Aarn

Aarn is a large continent on the planet Osis, and the setting for Relic of Aeons. It consists of various realms, inhabitants and cultures, with a history that stretches back over twelve thousand years.

The planetary rings that surround Osis are a permanent feature in Aarn's skyline, and have influenced its development in a number of ways.

Other continents are thought to exist beyond the seas, but all attempts to discover them have so far been unsuccessful, and many explorers have never returned from their expeditions. Rumours persist of a "haunting, desolate ice world" to the north, and a "vast wilderness" to the east ruled by "giant, primeval beasts", but these are generally dismissed as hearsay.

Provinces

 * ??? - an expansive realm
 * Freehold of ??? - ???
 * Ausaris - a tropical realm in eastern Aarn, and birthplace of the Otaru
 * Vorheim - a harsh, mountainous dominion in northern Aarn, home to the ???
 * Arashi Wastes - an arid, sundered desert in southwestern Aarn ruled by warring Hish clans, and the original epicentre of The Quake
 * Valley of the Wymirs - an enigmatic, forested valley nestled between Vorheim and the Navaari Mountains, home to the reclusive and indigenous Wymirs
 * The Underweb - a sprawling underground hive network built and inhabited by generations of Zylphids, reaching across most of Aarn
 * The Underweb - a sprawling underground hive network built and inhabited by generations of Zylphids, reaching across most of Aarn

Mountains

 * Navaari Mountains - an extensive mountain range curling along the northeastern edge of Aarn
 * Mount ??? -

Waters

 * Singing Ocean - the boundless waters north of Aarn
 * Sea of Memories - the violent, churning seas east of Aarn
 * Otarun Ocean - the coastal waters surrounding the Otaru city Vyssus Mar
 * ??? Sea - ???

Novium Age
Society in Aarn has undergone dramatic change over the last century, in the wake of the calamity known as The Quake. This catastrophic meteor impact reshaped the face of the known world, wiping out more than half of the entire population and scattering fragments of an alien mineral called Novium all across the continent, ushering in what came to be called the Novium Age.

In the years following The Quake, Aarn slowly started to rebuild, with greater attention placed in the study of astronomy and the preservation of history. As Novium's otherworldly properties began to reveal themselves, Aarn swiftly and unexpectedly found itself in the midst of an industrial revolution, with Novium-powered technologies such as Sentinels becoming widespread in a matter of years.

In the recent decades, tensions between the land folk and the subterranean Zylphids have begun to grow, as ongoing efforts to expand underground have started breaching The Underweb more and more frequently.

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