The Tycosian Almanac

A collection of info on the places and people from the stories of our world.

Tycosa - Hidden Valley of The Winds  

Tycosian Almanac

About this page: This page was originally designed to describe the settings for my stories, though I feel the page could still be useful for describing the general landscape of my dragons homeworld.

Terraset: was the name of the continent or possibly the world/planet upon which the dragons and other races lived.  

Tycosa: Tycosa possibly meaning peace/tranquility or paradise, was a valley surrounded by mountains it was usually covered by a thin hazy cloud cover, the clouds often provided cool temperatures and a relaxing atmosphere, although usually cloudy the sun moon and stars where often still visible in the night sky. The valley had forests, rivers, waterfalls, a lakes, vast plains, and even a small city around a crumbling ruin. The Tycosian valley was home to an assortment of many different races, and was once the main refuge for two clans of dragons known as the Calako clan (Fire) and Tyfone Clan. (wind)

Arconia: Arconia short for Araconis was the name given to the land outside the Tycosian valley it was an expanding kingdom consisting mostly of humans and some "mages" the peopl of this land were always looking for new lands to conquer and claim. The general landscap of this region was very different from the fertile valley, this was a mountainous landscape, the western regions ended at an explored expanse of ocean, the eastern regions of arconia ended at another large mountain range behind which were other lands unkown/irelevant to the arconians.  

Lands and Places of Tycosa:

Mt. Tyfone: On the western edge of the valley was the great Mountain of Tyfone named for the fact that the winds were extremely dangerous in this area. The area around Mt Tyfone created a barrier for the wind currents blowing towards it. Dispite the wind currents around the mountain, dragons once lived near the base of the mountain inside a collection of hollow crevices.

Mt. Calakos: Near the eastern edge of the valley surrounded by Forest was a steep occasionally craggy mountain it's many crags and crevices housed many caverns and this location was also once an ideal lair for many dragons of the valley.

The Lycona Forest: This is the main forest in Tycosa accounting for 58 percent of the valley it's where the Tycosians fled to and was also home to the elves.  It was easy to get lost in these forests and could take days to escape. Near the center of the forest the river broke into a series of  waterfalls and these were the great falls of the lycona forest.

The Terresa river: The largest river of Tycosa fed by the great falls it's source comes from near Mt. Calakos.

The Sycala Mt.s: All the Mountains surrounding the valley of Tycosa are called the Sycala Mountains They were windy and very treacherous they Provided a natural defense from invaders outside of the Tycosian valley. The only flaw was a cave which tunneled from the base of one of the mountains leading to the valley.

The Rykanu Plains: The Valley was for the most part forest but outside the forest was mostly grasslands that is where the tower and city were located.

The Kelona lake: The Water from the mountains and rivers of the forest all met near the grasslands and formed a very large lake which was the major water source of the valley.

The City of Cycanthra: The city of Cycanthra was a large city surrounding a ruined tower. It was deserted after a battle centuries ago, the people of cycanthra eventually moved and built small villages concealed in the safety of the forest.

The Grand Tower: Once the heart of Tycosa, in the center of the grasslands south of Kelona lake was a large structure similar to that of a small modern skyscraper. It was built of stone (obvisouly) and consisted of six floors the structor was surrounded by an outer wall which separated the tower from the city. Within the outer wall was a courtyard, a garden and stream cut through the side and entered a small pond before exiting under the outer wall. The tower is where the grand council (the rulers) once ruled the valley aeons ago. Long after it was abandoned the dragon Korageth took up residence in the crumbling remains.  

The Dragon's: Dragon's were once one of the abundant species on that world. Unfortunatly they migrated away from the Tycosa/Arconia region for reasons unknown even the other dragons. Nobody knew were they went and only few clans and wandering lone dragons remained. The dragon's of Terraset came in many color's, types, and personailities, some wise and noble, others power hungry brutes. For more information on the dragons of Terraset read about the Tycosian dragons.

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