The Free Isles

The Free Isles are the larger setting of the campaign. They encompass a number of individual territories, each with its own unique quirks. 
== The Countries of The Free Isles ==
=== Alaran ===
Located in the northwest, Alaran is where the journey begins. The party spends The Adventure Begins and Incorpageddon in Meadshire #7, a town on a small island off the coast of Alaran. Alaran itself is an empire, being the main trading power in the entire Free Isles, and being known for being able to construct things incredibly fast.
=== Altreia ===
Land of paladins and golems, Altreia is a large nation in the southwest. The party spends much of The Adventure Began here. It has since been completely overtaken by the Golems, with their primary directive being to find and capture Markus Velafi. It is part of the same continent as Renalan.
=== Kuravia ===
The northern portion of an island in the east. The Wizard High School arc takes place here, as well as being traveled to during BIG WAR. Not much is known about Kuravia, however a collection of Liches have created a series of dungeons for the purpose of drawing in, killing, and looting adventurers in the spirit of competition between them. It is part of the same continent as Onorhant.
=== Meathe ===
A small island, located near Alaran. Ashe originated from this island. A small part of Meathe was seen during A Storm, where Markus and Ashe were effectively transported to a dream version of a section of the island. It is very secluded, but described as a beautiful island, being home to the Meathians in their attempt to hide from an unknown creature they are said to have found back when they were still pirates.
=== Onorhant ===
The southern half of the same island as Kuravia. Romance of the Four Clans, The Gods Are Gone, Everything Is On Fire, and BIG WAR take place here. Onorhant has a heavy focus on truth, with the old governing party of the three clans, those of Valor, Gold and Lily overruling Onorhant as a whole from the capital formerly known as Xinkala. Amongst Onorhant were a group known as the Ban, led by a spiritfolk named Xin. After the events of BIG WAR, however, Onorhant as a whole has changed. With the clans being disbanded, Onorhant is managed by a guild system, the capital being renamed by Ashe to Big City, and the spiritfolk and humans being integrated together.
=== The Shrouded Isles ===
A small chain of islands located between Alaran and Altreia. Home to many spiritfolk and location of the party's main base of operations, the Nine Shrines Bar. The arcs The Shrouded Isles, The Prison of Lights, and Dealing with Death take place here, as does the Halloween Special, Tax Day, and some of the Deck of Disaster arc.
=== Renalan ===
The land where the Outriders fare from, and of course Gregor among other characters, however beyond that it is a fairly unknown region. It is said to be located on the farther edges of the Free Isles, as Nahltear Agama said during A Storm, however beyond that nothing is known other than it is somewhere in the Isles.
It has yet to have been traveled to directly in Thrilling Intent and remains unknown by that. It has, however, been traveled to through some form of memory, once in A Storm, and another during Duet of Dungeons. Based on this, Renalan appears to be considered quite a bad place, much like Freearch in some ways. It is predominantly swamp and grassland, and also is connected by land to Altreia.
=== Uncertain Areas ===
==== No Man's Land ====
As seen on the map of the cover of the video Fan Art Fridge: Fridge Overload!, the mass of land located between Meathe and Alaran is known as No Man's Land. Nothing is known about this place, and it is no longer listed on the map of the Free Isles, other than its location. Based on the map, it seems to have a giant tree located within it.
==== Frontier ====
Also on the map from Fan Art Fridge: Fridge Overload!, the North-Durst corner of the map is an area simply listed as Frontier. Once again, nothing is known about this place, with it being never traveled to or being mentioned, however it does at least geographically exist. Based on the large dragon figure, the other unidentified monster, and the name of 'Frontier', it seems to be a somewhat newly inhabited or less adventured area of the Free Isles. It can also be inferred that it is, or used to be, owned by The Alaran Empire, based on the Alarani previously owning New Frontier among other territories.
== Relations to the rest of the world ==
It has been hinted that the Isles are somewhat different from the rest of the world of Thrilling Intent, however beyond that little information is given. 
It does seem to have some relation to the northern land of Freearch, with both areas speaking Free, and of course both having the word 'Free' in their names. Freearch is also close enough for the rift and monsters of Castle Crowhenge to be an issue for the Free Isles. The Free Isles are also in relative proximity to Tannhauser somewhere to the West, which also speaks Free. When cutting through the Free Isles, boat travel from one nation to another takes a few weeks.
== Trivia ==
* The directions of the compass for the Free Isles (and presumably the rest of the world) instead of North, East, South, and West, are instead North, "Durst", "Sothp", and "Widdly" respectively.
** Despite this, several characters still refer to these directions as North, East, South, and West.
** According to the crew during the Singles Night Drawstream, there is also a fifth, unseen direction called Corith.
** During the same Drawstream, it is suggested that the directions might just be a running joke by Markus, convincing Ashe that those are the actual directions.
** The map itself is suggested to have been drawn by Ashe.
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