Last Coast

The last coast is the frontier of Gernon. It is the land farthest west that is still populated by Gernans. It is a long stretch of land that extends south of the Magros Mountains into the Endless Oceans. The last coast borders the southernmost portions of the Redwall Desert, and no Gernans have discovered anything past this point.
==History==
Gernans have been trying to cross parts of the Endless Oceans for centuries, but one of the only lands ever found was on the last coast. The coast was discovered approximately 430 b.s.r. by the Vanaran Oyashiman explorer, Song the Mariner. The land was colonized by Oyashimans in 420 b.s.r., but the first colony failed after 3 years after it was found that the land was far too acidic to grow the crops they brought with them to plant. Over the next 200 years several explorers landed on the coast, some with terrible stories of cannibal gnomes, but such stories are chalked up to racist propaganda. It was only in 86 b.s.r, with the arrival of the kurosekan explorer, Stuart Conquerer, who found deposits of Cinnabar (the chemical from which mercury is synthesized), Sulfer, and what he thought was gold. A major gold rush occurred, along with more conservative mining prospectors. It was discovered within a year that the gold was merely pyrite(fool's gold), but those who set up mining of the other resources managed to make a decent profit. Over the next 50 years, several decently sized mining towns opened up, as well as a major alchemical institute to take advantage of the chemical rich area. By the time of the Scientarian Revolution, the land was known as rather lawless with many of the former miners becoming brigands or despots after the mines began to run low. Since then, the Scientarians have never gained a major foothold, but have major support from the alchemists that still live along the coast.
==Description==
The land is in a lowland, rainy area, but it is not especially swampy. The land is mostly flat grassland with very large indiginous grasses. The soil of the land is very acidic due to the extremely high pyrite content oxidizing and lowering the ph of the soil.
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