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=== Ephenia === | === Ephenia === | ||
Ephenia can be divided into eight parts. To the far north past the Contigian Mountains lies the Frost-Lands, home of frost giants and the northern barbarians. The mountains are treacherous to cross, and the land is covered in snow year round, so little is known of this place. It is believed that at least some of its inhabitants speak an Uppadic language similar to those spoken below in some parts of Fyrda. | Ephenia ({{IPA-all|əˈfɛniə|pron}}, Aeranir: {{IPA-all|ɛˈfɛnja|}}, from Classical Talothic: ''Ephenía'' {{IPA-all|epʰenía|}}) can be divided into eight parts. To the far north past the Contigian Mountains lies the Frost-Lands, home of frost giants and the northern barbarians. The mountains are treacherous to cross, and the land is covered in snow year round, so little is known of this place. It is believed that at least some of its inhabitants speak an Uppadic language similar to those spoken below in some parts of Fyrda. | ||
Below this lies Fyrda, or more properly High Fyrda. It is the traditional homeland of the Fyrdans as well as some Uppadi. It is divided into many smaller kingdoms and principalities. Historically the Aerans considered Fyrdans part of the northern barbarians (despite the fact that the Fyrdans were at around the same latitude as the Aeran capital of Telhramir and far to the east, as they used the Talothic reckoning of barbarians). The Fyrdans fought numerous battles against the Aerans, and were one of the few groups in Ephenia to resist Aeranid rule. Fyrda is a mountainous and heavily forested region, which perhaps contributed to its defences. | Below this lies Fyrda, or more properly High Fyrda. It is the traditional homeland of the Fyrdans as well as some Uppadi. It is divided into many smaller kingdoms and principalities. Historically the Aerans considered Fyrdans part of the northern barbarians (despite the fact that the Fyrdans were at around the same latitude as the Aeran capital of Telhramir and far to the east, as they used the Talothic reckoning of barbarians). The Fyrdans fought numerous battles against the Aerans, and were one of the few groups in Ephenia to resist Aeranid rule. Fyrda is a mountainous and heavily forested region, which perhaps contributed to its defences. | ||
The region below Fyrda was traditionally known as Valun but more recently as S'entin. | The region below Fyrda was traditionally known as Valun but more recently as S'entin. It is home to a large portion of Ephenia's arable land, especially after the Collapse. Little is known of its original inhabitants but it is thought to have been settled by Maro-Ephenians, the Anderer , around the 5th millennia BCA. It was by the Aerans around the beginning of the Imperial Period, and its wumbo were Aeranised. After the Collapse it was conquered by a Fyrdan tribal confederation called the Antines. However unlike their precursors the Aerans, they did not enforce their language upon their subjects, and instead assimilated to the Aeranid language and culture already present. | ||