Sighter Tnailog
April 22nd, 2006, 10:36 PM
Here's the map of Raiaera. The Red Forest occupies nearly the entire southern half of the subcontinent, with forested land dotting the landscape in other places. A series of watchtowers -- all functioning as beacons -- guard the forest, and lumber villages are scattered on its edges. The plains of Raiaera make good places to raise horses. The main cities in Raiaera are noted here, and are (from east to west), Anebrilith, Eluriand, and Valinatal. Two more cities, not noted here, are New Aurient, on the coastline to the north, and Carnelost, occupying the entrance to the path towards the Obsidian Spire.
Located in a temperate zone, Raiaera gets a fairly good mix of sunshine and rain. The Red Forest in the south soaks up much of the rainfall, but there is generally enough left over to produce a crop large enough to feed the Elvish population. The staple of the Elvish diet is wheat and corn, but the land only rarely yields what could be called cash crops. The primary breadbasket of Raiaera comes from the plains directly to the south of Anebrilith, where the rains most often come in precisely the right increments. In the north of Raiaera, a potato-based diet is more common, as the growing season shortens significantly as elevation increases.
Raiaera is bounded on the north by a virtually impassable ridge of mountains known as the Tennaiglini, or Dagger Peaks. It is unsure whether these peaks connect into Salvar, or whether to the north is a frigid sea -- all attempt to explore that coastline end in disaster. To the west are the Ered Lomei, or Mountains of Dusk. In Alerar, these mountains are the Mountains of Dawn -- Ered Anoron. When speaking of these mountains as a piece, instead of from the perspective of either country, they are the Twilight Peaks, or Uialaglini.
To the east is the sea. Raiaera maintains a fairly bustling shipping industry, as the majority of its exports are refined or processed goods. As a result, the country must maintain a navy, but it is truly more of a merchant marine. It is almost solely defensive, and could not put up a real fight in any major naval skirmish. Anebrilith and New Aurient are the queens among the Raiaeran shipping towns.
There is a small mountain range directly west of Anebrilith. Barely even mountains, with a few solitary peaks here and there, this range is called the Emyn Naug, or "Dwarf Hills," and poses very little challenge to even an inexperienced adventurer. To the east is the Black Desert, a strange place indeed. Rain falls on the Black Desert with as much frequency as any other part of Raiaera, yet still the land remains parched and dry, and strange things roam its silent sands. Why this is so is a mystery to even the wisest of elven scholars.
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Located in a temperate zone, Raiaera gets a fairly good mix of sunshine and rain. The Red Forest in the south soaks up much of the rainfall, but there is generally enough left over to produce a crop large enough to feed the Elvish population. The staple of the Elvish diet is wheat and corn, but the land only rarely yields what could be called cash crops. The primary breadbasket of Raiaera comes from the plains directly to the south of Anebrilith, where the rains most often come in precisely the right increments. In the north of Raiaera, a potato-based diet is more common, as the growing season shortens significantly as elevation increases.
Raiaera is bounded on the north by a virtually impassable ridge of mountains known as the Tennaiglini, or Dagger Peaks. It is unsure whether these peaks connect into Salvar, or whether to the north is a frigid sea -- all attempt to explore that coastline end in disaster. To the west are the Ered Lomei, or Mountains of Dusk. In Alerar, these mountains are the Mountains of Dawn -- Ered Anoron. When speaking of these mountains as a piece, instead of from the perspective of either country, they are the Twilight Peaks, or Uialaglini.
To the east is the sea. Raiaera maintains a fairly bustling shipping industry, as the majority of its exports are refined or processed goods. As a result, the country must maintain a navy, but it is truly more of a merchant marine. It is almost solely defensive, and could not put up a real fight in any major naval skirmish. Anebrilith and New Aurient are the queens among the Raiaeran shipping towns.
There is a small mountain range directly west of Anebrilith. Barely even mountains, with a few solitary peaks here and there, this range is called the Emyn Naug, or "Dwarf Hills," and poses very little challenge to even an inexperienced adventurer. To the east is the Black Desert, a strange place indeed. Rain falls on the Black Desert with as much frequency as any other part of Raiaera, yet still the land remains parched and dry, and strange things roam its silent sands. Why this is so is a mystery to even the wisest of elven scholars.
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