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Kalayan the Golden[edit | edit source]

The heart of Thule is Kalayan the Golden, an inland sea that fills the central basin of the continent. The Kalayan Sea and the lands surrounding it are home to great cities, deep jungles, steaming volcanoes, windswept tundra, and fierce barbarian tribes. In this great crossroads many of the cultures of Thule meet— sometimes in peaceful trade, and sometimes in bloody warfare. Over the centuries, each of the races of Thule has settled the shores of the Kalayan Sea or voyaged over its wide expanse. Scores of villages, outposts, towns, strongholds, and cities have taken root and flourished for a time in these warm and fertile lands. Many of these settlements are forgotten ruins now, but others still thrive.

There is a good deal of debate among sages about which of Thule’s realms and cities are Inner Sea lands, and which belong to the neighboring regions of the continent. The best definition includes the southern coast of the Kalayan Sea from Ikath eastward to the lands claimed by the Riders of Hurgan. Everything between the Starcrown Mountains and the Kalayan Sea is included in this broad expanse, along with the Quosa Vale and the southern slopes of the Zinandar Mountains. These are the richest and most populous lands of Thule, although vast reaches still consist of unexplored mountains and jungles.


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