Avros
This volcanically active region is home to two of the world's largest port towns, Tellerium and Templeton. Avros plays host to a large glacier-filled gorge inhabited by frost giants. A dangerous village of beetle headed ogres also resides on the periphery of this continent. Miles of forest surround the Tower of Aroxa, where it is fabled that a dragon holds hostage a young maiden princess who may be rescued by only a brave adventurer.
A bustling seaport on the southern end of Avros, Tellerium is home to many of the fighting guilds and training academies of Alyria. New Adventurers wishing to hone their combat skills and gain valuable experience have been known to travel from the other side of the globe to reach Tellerium. Lord Telleri allows adventurers to demonstrate their abilities and welcomes those who make combat their goal. It is said that the ancient witch, Agnes, inspired the town to construct magic-negating obelisks throughout the town and focus on physical strength. Cavaliers, Valkyries, Rogues, and Barbarians will find themselves at home in this very physical town.
Detail Map of Tellerium
Guide to Tellerium
Templeton lies on the coast to the north of Tellerium. A rough town with thugs and visiting sailors makes it dangerous to visit. Lady Templeton, the wife of the late Lord Templeton, governs the city but tends to be more focused on her grief rather than ensuring that the citizens are safe to walk along the streets of town. Those who travel here had best be prepared to defend themselves from the ruffians who rule the streets. Residents speak in hushed voices of catacombs that lay beneath the city, filled with dark creatures and amazing treasures.
Detail Map of Templeton
Guide to Templeton
Templeton Castle
Lady Templeton welcomes adventurers to her enormous castle located at the northwest corner of Templeton. Since the death of her husband, Lord Templeton, she has sought the companionship of others and become one of the most well known hostesses in Alyria. Often she has been known to seek the assistance of adventurers with various tasks and quests to further her goals or those of Templeton itself. Security is such around that castle that nobody but employees are allowed in at night time. It is said that a dangerous torture chamber run by Thanatosis resides in the lowest halls of the castle.
Catacombs of Shame
Beneath the streets and homes of Templeton lay the Catacombs of Shame. These dark passageways and caverns are only for the brave to explore. Only the truly wise can find the true secrets of the catacombs. Though the successful adventurer will profit from their journey into its depths, the unsuccessful may lose far more than their lives.
Located upon the verdant Flaran Plains, the Aroxa Forest is said to have within its confines a tower in which a Princess has been imprisoned. Rumors suggest that this is the work of a terrible dragon and brave young adventurers are sought to save the Princess from her imprisonment.
Frost Giants' Keep sits high within Mount Copan's frigid crags covered in ice and snow. A narrow road leads to the Keep from Templeton but the way is hard as the icy mountains are inhospitable to all but the Minotaurs who once made it their home before they set out to make their place in the whole of Alyria. The Keep itself is set within a high valley and is home to an enclave of frost giants under the rule of their King and Queen. A giant centipede known as the Rehmoraz is said to block the entrance to the King's chambers.
Nestled within the Soolay Forest near Lake Mayton lies a village inhabited by ogres. This village is an excellent place for ogre adventurers to visit and learn more of their own race. Though it offers adventurers of all races experiences not to be missed, the ogres who visit will find that the residents tend to be rather clannish and will welcome them over those who are not an ogre. It is said that the ogres here reward visitors who display great strength comparable to that of an ogre. The great Whompfish is rumored to reside somewhere within the village's river.
