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This blog may be titled "Selucian's Tears" but the posts are not always directly from my book, Selucian's Tears: Tear of the Sea. Rather, the posts are teasers to the deeper plotline beneath that of Selucian's Tears. They may also be hints to the history before the book, or chapters that I did not actually include in the book. ~~ (All Rights Reserved)
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- C. Rorke

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Maps of Locations found in Tear of the Sea (Part 1 of Selucian's Tears)

The world of TaeAra {tay'ah'ruh}. At the center (and slightly right) of the TaeAra-map is the island of Keneroon {ken'err'oon}, which consists of two provinces of the I'landis Empire {eye'lann'diss}. The eastern half is Tesirea {tess'iir'ee'uh}, and the western half is Tebalea {teh'ball'ee'uh}.


The large inlet into Tesirea is the Sea of Drucorr {druh'kor}, and at its furthest west point is our first location in the story. The Prologue drops you in on a scene of revelry at this location, and it is only visited in the Prologue and Epilogue. It is called Corsanis {kor'sann'iss}, and it is the capital of the province of Tesirea. It is an old and very large city, making it ideal for "underground" activites - such as the one taking place in the prologue.


(Image of Keneroon/close-up coming)


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During the majority of the story you are taken through a small continent called Crune {kroon}, beginning at another port-city. This one is Empirica {em'peer'ih'kuh} - at the southernmost point of the northermost inlet. It is another capital, but not for the L'disians {luh'diss'ee'un} of I'landis. Rather, it is a growing city of importance for the L'disians' rivals, the Yuaelans {you'ell'un}.

Then, just across the mountains to the west of Empirica is I'landis territory. And on the far west coast (centrally positioned) is Sharkara {shar'kar'uh}. This is where Vitrena is from. At the age of 17 she joins her father on a trip to Tandera (several months after her older brother's death) where she runs away into the Opal Mountains. It is there that she is captured during a raid on a settlement by men-at-arms working for the Yuaelan Viceroy of Empirica.

She is now a terrified, helpless slave... in her enemy's world, in a land and culture that she has never experienced. But her journey is only just beginning...
A significant amount of the story takes place at sea, between the locations of Yhevelta and the Keti-Orient. The waters here are traversed substancially by our characters. In Vitrena's case, it is not with the highest quality of company. But it is also not without its memorable impressions, because it is within these waters that that migration path of the majestic Evyhmrii {ev'im'ree} (fantastical species of whale) crosses.

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The Keti-Orient... very rarely seen by "foreigners", it is a world of its own. Full of exotic creatures, and climates that encompass a wide variety, this land instills itself into Vitrena's soul. There is respect and honor to Ketimure that she has never experienced or felt before, and she will never be able to shake its effect on her.



(...more to come / post still being developed...)