Vilous | Map of Planet Tal - Wiki Update & Lore Supplement!

Hello, dear Vilous fans~!

Today's mini-update comes with a small supplement of new locations for Planet Tal’s map scape as well as a facelift overall on the entire composition.

What started as a fan-driven effort by Drago, keeping locations noted as lore was iterated upon as well as upscaling the original map up drawn by Mick Ono in order to have a better look at things and give fellow fans a better look at the world, quickly turned into a collaborative effort, as with the added efforts of Fiddlestickx contributing to the addition of visually colourful borders and Coju pitching in with Japanese text and supporting notes and last but not least, Kiki-UMA herself with the addition of more notable locations, such as the entire Hazma region and few others. 

Basic concept of Planet Tal

Planet Tal. The host planet of the New Age canon in the Vilous universe. Populated by a wide variety of flora and fauna, it is home to Sergals, Agudners, and Nevreans, along with the indigenous Talyxians. You will find it very difficult to draw comparisons to our very own Earth. Tal is larger than Earth, and the atmosphere is thin with a lower gravitational force than Earth. (Tal's concrete gravitational force is yet to be disclosed.) The planet has many climates, some are dry and arid, others remain humid for large spans of time. A truly alien world, Tal is host to many organisms. There are two ecosystems on the planet that vastly differ from each other. 

Talyxian Biomes

These Biomes are indigenous to the planet and are usually the most common. Talyxian plant life does not contain chlorophyll and functions akin to a primitive animal. Due to this, most of them show strange and alien-like appearances which are occupied by reddish or grayish tones instead of green-based tones, just like the colors of their ranges on the map displays. Talyxian Biomes share almost no contrast with life found on Earth. These Biomes contain a humid climate that remains constant for large periods of time. Talyxian Biomes may be referred to as "Alien Biomes" by the Eltus folks.

Eltus Biomes

Here you will find green plant life, which contains chlorophyll and displays an appearance that is similar to that of common plants on Earth. Eltus Biomes are rare, as you will find them in very limited places. Even saltwater itself is a rare sight.

Brief guides of the named places on the map

• North
  • Shigu: The region that spans the massive range of Northern areas. It is mainly comprised of Northern Sergals and can be said to be the birthplace of the Sergal race.
  • Thekan: The Talyxian Biome area comprised of mostly plains and forests. Comparatively safer than other talyxian Biomes, can still pose a threat to those unprepared. This region is grassy and wooded.
  • Astna: The extensive Talyxian Biome that occupies the northern regions. Most of the areas are composed of wastelands or plains which feature few forest areas.
  • Salt Lake ColHazma: The Salt Lake on the northeast Talyxian Biome area. As this place provides saltwater, there are quite a few, albeit still small-scaled residential places for Eltus folks placed around the coastal regions, forming the villages of the Hazma Area.
  • Hazma Area: These villages are located along the Salt Lake ColHazma shore, they were originally established by Northern Sergal shamans, but the settlements failed to thrive over the years. Nowadays, the local civilizations are on the verge of falling to ruin, with the sharpest decline beginning around 20 years ago. While the villages have been able to hold out, actively practicing shamans have not been seen in ages. Thankfully, Ekay's father has prevented this, doing his part to assist in village reconstruction and repair during his travels. There has also been a cultural exchange with the Eastern lands, including sergals and agudners from Reono. This area contains plural villages as the map displays, Adzma Village, Nihazma Village, and Izma Village.
  • Zyngoe Forest: The Talyxian Biome area which forms a forest. The locations of the Vilous manga episode 4, "The Twelve Plainswalkers", make references to areas around this forest. This area contains plural derivative forests as the map displays, Sivran, Baezyn, Kibezyn, and Terzyn.
  • ColThlan: The area composed of plural salt lakes. Information is still pending.
• East
  • Reono: The region composed of various guilds, their cities and towns that span from the Eastern to the Middle areas. This is where Eastern Sergals and Eastern Agudners call home. This region is recognized by ambiguous range, there is no clear border as a nation such as Shigu and Gold Ring. This region features hunting-full life, near-wildlife environment, rich resources of organic and natural material.
  • Etai: The neighboring city to Tesae, serving as the defacto chokepoint connector to the extending network of roads branching out throughout Reono and around the Lyvanks.
  • Tesae: One of the biggest cities in Reono. It is there that small caravan carriages and their cargo (carried by man-powered pull-carts) can be transferred to larger, more robust carriages or join up with another trade association in order to form a larger group or conglomerate.
  • Lyvank Mountains: The alpine region containing a source of salts and habitation of rare and precious Eltus plants. There is the Eltus Biomes sanctuary on summit areas.
  • Magoe: The incredibly dangerous, deep, uncharted wilderness of Talyxian Biomes that forms forest type places.
  • Lower Magoe: The wood or forest type Talyxian Biome region. Riskiness depends on the areas, some shallower areas are still comparatively safe for Eltus race people and being explored and pioneered by people.
  • Magaci: Village areas hosted on the swampland that is between Magoe and Lower Magoe. Composed of old and rural Southern Agudners that have been continued from Agur's age.
  • Mutz-z Desert: The desert area. Information is still pending.
  • Tors Desert: The desert area. Information is still pending.
  • Kef: The barren area. The name "Kef" means "Nothing", "Blind Alley", or "Unlimited." The desert area on the edge of the northwest also corresponds to Kef.
• South
  • Salt Lake ColVilous: The largest salt lake on Tal, enough to be classified as a sea. There are large quantities of Eltus life around the coastal regions, including the nation of Gold Ring.
  • Gold Ring: The greatest nation, most civilized and developed city area on Tal, which forms collective areas of cities and towns on around the Salt Lake ColVilous. Built by Southern native species of Agudners and Sergals.
• West
  • Vetla: The Talyxian Biome area which forms forest, which is the original habitat of the extinct race, Western Sergals.
  • Nevrea: The region occupied by very steep and craggy mountains, "Nev Mountains", which is the homeland of the Nevrean race.
  • Hat-hetno: The Talyxian Biome area which forms forest. Information is still pending.
  • Ohathe: The mysterious, uncharted, unexplored Talyxian Biome area which forms a forest. There are still no Eltus people who have reached and stepped into this region.
• Center
  • Sailzane: The greatest desert zone of Tal. As "Sailzane" means "the white sea", colors of rock and sand are almost identical to white. Soil includes salts in the underground, there is no rich source of life but also a lack of many hostile creatures.
  • Salt Road: The trade routes connecting Gold Ring and Reono, and it refers to the way to cross the desert zone.

Of course, there are a lot more named places that have not been revealed just yet, as Tal is a really wide and massive planet! 

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This is just the surface part of the geography.

Some of you eager connoisseurs may know it already, however, if not... Have you ever heard this interesting topic float on by about the term “Zess”, one that was being provided, prior to the times wherein a strict canonical standard such as the New Age of Vilous had begun? Within these recent times, it is still in very raw and early stages of concept building, but it may be still exciting to peek how it would appear as tangible material related to geography.

If you would like to see and read it in advance, please consider supporting Kiki on her Patreon in order to access the rest of the entry down below!

[Kiki’s +$5 patreon supporters post and access to the pre-viewing of the Zess concept and picture!] 

Note that because the concept is very early work, the details of lore would be changed greatly or updated later down the line towards completion.

We dearly hope you will enjoy this~!