Skara Thrae
Skara Thrae is a cluster of islands off the coast of Saarland. The main island is surrounded by cliffs and has no real harbor. The population is divided into five clans: Arran, Barra, Kallan, Traiga, and Rannoch. There was a sixth clan, the Haggas, but they were exiled from the island hundreds of years ago. The Warlord Ryde leads the Thraen Confederacy of the five clans. Ryde is from Clan Kallan. Ryde’s wife is Seressa, and he has two children, Talbot and Celestine. The family has two royal wolfhounds: Cynwulf and Valhund. Their home is Lugershall on the island of Andover, southeast of the big island.
The Thraen government consists of Ryde the Warlord, Usk the Axminster (executioner, enforcer, and sheriff), the Sage Lang Regis, and the Confederacy Council. The Highlanders in the northeastern part of Skara Thrae are not part of the confederacy. They are a loose collection of smaller clans that swear fealty to no central leader.
Thuro, of Clan Traiga, is Ryde’s main rival. Thuro’s home is the castle Tantagnel, at the northwest corner of the main island.
Ryde has maintained an isolationist policy. The island has two exports: the Poma dogs, and horses. The Thraens only rarely import various necessities.
There is a rare form of hybrid gate on the island in the ruins of Draken Cor in Grimthorne Swamp. It is both a Landgate and a Worldgate.
Orbis Kalnaroag descriptio (Atlas of Kalnaroag)
Astronomical Facts:
• Kalnaroag means “5th of Roag,” or the fifth planet in the Roag system
• Kalnaroag is slightly larger than earth, resulting in higher gravity (1.2 G)
• Year= 437 days
• Day= 32 earth hours
• Three moons: Asa, Mora, Damon
• Gallinor: silver arch at outer edge of atmosphere
Terrestrial Facts:
• Planet was terraformed by Yggda to resemble earth
• Five continents
• Main land masses: Kalarch and Vaeland
• Main seas: Mar sur, Mar boreas, Sarlassa
• Three moons create powerful and complicated tidal movements
Geography:
• Kalarch
o Northlands: ice caps and tundra, mountains and fjords around Skorn
o Saarland: temperate forests and mountains
o The Waste: high altitude, cold desert
o Aijalon: subtropical forest
o Kras Xodar: mountainous plateaus
o Simperopol: warm desert area
o Southlands: tropical jungles and marshes
o Kuulian archipelago and Zarxien: tropical islands
o Eastern steppes: vast area ranging from temperate to tundra
• Vaeland: north temperate, mountains, fjords and lakes
