Domunas

**Domunas** was the name of a continent on Exandria during the Age of Arcanum. It was destroyed on the eve of the Calamity, leaving behind the Shattered Teeth.

## **Geography**

In the first two episodes of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, the flying city of Avalir traversed from Vasselheim over Gwessar to Domunas, suggesting that Domunas was to the east or southeast of Gwessar.

Little is known about the land, other than that it had a mountain called Mount Ygora on which sat the ring-city of Cathmoíra and, for one month every seven years, its flying sister city of Avalir. Both cities had developed from the earlier settlement of Toramunda.

Just before the Calamity, Zerxus Ilerez said that "parts" or "aspects" of Domunas were still beautiful.

## **History**

### **Background**

During the Schism, two of the continent's greatest Primordials, Rau'shan the Emperor of Fire and Ka'Mort the Empress of Earth, were defeated and sealed away by the Dawnfather and the Wildmother under Mount Ygora.

The elemental power of the place drew the Gau Drashari druids, some of whom were genasi, and the druids' good stewardship built the settlement into a city. The city and elemental power then attracted wizards, who made a deal with the Gau Drashari: the wizard could lift the city of Avalir from the brumestone-rich mountain, so long as Avalir returned every seven years with collected magical Ether to bring about a regular event called the Replenishment. When Avalir released the ether into the ground beneath Domunas, it caused an explosion in crop yields for a year, a flourishing of fey, and often a spike in the births of magical children. It would also cause "doors to lands of wonder and plenty and magic [to] open."

Although the supposed share of ether for Domunas was around 75%, that hadn't been happening for the past two or three Replenishments (for 14-21 years prior to the Calamity). Just less than 5% of the city's ether was actually going to go into the ground of Domunas for the last Replenishment and the rest was getting caught up by the Leywright or funneled out to archmages in the city to unnaturally extend their lives.

### **Exandria Unlimited: Calamity**

Avalir returned to Cathmoíra for a Replenishment loaded with extra ether just after Vespin Chloras released the Betrayer Gods from their prison planes; the release of those gods led directly to the Calamity. The night of their release, Asmodeus planned to corrupt the Replenishment to release Rau'shan and Ka'Mort so that the Primordials would join the Betrayer Gods in the war to come. The Ring of Brass foiled that plan and caused the banishment of the Primordials instead, but in the process they caused Avalir and its massive stores of Ether to explode, shattering the continent, spewing ash across Exandria, and leaving behind an archipelago that would later be called the Shattered Teeth.

## **Trivia**

* *Domunas* is Latin for "homes".
* Just before the Calamity, Asmodeus noted, "I always said, on the face of Exandria, Domunas was the smile." When his plan to free Rau'shan and Ka'Mort was foiled, Asmodeus referred to his earlier comment and said, "Let's shatter her teeth."
* In 843 PD some people were aware that Domunas was the original continent that formed the Shattered Teeth, but the exact cause of this destructive change wasn't completely understood. Keyleth of the Air Ashari, for example, stated that the continent was destroyed by residual elemental magic accumulated in Domunas, unaware of the activation of the Astral Leywright and its role in the destruction of two primordial titans. Jirana, a native woman from the archipelago, knew of the destruction of the Emperor of Fire and the Empress of Earth and confirmed it was their residual energy that still remains in the area.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Excelsior" (E3x01) at 1:36:46.
2. ↑ See "Fire and Ruin" (E3x04) at 6:00:04.
3. ↑ Avalir's last port of call was Vasselheim before flying "straight" home to Domunas.  See "Excelsior" (E3x01) at 1:34:11.
4. ↑ Avalir traveled over Gwessar on its way to Domunas.  See "Bitterness and Dread" (E3x02) at 3:46:38.
5. ↑ See "Bitterness and Dread" (E3x02) at 4:22:32.
6. ↑ See "Excelsior" (E3x01) at 2:22:54.  See also 3:05:10.
7. ↑ See "Bitterness and Dread" (E3x02) at 3:31:26.
8. ↑ See "Excelsior" (E3x01) at 3:05:10.
9. ↑ See "Trial by Firelight" (3x02) at 1:04:00.
10. ↑ See "Excelsior" (E3x01) at 2:22:54.
11. ↑ *Twitter Post-finale Chat with the Exandria Unlimited: Calamity Cast*, Twitter Spaces Q&A session held 22 June 2022. Full transcript here.
12. ↑ See Google Translate.
13. ↑ See "Bitterness and Dread" (E3x02) at 4:22:51.
14. ↑ See "Fire and Ruin" (E3x04) at 5:38:02.
15. ↑ See "For The Tempest" (3x68) at 2:56:40.
16. ↑ See "Mist and Whimsy" (3x71) at 3:38:50.