Adelan (Ah-duh-lan)

Adelan is an island continent on Crinamere. It is the smallest of the three continents, and is located in the South Seas. For the most part, Adelan is isolated from the rest of Crinamere, due to isolationist practices and dangers that lurk off the coast. Adelan spans over 2,500 miles end to end, and is home to a variety of races that immigrated to the continent from Kasslin long ago.
  Adelan is comprised of five regions, four of which belong to nations. Knowledge of the fifth region is localized only to the nation that holds political domain over it, the Kingdom of Kaseer. This fifth region is a forbidden zone, and those who journey there often never return.
 
 

Pre-Settlement

The earliest documented inhabitants of Adelan lived far before the continent came to be named as a part of the known world. These native inhabitants, the Ith'Shulee, believe themselves to be the creations of a deity known as Ith'Shu, whom they worshipped. The Ith'Shulee were a tribal race, living in the forests concentrated in the northern and western regions of the continent. Few Ith'Shulee made their home beyond the large rivers and lakes to the eastern and southern coasts, as their people were unaccustomed to the plainlands that awaited them, and Ith'Shu reigned over the forests.
  Those who migrated from foreign lands would eventually encounter the Ith'Shulee, and in their conquest of Adelan, would all but eradicate them from the face of Crinamere. Due to their strange magic, virtually all documentation of the Ith'Shulee was destroyed by the foreign religions, particularly the Order of Ralai. This lead to the eventual erasure of the Ith'Shulee from the known history of Adelan.
 

Early History

After the initial wave of migrants, there were few other journeys made from Kasslin. As a result, not all of the religions of Kasslin exist on Crinamere. Those that were most represented in the south-eastern regions of Kasslin made their way to Crinamere. These religions had large roles in the distribution of individuals and the establishment of the first city-states of Crinamere.
  The Order of Ralai established themselves on the eastern coast, the Alassen took to the southern region, and the Church of Esoe gathered on the western coast. The city-states these factions established were instrumental in the trajectory of the nations that would rise in Adelan, although the original settlement that the Order of Ralai and the Church of Esoe founded no longer exist. The Church of Esoe split early into its existence on Adelan, leading to the existence of the fourth nation on the northern coast of Adelan.
 

Present Day

Presently, Adelan is divided into four nations: The Theocracy of the Sun, ruled by the Order of Ralai in the east. The Kingdom of Zeonia of the south. The Esion Theocracy of the west. The People of Esoe in the north.
  The present day Adelan is in a tenuous peace. Borders of kingdoms have long since been established, and the desire for more territory burns in the heart of their rulers. If the scales are tipped too far in one direction, the entire continent is primed for large-scale combat. Constantly, all four nations send out expeditionary trips into those unconquered regions in search of habitable lands. Even those deemed uninhabitable are of some use; whether they are the beast-infested forests of the west, or the mountainous caverns of the northern drakes, all manner of resources may be lurking within these dangerous lands.