Bas-Lag

Overview

Bas-Lag consists of several continents and large oceans that extend thousands of miles to the south, east, and west of the Rohagi continent. Much of the world is uncharted, and it may actually be infinite in size. Native predatory wildlife is generally extremely dangerous, and the danger is only compounded by a variety of natural and unnatural hazards.
Bas-Lag is located on one plane of existence, out of several. Other planes include the plane of Hell, a brine-dimension inhabited by gargantuan sea-life, such as the Avanc, a plane inhabited by large, extra-dimensional spiders with overdeveloped senses of aesthetics called Weavers, and the multiple planes inhabited by certain kinds of wildlife, such as Slake Moths.

Geography

The geography of Bas-Lag is unclear, owing in large part to the numerous hazards on both land and water. Passages from Ghosthead literature, such as The Verses of the Day and the Imperial Canon, indicate that Bas-Lag may be an "infinite plateau", in contrast to the spherical planets and stars that populate its night sky.

Continents

While Bas-Lag may well extend indefinitely in all directions, currently only three continents are known for certain to exist:

• Bered Kai Nev - A continent to the far east of Rohagi. It is the ancestral homeland of the Elves, although it was ravaged by a plague known as The Ravening several hundred years ago.
• Rohagi - The main continent seen in the Bas-Lag Cycle. It is dominated by a large inland sea known as the Cold Claw Sea, as well as smaller bodies of water called the Cold Claw Sound and Cold Claw Loch, respectively. The south of Rohagi is dominated by the Galaggi Veldt, mountain ranges, and the treacherous Cacotopic Stain. The southernmost tip is composed of a peninsula known as the Cymek Desert. The north of the continent is cold, and home to both tundra and mountains. Rohagi's most powerful city-states are New Crobuzon, followed by Tesh, the Gengris, and High Cromlech.
• Shoteka - A continent with a warm climate, located to the south of Rohagi. The only known city-state on this continent is the Witchocracy.
• Fractured Land - A distant, almost-mythical continent located thousands of miles away from Rohagi, on the other side of the Scar. It was severely impacted by the Ghosthead Empire's arrival and the release of Possibility from their landing site. It is home to a wide, poorly catalogued variety of improbable and incredibly hostile wildlife.

Oceans and seas

• Hidden Ocean - The body of water adjacent to the Empty Ocean, located several thousand miles from the Rohagi continent. The surface of the ocean is largely barren, although numerous strange lifeforms survive deep underwater.
• Rime Ocean - A frigid ocean located in the northeast of Rohagi.
• Swollen Ocean - A large ocean located to the southeast of the Rohagi continent. It is home to several city-states.
• Gironella's Dead Sea - A body of water that has inexplicably ossified.

Other landmasses

• The Shards - Thousands of miles to the south of Rohagi is an area known as the Shards, a huge island chain. The southernmost parts of the Shards are close enough in proximity to the Fractured Lands to allow for direct or indirect trade.

Type

Landmass