[OC] - Mindas

Mindas

Mindas is a Pangea-like large, central continent on an Earth-like Planet called Xaesha. It is separated into 12 Nations, with the largest of them being Aviaster, a North-Western coastal Empire. There is a peace treaty among 11 of the 12 Nations, with the final Nation posing so little a threat that their abstinence from the treaty is seen as foolish rather than dangerous. The treaty was put in place after a near apocalyptic event during the previous War, preventing the use of Magic as a weapon of mass destruction or against sapient beings. Mindas has observed peace for just shy of 1000 years following the establishment of the treaty.

At the center of all 12 Nations to their central borders is a large stretch of land that houses little to no native life due to a surplus of wild and untameable magic. This area of Mindas is known as ‘The Scar’ and has a number of small outposts created by criminals and exiles who live, trade, and operate outside of the 12 Nation’s laws and regulations. Residents of The Scar must thrive off of external means of trading for supplies, which is something considered unanimously illegal amongst the Nations. Those caught illegally trading or supplying the residents of The Scar are exiled to it.

The majority of creatures on Mindas share some kind of sapience, with most carnivore-based individuals consuming fish and insects over any other living creatures. Depending on the Nation one calls home, there may be specialized magics in place to assist obligate carnivores in safely consuming plant-based materials, though magic as a whole is a strictly moderated and vetted ability and only legally practiced by sanctioned peoples within their own Nations. Mindas’ creatures resemble slightly adjacent Earth-like animals, while others still resemble mythological beings or new species entirely. Due to their Magic Ancestry, cross-breeding between the many sapient creatures of Mindas is fairly common, creating chimeric-like ‘hybrids’ with little to no dangerous mutations or infertility.

Aviaster

Aviaster, also known among the other Nations as ‘The Emperor’s Peacekeepers’ or ‘The Seakind’, is a large Empire built around Oceanic trade and the harvesting of the Ocean’s force to power its Nation. It is currently overseen by Empress Emilda in her late husband’s passing, former Emperor Onox.

The Citizens of are mostly composed of quadrupedal creatures similar in appearance to Canines, Cervids, Caprines, and Equines, though small numbers of two-legged creatures similar to various kinds of Earth-like Mammals (excluding Humans) also call Aviaster home. The Imperial Family largely resembles both Canines and Cervids, with Empress Emilda resembling a Doe and former Emperor Onox resembling a Canine.

Members of the Refulgent Order, a religious sect sanctioned by the Empire that worships a pantheon of nature and Xaesha-based Goddesses, are the only legal practitioners of Magic within Aviaster Borders and provide Medical Relief, Miracle Work, and, should they need to, defensive and offensive magics. Members of the church are recognizable by their emblem of a Silver half-moon and a diamond-shaped star in a large Oval shape, either displayed on their clothing or on a pendant. Casual worshippers of the Refulgent Order typically wear gold, brass, or copper pendants in the same style.

The geography of Aviaster is a mix of rocky cliffs overseeing the tumultuous ocean at it’s northwestern borders, dense forests broken only by towns, farms, and cities. Feathering out towards the Scar are long stretches of plains and farmlands, and eventually rocky desert just before the unmarked border to the Scar. Weather in Aviaster features warm-to-hot Summers, Heavy Fall rains and thunderstorms, and intermediate to severe winters. During all seasons, their world-renown and nearly indestructible Ships continue to bustle in and out of their Port and Capital City, Allandra.