Emniyama
General introduction
Emniyama is the second largest continent in the Southern Ocean. It lies east of Auchulpa, south of Erana and west of Murahisi. It was once home of the mighty Asargam Empire and was completely reshaped during the Great Scorching, when the gods destroyed the Asargam Empire for its hubris. Nowadays the continent is shunned. Most know where it lies, but most wouldn't want to put eyes on it. The gods made it so mountainous, that those having seen it describe it as a coal black wall rising from the ocean.
While Emniyama is quite big, noone knows, what is going on there, as no inhabitants of it are known and no expeditions have been made there so far. From the distance, sailors often see smoke rising from the volcanic activity of the continent. It is believed that the majority of volcanoes of Samthô are actually in Emniyama.
Sites and features
Asargams capital used to be in the southwestern part of the continent. The gods struck this part of Emniyama with a meteor, tearing a gigantic crater into that part of the continent. Now there is a bay, half circled by peninsulas, half circled by remnants of the former shoreline. To the Northwest there is a large peninsula.
One more noticable feature is, that there are some huge rivers are flowing from the mountains into the surrounding ocean. Most of these rivers flow from East to West.
Today the land is considered cursed due to its past. It is unknown, whether there are still people living there. No signs of settlements can be seen on the shore and no vessels have ever been reported around Emniyama. It seems like the eastern part of the continent is a little less mountainous. Between the mountains and up their slopes, forests stretch across the continent, adding some colour to the otherwise grey and black continent. Not much else is known. Seagulls populate the shorelines, but other animals have not been seen. But sailors tell stories of large swimming lizards inhabiting the waters around Emniyama. Whether that is made up or whether they describe a local species of crocodiles remains to be seen.
Type
Continent
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