Lingering Realm

The **Lingering Realm** is the name given to the Material Plane in the campaign setting of the same name for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The Lingering Realm is connected to many other planes within the cosmology of the universe in which it is the center. It also has three moons which rotate around it, as well as various echoes.

There are many languages spoken across the realm, with Common being a universal language among most nations.

## **History**

→ *Main article: History of the Lingering Realm.*
The known of history of the Lingering Realm is speckled with mystery, and there are periods that go undocumented. In most circles, there are four recognised ages of the world: the Time Before, the Deific Epoch, the Perennial Dusk, and the Age of Linger. The events of the campaigns within the world take place in the Age of Linger.

The Cardinal Court, a powerful government within the continent of Retwynn, also have their own recognised ages of the First Domain and Second Domain (labelled as "fd" and "sd" respectively).

## **Calendars**

→ *Main article: Calendar of the Lingering Realm.*
A year in the Age of Linger lasts 265 days, though there are different calendars for various nations. The most recognised ones are the Universal Calendar of 12 months, and the Cardinal Calendar of 10 months.

## **Geographic Characteristics**

### **Continents**

**Retwynn**

→ *Main article: Retwynn.*
A central continent within the Lingering Realm, containing the countries of Alvadir, Cardine, and Tophaven, as well as the Fyfe Isles and the forest realm of Ehl-Mildir.

**Dartayne**

→ *Main article: Dartayne.*
**Dartayne**, otherwise known as the **Reach of Dartayne**, sits to the east of Retwynn, divided by the Faded Mountains. So far, not much is known about Dartayne.

**Chasmion**

→ *Main article: Chasmion.*
**Chasmion** is a continent to the west of Retwynn. Once known as **Rasam Otor**, it is the site at which the Divine Idols activated The Machination, creating the echoes of the Lingering Realm, and sending the floating islands of Berrimorn into their own realm. The continent is largely desolate, with wild creatures walking the wastes, and a few lonely civilisations.

**Creeth**

→ *Main article: Creeth.*
Creeth is a continent to the south-east of Dartayne. Not much is known about it.

### **Major Bodies of Water**

* Borjenhaff Sea
* Tourmaline Sea
* Velaic Ocean

### **Underdark**

→ *Main article: Underdark.*
The Underdark is a subterranean land beneatht the surface of the Lingering Realm, though it is hidden away with it's own societies working in secret. Though much of the Underdark's history is unknown, it is known to be a favoured home of the Drow, who hide away from the light of the outside world.

## **Moons**

The Lingering Realm has three moons, named Desduus, Merriphia, and Zorshe.

### **Desduus**

Desduus is the most similar moon to Earth's Moon, and appears rather large in the sky. It has a cycle during which it waxes and wanes, which lasts around 30 days.

### **Merriphia**

Merriphia is the second moon from the Lingering Realm. Its green hue shifts from a sickly and violently bright, to a duller forest green. It does not wax and wane like Desduus, and instead fluctuates from being totally invisible, to shining far brighter even the brightest of stars.

### **Zorshe**

Zorshe is the third, and furthest, moon from the Lingering Realm. It appears very distant and is rarely visible. It is most often seen fiery orange in hue, but sometimes appears more yellow or red. The moon seemingly has little to no affect on the tides of the Lingering Realm, and much like Merriphia is near-impossible to track, as it does not wax and wane. Astronomists have noted that the moon seems to be decreasing in size and becoming less perfectly rounded with time. It is predicted in a thousand years the moon will have entirely broken apart into smaller asteroids and debris.