Welcome back to our Deep Dive series! This week the curious country of Katapesh!

Some disclaimers:

1.) For some reason I said 10,000 years twice when I meant to say 1,000 years in reference to how long the Pactmasters have ruled Katapesh. (Their 1,000 year anniversary is coming up next year in 2025 actually).

2.) I leaned heavily into the artwork from AC: Mirage on this one, because it seemed geographically correct. Most of it works to enhance to the video, some of it feels like a stretch. My apologies if the art isn't always perfectly aligned to what I'm discussing.

3.) I also repurposed character art from the Legacy of Fire AP to portray some canonical characters from the world guidebooks for which no art exists. It seemed like a shame to let all that good art not go to use, when I could find a home for it here.

Other than that this should be a fun video. Other relevant videos you might want to watch for additional context around Katapesh are the Geb and Nex video and the Osirion video all up on the channel right now. Enjoy!

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

0:00 - History of Katapesh
22:01 - Government
25:56 - Uwaga Highlands & Kelmarane
42:40 - The River Valleys & El-Fatar
58:47 - Stonespine Archipeligo & Port Okeno
1:10:14 - Southern Barrier Wall & Solku
1:28:26 - Katapesh Desert & Badawi Grower Camps
1:40:52 - City of Katapesh

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CREDITS
The large high-res map I use is not a Paizo official map, but the work of the incomparable Rob McCaleb ( https://www.artstation.com/robmccaleb ) used here with their gracious permission.

Content for this video came from "Pathfinder Chronicles: Dark Markets - A Guide to Katapesh" and various other scattered resources.

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