Arallfyd (Archipelago)

Arallfyd is an Archipelago hidden to Mortals, located in the Deuddegwynebir Expanse. Including the local sea, the combined area is 313,000 square kilometres and has a healthy population of two and a half million citizens.

Most of the islands are flat, except for a few 'mountains' which remain <250 metres. The example is Mynydd Meuric, named after the regional King. There are seven major rivers and medium sized lake, with mythical healing properties.

Name
The name stems from the Welsh word for "Otherworld" - a prominent concept in European mythologies, such as Celtic, Germanic and Greek. It is not to be confused with Annwn, which was its own realm. The name is pronounced as such: ''AH-rah-chl-vud. ''

Geography
The majority of the archipelago is located in the northern segments of the Celtic Sea at a 30° angle and contain 17 major islands and 36 smaller ones, most of which are islets. These are divided up into three island chains located within their own seas.

The southern islands are quite flat and tend to be a maze of marshes and fertile grasslands. The mid and north islands begin to form impressive hills and hosts the largest mountain in the archipelago. A few slim valleys formed down the side of Mynydd Meuric and revealed an impressive stockpile of the resource called Nolium.

Scattered on the islands is the sum total of 53 lakes, only 18 are impressive and are worth mentioning. There's also seven major rivers stemming from the uplands and one pond.

The islands themselves are Volcanic islands, such as the Canary Islands, the Hawaiian Islands and the Samoan islands. Set in the middle of the archipelago is a fault line. The fault line diverged around 65,000 to 43,000 years ago and caused the magma to spread along the ocean floor.

The islands are organised in three chains. The south islands are named Ynyosedd Clystyru (Clustered Islands) which lie in the Môr Eang (Broad Sea).

In the middle, separated by the Neidr Llawes (Sleeve of the Snake) is the Môr Falwen (Snail Sea) which holds the Ynysoedd Triddeg (Thirteen Islands).

Separating this and the Môr Ewropeaidd (European Sea) is the Pedr yn Gul (Peter's Narrow). The Ynysoedd Gorllewin (Westward Islands)

Islands
In Alphabetical Order: