Tol

Tol
The home continent of humans, it borders Ekuka to the south, Itania to the north, the lands of Gamb to the east, and the Bara'al Sea to the west.

Tol is naturally sheltered by mountain ranges, which have long protected its human inhabitants from the more dangerous denizens of its neighbouring regions. Originally home to just humans, the migration of the Faun from across the Bara'al sea, as well as the halflings through the Persus Mountains, has left Tol a very diverse and multicultural continent that continues to attract the attention of outside peoples.

Geography
As a continent, Tol is home to a wealth of different climates and biomes; from the mediterraneanesque coastline, to the desertified central regions, and the damp moorland of the North. The societies of Humans, Halflings, Faun, Atroxi and more are all shaped by their surroundings; thousands of unique cultures that have each found their own means of surviving - even thriving - within the particularities of their environment.

The Meridian is an equatorial belt in the central coastal region of Tol that envelops the Pelagosian Sea. Amidst the deserts that prevail inland, the peoples of the Meridian enjoy a more temperate climate; cooling sea winds

Inhabitants
Much of Tol's population is concentrated around The Meridian

Humans
The original inhabitants of Tol, human history was for a long period one of slow expansion across the continent.

Two major "kingdoms" dominate the politics of Tol; the Lysantine Sultanate, and the Ioric League.

The Lysantine Sultanate, or just the Sultanate, is a large land based empire in central Tol, the successive Sultans each taking the name 'Lysander' upon their ascension to the throne.

The Ioric League, more commonly known as the Galen League after the lead city of the confederation, it is a league of Human and Faun cities in and around the coastal regions of the Ioric Peninsula.

Faun
Faun first arrived in ships as explorers from across the Bara'al Sea, soon afterwards setting up coastal trading settlements, or Emporiums, along the western coast of the Ioric Peninsula. These Faun found themselves cut off from their homeland after the Gorgers made it impossible to cross open sea or even stray far from the coasts, stranding the settler Faun with little warning, and forcing them to make Tol their permanent home.

In the age since then, the Faun turned these small settlements into cities, and found kindred spirit with some of the human inhabitants of the the peninsula and surrounding islands, forming a lasting alliance in the form of the Ioric League.

Halflings
The Halfling migration to Tol was much later, as they travelled through the dense and dangerous Persus Mountains from Itania, land of the Fae, first making their home in the Persus Valley before fleeing into Tol itself after the catastrophic explosion of its volcano.

Atroxi
After fleeing the encroaching Oxylo Jungle that destroyed much of their ancestral homes, some Atroxi chose to put down roots in Tol. Despite extensive initial conflict between Atroxi and humans, permanent Atroxi settlements have long lived in relative peace with humans. Minor skirmishes between the two people's do occur, however, often as a result of human refugees unknowingly straying into Atroxi territory.

Goblins
Although rarely considered to be inhabitants of Tol, due to their association with the Black Forest of Gamb, Goblins have increasingly settled outside of the forest on the largely unoccupied edges of Tol. Famously, a goblin mercenary band named The Hammerheads finds employ within the distant Galen League.