Aerethia (Aeretiya both names can be used equally) a lush continent roughly the size of Europe and enclosed by oceans from three sides. North of it lies the harshly cold Snowlands which are as large as Africa.

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[hider=History] In times long past a single race, the Ancients, ruled Aerethia and it's world Aethia with might and magic. But over 10000 years ago a magical experiment went wrong and most of the world of Aethia was ravaged by magic and most of the population of the world died or went crazy. Only Aerethia, protected by the most powerful magical shield, survived intact but cut off, by large magical vortexes which appeared on the edge of the magical shield which protected Aerethia from the harmful effect off the event.

During the next milleniums civilization rebuild itself under the three races which were once ruled by the Ancients: Humans, Canis and Felinae fought wars, build momentous and sought new knowledge. But then mistakes from the past were repeated again, when a team of mages unlocked the Shrine of Winter Mountain and recreated the event which destroyed the Ancients on a much smaller scale, destroying the grandiose City of Asker and marking the beginning of a new era for Aerethia. The Asker Valley was closed off after all survivors left it. This event also marks the beginning of the Aerethia calendar since the Kingdom of Asker ruled over all races of Aerethia.

A small group of refuges from Asker came to the Moon Lake and fearing that war will engulf the continent. They founded the core of what is to become the largest city of Aerethia, Moon City. Our story is set in a time when the advancement in science and magic start to change the continent of Aerethia. [/hider]
[hider=Races of Aeretia] Humans, major race
Your ordinary humans. Unlike other races humans posses a variety of cultures and languages.

Felinae, major race
Felinae are humanoids which greatly resemble cats and are around 5 feet 2 inch tall. They are covered in dense fur, have cat ears, eyes and a tail. Their affinity for magic is smaller then those of the humans. They usually prefer agility over strength. Most Felinae live on the Catis Peninsul in south Aerethia or in the western part of the Moon Plato. Humans and Felinae can interbreed, giving a half-Felinae which retain their cat ears, eyes and a tail as well as some of the agility of the Felinae but have almost the same affinity for magic as humans; those are commonly called Nekos. Nekos can breed with humans, Felinae and other Nekos.

Canis, major race
Canis are muscular dog-like humanoids which like aggression and warfare, their height varies greatly but most are around 5 feet 5 inch tall. Although their ears and tail have shortened greatly they still retain a dog-like nose and short fur. Canis are extremely loyal to their nation. Most Canis utilize strength in combat. Of the species which can use magic Canis have the smallest affinity for it. The largest part of Canis population lives in western Aerethia. The interbreed ability with humans is proven and a half-Canis will have have Canis ears and a tail as well as a much larger affinity for magic then the ordinary Canis; given the rarity of such cases and their sterility there is no common name for half-Canis.

Ancient, minor race
Ancients are humanoids which resemble humans a great deal. The main difference is the height since the average Ancient is 7 feet tall and their inhuman hair and eye coloration which ranges from light yellow to dark violet, as well as their pale skin. Most Ancients have weaker bodies then humans, but all are born as mages. Humans and Ancients can interbreed and the result is a human with a weak body but which usually is a strong mage.

Lowers, minor race
Lowers is actually the term for a group of sentient species which are not intelligent enough to develop a civilization of their own but can fit in some roles of the Aerethian civilization since they posses some intelligence. Lowers are split by the magical element which dominates their habitat.[/hider]
[hider=Countries of Aerethia] Canis Empire
A militaristic country with the Canis as the main population. The regions of this country are: The Waring Ridge Coast of Vor, Sed Valley, Great Canis Plain, The Coast of Sarta, The Long Swamp. Parlamentar monarchy.

Felinian Federation
Split in half the Felinian Federation is made of three provinces, two automatons provinces and two territories. Those are: Catis Prov., Senor Prov., Tekor Prov., Salimar AP, Marsor AP, Felin Province and Military Territory. Most of the population is Felinian with the percentage of humans increasing towards from Senor to Marsor, where they are a majority. The Felinian Federation is made of two parts, the South "Great" Felinia and the North "Small" Felinia. This is a result of a migration after the Fall of Asker when humanity granted North Felinia, then a low populated woodland, to Felinians due to fear of a Canis invasion. The Federation is ruled by two parlaments.

Human Confederation
The top country of Aerethia, just like USA in our world but more similar to the European Union, the Confederation is a union of human countries spanning across the whole continent. The countries are: Aranodorian Kingdom, Moon Territory, Military Territory, Beros Territory, Bay Territory, City of Teras, Esur Territory, Sarasian Kingdom, Three Oasis Union and Valorian Union.

Pirate Union
The Pirate Union is a country with no government, no law and only one rule: survival of the fittest. Known cities are the Wall City and the City of The First Pirate.[/hider]
[hider=Moon City] Moon City is the largest Aerethian city and has just a little over 2 million people living in it. It's spread across many islands which dot the large Moon Lake (roughly the size, and shape, of Switzerland).
Moon Lake is located roughly in the center of Aerethia and the largest Aerethian rivers flow into the lake. North, west and east of it lies the large Moon Plato which is a lush lowland are which supplies large quantities of food. South-east lies the Small Desert, a area of arid conditions, south-west lies the Ore Mountains which are full of mining communities. Directly south of the lake and connected with it via the gigantic 114 m high Moon Falls is the Grand Canyon which connects with the Great Bay and then the oceans of Aethia.[/hider]
Right now Aerethia is experiencing a parallel magical and industrial revolution as the invention of steam power and Magic Input Code (MIC, something like a magical binary code) launch Aerethia into a age of urbanization after it's political modernization.
Setting is for the mid 4th century after the Fall of Asker.

This is the basic idea - we could also travel into any other point of Aerethian history - Far into the age when the Ancients ruled over the age when the Human, Canis and Felinian civilizations started, into the Aerethian Middle Ages to the future and the Great War which is still almost a century away from the given setting year.

As for where are going to be - well we can, aliens masked as one of the Aerethian races, humans from Earth which suddenly found themselves in Aerethia, young Aerethians wishing to leave their home in hopes of adventurere and so on ...