Tian

## Locations

* Tsūro-Known as the Passage in Tianese, Tsūro is the reason for Tian's existence. A natural current that flows through the iceberg covered ocean around Tian, it has opened up a safe passage to allow ships through and is primarily the reason for Tian's survival.

### Shiroi Mori

* Known as the White Forest in Tianese, Shiroi Mori is a heavily snow-covered forest with gentle rolling hills. Much of the population resides alongst its coast, due to both the inaccessibility of food within the deeper parts of the Shiroi Mori, the difficulty of building there, and the presence of numerous magical beasts, known as Kemono, that roam within the Shiroi Mori. These Kemono vary in form, many taking the form of drakes and dragons while others are dire wolves and the like, but they all tend to be extremely aggressive and dangerous.
* Sinyujiong- Named after it's founder, Sinyujiong is the capital and most populous city in Tian by far. The vast majority of the population resides here, making it a bustling metropolis. It's continued growth and its original expansion were both caused by its location near Tsūro, giving it the safest and easiest way to access trade and international relations.
* Bīsutou~otchi- "Beast Watch", it was originally founded to observe and hunt the Kemono found within the Shiroi Mori as a means of defending the coastal villages. Overtime, it has morphed into a samurai guild, where new samurai go to train in the blade and where land-owners and mayors can hire them to act as Kemono-hunters for either gold or thankfullness, depending on the samurai.
* Senu no tōkō- "Senu's Post", the counter part to Beast Watch, Senu no tōkō was founded by a samurai by the name of Senu to offer another location to train and dispatch Samurai from. However, due to its location near the rivers, it has also became a prospering city that specializes in the processing and selling of the parts that are harvested from the Kemono, making it a vital source for rare alchemy ingredients.

### Yama

* "The Mountains", this is where most of the population of Tian resides outside of Sinyujion and Senu's Post thanks to the plentiful rivers offering easy fishing and sea access and the lack of Kemono which seem to refuse to cross the rivers near Torma-Un and Bane. The mountains also offer shelter from many storms.
* Torma-Un- Tor means Lost in Giant making the town's name mean Lost City a mountain giant town that predates the formation of Tian as a kingdom. It had once seemed to be a great city but is now just a small town. It is forbidden to speak of the Kemono here, as any that do are executed by the giants.
* Bane- "Spring" in Tianese, this is the largest monastery for the fey worship of Tian, and is where many town-leaders go to get aid from both druids and priests as well as the fey they serve.
* Shyioka- "Shyio's hill", formerly a decently sized village that rested upon the hill that it's founder Shyio settled on and benefited heavily from it's location on the ocean and river, it has grown greately in recent years due to the knowledge that Kuro Raiden, regarded as a great hero by its residents, was born here, making it a prime tourist destination.
* Haven- A decently sized undead community, it is hidden in the mountains by potent spells that limit knowledge and access to the valley. It is led by Solian of House Manock, a firstborn vampire that is responsible for the death of the Vampire God's brother. It is further shielded by the lord of the village near by it as he owes Solian his life.

## Kōtta mori

* "Frozen Forest", named so after the belief that it used to be part of Shiroi mori but was broken off and frozen as vengeance by Cryoprimus for some long forgotten slight by the fey. It is inhospitable and deadly.
* Meiyo Aru- "Honorable Dead", a large maesoluem for the honorable dead of Tian, such as great warriors and former kings.
* Shen no mubō- "Shen's Foolhardiness", an inn and brewery founded by an orc monk by the name of Shen. Shockingly, it has succeeded and is commonly visited by sailors to Tian.
* Nazo No Iseki- "Mysterious ruins", an unknown set of ruins that quite clearly have magical purposes. Discrening their purpose has so far been unsuccessful due to immense ice build-up but they bear incredible resemblance to the ruins found on other island nations, such as the Maoran Shangri-la.