To begin with, a little more background. When Ällora set his plans for the Rebellion into motion, one of the first things he did was to separate the three aspects of Eleyon. By dabbling with the soul of another, something forbidden, Ällora ensured the primal Trinity was severed into three distinct beings. This was done with the fourth state of substance. Ällora was the one who made this final discovery, with Yevassë's help. Compressing physical matter resulted in an immensely dense material, basically the theory defying substance that resides in black holes. This state was attractive enough to consume matter and energy viciously into itself, but with the ether, it did not pull absurdly strongly, as there isn't much to pull on in the first place. All the same, black hole matter did allow something that could not previously be done in the ether; the ether could be cut. Normally too fluid to separate fully, the ether links of a spirit could be severed with the new hyper-dense substance.
So Eleyon's spirit was subject to such etheric surgery, Eleyon was divided into a spiritual etheric being, a mental energetic being, and a bodily physical being. The mental being of Eleyon is the one who decided to remove the amniotic Garden of Elen from the circles of the world once the human Rebellion occurred. The Garden of Elen was situated precisely over the site that would later become Mirrorsea. Yes the Garden of Elen is very similar to the biblical Garden of Eden, but I've no qualms about drawing on my beliefs for inspiration. So upon Yevassë informing and discussing the effects of the Rebellion, it was decided that the Garden of Elen would be excised from the physical reality of earth, along with the unfallen humans who were still dwelling within. It was taken in a perfect circle, in the event known as Elenrise.
The Garden of Elen had a central watergiver tree, drawing up water from the ground and generously supplying four rivers with aqueous vitality. This remained after Elenrise and the shallow plain that remained of the rest of the area soon filled with a thin sheet of clear water. The resulting reflective surface was dubbed Mirrorsea. The water continued to flow outward and into the channels of the four rivers outside the perimeter of the Garden that remained after Elenrise. Therefore four cardinal rivers flow out of Mirrorsea, as seen on the map, to maintain a supply of freshwater to the rest of the land. On to the formatted location descriptions :
Central Eldawn
Elen Garden : Time Immemorial to 0 AE
The original home of Aram and Etria, as well as their early descendants, the elves. Elen Garden is removed from the world by Yevassë and Eleyon's energetic aspect after Aram and Etria take the Prometheus Chalice. The massive withdrawal is termed Elenrise, and is henceforth used to date the years. Positioned at the equator, the garden housed a myriad of tropical fauna and flora, unrivaled anywhere on the planet. The centre of the garden was the base of the first watergiver tree, elevated slightly on a central mound. Water from this tree flowed out in four directions, nourishing the entire region.
Mirrorsea : Formed 0 AE
The geographical result of Elerise, the basin leftover began to fill with freshwater drawn up through the watergiver tree, which was preserved in Eleyon's goodwill after Elenrise. The tree was named Miralith. The circular sea around it was called Mirrorsea, having a very uniformly shallow depth throughout. The waters reflect the expanse of open sky that dominates the highlands almost perfectly, when viewed from an angle. The monastery of Mivaris was founded around the base of Miralith, and the devotees there tend the tree unceasingly. The shallow waters are cold due to their high altitude, but looking directly down shows the seabed supports an even carpet of seagrass. The water is fresh and drinkable, while small fish dart between the grass blades, coloured speckles in the green.
Mivaris was established primarily to tend to the invaluable watergiver tree and ensure a protection of water supply and its fair utilisation by all of humanity. I'll have to give a bit more background on the factions of humanity that result from the Rebellion so that you aren't lost, but that'll be reserved for another post.
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