The Rainy Country
Summary
The Rainy Country is a land to the west of the Kcalsbury Continent, nestled between the northern Windy Country and the southern West Marches. It is the homeland of the Fey, and perhaps the most habitable of the lands currently unexplored by the mortals of Eashavar. Despite its relative habitability, the primary entrance - linking to Ahru and Eowyr - floods through three quarters of the year, and is itself incapable of permanent habitation. This has prevented colonies from moving westward, as such a trek would be a logistical nightmare, and would undoubtedly earn no favor from the protective Fey.Species
All Fey trace their lineages back to the Rainy Country, but there are Fey within its expanses that other parts of Eashavar rarely see. These Fey do not feel a compulsion to leave the Rainy Country, and tend to be far more traditionalistic than their more curious cousins. Of primary note are those who are typically, in legend, referred to as the Brightfolk, the Frogfolk, the Primefolk, and the Merfolk.Geography and Ecology
The bulk of the Rainy Country is occupied by a thick, jungly region known as the Rainy Main. Here, rain falls almost constantly, and the woods are treacherous to all but the Fey, who have protected them since time immemorial. The Rainy Main fades out into the swampy borderlands of the West Marches, beyond which the Thalgor do not dare to tread, for fear of retaliation by their own deities. In the west lies the dry chaparral known by Fey as Hora Kara, which experiences volatile wildfires during the summer season, but in which many Fey have still learned to live, traveling along with the blaze's patterns. North of these are the badlands of Nebe H'choro, where rainfall returns, albeit sparsely. At the northern extremes of the Rainy Country lie the Windy Vale and the High Pines, both of which have significant religious significance to the Fey. The latter is believed by the Fey to be the central birthplace of life on Eashavar, where the Elohim decayed and the deities arose, and this expanse is aptly named for the massive pines which it boasts, towering up towards the sky several hundred feet. According to myth, the trees only grow small towards the center, and cast a shade over the mountains that dot the High Pines' middle. The Windy Vale, on the other hand, is where the Windy Country's winds blow in, a dreaded, largely-uninhabited place that is considered to be the resting place of the Rainy Country's dragons.
Type
Continent