Basilia

### Religion

A variant of the Epona cult is present. Also popular are aminist religions centered on volcanoes, marine religions and saints.

**Basilia** is a far-off land, located somewhere far west of Skellige.

## Geography

Basilia is a mountainous island, which has different microclimates and some islets around it. Because, due to its location, it has a subtropical climate.

This has allowed him to have a unique fauna and flora.  In addition to monsters that are not seen anywhere else in the world.

## Monsters

According to the records of the witcher that went with the 1306 Fabio Sachs expedition, Putnam Pitch. Some of these unique monsters are the following:

* Koakun
* Fogo
* Maxios
* Birdwhale
* Mock Whales
* Whale crocodile
* Aurakeri
* Seamingo
* Armox
* River cat
* Gian Sea Swan
* Mantovenator
* Black dragonbird
* Serieraptor
* Walnut
* Thorn Wyvern

## History

Not much is known about Basilia story. What we know is from the registers of Fabio Sachs' expedition and the subsequent stories told by the ships that stopped there on their way to the Western Continent.

It is known that non-human civilization, pre-subliments, elves. They settled at some point, on the island, but for some unknown reason, disappeared. More specifically, a subgroup of the Aen Nílfe, known as the Aen Puau. But these are only legends, which have not been proven to be true.

Some scholars speculate that it could have been a magical catastrophe or an ecological catastrophe.Although supporters of the elven settlement discard this possibility.

Later, according to the history of the locals, their ancestors settled on the island during the time of the First Landing. This has led scholars to speculate that perhaps the basilians share more than was thought with the nordlings.

Subsequently, due to its hermetic culture, little else is known about its history. With the exception that in the 11th century, they began to have their first contacts with other parts of the world. And in this century, they began to allow non-domestic trade.

Apart from that in the 13th century, there was a coup d'état, in which Dirgelech, took control of the country. And Prince Valgridovt, along with his protector Viki, was forced to flee to the Continent in search of political asylum.

In the 14th century, on Fabio Sachs' expedition to the Western Continent. The expedition was forced to make a stop on the island, due to a storm.  They spent a month there, approximately, before continuing their journey. And thanks to the few people who spoke more than the local language, they were able to record all that information for posterity.

## Culture

From what little is known, their culture is similar to the nordling culture, with some Nilfgaardian and zangwebari influences. Probably, the adoption of the zebra as a national symbol is due to this.

### Religion

A variant of the Epona cult is present. Also popular are aminist religions centered on volcanoes, marine religions and saints. Although small, thanks to trade and relations with Nilfgaard, a variant of the Great Sun cult, under the name of Ibru, exists.

## Population

It is composed mostly of humans from different groups such as majos, . And since Dirgelech's rule, some non-humans, such as Aen Seidhe elves who escaped the discrimination of the Northern Kingdoms.

## Regions

* Dift
* Gorban
* Tedda
* Uskvern
* Wyel

## Notable locations

* Cymri ( Capital )
* Yoegir
* Difed
* Nivaria
* Invale
* Ombrion
* Planasia
* Junonia
* Capraria
* Chinet
* Tamaran
* Erbania
* Roygrata
* Eseró

## Trivia

* The name Basilia comes from a mythical island of Greco-Roman mythology.
* Basilia besides the lore present in The Witcher 3 is inspired by the Canary Islands and the Macaronesia region ( Madeira, Azores, Cape Verde, etc...)
* Some names of the unique monsters, come from the Speculative Evolution Wiki, which would be used, not only as reference, but inspiration (not a copy) anyway, credits to the different authors who made them.Some, despite being animals, would be placed in the category of monsters, because they wouldn't have an ecological niche.
* The Walnut would be based in this fanon cryptid : The Beast of Walnut Creek.
* Many city names are references to the names that the Romans gave to each of one of the Canary Islands.
* It is speculated that, like the inhabitants of the Silk Islands, the basilians speak a distant dialect, of the Elder Speech.