Geographical knowledge

From: Bryan John Maloney <bjm10_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 15:37:05 -0500 (EST)


My Praxian tribesmen know the following:

The sun comes up every morning far, far, to the east, at the edge of the world, which is a mountain range on the very far end of the Plains. The sun sets very near in the West, just past Dragon Pass, which is the Western Edge of the world. The Lunars, since they come from beyond the Western Edge and are neither ghosts, spirits, nor gods, are chaos monsters. The northern edge of the world is a tiny strip of pathetic scrub only fit for horses <<spit>>. It is only a day north of the snow line. The southern edge of the world is just south of the salt water pond. Fire is there.

A typical Pavisite really hasn't thought about the matter. There is The City, and everything else (they're about as parochial as a typical NYC inhabitant--extremely). Many Pavisites resent the temerity of the Lunars in claiming another metropolis far more than they resent anything else from the Lunars. Any scholar can get pretty good maps of the Dragon Pass, Prax west of the Zola Fel, the Holy Country, and similar areas. There are bad maps available for other areas, usually mis-indexed and mis-labelled.

Lunar maps are available to "reliable" people.


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