Continents of Tevrus

## Kyphon

Shaped like a large bending arc around the equator, Kyphon is the largest and most populous continent on Tevrus. Aside from the large mountain ranges that skirt the northern regions of the continent, the landmass is an extremely flat and hot continent. Despite the lack of elevation changes, Kyphon's geography is incredibly diverse; ranging from the golden sands in the north of the continent to the wild savannas that skirt around the thick rain forests that cluster in the center of the continent. Politically, due to the overpowering colonial forces from nearby Talya, Kyphon has very few major powers that are not under direct control of a foreign empire. Notable exceptions are the smaller nations of Aksar, in the Kennedy Mountains, and Igoyo, on the Bay of Dahom. Along with the smaller nations, the Uthar Empire, based in the Hitatian peninsula, is a major player in world politics due to it's proximity to the Maevish countries that so depended on trade along the Tethys Sea and the Kyphonic coast.

Due to Kyphon's large size, it is often spilt into it's three major regions when discussing it. **Mesothalassia,** refers to the northernmost region of Kyphon which is primarily characterized by it's long coast along the Tethys Sea, dry and arid mountains and deserts, proximity to Maev, and ancient prehistory as the cradle of human civilization, **Nemetia** (Neh-mee-sha), refers to the regions to the south of the Tenereh Desert and along the western arm of the continent, and **Bharatia**, which refers to the highly populous and resource rich region to the south of the Yivh Maar range.

## Talya

The second largest and most precariously positioned of Tevrus' continents, Talya is a large landmass that extends from both sides of the north pole. Due to it's position at the higher latitudes, Talya is mostly comprised of temperate to arctic climes with a few rare subtropical and tropical climes at the very southern reaches of the continent. Additionally, the southern reaches of the continent are primarily more mountainous creating lusher more habitable regions along the coasts close to Kyphon than the dry and cold interior. Despite Tevrus' slightly hotter world average temperature, most of the continents polar center is both hard to navigate and even harder to permanently live in creating two extremely separate cultural and ethnic spheres on either side of the polar steppe. Despite these differences, both sides of the continent have created numerous extremely powerful colonial empires including the Crimson Empire, based out of Saexlund, and the Nichibotsu Shogunate, based out of Tsunoji. Due to these colonial powers, Talyan culture has become a large and dominant force on Tevrus with Crimsontongue, Goldenspeak, Tylish, and Nichi being well understood *lingua franca*s in most places.

Much like it's larger neighbor, Talya is split between it's disparate cultural, geographic, and ethnic regions. **Tufrakia** (Two-frac-kiya) is the term used for the vast steppe, tundra, and taiga forest regions surrounding the north pole, it's also a region with a high variety of cultural groups that range from nomadic horse-tribes to the empire builders of Daichia (Die-kia). To the west of the polar steppe, the region of **Maev** occupies the highly urbanized and mountainous lands that range between the arid Tethys coast and the snow-capped mountains and fjords of Sjeavia. On the other side of Tufrakia, **Kaguya** is a similarly verdant and urbanized region that ranges from high mountains to dense, thick jungles.