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Teran Muel

Teran Muel, more often called Teranen [teh-RAH-nen], was a historic metropolis on the south bank of the mouth of the River Larplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Lar

The River Lar is the chief river of Trésard, flowing westward from the Laharkin Mountains, through Lake Ondrere to the Natorn Sea.

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Common name for the Kingdom of Trésard.
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Anrel

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Anrel Isles

Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of

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Alternate name for Anrel.
, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNatorn Sea

The Natorn Sea is a region of oceanic ridge, separating the Polassirn Ocean and the Redeeming Ocean. Islands in the ridge form the Natorn Archipelago.

Etymology

The name may be derived from ancient Ahngrit, meaning “near/of our birth”, referring to the legend of the Godmen in which humanity is said to have originated in region now lost beneath the sea. It also relates to the god
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it became the capital of the Northern Leagueplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNorthern League

The Northern League was a confederation of regions and city states in Anrasard (the landmass contiguous with the modern Anrel Isles, which united against the southern forces of Anret during the Long War.

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The Long War (219-263 ME) was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the Anrel Isles, between the allied city-states of the Northern League (now the kingdoms of Trésard and Sensatard), and the Kingdom of Narette. It is often bitterly called the Orphans' War, since it went on so long it was fought by two generations of people whose own parents had been killed in the war.viridAnrelmagicAnrelAnrel
. The city was consumed by fire in the Anretianplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnret

Historic name for the Kingdom of Narette.
sack of the city in 234 MEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Epoch (ME)

The Modern Calendar is a dating system acknowledged throughout the Civilised World. It numbers years from the Modern Epoch, abbreviated ME and BME (Before Modern Epoch). It is also called the Modern Era.

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, and thereafter was abandoned. Much of the old city has been swept away by shifts in the coastline and estuary, leaving little more than pitted hills dotted with rubble, regarded as a fearful place of ill omen and little visited except by animal herders. A great deal of stone and other material from the ruined city was used in the construction of Por Muelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPor Muel

Por Muel [poor-MOO-el] is the capital city of the Kingdom of Trésard. It is a relatively new city, built in former marshland drained by a series of canals. Its construction beginning c.250 ME after the total destruction of Teran Muel during the Long War.

The city is relatively low-lying but defended from the sea and
, though buildings made with obvious architectural features from Teranen are considered cursed.

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Teran Muel, more often called Teranen [teh-RAH-nen], was a historic metropolis on the south bank of the mouth of the River Lar in modern Trésard.

Anrel

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Geology

Helevos is approximately 3.8 billion years old, and differs from the planet Earth geologically in a number of ways. Magnetism

Like Earth, Helevos was subject to massive bombardment by planetary-sized objects during its hot early life, but accrued a much larger amount of iron and heavier metals than Earth. Helevos is smaller than Earth, but relatively much denser.

During the world's early molten stage, the majority of iron and heavy metals settled into the core, leaving Helevos with a gravity field slightly weaker than Earth's but with a much stronger magnetic field. This intense field protects the planet from intension solar activity, and encouraged the evolution of life. Continental Formation

Helevos originally had a high velocity spin, and was given a slight oscillation or 'wobble' by constant impacts. Earth suffered a major planetary impact with a Mars-sized object early in its history, which ejected a vast amount of light crust material that condensed to form the moon. The moon stabilised Earth's 'wobble', and slowed its rotation.

It also left a large amount of continental crustal material on one hemisphere - Pangea, Earth's first massive continent. With continental drift, this massive prehistoric landmass slowly broke apart to form Earth's modern continents, that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

Helevos never suffered this kind of impact. Instead, the planet's rotation forced gases deep within the crust upwards and outwards towards the equator. This lifted the crust, creating a rough spread of rocky continents around the equatorial zones, with smaller continents at the poles. Plate Tectonics

Helevos has a continental plates much like earth, but does not have the deep abyssal seas with massive rifts which drive continental drift on on Earth. Consequently continental drift is much slower, although there are many volcanoes and earthquake zones. Life

Life developed early, in the warm shallow seas much like on Earth. Plants colonised the land first, and land-based life developed on the millions of islands, particularly in the rich marginal tide zones.

Helevos has had a shorter evolutionary history than earth, and rather than suffering mass-extinctions based on cosmic impacts, it has suffered extinctions based on storms and floods affecting the land. Sea-life has remained relatively unchanged, with a cold-blooded fish and amphibians being dominant.

On land, inundation-events have made evolution favour amphibious forms of life, and all the higher native species are descended from common amphibious ancestors, although many have lost their water-breathing abilities.

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