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Hypernostria is a large island south of Corum. [[Image:Hypersomething.png|frame|right|Hypernostria as shown on the Physical Map of Micras.]] | Hypernostria is a large island south of [[Corum]]. [[Image:Hypersomething.png|frame|right|Hypernostria as shown on the Physical Map of Micras.]] | ||
==Origins and Etymology== | ==Origins and Etymology== | ||
Hypernostria is Greek for "furthest south". It was usually used in classical Greek texts as a counterweight to Hyperborea, the furthest north continent. Micras has both a Hyperborea and a Hypernostria | Hypernostria is Greek for "furthest south". It was usually used in classical Greek texts as a counterweight to Hyperborea, the furthest north continent. Micras has both a [[Hyperborea]] (also called [[Raikoth]] and a Hypernostria. On early Micran maps it was the southernmost landmass until the addition of [[Sypyr]] and [[Leng]]. | ||
==Landscape== | ==Landscape== | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Hypernostria was first settled by the | Hypernostria was first settled by the short-lived "Beebland", before the country was conquered and absorbed into the United Secular States. They quickly collapsed, and an ill-fated attempt by the Menelmacari to settle there never took hold. It was vacant for about four years, until Riponia settled it as part of their complete domination of the Corum region. Today it is vacant, but ruins of Riponian cities like Dyvelstin still dot the landscape. | ||
[[Category:Islands]] | [[Category:Islands]] | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 14 December 2019
Hypernostria is a large island south of Corum.
Origins and Etymology
Hypernostria is Greek for "furthest south". It was usually used in classical Greek texts as a counterweight to Hyperborea, the furthest north continent. Micras has both a Hyperborea (also called Raikoth and a Hypernostria. On early Micran maps it was the southernmost landmass until the addition of Sypyr and Leng.
Landscape
Hypernostria is long, thin, mostly flat and, except a few far northern peninsulae, covered in ice.
History
Hypernostria was first settled by the short-lived "Beebland", before the country was conquered and absorbed into the United Secular States. They quickly collapsed, and an ill-fated attempt by the Menelmacari to settle there never took hold. It was vacant for about four years, until Riponia settled it as part of their complete domination of the Corum region. Today it is vacant, but ruins of Riponian cities like Dyvelstin still dot the landscape.
