Forsaken Land (Ageond)
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:23 am
This small continent was once a part of a larger continent that was sunk thousands of years ago through the concerted efforts of the elemental gods during the War of the Gods. Ageond, the former continent, was the homeland of the Danaij, and home to many other races, but when Ispa incited a war amongst the gods, the Danaij and other races of darkness conquered, slaughtered, and drove out the races who did not share their religion. As a last ditch effort to destroy the armies of darkness, the elemental gods razed and sank Ageond while their brother defeated Ispa.
However, the entire continent wasn't destroyed. Though most of it lays beneath the ocean, the small southern tip of the continent was spared, and there are many islands scattered throughout the new ocean that are all that remain of mountain ranges. The remnant, now known as the Forsaken Land, is an island-continent slightly larger than Australia, and through the power of the dark gods, it is a land shrouded in dark clouds.
Danaij, Danaij'vai, humans, vampires, and Asath that managed to survive the war rebuilt their nations that had been wholly devastated and began their societies anew. The land is broken up into several nations divided by race, but they all share the same religion of darkness.
Desert of Black Sand
The northern region of the Forsaken Land is mostly desert, which was once a grassland in the heart of Ageond. In the ensuing burning, and subsequent sinking of the continent, the grassland became a desert, and the black volcanic rock from the sinking of Ageond was eventually ground to sand, leaving the desert and beach most markedly black, though in the southern reaches, the sand is golden.
The largest river in the Forsaken Land, the Nasip, flows from a mountain source, down to the lowlands, then cuts through the center of the desert, then pours out into a delta as the desert slopes down into the ocean. The desert is near sea level, and the land steadily rises upwards to the south, cresting at a range of high, jagged mountains that follow along the west and south coasts.
The desert is not a hot desert, but a barren wasteland where few plants can find a foothold to grow. However, there are lifeforms that manage to survive and flourish in this cruel environment. The desert is often victim to severe sandstorms.
East Coast - Ny'skel Mountains
The east coast of the Forsaken land rises up from the desert, and on the north-eastern tip is the small mountainous region of Ny'skel, which is the remains of a much larger mountain range. If one travels north, a sprinkling of islands up along the coast of Thiskel marks what else is left of this mountain range. The Ny'skel range blocks most access--short of a broad pass long what is now a cliff pass on the north coast--to a small human nation on the upper east coast called Rilema.
East Coast - Kiran
On the south side of the Ny'skel is the northern border of the Danaij nation of Kiran which occupies the rest of the east. There is a small human nation ruled by a vampire lord that is carved out of Kiran and sits on the east coast. The borders of Kiran to the north are narrow, keeping a distance away from the desert before it broadens into the heart of the nation, which is nestled in a valley between the southern arc the long Ormiss mountain range that goes down the west coast and an offshoot called the Kixes Mountains. The nation of Kiran also contains two major rivers; the Neasit which flows from the Kixes Mountains, going north-east from the mountains to empty into the ocean on the east coast; and the Aldeti which flows from another source on the southern side of the Kixes, cuts across the southern part of the valley and flows into the ocean on the southeast. The Aldeti also provides a natural border for two nations of Danaij'vai, which are further separated by broad, but short river that flows down from the Ormiss mountains and merges into the Aldeti.
Most of the Kiran lands, as well as the rest of the continent, is forested with dark-needled conifers, though there is some open space between the edges of the desert and the forestland. The northern reaches of Kiran are steppes and hilly prairie until it rises into higher altitudes and transitions into forest.
Ormiss Mountains
The Ormiss Mountains are a long, high, craggy mountain range that follow along the west coast and down to the south of the Forsaken Land. When the continent of Ageond was whole, they reached several hundred miles further north, and the remains of this lost portion can be found as islands just north of the Forsaken Land.
There are two off-shoots of the Ormiss Mountains; the northern range being the Fisay, and several hundred miles south is the Kixes range. The valley between the northern arch of the Ormiss and the Fisay is occupied by the small Danaij nation of Nalxad; between the Fisay and Kixes is the nation of Mairax, and between the Kixes and the southern arch of the Ormiss is the nation of Kiran.
Rivers
The Ormiss and its connected ranges are also the source of many rivers. Starting from the north is the Samim and Hatal rivers. The Hatal River starts in the west of the Fisay Mountains and flows northwestwards through the heart of Nalxad, then forks north and northwest, the northwest becoming the Samim River, which cuts through the north of the Ormiss range, creating a deep canyon, then empties into the sea on the northernmost point of the continent. The Hatal continues on slightly northeasterly, and is joined by a short river that flows from the end of the Fisay range before emptying into the sea.
The largest river in the continent is the Nasip, which has its source in the Kixes Mountains, flowing from the Mairax nation and cutting straight through the center of the island, through the desert, and emptying into the ocean from the central north coast at the lowest point of land, where it fans out into a delta.
