The shape of the known world
Teravana is the large northern continent. Keṣtraná lies to the south. The Bakalatu Sea runs between them as a major corridor of trade, migration, war, and pilgrimage. At its western opening, Sm'ralo—the Opal Isle—sits between the Serranxian and Carnetxean peninsulas.
The countries below are arranged from west to east. Some entries are fuller reference articles; others remain concise until the public record supports more detail. The Valley of the Tree of Souls is a named geographic region rather than a conventional country.
Teravana
Serranxia
A mountainous northwestern peninsula of princely cities, noble holdings, and ports facing the Shákhtre and Bakalatu seas.
Veldemark
A rugged western maritime country of wooded uplands, broken coast, regional authority, and independent communities wary of Khanish expansion.
Iskaldren
A northern monarchy of the Seven Marches, where royal law meets enduring local custom across mountain, forest, and coast.
Naszeme
A wooded country of fortified towns, noble domains, and productive valleys, now under invasion by the Great Khanate.
Kolmetsa
A severe northern country of boreal forest, lakes, marshes, snow-fed rivers, and intensely seasonal life.
Zamruzia
A broad grassland and river country, controlled by the Khanate after a long and bloody war.
Lithaea
The fertile central basin and the archive's most extensively recorded country.
Ouratsimpó
The high, dry plateau north of Lithaea, where the Lithanar rises in the highlands.
Velkora
A hard northern coast of taiga, tundra, fortified settlements, and giant-kin country.
Gorathia
The steppe homeland and imperial heartland of the Great Khanate, centered on the Jivekh, Qanatu, and Altana.
Oroqaia
A northern coastal country of sheltered valleys, seasonal movement, and settlements shaped by the public danger of white dragons.
Januqaia
A fertile, orderly, and prosperous country whose administration endured Khanish conquest.
Lamsara
A humid southeastern realm of rivers, deltas, tropical lowlands, maritime trade, and many regional traditions.
Khenshu
A mercantile coast of wealthy city-states that retain autonomy through heavy tribute to the Khanate.
Sacred region
Valley of the Tree of Souls
A mountain-ringed sacred valley cared for by the Order of Soul Guardians; it is a protected region, not an ordinary sovereign country.
Sm'ralo and the western gate
Sm'ralo, the Opal Isle
A mountainous and forested island of ritual landscape, learned magic, and western Bakalatu trade.
Keṣtraná
Carnetxea
A rugged dry Keṣtranan coast of mountain clans, fortified towns, dragon-kin tradition, and sea trade.
Murisium
A Khemara River civilization with distinct royal, administrative, military, mineral, and maritime centers.
Tchat'khara
An arid mountain region of birdfolk roost communities, cliff settlements, and highland passage.
The world beyond the familiar roads
Some countries in the public atlas are represented by fuller articles, while others remain concise records. The archive keeps those distinctions visible rather than treating speculation as settled knowledge.