A description of Solurius

[b][i] Solurius is a beautiful country and I hope to help you discover how the terrain and its geographical features helped to shape the history and the lives of its peoples. Solurius is really a country of different people. Some human, some elves, some fairies, demons – well, one anyway but she’s a good demon, we even once had a giant lizard.
Solurius covers an area of 94,525 square miles. The northern most part of Solurius, Dragonskeep, is the closest to the Arctic Circle. Solurius’ western seaboard stretches 6,000 miles when following all of the indentations of the land. In all there are over 1,000 small islands, not all of which can be located on the current map.
With an intricate coastline more than 18,000 miles in length, the ebb and flow of powerful tides and a great upwelling and mixing of ocean currents on the continental shelf to the west, Solurius’ coastal waters are among the richest in the world. In spite of its latitude, Solurius enjoy comparatively warm seas due to the influence of the North Atlantic Drift, which will be discovered in later years, comes from the Gulf of Mexico. In the winter the seas around western Solurius are frequently warmer than the land, giving an equable climate. Because of the geography of the country, some 80 percent of Solurius is considered as moor, rough pasture, but the soil is rich and ideal for farming every kind of fruit and vegetable. Dairy is big industry with the farmers of Solurius.
The country is divided into 27 baronies, 18 of which have a head. Although the northern most islands of Dragonskeep are close to the Arctic, there is good grazing for cattle and sheep. Horses roam free on the plains. Solurius is a mountainous country with approximately 30% considered as “high country” or Highlands. The northern most climes are inhabited by hardy settlers that have lived there for thousands of years, even through the Dragonskeep days.
The western shores offer a mystical journey filled with stirring images of beauty, mystery and romance, which have long attracted visitors to her shores. There lie the Isle Lionwood, and the lands of Seacrest and Ravenwood. The casual visitor will not soon forget the storm-lashed rocks and the myriad swooping sea birds with their plaintive cries, or the brilliant summer sunsets. Each island has its own geographical distinction and there is incredible diversity between them. The Isle of Lions, with its rugged mountains rising to 2,866 feet is often called “Solurius in miniature” for its variety of rocks, hills, glens and lochs.
Southeast of Solurius, the rolling fields are surrounded on three sides by high hills and moors, and the frequently wild North Sea on the other side. Through the fertile valleys and meadows the majestic waters of the River Solurius, the main life blood of the land. Other rivers feed into estuaries, pastures and, with irrigation, Solurius blooms with crops.
Geographically the Highlands are all the lands and islands north of the Highland Boundary Fault line, an irregular south-west to north-east geological rift. However, Solurius’ highest villages are actually in the “Lowlands”. The great mountain ranges that give the Highlands their name lie to the center and west of the region, the east coast, with the exception of the odd spectacular mountain, is predominantly flat.
There are only a few major centers of population in Solurius; the great mass of Highlanders still live in villages and their economy is founded largely on agriculture and harvesting the sea. The highlands are abound with timber but crafting is the definitive land use in the highlands, whereas, in the east highlands, farmers have begun vast managed farms, grouped in a cooperative. The Great Glen is a 60 mile long giant cleft that cuts diagonally through the heart of Solurius. The glen was created more than 200 million years ago by a massive shift in the earth’s crust. A canal runs its length, linking a series of lochs.
The history of the indigenous people of Solurius dates back approximately to 7,000 B.C. with the hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic Age, through the Neolithic Age (from 7,000 B.C. to around 2,000 B.C.), the Bronze Age, (2,000 B.C. to around 600 B.C. and onto the Iron Age, from 600 B.C. to around 500 A.D. The exact origin of these people is unknown. Our Knowledge of the early history of Solurius is, at best, sketchy. However since the Meldrum family claimed it and called it Solurius, giving government to a people who, until then, endured clan battles for land, money, water, or whatever. Byron Meldrum the Third brought government, laws and prosperity to the lands of Solurius. With the help of many over the years Solurius has prospered. And now, dear friends, now that you have a little background into the land you have chosen to visit, welcome to Solurius!!

Wow!! I had no idea we were this big! We're ATLANTIS! We're a continent!! I mean, from the arctic to the antarctic circle is 9,000 m! Very cool, Dave. We must be shaped like a chili pepper to curve around South America. Mmmmmmm.. Chili!

Wow, just a smidge bigger than the UK! Awesome info

Small correction babe. The North Atlantic Current is connected to the Gulf Stream..not Gulf of Mexico. Much cleaner that way.

[b][i](Ah yes, but that Gulf Stream is direcly connected to the Gulf of Mexico, and I think I mentioned that it would be much later that this phenomenom would be discovered. In any case, that's nice warm water coming up from the Gulf. It didn't help the victims of the Titanic disaster since they were slightly above those waters.