Landscapes of Chaia

The Physical World
The physical world of Chaia exists split between seven different continents:


 * Iorehor (ee-or-hore) & Ugos (oo-goes)
 * Eqia (eh-quee-ah)
 * Sochi (soh-chee)
 * Preadozath (preh-doe-zath)

Celestial Matters
Blessed by a single sun and capable of supporting life, a circular world, of unknown age, Chaia, holds many seaports and water-based trade is a common occurrence, but so is open warfare. Two moons Luna, the larger of the two, and Freya orbit the planet. A earth-like compliment of stars, meteors, comets, and other planets are visible in the sky at night.

Chaia's Physical Heightmap
Ranging from dark blue (deep sea) to though shades of green, yellow orange and ending in red (high mountain) the heightmap shows the altitude of different places within the world.

Chaia's Physical Biomes




The Continents of Iorehor and Ugos
The largest of the contents, named Iorehor, covers most of the western hemisphere of the world. On it, live primarily Elves, Dwarves, and Humans. A smaller continent, named Ugos, also has Humans. Iorehor supports The Rysan Diarchy, The League of Shame, and the Mithilian Federation. Ugos supports the trade Confederation of Moria. People of these two continents feel that they are the ‘civilized’ races of the world and often determine the course of the world without consulting the other residents of the world.

Resting on Iorehor is also the highest point of any landmass in the world. The Lithill Volcano is an active volcano and has no population, but the inside has many mines for ores and metals. Overall Iorehor has a temperate climate although the southern tip and the northern tip get very cold during the winter they do not completely freeze over to glaciers.

The smaller continent to the east has mostly on low-lying swamp/forest lands and supply trade services between all the continents. The political system in Moria tries to remain neutral in most politics to retain open trade routes and if they act as a middle party you can commonly find deadest enemies trading with each other. The climate is unbearably humid during the summer months, but otherwise comfortable.

The Continent of Eqia
The continent of Eqia is low lying and oddly shaped, it exists a reasonable distance off the southeast shores of Iorehor. Controlled by the Tribes of Qichu, Eqia has many small cities that form the organization of Orc culture in the world. There is truly little of interest to anyone other than the orcs on the small, cool, mostly barren, island continent.

Most of the cities on the continent are tent-based shanty towns because the orcs feel most comfortable that way. Much of the rest of the world are not welcome on this continent and the rare few that are, find it lacking many comforts of civilized society. However, the orcs could not be happier.

The Continent of Sochi
The content of Sochi has a climate of ice and snow in the northern section. It is far colder than the rest of the world. Two large islands include the largest components of the continent. Small islands dot the area around the continent and all of them are part of the continent and under the purview of the Oligarchy of Ormel. Mainly populated with Obsidian Elves little is known about this continent beyond the residents of the continent.

In ancient history when the elves found this continent it was uninhabited, and they colonized both islands. The evolution of this group of the elvish race brought forth the Obsidian Elves who quickly moved underground as they were extremely sensitive to the sunlight. They have since advanced to the point where they can exist above ground and they find many methods to block the sun which harms them. Many parts of the continent have large domes constructed on them for this purpose.

The Continent of Preadozath
Another low-lying island, the continent of Preadozath is in the south eastern corner of the world. It has the home of all dragonkin and most of the beastkin of the world. While there is some trade in and out of the continent there is not much, only the Metallic Dragonkin are amiable to trade.

There has been constant war between the Chromatic Dragonkin and the Metallic Dragonkin for the entirety of both races trying to coexist on the continent. The two races have fundamental differences in beliefs as to how to interact with the other races and worlds around them. The Obsidian Elves have annexed a small part of the content and are beginning to turn the tide in the favor of the Metallic Dragonkin who are more apt to engage with the rest of the world in a friendly way.