Locations of Significance

The places that matter most in Valdesh: its cities, its legendary landmarks and the Confluence sites the Elemari hold sacred. The main Valdesh page describes them, and the annotated maps there show where they lie.

Cities and Settlements

• Kascanda, the Confluent City: the only true Fourfold city, built on the Confluence Mountain where all four Elemari peoples live side by side.
• Akazaea, the Frigid Frontier: the southernmost archipelago, with its four settlements of Sotazaea, Xeekozaea, Kogazaea and Azenzaea, and the Azen’s two Northern Wayports.

Legendary Landmarks

• The Crucible Chasm beneath the southern spine, site of the Fourfold Descent.
• The Ember Sea Caldera in the north-west, once a fully open Fire Gate.
• The Sky-Sunder Peaks, distorted by sustained air surges.
• The Stone Choir Fault, a resonant tectonic corridor under the isle’s central range.
• The Sunken Confluence, a submerged ruin near the southern Isles.

Sacred Confluence Sites

• Ash and Tide Basin, site of the Fourfold Compact.
• The Spiral Winds Terrace, an Air-Water convergence at the southernmost point of the main isle.
• The Rooted Flame Cavern, an Earth-Fire balance chamber in the southern range.

Forbidden Ground

The Veilscar Expanse in the middle of the southern Isles is riddled with unstable micro-rifts and officially restricted to Rift-Wardens.

What each place looks like today, and who keeps it, is yet to be described beyond the main page.