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==Introduction==
 
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Please see the [[Travel Times]] for an idea of how long it takes to get around the main areas of Anaxas and beyond by various transportation methods.
 
Please see the [[Travel Times]] for an idea of how long it takes to get around the main areas of Anaxas and beyond by various transportation methods.
  
==[[Anaxas]]==
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==The Six Kingdoms==
The Kingdom of Anaxas is a successful and advanced kingdom, but one plagued by the constant threat of civil war. The social situation in Anaxas is volatile and oppressive, but it is currently [[Politics| the seat of the Symvouli]] for the Six Kingdoms.
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The remaining six kingdoms have very different, autonomous governments and cultures, all with galdori in power over the so-called lower races. They are ruled by an overarching government, called the [[Politics| Symvouli]] that rotates from one Kingdom to the next every ten years, following a cycle that has been adhered to for centuries.
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=====[[Anaxas| <i class="fa fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> Anaxas]]=====
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Anaxas is known throughout Vita as a successful and advanced kingdom, but unfortunately, it is also one burdened by the constant threat of civil war. The social situation in Anaxas is volatile and oppressive. Plagued with unrest and political turmoil, racial tension and derision, this Kingdom is attempting to lead by example when it clearly isn't.  
  
==[[Mugroba]]==
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The roots of the [[Resistance]] are here in the shadow of the most prestigious magic school in the Six Kingdoms, [[Brunnhold]].
Mugroba is a vast desert nation located to the north of Anaxas. It is a prosperous and spiritual country, and Anaxas' greatest ally. Mugrobi people worship the water, which they depend on for trade.  
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is [https://anaxasdiaries.com/viewforum.php?f=5 open for play <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i>].'''</div>
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=====[[Bastia| <i class="fa fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> Bastia]]=====
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Bastia is a wealthy and luxurious country that has lately fallen into unstable economic times due to irresponsible deforestation and poor economic decisions. Bastians have a similar culture to their Anaxi neighbors, though they are distinct for their rather zealous appreciation of the arts, fashion, and fine living.
  
*[[Thul Ka]] - the capital city of Mugroba and home of the spice trade
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They also do not obsess over knowledge in the same way, far more focused on creative expression than academia when it comes to monic relationships.
*[[Muluku Islands]] - an archipelago that contains the major trade ports of Mugroba
 
*[[Manatse]] - a large floating wick encampment on the Turga river, in western Mugroba
 
*[[Holaga]] - a human town in mid-western Mugroba, famous for its natural phosphor mines
 
*[[Pa Krat]] - a small village near Fen Kierden
 
*[[Pa Olakano]] - a small fishing village in eastern Mugroba, on the coast
 
*[[Asha Mora]] - a medium-sized fishing town in western Mugroba, badly affected by the Mugrobi Plague
 
*[[Demoga]] - a large human town in western Mugroba
 
*[[Serkaih]] - a valley of ghosts ([[phasmonia]])
 
*[[Redomseko Dailotoma]] - translated as "the village that is smaller than its name", this famous tourist attraction is similar to Muffey in that it is a center of fashionable galdori, two miles northwest of Thul Ka
 
*[[Paora Fo]] - a desert village
 
*[[Isla Kura]] - a mysterious and legendary island lost in the mist
 
  
==[[Hox]]==
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is [https://anaxasdiaries.com/viewforum.php?f=148 open for play <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i>].'''</div></div>
Hox is a mountainous kingdom located north of Mugroba. Its society is highly isolated, but Hoxian galdori often travel to Anaxas for education or work.
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=====[[Hesse| <i class="fa fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> Hesse]]=====
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Located to the south of Anaxas, Hesse is a rugged kingdom best known for its gold mines and the dying art of drake taming. Hesseans are known to be a people who respect physical prowess and cunning, even more so than most of their galdori counterparts, and their appreciation of strength and the outdoors is unrivaled in the Six Kingdoms.  
  
<span style="color:red;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</span>
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Ritualized combat and magical dueling are a huge part of Hessean culture, considered the most feared in all of the Six Kingdoms.
  
