Lost Realms

Lost Realms (also called Lost Lands) is the general term for 'party of explorers find a hidden valley, cavern, plateau, or city in some remote part of the Earth' trope. 
It can be reversed with the stand point being that of the cavemen rather then the explorers
In a GURPS campaign they could be could contain Nexus Portals or be Shiftrealms.
==Type of Lost Lands==
*Otherworld Islands: an island there time passes differently. Tir Na Nog is one such example as is Avalon of the Gargoyles (TV series)
*Lost countries: Lyonesse 
*Lost Island: Avalon, Skull Island
*Lost Towns/Cities: Ys of the Middle Ages. This was more common in the Victorian era though it would appear in contemporary fiction as late as the 1930'sThe Phantom Empire (1935)
*Lands lost to floods or rising seas.
*Hollow World: a variant where the lost realm is beneath the surface of the Earth.GURPS Dinosaurs Pg 116
==References and Notes==
*GURPS Atlantis pg 28-36
==References==
*GURPS Dinosaurs Pg 116-118
Category:Locations