Thallmar Island
Thallmar Island is the largest of the Thall Islands. It is oriented north-south with the shape of a spearhead pointed south. It has a spine of tall, rugged mountains running along its eastern side, and the ground slopes away from these mountains to the western shores. A high, wide pass exists through these mountains at roughly midpoint on the island, and allows relatively easy, safe travel east-west coast to coast.
Thallmar translates to Caldarian as "Great Thall" or "Greater Thall" and seems to denote its size in the greater island chain. Anyone speaking Fangorian would recognie this immediately, and a native speaker of Colian would have said the "proper" prononciation should be "Mar Thall", as it would be in that tongue.
The population of the island is 740,000 people. The largest city on the island is Glennhome with 40,000 people. The island is divided up into ten independent states, each ruled by a seperate tribe or clan. The three largest and most influential of these clans are the Uliadii (Glennhome), the Keenii (Clonmore) and the Dunarii (Ballydoon). For the last century, these three clans have fought several wars for control of the heart of Thallmar.
Most of the island's population is Human, but there are significant Halfling communities along the coast. There is a city-state of 15,000 Prosk'aNara Elves on the northeast corner of the island (Thalorian).
Geography
630 miles long (north to south) and 200 miles at its widest point east to west, Thallmar is nearly 89,000 square miles, or slightly large than the State of Minnesota. Highest elevation is greater than 11,000 feet (Sleevemar, or Great Mountain in Thallian).
Climate
Warm, wet summers and mild, wet winters. Snow only typically acculumates at the highest elevations during the winters. Regular rains make for a lush, green climate. Thick meadows of grass, long moors of heather and peat, forests of alder, yew, birch and spruce make the island a thousand shades of green, and have provided an obvious basis for the Caldarian name for the island, the Emerald Isle.
Fauna & Flora
Thallmar boasts the largest population of Entelodons in all the Thall Islands. Herds of as many as 60 animals have been seen running wild through the rugged central highlands of the island. Domesticated animals number in the tens of thousands, while wild entelodons number in the hundreds of thousands. With such large populations of animals available, Thallmar also has the largest population of Zoey in the archipelago. Packs of Zoey will hunt the oldest members of wild entelodon herds but will leave domesticated animals alone.
Thallmar also has the second largest number of thea farms in the islands. These farms cultivate the most popular (and valuable) varieties of thea shrubs and pack the dried leaves into small barrels for transportation to the larger cities. Some farms have become famous around the world for their particular product, and tea barrels with brands such as Ardmor, Hiller Farms, Trillyn Gold, and Balmorlynn can be found in markets from Sellenia to Colo and as far into the interior continent as Jemptal.
Natural Resources
Thallmar has an abundance of mineral wealth. No fewer than four large and insanely profitable gold mines are operating in the steep highlands west of the Uliadii city of Nocmar. In the Kingdom of the Railii near the foot of the Sleevemar is arguably the largest copper mine in the world. Dozens of iron, tin, silver and lead operations exist across the island. Large forests of fir, yew and birch are harvested, as well as the hundreds of square miles of alluvial plains along the many mighty rivers on the vast island.
Alternative Name(s)
Emerald Isle (Caldarian)
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