Known World

The **known world** of A Shattered Realm has no official name. Characters simply call it The World, uniquely, People from Alba call it **Ain Domahan Mórr** - The Great World. There are two continents of the known world. "Aqoris", people from a region called Alba call this **An Mórr-Rhoinn**. As the story is told, so far, from the perspective of the Northern inhabitants of Aqoris, we do not have knowledge of how far north and south Aqoris goes, but a second continent does exist called **Eirus.**

## Continents

* Aqoris: Aqoris extends southwards from the northern polar icecap for approximately 3,000 miles. Most of the known continent is under the authority of The Kingdom of The North which lays in the Central North with the lands of the Alba stretching far North. Due to the cold, winter climate, especially in Alba, it is fair to assume that Aqoris is in the Northern Hemisphere near the North Pole. To the south of the Kingdom is the Aqoros Peninsula, an inhospitable place and rampaged by storms with the southern tip of the peninsula reduced to islands.
* Eirus: East of Aqoris. Eirus is a Large Landmass primarily consisting of Deserts, grasslands and tropical rainforests and has many ancient Empires located on it. The tip of Aqoris is on the same latitude as Sunderly so it is very similar in climate but gets far hotter to the south.

## Seas and Oceans

* The Cape divides Aqoris from Eirus, and also connects the Burnt Sea in the south to the White Sea in the north. While smaller than most of the other seas, it is still several hundred miles wide, presenting a formidable obstacle to military activity between the two continents. During winter, the Cape becomes difficult to cross because of storms and strong winds blowing from the north. Inlets of the Cape include Newcastle Bay, theBay of Rocks, and the Sea of Ronorum.
* The Western Sea lies to the West of Aqoris and no-one has successfully crossed the Western Sea with any reliable information about any landmasses that might lie beyond..

## Climate and Seasons

In Aqoris, Winters are known to be especially harsh in nature and may last long amounts of time but they have only ever lasted for a maximum of two years. This may be in relation to Aqoris's Geographical Location. A region on Aqoris known as the Southlands, is the only known region where Winter does not hit as harsh. Months are the same as in real-life, roughly a thirty day period and a year consists of twelve months. Summer and Winter seasons typically last for an entire year (year 1 is Summer, year 2 is Winter) with spring and autumn lasting for two or three months inbetween (last three months of year 1 is autumn, last three months of year 2 is spring). There are many cases where seasons can last for several years, though a long Summer means a long Winter and vice-versa.

The Climate of the region known as the Aqoros Peninsula is a land rampaged by heavy storms with the southern peninsula being entirely destroyed and turned into volcanic islands. There are many theories and myths about what is in the Aqoros Peninsula, ranging from great hounds to feral manlike creatures. Any adventures south into the Aqoros Peninsula, be it a simple one man journey or a full expedition, is banned by the Kingdom of The North. This rule has been in place for nearly 300 years since the reign of King Joros II and his alleged encounters with the feral men.

In Eirus, the climate is hot desert or grassland in most regions but the further east and north one goes, the climate becomes very tropical with rainforests and wetlands.