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-However, this is broken by the Mountain Corridor, to which the Free Republic lays claim. It is a mixed land, featuring vast pastures, expansive fields, quarries, mines, and more. \\+However, this is broken by the Mountain Corridor, to which the Free Republic lays claim. It is a mixed land, featuring vast pastures, expansive fields, quarries, mines, and more.\\
 At one end lies the Violet cap, known as such due to the gentle purple shading to the rock which covers the disc in large mountain ranges and stone formations. It is rare to find soil in most of this cap, with the powerfully built races that traditionally lived here burrowing underground to make their shelter and their wealth. Following the bridging and the resultant drought (which made the only major areas of soil available unarable) many of these cave systems were repurposed to grow what fungi or animals could grow in the Underdark. The new trade connections and recent refugee waves have had a huge impact on society here - homesteads (and increasingly settlements) are being constructed from the strong hardwoods found in the corridor, and cuisines are re-adopting the fruits from the Jade disc which were luxuries when the dragon ruled the corridor. At one end lies the Violet cap, known as such due to the gentle purple shading to the rock which covers the disc in large mountain ranges and stone formations. It is rare to find soil in most of this cap, with the powerfully built races that traditionally lived here burrowing underground to make their shelter and their wealth. Following the bridging and the resultant drought (which made the only major areas of soil available unarable) many of these cave systems were repurposed to grow what fungi or animals could grow in the Underdark. The new trade connections and recent refugee waves have had a huge impact on society here - homesteads (and increasingly settlements) are being constructed from the strong hardwoods found in the corridor, and cuisines are re-adopting the fruits from the Jade disc which were luxuries when the dragon ruled the corridor.
  
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 There are no devices in widespread use for identifying these properties. Travellers rely on the quality of their map, their knowledge of the land, help from those around them, and tricks relating to certain celestial patterns. There are no devices in widespread use for identifying these properties. Travellers rely on the quality of their map, their knowledge of the land, help from those around them, and tricks relating to certain celestial patterns.
  
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-Celestial & Meteorological Happenings and Planes =====+
  
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 The major concentrations of magical power throughout the whole system make planar travel much more complicated than might be expected, so summonings from them are very rare, and travel is profoundly uncommon, with even the wisest wizards choosing not to make such journeys. The only exception is the Feywild, to which there are natural connections within the world, and is rather well explored. However, it is only stable within the Jade disc. The other known planes are the astral and ethereal planes, but some researchers theorise the existence of others. The major concentrations of magical power throughout the whole system make planar travel much more complicated than might be expected, so summonings from them are very rare, and travel is profoundly uncommon, with even the wisest wizards choosing not to make such journeys. The only exception is the Feywild, to which there are natural connections within the world, and is rather well explored. However, it is only stable within the Jade disc. The other known planes are the astral and ethereal planes, but some researchers theorise the existence of others.
  
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-Before T[[events: The Rise], most societies were atheistic, with the Orms never mentioning the existance of higher beings. Some societies do have forms of non-theistic worship though. For example, most elves follow "The Revered Ones" - historical figures who performed notable deeds. They use them as examples to base themselves upon.\\ + 
-Humans brought with themselves a religion that centred upon "Kallessin" - an abstract figure that was said to have regularly interfered in Human affairs, from their very moment of creation. However, after [[events: The Rise|]] they have not been heard from again, so few people believe anymore.+Before [[The Rise|]], most societies were atheistic, with the Orms never mentioning the existance of higher beings. Some societies do have forms of non-theistic worship though. For example, most elves follow "The Revered Ones" - historical figures who performed notable deeds. They use them as examples to base themselves upon.\\ 
 +Humans brought with themselves a religion that centred upon "Kallessin" - an abstract figure that was said to have regularly interfered in Human affairs, from their very moment of creation. However, after [[ The Rise|]] they have not been heard from again, so few people believe anymore.