Theshine

WELCOME to Theshine, a world suffused with the fantastic, covered with tropical rainforests and Hellish volcanoes and seismic faults, populated by bizarre races of humanoid creatures from the human imagination come to solid reality. The myriad cultures of disparate civilizations await you.   You yourself might be an Undercover Astronaut, a Mediaeval Celt, a Salamande (Lizardfolk), a Faery, a Myconid (Mushroom People), or even one of the mysterious ɛɭⱱɛɳȁ...

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Theshine refers to the area around The Gusset and Boiling Bay, considered the cradle of all civilizations.
The Gusset is a narrow isthmus, about 12 miles across, between Boiling Bay and the Northern Ocean.
Boiling Bay opens to the Southern Ocean to the South.     The linear area from the Northern Ocean, across the The Gusset, and down the center of Boiling Bay is a great seismic and volcanic valley of horrific air temperatures. The water temperature in Boiling Bay often exceeds twice the local boiling point, thus the "boiling" moniker. Deadly air temperatures have been recorded, as have water vapor (steam) temperatures around 1,000ºF (~500ºC).   Boiling Bay is at the bottom of a sweltering depression known as Furnaceland. Here the air is still extremely hot. A little relief, and slightly more survivable strip of ecosystem known as the Feverlands, is between Furnaceland and the surrounding tropical forests. The Feverlands are still scortching hot, but the tropical forest, where the various populations of humans, ɛɭⱱɛɳȁ, and lizardfolk reside, only gets that hot in the Nuxasé (Summer) months. In Taxteuré (Winter) it's a positively cool 90ºF (32ºC) or less. The native populations of the forests and boscages wear little to light or no clothing.   It's in these tropical forests surrounding The Gusset and Boiling Bay, before the great land battles, migrations, and diasporae of prehistory that it's thought that all three of the great civilizations, Celtia, ɛɭⱱɛɳȁ, and Salamandea were engenerated.   Generally, ɛɭⱱɛɳȁ is North & South of The Gusset, Celtia is to the West, Salamandea to the East.   Please peruse the COMPENDIA PERSONAE below for everything you need to know to visit Theshine.