Southern Steppe Fields

The Southern Steppe fields are a location in Perfidy. It's the land where Simmi comes from.

Location
Though the name might imply that the Steppe Fields lies in the far south, it actually covers both the east and south of the Paradise Isle. This is due to the original Southern Steppe Fields laying only south. As the territory expanded to the north, it kept the same name.

Climate
Like the rest of the Paradise Isle, the Southern Steppe Fields has a Mediterranean climate. The winters are rather mild, while the summers are very warm and dry.

Flag
The flag of the Southern Steppe Fields consists of two diagonally-separated triangles (one blue and one gold) with the kingdom's symbol in red on top of it. The blue color represents faith and trust, the gold royalty and courage, and the red of the emblem stands for strength. Though the color was already red prior to Tomeil being the sole ruler, her eye color also happens to be red, and is often seen as a color of royalty because of it. The three smallest parts of the symbol represent Duwen the Father, the Son and the Great Spirit.

History
Originally just known as the Southern Kingdom, this back-then small land was ruled by a the king of a tribe of baboons. At first they pushed away all animals, but after the king of the Pastures started to push back others too, the baboon king saw a chance and decided to be the first one to take in different animals in his kingdom.

This caused him to grow in number very quickly, and, with these new members, he built an army to fight against the Pastures. Soon enough, they won back more and more land. The Pastures decided to copy the Southern Kingdom after they saw how effective it was, and let in animals of different kinds, too. This caused an all out war between the two kingdoms. However, after the Feral Hills, which already allowed in different species, joined in the fight. Working together strategically, the Hills and the Southern Kingdom pushed back the Pastures forces.

During the war, the baboon king died, and his chosen successor, a cave lion, rose to power. He led the war further, until the Pastures finally gave up and decided to settle with the territory they had, having lost a lot to the Feral Hills and Southern Kingdom already. They set borders by building a small fence, that would eventually go on to become the Iron Fence. The Southern Kingdom took on the name Southern Steppe Fields, after the many steppe fields growing throughout the desert.