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along the coasts and in protected harbors. These vanished with
that kingdom and left only a remnant of its people. The Nia
dominated the land for many centuries, so much so that these
First Born absorbed the customs and manners of these humans.
The Winter Dark left all in ruin and the peoples have not
recovered significantly from them.
INKLU–NAID
CLIMATE: Its climate is tropical with cold climates in the highest
reaches of the mountains.
LANDMASS: This great island continent consists of deep jungles and
a great plateau of mountains. It is separated from the Aenochain
mainland by the Dwarven Anvil, the violent straights that divide
the Wilston and Amber Seas.
POPULACE: For the most part this landmass is occupied by men. The Inklu
dominate but the Naid and some scattered remnants of Aenochians and
Ethrumanians dwell here. There are almost no dwarves and halflings,
but elves and gnomes are found throughout the jungles. There are
humanoids, some wild orc tribes and many lizard men and troglodytes
have lands here, some dwelling in large kingdoms.
MYTHOLOGY: Wild and strange monsters dwell here, exotic and
beyond the reckoning of the men of the north.
HISTORY: Inklu–Naid has a long history of habitation, starting
with the great tribe of Inklu and the lesser tribes of Naid. The
Aenochians and Ethrum built colonies, waged war and the like
upon the northern coasts. In times past the dwarves of Alanti built
colonies and trade centers here. But the Winter dark left much
of these lands in ruin and now the island societies are shadows
of their former selves. Jungle covered ruins mark the place
where great cities once stood and if some of the peoples retain
the knowledge and wealth of their ancestors they have hidden
themselves in the deep jungles.
SURNE
CLIMATE: The climate varies from temperate to cool.
LANDMASS: Surne is a huge land mass located in the northern
hemisphere. It includes the frozen tundra of the north, the
archipelago of Chianuk in the south and the large island of
Ephar. A harsh land of frozen wastes, high mountains, deep and
forbidding forests, where narrow firths cut gashes into the land
and stark cliffs hold back a violent sea.
POPULACE: Here the folk of fey gather in great numbers and build
cities upon the edge of the world. There are powers in Surne,
avatars and demons who do, from time to time, rise and build
kingdoms of their own. They fight the Nia, the elves and other
folk who dwell in and around these unforgiving lands. Only in the
southern islands of Ephar did the early dwarves make their homes
and there a remnant of their people still dwell.
MYTHOLOGY: It is the land of the faerie.
HISTORY: Surne is a land of tremendous magic, filled with
monsters great and small for it was to these forbidding lands that
the greater host of creatures fled in the Days before Days, even
before light came to Aihrde. They came here after the All Father
made the land and the sea but they hid from him in fear of being
banished to the Void. But even after the war of the gods, many
stayed here and have dwelt in secret for countless eons.
OTHER LANDMASSES
ALANTI
CLIMATE: The climate in Alanti is tropical.
LANDMASS: These series of islands stretch between the mainland
of eastern Aenochia and the land of Aroyo. There are hundreds of
them, great and small. The waters around them are always choppy,
so much so, that many sailors prefer taking the long voyage south of
Aroyo rather than risking the dangerous waters about the islands.
The islands themselves offer a variety of vistas, from soft sandy
beaches to high rocky cliffs. Many of the islands are covered in
beautiful tropical jungles. There is plenty of fresh water on almost
all of them. Monsters from the dawn of time crawl and creep
through the jungles, great hydras, manticore and the like.
POPULACE: Here the Zuala dwell in some few numbers and some of
Rykaard. There are also a few scattered groups of elves and other
demi–humans.
MYTHOLOGY: Fabled lands of Alanti lie somewhere in these islands.
HISTORY: The fabled dwarf kingdom of Alanti is said to have
resided throughout these islands with her streets of cobbled gems,
high alabaster halls, sea walls built of pearls and the like. But
Alanti is no more, destroyed by the Dragon Riders and swallowed
by the seas and wasted by time.
AROYO & ELIS
CLIMATE: The climate here is tropical.
LANDMASS: These islands are the two largest landmasses in
the southern Oddine Ocean. The northern of the two, Aroyo
is covered in dense jungles and low lying hills and some few
active volcanoes. The southern and larger of the two, Elis has
sparse jungles along the beaches and inland valleys but is largely
dominated by highly active volcanoes.
POPULACE: Rykaard are the only humans who dwell here in any
numbers, some very small communities of Aenochians still thrive,
and remnants of trading posts.
MYTHOLOGY: The warm climes and the updrafts in the atmosphere
attract many dragons who come to these islands to mate and fight
one another.
HISTORY: Both islands were settled by the dwarves of Alanti and
their human allies the Rykaard. Early on the dwarves left the
islands to the humans, concentrating on the huge megalopolis
that was Alanti. The civilzation of the Rykaard thrived for
several thousand years, but the fall of Alanti and the course of
time degraded the civilization much. It is now largely forgotten or
much diminished. The ruins of their red–brick towns are reputed
to be filled with the magics and lore of the ancient dwarves who
befriended those who settled there (see below page 13). The islands
AFTER WINTER’S DARK 5