Aleria

Originally a very sparsely-populated world- elves and nymphs, really, and few others. It was populated further over time by boats lost from the Mainland- pirates, pioneers, explorers, sailors.   The known world consists of three main continents: Iona, Anabru, and Lashaar. Anabru bears only a handful of city-states ruled collectively by a democratic council; Iona is divided into three (arguably four) countries and Lashaar- until recently- was home to a minimum of eight nations. In the past hundred years, however, Lashaar- once a relatively small country in the north of its continent- has expanded to fill the entire land and now looks across the ocean to Iona.   **Note: I do not own any of the character images. All credit goes to the photographers, graphic artists, and models whose likenesses I have used to represent fictional people. Please don't sue me.**