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Finally named the areas of the Serene Republic. Here they are, with explanations.
No need to anchor, ill just include these in a rentry myself. A rentry i will have backups of.
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>Four coins archipelago
On the map the islands look like someone has emptied their pockets and there are coins and fluff on the floor.
Coppermark, Silvercrown, Goldflower: First two are named after currencies. Goldflower because gold + when i think of tropical islands flowers come to my mind.
Northreach: It is named that because it is the furthest reach of the republic to the north
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>Northern Territories
I couldnt come up with anything better. Its north, its a territory.
Lird's Wallet Island: Looks a bit like a coin purse from which the Four Coins archipelago has spilled out of.
Hatter's Island: A reference to hats. For full immersion, I want the area to have mercury in the form of cinnabar.
Northaven: The northernmost densely populated area of the republic. If someone was sailing away from pirates or meat raiders, arriving to the republic from the northwest, being within sight or Northaven would be the first point where they can consider themselves 100% safe and under protection by the republic. Raiders could reasonably have a chance of successfully raiding the Four Coins Archipelago settlements, or even the Lird's Wallet Island, but Northaven is fortified and highly populated enough to be virtually impervious from attacks from anything short of a national army. Thus, its north + its safe = Northaven.
Mahjan's Bay: Reference to Mahjong
Isle of Hags: Hags play mahjong here
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>Home Island
The main island. Its where most of the population resides.
Aggay Gate: The City of Aggaya is located there. The area functions as a "gate" to the Heartflow.
Aggay Fields: The hills and farmland next to Aggaya. Location of the estates of many middling merchants.
Baker's Bay: Reference to breadbaking.
Cape Flow: Reference to Flow
Idelshire: The least populated area of the home island, and the only place on the home island where large forests remain. In the oldentimes, dead were buried here in swamps. Its the place where dead wallets go to rest.
Heartflow: The Home Island, with its rivers, vaguely resembles an anatomical heart. The strait east of the Home Island is the one through which the vast majority of the trade travels through, so the area is in a sense "the heart of the serene republic", through which the lifeblood (trade, resources) of the republic flows. Thus, Heartflow.
Gambler's Way: The less traveled western strait. Its just a cool sounding name + a reference to betting. Also, I like the fact that if you travel from the north to south, it can be said that you are "taking the Gambler's Way to the Ropeknot" or "taking the Gambler's Way to the Moonwaters".
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>Southern Territories
They are territories, they are south, southern territories.
Ropeknot Peninsula: The shape of the peninsula reminds me of a knot in a rope. Referenced above in Gambler's Way.
Ropemaker's Bay: Reference to ropes. And it fits next to the Ropeknot Peninsula.
Southaven: The same as Northaven but to the south. Southaven is the southernmost densely populated and fortified location of the republic.
Lover's Strait: Reference to romance.
Heartlight Isles: Islands at the mouth of the Heartflow. One of them has an important lighthouse on it. Thus, Heartlight.
Moonwaters: Reference to mooning. Referenced above in Gambler's Way.
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>Heartflow Coast
Couldnt come up with anything better. Its the coast next to the Heartflow.
Sapphire Hills: There are sapphire mines in the area, and the area is full of hills.
Copperflow: The area is also full of copper mines. There's a river through which copper is transported to the Heartflow.
Copperflow Sound: Its a sound next to the Copperflow Area.
Milkmerchant's Coast: Reference to free milk and the boobaboard (RIP), but it is also the coast next to which milkships from /infinity/ would travel to the republic.
Heartbight: Its a large bight next to the Heartflow.
Daybreak Mountains: There is a small mountain chain there, on the /ahoy/ side. Could be argued not tall enough to be proper mountains but the Serene Republic is otherwise very flat. To them, the hills are mountains. As the sun rises from the east, the citizens of the Serene Republic (well, those living in the Heartflow Coast) would first see the light of dawn every morning above the mountain peaks. Thus, Daybreak Mountains.
Also, as the area is rich in copper, and copper is orange, and the rising and setting suns are also sort of orange, it fits.
