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<blockquote data-quote="GuardianLurker" data-source="post: 1920457" data-attributes="member: 786"><p><strong>On Olerra</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Waterfall of Doom:</strong> a waterfall one mile high and 150 miles long. You can hear it easily within two day's travel; within one day's you may go deaf , depending on how close you come and for how long.</p><p></p><p><strong>The River of Peril and River of Death:</strong> two mortal-made rivers each 20+ miles wide and over 150 miles long. They were cut through an enclosing mountain chain to drain an ocean before it flooded everything within the mountain range. The River of Death ends at the Waterfall of Doom.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Azmar Ocean:</strong> The aforementioned ocean. Created when a wizard opened an uncontrolled, permanent, gate/rift to the Elemental Plane of Water. The drainage provided by the two Rivers keeps it from drowning half the world, and renders it fresh water.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Warm Mountains:</strong> Mountains over 15000 feet tall that have no snowline. It stays 50+ degrees in the daytime and maintains sea-level pressure all the way to the summit, where normal trees grow.</p><p></p><p><strong>An-Dro-San:</strong> The capital city of the Empire of the Free Peoples is built on pedestals than are many tens of feet tall. Arching bridges connect the buildings on top of the pedestals. A few towering spires soar into the heavens. And its white, gleaming white. Most importantly, it was built by humans, not elves.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Mage's Guild in Royin City:</strong> A slender pyramid sheathed in polished brass, with the top third being glassteel. The interior is hollow, with crytstal/glassteel bridges arching from one side to the other.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Temple of Opallen:</strong> In Karlyle, one of the three great cities of the Empire of the Free Peoples. A round temple, it's glass roof provides a clear view of the Great Moon, Opallen as long as its above the horizon. Opallen is actually the super-jovian planet that Olerra orbits, so it's *very* impressive.</p><p></p><p><strong>Seaview Hill in Miclain Pass:</strong> At the western/inner end of Miclain pass sits Seaview Hill. The road passes by the Hill on its way into the Inner Ring countries and the city of Miclain. From the top of Seaview Hill, you can see the Life River (the longest on the continent), the Stammelian Plains, and off in the distance, the silver sheen of the Azmar Ocean, many hundreds of miles away.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Great Olerran Roads:</strong> A network of mage/artifact-built roads that connect all of the major mainland cities together. Built during the Golden Age.</p><p></p><p>There's more, but that's a good representative sample. I *like* putting wonderous, magnificient things into my world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GuardianLurker, post: 1920457, member: 786"] [b]On Olerra[/b] [b]The Waterfall of Doom:[/b] a waterfall one mile high and 150 miles long. You can hear it easily within two day's travel; within one day's you may go deaf , depending on how close you come and for how long. [b]The River of Peril and River of Death:[/b] two mortal-made rivers each 20+ miles wide and over 150 miles long. They were cut through an enclosing mountain chain to drain an ocean before it flooded everything within the mountain range. The River of Death ends at the Waterfall of Doom. [b]The Azmar Ocean:[/b] The aforementioned ocean. Created when a wizard opened an uncontrolled, permanent, gate/rift to the Elemental Plane of Water. The drainage provided by the two Rivers keeps it from drowning half the world, and renders it fresh water. [b]The Warm Mountains:[/b] Mountains over 15000 feet tall that have no snowline. It stays 50+ degrees in the daytime and maintains sea-level pressure all the way to the summit, where normal trees grow. [b]An-Dro-San:[/b] The capital city of the Empire of the Free Peoples is built on pedestals than are many tens of feet tall. Arching bridges connect the buildings on top of the pedestals. A few towering spires soar into the heavens. And its white, gleaming white. Most importantly, it was built by humans, not elves. [b]The Mage's Guild in Royin City:[/b] A slender pyramid sheathed in polished brass, with the top third being glassteel. The interior is hollow, with crytstal/glassteel bridges arching from one side to the other. [b]The Temple of Opallen:[/b] In Karlyle, one of the three great cities of the Empire of the Free Peoples. A round temple, it's glass roof provides a clear view of the Great Moon, Opallen as long as its above the horizon. Opallen is actually the super-jovian planet that Olerra orbits, so it's *very* impressive. [b]Seaview Hill in Miclain Pass:[/b] At the western/inner end of Miclain pass sits Seaview Hill. The road passes by the Hill on its way into the Inner Ring countries and the city of Miclain. From the top of Seaview Hill, you can see the Life River (the longest on the continent), the Stammelian Plains, and off in the distance, the silver sheen of the Azmar Ocean, many hundreds of miles away. [b]The Great Olerran Roads:[/b] A network of mage/artifact-built roads that connect all of the major mainland cities together. Built during the Golden Age. There's more, but that's a good representative sample. I *like* putting wonderous, magnificient things into my world. [/QUOTE]
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