Esria

**Esria** was the name given to the plane beneath the Heavens, upon which all mortal life existed. It was a fundamental part of the structure of The World itself, possessing an incredible amount of power due to its divine creation by Archangels and the millions of souls that inhabited it.

For millennia after its creation, it was protected by a powerful barrier that stopped all manner of celestials from passing freely into the mortal realm, maintained by the servants of Heaven. However, as mortal belief in the Heavens began to wane, efforts to actively turn to new gods in the Imperial Era began to weaken the influence that the Archangels could have over their creation. As a result, the barrier was unable to be maintained, and quickly became ineffective.

The name was just as often used to refer to the actual geographical structure of the plane itself, which was comprised of four known continents: Western Astria, Eastern Astria, Arcadia and Eliya.

## Continents

### Western Astria

Western Astria was a home for some of the most venerable and powerful nations in the world. It was comprised of the Astran Isles and a large part of the mainland leading to the east, and featured a varied climate.

* The Astran Isles
	+ Empire of Greater Vesryn (1457 B.E)
	+ Kingdom of Vesryn (312 A.E - 1456 B.E)
	+ Medolan Republic of Esmera and Aldinor
* Ostia
	+ Territory of Ostia (1068 H.E - 1353 C.E)
	+ Kingdom of Ostia (1353 C.E - 1457 B.E)
* Valgran
* Saint-Astan
	+ Holy State of Saint-Astan (535 H.E - 1427 B.E)
	+ Kingdom of Saint-Astan (1427 B.E)
	+ Kingdom of Auvais-Chane (530 A.E)
* Leoben
	+ Kingdom of Leoben (251 A.E)
* Medira
	+ Republic of Medira (?)
* Olkhun
	+ Bektaigar Khanate of Olkhun (1232 C.E)

### Eastern Astria

A culturally diverse land, Eastern Astria was largely comprised of a single landmass with a frigid climate and huge stretches of dense, untamed forest. Its northernmost reaches were the coldest places in the mortal world, and some of the most desolate. The land was a vast expanse where nations and civilisations became far sparser and magnitudes more unruly than their western counterparts. It contained the following:

* Artava
	+ Kingdom of Artava (?)
* Akhatai
	+ Bektaigar Khanate of Akhatai (560 H.E)
	+ Nuul Grom (1230 C.E - 1423 B.E)
	+ Nuul Khur (665 H.E - 1423 B.E)
* Eskaya
	+ Kingdom of Eskaya (?)
* Halengard
	+ Kingdom of Halengard (672 H.E)
* Temir
	+ Azvan Khanate of Temir (?)

### Arcadia

A tropical archipelago in the far west known for its sunshine, dense jungles and untamed wilds, Arcadia was a relatively untouched continent until its discovery by pioneering Mediran explorers. Due to its history as the ancient homeland of the Elven people, it held a significant wealth of cultural remnants both material and magical.

* The Heartlands
	+ Alvyri Vandryl (670 D.E - 381 A.E)
	+ Empire of Ivryl (1383 B.E)
* Westyre (1200 C.E)
* Kingdom of Agaroth (332 D.E - 381 A.E)
* Kingdom of Caralan
* Guedos
* Costa Dorada

### Eliya

Eliya was the name given to the scorching deserts of the south. It was an untamed and dangerous landmass sparsely populated with cities and largely independent nations, though much of its eastern reaches lay scorched, barren and desolate.

* El Deya
	+ Royal Sultanate of El Deya (600 H.E - 1545 B.E)
	+ Nasiran Empire (1545 B.E)
* Khairys
* Angarra
* Imani
* Hareen
* Asevia
	+ Empire of Asevia (102 A.E - 1416 B.E)
	+ Free Realm of Asevia (1417 B.E)

### Atania

Atania was a mysterious and unsettled land, often referred to as the Untamable Wild. It had a magical potency unlike any other, with masses of concentrated energy causing unique and unexplainable phenomena across the entire continent. It was an estranged island away from the rest of Esria, and attempts to settle it only began in the Imperial Era.