Burana-Kai: The Shattered Jewel of the Turrican

Long before the attack in the 7th Era, Burana-Kai was a place of rare splendour. With the Turrican Ocean stretching along its northern border, the land enjoyed not only fertile soil and steady rains guided by the Red Hex but also abundant seas that teemed with life.


The coasts glittered with fishing towns, coral harbours, and markets overflowing with shells, pearls, and strange marine delicacies. Inland, rolling meadows and lush river valleys thrived under careful Hex regulation, ensuring balanced rains and warm breezes from the ocean. Cities of sandstone and marble rose along the coasts, reflecting the sunlight off domed roofs painted in blues and greens to honour the sea.


Burana-Kai was renowned for its culture of harmony. Councils of elders governed through consensus, uniting tribes, farmers, sailors, and scholars under one banner. Festivals tied to both the Hex and the Turrican tides marked the rhythm of the year, when citizens would release lanterns across the waves, believing the ocean carried their prayers into the stars.


The 7th Era Catastrophe

When the Red Hex above Burana-Kai was shattered during the unknown attack, harmony gave way to chaos. Without Hex regulation, the once-fertile coasts endured violent storms, surging tides, and erratic weather. Where rains once nourished the fields, floods and droughts alternated, breaking farmlands and scattering villages.


Worse still, with the Hex shield compromised, meteors and comets struck without mercy. Many rained down along the Turrican coastline, blasting harbours into ruin, raising tsunamis, and glassing sections of once-verdant plains. The nation’s councils, overwhelmed by calamity, collapsed. Civilisation disintegrated, leaving behind only lawlessness, tribal remnants, and ruins swallowed by the sands or reclaimed by the sea.


The Restoration Effort


After millennia of decline, the Council of Anark decreed in the 10th Era that Burana-Kai’s Hex must be restored. Over 50 nations contributed, pooling engineers, energy, and resources.


Now, after centuries of work, the Red Hex above Burana-Kai has been restored to 80% efficiency. The land breathes again: rivers flow steadily, crops take root, and the seas calm enough for harbours to be rebuilt. Settlers, both descendants of Burana-Kai and opportunists from abroad, are returning to reclaim the coasts and re-establish civilisation.


But order is far from secure. Burana-Kai’s rebirth has left it politically fragile and many vie for power and control:


The Descendants of those who fled long ago, claiming ancestral rights to the land. They see themselves as heirs of the councils of old and the government which once ruled with an iron fist.


Ocean Tribes – Families that never left the Turrican coast, hardened by storms and raiding. They distrust all outsiders, even their fellow Burana-Kai.


Foreign Stakeholders – Settlers and guilds from nations that funded the Hex restoration, demanding territory and influence in exchange for their “gifts.”


Warlords, clans, and other groups – Those who thrived during the lawless eras now refuse to yield power, seeking to turn chaos into dominance.


Attempts to revive the old council system are marred by walkouts, blood feuds, and bribery. No central power yet binds the land — and Burana-Kai stands on a knife’s edge between unity and renewed collapse.



Today, Burana-Kai, once affectionately known as the Jewel of the Turrican, stands between past and future. Its seas are calmer, its fields greening, its skies stabilising under the repaired Hex. Yet its people are divided — some yearning to restore the councils of peace, others clawing for dominance.

The land’s beauty is returning, but so too is its struggle for identity. Will Burana-Kai once again be a beacon of harmony and culture on the shores of the Turrican Ocean? Or will it fall back into the cycle of storms, warlords, and ruin?

The waves crash, the Hex hums, and the world watches.