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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. | ||
==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 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 [[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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==Geography and Climate== | ==Geography and Climate== | ||
[[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]] | |||
Elondor is located immediately north of the [[Nokim|continent of Nokim]], mostly separated by the [[Timesthe|Sea of Timesthe]], but at their closest point, the [[Seligonian Trident]], only about 7.5 [[Units of Measurement|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, giving it an upper-central position, entirely in the northern hemisphere, between the continents of [[Eren]] and Nokim. The continent has a vaguely triangular shape between its corner points at [[Tár-Noldorin]], the [[Allalond]], and the [[Seligonian Trident]], with the [[Erendál|Erendál Peninsula]] emerging in its northeast and forming a fourth tip of land. An S-shaped mountain chain comprised of the [[Míbar-Hûrind]], the [[Reknayan Mountains]], and the [[Seven Rivers]], and extended by the [[Erendál|Erendál Mountains]], the highlands of [[Belkondíl]], and the mountains of [[Seligon]], cuts Elondor in half, separating the northeastern, Avalian from the southwestern, Runian part. It has three major inland sees, the [[Kalparian Sea]] in the northwest and the [[White Sea]] and the [[Gulf of Seligon|Bight of Loskilón]] on its southern shores. | Elondor is located immediately north of the [[Nokim|continent of Nokim]], mostly separated by the [[Timesthe|Sea of Timesthe]], but at their closest point, the [[Seligonian Trident]], only about 7.5 [[Units of Measurement|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, giving it an upper-central position, entirely in the northern hemisphere, between the continents of [[Eren]] and Nokim. The continent has a vaguely triangular shape between its corner points at [[Tár-Noldorin]], the [[Allalond]], and the [[Seligonian Trident]], with the [[Erendál|Erendál Peninsula]] emerging in its northeast and forming a fourth tip of land. An S-shaped mountain chain comprised of the [[Míbar-Hûrind]], the [[Reknayan Mountains]], and the [[Seven Rivers]], and extended by the [[Erendál|Erendál Mountains]], the highlands of [[Belkondíl]], and the mountains of [[Seligon]], cuts Elondor in half, separating the northeastern, Avalian from the southwestern, Runian part. It has three major inland sees, the [[Kalparian Sea]] in the northwest and the [[White Sea]] and the [[Gulf of Seligon|Bight of Loskilón]] on its southern shores. | ||