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« on: March 27, 2013, 08:09:27 am »
The world is three rings linked together, with glowing moons orbiting them to make night and day. Each ring is different:
Alfo is a rocky ring, with many mountains, rocky wastelands where it's flat, and shallow seas. The inhabitants are dwarves, who live in converted sea caves or mighty fortresses in groups not larger than one or two hundred, living on fish and seabirds.
Bita is a frigid ring, with terrain varying from glaciers to taiga to the occasional peak poking above the sheets of ice around it. Bita is inhabited by orcs, who are divided into the Farmer Tribes (who farm various types of shrubs and lichens) and the Hunter Tribes (who mainly subsist on hunting and raiding, with gathering on the side).
Celta is a lush ring, with high ocean levels, foggy lowlands, and jungles wherever the soil supports it. Its inhabitants are elves, who are unified under a single Ancient Queen and a High Council of Druids. The elves are sedentary and live mainly by magic and hunter/gathering.
Amongst the moons and distant stars lurk strange craft piloted by the gom, known in our tongue as the Nomads or gnomes. Gnomes are similar to insectile humanoids with two arms, two legs, and four tentacles in between. They have no central government or even many unifying cultural traits. Gnomes taught the secrets of making these craft to the other three races, allowing travel between the rings. This happened barely a decade ago; contact between the four races on a regular basis is still a new phenomenon.