Prismia

**This page is about the continent of Prismia. For the memory pool guardian of the same name, see Prismia (Memory Pool Guardian)**

*"A paradise, a world renowned vacation destination of old, is now known as the land of forgotten memories." - Talia, describing the continent.*

*"Once a world renowned vacation destination famous for its tropical climate, Mt. Sherbet Ski Resort, and being a point of interest for Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture majors with its biggest shipyard in Synaptum, it has become a land of forgotten memories." - Official description*

**Prismia** is the smallest continent in the world of all five major continents located 2,000 miles off of the southeasternmost coast of Etheridge in the Prismian Ocean. Because it was sealed away from the world by its titular Guardian, Prismia, via a collective global memory wipe, its economy suffered immensely and its reputation for being a vacation destination faded into the annals of time.

This page will be updated as new information comes to light (last updated: early October 2023)

## Known History

Prismia is one of five sisters/Descendants of The Ancients, gifted their own continents to protect and embody. She is younger than the other four by a few months, as her Ancestor was the last to pass away and give way to a memory pool. Little is known about her personality outside of being fiercely protective, as implied when collective memory was wiped as to keep Prismia from being known by outsiders, and vice versa.

## Culture

During Prismia's prime, the citizens of Prismia were all smiles and enjoyed carrying out trade with each other and tourists. Due to the nature of their economy, most citizens were textile workers, miners for semiprecious stones, fishers, ship builders, served on the royal navy, and environmental protectors. Despite their use of natural resources, Prismia's citizens held a high regard for the natural world; use every spec of stone mined, use every part of an animal hunted and fished, use every bit of wood from the trees that were chopped to build high quality ships. Wasting natural resources was seen as taboo and heavily discouraged, if not punished with hefty fines in some municipalities.

Even after the continent became a land of forgotten memories, the culture remains strong to this day. A byproduct of the Forgotten Continent era, however, has left a lasting mark on the original tourists and those who fled Graelenncia during its fall. They're distressed to varying degrees, if not confused, due to their memories of their original homes having been wiped as a side effect of sealing away global collective memory - this is most likely because of a prevailing form of homesickness that has been so indescribable that the citizens have called it the Mysterious Longing.

## Politics and Government Structure

*"I didn't mean to go as far as I did. When I received the news that my older sister, Graelenn, perished along with her land, I had to do something."*

The Prismia Dynasty spans multiple countries, including the biggest country, Colache. Its ruler and memory pool guardian, Prismia, sealed away global collective memory of the continent, hiding it in an ether indefinitely, so Queen Kendra could never find it. The Prismia Dynasty is a constitutional monarchy ruled by an otherwise fair and gentle ruler, if not uninvolved and a little out of touch with Synaptum, assuming the world outside ended. This caused a lot of strife in the chemistry between Prismia's Cabinet members.

Because she is mostly uninvolved in daily matters, Queen Prismia instated a prime minister to act as head of state. She also let individual cities, towns, and villages be run by their local governments as long as they prioritized kingdom law, which, upon further inspection, are mostly fair decrees if not bordering authoritarian.

## Notable Locations

The most notable location before the memory wipe was its most advertised Mt. Sherbet, the coldest place on a tropical continent thanks to its height of about 5,000 feet. According to old advertisements, it was a wintry resort and served as a getaway for locals and vacationers who couldn't stand the heat. Ever since new information came to light about it being active again and thus closed off, nothing is known about the climate around it. There is also the Prismia Memory Pool hidden in the Mt. Sherbet highlands.

Nothing else is known of Prismia's locations.

### Colache

Colache is the name of the country that contains these locations:

#### Prismia Navy Shipyard

The Prismia Navy Shipyard is a large shipyard that houses, upkeeps, and builds military ships, merchant ships, and privately owned boats.

#### Port Lorelei, Colache

Port Lorelei is a major port town with a size and population rivaling those of Berlymine in Graelenncia, whose economy was once sustained by external trade with other continents via its shipyard. Through this same shipyard, Port Lorelei's economy was also sustained by a massive volume of tourists that wanted to get away from their hectic lives. Unfortunately, said trade and tourism hasn't been a factor whatsoever in Port Lorelei's economy since the citizens and outsiders had their memories wiped for years. Their economy has been mostly dependent on its citizens and other visitors from different parts of the continent.

This, however, has led to substantial inflation over a decade, as it became harder to produce resources with smaller budgets. The cost of living is astronomically high, and those living there have been living in their homes since they were less expensive. It costs 10,000 Pearlines to afford a one bedroom apartment - the continent has a homelessness issue as a result.

