Empire of the Sun and Moon (Location)

The Empire of the Sun and Moon is the setting for Rob Hobart's series of the same name. While there are lands beyond it, the

Clans
The Empire, as it stands in the beginning of The Sword of Amatsu is broken into six clans, although there were more before the Dread Eclipse.


 * Bear Clan
 * Black Wolf Clan
 * Gray Wolf Clan
 * Jade Dragon Clan
 * Nightingale Clan
 * Tiger Clan
 * Wolf Clan - Made up of both the Black and Gray Wolf Clans

Mountains
The mountains of the Empire serve to protect it's borders from outsiders.


 * Bear Mountains
 * Great East Wall
 * Mountains of the Sun

Rivers and Seas
Rivers serve as secondary roads in the Empire, both for trading merchant goods, as well as shipping men more quickly to nearby battlefields. The Nightingale lands also provide the only safe port into the Empire from the Great Sea where foreign ships trade strange goods.


 * River of Many Faces
 * River of Blue Silk
 * River of Slow Turning
 * River of Glad Tidings
 * River of Red Waters
 * River of Lengthy Travels

Beyond the Empire
There are lands beyond the Empire's borders, though very few of the samurai living within show any notice of them at all. Those that do care are mostly concerned about defenses against an invasion. There are three notable groups outside the Empire's lands:


 * Aelfynn - a strangely fascinating people with sharply upturned ears.
 * Barbarians - a people with wide, flat faces
 * Cult of the Mask - followers of the Demon Lords of Dakkurru