Kitinli

Kitinli is a fictional village and municipal unit in the Varandis Archipelago, used in regional fiction and tabletop role-playing game settings. It lies on a sheltered coastal plain near the Lysa River mouth, with terraced fields, a small harbor, and a temperate climate with wet winters and warm summers.

Etymology: The name comes from the local Kitin language, with proposed meanings such as "stone hill" or "sun-lit valley." A secondary theory links it to an ancient shrine.

History: The settlement is imagined to have been founded in the 12th century by farming families and grew through river trade and salt production. In fiction it enjoyed semi-autonomous status under various rulers before joining a wider Arcadian state in the 19th century.

Governance: Depictions usually place a local council and mayor, with an elders’ assembly to handle customary disputes alongside national law.

Economy: Agriculture (rice and citrus), fishing, crafts, and small-scale tourism around the harbor and coastal trails.

Culture and society: Kitinli preserves a distinct Kitin dialect, traditional music featuring the tarra lute, and annual festivals such as Firefly Night. Local cuisine emphasizes eel dishes, barley bread, and herb-infused stews.

Demographics and language: The community is described as a few thousand residents, with Kitinli as the everyday language and Arcadian as the national lingua franca in most depictions.

Education and institutions: A primary school, a secondary school, a community library, and a small museum are commonly depicted in source material.

In literature and media: Kitinli appears in novels and RPG sourcebooks as a locale with layered politics and folklore.