Geography

Ariador is a peninsula in the eastern parts of a greater continent and is where the novels of Hand of Darkness takes place.

Rhandûr
Rhandûr is an island located in the Blue ocean just east och the Ariador peninsula. Rhandûr is also the greatest island in the region of Ariador.

Rhandûr is inhabited mainly and almost only by the Sunborn, or Easterners, and is said to be the pure impersonations of the Protectors, which they believe created them.

Rhandûrs capital is Rhaníl.

Landor
Landor is the biggest kingdom in Ariador consisting of Cillion in the north, Landor in the center and Wendelwam in the south. Because of the size of Landor the terrain is very mixed. From the mountainous parts in the north, to the plain and hilly parts in south to the vast and rocky wastelands in the center.

Landor is inhabited mainly by humans but other races and creatures can also be found here.

The capital is Galladon.

Grimgaard
Grimgaard is a peninsula on the eastern parts of Ariadors coastline. This is a mountainous and unpleasant place where you can find numerous volcanoes and even a river of lava flowing out in the Boiling Bay at the southwest coastline of Grimgaard.

The people living here is the Grimms, a combination of various unwanted and rejected individuals from all of Ariador. However, the native people of Grimgaard is the Mornos, with their hard skin and spinespikes.

The capital in Grimgaard is Harokk.

Ghûlmors
The long lost land of Ghûlmors is located in a valley at the most northern parts of Ariador. The valley of Ghûlmors is a dark and dead place where nothing grows but Ghosttrees and Shadowgrass. The valley is mountainous around the borders and plain in the center. This was once the home of dwarves and the northern Sunborns.

Nowadays, no races is known to live there. However, it is said that in the deepest tunnels of the dwarves cave city Glaulin'ghad, a dark horror dwells to gather its power just to unleash it on the lands of Ariador.

The big city ruins in Ghûlmors is Glaulin'ghad in the west and Duilloth in the east.