Lamaria

Lamaria is the island-continent home to the tale of Silent Pillars, and the world that sits upon it. It is the plane of rock upon which the empyreans placed their peoples in what they perceived to be the very beginning.

Pre-History
The first ethereal being to note the plane of matter was Aella, and she named it Lamaria. Like diamond set into a ring, a beauty was seen in the rock that broke the ocean, but it was here, perceiving the land that she lingered, and as she did, those who followed her did also. And although Aella would never herself place peoples upon the land, many of those behind her saw a canvas, and would later descend to make their impression on it.

Geography
It is unknown what lies beyond the Voyagelands that encompass the continent. Some speculate the sea escapes and falls from the disc of water. Some beleive there are other lands out there, worlds adjacent upon the plane. Some scholars even go as far to say if you were to set sail from the west, and sailed long and far enough, you would eventually make mooring upon shores in the east. But beyond the rock Lamyreis made his stronghold, none have ever returned to give testimony to what lies beyond.

Lamaria itself peaks with carrying mountains in its centre, forests in the east, swamplands the south, and flatlands to the north and west.

Before Ostre
Before touched by the empyreans, Lamaria was populated by beings large and small. For these were the animals the people to come would live beside. It is unknown how old Lamaria was at the conception of people, or how long these plants and animals had dwelt there, but they were supposedly ruled over in innate hierarchy by beings greater still, beasts of the world that kept order of all things living. Though these were not thought gods, just creatures monumental who found their niche upon the plane.

Nations
The definition of nation varies across Lamaria. The dholdrir would fine it geographically, whereas the Men and kulmen define it between political jurisdictions. Others see just arbitrary divisions of the map.

At the time of Silent Pillars, there were ten agreed-upon nations, these being Rhoman, south-westerly land of Men; Danrith, western land of kulmen; Nard-Assa, north-westerly land of elgans; Saaramurya, central land of the celtes; the Thanvils, the great mountains at the heart of the world home to the dholdrir; the nameless swamplands home to the azaurians in the south; Black Lamment, the seat of the High Government; the Ninleyn Forests, land of the tallmaya in the east; and the north-easterly factions of Levallian and Novrena, home of the delphynn and gesarae respectively.

Other nations have formed and disbanded with their peoples. The Velgen vale of the dhaarls fell from society after their disappearance left none to uphold its status. And the northerly lands of the Vande were cast forbidden and exiled after the crimes committed there.