Between these two icy peninsulas is the most rugged hill region of the inhabited side, including a few true mountains. This presents the greatest areas of exposed rock, and it is here that I propose to collect geological samples when we perform a fuller survey. Most plant growth here is low-lying plants, hardy lichens, or patches of the coniferous forest that is common in the “north”.
The rivers of Tavelren’s world are extensive and provide a trade and communications network that may allow for fair-sized nations despite a somewhat-backward state of advancement. There is only a single town large and developed enough to be termed a city, on the edge of the largest lake. For the most part there are small towns or large villages around each lake and along some of the more substantial rivers. Elsewhere, small villages are common, but not larger settlements. Of course, we have as yet no knowledge of what degree of civilization may exist underground. There is certainly room between the surface and the gravity plane for a substantial subterranean world.
As noted, the northern part of the world has substantial coniferous forests. The rest has deciduous forests. Otherwise, it is mostly grasslands, though cultivated fields also appear. A few areas are bare, leaving exposed rock. There are no true deserts, except possibly the ice peninsulas. The area about the Sea of Fire is a wasteland, but except for that area and the far north, the entire land is fertile.
While it is too early to state conclusively whether we have found a new Elvish civilization to bring into our great empire, the “southwest” region appear the most promising place to look. Here the thick deciduous forest grows tall and preliminary observations have identified possible elevated towns similar to those built by our people on many worlds.
### Latest WIP ###