*[[Frecks]] - capital city
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</div>
*[[Dessteka]] - a secluded galdori city in the mountains
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*[[Montack]] - a galdori town
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*[[Xerxe]] - a small galdori village known worldwide for its enormous, ancient grave-caverns
 
*[[Korse Koron]] - an abandoned galdori city, uninhabited for seven hundred years; it was sacked in a civil war, and is now a subject of curiosity for archaeologists
 
*[[Pesxe]] - a human city at the foothills of the Spondola
 
*[[Yrth]] - a small human village in the taiga
 
*[[Rroxa]] - a small human village in the mountains
 
*[[Aexx Aora]] - a galdori town renowned for its beautiful women
 
*[[Dromboth]] - a very poor and suffering human village, plagued by wild animals, bandits and disease
 
*[[Kzecka]] - a galdori town in the mountains, home of a very large religious library
 
*[[Oer]] - a galdori village on the river
 
*[[The Spondola]] - the longest mountain range in Hox
 
  
==[[Hesse]]==
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Located to the south of Anaxas, Hesse is a peaceful kindgom best known for its gold mines and dying art of drake taming.
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[[File:Kingdom-of-hox.png|link=Hox|frameless|center|400px]]
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=====[[Hox| <i class="fa fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> Hox]]=====
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Hox is a mountainous, isolationist kingdom located north of Mugroba. Its society is reserved and quiet, known for its hardy independence and rich spiritual culture lived in defiance of the harsh, frozen landscape. Having recently rejoined the [[Politics| Symvoulio]] with great reluctance, Hox is attempting to navigate relating to the other Kingdoms very carefully.
  
<span style="color:red;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</span>
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is [https://anaxasdiaries.com/viewforum.php?f=102 open for play <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i>].'''</div>
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*[[Mestigia]] - capital city
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*[[Neze Nor]] - a primarily galdori village directly south of Mestigia
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[[File:Kingdom-of-gior-header.png|link=Gior|frameless|center|400px]]
*[[Arathnor]] - the largest gold-mining city in the kingdom
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=====[[Gior| <i class="fa fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> Gior]]=====
*[[Breth]] - formerly the drake-taming city, now a traditionalist city populated mainly by humans
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Gior, a kingdom to the south of Anaxas, is a beautiful and natural country with many livestock farmers. The galdori live in canyons, in cities carved out of mountains themselves, deep in their depths. Giorans of both human and galdori decent value hard work and independence, even if they live almost completely separate lives from each other.
*[[Orehane]] - human village near Breth with remnants of drake taming
 
*[[Digitt]] - a rural mining town
 
*[[Parhane]] - a large town near the border into Anaxas, a stopping point for most travelers
 
*[[Sessett]] - a medium-sized town in the southeast
 
*[[Set Derning]] - a small human village, the remnant of an abandoned mining town
 
*[[Imogen]] - rural farming community
 
*[[Tast]] - small unremarkable town in the northwest
 
  
==[[Bastia]]==
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is [https://anaxasdiaries.com/viewforum.php?f=86 open for play <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i>].'''</div>
Bastia is a wealthy and luxurious country that has lately fallen into unstable economic times. They have a similar culture to Anaxas, though they are distinct for their appreciation of the arts, fashion and fine living, and do not obsess over knowledge in the same way.
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<span style="color:red;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</span>
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[[File:Kingdom-of-mugroba.png|link=Mugroba|frameless|center|400px]]
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=====[[Mugroba| <i class="fa fa-map-marker" aria-hidden="true"></i> Mugroba]]=====
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Mugroba is a vast desert nation located to the north of Anaxas. It is a prosperous and spiritual country, and Anaxas' greatest ally. Mugrobi people worship the water, which they depend on for trade. As of 2720, Mugroba is now the seat of the [[Politics | Symvoulio]], the overarching unified government that keeps the very different Six Kingdoms working together.
  
*[[Florne]] - capital city
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is [https://anaxasdiaries.com/viewforum.php?f=103| open for play] <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i>].'''</div>
*[[Destelagne]] - city that is a popular artists' haven and fashion capital
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*[[Mers]] - a city famous for its academics (and beautiful women)
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*[[Glorenn]] - a town known for its fine vineyards
 
*[[Preville]] - a small provincial town whose economy depends on textile exports
 
*[[Destiet]] - a village by the northern border
 
*[[South Pans]] - a city by a river, a vacation spot for many fashionable galdori
 
*[[Scourie]] - a remote human village
 
*[[Edelagne]] - a central farming county
 
*[[Roheath]] - a largely wick establishment in the forests
 
  
==[[Gior]]==
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==The Lost Kingdoms==
Gior, a kingdom to the south of Anaxas, is a beautiful and natural country with many livestock farmers. The galdori live in canyons, in cities carved out of mountains.
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===Naulanon===
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The deep forests of Naulanon are mostly uncharted, but the tales related by explorers tell of vast tribes of galdori, uncivilized and rough, and of bodily sacrifice to the Death god Naulas. It is a terrifying and dark place, and only the bravest dare venture there.
  
