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'''Elondor''' is a small continent in the world of the [[Last Age]], home to various human [[History & Culture|societies]] and [[Languages|languages]] and the main setting of this world. It is located immediately north of the continent of Nokim, mostly separated by the [[Timesthe|Sea of Timesthe]], but at their closest point, the [[Seligonian Trident]], only about 7.5 [[Olgish Leagues apart]]. It spans just under 80 Olgish Leagues east to west between the seas of [[Avalia]] and [[Runion]] and just over 50 Olgish Leagues north to south. Located between the longitudes of 38° and 60°, it experiences mostly temperate climate, with mild frigid and subtropical areas in its northern- and southernmost regions. Human populations [[Peopling of Elondor|have settled the continent]] in two main waves before the last Ice Age. | '''Elondor''' is a small continent in the world of the [[Last Age]], home to various human [[History & Culture|societies]] and [[Languages|languages]] and the main setting of this world. | ||
==Etymology and Names== | |||
By the end of the Imperial Era, the Olgish name Elondor has come in use with the majority of societies on the continent, propagated along the official channels of the Empire. It first appears in the narrative concerning Nardin and the First Battle of Mortim-Arnim as Olg Olgish ''...elondor cún grálí srónath'' 'the all-boundary, where men dwell ', presumably denoting not only the continent but the wider domain of humans, into which the Nathari have ventured, implying their origin in a para-human, mythological plain, possibly the Underworld. The name was applied to the continent in particular no later than the 4th century B.E.B | |||
==Geography and Climate== | |||
==Human History== | |||
It is located immediately north of the continent of Nokim, mostly separated by the [[Timesthe|Sea of Timesthe]], but at their closest point, the [[Seligonian Trident]], only about 7.5 [[Olgish Leagues apart]]. It spans just under 80 Olgish Leagues east to west between the seas of [[Avalia]] and [[Runion]] and just over 50 Olgish Leagues north to south. Located between the longitudes of 38° and 60°, it experiences mostly temperate climate, with mild frigid and subtropical areas in its northern- and southernmost regions. Human populations [[Peopling of Elondor|have settled the continent]] in two main waves before the last Ice Age. | |||
[[File:Map of Elondor (ver. Summer 2021).jpg|500px|thumb|right|Composite scan of an unfinished draft map of Elondor (the [[Blue Map]])]] | [[File:Map of Elondor (ver. Summer 2021).jpg|500px|thumb|right|Composite scan of an unfinished draft map of Elondor (the [[Blue Map]])]] | ||