#### Pearlenn, Colache

Pearlenn is a neighboring town to Port Lorelei, a place that benefitted heavily from tourism and from its own textile industry, as it found success in its own clothing line that used to be manufactured and shipped all around Synaptum. Ever since the continental memory wipe, it only had its own citizens and neighboring ones to sustain itself.

#### Caerulea, Colache

Caerulea is the kingdom city where the palace containing the royal family, officials, and Queen Prismia herself resides. According to their residents, Queen Prismia is a gentle ruler who only wants the best for her subjects, but remains largely uninvolved in daily affairs and, while she's given most of the power to the local officials, is unaware of the drastic measures they've taken to sustain their cities. Caerulea is named after the blue passionflowers that bloom in the Caerulea forests leading up to the castle town, which is Queen Prismia's favorite flower.

#### Mt. Sherbet Ski Resort, Colache

The Mt. Sherbet Ski. Resort is a resort city further north, adjacent to Mt. Sherbet, an active volcano that was once thought to be dormant. Nobody knows for sure what happened to it, as volcanic activity has prompted state officials to bar entry into that region. This would have also made the Mt. Sherbet Highlands memory pool inaccessible to the average layperson if it hadn't been moved elsewhere. Nobody knows for sure exactly where it is, however, as new members born from it are made to swear to an oath to never share its location - the same goes for officials who know about it as well.

## Geography

Little is known about Prismia's geography and climate, except that it's the smallest continent, has an archipelago 500 miles to the southwest, and features a large, active volcano; Mt. Sherbet. According to aged advertisements found in Odessa's room, Prismia sold the idea of being a vacation destination, which would imply tropical climate to the average layperson. According to new information passed along by a couple of denizens, a lot of the continent had lost its tropical climate due to shifting weather patterns, which has made it more temperate, if not outright cold in some places.

When the Etheridge Collective arrived after their almost week-long seafaring journey, the temperate climate was confirmed.

There's also a fish kill about 1,050 miles northeast of the continent. Some believe this is because of shifting weather patterns. The fish kill has been the confirmed source of spontaneous memory recall, as distant memories of the alternate world have been known to be easily found in this environment, which has rendered the continent and the ocean surrounding it into a pseudo-memory pool.

## Theories/Wild Mass Guessing

* Prismia is a land of forgotten memories, which is why its titular Memory Pool Guardian would even have that ability in the first place.
	+ Also supported by the remains of whales leaking out memories into the ocean, turning the northeastern sea into what might be considered a memory pool at first glance. Nobody knows how long this might last, but this implies that it had something to do with the continental-wide memory wipe.
		- It should be noted that these memories have been about the alternate world, but have nothing to do with Prismia.
			* **Half-confirmed.** Prismia is definitely a land of forgotten memories, but the cause of the fish kill is still unconfirmed.

* The fish kill and the global memory wipe are connected somehow
* The fish kill and Graelenncia's destruction are connected somehow.
* Prismia is descended from an Ancient who could be known as the "master memory holder." What does one do when they're really worried about something? Sometimes, try to forget about it. Who was Prismia's Ancestor? Someone who was confirmed to be extremely anxious in personality.

## Trivia

* According to old records, Prismia is the smallest continent out of the other five, and hosts an unnamed archipelago 500 miles southwest in the Southwestern Prismian Sea.
* If old topographical records are still accurate, it features a massive inactive volcano
	+ The only reason why anyone knows it's inactive is because of the limited history that Odessa, Talia's older sister, has learned.
	+ As of late September 2023, a couple of denizens from Prismia who met the collective during their journey confirmed that while the volcano, Mt. Sherbet, was inactive for the longest time, has become active again.
* While Odessa wasn't immune to having her memory wiped of Prismia, her parents talking about sailing thousands of miles southwest of Etheridge at the time could imply that if Odessa's and Talia's parents are still alive, they'd be within range of Prismia, if not living on the continent itself.
* The memory wipe could be the reason why Talia and Odessa outright forgot about the existence of their parents and other escaped family members as long as they have.
* It's unknown if Prismia's shifting weather patterns from tropical to temperate and cold had something to do with the far reaching effects of the Eternal Ruin era, Prismia's far reaching memory wipe as a possible protective measure, or the oceans surrounding the continent.
	+ Given how there was a fish kill about 1,050 miles northeast in the Prismian Sea that killed a wide variety of sea life, including whales, the two might be connected.