The chronicles of the world of Eàn

the beginnings

In the beginnings, the land was formed. One continent, two archipelagos: the

known world. The locals of the continent called it "Andar", meaning "the land".

the land

The continent of Andar has a number of notable features:

the great river Andábh, meaning "the big river",

the shorter, but still just as great river Anthábh, meaning "the fast river",

the lake of Ekhákh (which roughly translates to "the lake" with undertones of

"what lake did you think I was talking about, you dummy?")

the forests of Dábhont ("big river forest"), and Shjëkhont ("the forest over

the mountains").

The vast mountain range of Ekjëk ("the [obvious] mountains"), and finally the

two canyons Shunkar and Ankar ("far canyon" and "near canyon" resp.), which hold

the Cracks of the continent.

To travel from one end of Andar to the other, on foot, without using any

shortcuts through Cracks or vehicles, would take about eight weeks of travel.

From the mouth of the Anthábh, the distance to the nearest island is about half

the length of the continent, but there are some helpful ocean currents. Thus,

you can generally cross the ocean in two to four days, depending on the weather.

The distances between islands are still quite large, taking several hours to

cross in general.

The southern archipelago has five larger islands. One is mostly desert.

One is mostly lakes. The eastern-most island is surprisingly dry, having both

a savannah and a desert, as well as a volcano, over a hundred miles high.

The desert stays dry because a Crack in the sky gets in the way of any clouds.

The southern archipelago also has a Crack in the volcano.

The Northern archipelago is about one or two day's sailing from the

northern-most island of the southern archipelago.

It contains five small islands, each about a hundred miles across, four medium

ones, about two to three hundred miles in diameter, and one large one, that is

over a thousand miles from end to end. This largest island has an enormous Crack

located on it, about the same size as those on the continent. It is suspected

that the mountains on the southern island also have a Crack hidden somewhere

within their caves, but it is not immediately apparent where.

The people

The people of Andar are originally of human stock, but they vary in appearance

a lot. Those surviving today mostly originate from what started out as the town

of Ankuth, located on the shore of the eastern ocean.

The predominant culture of the southern archipelago are satyrs, originally

nomadic, but coming together and forming a settlement around a site they call

Lingburd ((crashed airship)).

The northern archipelago is inhabited by a colony of arachnids, who have

legends of an egg sac hatching and the siblings finding themselves without any

creatures anything like them. They dwell in a city of silk they call Kata'a

(the ' sound is closest approximated by clicking one's tongue), on the

southernmost isle.

first settlements

The first two settlements of the Andarians are Dábhkuth, on the mouth of the

Andábh, functioning as a trading hub, and Dhol, a monastery on the plains south

of Ankuth.

Over at Lingburd, the growing growing community started a mining village called

Bah near the volcano, and the farming village Felt to feed it, about halfway

there.

Kata'a built an outpost to better gather food in thee mountains, and called it

`a`ə (` is a glottal stop. ə is a schwa.). They also dedicated a burrow in the

hills to the Ever-Patient Nomad, called Keta.

first conflicts.

While records from these times are few, what do remain mention three great perils.

In the northern sea of the continent of Andar, the Broken Tower. The record

seems to imply that this was a weapon that reshaped the world.

An entrance into an evil place was discovered in the volcano, among the

branches of the Crack.

The green hunters, a group of orks who settled two of the islands in the

northern archipelago.

The expansions

It is a universal truth that people are curious. Thus began the age of

exploraion. The cronicles of Ankuth record the following:

> In the 102nd year of peace(YP), A great light was seen in the sky beyond the

> Broken Tower. A new Crack had openned, over the Northern Ocean.

> In 109 YP, the mining village of Jákkuth was founded, near the mountains of

> Ekjëk.

> In 122 YP, a sailing expedition around the continent discovered some flying

> islands floating above the Northern ocean, with some low enough to be reached

> by the tide.

> While scouting for trade routes, a jungle was discovered beyong Shunkar, and

> named Shunshunkarhont in 130 YP.

> In 147, Shunkuth was built, to mine and export the floating rock of the

> flying islands. Many worried about how clode the Tower is, but others claimed

> that the Cracks were stabilised by now, so it would be safe.

>

Lingburd

> In the 19th year of arrival, a river was discovered on the central island.

> The council recommended starting a settlement there, in order to better

> prepare ourselves for whatever this new world has the throw at us.

> In preparation for the upcoming colonisation efforts, the outpost of Ilforth

> on the island of Fortil was built, and completed in 23 Arr.

> Using Ilforth as a staging area, Lantfell was built, and begame

> self-sufficient around 31 Arr.

> The creatures of the volcano were seen leaving, and constructing some form of

> lair on the southern sude of the volcano, around 44 Arr.

> In 50 Arr, Elephants on the island of Lantfell were discovered and tamed.

Kata'a

> In the 79th year of the colony, news arrived of gigantic blood-sucking

> insects being discovered in the swamps of the big island.

> In 88 Col, it was discovered that numerous wonders were ending up on the

> noth-west island (r/itemshop). Plans to colonise started.

> However, in 93 Col, the Hunters struck `a`ə, and burned it to the ground.

> Despite this setback, `əke'e was founded in 109 Col, acting as a trading post

> for travelers a all kinds, and a politically neutral zone.

> In 117 Col, an anchient ruin was found, leading deep underground. A number of

> people of various descents were later spotted, having formed a community

> around the old building.