Kejafros

Kejafros (/kʰeɪ.ja.fɹos/) is a continent in the world of Abexilas; the Southeastern-most of the realm's nine continents. It is one of the most populous parts of Abexilas; home to several massive nations including Ischanor, Zilatra, Arcael, Hälge, Lenoria, and several others.

Etymology
The name itself comes from the now-extinct Proto-Aysar language, spoken by the ancestors of many of the continent's indigenous peoples. Meaning "settled land", coming from the roots *kejana "to settle" and *afros "land", the term reflects the expansion and development of agriculture by the originally nomadic Aysar peoples before they diversified into the modern nations of the continent.

In the modern vernacular languages of Kejafros, the name itself is modified to reflect the language spoken. The term in modern Ischanic, a direct descendant of Proto-Aysar, is Kjeavrē, and the Baszku term Keyafu is a modified loanword.

The term Khanen, roughly meaning "courage" in Lenorian, was also proposed as a name for the continent; it currently generally refers to the various nations to the north, who are culturally distinct from the southern Aysari-Baszku ethnolinguistic region.

Geology
There are two massive mountain ranges with expand vertically across the continent in the Northwest and Northeast; the latter mountain range being one of the largest in Abexilas. The western mountains are likely the result of a subducting oceanic plate moving in the eastward direction underneath the main Kejafros block.

Ecology and climate
Much of the continent is temperate, with wide expanses of prairie, temperate forests, and wetlands (often called by the Baszku term "Anqe"), though there exists large mountains which bisect much of the continent and giving way for taigas. In particular, there exist large tundras, cold mountains, and cold taigas in Zilatra, Hälge, and Arcael.

The temperate broadleaf forests can be separated into deciduous and evergreen types. In the warmer frost-free areas along the coasts and northern end of the continent, evergreen broadleaf forests dominate, consisting of a mix of laurel, beech, eucalyptus, acacia, and tree ferns. These trees generally do not shed their leaves as winters here are exceptionally mild, with only light morning frost at the most.

The deciduous forests are dominated primarily by southern beech, which fulfills the same ecological niche that oaks provide in the northern continents. There are also many eucalypts, which tend to grow near water or disturbed habitat, providing the remainder of the forest canopy, with an understory of acacia, frostbark, and podocarp. Many of the acacia and eucalyptus trees of the deciduous forests are thought to have evolved from ancestors who were dry-season deciduous in prehistoric times when the climate was warmer and drier, as they are relatives of hardy arid-climate trees.

Ethnography
The continent is primarily home to Humans; including two broad indigenous groups, the Aysar and Baszku. Other ethnicities such as Villagers, Herlundians, and more are also native to Kejafros. Today however, the continent bares a massive population of Rathnirian and Eldhamite refugees from the War of the Comet.