Lugubria
Lugubria is a massive island continent that floats and rotates improbably above the void. An immense marble fountain marks its exact center, and magically produces its three mighty rivers. These rivers divide Lugubria into three distinct lands, suggestive of Anaxamander's T-and-O map of Earth. Each river ends in an infinite waterfall, creating twisting rainbows in the ominous, misty depths beneath. Lugubria's underside shows evidence of various ores, crystals, and gemstones, practically inacessible to Lugubria's inhabitants.
Lugubria is orbited by twelve tiny planetoids, **each just large enough to look humorously fake and not blocking the sky, reminiscent of the scale and gravity in 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry**, arranged around Lugubria like the Ptolemaic model.
Portals to Lugubria tend to feature wardrobes and chimneys.
Lugubria is divided into four sovereign quarters, under the sway of two courts. The Summer Court and Winter Court go to war for several days as the season changes, which causes weather imbalances and rotational wobbles across Lugubria.
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