Kaladria

The continent

Kaladria is the magical continent on which Volume I is set. Its present political map is the outcome of an older age of repeated human war: numerous kingdoms once competed to place the whole land beneath a single ruler, until decades of conflict compelled them to join with neighbouring states. The result is a continent of six human kingdoms whose borders and ambitions remain important even after the shared war against demonkind.

The six kingdoms

Helio lies in the north-west and is known for fertile vineyards and olive gardens. Desert Agabah occupies the south-west; martial Hikari spans the east; flowered, scholarly Chiseido lies in the south-east; and northern Norn is defined by winter and nomadic survival. The former Kingdom of Lindsey once held the western Eterna range, but no longer exists.

War and the border

The appearance of the Gate in the Eterna Mountains made Kaladria the human side of a conflict with the Demon Realm. The Demon War forced rival human kingdoms into an alliance and ended with the Treaty of Hope. The treaty did not erase old interests: its allocation of Eterna and the neutrality demanded of the Tower remain sources of political strain.

Scope

This article presents information available through Volume I. Later developments are intentionally not included.