(GUIDE TO THE SEVEN LANDS IS AFTER A SHORT NOTE AT THE TOP HERE.)

Hey wonderful, beautiful readers that are trying out this new story of mine! If you've read my work before, you know I almost always have an author note at the end of each chapter with me just updating everyone on what's going on and asking questions about the chapter and characters. But I decided to do this instead. After every five parts I put up, I'll post an author note to go over things that might be confusing or just letting you know how things are going.

(Also, each one will include a song from my Chaos Chronicles playlist --- This one's is "Lost Boy" by Ruth B. I hear this song and it's Salem trying to find himself or...someone that can help him do that. It works out well, since the last chapter brought up the moons)

I'd love to know any thoughts or feeling about the characters, world, or plot. If things are confusing or the pacing feels weird, please let me know! And of course I'd love to hear what you're liking with this story as well. 

This really is a fun adventure I'm excitedly writing, and I'm really hoping you enjoy it, so please let me know if you think I can do better on anything!

WARNING: THIS IS A UNFINISHED GUIDE. SOME OF THESE ARE BETTER EXPLAINED OVER OTHERS. SOME THINGS ARE STILL BEING DEVELOPED AND FIXED UP, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. (Stars * will be by the things that are relevant to what is going on or referenced a lot.) 

The Seven Lands

Irst - Northern continent filled with icelandic people, pale bluish skin, white hair, can survive viciously cold weather unlike any other due to very thick skin that acts like a blanket layer. Downside is that they cannot deal with heat. Not unfriendly generally, but tend to keep to themselves.

Cond - Dark olive skin, dark hair, known as being pretty good-looking. Stereotypically, they are compared to snakes --clever people, witty, can be manipulative. Celice was a woman, with a dreamy aspect. She created a sort of church that worshipped stars, believing them to be magic. They had a great love of beauty and freedom. Sects broke off, but put the name as Celice. Thus, the Celice tribes that still travel around in search of beautiful magic and trying to convince others. *(Salem's family came from Cond)**(Forsythia, the seer, is a member of one of the Celice tribes. Many of them are a lot like gypsies)

Eerd - Usually tanned vikings, sailors, storytellers, adventurers. Mostly a hearty people, who don't mind their drinks.

Ourth - Dark skinned peopled with unmatched strength. They enjoy a relatively simple, peaceful life on a warm, humid land. A thousand years back five Ourthians separated out to try to study some gods of their own with that of using the five senses. They were blessed and formed the first tribe of Hosh*. They're descendents form the current tribes that tend to be a bit more nomadic than traditional Ourthians. Most strong originals tend to not like traveling, but a few can be found on other lands. Venth has the second highest population of original Ourthians as well as a few hosh tribes. 

Fet (Fae or fairy is used as derogatory term)- Delicate featured and colored people. White skin, white hair, gray/non-vibrant eyes. They have an uncanny ability to almost fade into the background. Are observing people, who have a knack at being able to tell when someone is lying. They're a quiet people but a bit stuck up and don't associate much with others generally(definitely not always the case). Forward thinking, intelligent, more advanced than others. Other lands don't really care for most of them either.

Ixth - Most have pointed features, angled eyes. Have a great respect for animals. at a young age they are fused with their own 'spirit animal guide', by using alchemy, and receive some animal traits (tails, ears, claws, etc,) to give them different things like strength, speed, better hearing or sight and so on. because of their animal traits they are often treated badly since other lands do not see animals the way Ixthens do.

*Venth* ­- Originally a land of no human life, Ixthens found it and desired to keep it as it was to be a sanctuary to the animal and plant life. However Eerds, Conds, a few Ourthians (A fair amount of hosh) made their way over there and took it over several hundred years ago forming four kingdoms.

THE FOUR KINGDOMS OF VENTH

1. Fyren: The northern kingdom - political strength - home of primary base for peacekeepers

2. *Adderghast: The eastern kingdom - cultural - art

Big Cities

· *Emrin ­- The Kingdom capital. (Alastair's home.)

· Ilbaina

· *Feraway - sometimes referred to as the 'cursed city'. Last place that Chaos was known to have wrought his havoc

· Tharsis

Small Towns

Umforth

Puck

Sallows

3. Torja: Southern kingdom - architectural - mining - tourism - vacation beaches - home of a lot of hosh and celice people

· Legantha

4. Evocatus: The western kingdom - agricultural - best crops - very green *(this is where the hero of the world is from)*

((I'm in the process of working on a map for all of this. I've always loved fantasy books with really cool maps in them :))