The Edges of the World, also called the Last Tide, are places where the sea ends in Innworld.
Background[edit | edit source]
In the past, there had been [Captains], [Sailors], and [Travellers] who had attempted to find the edge of the known world. Only one to a thousand ships ever return; those that do describe a "blackness which the water pours into, a place where light does not exist." There are stories that sometimes something comes up from edges. They are described to "kill all they encounter and die slowly, if at all."[1] One of those things had been A'ctelios Salash.[2]
In an age before the Dragons ruled, something came from beyond the edge of the world. It must have destroyed nations.
The Quarass explaining the origins of A’ctelios_Salash to Trey Atwood[2]
Blighted waters from Rhir flow west and north towards the edge of the world. People from Rhir told the American Group that it is a "great abyss from which no one returns."
The world is actually round, and the reason for the Last Tide's existence is that a piece of the world had been destroyed in the God War. The Drath Archipelago is all that remains of the continent that used to be there.[3]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Because of the edge of the world, the inhabitants of Innworld believe that their world is flat.
- Wailant from Izril possesses a map of the world where the ends are clearly marked.[4]
- The Drath Archipelago the islanders live on is the closest to the end of the world. They know not to sail too far in one direction, lest they vanish forever.