Tectonic Plates of Rathnir

The most accepted tectonic estimate is for Civilized Rathnir to consist of 51 tectonic plates. This is a massive amount of tectonic plates compared to other planets. This huge number of tectonic plates have let to Rathnir having some strange and dangerous but never the less beautiful landscape, with massive mountains and biomes, making the world of Rathnir truly unique in the eyes of many.

Pre-Historic Data
Rathnir consists of fifty-one tectonic plates as previously mentioned. These tectonic plates have been shifting for billions of years, forming the beautiful landscape that Rathnir consists of today. Many of these plates vary in size, this was due to the splitting of some of them, also leading to a form of underground 'bordergore'. This has caused numerous volcanic eruptions and the formation of huge areas of tightly packed large mountains. It has caused tons of earthquakes, and the amount of tectonic plates have generally been an issue for the early humans, but as Rathnir now finds itself within the prolonged Modern Period in its territorial evolution the people of Rathnir has not seen much to these previously common earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

The natural disasters that happen today, that is directly caused by tectonic movements are only small scale, and the people of the regions where its most common has grown accustomed to it. The large scale effects that the tectonic plates has had on Rathnir should not be overshadowed in anyway shape or form. As it shaped and formed Rathnir.

The Plates

 * Ummarnu: It's a playe encompassing the vast majority of Ummarnu, stretching from Vanyr to Tlahatl
 * Nandor Major: It encompasses the entirety of Aurlunor-Velande & northern Askaru, being a breakaway plate of the Norfthorn plate
 * Nandor Minor: The plate encompasses northern Caeli and is currently crashing into the Nandor Major plate
 * Novareach: The plate is an oceanic plate, with most of it being underwater as it is subducting under the Uldarashi plate
 * Uldarash: The Uldarashi plate encompasses most of Haven, being relatively immobile as it is.Rathnir Tectonic Plates.png
 * Aetheria: The Aetherian Plate encompasses the Cat's Claw peninsula and is relatively small as it crashes into the Uldarashi plate, destroying the Baldic sea
 * Boulderov: The Boulderovi plate is a relatively low-risk plate to be in as it crashes into the Uldarashi plate.
 * Lorent: The Lorentine plate is the resulting of multiple smaller plates merging in Western Sorligste. It is currently crashing into the Uldarashi plate
 * Serenus: The Serenusi plate is a middle plate between the Lorentine and Valdic plates and is subducting itself under the Lorentine plate
 * Tortuga: The Tortugan plate is a small plate that is currently crashing into the Valdic plate
 * Frostmarch: The Valdic plate is a minor plate that is currently merging with the eastern Sorligste plate

History of the Theory
The theory of tectonic plates was proposed by Aetherian climatologist and archaeologist Dr. Oursi M. Porren as an explanation to the same fossils on far away continents along with an eery similarity of the coasts in 26 AFA. He detailed that they slipped along the ocean floor, similar to icebergs. This theory was originally rejected among most of the scientific and geologic community. Dr. John D. Lünefeller, the oil baron, continued on his theory in 31 AFA, linking seismic and volcanic activity to plate tectonics and coming to the conclusion that the oceans were also part of tectonic plates. In order to prove his theory, he placed a geo-located antenna in Luxios along with another geo-located antenna in the Kushite sea before placing a geo-located antenna in Carvay and another one in the waters of the Cactonian Federation. He named the Luxios antenna "X", the Kushite one "Y", the Carvay one "Z" and the Cactonian one "Z-2". He noticed that X and Y moved, over a course of one Common Rathnir Calendar year, 4cm south. Z & Z-2 also moved in a year in the same direction, this time 2.5cm west.

This was a major breakthrough and managed to solidify the theory in scientific circles after the study was published in late 32 AFA.