In the lands of Kiran, there are two major rivers. The northern river, the Neasit, flows from the end of the Kixes range on a mostly easterly path where it empties into the ocean in the east coast. The second and southernmost river of the Forsaken Land is the Aldeti, which flows from a southern point of the Kixes and cuts a natural border through the southern most point of the Kiran valley, separating Kiran from the Danaij'vai lands. There is another small river that follows from the Ormiss mountains and merges into the Aldeti, which then flows on a southeasterly course and empties into the ocean in the south.
However, the entire continent wasn't destroyed. Though most of it lays beneath the ocean, the small southern tip of the continent was spared, and there are many islands scattered throughout the new ocean that are all that remain of mountain ranges. The remnant, now known as the Forsaken Land, is an island-continent slightly larger than Australia, and through the power of the dark gods, it is a land shrouded in dark clouds.
Danaij, Danaij'vai, humans, vampires, and Asath that managed to survive the war rebuilt their nations that had been wholly devastated and began their societies anew. The land is broken up into several nations divided by race, but they all share the same religion of darkness.
Desert of Black Sand
The northern region of the Forsaken Land is mostly desert, which was once a grassland in the heart of Ageond. In the ensuing burning, and subsequent sinking of the continent, the grassland became a desert, and the black volcanic rock from the sinking of Ageond was eventually ground to sand, leaving the desert and beach most markedly black, though in the southern reaches, the sand is golden.
The largest river in the Forsaken Land, the Nasip, flows from a mountain source, down to the lowlands, then cuts through the center of the desert, then pours out into a delta as the desert slopes down into the ocean. The desert is near sea level, and the land steadily rises upwards to the south, cresting at a range of high, jagged mountains that follow along the west and south coasts.
The desert is not a hot desert, but a barren wasteland where few plants can find a foothold to grow. However, there are lifeforms that manage to survive and flourish in this cruel environment. The desert is often victim to severe sandstorms.
East Coast - Ny'skel Mountains
The east coast of the Forsaken land rises up from the desert, and on the north-eastern tip is the small mountainous region of Ny'skel, which is the remains of a much larger mountain range. If one travels north, a sprinkling of islands up along the coast of Thiskel marks what else is left of this mountain range. The Ny'skel range blocks most access--short of a broad pass long what is now a cliff pass on the north coast--to a small human nation on the upper east coast called Rilema.
East Coast - Kiran
On the south side of the Ny'skel is the northern border of the Danaij nation of Kiran which occupies the rest of the east. There is a small human nation ruled by a vampire lord that is carved out of Kiran and sits on the east coast. The borders of Kiran to the north are narrow, keeping a distance away from the desert before it broadens into the heart of the nation, which is nestled in a valley between the southern arc the long Ormiss mountain range that goes down the west coast and an offshoot called the Kixes Mountains. The nation of Kiran also contains two major rivers; the Neasit which flows from the Kixes Mountains, going north-east from the mountains to empty into the ocean on the east coast; and the Aldeti which flows from another source on the southern side of the Kixes, cuts across the southern part of the valley and flows into the ocean on the southeast. The Aldeti also provides a natural border for two nations of Danaij'vai, which are further separated by broad, but short river that flows down from the Ormiss mountains and merges into the Aldeti.
Most of the Kiran lands, as well as the rest of the continent, is forested with dark-needled conifers, though there is some open space between the edges of the desert and the forestland. The northern reaches of Kiran are steppes and hilly prairie until it rises into higher altitudes and transitions into forest.
Ormiss Mountains
The Ormiss Mountains are a long, high, craggy mountain range that follow along the west coast and down to the south of the Forsaken Land. When the continent of Ageond was whole, they reached several hundred miles further north, and the remains of this lost portion can be found as islands just north of the Forsaken Land.
There are two off-shoots of the Ormiss Mountains; the northern range being the Fisay, and several hundred miles south is the Kixes range. The valley between the northern arch of the Ormiss and the Fisay is occupied by the small Danaij nation of Nalxad; between the Fisay and Kixes is the nation of Mairax, and between the Kixes and the southern arch of the Ormiss is the nation of Kiran.
Rivers
The Ormiss and its connected ranges are also the source of many rivers. Starting from the north is the Samim and Hatal rivers. The Hatal River starts in the west of the Fisay Mountains and flows northwestwards through the heart of Nalxad, then forks north and northwest, the northwest becoming the Samim River, which cuts through the north of the Ormiss range, creating a deep canyon, then empties into the sea on the northernmost point of the continent. The Hatal continues on slightly northeasterly, and is joined by a short river that flows from the end of the Fisay range before emptying into the sea.
The largest river in the continent is the Nasip, which has its source in the Kixes Mountains, flowing from the Mairax nation and cutting straight through the center of the island, through the desert, and emptying into the ocean from the central north coast at the lowest point of land, where it fans out into a delta.
In the lands of Kiran, there are two major rivers. The northern river, the Neasit, flows from the end of the Kixes range on a mostly easterly path where it empties into the ocean in the east coast. The second and southernmost river of the Forsaken Land is the Aldeti, which flows from a southern point of the Kixes and cuts a natural border through the southern most point of the Kiran valley, separating Kiran from the Danaij'vai lands. There is another small river that follows from the Ormiss mountains and merges into the Aldeti, which then flows on a southeasterly course and empties into the ocean in the south.