Urallia’s Landscape
Ohimsosorrythatihaventposteditwasbecauseofandimsorry…
Pah. I haven’t been posting because most of the stuff I’ve been doing has been visual. Like, drawn. And due to my unfortunate lack of scanner, I can’t show it to you. Please donate with all your imaginary money.
Anyway, I drew a few pictures of Urallia’s assorted environments. I’ve got really nice panoramas of the Illos wastes and the western shore. Also, Urallia now has a flag, two thin, vertical, blue bars on a white background, with three blue circles in between them. It’s very pretty. I also have a full map of the world, which I’ve been meaning to get to for a while, a trade route map for the Ulandisit Sea, an immediate vicinity map, a large-scale poster-size map or the peninsula only, and the master map of the peninsula. I feel like describing the environs now, so I will.
Northern Urallia
Primarily made up of a range of mountains that I haven’t yet named, this covers most of Urallia north of the gulf. The mountains are basically the spine of the country, with the western side covered by plains and a large forest, as well as the city of Nuran, and the eastern side by more plains, as well as the Illos wastes, an expanse of twisted, scarred rocks that covers the eastern fringe of mountains. Far to the north, the mountains dwindle to foothills, and the land is covered by the Gerios steppes, a vast plain of tall grass that covers almost a fourth of the peninsula. The north encompasses most of the farmland and rural areas, and towns tend to be smaller.
Western Urallia
Stretching from the gulf to the southern mountains, this encompasses the warm, touristed waters and the bigger cities, with Raiul, Urillos, Geriul, Sirul, and the capital at Amanil. It is cosmopolitan, warm, rich, and generally a nice place for people to live. The Amanos vale shelters a minority of the nation’s farmland, and there are irrigation channels and waterways from estuaries along the coast. The mountains shelter the valley from the harsher winds from the east, so the relatively mild winds from the gulf can warm it. The province also holds the two peninsulas along the gulf, which are much the same.
Central-Eastern Urallia
The belly of the country is the east and center, which holds the cities of Aialur, Illuran, Elluranas and Hiron, all of them veritable trade capitals. Ships move in and out, land routes and river routes thrive, and the area is generally rich and beautiful. There are three major rivers, the Leunul and the Ellul to the north and south, and the Arul to the west, which network the country from Hiron to Raiul, and there is a large plain between them, with a series of tributaries to the north.
Southern Urallia
The south of Urallia is relatively underpopulated and is effectively a huge national park. It’s incredibly beautiful, with historical sites like the ruins of Urian and the early Ural settlements along the coast, and enormous mountains toward the centre. However, the only city of note is Orulan, which is not doing terribly well economically. Most of it is fishing villages along the coast of the Ural sea.
In other news, I have finished all of Firefly. It’s still awesome, and I plan to see Serenity (the movie) again.
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