48 entries
Places
Cities, towns, districts and landmarks.
District10
- Blackwine AlleyBlackwine Alley is a dense and shadowed southern district of Arakcadia known for its criminal underbelly and illicit dealings, and rumoured to hide rather more than even its reputation suggests. Its crooked buildings, poor street lighting, narrow and irregular
- DocklandsThe Docklands form the principal harbour district of Arakcadia and the point of contact between the city and the maritime economy of Arakcadia Bay. The area contains piers, warehouses, boat yards, ship services, fishmongers, street vendors, customs offices, ta
- EastgateEastgate is one of Arakcadia's city gates and an important eastern approach into the inner city. It marks the transition from the outer suburbs and the wider landscape of Greater Arakcadia into the older, denser stone fabric of Arakcadia proper. As one of the
- Grand BazaarThe Grand Bazaar is the principal market district of Arakcadia and one of the most active commercial spaces in the Mediata Savannah. Situated on the southern bank, it is characterised by dense and irregular streets, a vast array of vendors, the constant press
- HighgardenHighgarden is an affluent residential district on the northern bank of Arakcadia, known for high-end residences, landscaped paths, civic quiet, and carefully maintained public spaces. It is one of the most desirable addresses in the city and home to some of Ar
- Highriver DistrictThe Highriver District is one of Arakcadia's most important political and diplomatic precincts, situated on the northern bank of the Emerald River in the heart of the city's institutional core. It contains embassies, council offices, elite residences, religiou
- RivergateRivergate is a south-bank river district in Arakcadia with shops, taverns, apartments, wharves, and canal access. It is one of the primary lodging and transit areas for travellers entering the city by water or moving between districts, and it functions as a ke
- SilverleafSilverleaf is a comfortable riverfront residential district on the southern bank of Arakcadia, situated along the Emerald River frontage east of Rivergate. It contains brick townhouses, taverns, narrow streets, and properties backing onto the water. Its reside
- Temple DistrictThe Temple District is the primary religious precinct of Arakcadia, located on the southern bank. It contains temples, prayer spaces, religious communities, public ritual areas, and waterside places of worship serving the city's diverse faiths. The Temple Dist
- The MusesThe Muses is the principal entertainment district of Arakcadia, located on the southern bank. It contains taverns, theatres, fighting pits, music venues, games, races, arenas, and nightlife alongside religious spaces and artistic venues, making it one of the m
Town9
- AlenezAlenez is a bustling port town on the island of Droshdech, situated on the coast facing the Iridium Channel. It serves as a significant point of arrival and departure for maritime traffic visiting the island, handling both passenger and cargo trade. The town i
- EasthillsEasthills is a large town located north-east of Lyikdia in the southern Mediata Savannah, situated at the base of the Itumue Mountains. It is a member settlement of the Arakcadian Congress and one of its more prominent members among the frontier settlements of
- EbonridgeEbonridge is a frontier town in the Destitute Lands, the lawless south-eastern region of Canaan. It is controlled de facto by House Grey, a criminal syndicate that dominates the settlement through slave trading and systematic intimidation. Ebonridge has no aff
- LyikdiaLyikdia is a small rural town in the southern Mediata Savannah, situated on the Bronze Track at the last point of organised civilisation before the Destitute Lands. It is an independent community and ally of the Arakcadian Congress, maintaining its own democra
- Port WoliferPort Wolifer is a port town on the western shore of the Mediata Savannah, situated in a natural basin on Arakcadia Bay. Unlike the smooth, bowl-shaped basin of Arakcadia to the north, Port Wolifer occupies a far more irregular terrain: a landscape of rocky out
- SalvajesSalvajes is a settlement on the western island of the Islands of Spelora, an archipelago in the Soual Ocean to the far south of the Canaanese mainland. The western island is the safest and most accessible of the four major islands in the archipelago, and Salva
- SerpanaiseSerpanaise is a small, swampy town built on stilts at the southern edge of Canaan, situated in the Destitute Lands approximately a day's journey west of Vainlake. It is one of the last settlements before Veurim territory and is characterised by its lawless, un
- VainlakeVainlake is a coastal trading town located on the Empire Tribe Road on the southern coast of the Destitute Lands, a few blocks from the shore of the eastern Soual Ocean. It is a decently sized settlement that serves as a commercial and social waypoint for trav
- ValamValam is a town in the central lowlands of the Enchanted Rivers system, situated within the Xeamian Ruins in the Mediata Savannah region of Canaan. It is the only major surviving town from the Xeamian Empire, the south-central Canaanese empire that was destroy
Landmark7
- Delilao CrossroadsThe Delilao Crossroads is a major overland junction in the central Mediata Savannah, situated where the Bronze Track meets the branch roads leading east toward Easthills and west toward Port Wolifer. It is the principal navigational landmark of the southern Br
- Gilded PlazaThe Gilded Plaza is the principal public square of Arakcadia and one of the city's most important gathering places. Located on the southern bank, it functions as a centre for civic announcements, markets, performers, job postings, popular assemblies, and publi
- Raven TowerRaven Tower is a sealed tower in Highgarden, the affluent northern district of Arakcadia. It is older than the district around it and older than any civic record of it: its single door has been shut for longer than living memory, and no owner, builder or keepe
