The original homeland of the Hanma, one of the last formidable human tribes to unite under the banner of the burgeoning Human Empire. Yet, unlike their brethren who largely migrated close to the empire’s safe, imperial heart of Kalasira, the Hanma chose to remain rooted in the soil of their native land. Hanma Khios, for much of the empire’s existence, remained relatively distant and disconnected from the rest of the empire’s affairs, its inconstant and somewhat sparse lands giving way to slow growth and development.

In spite of its lagging history, Hanma Khios has persisted, and today is known primarily for two features. The first is alabaster, a prized export of Hanma Khios that, through its large-scale excavation beginning a few centuries ago and scaling in recent years, primarily controlled by House Alabaster, has driven the city’s surging development and growth. The second, a stark contrast to its luminous alabaster, is the melapors: a black-petalled toxic flower that is as native to region as the Hanma people. It has long been revered and cultivated by the people of Hanma Khios, a tradition inherited directly from the old tribe.

Although time has eroded knowledge of much of the Hanma’s original teachings and beliefs over centuries of gradual assimilation, its culture still pulses through the veins of Hanma Khios’s modern customs and families, with the majority of the city’s inhabitants being closely descended from the autochthonous tribe. As such, many call the people of Hanma Khios “The Extant Hanma”, one of the last true surviving tribes of the time before kings.