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+ | The name Galador takes its root in [[DOD Elven|Elven]]. It is properly [[DOD Elven Gala|Gala]]-[[DOD Elven Doria|Doria]], literally home-land. Of interesting note, Land in this sense is given less significance than other elvish words for "[[DOD Elvish Places of Dwelling|places of dwelling]]". |
Before [[DOD The Coming|The Coming]], the Dragons (the only sapient beings at the time) did not separate the two continents, referring to the entire Ariline continent as a single landmass in their own tongue. Though unpronounceable in human speech, it is the seed word for Sakracine, as the ocean. |
Before [[DOD The Coming|The Coming]], the Dragons (the only sapient beings at the time) did not separate the two continents, referring to the entire Ariline continent as a single landmass in their own tongue. Though unpronounceable in human speech, it is the seed word for Sakracine, as the ocean. |
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Galador is one of 8 continents of Eirn. Physically and geologically, Galador is the westernmost peninsula of Ariline, west of Kinchidor.
Galador is bounded to the west by the vast Sakracine Ocean, to the south is the cold antarctic water of the Ice Sea, and the north by the tropical Sun Sea. To the east, Galador is seperated from Kinchidor by the Horn Badlands leading to the Dragonspeak Mountains.
Etymology
The name Galador takes its root in Elven. It is properly Gala-Doria, literally home-land. Of interesting note, Land in this sense is given less significance than other elvish words for "places of dwelling".
Before The Coming, the Dragons (the only sapient beings at the time) did not separate the two continents, referring to the entire Ariline continent as a single landmass in their own tongue. Though unpronounceable in human speech, it is the seed word for Sakracine, as the ocean.