- Solix TempleThe Solix Temple is a prominent Uinheit temple in the Temple District of Arakcadia, known for its rounded roof, warm interior light, and gemstone ornamentation. It is one of the most regularly attended religious buildings in the city and a landmark of the sout
- Temple of the CirclesThe Temple of the Circles is a refined Uinheit temple in The Muses district of Arakcadia, dedicated to a circle of related deities including Sehanine, Athea, and Isa. It is known for its quiet atmosphere, central fountain, and carefully maintained interior — q
- The DomeThe Dome is the largest public entertainment venue in Arakcadia and the most prominent arena in The Muses district. It hosts a regular programme of arena events, races, competitions, and public spectacles, drawing audiences from across the city and from the wi
- The KamatelThe Kamatel is the seat of government of Arakcadia and the most important administrative complex on the Mediata Savannah. Located on the northern bank of the Emerald River, it is the physical centre of Arakcadian civic authority: the place where the Arakcadian
Geographical Feature4
- Dalthos' PeakDalthos' Peak is the highest point on the continent of Canaan, a summit in the Itumue Mountains that rises 18 kilometres into the sky — a height that places it far above the breathable atmosphere of the planet. No person has ever reached its summit. The mounta
- Rosecoln BayRosecoln Bay is a small inlet on the north shore of the Rosecoln Channel, at the edge of the Enchanted Forests beside Rosecoln Point. The channel is the strait at the heads of Arakcadia Bay that connects the bay with the Joale Ocean, and the inlet provides she
- Rosecoln PointRosecoln Point is a port town on the north shore of the Rosecoln Channel, where Arakcadia Bay opens to the sea. It is governed by a mayor and its own council of governors, and its harbour and lighthouse make it a regular stop for ships entering and leaving the
- The Soulless PeaksThe Soulless Peaks are a remote and forbidding mountain area in the south of Canaan, rising south of the Veurim Empire's central territory and inland of the coast near Allerest Wharf. First impression The name alone — the Soulless Peaks — marks this as a place
Settlement4
- BritanniaBritannia is a young settlement of the Zilaphelian Kingdom, situated east-centrally within the western coastal region on the edge of the Enchanted Forests. It lies north-east of the Teal Lagoon, which sits in the middle of the forest. Zilaphelian records date
- HapolsteinHapolstein is a settlement in the river valley at the foothills of Dalthos' Peak, the highest mountain on the continent. It sits within the Enchanted Rivers river system, which descends from the Itumue Mountains and flows southward and westward through the cen
- Lelse ThalasLelse Thalas is the Elven settlement on the main island of the Aywin Islands in Arakcadia Bay, known to its inhabitants as Tihétia. It is the only settlement in Canaan populated exclusively by an Elven society. It falls within the protection Arakcadia extends
- MjovadalrMjovadalr is the only well-known permanent settlement situated within the Itumue Mountains, located in the eastern high peaks of the mountain range. It is a Dragonborn-dominant community and stands in marked contrast to the rest of Canaanese settlement pattern
City3
- ArakcadiaArakcadia is a major city-state in central Canaan, located at the absolute eastern point of Arakcadia Bay in the Mediata Savannah. Built around the Emerald River, which flows through the city and into The Jade Oasis, Arakcadia is one of the continent’s princip
- MyrefallMyrefall is a rough desert city in the Destitute Lands, located in the arid interior north of Vainlake. It is a lawless settlement characterised by mud-filled streets, basic mud and brick construction, and a thriving drug trade. The city has an active nightlif
- PoseiraPoseira is an underwater city beneath the seas of Canaan, known to few surface-dwellers. Sailors' stories hold that strange currents and living waters move around it. The city's architecture includes both upside-down and right-side-up sections, and it maintain
Body of Water2
- Arakcadia BayArakcadia Bay is the largest body of inland water in Canaan, located in the centre-west of the continent within the Mediata Savannah. It forms one of the two principal geographical features that divide the continent — alongside the Itumue Mountains — and its p
- Soual OceanThe Soual Ocean is the body of open water lying to the south and southeast of Canaan, forming the continent's southern and southeastern maritime boundary. It is one of the two major oceans that border Canaan — the other being the Joale Ocean to the northwest —
Institution2
- Grand ConservatoryThe Grand Conservatory, popularly called the Grand Observatory, is a scientific institution in Highgarden, the affluent northern district of Arakcadia, dedicated primarily to the study of astronomy and celestial phenomena. It is one of the most important centr
- Great Library of ArakcadiaThe Great Library of Arakcadia is the foremost library in Canaan and one of the most celebrated institutions of the Arakcadian Congress. Situated in the Great Library precinct on the northern bank of the Emerald River, it contains extensive collections on hist
River2
- Emerald RiverThe Emerald River is the principal river of central Arakcadia and one of the defining geographical features of the Mediata Savannah. It flows through the city of Arakcadia and into The Jade Oasis to the east, forming the primary internal waterway around which
- Ruotern PassagewayThe Ruotern Passageway is a river that flows southward from the waters of Arakcadia Bay, winding between the territory of the Veurim Empire to the west and Lyikdia to the east before curving eastward toward the Iridescent Woods and forming a delta in the vicin