Andarus (Continent)

History
Its sheer size meant that the continent of Andarus was once believed to be all that there was, and so the name was used in reference to both the land and world. It has two poles, one south and one north, that connect to Andarus by land bridges. Both land bridges are hard to navigate as the ice constantly shifts, but the one to the north is most dangerous not because of the cold or ice, but because of the Andar, a race of man descended from giants who live in the North-march mountains. They claim to be the last pure blood of the land’s original occupants and fiercely guard the northern land-bridge. There is very little knowledge of what is beyond the Andar settlements, although a tome written by an unknown author simply titled Snowfall claims that: “Where the ice-walls loom, there lurk trees of stone and bone, shafts of death for those who fall, and under their boughs stalk unseen monsters of armoured hide.” Most of Snowfall is incomprehensible gibberish, marked by scholars as the ramblings of a madman or else some kind of Andar mythology.