Notes about the geographical regions of Arkon

The Arkon Campaign Setting Notes

-This document is entitled notes because, while the ACS is old and has been used, it has never been systematized and this new form of it is in early stages.

Geographical Gazetteer

-Luckily I was able to dig up a folder that had an old drawing about Arkon.  This is for all practical purposes the only such map in existence.  While it’s not perfect, it’s an important start.  Therefore I intend to revise it, and to give a gazetteer for it as well.  This is a good place to start.

-Here is the list of places labeled:

Continents with one name:

Oram

Amaxeotl (or Amazeotl)

Alamar

Jadus

Kadnus (or Kadeon)

Caltan

Shai-Tang (or Lo Dien)

Asara

Nordmeir

Lenea Island

Continents with more than one name depending on region:

Long Continent (Goureyn):  Thoren, Agerus, Dalus, Crystalan, Fayus

South/Tropics Continent (Nuriel):  Kairst, Barak Mir, Firanth

Mid-Latitude Continent (Brynn or Cairan):  Saen, Ironforge, Zheridus

Other Mid-Latitude Continent:  Kingor, Shadeus, Daruk

So, now it is up to me to figure out what these are to mean depending on what is listed for them and what I want for my campaign as possibilities.

There are some notes on what these particular continents and regions mean, but these are incomplete as they were written at a time when I was considerably less focused.  Nevertheless, I’ll sketch it out.  This is very much subject to change.

Jadus: Temperate continent, center of the first campaign.  The notes say ‘modern’ but this aspect of the campaign is being abandoned in favor of a more LMA/Renaissance feel.  I was thinking that this could be something similar to NA except colonized by Europeans earlier, but also home to other races.  Perhaps there’s a bit of a Scandinavian influence here too, sort of like the Vinland concept of NA as opposed to the Anglo and Iberian American rw.

Asara:  This is a smaller continent, apparently inspired by Ancient Middle Eastern peoples.  Strangely, it is placed rather far north for that, but perhaps we can look into this.

Amaxeotl:  This is clearly meant to be based on the high cultures of the Mesoamerican region.

Kadeon/Kadnus:  The notes mysteriously say ‘like medieval age’.  I don’t know what to make of this.  Maybe we will make this an Iberian type land with ties to the priest and merchant run land of Caltan.

Caltan:  It is supposedly a priest-run nation.  Perhaps this is an Italic type land.

Barak Mir:  This is a dwarf run nation.

Firanth:  This land is supposed to be similar to India.

Daruk:  This is supposedly similar to England, though again the geography is a bit of a question mark.

Saen:  Though this was not listed in the original list, it was the setting for two main characters and I can say with confidence that it had sort of a central European feel, with both German and French elements.

Zheridus:  This is supposedly a realm run by evil mages.  Perhaps there could be a Slavic feel to this area?

Thoren:  This land is apparently relatively arid (though given its geography this isn’t clear), and is yet another magocracy – seemingly neutral ones (though unsure).

There are no other notes so all of the other regions are completely without explanation.

It’s important to consider what is wanted here.  Are elf, hin, gnome, or other nations called for here?  What about other human nations?  I can think of many that weren’t represented above.  NA Indians and SA Indians (since I like to call Mesoamerica MA), various types of South Asians (i.e. Austroasiatics, Tai-Kadai, Austronesians, etc), Melanesians/Papuans/Austro-Aborigines, Africans of any sort, more modern Near Easterners, Steppe peoples (Turkic, Mongol, etc), etc etc.