Continents

The Primordial Expanse has 4 well known and recorded continents. Those being

#### **Arborlund**

The north west continent in the Primordial Expanse Arborlund can be a harsh environment to live in, thick with trees, snow and mountains. The realm of Russar also holds strong position in the land as well as half of the Ceevilian Empire.

#### **Ecria**

Located east of Arbourlund, Ecria holds the other half of the Ceevilian empire and has the capital Pyramidia in it. The remains of the old empires also are just still standing in Old Taveria and Shing. As well as the last kingdom of Redwood. The secluded floating city of Elysium and the dwarven realm of Thundenweld are also very well known places that hold power in the continent.

#### **Ellarith**

South west contains the continent of Ellarith. Which is vastly different from city to city as there is no one ruler nearly all cities and towns are independent of each other. Such as kingdom of Knightsdale within the dailian plains. It also has the Elven

province of Ezleases, the much disputed sovereign state of Al- Caresh and the dwarves territory and mountain range of Broadcove scattered across the land.

#### **Zephren**

The continent with the least land mass, Zephren is positioned south east and not too much lies there. Apart from the barren Freelands, the constantly bickering isles of Iraberg, the emerald thicket and the Valhurst highlands.

## Bodies of Water

The Unresting Expanse - An mysterious ocean to the west of PriExp, which has been attempted to charter and explore more than once but all fail and never return

Hingport Gulf - Spanning across all of Ellarith Arborlund and Ecria.

The Opal sea - To the bottom of the Primordial Expanse the body of water got its name by showcasing the incredible colours of its waves to sailors or whoever traveled through the sea.

## Moons

The Primordial Expanse has 2 moons

Aylin - Historical information about Aylin is next to nothing, not much is known about the moon thats been there since the beginning of recorded history.

Thel Tan - There is an abundance of information on Thel Tan. Created by the victor gods of the Holy War, a war that spread across every inch of the Primordial Expanse and saw good triumph over evil in battle. After Bane and his forces were defeated and the war was done The second moon was created for two reasons. Firstly as a gift from the gods, their way of telling the people they will always be grateful for what they did. and second to deter anyone else who would try and challenge divine beings. It was a constant reminder and proof they defeated evils powers before and they can do it again.

## Legendary Lands

Although the four continents we know of make up The Primordial Expanse there are rumours and legends of other far off places, snippets of places in old stories or hints of technology or architecture thats alien to this land. Some of the most popular are;

**The Land of the Sun** - A land so hot that some people think it's a second realm of the hells or a sun protruding out the planet, covered in endless desert.

**The Myriad Mountains** or **Sea of Stone** - They say it was once a vast ocean that constantly battled itself, lighting fell like rain and the waves higher grew higher than the clouds. However one day out of nowhere it all stopped. Liquid turned to stone, the thunder turned into trees and the air fell from the sky and turned into snow. Now its mountain rise up to the heavens and theres not a a flat surface in all the range.

**Elysium** - Probably the most known Legendary Land, Elysium even has a town named after it. Just a short ride away from Pyramidia. It shares some resemblance to the fairly tailed location in more than one aspect. For a start they are both floating cities. However the one in the stories being a lot more grand with higher towers and being a cluster of floating cities attached to each other and be able to move wherever they want. Another similarity is the people who live there, the town is filled with some of the richest, most powerful and influential people in all of the Primordial Expanse and the one of legend changes on who you ask, some say its where the gods lives, others say its a place a select few are chosen spend eternity in euphoria and comfort.

## History of the Primordial Expanse

The Age of the Primordial

***The Beginning*** - In the beginning 4 elemental planes (Fire, Waster, Earth and Air) crashed together to make the prime material plane. However as soon as this new world was created the battle between these primordial began. Constantly fighting for dominance these unfathomable beings would numerous times create and destroy the world again and again. After a perpetual amount of time however, one day they stopped, growing tired of the constant fighting they came to the conclusion that there could never be one true winner and decided to form a truce, each element had to teamed up with another to create a secondary primordials, not as powerful but would posses the power of two elements. those being,

* Earth & Fire - Lava
* Earth & Water - Mud
* Fire & Air - Lighting
* Water and Air - Tempest

***The Creation -*** Now working together, these primordials now calling themselves The Primes and their lesser beings would create and shape the lands, mountains and seas as we know it today. But once they were done then what. Tensions soon started to rise but not between the different elements but between the lesser beings and their creators. The lesser primordials thought now the world was done the Primes would have no use for them, they became paranoid and thought as they were made from two elements they thought they were mightier and deserved to be the Primes

So just like their makers they teamed up to make creatures to help them fight and banish the primordials. The Mud would build the bodies, The Lava would create the life within them, The Tempest would give them the ability to move and once they were all mixed together The Lighting would strike them into life. These first beings would later become the gods that the people of the Primordial Expanse worship today.

***The End*** - And so with the lesser primordial creating a gargantuan army of creatures of their own creation they waged a war against The Prime. Through the element of surprise, smart thinking and the sheer arrogance of the primes not thinking they need help, the lesser primordials were victorious. However this was not without a cost, nearly all of their army was destroyed and only a small portion of around 50 remained. After the battle, the material plane didn't seem as stable as it once was, strange new wind would sweep across the expanse and would imbue creatures with abilities and arcane powers they never had before.

The Lesser primordials dubious that history would repeat itself decided to take a different path, as their work was done they chose now to become one with the land they created and instead of shaping the world they would instead be a part of it. They told their creations that this plane nows belongs to them and to do with it as they see fit.