The Isles are small chunks of land adrift in the ethereal Zarátam.  These isles are not restricted to the same plane as the main land maintains but instead float 'aimlessly' around, over and under the central Island.  It is not easy to predict the movements of these objects as they all seem to move independently from one another on different paths and at different speeds.  Some isles pass over the same location every day while others are only seen once every 10,000 days and even then at seemingly random locations.  Surprisingly, there are few records of roaming isles colliding over the Island.  Many theorize that all those that were on crossing paths were destroyed in collisions long ago.

One of these floating isles is Dun Ngur, where long ago the Elve composer Oberyl settled to complete one of his masterpieces.  Finishing, he left behind his assistant Ilsôryl of Darshyrael and the obedient and tireless Slave.  The Elve's enchanted Harp of Calyra is said to remain on the isle as well, guarded by Oberyl's undying assistants and the forsaken Listeners who pray to their unknown gods that they might hear the golden sounds of Oberyl's harp again.

The Rim is a barren circle of wasteland...

Upper Lands.  The Plateau is many things, but mostly it is covered with impenetrable forests and snow-covered mountains.  All life in the Mortal Dreaming originates from the Maelstrom and flows outward through the Plateau, to the barren Rim and finally into the Empyrean void.  Life is siphoned from these streams of power by each region, the Plateau being the first.  It should be no wonder then that the Plateau is rich with all forms of life, flora and fauna, while the remaining regions are starved. In fact, the power is so great upon the Upper Lands that it can become unstable, initiating large scale recreations that rework the landscape and its inhabitants.  Fortunately, recreations are not common else there would be little use in compiling a cosmography at all.

The Maelstrom turns, thunders and howls at the Island's center like a tortured god, drawing all things toward it, but revealing none of its mysteries.  The perimeter of the Maelstrom is lined by hundreds of ruined fortresses and walls, erected by madmen hoping to contain the Storm's entropic fury.  Though the forces there sometime swell beyond their 'bounds', the ancient and abandoned stones remain.  There are many theories (many conflicting) as to why the Maelstrom exists but most agree that one day the Storm will grow to envelope all of the Twilight Realm.  The outcome of such an event has been dubbed both the Undoing and the Remaking. 

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