Édafos

Édafos is the world where our story takes place. Édafos has 5 continents, roughly 40 countries and 5 seas. In orbit of this planet are two moons, the bigger one called Titania, which shines bright in the night sky, and the smaller one orbitting Titania named Sau, which is a lot smaller and a lot harder to see.

Édafos has a circumference of roughly 33.600 miles, or 54.073 kilometers. Which makes Édafos 34,9% bigger than Earth.

Cosmology
Édafos does not adhere to the usual cosmology. Instead the world of Édafos exists in a place where the following planes of existence are accesible through various means such as spells and portals located on the planet. The planes being:


 * the Material plane (Édafos)
 * the Ethereal plane
 * the Astral plane
 * the Nine Hells
 * the Abyss
 * the Far Realm
 * the Feywild
 * the Shadowfell
 * Limbo
 * the plane of solitude

Geography
Édafos is made up of 5 different continents and 5 different seas.

Continents

 * Okaya: Okaya is in the far east of the map. It consists of 5 countries; Brior, Raya, Mirya, Freyal, and Yodroth. It is inhabited mainly by Humans, Elves, Drow, Halflings, Giants, Half Orcs, and Centaurs. The main languages spoken are Common, Elvish, and Sylvan.


 * Catar: Catar is on the far west of the map, being home to a wide array of races and people. It currently has 19 countries, but territories change hands so often, maps are rarely up to date. It is home mainly to Kenku, Kobolts, Changelings, Minotaurs, Hobgoblins, Lizardfolk, Orcs, Yuan-ti, Gith, Shifters, and Drow. They speak many languages like Undercommon, Infernal, and Abyssal, but only the best and brightest will know Common.
 * Osina: Osina is the most southern continent on the map, consisting of only 4 countries. It is home mainly to Tieflings, Bugbears, and Tabaxi, but has many other races living there as well. Its main languages are Infernal, Abyssal, Goblin, and Sylvan, Common being a popular second language.
 * Froyshau: Froyshau sits in the middle of the map, with 3 countries. It is home to Dwarfs, Genasi, Gnomes, Aarakocra, Triton, and Tortle. They speak many languages, the most used being Common, Aquan, Auran, Dwarvish, and Gnomish.
 * Yoklain: Yoklain is the 3rd largest continent after Catar and Okaya, sitting in the far north west of the world. It has 9 countries inhabited by Dragonborn, Loxodon, Goliath, Aasimar, and Firbolg. The most prominent languages are Common, Celestial, Draconic, Primordial, and Sylvan.

Seas

 * Blue Ocean
 * Dark Waters: Dark Waters is owned by the Serpents
 * Ganton Domain
 * Civilatibus
 * Lenfall: undead beasts are starting to pop up

History
The current calendar starts at the year 0, over 159 years ago. This change in dates was the result of a worldwide change, major enough to result in a new calendar, and many new countries. You see, since the beginning of written history in this world, there were 5 rulers, each having their own domain on this plane. These rulers, ‘the dragons of old’, were 5 massive dragons, the term ancient still too new to describe them. Each dragon ruled one of the continents as humanoids came to live among each other. They all ruled differently;

the golden dragon, Ceizelpot, who ruled the continent of Okaya, was a kind and caring soul, using his powers and abilities to help the people under his rule as they grew into a prospering civilisation. He was loved by all, and opened his lairs and temples up for all to enjoy.

The brass dragon, Isaphur, also known as Isaphur the voiceless, ruled the continent of Froyshau. They were kind but didn’t meddle to much with their subjects, caring more for art and trinkets. They built a hand full of temples, using them to hold competitions of great musicians, story tellers, and artists of all sorts, all to find the best of the best. They didn’t hoard gold or jewels like most dragons, instead preferring these gifts of artistry. Their biggest lair, where most of this art is being kept, is under water, in an air bubble under a sunken ship buried in the coral reef of the continents shore.

The blue dragon, Ninyu, also known as the lord of ice, ruled the continent of Yoklain. He was much like Isaphur, as he did not care much for his subject, preferring to stay alone in his lair in the frozen mountains. He had a thirst for knowledge, collecting books, scrolls, and other titbits of information. His lairs looked more like massive libraries than a standard lair.

The continent of Osina was ruled by a red dragon known as Lethu, the champion of fire. His lair sat in the heart of a volcano on the main island. He got his title by winning a fight in the volcano with a hand full of other red dragons who wanted to take over his rule. While he wasn’t the biggest, he was the smartest by far. He didn’t interfere with his subjects much, but cared for them deeply.

Lastly there was Kazin, a shadow dragon who escaped Shadowfell eons ago. He is the opposite of Ceizelpot, being known for his evil ways. His continent, Catar is still feeling the pain of his rule even now. He took from all his subjects, burning down entire cities for no reason in particular. His hoard is known as the largest treasure on the planet, though no soul has seen it and lived.

After having watched Kazin do all sorts of awful things for years, Ceizelpot decided he needed to help the people of Catar. At first the other rulers didn’t support him, forcing him to rally up the humanoids of the world, forming a secret order that would fight for world balance and rigorousness. This organisation became known as ‘The Order’. After years of resistance the other rulers joined in and a war ensued. Kazin was the most powerful of the rulers and put up a massive fight. On the final day of the war, Kazin performed a spell as a last resort, killing not only himself but all the other rulers as well. In an instant 5 being who had ruled the world since the beginning of time were gone, leaving the rest of the world to pick up the pieces.

The death of Ceizelpot, Lethu, Ninyu, and Isaphur is still mourned ever year on the day of their death; the 19th of Isian.

Catar has been in a constant state of war since the death of Kazin, fear having been the only thing keeping them from fighting for power. As resources became scares due to a blight of plagues resulting from Kazin’s final spell, people began fighting for territory and other resources. After two massive wars, lasting from the year 0 till 8 and one from the year 32 till 53, Catar is now in its third form of territory, only 3 countries currently fighting out a dispute over borders.

The disease that plagues the lands, having gotten the name ‘The Blight’, started spreading, making half the continent, and parts of Osina and Yoklain, unliveable. Not only would crops and plants start dying and turning black, but people would go sick and start mutating, until only the husk of a person was left.

The dragons were remembered by turning lairs and other places of worship into large temples to play tribute. Each of these temples has an altar, identical to the others of that continent. Rumour has it that by making the right sacrifice at the altars will light its beacon, making a beam of light shoot into the sky. If all beacons on one continent are lit, that dragon is supposed to return to the land of the living.

4 years ago the world was in shock when in Catar a beam of black light shot up into the sky, a beacon lit. It took only a couple months for a second to be lit, and 2 years after that to light a third. Everybody is waiting tensely for a fourth one to erupt into the sky. These black beams of light can be seen from all over the world, always sitting on the horizon, reaching up indefinitely into the sky.