Hakka / Aurinel

Aurinel, called Hakka by the Hular, is the bottom of the “V” made by the three great plateaus, and is the middle plateau in size, covering roughly 1200 square leagues. It is roughly 30 leagues across at its widest, and is a vague oval shape. Aurinel is the oldest of the Great Plateaus, and may have existed for hundreds of millennia. Its surface area is almost entirely covered in water, a deep lake (900m at its deepest) which shares the same name. The Silvered Lake is shrouded in mystery, and the Hular will not venture too close to the centre of the plateau, believing the water to be cursed and a haunt for demons. The Elder Peoples by contrast believed the lake to be benevolent, and some even worshipped it. During the Collapse, a battle was supposedly fought between the Elder Peoples and their enemies on the side of the Silvered Lake, which the Elder People called the Auringuine, and which they lost. Ironically, many of the Elder Peoples who fled the Auringuine went on to become the first of the Hular, as they wandered, unable to settle for fear of what had happened to their cities.