Brodumón

Brodumón (/brɔdu'moʊn/; Voixdubrodchen: Brodredumón or Broduammé, pronounced [brɔ:drədu'moʊn]) is the northeasternmost region of Grathmullen. A strip of hilly country that totally cuts off the heartland of Gritsinia from its southern land, Nairabre Forest stretches across its border. Beyond this occult woodland is Malreamme, the domain of the vampire clans.

Etymology
Brodumón is an Imperialisation of the Voixdubrodchen Brodrédumón, though the shortened name was being used for decades prior to the Imperial occupation. Brodrédumón  'a state at the edge of the world', with the country lying between the human kingdoms of the continent and the realm of vampires.

Early Imperial explorers erroneously translated the name as 'brother of demons', still a reference to the country's proximity to the Nairabre Forest and Malreamme. Despite the confusion having been cleared years later, 'Brother-of-Demons' is a derogatory name for the country. The great taqua playwright Iwetenyadem wrote a play about Brodumónish history called 'My Brothers Are Demons', using the famous misnomer as inspiration for the title.

History
Due to Brodúmonish superstitions regarding the disturbance of burial sites, no one has been able to perform archaeological surveys to determine when humans first arrived in the region. However, research in surrounding regions suggests that they were most likely following migrating herds of gilled antelopes.

The bountiful supply of arable land and domesticable creatures in Brodúmon lead the early Brodmen to invent agriculture earlier than most other humans on Charyan. Brodúmonish scripture records cattle being raised as early as 3,000 Prethrone. However, they also record how the mass domestication of animals, and especially the butchering of them at the start of every Snowquart, enticed vampires and werewolves to emerge from Abranoire and begin wreaking havoc on the Brodmen.

More than 3,000 years of supernatural creature incursions has hardened the people of Brodumón. They built their entire culture around survival of the supernatural, inventing traditions such as impalement before burial and the wearing of silver-lined chastity belts.