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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
As indicated by its nickname, it is indeed most commonly populated by Humans.<!--The cities are similar to what you'd expect to see in medieval Europe. (Source? Ryoka from 2.07 doesn't count, she's never been there)--> The many kingdoms located there regularly fight one another, or are at least entrenched in politics against each other. It is sometimes considered to be the most peaceful of the five continents, but that is rather relative. Other than Humans, the continent is also the home of [[Half-Elves]] and [[Dwarves]], who keep to their own settlements and rarely mix with humans.<ref name="Gloss" /> | As indicated by its nickname, it is indeed most commonly populated by Humans.<!--The cities are similar to what you'd expect to see in a medieval Europe. (Source? Ryoka from 2.07 doesn't count, she's never been there)--> The many kingdoms located there regularly fight one another, or are at least entrenched in politics against each other. It is sometimes considered to be the most peaceful of the five continents, but that is rather relative. Other than Humans, the continent is also the home of [[Half-Elves]] and [[Dwarves]], who keep to their own settlements and rarely mix with humans.<ref name="Gloss" /> | ||
Other races are uncommon to Terandria - so uncommon in fact, that even educated humans native of Terandria think of [[Drakes]] or [[Gnolls]] as savage creatures and monsters.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/11/1-31/ Chapter 1.31], [https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/04/1-45/ Chapter 1.45]</ref> This may also have to do with discrimination against non-humans, which is common in Terandria as well. Half-elves are especially unpopular.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/30/s03-wistram-days-pt-1/ Wistram Days, pt. 1]</ref> | Other races are uncommon to Terandria - so uncommon in fact, that even educated humans native of Terandria think of [[Drakes]] or [[Gnolls]] as savage creatures and monsters.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/11/1-31/ Chapter 1.31], [https://wanderinginn.com/2017/03/04/1-45/ Chapter 1.45]</ref> This may also have to do with discrimination against non-humans, which is common in Terandria as well. Half-elves are especially unpopular.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/30/s03-wistram-days-pt-1/ Wistram Days, pt. 1]</ref> | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
The majority of the nobility of Terandria claims descent from a hundred | The majority of the nobility of Terandria claims descent from a hundred legandary heroes. | ||
Parts of Terandria where once controlled by the Harpy Empire of [[Iltanus]]. It was also the center of a half-Elven empire. | Parts of Terandria where once controlled by the Harpy Empire of [[Iltanus]]. It was also the center of a half-Elven empire. | ||
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The kingdoms of Terandria have a history of trying to colonize the other continents. There were attempts in [[Baleros]], and in [[Chandrar]], nations originating from those colonies still exist.<ref>{{VERef|10.22 R}}</ref> | The kingdoms of Terandria have a history of trying to colonize the other continents. There were attempts in [[Baleros]], and in [[Chandrar]], nations originating from those colonies still exist.<ref>{{VERef|10.22 R}}</ref> | ||
Several thousand years ago, the humans of Terandria invaded [[Izril]] and eventually | Several thousand years ago, the humans of Terandria invaded [[Izril]] and eventually conquered the entire northern half of the continent from the resident [[Drakes]] and [[Gnolls]]. The descendants of the leaders of this invasion are still known in Izril as the [[Five Families]], and they claim relationship to nobility and royalty of Terandria. However, unlike Terandria, the Izrilian nobility (of recent days) only knows [Lords] and [Ladies] as their nobility instead of [Kings] and [Queens]. | ||
"[[Curulac]] of a Hundred Days" was a [[Goblin Kings|Goblin King]] who terrorized the continent of Terandria for 102 days after he ascended to that class. He destroyed countless kingdoms and ended many royal lineages himself, slaughtering Humans by the thousands. Terandria still reviles his name and hunts down Goblins actively in case one of his kind should ever appear again.<ref name="Gloss">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/19/glossary/ The Wandering Inn Glossary]</ref> | "[[Curulac]] of a Hundred Days" was a [[Goblin Kings|Goblin King]] who terrorized the continent of Terandria for 102 days after he ascended to that class. He destroyed countless kingdoms and ended many royal lineages himself, slaughtering Humans by the thousands. Terandria still reviles his name and hunts down Goblins actively in case one of his kind should ever appear again.<ref name="Gloss">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/10/19/glossary/ The Wandering Inn Glossary]</ref> | ||