Andrew Michael Miller's Thought Backlog
Writer and working Agile professional. Author of Pancho's Fall.
Far to the south of the western coast of Caelon lies an archipelago of islands referred to by sailors as The Untamed Isles. Located directly to the west of the Cataclysmic Lands, the tropical climate remains roughly the same temperature year-round. While this may seem like a perfect equation for an island paradise, the isles have earned their name through word of mouth and legends associated with them.
Approximately 120 miles upriver from Casa Buraca, past other small settlements of Esken and Cinoca, lies an unassuming little town called Colena. Nestled on a hill in the mountain valley, Colena traces its roots back to the expeditions out of the White Walled City. The history of exactly who the first settlers to the area were are not recorded locally, and the town's remote location between mountains too tall to traverse offers little evidence as well. Because of the geographical distance between it and any major hold on the peninsula, Colena's origins are vague in public records as well.
Prior to the Inferno of Caelon in 938 A4 that permanently destroyed much of the lush forests that covered the land, the concept of poaching was not a major offense throughout the land. While specific sections of the forests near each keep were off-limits for commoners, poaching on the land was not considered a critical issue that required punishment. The Inferno changed all of that for centuries to come.
While the City of Vestilla is easily one of the most defensible fortresses in the entirety of Caelon due to its location settled high in the northern mountains, it must be said that much of its current success as a kingdom relies on the port to the northwest, the town known as La Casias. Until the unification of the lordships under King Francisco Ávalos I described here, La Casias thrived due to its geography, easily becoming one of the most powerful houses in the region now known as the Kingdom of Vestilla. Positioned on the coast of the Mar de Comercio and reachable only by sea and through a pass in the mountains far too narrow for an army to easily pass through, the town has thrived for hundreds of years under the Nadario family, the first dwellers in the specific region post-reclamation.
(Fantasy) In the southern part of the Great Continent of Secessia, far beyond the Holy Realm of Torium lies the Southern Tribeland, the place of a thousand tribes. The lands are so filled with unique tribes that, for Caeloni diplomats and merchants, it is nearly impossible nor worthwhile to develop strong social bonds with the people of the land. Therefore, communication and trade between northern kingdoms and the Southern Tribeland are simply not attempted at any significant rate.