Experiment #3: World Map of Arnwyrd

 

     The Map of Arnwyrd has 3 continents (The Lost Lands, The Land of Light and The Darklands) and 5 islands (Bubble Island, Deep Blue Island, Mermaid Island, Sandy Isle and Foggy Island). It is home to several diverse biomes and populations. In these lands, it is common to find normal grasslands, but also deserts, snowy plains, mountain ranges, forests and rivers. The only lake found amongst the continents is found on the Western continent, The Land of Light. Rivers are found on all 3 continents.

     The Lost Lands are an area which have been disconnected from the majority of the rest of the world. Though the Lost Lands are within reach of the other lands, nobody dares venture into them. Tales of horrific beasts and of humans that have forsaken their own kind, taint the island with a

miasma of fear. To the western portion of the island are historic monuments to the people that once attempted to settle the lands.

     The Land of Light and The Darklands were once connected, and together the people thrived. But a civil war several hundred years prior led to massive amounts of destruction dealt to the land, and the mother continent, known as The Land of Eternity, divided. Islands were formed in the breaking of the lands, and the continents continued their existence separately. The Darklands are mostly inhabited by creatures more in tune with the forces of darkness, and conversely, The Land of Light is aligned with forces of light. The Darklands are populated by goblins and orcs, who live in the grasslands by the east portion of the Fetid River, humans who pursue the darker arts, and who live on Foggy Isle, trolls, brownies and dark elves, who are scattered throughout the Thieves' Caves, tengu (crow people), who live in the Frost Forest, and thunder giants, who reside in the Silvaaren Mountains. The Land of Light is populated by light elves and faeries, who live in the Faeries' Forest, Fire giants, who live in the Teal Mountains Pass, mermaids and shifters, who live in the Seafoam Isles, kobolds, dwarves and gnomes, who live in the Saffron Desert, humans, who live in the capital city.