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Okay I had to delete the old because I made something wrong. I have noch changed the map a little, put in some locations of the cities etc ... I know it's extremely bad but pleae forgive me, I'm a writer, nobody who can't still use piant in a good way ^^;
I hope also I've understood the thing with the paragraphs right, because there are some german-translations that were a little confusing ... I hope it is okay now ^^; I tried to make of the text ecatly 7 (long) paragraphs ...
If it is wrong this time again it's my own fault because I think I'm away for the next time (visiting parents etc) but I hope this time its okay

Beside this, this is my entry for the contest of :iconwowandwas: and it is his map, I can't draw and especially not something nice *g*


And here the guide to this map:

Loronia, a world of roughness, of surviving but also a world of absolutely beauty and wonderful natural miracles. Loronia is, like many worlds in our universe, a bridge-world. That means that many natural magical gates were positioned all over the world which connected Loronia with other worlds. The world is parted in two bigger continents and several smaller landmasses.

In the west of the world we can find the biggest continent called “Aradua”. The continent is parted in a north and a south part, both aren’t directly connected with each other, but many scientist and geologists say that both landmasses were one big continent in the past. The northern continent is the central place of living, many villages and also big cities were founded along the coasts and also in the inner of the continent, and the capital of Aradua is called “Varuna”, city of culture and society and also the residence of the royal family. The northern part of Aradua is one big country, in the past there were many little and single nations fighting against each other before everything ended in a great war which nearly destroyed the whole countryside and also many of the inhabitants of Aradua. It was the first king, Melderon, who started to unite the remaining nations to one big nation. This was also the beginning of a very peaceful area, many cities were rebuilt and the first king was elected. Today the most parts of the northern continent have been colonized and there aren’t very much places which aren’t in human hands. Although many parts of the nature are still untouched, because the royals don’t want to destroy the beauty of the nature. The climate is very mild in the central parts of the country, in the northern parts everything is a little more colder, you won’t find very much plants or trees, it’s more like a cold dessert of stone and mountains. Not many people settled down here and those who did, are mostly criminals or people who wanted to forget their past or didn’t want to be found. Aradua is the best example of a very cultured and peaceful nation, since the Great War there were no violent fighting and the focus of the country and his big cities likes on the cultural side of live. Every city has minimum one theatre and one museum, bards and poets are very notable persons and the most important and famous artists and poets started their career in Aradua. Today the capital Varuna is famous for the biggest theatre in the whole world; The Blue Eye. Here you can be sure that you’ll see all the famous artists of every nation, as long as you can buy a ticket.

In the south of the world you can find the smaller continent called “Reyeria”. Reyeria is a very beautiful country, full of plants, small nature wonders and mostly untouched by human hands. The reason for this are the inhabitants of the continent a big tribe of humans called the “Seeker”, nature bounded humans who decided to live together with the nature instead against her. The Seekers are the biggest part of inhabitants of the great country and they live in different tribes separated all over the continent. The rest of the continent is settled by some humanoid creatures like centaurs, werewolves and other nature bounded creatures. The countryside is untouched and many woods and springs are dominating the picture of this beautiful continent. There is a big mountain-chain in the west of the country, that is called the Curtain” a natural barrier from the seaside. This beauty made Reyeria often to a great part in the colonial and settlement plans of other nations. But every try to colonize and rule Reyeria failed because of one fact; a strong alliance between the Seeker and the other inhabitants. Usually they don’t fight and live with each other but every time strangers try to built their cities or settlements somewhere, they work together against the intruders.
Today no of the bigger forces is really interested in this country, the reason is simple; it would cause too many problems and too much trouble to conquer and dominate this continent than it would be useful for the bigger nations. Another reason is that especially the inhabitants of Aradua accepted the natural independence of Reyeria, a conquering of the world would cause a big chain of protests worldwide and no government want to risk this fact. So it isn’t very a miracle that Reyeria has no capital city, the most tribes are very small and try to live in balance with the nature. The biggest tribe is settled in the north at the part of the continent, where Aradua and Reyeria are close to each other. This tribe is called the “Enerina” also called the guardians. They are calling themselves the protector against every enemy from the north but since Aradua accepted the independence of the continent, they became silent. Reyeria has no special diplomatic contact to other nations they want just one thing; to be on their own.

Finally if you look to the east you see two smaller continent. The one who is closer to Aradua is called “Berenda” and it’s the home of a trader nation called the Volarnia. The people in Volornia are proud of the fact that the whole world is independent from their country because only on Berenda you can find a special kind of resource; a crystal called Tibra. Tibra is the strongest and most sharp material in the world and is used worldwide for the buildings of constructions, smaller machines and especially tools and weapons. Many mining-corporations worldwide are dependent on Tibra because it isn’t possible to win the natural ores from the inside without drillers and other tools made of this material. Because of this fact the Volarnias have a monopoly on the whole trade with this crystal that is very expensive and rare. There are only three really big cities on Berenda; Bernheim, Tibrania and Bajard. These three cities include the most of the small population of the continent, of course there are also a few smaller cities and villages but they don’t reach a population of over 200 people. Another special way of the inhabitants is the fact that they are building their cities only at the coast, in the inner land you won’t find any villages. Nobody know the real reason for this, only rumors. Some people say that the Volarnians believe that monsters are living in the deep of the continent, other say that they just love the sea and other say they want to be prepared if somebody would try to invade their country. Although they are the richest country, the inhabitants of Berenda don’t have a big army. They don’t want to force their own people to give their life and so the only army of the country is built of hired mercenaries and soldiers. In all political ways the people of Berenda try to be neutral and don’t prefer anybody. On the geographic side there isn’t very much special to say about the continent. There are several tibra mines, most of them are under the earth and not inside of the bigger mountains. The nature is mostly untouched by the inhabitants, they focus their business completely.


At least we have the continent “Ragran” in the east Ragran is the home of a very expansive and proud nation; the Lethraen. The history of ragran is bloody like the one of Aradua but instead of working finally together in peace, the Lethraen started to destroy every of the other tribes or nations on the two main islands of the country. The “War of Ragran” lasted finally 200 years until the last enemy was destroyed and the Lethraen called themselves the ruler of the whole country. There are many smaller cities all over the continent, the most are captured cities of enemy nations that were filled with the own people. The Lethraen are called merciless, nobody survived their great domination; after a city was conquered all inhabitants were killed or enslaved. The capital of the two big isles is “Lethranar” the origin of the dominators, here also the emperor lives. You can find Lethranar on the eastern of both isles. The countryside of ragran is affected by the long war, there are mostly badlands or stone-deserts, the rare natural healthy places are close to die, the whole country isn’t alive anymore. Cultural live in Ragran isn’t the same than in Aradua: gladiator arenas, animals fights and shamanic temples are dominating the cities, theatres or similar are unknown, there is no need for something. Everybody who knows the Lethraen know that they are a nation of fighting and war and some rumors are telling about that troops should be moved into the bigger harbor cities. Some people say they want to settle and conquer all the small isles around the two main-isles, other are saying that soon the ships will find their destination in Berenda or Reyeria. Other are saying that this would be the end of the emperor because the Ragran are a very unstable nation; a revolution could break out every day and a new leader would fight for his place. Maybe that’s one of the reason why there is no second Great War.
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When does your contest end btw?

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Oh wow! Super impressive work :O

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Thanks but the map isn't my work, its wowandwas map, like you see on the watersign
Ya, :>

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Great job of the pic and the story behind it is so cool.
Thanks :) Hope I have enough chances
I take my hat off to you!
Excellent work!

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