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Geography
It would be an understatement to say that the Breaking shook the world and
ripped apart the very foundations of civilization as we know it. Most of
the once great and proud cities that dotted the western part of the continent
have been reduced to rubble. All that is left are the cities of Tear,
Tanchico, Jehanna in Ghealdan and Amador. Camelyn remains partially
standing but all buildings outside the inner city are gone and the palace has
been heavily damaged. Cairhien has been wiped out with a massive surge of the
power by dark friend forces and all cities North of the Caralain Grass have been
destroyed and many cities farther south have been suffered major
damaged.
The Chosen were quick to put to death any major Nobility, Generals and other
people of influence to quell any uprisings against them before they had a chance
to even begin.
Smaller towns, villages and ports faired little better, most becoming
occupied to beings that before were only stories used to scare their children
into behaving themselves. Those the farthest flung suffered the least and
now have become refuges to the survivors of the Last Battle.
Veridion had taken the Western portion of the continent and in an act of
vanity had disassembled the White Tower brick by brick and built a fortress on
the banks of the river from it's stones. Long arguments had taken place over the
items of power that had been contained within the Aes Sedai stronghold yet
eventually the three had come away satisfied having stripped it to it's
foundations and beyond of anything of value. Now all that was left of the once
proud tower was debris and a lone artifact, the Arches.
Neith had chosen for herself the vast wastelands of the East and nestled her
fortress within the city of Rhuidean. Her comrades had laughed at her spoken
choice, for the Aiel would rather die then bow down before a Mistress of the
Dark. But the Aiel were not the reason she had chosen it as her home. She chose
it for it's isolation, for the less that others knew about her experiments the
better. Rhuidean also held as well ancient secrets yet to be unlocked and she
felt a power there, a power that would serve her should the time ever come to eradicate
her fellow Chosen.
Milande claimed the exotic lands of Shara for her own, her love of a
lifestyle filled with slaves and luxury drawing her to the East. Shara, being enigmatic to those outside
it's boundaries suited her nature as well, as Milande was fond of intrigue and
mystery as much as she was a fine wine and a well muscled man. She treats her
realm as if it is her oyster, plucking the best from it and discarding the rest
to fend for itself. Being the realm farthest flung from the place of the Last
Battle it remains nearly intact, a beautiful oasis on the horizon of the worlds devastation.
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