World of Forcelia
The planet of Forcelia¹ is a magical and enchanting world. The people believe (that is, all but the wisest of sages) that their sun orbits their world, and all the heavens move in celestial spheres about the world. In truth, like all worlds, Forcelia orbits its sun, and its single moon orbits around it. Forcelia's moon is quite large, and holds bright, bluish-gray tint. Other celestial objects of significance are the planets Raylo, Arcryth, Tarsen, and Lyro.
Forcelia is a large world, with an equatorial diameter of 12,200 kilometers. The surface is covered by 80% water. Climate is temperate throughout much of the world, giving little variation except at the poles. Climactic variation tends to be localized to regions scattered through different lands. For instance, on Lodoss, which lies just a thousand miles south of the equator, there can be found vast dry deserts, high frozen mountains, and warm green forests, all confined to this single landmass.
There are five major landmasses on Forcelia; Alecrast, Crystania and Djana En, the Chaos Land, the Far Land and Lodoss (which was broken off from Alecrast and drifted south by massive shifting in plate tectonics). There is also large archipelago in the northern tropics known as the Azarn Islands.
The large continent of Alecrast takes up much of in the northern subtopic to arctic zone. Crystania and Djana En² lie in the southern hemisphere. Lodoss is a large island situated between the two, about two thousand miles southeast of the Alecrast and twenty-four hundred miles north west of Djana En. The Chaos Land and Far Land lie to the west of Alecrast and are largely unexplored.
Lodoss | Alecrast & Azarn Islands | Djana En and Crystania | Chaos and Far Lands
¹ Forcelia is often spelled Forceria. This is due to the fact that "L" sounds like "R" in Japanese and are often confused in transliteration.
² Djana En is sometimes translated as Danarn. We consider Djana En to be the proper translation.
