Before it became a part of An’mani, Okuna was a large, vast sea. It was inhabited by Devondalevi and hundreds of various types of sea creatures including merfolk.
During the godwars, Hejong (god of War) and Aeon (god of Time) clashed. Hejong uprooted and threw a continent at Aeon, which fell to the planet’s surface and collided with the western edges of An’mani. This earth-shattering event, called Aeon's Demise, resulted in a slew of debris raining into the ocean. The debris caused a massive tidal wave which dumped the ocean on top of the newly-created extension of An'mani — salting the land and preventing the growth of plants. Okuna was born.
People from An’mani’s edges eventually settled the new lands of Okuna over thousands of years, forming tribes and building their own unique society. Okuna’s most prominent features are its lowlands (a floodplain covered in snaking rivers), and the ominous Okunan Desert haunted by undead.
(Images of Okuna, by victoria_fantasy_art)
Okunan Desert
The Okunan Desert is a very salty desert. Its sands are mixed with minerals normally found deep in Ilisara’s crust, especially cobalt. Cobalt is coveted and highly desired in An’mani. When mixed with aluminum and other additives, it produces azure dye. It is one of the major exports of Okuna.
Only the most resilient plants can take root in the Okunan desert, including desert ironwood and purple lotus. Other valuable commodities include striped sandstone from the planet’s early creation, oyogba quartz, and deep-sea pearls. The bones of dead sea creatures in the Okunan desert have magical properties.
Okunan Floodplains
The floodplains are the area lining Okuna’s edges near the sea. They are covered in swamp and mangrove forests. The floodplains merge into highly degraded forests that quickly turn to rugged, arid rock and desert inland.
Due to the way the rocks fell from the sky to form Okuna, many saltwater rivers bubble up from underground tidal chambers and wash out through the floodplains. Okuna’s tribes are clustered around a few freshwater rivers, which formed from lakes created by the heavy rainfall in the southern regions of Okuna.
The floodplains are swampy, tropical, and covered in mangroves, palm trees, and a mixture of jungle plants.
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