Borea is an enormous supercontinent that makes up a substantial portion of the northern hemisphere. Bigger than Eurasia, it houses a staggering diversity of biomes, environments and species, from the lush, humid jungles at its south to the winter wonderlands of the far north. In between are broad, open landscapes in the form of steppe, savannah, shrublands and deserts. Not only is it the biggest continent, but the biggest things on the planet can be found here as well. It has the biggest inland bodies of water, the biggest deserts, the biggest forests, the biggest land animals. It is also the home to one of the biggest mountains in the known galaxy; Cronus, a dormant shield volcano, is about as tall as Olympus Mons, but is many times wider, constituting an area of land comparable in size to Saudi Arabia.
Similar to Eurasia, Borea is composed of two smaller continental units, Macroborea and Microborea. The two units meet together at the north pole, forming a spectacular polar mountain range known as the Everwinter Barrier. Borea is often considered to be the center of anthropogenic activity on Athyrmagaia. The planet's most prevalent sophonts, the Astutocentaurus, can all trace their evolutionary ancestry to this continent, and there are at least six known species of this genus living on this continent alone. It is also on this continent that they are the most well-established societally, with species such as the Fauns (Astutocentaurus cosmopolitans), Mer (Thalassocentaurus sirenius) and Satyrs (Astutocentaurus gnathocornis) in particular having managed to achieve a level of globality akin to that of medieval-era Eurasia.
The Takara Plains
Cosmopolitan Species
The Western Weave
The Central Savannah
The Cronos Weave
The Oliphaunt Gardens
The Takara River
Xeric Latitudes
Cosmopolitan Species
The Calidlocum
The Middle Badlands
The Midwestern Rash
The Shrublands
The Tropics
The Southern Dry Forests
The Tropical Savannah
The Borean Jungles
The Borean Bayou
The Tropical Bald Spot
Temperate & Subpolar Forests
Cosmopolitan Species
- The Forest Fenrir
The Borean Wood
- The Wood Manticore
The Holideh Taiga
- The Snow Manticore
Polar & Subpolar Regions
The Tunturi Tundra
The Borearctic Wastes
Cronus
The Tundraic Slopes
The Peak
Hell's Gate
The Great Lakes
The Deluge of Kings
The Heart of Takara
The Cronos Lakes
The Polar Pond
Microborea
The Microborean Weave
The Microborean Desert
The Microborean Forest
Indigenous People
Astutocentaurini
- Fauns (Astutocentaurus cosmopolitans)
- Mer (Thalassocentaurus sirenius)
- Satyrs (Astutocentaurus gnathocornis)
- Uerco (Astutocentaurus capiodon)
- Shovelfolk (Astutocentaurus alluvium)
Sapient Oliphaunts
- Borean Oliphaunt (Oliphauntus macrocentaurus)
- Small-Eared Oliphaunt (Oliphauntus cryodontus)
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