Set sail south from Bellatorre, and in three nights
you will reach the docks of
Port Reynaud, Equitaine’s
holdfast in
Taphria. Should you dare it, you
will never forget the nights spent in the Great
Desert, for they are terrible and fascinating all at
once. There, following the path of the Napaat river,
lie the remains of a truly ancient kingdom with
its legends of never-dying monstrosities. In the
west stand the fortresses and souks of
Qassar, full
of exotic smells and tales of evil spirits, the djinn.
In the west and southeast of the continent lie vast
kingdoms of men; the Koghi Empire and Kingdom
of Vanhu respectively. Finally in its south, the
forests around the Mfumu river are said to hide
some of the most ancient secrets of the world.
- From A New Atlas for the Ninth Age,
by
Johannes Strabo
