Maps

The Island Continent of Achaia, is a diverse, damaged and mysterious continent.

Ravished by Chaotic Elemental Intrusions and constantly rocked by earthquakes the people and creatures struggle with an unusual planetary balance, with an ever-changing world.

There are cities and towns dotted all throughout Achaia, with large swathes of land that have been unexplored or unvisited in eons.

There are many cities and towns throughout the Southerm and Northern island that are part of the druidic council government.

The East coast is mostly high cliffs and a lot of swampland. Whereas the Southern coast a lot of tropical forest, the middle has a lot of rainforest, outside of the hills and plains.

Running down the spine of the continent are a range of mountains with many of them high enough to be ice-capped despite the warm climate.

The Mountain range begins in the Southern part of the island with the Kaskurt Ridge, surrounded by rainforest and tropical jungles. Moving North, it is surrounded by warm plains, heated desert, badlands and hills until reaching the Northern tip which is surrounded in temperate forest. The volcanos near the Searing Srall Volcanic Savanah hide small one-way portals to ash and magma planes. This keeps the skies above dark and constantly covered in smoke and with soot almost always falling.

The Southern coast, hold one of the biggest cities in Achaia. Known as the Capitol, it is the City of Stiol, with few cities matching its size. The City is known for its annual festival, which draws visitors from all over the region for music, food, and games. It is also known for its magic academy, the Arcanum Academy of the Celestial Arts and the music academy, The Celestial Sound Institute of Melodic Arts. It has many surrounding cities and towns and much of the Southern coastline has safe harbour and low beaches. Best to travel with a local however, as it is peppered with reefs and the occasional wreck.

As you travel the West coast there are many towns that have their own governing bodies and trade, with the peoples way of living very much both a part of the seas and on land. There is also large swathes of grassland, savannah and even some desert West of the Kaskurt Mountains. The West coast is well known for some of the best and most bountiful hauls of diverse seafood in all of Achaiaa and there are many fishermen and women who seek such a well paid life if you can stay away from the smell. The whole town of Croibieq on the West coast just always smells of fish.

   The Northern coastline, is similar to the Southern as it has quite a few coatal communities and sea trade, with plenty of safe harbour, which builds economy. But also like anywhere it does have its reefs and it is always good to have a well travelled captain before travelling through some of the waters. As you travel Northwest we have one of the biggest silver mines on the continent, the Maldon Silver Mine which also has a reputation for its large population of halflings, who have adapted their buildings and infrastructure to their small size.

The East coast is a very different picture as it bears the full brunt of the Chaos Ocean with massive waves and a constantly fast flowing surge, common torrential storms and fierce winds and also a chaotic elemental fusion of portals to the South of the East coast.

Because of the turbulent region, there is much less communities on the East coast mainly sticking to sheltered hidden valleys or magically protected locations and practically no ocean travel.

It contains the the Straits of Torrents and the coastal towns in that strait rarely if ever, venture to the oceans edge.

**Portals**

When ever a portal to a plane is mentioned, it is considered one-way in direction, unless otherwise stated.

Portals are rarely to the outer planes unless otherwise mentioned.

The size of the portals if connected to an elemental plane, can make a big difference to the physical world and its climate. The smaller the portal the obvious less of an effect in the matieral plane.

Northern Achaia

Southern Achaia

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