Allansia

References:        Titan:Literal; Blacksand:Literal;

Region/Subregions:        Allansia

Type:        'Lands, Realms and Regions' : 'Allansian Lands and Regions'

Indexed Under:        The letter 'A' and under the category 'Lands, Realms and Regions' and subcategory 'Allansian Lands and Regions'

Dates:        c.1000OT as a separate continent.

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Description:

The great continent lying far to the north west of Khul, and separated from it by the great Ocean of Tempests. The term also applies to a populous area of the north west of the continent. Like Khul, Allansia is wondrous in its variety of cultures, terrains, and climates, but also in parallel with Khul is Allansia’s history of devastating wars whose legacies exist most acutely today.
This entry, however, will not seek to illuminate the details of Allansia too deeply because this is after all the Encyclopaedia of Khul. Allansia is only listed as an entry because it is touched upon by a number of Khulian entries and for the sake of completeness a brief account is necessary.
Allansia itself is in all probability the most familiar of Titan’s continents to those whose knowledge of this world is gleaned from the Salamonian Scholars series of ‘Fighting Fantasy’ books. The greatest proportion of those literary works focus themselves in one part or another of the continent known to many as the ‘Land of Danger’. As the book 'Titan', that most famous of adventurers' literary companions, says of Allansia:.
"Allansia may offer the greatest prizes for a daring, ambitious adventurer, but it also offers the greatest dangers. Throughout the land, the Forces of Evil are drawing together, growing ever stronger. In the north, corrupt humans bring forth wild magic into the world, knowing little of what they are really doing; and creatures are stirring in the southern swamps, things that will ultimately affect all of Allansia. " - Titan, 284AC, The Year of the Fox.