Early morning in Dernian Landis
Dernian Landis (the Hidden Lands) are called Myrëns by the natives. The natives have blue skins, bad eyesight and die in direct sunlight. Women own everything, everything is inherited by daughters. Men have to work for a living and cannot own houses. ArchitectureThe architecture of all buildings and public spaces is designed to keep the sun light out. Steel and wooden frames support coloured glass domes, poles support tent roofs in poorer places. The glass can be gold plated. Houses are made of stone with small windows filled with coloured glass.All bridges and markets have a roof. Streets can have a roof, usually the squares and many streets have arcades to provide shadow. Gardens are indoors. Filtered (split) light might get into the buildings. LandscapeThe Dernian Landis are in the north, west and south surrounded by high mountains. These mountains are so high and uncrossable, that they made Dernian Landis hidden, and gave it its name. In the east, there is an ocean (Maliqë). A large island is also part of Dernian Landis. The landscape within the borders is rather wild, although the lands are spotted with little towns and farms that all have their share of cultivated fields. On the mountain slopes, nothing grows and the people are poor. They are breeders of sheeplike animals. The most fertile, smooth sculpted lands are crossed by two slow rivers, of which the Flÿ is the most important. TechnicsThe technics are of lower level than in Daleth. There are no steam engines. The technics of optics (lenses, mirrors etc) are very advanced. Some attempts have been made to make a flying object to return to the Hidden Planet.TradeMyrëns exports many minerals (gemstones), spices and cloth. They also sell artistic, exotic jewellery (with silver) in Diwán. It is sometimes hard to tell if they sell real gems or fake glass. The objects of coloured glass are popular in salons. Apart from spices, no food can be traded because it rots away on the long journey.There is some national trading of goods along the coast. Translations of toponyms:
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