Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- settings:cahyali:akhior [2024/12/15 22:37] – quiddlesticks
+++ settings:cahyali:akhior [2025/02/13 18:43] (current) – [North: The Bays] quiddlesticks
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== Akhior ======
-This landmass lies far to the north of Esrior, about two months' travel by sea. According to ancient legends, [[lore:races:humanoids#humans|humanity]] first originated in this continent. None from [[settings:cahyali|Esrior]] have seen its shores for ten thousand years, as the vast majority fled this land following a [[history:cahyali:stormwingcalamity|destructive conflict]] between [[lore:creatures:greatbeasts:dragons|Dragons]] and the [[lore:creatures:greatbeasts:strygarii|Strygarii], giant elementally-aspected avian creatures.
+This landmass lies far to the north of Esrior, about two months' travel by sea. According to ancient legends, [[lore:races:humanoids#humans|humanity]] first originated in this continent. None from [[settings:cahyali|Esrior]] have seen its shores for ten thousand years, as the vast majority fled this land following a [[history:cahyali:stormwingcalamity|destructive conflict]] between [[lore:creatures:greatbeasts:dragons|Dragons]] and the [[lore:creatures:greatbeasts:strygarii|Strygarii]], giant elementally-aspected avian creatures.
 The climate of Akhior varies from temperate, thick forests in the east, to vast arid savannas in the south, to highland steppes in the west. In its north is a warm archipelago of magical waters, created by devastating meteor impacts called down during the Stormwing Calamity.
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 This area is arid and more desertified than the rest of Akhior, save for small zones around the rivers. As such, people usually travel up and down the rivers, rarely venturing across the dunes.
-====
+To the east of Ala Yanrin are the vast Ala'Ura Plains, an untouched savanna full of mystic fauna and flora. Humanity rarely ventures into the Plains, for fear of the constant hunt of the Ashet and its Strygos.
+==== West: The Steppes ====
+West of the Ala'Ura Plains, the elevation suddenly rises. At the top of a string of hills lies the Khaiguul Steppes, a vast field of rolling hills dotted by a variety of roaming tribes and khanates. To avoid the Ashet, these people live constantly on the move, and have become known as fearsome warriors. A large series of slashes and lakes cuts through the middle of Khaiguul.
+Reportedly, these bodies of water were the product of a battle during the Calamity, which saw the earth itself rent and slashed into pieces. Wild, uncontrollable magic still remains, but the nomads do not fear it: instead, they come near the ravines and lakes to charge their magical items and train their skills in the arcane.
+==== North: The Bays ====
+This region is said to have once been a vast stretch of savanna like the Ala'Ura, but after the Stormwing Calamity, it was completely destroyed by powerful magicks wielded by the dragons and Strygarii. Now, the north of Akhior is a group of massive craters, having become a wild and wonderful archipelago after ten thousand years of recovery.
+Many of the craters have waters that are not the typical color of the ocean: inside the waves and deep in the expanse, there are varied colors... from purple to silver to orange and beyond. The people living on the waves, sailing the archipelagos, ascribe magical meaning to each color and each bay. They meet in the trade city of Ilu'okun, whose ports are always bustling with seafaring vessels.
+===== Culture & People =====
+[WIP. Awaiting GMs to run in the region and flesh it out.]