scorpion]]<ref name="DL p. 86">[[Darklords]] p. 86</ref><ref name="DoD p. 102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102</ref>
*[[Sebuan bat]]<ref name="DL p. 86">[[Darklords]] p. 86</ref>
*[[Sebuan Dung Beetle]]<ref name="DoD p.108">[[Domains of Dread]] p.108</ref>
*[[Spitting Snake]]<ref name="DoD p. 102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102</ref>

===Native Horrors===
*[[Desert Zombie]]<ref name="DoD p. 102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102</ref>
*[[Greater Mummy]]<ref name="DoD p. 102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102</ref>
*[[Muduat]]<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead]] p. 39, 47-48</ref>
*[[Mummy]]<ref name="DoD p. 102">[[Domains of Dread]] p.102</ref>
*[[Shadow]]<ref>[[Darklords]] p. 85</ref>

==Geography==
===[[Weather]]===
By [[day]], Sebua is consumed by hellish heat, even when the skies are dark. [[Night]] is characterized by a crispy cool temperature, though not cold save for the [[Valley of Death]].<ref name="Darklords p. 85-86">[[Darklords]] p. 85-86</ref>

Although Sebua generally has an arid [[climate]], great but fleeting downpours in the afternoon are presaged by the formation of [[storm]] [[cloud]]s in the morning. Any cooling provided by the [[rain]] is all too brief. In addition, dark sandstorms periodically ravages through the area and cover anything in their paths with [[sand]] that burns the skin and assaults the nasal passages.<ref name="Darklords p. 85-86">[[Darklords]] p. 85-86</ref><ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>

===Terrain===
*Desert wastelands
*[[Valley of Death]]

====[[Oasis|Oases]]====
* {{netbook-small}}[[Al Khymer's Oasis]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
*[[Red Oasis]]<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 150">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 150</ref><ref name=rlphb169>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.169</ref>
*[[Southern Oasis]]<ref name="IoT p.83">[[Islands of Terror]], p.83</ref>
*[[Tawiel Akhdar]]<ref name="Ravenloft DMG p. 83-85">[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]] p. 83-85</ref>

==Authority==

===Darklord===
The former wife of a [[Pharaoh]] of the [[the Black Land|Black Land]], [[Tiyet]] is the [[darklord]] of the realm, though she only really presides over the [[undead]] inhabitants. She has supernatural control over them. This is not so with the [[living]], whom she generally avoids because she can hear the beating of their [[heart]]s, which pains her. Woe be it for any [[explorer]] or [[thief]] who violates [[Tiyet's Estate|her estate]], however, for such trespass is to court death. In addition, she is compelled to seek out a mortal and rip out their heart at least once per year. Delaying such meals means she experiences greater [[pain]] when she eventually hears a heartbeat.<ref>[[Darklords]] p. 84-85</ref>

==Language & Culture==
The [[ancient]] [[ruins]] of Sebua strongly imply that Sebua had a cultural connection to [[Har'Akir]], and [[Akiri]] is the language written upon the [[tomb]]s and other old monuments of the land. However, the only native living Sebuan culture is that of the [[CL 1|Stone Age]] wild children whom never seem to grow older. The reclusive wild children speak their own language known to the Pharazian nomads as [[Wildspeak]].<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 151</ref><ref name=rlphb170>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.170</ref>

==Gods and Religions ==
The Sebuan wild children do not recognize any deities save for the general desert itself, which they see as a stern and punitive mother figure. Though there are no organized [[religion]]s in this domain, [[druid]]s and [[ranger]]s are among the recommended character [[class]]es for Sebuan [[player character]]s,<ref name="RLCS 3E p. 151">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 151</ref><ref name=rlphb170>[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p.170</ref> {{Spec|suggesting that the Sebuan wild children's belief in nature may grant divine powers to some of their number}}.

==[[NPC]]s==
* {{netbook-small}}[[Abel]]<ref name="CotN:D p. 7-8"><[[Children of the Night: Demons]] p. 7-8</ref>
* [[Ar]]<ref>[[Children of the Night: Vampires]] p.31-32</ref>
* [[Johara bint Kalila al Asima]]<ref name="Ravenloft DMG p. 83-85">[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]] p. 83-85</ref>
* [[Mukhtar el Wafid]]<ref name="Ravenloft DMG p. 83-85">[[Ravenloft Dungeon Master's Guide]] p. 83-85</ref>

==Chronology==

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[[Category:Canon Domain]]
[[Category:CL 1 Domain]]
[[Category:Desert]]
[[Category:Direct Democracy]]
[[Category:Domain]]
[[Category:Former Island of Terror]]
[[Category:The Amber Wastes]]
[[Category:Warm Climate]]
[[Category:Wasteland]]

==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==

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''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]''<br />
''[[Domains of Dread]]''<br />
''[[Darklords]]''
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''[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]]'' - p7<br />
''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]'' - pp13,17-18,150-152<br />
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - pp107-108<br />
''[[Darklords]]'' - pp85-88<br />
''[[Children of the Night: Vampires]]'' - pp30-34
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''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]'' - p147<br />
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - p103<br />
''[[Darklords]]'' - p83
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