Zahkdarret
Zahkdarret is the largest continent of Helevos, encompassing most of the western hemisphere to the west and north of Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias
Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable HartheraOrorr.
North polar projection of the Zahkdarret-Retzayk landmass, showing the average range of north polar ice
In Mayapo it means “Lands of Cold and Sun”, or more poetically The Lands of Fire and Ice. Zahkdarret, Retzayk and the island continent of Zetahburook in fact form a single supercontinent, separated from each other by the arctic ice cap.
According to traditional duospherical theory, the Civilised World is a circular sea surrounded by the “Edge Lands”. According to this understanding, Zahkdarret is merely the land to the west, and the frozen north is called the Ice Realm.