| rdfs:comment | - Early in Auldrant's history, all of its continents were merged into a large, unified land mass that experienced a continental drift over time, eventually resulting in the geography depicted in the story. The world of Auldrant is divided into two separate layers: an outside shell called the Outer Lands and an underground ocean of deadly miasma and mud known as the Qliphoth. Originally, the Outer Lands resided within the area now occupied by the Qliphoth, but a natural disaster caused it to fill with miasma, and the people were forced to raise the land and live in the sky through the efforts of a plan known as the Float Project.
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| abstract | - Early in Auldrant's history, all of its continents were merged into a large, unified land mass that experienced a continental drift over time, eventually resulting in the geography depicted in the story. The world of Auldrant is divided into two separate layers: an outside shell called the Outer Lands and an underground ocean of deadly miasma and mud known as the Qliphoth. Originally, the Outer Lands resided within the area now occupied by the Qliphoth, but a natural disaster caused it to fill with miasma, and the people were forced to raise the land and live in the sky through the efforts of a plan known as the Float Project. The Outer Lands consist of five continents: Rugnica, Aberria, Radessia, Padamiya, and Sylvana; it is divided into three nations: the kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear, the Malkuth Empire, and the theocracy of the Order of Lorelei. Three provinces exist outside of these national realms: Chesedonia, an autonomous, desert city located in eastern Aberria that focuses on trade; Yulia City, an ancient city located east of the continent of Padamiya; and Nam Cobanda Isle, a circus-like city hidden in northwestern Radessia. Though technically not considered a continent, the Ispanian Peninsula is a land mass attached to Aberria and connected to Rugnica by Rotelro Bridge. The world is held together by basic particles of each element known as fonons. These travel in and out of the planet's crust via a never-ending stream called the fon belt. The Outer Lands are kept suspended in midair by fonons from the fon belt, amassed into a series of gigantic pillars known as Sephiroth Trees. Additionally, there is the Central Ocean, located in the center of the map; the Albert Sea, located between Rugnica and Aberria; Nirni River, the waterway the story's protagonists travel in order to reach the Sephiroth Tree located on Radessia; the Tuft Archipelago, the group of islands containing the Absorption Gate, which are considered to be part of Sylvana; and the Qiubi Peninsula, the lowest portion of land on the Rugnican continent. There is also Luke Bridge, which connects Aberria and Radessia.
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