Geography

The majority of terrain is flat plains with crinkle ridges and basaltic rock, weathered by sudden and common flash floods (in Summerday) and avalanches of snow (in Winternight). Mountain ranges are jagged, marked by broken escarpments, sharp caldera, and intense winds that can strip flesh from bone.

There are three known continents:

• Ishtar is the northernmost and most hospitable
• Aphrodite is the larger and more dangerous, straddling the equator
• Lada is the unexplored southern continent

Countless islands lie between.

There are large chains of volcanoes throughout Mundus. The tallest volcano is Maxwell in Ishtar, but the largest is Theia in Aphrodite. These shield volcanos are hundreds of miles across, and the lands are crisscrossed with lava tubes and vents, making overland travel across (and even over) dangerous.

There are few large permanent rivers on each continent, which often change their course during the Summerday snow-melts.