novi geography

Novite Geography

Continents

Almir
Subcontinents: Almaren, Sakar, Almora, Zoria.
Almaren is akin to feudal Europe. The terrain that isn’t developed is forested with some plains in the central, eastern and northern areas.
Sakar is akin to the Near East/Persia. It has many deserts and mountains as well as some very fertile areas, usually around rivers.
Almora is not unlike central Asia and western Siberia. It has both vast deserts and great rolling plains.
Zoria is akin to the Indic realms
Populated by Aryan, Afro-Asiatic, Turkic, and hybrid (Indic and Persid) peoples.

Kharlak
Populated by various Asiatic peoples, both northern and southern. The plains of Jen are Mongolic, the mountains of Kair are home to Tibetan folk, the heartlands of Kharlak are very Han Chinese, and the Mornikai lands are akin to the Korean kingdoms. Off the coast on the Isles of Night is the Empire of Mintaka, a much feared force not unlike feudal Japan.

Amazulia

Annuvia
-Annuvia is a vast continent whichs runs from the northern to the southern part of the West Hemisphere. The land mass of the northern part of the continent is divided into thirds by the Shining Sea (between the eastern and central thirds), a large freshwater sea, and the Annur River (a massive north-south running river between the western and central thirds) The Shining Sea narrows to the south of the northern landmass and exits into the ocean via a narrower river. Central Annuvia is a long, broad stretch of desert and semiarid lands interspersed with a central, imposing mountain range. The southern swell of the continent contains vast lush forests, rivers, and grand plains and mountains.
-Cylonuvia and Eldania are in the eastern third of the continent.
-The central third of Northern Annuvia is mostly forested in the north with some mountains in the east. Also there are extensive swamplands in the south where the central third meets the eastern third.
-The Longhouse Peoples live in the northeast of the central third. They have formed an alliance of nations known as the Ten Kindred. The ten nations are de facto independent but for matters pertaining to the people as a whole. The National Council is a semi-parliamentary organization with 100 seats that determines the policy of the confederation, i.e., matters of trade and war. Other groups around the Ten Kindred are wary of the new power.
-The River Peoples live in the southeast of the central third of the continent. They are a diverse group of related peoples and generally build stout, fortified and orderly towns and cities. Priests have much power in these lands and the priestly orders influence the kings. The are also known for their mound-temple buildings.

-There are many other groups of men and others in the western third of the continent. This segment contains, from east to west, plains, then hills, then mountains, then high plains in the north turning into desert in the south, then broad forests. The deserts of Northern Annuvia in the western third are home to several Novani cultures of note. The broad forests on Northern Annuvia’s west coast are also.
-The Central Highlands are currently home to the Axica Realm, a warrior society centered on the temple-city of Kila. Many others groups also live here and fear the dominant power of the Axica people (they are American-Asiatic: Mesoamericanid). The Axica are copper-skinned, short and stout.
-The eastern, river-bound part of the southern land mass is home to a series of competing city-states of Munaya. The people that live here have some heritage of the ancient Traldar, the seafarers of the ancient days. Also there was a further influx of Almareni blood to these realms during the Pentarchy. The current population is mostly olive-skinned, black-haired and dark-eyed with an Amerindian (particularly Brasilid) phenotype with some Aryan influences (your average Munayan has 10-20% Aryan blood). Some of the city-states are inhabited and even dominated by non-humans.

Soldunia

The Three Continents

History

-Tyran Empire sank into decadence thanks to it’s rule being usurped by Heratians and other Sakari and north Amazulian peoples who swarmed into the heart of the Empire starting around TA 1000 (Eldani reckoning, it is now TA 3008). It was finally usurped again in TA 1321 when Ambarlach of Aquilonia’s army destroyed the Imperial Army and the last Emperor was executed. The eastern part of the Empire became the possession of Ornelion of Dol Rynir. Later they and other conquering Eldani declared the Pentarchy which ruled all of Almir for over a millennium. The Aryan Tyrans mounted a resistance and left to the northwest where they dwelt in what is today Allon. The elected king of the last true Tyrans orchestrated an alliance with the Western peoples there which became the foundation for the Kingdom of Laugris early after the fall of the Pentarchy.