About (disambiguation)

Description and Geography
Alia is the name given to the world by the peoples of Catalia and Medi-um. So far removed, they have no hints as to what their home was called before the Catastrophe, and almost as little to show them how their ancestors had lived. The planet is green, blue and alive, despite the years of destruction centuries ago.

Made up of four continents, two of which are part of the 'known world' to our characters, the planet is around half of the size of Earth. The planet is diverse.

Catalia
The various people of Catalia are concentrated in the three areas on the west of the continent. The largest city by space is Deputis, which is also the most affluent of the known civilisations. Whilst no longer being the most populous - with many inhabitants moving to the neighbouring Mare or Secunda in recent centuries - the city is the centre of commerce on the continent, and the centre of political power. Deputan territory covers most of the area north of the Catalian Mountains. The second largest city of the continent is Mare, situated to the south of the Mountains on the western coast of the continent. The Marish harbour holds the Empires sea power - all of its ships when not at war - as well as being the military hub. Finally, Secunda (more of a town than a city), had experienced recent growth brought about by the instability in the cities during the Unification war, having earlier been a smaller settlement used mostly as a trading post by the villages to the east of the continent.

Medi-um
The peninsula is made up of six islands, three of which were formed by the volcanic action of the Catastrophe. For most of their history, the islands had been ruled by directly elected democratic leaders - with the exception of just a few. The islands are in many places covered in dense forest, and mountains, and at almost the exact centre of Tertia is an active volcano. Each of the islands has been an independent nation since its founding, until the Great War brought each of them into the newly formed Deputan Empire.

Ungua
Large, frozen landmass to the far North and South of the world. Ungua is uninhabited. At the top of the southern hemisphere lies the Isle of Trees, sacred to the Faith. No one is allowed to go to the island, though in truth its unclear to most why anyone would - lying, as it does, at the end of the world.

Occides
The mountainous, large continent to the West, believed by the Catalians and Medi-i to be uninhabited. Due to the distance between the continents - particularly Catalia - expeditionary forces are irregular. Though none that have gone have ever returned. In truth, the continent is not uninhabited. In the city of Poli there is a civilisation as advanced as that in Deputis - built on the remains of the world of the Last Age.