Sea of Moons
The eastern bay between Northland Place Northland The northern continent of Elshore, called Northland in common speech, on which every chapter of the story so far unfolds. and Eldaara Place Eldaara The equatorial middle continent of Elshore, between Tarkdaara to the north and Khaldaara to the south., bordered on Northland's south coast by Ordon Place Ordon The grey harbour-city of the Wardmere coast, built on a headland the old world chose for reasons the sea still respects: no storm has ever taken a ship inside its moles., whose Iru People Iru The progenitors, and the only naturally evolved people of Elshore. name Liir Cosmology The Two Moons Two moons attend Elshore: Liir, the near and swift one, and Ressor, the far and slow one.'zan means "Moon's Edge." It and Wardmere Place Wardmere A sea-sized bay on the south coast of Northland, bordering the city of Ordon alongside the Sea of Moons. frame that southern shore.
Key traits
- Its official AC 50 name in the old registers is Liirïï'flu; the common name is already what the road and the sea-lanes say, and by the later age it is all that remains in daily speech.
- Eastern water between Northland and Eldaara.
- Bordered by Ordon (Iru Liir'zan, "Moon's Edge").
Liirïï'flu, the Sea of Moons: the water south-west of Baramma Place Baramma The great jungle island east of Tarkdaara, separated from the mainland by the Bram Sea and home to the Bar. where both moons ride together on clear nights, doubled again in the sea until the sky seems outnumbered. It is a calm sea by the standards of its ocean, crossed by the island trade and courted by every poet the coasts produce. Fisherfolk say the two moons pull its tides in polite disagreement, which is why it can never quite decide where its beaches end, and why nothing built on its exact shore stays exactly shored.