Stildane is the fringe continent, the wild lands on the edge of civilization. It is a massive swath of land, coming down from the Arctic circle to the massive
Adira Mountains, which cut across the land mass diagonally. Everything North of these mountains is Stildane, the land of monsters, of untamed things. Peoples look to Stildane and project the wildest stirrings of their imagination.
But Stildane is not a land of fantasy or uniform "wildness". It is a culturally diverse land, more accurately divided into three main parts:
- "True" Stildane, in the Southwest: the area affected by Ederstone, a stretch of 2327 miles of coastline reaching up to 478 miles inland before reaching mountains. The furthest South of all Stildane, True Stildane is the most interconnected with global trade networks
- Boram , in the Far West: a penninsula with about 1095 by 472 miles of habitable land before fading into the arctic territories. Boram has been isolated for much of history, but with improvements to navigation has become culturally and economically part of Desmia.
- Uzeven , in the Far East: separated from True Stildane by mountains, Uzeven is largely untouched plains and forests buffeted by large freezing storms in the winters. 1032 by 808 miles, much of these lands remain isolated from the greater global trading network.
Within these lands are vast forests, sweeping plains, soaring mountains, and searing deserts. Stildane is mostly humid but contains a wide range of climates.
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