The Forgotten Plateau is one of the 4 continents. It is very far south, and thus is very icy. The weather variation is quite extreme, with a tendancy for long winters with long nights, and very short summers. At the most southern points, it can stay in a perpetual winter night for half a year as it's tilted away from the sun, then the summer lasts the rest of the year in perpetual sun and slightly warmer day. The bitter cold is an extreme environment to live in, and thus the populations of settled peoples are smaller and prefer the more northern edges of the landmass. Some races are more able to cope with the extreme cold weather better, and set up nomadic tribes further south, but these are usually less than 100 strong, and very rare to encounter.