Drakaesland

"The Drakaesland, also referred to as The Drakaes, The Drakaen or The Drakaes Region (or by a particular person, spelled 'the Drakesland') 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 gets its namesake from Thomas Drake, a humble and charismatic fisherman who lived in The Empire Of The White Raven in Rathnir. At the time, the Empire was the home to numerous former bandits, outcasts, exiles, political radicals and revolutionaries, religious leaders, among the large amount of refugees arriving from Huitca, Bardonia, and the Aurlûnor Velande.

The discovery of the Drakaesland, which at first was dismissed by those who heard the tale, as was common for fishermen's tales, was one where Thomas Drake had discovered the land by accident, his boat thrown off course by an unimaginable storm, never before seen on Rathnir. Having survived the storm, the fisherman found himself in a strange and mysterious land, half a world away.

Having survived and escaping from the strange land, Drake found his way back to the Empire and soon his tale was being told in the taverns and alleys of the city of Awm.

Whether the tale was true or not, and whether Thomas Drake had truly found himself in Eldham remains a mystery, yet his tale would intrigue adventurers and with the deterioration of the White Raven, hundreds of settlers, adventurers and fools fled east, just two years after Thomas Drake had died.

In their new lands in Eldham, these Rathnir refugees and settlers founded the city of Aurica and the first Drakaesland Autarchy, which would soon rise and become the Regnum Drakaes.

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