Drakaesland

"The Drakaesland, also referred to as The Drakaes, The Drakaen or The Drakaes Region is a continent within central Eldham. Traditionally the continent has been unrecognized, split between Elestra, Phoros and Valresh on most continental maps, only being recognized as a seperate continent after the First Drakaen Summit."

Discovery & Name
"Further Information: Regnum Drakaes"

The Drakaesland and was named after Thomas Drake, a humble and charismatic fisherman who lived in The Empire Of The White Raven, which at the time had been home to numerous former bandits, outcasts, exiles, political radicals and revolutionaries, religious leaders and a large amount of refugees arriving from Huitca, Bardonia, and the Aurlûnor Velande.

The discovery of the Drakaesland, at first, was nothing more than a story played in the dark taverns along the streets of Awm. Thomas Drake had discovered the land by accident, the boat Drake worked on was thrown off course by an unimaginable storm, never before seen on Rathnir. Having survived, the fisherman found himself in a strange and mysterious land, half a world away.

By the grace of no one but himself, Drake had returned to the empire with his tale of his discovery of distant lands, but as was common, the tales of a mere fisherman went unnoticed by most. However the tale would intrigue adventurers and with the deterioration of the White Raven, hundreds of settlers, adventurers, sages and fools made a great expedition, just two years after the tale had first been told, carried the same dream of the now-deceased Thomas Drake back across the seas.

In their new lands in Eldham, alongside a mighty river, these Rathnir refugees and settlers founded the city of Aurica and the first Drakesland Autarchy, which would become the predecessor to the Regnum Drakaes.

The Mercantile Republic of Velenu
The youngest nation of the Drakaesland, formed after the dissolution of Aquatos