Scarterra
"Scarterra" refers to both the entirety of the universe but depending on context "Scarterra" can be defined as "all land everywhere" particularly when contrasted with Scaraqua which is effectively "all sea everywhere."
In context, if you the world "Scarterrans" pop up in this wiki, it essentially means "all land based mortals everywhere" as opposed to "Scaraquans" that refer to "all sea based mortals everywhere."
Scarterrans and Scaraquans can and do interact with each other but Scarterra and Scaraqua are in many ways separate worlds.
Scarterrans and Scaraquans worship the same nine gods, but with different names and slightly different personalities and goals. Scarterrans and Scaraquans speak different languages. They governed by the same laws of physics and metaphysics are the same but they have different interpretations and myths explaining them.
How Scarterrans view the sea in metaphysical terms
How Scaraquans see the land in metaphysical terms
Geography
Originally Scarterra was made up of a single pangea-like super continent with a fresh water lake in the middle of it called the Great Eye.
During the First Unmaking the Great Eye split roughly in half along the north-south axis. The new northern landmass became called Colassia. The southern land mass kept splitting and formed the continents of Umera, Penarchia, and the Island of Khemarok as well as many smaller islands.
Elemental chaos also raised new mountains and islands, the most impressive which are World Seam Mountains streching across Colassia and Umera.
Later in the Second Unmaking, Colassia split along the Demonic Strait into two land masses now called West Colassia and East Colassia.
Fauna & Flora
Similar to real earth as a baseline but with supernatural humanoids, monsters, and spirits in it.
History
In the The First Age, Scarterra was dominated by various nations and tribes of dragons.
The elemental chaos of First Unmaking wrecked the landscape and killed millions of mortals and beasts ushering in a new age.
In the The Second Age, Scarterra was dominated by various nations and tribes of elves.
The Void spawned chaos of the Second Unmaking vastly depopulated Scarterra's mortal population while causing lessor damage to the land itself.
The current age is the The Third Age, Scarterra is currently dominated by various nations and tribes of humans.
The Third Age, at least in West Colassia is split between the Ancient Era and the Feudal Era. The Feudal Era began 1837 years ago with the death of the vampire Vladimir the Conqueror. The Ancient Era began when the Second Unmaking ended and ended when the Feudal Era began.
Eight commissioned human portraits by Diana Rahfoth
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Included Locations
Included Organizations
Related Ethnicities
Related Tradition (Primary)
- Apex of Greymoria
- Apex of Maylar
- Beltaine, Spring Fertility Festival
- Dawn of Maylar
- Dawn of Nami
- demonic salt
- draconic circle plays
- eating with chopsticks
- Everyday meals in Scarterra
- Factions and Divisions within the Testers
- Full Moon Declaration Events
- Greymoria's Solace
- Greymoria's Verdance
- Hallisan's Dawn
- Hallisan's Solace
- Hosting of retinues
- How do most Scarterrans feed themselves?
- How most Scarterrans get their drinking water
- How ordinary mortals worship the Nine
- How ordinary mortals worship the Nine, work in progress
- Imbolc, the Herald of Spring
- Informal Divisions within the Lanterns
- Jelly Spear Plays
- Khemra Clerical Robes
- Khemra's Dawn
- Khemra's Dusk
- Khemra's Zenith
- Kobold birthing Treks
- Korus' Verdance
- Lucky Marriage Coins
- maleficium
- Maylar's Solace
- Mera's Dawn
- Mera's Solace
- Mera's Zenith
- Midsummer's Night
- Nami's Solace
- Nami's Zenith
- Near and Far Wedding Tokens
- nine finger cursing gesture
- Nonagons
- Phidas' Solace
- Rank and Title Among the Masks
- Rumspringa
- salt, economics
- Samhain the Day of the Dead
- satyr clop dancing
- Scarterran Hospitals
- Scarterran Inns and Lodging
- Scarterran New Year's Observances
- Scarterran opera
- Scarterran Theatre
- standard currency
- thurekal
- Tiamalan Acesension Rituals
- wedding darkness wards
- wedding rains and floods
- Winter's Eve
- Wizardry
- Zarthus' Dawn
- Zarthus' Solace
- Zarthus' Zenith
- Zodiac Holidays in general
Related Traditions
Inhabiting Species
- Air Troll
- ankhegs
- Arachpliza
- barley
- bonecrackers
- brute giants
- camazotz
- cats
- cocatrices
- common trolls
- cyclopes
- dinosaurs
- dogs
- dragon grass
- dragons
- ducks of Scarterra
- dwarves
- elemental trolls
- elves
- frog goblins
- gnomes
- goats
- goblins
- grapes
- griffins
- horses
- humans
- kalazotz
- kappas
- kobolds
- maize
- Mimics
- murder trees
- ocumati
- Pegasi
- potatoes
- rabbits and hares
- rye
- satyrs
- scale giants
- sheep of Scarterra
- spiders, general overview
- tengku
- twig blights
Related Myths
- Dominions
- Gifts
- Legend of the Silver Dragons
- Maylar Spiritually Affiliated Creatures
- Myths associated with Mera's Lake
- Second Unmaking
- the Boogeymen of the Void
- the Compact
- the Fakhari
- the first satyrs
- the Nine
- the Nine's multiple names
- The tragedy of Rusalika
- The Wrath of Jacawn
- Wurms and Wyrms, how dragons are tied to wurms
Related Professions
Related Materials
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