Sarlona
Sarlona is a continent in Eberron's northern hemisphere on the opposite of the globe from Khorvaire. It is the continent from which both humans and kalashtar originated. The majority of the continent is ruled by the Unity of Riedra.
Geography
Sarlona lies opposite Khorvaire and north of Argonnessen. It stretches from southern tropics to northern tundras and includes a number of inland lakes that are large enough to support navies and maritime trade. It has seas on all fronts, the Sea of Rage to the west, the White Sea to the north and the Barren Sea to the southeast. Sarlona is larger than Khorvaire, its northern apex in the Tashana Tundra measured down to its southern antapex in Adar is roughly over 3,300 mi (5,300,000 m).
Most forms of geography can be found in Sarlona from the Tashana Tundra to the plains of Syrkarn to the mountains of Adar and to the desert of Riedra. The weather in Sarlona is more unpredictable and harsher than that of Khorvaire. Sarlona has frequent and unexplainable planar effects unlike any other continent in Eberron. It is frequently the host to extraplanar breaches, manifest zones and reality storms that affect the landscape and physics of the land.
Culture and Politics
Politics are dominated by Riedra, which also takes up the bulk of the continent. The other regions of Sarlona are not ruled by any single unified nation, but instead contain a mixture of nomadic tribes and independent towns, villages, and monasteries.
Sarlona is a hub of psionic power. Both Riedra's vast settlements and Adar's mountain strongholds are renowned for their advanced psionic practitioners, with the land hosting the oldest known monastic traditions, psionics colleges, and cabals.
Since the start of the Last War, Riedra has began trading with the peoples of Khorvaire by offering needed food and medicine. Trade between Sarlona and Khorvaire has inadvertently led to the spread of the drug dreamlily and the rise of black markets linked to Sarlona. Goods like Riedran textiles, Tashanan art, and others have slowly begun making their way into Khorvaire, and Inspired ambassadors have become increasingly influential in the courts of Khorvaire.
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