The Great Sea
The enormous, fathomless depths around what is widely considered the back of the planet are largely uncharted. The settlement farthest to the east of the Chatia Empire is Drifandi on the small, isolated, storm-lashed atoll of Zoasir. Full of small islets and hidden reefs, the southern half of this massive ocean is to be avoided if one wishes to cross it in once piece, broken at the farthest southern edge by an archipelago known as the Frostward Islands. From the Frostwards to the northern tropics, The Great Sea is a vast, watery desert with no landmarks for leagues in any direction, save for the jutting volcanic peak of Anteus' Forge lying on the equator. Farther north, the sea grows colder (though no less desolate) again until it reaches Aesuquane's frozen shores.
The entire ocean is wracked by enormous storms for half of the year. With nothing to disturb their momentum, squalls can build over the waves for thousands of miles before they break against the eastern coast of Adarinn. If they originate far enough south, such typhoons can bypass the continent entirely, whipping through The Kheersap to brush Erdall's Wrack before continuing on around the planet. In the north, where the winds blow the other way, the Tempest God's wrath is visited on the western Husura Islands, crashing against the wall of The Shattered Archipelago, the coast of Inset Island, and The Frozen Refuge.
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