Gilgander

Gilgander, sometimes called the Land of Order is one of the continents in the Known World of Mespan. It is generally seen as a more systematic continent, where nature is tamed and people adhere to strict laws and regulations. Of course there are still great differences in culture along the many different provinces and city-states. Several hundred years ago the Divine Empire ruled a united Gilgander, but never pushed for a central culture. This has contributed to the cultural diversity on the continent. Gilgander stands geographically and culturally in opposition to Enkidu, the Land of Nature.

### Pridelands

The Pridelands are the lands north of the Treading Peaks in Gilgander. They are largely covered a vast savannah, except for the coast and the dense jungle that leads up to the Treading Peaks. The Pridelands are widely considered to be the wildest lands in Gilgander, their culture closer to nature than some parts of Enkidu.

### Oghmun

Oghmun is the name of the large island in the southeast of Gilgander. It is known as the Blessed Isle of Creation by its inhabitants. The deity Oghma is the primary deity on most parts of the island. His followers are passionate in their thirst for knowledge, which caused their culture to be highly stimulated towards research, invention and scholarship.

### Treading Peaks

Treading Peaks is the name of the mountain range in the north of Gilgander. The mountain range is named that way because they lower significantly to the eastern sea, seemingly walking into them.

### Xanthus

The river Xanthus, also known as the Vein, is a river flowing from the Treading Peaks into Long Lake. It has long signaled the border between Malthzanamondr and Yaath Tel'Nodel.

### Lake Erebor

The lake that flows directly from the western part of the Treading Peaks is Lake Erebor. It is the sisterlake of Long Lake to the south.

### Long Lake

Long Lake is the sisterlake of Lake Erebor, stretching from Lake Erebor to the start of the Stone Twine. Its waters come from both Lake Erebor and the river Xanthus.

### The Golden Circle

The Golden Circle is the name for the nine cities in Gilgander that roughly form a circle. They are known to have good relations with each other and were at their height in the days of the Divine Empire, but they hold great power still. Some cities have strict laws for their inhabitants' race, some have more diversity. The cities of the Golden Circle that are inhabited by only a single race are the Kalashtar city of Timpriyumi from the nation of Pety Rogyt, the (Hob)goblin city Ciki za Ordar from the nation of Vruldragin, the Dwarven Stronghold of Borthan Kuridir from the nation of Malthzanamondr, the Sun Elf city of Crith Ennama from the nation of Suor Crithrûn and the Moon Elf city of Arvar, from the nation of Yaath Tel'Nodel. The other cities may lean to a particular race, but they are all highly diverse. They are Sumeria of the city-state Sumeria, Esgaroth of the nation Rhovanion, Levitica of the nation also named Levitica, and Aeka Enaka of the nation of Hloth.

### Lands of the Golden Circle

#### Yaath Tel'Nodel

The moon elves of Yaath Tel'Nodel live in

#### Pety Rogyt

The hierocracy of Pety Rogyt claims the lands

### The Stone Twine

The Stone Twine is a long mountain range stretching from Long Lake in the north to Glaldrak's Strait in the south.

### Mirror Forest

Mirror Forest is a large forest in Gilgander, in the south of the lands of the Golden Circle. While the flora and fauna is diverse, the forest is mainly known for its large amount of Kenku.

### The Bar of Justice

The Bar of Justice is a giant, long wall, signalling the border between the Lands of Reform and the lands of the Golden Circle. It functions as a prison wall, keeping out the criminals from the Lands of Reform.

### Lands of Reform

The Lands of Reform are located in the south of Gilgander, bordering on the Woods of Yuan-Ti in the south and being closed off from the lands of the Golden Circle in the north by the Bar of Justice. Its original use was to form a new home for exiled criminals from the lands of the Golden Circle.

### The Woods of Yuan-Ti

A warm jungle, known as the Woods of Yuan-Ti lies between the Hilt of Gilg and the Lands of Reform. It was renamed from a now unknown name when the Yuan-Ti fled to it in The Extradition of the Yuan-Ti.

### The Hilt of Gilg

The Hilt of Gilg is a large vulcanic mountain range in the utter south of Gilgander. The vulcanoes have been dormant since shortly before the creation of the Divine Empire, with the last eruption recorded being in 30 EC.