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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3474707" data-attributes="member: 22882">I'd say it's not supposed to be analogous to actual Africa (and certainly it's not supposed to be the source for the Keeper of the Flame's skin color <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).However, it's pretty clearly analogous to pulp Africa: an exotic place filled with ancient (and alien) ruined civilizations, savage cannibals, lost treasures, undreamt monsters, and steaming jungles.Whereas Sarlona seems to be the pulp Orient: also equipped with ancient civilizations (some ruined) and undreamt monsters, and the occasional steaming jungle, but also home to cyclopean mysticism and an immensely ancient civilization that's still around (and is generally sinister).Eberron sticks surprisingly close to its pulp roots in this regard.  The biggest difference is that Khorvaire, in its relationship with Xendrik and Sarlona, is more late 15th century than early 20th century: people in Khorvaire are aware that such places EXIST, but the vast majority have never had any contact with Xendrik's native inhabitants and, if they are aware of Sarlona's inhabitants, regard them as the masters of an awe-inspiring, much mightier civilization.</blockquote>