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Originally Posted by Astromancer
Rhiannon
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The major continents of
Rhiannon are
Muirias , the largest by far of the continents and were almost all the colonists landed,
Falias a mountainous continent that touches
Muirias's far northwest corner,
Goirias were the Tuatha landed on the opposite side of the planet from
Muirias, and
Findias a strangely long and narrow continent, which the Tuatha chose to be the Prime Meridian for the planet.
Muirias extends from 36 degrees South Latitude to 42 degrees North Latitude. And from 51 degrees east Longitude to 153 West Longitude. There is a vast shallow gulf/bay in the north of
Muirias about twice the area of the Mediterranean. This Gulf called the Gulf of Coire Ansic after the Daga's Cauldron. This Gulf is the source of vast monsoon systems that make
Muirias fertile and green.
Falias is much smaller and colder than
Muirias and its rain shadow is the largest desert on
Rhiannon. This continent is nearly all mountains and has the planet's highest peak called Lia Fáil in the Tara range.
Goirias is a roughly hand shaped continent a hair larger that Europe and on the far side of
Rhiannon away from
Muirias and
Falias.
Goirias also has a range of climates similar to early 21st century Europe if somewhat warmer and wetter. The main community of the Tuatha is
Darien and it is located on what would be the "hand's" little finger. To the west of
Goirias is an archipelago much like Indonesia or Northern Canada. These Islands, called the Sylvans, are all named for real and fictional forests and have climates similar to early 21st century England, Ireland, and France.
Brocéliande and
Arden are the only ones with settlements.
Findias has no human settlements on it. It extends to the polar ice cap but not to the North pole. Although it could be said that
Ilbereth, the island that
Rhiannon's north pole is on, is a part of the continent of
Findias in the same way the
Faroes are a part of Europe.
Findias extends to almost the planetary equator. It is weirdly straight and narrow, but not impossibly so.
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