<span style="color:red;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</span>
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According to various accounts, there does not seem to be a human population in Naulanon; the popular theory is that the humans were all sacrificed to the gods centuries ago.
  
==Naulanon==
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</div></div>
The deep forests of Naulanon are mostly uncharted, but the tales related by explorers tell of vast tribes of galdori, uncivilized and rough, and of bodily sacrifice to the Death god Naulas. It is a terrifying and dark place, and only the bravest dare venture there.
 
  
According to various accounts, there does not seem to be a human population in Naulanon; the popular theory is that the humans were all sacrificed.
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===Shotha===
 
 
==Shotha==
 
 
Shotha is the southernmost country in the Ten Kingdoms, and also the most mysterious. It is a primitive jungle kingdom that has limited contact with the outside world.  
 
Shotha is the southernmost country in the Ten Kingdoms, and also the most mysterious. It is a primitive jungle kingdom that has limited contact with the outside world.  
  
In the lush forests of Shotha, a race of humans and galdori live together peacefully, defying all convention. Among the ruins of an even more ancient civilization a rare example of cooperation thrives, baffling all who visit.
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In the lush forests of Shotha, a race of humans and galdori live together peacefully, defying all convention. Among the ruins of an even more ancient civilization a rare example of cooperation thrives, baffling all who visit ... should they survive.
  
The borders to this country are closed off.
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<div style="text-align:center">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</div></div>
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==Vezzea==
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===Vezzea===
 
Vezzea is mostly a petrified forest of thick and tall trees. The area is largely unexplored - the last societies of tribal galdori are said to have died out many years ago. Hatchers roam the land now, making it impossible to get very far into the territory.
 
Vezzea is mostly a petrified forest of thick and tall trees. The area is largely unexplored - the last societies of tribal galdori are said to have died out many years ago. Hatchers roam the land now, making it impossible to get very far into the territory.
  
<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</div>
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</div></div>
  
==[[Roannah]]*==
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===Roannah===
 
Once a thriving and powerful nation, Roannah was reduced to cinders after the War of the Book. It is now covered by covens of hatchers and thought to be cursed.
 
Once a thriving and powerful nation, Roannah was reduced to cinders after the War of the Book. It is now covered by covens of hatchers and thought to be cursed.
  
<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</div>
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<div style="text-align:center;">'''This Kingdom is currently closed for play.'''</div></div>
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<p style="line-height:1.25em; font-size:.8em; font-family:'Metamorphous', serif; text-transform:uppercase; ><strong>PLEASE NOTE:</strong><br>
 
<p style="line-height:1.25em; font-size:.8em; font-family:'Metamorphous', serif; text-transform:uppercase; ><strong>PLEASE NOTE:</strong><br>
 
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<br>
While your character can come from any of the Six Kingdoms that are united, <br>
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While your character can come from any of the Six Kingdoms, <br>
 
they cannot hail from Naulanon, Shotha, Vezzea, or Roannah.</p></div>
 
they cannot hail from Naulanon, Shotha, Vezzea, or Roannah.</p></div>
  
==Maps==
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==Vitan Life==
*[[:File:Worldmap-fullsize.jpg|Map of Anaxas]]
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*[[:File:Brunnholdmap.jpg|Map of Brunnhold]]
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*[[:File:Mapofoldrose.jpg|Map of Old Rose Harbor]]
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=====[[Fauna]]=====
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=====[[Flora]]=====
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<li>[[Flora | Vitan Flora]]</li>
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<li>[[Drugs | Drugs in Vita]]</ul></div>
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[[Category: Geography]]
 
[[Category: Geography]]

Latest revision as of 09:05, 5 May 2020

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Introduction

This page lists the Ten Kingdoms, and individual cities within them. Click on the names of each kingdom to see the main article for that kingdom. The individual kingdom articles have information about the country as a whole, while the location links have information about the city, town, island or area as well as links to specific RP locations. Some town names are not described with a link; you're welcome to use your imagination, and reference these locations in your character's backstories or roleplay.

Below the list of Kingdoms, you will find links to maps of the Ten Kingdoms (the Headlands and the Vales), including a detailed map of Anaxas.

