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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. | '''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. | ||
[[File:The Regions of Elondor.jpg|thumb|alt=A map of Elondor showing major regions and landscapes|Non-political map of Elondor and its major regions]] | |||
==Etymology and Names== | ==Etymology and Names== | ||
By the end of the Imperial Era, the [[Olgish Language|Olgish]] name Elondor has come in use with the majority of societies on the continent, propagated along the official channels of the [[Lécaronian Empire|Empire]]. It first appears in the narrative concerning [[Nathari Invasions|Nardin and the First Battle of Mortim-Arnim]] as Old 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 [[Nárach|their origin]] in a para-human, mythological plain, possibly the [[Olgish Mythology|Underworld]]. The legend was included in the (6th century E.B.) [[Lonsorigi]] but probably dates from at least the 8th century B.E.B., with certain passages possibly even older. Originally pronounced as [ɛ.ˈlɔn.dɔɾ], with regular stress on the heavy second syllable, its frequent use by the itinerant preacher [[Dúrmin]], who in his sermons warned against a return of ‘those that dwell beyond the all-boundary’ (''grálá dess' elondor''), popularized an alternative stress pattern in the mid-3rd century B.E.B., following the strict initial stress of his native [[Olgish Language#Dialects|Ébrinine dialect]] as [ˈɛ.lɔn.dɔɾ] or [ˈe.lɔn.dɔɾ]. | |||
The name was applied to the continent in particular no later than the 4th century E.B., when the [[Edict of Corbin]] uses it explicitly in contrast to [[Nokim]]. It was later adopted by the [[Olgish Religion#Olgish Church|Olgish Church]] as their predestined domain of reach and prominently used by [[Beldárin Fadhérún]] in his campaign to gain dominion over ‘all those devout to the true faith of Ortûlék and Shéa'voch to dwell in Elondor’. With its common usage in imperial parlance, it came to be adopted in most provinces. | The name was applied to the continent in particular no later than the 4th century E.B., when the [[Edict of Corbin]] uses it explicitly in contrast to [[Nokim]]. It was later adopted by the [[Olgish Religion#Olgish Church|Olgish Church]] as their predestined domain of reach and prominently used by [[Beldárin Fadhérún]] in his campaign to gain dominion over ‘all those devout to the true faith of Ortûlék and Shéa'voch to dwell in Elondor’. With its common usage in imperial parlance, it came to be adopted in most provinces. | ||
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Its position between the longitudes of 38° and 60° north allows for the mostly temperate climate in Elondor. The southwestern corner of the continent, the southern coast of Seligon, experiences the warmest climate with mild winters and dry summers, propagated by the warm water carried north by the eastern half of the [[Timesthian Current]]. Its warmest sub-region is the plain of [[Iliatar]], which experiences hot subtropical and in exceptional years even tropical climate. As one travels west towards the Runian coast, temperatures steadily drop, still fairly warm in Old Seligon and moderate in eastern Belkondíl, but cold and harsh along the western shores of Belkondíl and Geran, and similarly on the Avalian coast of Nelkon. Aribel and Celsond cap the lower end of temperatures, with cold moderate and subpolar climate, and near-polar conditions in the north of the Randal. | Its position between the longitudes of 38° and 60° north allows for the mostly temperate climate in Elondor. The southwestern corner of the continent, the southern coast of Seligon, experiences the warmest climate with mild winters and dry summers, propagated by the warm water carried north by the eastern half of the [[Timesthian Current]]. Its warmest sub-region is the plain of [[Iliatar]], which experiences hot subtropical and in exceptional years even tropical climate. As one travels west towards the Runian coast, temperatures steadily drop, still fairly warm in Old Seligon and moderate in eastern Belkondíl, but cold and harsh along the western shores of Belkondíl and Geran, and similarly on the Avalian coast of Nelkon. Aribel and Celsond cap the lower end of temperatures, with cold moderate and subpolar climate, and near-polar conditions in the north of the Randal. | ||
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==History== | |||
''→ Main Article: [[History Outline]]'' | |||
<tr><th style="background-color:#b7b17f; text-style:bold; color:white;" colspan="4">Explore by Region</th></tr> | <tr><th style="background-color:#b7b17f; text-style:bold; color:white;" colspan="4">Explore by Region</th></tr> | ||