Tectonic Plates of Rathnir

The most accepted estimate assumes the existance of fifty-one Tectonic Plates of Rathnir. This is a massive amount of tectonic plates compared to other planets. This huge number of tectonic plates have let to Rathnir having some strange and dangerous but never the less beautiful landscape, with massive mountains and biomes, making the world of Rathnir truly unique in the eyes of many.
== Pre-historic data ==
Rathnir consists of fifty-one tectonic plates as previously mentioned. These tectonic plates have been shifting for billions of years, forming the beautiful landscape that Rathnir consists of today. Many of these plates vary in size, this was due to the splitting of some of them, also leading to a form of underground 'bordergore'. This has caused numerous volcanic eruptions and the formation of huge areas of tightly packed large mountains. It has caused tons of earthquakes, and the amount of tectonic plates have generally been an issue for the early humans, but as Rathnir now finds itself within the prolonged Modern Period in its territorial evolution the people of Rathnir has not seen much to these previously common earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. 
The natural disasters that happen today, that is directly caused by tectonic movements are only small scale, and the people of the regions where its most common has grown accustomed to it. The large scale effects that the tectonic plates has had on Rathnir should not be overshadowed in anyway shape or form. As it shaped and formed Rathnir. 
== Plates ==
* Ummarnu: It is a plate encompassing the vast majority of Ummarnu, stretching from Vanyr to Tlahatl
* Nandor Major: It encompasses the entirety of Aurlunor-Velande and northern Askaru, being a breakaway plate of the Norfthorn plate
* Nandor Minor: The plate encompasses northern Caeli and is currently crashing into the Nandor Major plate
*Novareach: The plate is an oceanic plate, with most of it being underwater as it is subducting under the Uldarashi plate
*Uldarash: The Uldarashi plate encompasses most of Haven, being relatively immobile as it is.
*Aetheria: The Aetherian Plate encompasses the Cat's Claw peninsula and is relatively small as it crashes into the Uldarashi plate, destroying the Baldic sea
*Boulderov: The Boulderovi plate is a relatively low-risk plate to be in as it crashes into the Uldarashi plate.
*Lorent: The Lorentine plate is the resulting of multiple smaller plates merging in Western Sorligste. It is currently crashing into the Uldarashi plate
*Serenus: The Serenusi plate is a middle plate between the Lorentine and Valdic plates and is subducting itself under the Lorentine plate
*Tortuga: The Tortugan plate is a small plate that is currently crashing into the Valdic plate
*Frostmarch: The Valdic plate is a minor plate that is currently merging with the eastern Sorligste plate
*Centari: Contains the island of Ocotlan, which Centaris is based in.
== Scientific discourse ==
The theory of plate tectonics was coined by Dr. John Pitchardson Rex in 937 ACA after the conclusion of his voyage to the far west. He came to the conclusion that the subcontinent of Hesperidin was once part of Haven due to fossil records and that Haven oddly fit with it's neighbours similar to a puzzle. He quickly realized that the world was sat on shifting lithospheric plates on the crust.
He pointed to frozen islands containing tropical fossil records pointing that they were once near or sat on the equator and of the scratching of rocks by glaciers on equatorial continents.
His works on the subject were later continued by Dr. John D. Lünefeller, the oil baron, who created the modern tectonic map and decided to begin work an alternative prehistoric map
However, Pablito Elquagero disputes the currently accepted tectonic boundaries, especially around the areas of Ummarnu and Vastallos. According to him, the plate boundaries are too speculative and based only on loose circumstantial evidence, rather than direct proofs of current tectonic activity.
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