Please see the Travel Times for an idea of how long it takes to get around the main areas of Anaxas and beyond by various transportation methods.

The Six Kingdoms

The remaining six kingdoms have very different, autonomous governments and cultures, all with galdori in power over the so-called lower races. They are ruled by an overarching government, called the Symvouli that rotates from one Kingdom to the next every ten years, following a cycle that has been adhered to for centuries.

Kingdom-of-anaxas-header.png
Anaxas

Anaxas is known throughout Vita as a successful and advanced kingdom, but unfortunately, it is also one burdened by the constant threat of civil war. The social situation in Anaxas is volatile and oppressive. Plagued with unrest and political turmoil, racial tension and derision, this Kingdom is attempting to lead by example when it clearly isn't.

The roots of the Resistance are here in the shadow of the most prestigious magic school in the Six Kingdoms, Brunnhold.

This Kingdom is open for play .
Kingdom-of-bastia.png
Bastia

Bastia is a wealthy and luxurious country that has lately fallen into unstable economic times due to irresponsible deforestation and poor economic decisions. Bastians have a similar culture to their Anaxi neighbors, though they are distinct for their rather zealous appreciation of the arts, fashion, and fine living.

They also do not obsess over knowledge in the same way, far more focused on creative expression than academia when it comes to monic relationships.

This Kingdom is open for play .
Kingdom-of-hesse.png
Hesse

Located to the south of Anaxas, Hesse is a rugged kingdom best known for its gold mines and the dying art of drake taming. Hesseans are known to be a people who respect physical prowess and cunning, even more so than most of their galdori counterparts, and their appreciation of strength and the outdoors is unrivaled in the Six Kingdoms.

Ritualized combat and magical dueling are a huge part of Hessean culture, considered the most feared in all of the Six Kingdoms.

This Kingdom is currently closed for play.
Kingdom-of-hox.png
Hox

Hox is a mountainous, isolationist kingdom located north of Mugroba. Its society is reserved and quiet, known for its hardy independence and rich spiritual culture lived in defiance of the harsh, frozen landscape. Having recently rejoined the Symvoulio with great reluctance, Hox is attempting to navigate relating to the other Kingdoms very carefully.

This Kingdom is open for play .
Kingdom-of-gior-header.png
Gior

Gior, a kingdom to the south of Anaxas, is a beautiful and natural country with many livestock farmers. The galdori live in canyons, in cities carved out of mountains themselves, deep in their depths. Giorans of both human and galdori decent value hard work and independence, even if they live almost completely separate lives from each other.

This Kingdom is open for play .
Kingdom-of-mugroba.png
Mugroba

Mugroba is a vast desert nation located to the north of Anaxas. It is a prosperous and spiritual country, and Anaxas' greatest ally. Mugrobi people worship the water, which they depend on for trade. As of 2720, Mugroba is now the seat of the Symvoulio, the overarching unified government that keeps the very different Six Kingdoms working together.

This Kingdom is open for play ].

The Lost Kingdoms

Naulanon

The deep forests of Naulanon are mostly uncharted, but the tales related by explorers tell of vast tribes of galdori, uncivilized and rough, and of bodily sacrifice to the Death god Naulas. It is a terrifying and dark place, and only the bravest dare venture there.

According to various accounts, there does not seem to be a human population in Naulanon; the popular theory is that the humans were all sacrificed to the gods centuries ago.

This Kingdom is currently closed for play.

Shotha

Shotha is the southernmost country in the Ten Kingdoms, and also the most mysterious. It is a primitive jungle kingdom that has limited contact with the outside world.

In the lush forests of Shotha, a race of humans and galdori live together peacefully, defying all convention. Among the ruins of an even more ancient civilization a rare example of cooperation thrives, baffling all who visit ... should they survive.

This Kingdom is currently closed for play.

Vezzea

Vezzea is mostly a petrified forest of thick and tall trees. The area is largely unexplored - the last societies of tribal galdori are said to have died out many years ago. Hatchers roam the land now, making it impossible to get very far into the territory.

This Kingdom is currently closed for play.

Roannah

Once a thriving and powerful nation, Roannah was reduced to cinders after the War of the Book. It is now covered by covens of hatchers and thought to be cursed.

This Kingdom is currently closed for play.

PLEASE NOTE:

While your character can come from any of the Six Kingdoms,
they cannot hail from Naulanon, Shotha, Vezzea, or Roannah.

Vitan Life