PLANET Discussion: Euthora

Is there anything on Euthora's page that you guys feel needs touching up/clarifying?

 

In Prime, after the middle or so of the Dissonant Era, you'd want to stay far away from Durasken if you're human or could be mistaken for one at a glance; the Shapeshifters are fiercely territorial at that point. As an offworlder in general, you'd want to stay away from the planet during the Reformative Era, since it would be actively attempting to kill you.

Actually, Durasken's a dangerous place in general after the Radiant Era because of frequent warring. If you have to go there, you'd want to stay near Tarik, both for its defenses and because it's the largest city in the country. Also a good place to try Durasken's, uh, delicacy (read: dragon meat) if you have a decently strong stomach (reptile is an acquired taste). If you can fly and take high altitudes, the Plateaus Range in Kelvelas (a "province" of Durasken) is a sight to see.

Nienearcl's Glass Plain (Teir Zsulis) is a hell of a tourist attraction already, and the nearby town of Ryoyu is a merchant town with a lot of glass statuettes and baubles to catch the eyes of more wealthy tourists. They like to advertise quite a bit that the glass was forged by dragonfire.

While they're not seals in Prime, the locations of Ustream's seals mostly have impressive landmarks- a towering shrine to Cor in the east, castles in the northwest and northeast, and Sundavr's Skyking Altar in the south.

Ethanol is a coin flip. The mountains are breathtaking, but the climate is harsh and the wildlife is vicious and feral. You could either stick to the settlement at the southern coast and listen to songs of myth and legend, or you could brave the blizzards and risk dealing with Xúskedev if you want to go north and look at the castle.

Heading to Acaran, the main thing to see is Aravolta Darz (Divinity's Peak) in Carisitai. It's the highest peak on Euthora and is known as "Divine Rest" in Acaranian. It's said that the pantheon lives there (it's kind of the Mount Olympus of Euthora) and Skyking Shyr is known to roost there when he's not traveling. He'll welcome you with open wings if you can make it to the top.

You'd want to be careful in Farixya regardless of species or homeworld. Mostly populated by Shapeshifters (less hostile than in Durasken, but more wild) and ruled by Skyking Ausurath, it's not overly dangerous as long as you're careful and respectful. Ausurath isn't the testiest of dragons, but he's old and powerful and lives on a mountain overlooking a rip in the earth created when he battled his brother Krthonius.

Avoid the oceans.


In Alter, I'd suggest steering clear of Euthora at SCT because I think CoU shenanigans are going to get very serious very soon. The Cult itself might as well be a tourist attraction by this point though.


Drei isn't developed quite enough for me to give much of a guide.


In the hypothetical Threnodic Era, you might do well to avoid Euthora unless you want to bow to your dragon overlords.

 

Most intercontinental travel is done by ship- travel by dragon is actually very rare, and usually involves either dracomancy or bribery. Most of Euthora developed that capacity in the late Radiant Era.

Sulsian trade routes are the most developed, but I have gotten it to this extent:

-- Duraasken and Nienearcl have an alliance of trade with each other and the Acaranian country of Carisitai
-- Seotara trades with most other Acaranian countries, though they get intercepted fairly often by Durasken and its allies
-- Farinaelian and Nienearclian ships often cross paths and attack each other; while not at war, the two countries have tense relations.
-- Farixya is an odd case since it's an isolated bubble of Radiant Era customs until very late into the Dissonant Era. Durasken gives it a wide berth because they don't want to deal with Ausurath, but on rare occasion another country might come to shore and do a bit of haggling.
-- Carisitai helps the settlement on southern Ethanol with restocking supplies.

 

That map badly needs updating, so idk.

I legit don't remember that comment, but I may do it because >Ethanol

Still canon, but could use a design touch-up.

 

Draconic culture.

 

Almost anything involving dragonkind is skewed one way or the other depending on who's telling the story. The dragons recount events during the Radiant Era much differently than humans do- for example, the fall of the Skykings can be heard as either "lesser beings rebelling against their kings out of fear and intolerance" or "humanity rising up to overthrow the tyranny of prideful beasts" respectively.

Aside from that there isn't really much in the way of history being written by the victors. There are plenty of cases where history is miscounted because people simply weren't there to see it, but it's usually motives rather than events that truly become subject to embellishment and such.