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Just five days before the release of Water Princess, Fire Prince! Have you preordered your kindle copy yet?
Today I'm sharing some worldbuilding and a related video I filmed last year but didn't get around to posting. Enjoy!
Rizkaland is a cylindrical world, divided by seven
mighty bodies of water, known as Riva, into six islands and the mainland. It
has no magnetic field, so compass directions are referred to as up, down, ea
and wea. Each of the six islands and including the mainland, run
from the very top of the world to the bottom, though they differ greatly when
it comes to widths. They are separated from each other by Rizkaland’s seven
Riva.
Klarand
As of the time of Water Princess, Fire Prince, many
of the islands were still uninhabited. Of the inhabited islands, however, the
most important was Klarand, with served as a barrier between Amber’s Island,
and the mainland.
Klarand is divided naturally by mountains and
forest into four sections. Upper Klarand is mountainous, and the inhabitants
are predominately miners and soldiers by trade. Lower Klarand is predominately
forests, and men there are hunters and tenders of animals. Both Ea and Wea
Klarand are flatlands, and are populated with farmers. In its very center
stands the Kastle, an impregnable fortress build directly into a mountain by Alphego
himself.
Rizkaland
The mainland of Rizkaland is the largest portion of
land in this world. In its center stands Loray, a circular castle built around
Alphego’s Hill, which is where Alphego stood to create this world.
The mainland is predominately farmland with
scattered forests.
Rintae
The desert island of Rintae was largely uninhabited
at the time of Water Princess, Fire Prince, though a few nomadic tribes
had wandered in through from other worlds.
Isle
of Talking Beasts
The name of the Isle of Talking Beasts is a slight
misnomer, as the only talking beasts that live there are the magnificent
horses. It is a jungle island, thick with trees other vegetation.
Chinok
The mountainous island of Chinok was uninhabited,
and in truth, unnamed at the time of Water Princess, Fire Prince.
Silink
Literally translated as “narrow,” Silink is the
narrowest island in Rizkaland, scarcely a mile at its widest. It is mostly
sand, and is uninhabited.
Amber’s
Island
Also known as the Isle of Banishment. Little is
known about the geography of this island, for none who have step foot on this
island have ever returned, save Amber and her husband Granite. There is a guise
on this island where, should you step foot on it, you cannot leave again for
another five hundred years. The people of Klarand and Rizkaland send people to
this island as a form of capital punishment.
Interesting pie can. One of the main things I learned was that I'm pronouncing things right. :) I was worried about Bookania, but it sounded like you said it just as I do. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd the lid and underside of the pie can? The lake of fire is below, right?
The Lake of Fire is below, Alphego's country is above.
DeleteIsn't that can STILL on the shelf? Can we make it into Pumpkin Stew YET?
ReplyDeleteYes, it is.
DeleteAww... a museum piece... :)
DeleteIf there's no magnetic field, how does gravity work?
ReplyDeleteQuantum physics and the bending of the space-time continuum.
DeleteThanks for the visual aid! That helps a lot!
ReplyDelete"...about the width of this recipe."
ReplyDeleteLove your scientific descriptions. :-P ;-)
Thanks for sharing this video--it really helps us visualize this world.
God bless, and happy writing,
~"Tom Wild Rose"~
And "Oh look, it calls for evaporated milk!"
DeleteNow I'm going to have to have a reference to pumpkin pie and evaporated milk somewhere in the series, and you guys will know where it comes from.
The whole cylindrical world thing is really cool. And this helps with visualizing things. I admit I was kind of lost until this video. :)
ReplyDeleteI just got around to watching this and realized I'm not very smart. Until I watched this i didn't know how you had named the Rivs. I told my brother and he said that he'd figured it out when I'd originally told him about them.
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