Oderia Archipelago

The Oderia Archipelago was the collective name for most known lands in the World. The Archipelago consisted of dozens of large islands and thousands of smaller ones, of which many were inhabited by the various races of the World. In recent history, Human explorers discovered that there may be more land to be found outside the Archipelago and the protective influence of the World's Heart.

## Regions

The regions of the Archipelago were categorised by their distance to the World's Heart, the centerpoint of Oderian navigation.

### The Core / World's Heart

The Core lands are the islands closest to the World's Heart. These lands were abnormally vibrant and lively. Many Elves lived here. This innermost 'circle' was dominated in landmass by the island of Giaden, which was surrounded by various smaller islands, most of which contained only a single city-state.

### Inner lands / First Circle

The Inner Lands is a collection of various large islands surrounding The Core. This 'first circle' was considered to be the most civilised area of Oderia, with large city states, small kingdoms, or confederations vying for power and influence. These lands also contained large industrial and trading economies, and seafaring routes were very well documented and known.

Prominent islands in the Inner Lands were:

* Bemaasin, a large island known for its mercantile cities and large agricultural production. Home-island of the Lavaronne Coalition.
* Cephendal, home-island of the Solarian Empire. [other working titles: Taharin Kushate Empire]
* Madriki, sanctuary-island of Dragonkind.
* Ychewa, a long snakelike island home to many seaports and tall mountains. Favored inner island of the Dwarves.
* Arthorpel, an enigmatic ring-island with a calm inner sea.

### Deeplands / Second Circle

The Deeplands is a collection of some of the largest land area's of Oderia, but the island clusters are located further away from the World's Heart and also further from each other. While these lands are well-connected to the Inner Lands, they are nowhere near as interconnected as the Inner Lands. Most island clusters are known collectively as a subregion of the Deeplands. The Deeplands also host the enigmatic and enormous ancient spires that emerge from the sea and rise high up into the sky. These spires hold religious and historical value, but also were also great landmarks for navigation.

Islands of the Deeplands:

* The Mepitian Group is a major island group consisting of 5 mainlands and dozens of small islands surrounding it.
	+ Mepitia is the largest mainland of the island group and also the largest mainland in the whole of the Oderian Archipelago. It is home to a wide array of civilizations and all sorts of sentient creatures can be found there.
* Galorevera is a island on the border of the Deeplands and the Diaspora, northeast of Mepitia. It was home to the Copper Dragon Leoniklan the Unpredicatable. It's capital city Levera was known as the 'paradise city' with extragavant casino's, theaters, and other luxurious amenities.

Spires of the Deeplands:

* Aeternum Spire of the wizarding Padesh Arcan and the Order of Balik-Mah.
* Prescience Spire of the Kalushi Oracle.
* Starlight Spire and the observatory of gold dragon Aurutiklan of the Night.
* Desolate Spire and the Siren Rocks.

### The Diaspora

The Diaspora is a vast ring of islands surrounding the circles mentioned above. The Diaspora is large enough to have its own subregions. The Diaspora contains a few larger islands or island groups capable of sustaining civilisation, but it also contains thousands of small islands barely large enough to sustain a village.

The Diaspora was divided into many 'island groups', which were often aligned in culture or societal visions. These are some of the larger island groups:

* The Sixteen of Samnis, a major island group in the southeast of the Archipelago, which was marked by its sixteen smaller islands surrounding the mainland Samnis. The Sixteen of Samnis housed various civilizations that were all relatively xenophobic towards the wider Archipelago.

### The Far Outbounds

Beyond the Diaspora are the islands of the Far Outbounds. These lands are harsh and noticeably more hostile towards life than the lands closer to the World's Heart.

### The Newlands

Even further from the World's Heart, and well outisde its protective influece laid the newly discovered continent dubbed Tinenta. For most Oderians, the concept of a continent was nearly incomprehensible. A landmass with no apparent end was completely unknown to them. While Tinenta is a harsh and bleak landscape, it holds vast mineral and magical riches, and there are oases of life to be found that are nearly as vibrant as Giaden itself.