Long, long ago, before the time of man, fickle gods created a world that spun in space like a shimmering crystal. It's very make up was that of a spectacular gem on the inside, which could be viewed sparkling in the depths of it's endless seas and through the bottom of the topsoil of it's lands. Created out of boredom, they tossed out some random life, created a few land masses, and only after sating their appetite for world creation, moved on to other endeavors.

Over time, the dominant species of one of the land masses became the wolves. Survivors of nearly anything, with their ability to adapt to many different environments on this haphazardly created land; they took over and reduced the other intelligent species to distant history. The only other species alive besides the carnivorous wolves became their food; the hooved ones, small tree and hill dwellers, and small flighted ones that were able to get out of reach of the wolves.

It was then, after the land had become a stable paradise of wolves that a sorcerer came. Calling from the far reaches of another world, his experimentations with plane shifting led him here, and quite stranded him in the middle of this canine nirvana. However, he was intelligent, and had the powers of his sorcery to keep himself safe. Over time, as he observed the wolves, he realized that there seemed to be four basic 'packs' that stayed together; those that lived in the barren desert in caves underground, those that dwelled deep within the tangled forest, those that gathered around the large natural lake in the northern portion of the land, and those that dwelled within the high peaks of the mountain ranges.

Finding this a strange twist on things, he decided to use that to his advantage. After all, he was stranded here anyhow, and figured he may as well amuse himself while being so. Using his power over the elements, he decided to experiment with the land's inhabitants. Within each of the lands that these wolves lived, he chose a 'focus' to be used as a transmitter of a particular elemental magic. A fissure of smoldering underground magma that bled gas into the cave systems for the wolves of the desert, the very bottom of the deep lake that the lake wolves lived about, an ancient rock deep within the forest of the forest dwelling wolves, and a whistling rock formation for the wolves selected to be of the air in the mountain ranges. It was to be an experiment with the elements and their transference to living beings through these mediums he had chosen, as each pack dwelled within and around the aura of his chosenly imbued 'focus'. There was only one explosion of these magics, as he'd attempted to create another area, a surge of wild magic had sent it, and the wolves that lived there, away from the island into the nothing. This, he simply discounted as a necessary failure.

His plan seemed to work; each pack slowly bred into the different elemental traits he had imbued, and over ten long years, it seemed that the newer generations were slowly becoming more and more elemental. The wolves of the forest became quicker-moving and gained the ability to camouflage themselves in most any natural setting. The desert dwellers seemed to gain the ability to see in darkness, their eyes flaring up like a dying ember and when they walked it seemed their paws were aflame. Other traits were seen as well, such as the ability of the wolves that lived near water to seemingly 'push' the water with a thought, enabling them to seemingly catch fish by making the very water expel them!

Current Status:
It has now been over 50 years since that occurence. Few wolves, and only those that have spoken with the Spiorad, know anything about their original creation, as that history has slipped from their current minds. There are only legends now that tell of their coming to this land, and they vary depending on the pack. The four elements from the origin have even been expanded upon and continue to evolve. For reference, the year is marked with an "AE", meaning "after elemental".

The Map:


Seasons:

Dorcha (Winter) is a time of colder temperatures as well as darker, shorter days with possibilities of snow and ice.
(ooc December 22nd - March 20th)
Nua (Spring) is a time where plants bloom and there are warmer temperatures with perhaps some rain from time to time.
(ooc March 21st - June 20th)
Lasair (Summer) is the warmest season with the longest days, where muggy conditions and high temperatures are likely.
(ooc June 21st - September 22nd)
Fuacht (Fall) is a cooling season where plantlife dies off, there are brisk winds and the temperatures drop as the days shorten
(ooc September 23rd - December 21st)

	Carnelian Isle	Emerald Forest	Pearly Cliffs	Quartz Peaks	Ruby Desert
Dorcha	Temperatures drop, but it only snows on the upper mountaintops.	Temperatures drop, however snow does not reach the ground in most places because of the thick canopies.	Normal	Normal	Temperatures drop but do not get to freezing, although snow may fall, it will melt quickly.
Nua	There is a lot of rainfall as there is already condensation in the air.	Normal	The cliffs stay cooler, not really warming up much, and growth of plantlife is scarce.	There is much rain during the springtime here.	The desert will stay warmer, not much growth of plantlife.
Lasair	It will become quite muggy here, as the air is already very humid with mist.	It stays cooler because of the shielding effect of the canopy, summer is warmer than spring but not by much.	Normal	Normal	Temperatures rise more than other places, mostly normal.
Fuacht	Normal	Some of the outer trees will brown but the core of the canopy stays green all year roun	A biting wind rises up, making this area nearly uninhabitable.	Very windy, otherwise normal.	Normal