This great ring of land was formed ages ago by some great cataclysm, changing forever the face of all Kulthea. In the very center is an isle known only as Luor'ka'tai (I: "Pillar of the Gods"). It is a tapered column of black Laen and glass rising out of a rocky foundation five miles into the Therodon sky. The exact origin and nature of the Pillar of the Gods is unknown. Some postulate the impact of a huge meteor, while those few with a more advanced knowledge of physics propose that a supermassive body (such as a tiny black hole) plunged through the planet at tremendous speed, extruding material from the core, creating the Pillar of the Gods.
Powerful Essænce surrounds the ring-shaped continent, and grows stronger in waves as one nears the center - much like ripples from a pebble dropped in a quiet pond. But these ripples are disturbances of pure energy, causing shifts in the very fabric of space and time as one passes the inner pair of guardian isles.
The northwestern area of the Ring is arid desert, while the southwest is semi-arid. The eastern regions are tropical in the north to cool or temperate in the far south.
