Karth

Geography

Scale - Praith to Larch is a journey of 1,250 miles, as the crow flies. Ostren to the Beast's Girdle mountains is a journey of 800 miles as the crow flies. Bahamut's Steppe - Port Vald - Praith The area extending North-West of Bahaumt's Steppe is largely dominated by a great pine forest that rolls off the mountains. This extends for around 150 miles before giving way to the North to a frozen tundra. If one travels North-West toward Port Vald, the warming effect of the sea air leads to some fertile farming soil and rolling hills extending from Vald for 100 miles or so. The tundra gives way to a rolling landscape around Praith, creating many Fjords and lakes. Pine forests sit on hillsides and the valleys create some surprisngly habitable environs for the local people. Ostren - Vayle - Far Oak - Astnor The climate of this region is temperate, perfect for farming for the small communities dotted throughout the landscape; and for wildlife in the vast tracts of untamed land. Much of the land is covered in forest of Oak, Ash and Birch. In the centre of this area are a number of towns based around profitable mining of tin and iron. The area is also heavily run through with large and small rivers running from the mountains down to the sea near Ostren - as such a number of mills supply timber here for the larger cities. Solcrest - Larch - Tarn This area boasts a slightly warmer climate where the altitude is not too high. A range of mountains called the Tarnai extends horizontally across the land, 200 miles north of Tarn and Larch. The mountains are less severe than the Beast's Girdle, but are no less impressive in places. Their slopes house picturesque meadows and mountain lakes which provide for a fairly independent local populace. A good trade in stone and ore is done between these communities and the cities of Tarn and Larch. Travelling North from Larch requires travel through the Eastsky pass. Great rivers surge from the mountains in to the Emerald Ocean. Tarn and Larch are relatively small cities and do a good trade in rare goods with inhabitants of the Desert far over the Emerald Ocean to the South. The area around Solcrest is the only are in Karth not dominated by woodland, plains or other natural environs. It is given over to farming to provide for the city. This extends 100 miles around the city. Karth is the area of land ruled over by Prince Solcrest, it is part of a larger landmass named Outer Silesia. It's Eastern edge is marked by a vast mountain range which spans from the northern lands of Praith right to the Emerald Ocean to the South. Colloquially named the Beast's Girdle, as it keeps the people of Karth safe from The Beastlands to the East.