The Golden Coast

Where The West meets the Iopian Strait lie the farmlands of The Golden Coast.

Geography and Climate
Consisting mostly of farmland and plains, the Golden Coast earns its name by way of the vast fields of wheat and barley that stretch across its length, as well as its sandy beaches in the north. Along the Strait in the south, the beaches give way to rockier shores and steep cliffs. Its warm summers make the Golden Coast a popular summer spot, and due to its location near the narrowest part of the strait, as well as the shelter provided by both The Sandy Isles and the prominence of Highcrest Harbour, it suffers the effects of few seasonal storms.

To the south, the soil gives way to the rockier terrain of Falconsflight Cape. To the north lie the foothills of Hansland. To the west lie Westwood and The Tepid Marsh.

Population and Settlements
The Golden Coast is populated primarily by Half Elves and Humans, and civilization here is a result of human migration from Riikano-Alinaria. Its relatively calm waters and proximity to Riikania make the Golden Coast an effective place to set up trading ports, as has been done at Highcrest Harbour and Goldport. Highcrest Harbour has the most population diversity of any of the settlements here, being predominantly half-elf, but also home to humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes and their half-dragon Mayor Thamivian. Goldport's population is much more homogenous, being mostly human.