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'''Telifog''' (pronounced {{IPA|/&#x02C8;t&#x025B;l<S>&#x026A;</S>f&#x0254;&#x02D0;g/}}) is a [[solar domain]] along the [[southwest]] border of [[Vlastach]].  The name comes from the [[Alar]] ''Teilifarum'', meaning "between two [[sea]]s", and with good reason: Telifog borders the [[Mirror Sea]] to the [[northeast]] and the [[Gloaming Sea]] on the southwest, the land area being an oblong [[rectangle]] between the two.

==Geography==
Between the Mirror Sea on one side and the Gloaming Sea on the other, the land part of Telifog is just a relatively narrow strip three thousand [[meter|kilometers]] wide.  To the [[northwest]], Telifog meets the domains of [[Jacca]] and [[Ketaski]], and to the [[southeast]] the "dark land" of [[Ruale]].  (Technically, the domain of Telifog also shares borders with [[Metcitum]] and [[Kithelin]], but these borders are in the middle of the Mirror Sea.)

Running lengthwise down the western part of the domain, closer to the Mirror Sea than to the Gloaming, is a [[mountain range]], the [[Hartok Mountains|Hartoks]].  It is in the eastern part of the Hartoks that Telifog's [[solar peak]] rises, [[Mount Radjala]], in which rests the [[sun (Vlastach)|sun]] [[Nostezuul]].  In the southeastern end of the domain, the mountains broaden into a gently sloping ridge, which at the edge of the domain steepens into a [[plateau]].

Fitting its bimarine location, Telifog is a very wet domain; the coast along the Gloaming Sea is largely [[jungle]], fading into [[mushroom forest]] on the right end, while much of the shore of the Mirror Sea is [[swamp]].  The northeastern part of ridge in eastern Telifog is well watered and green.  The dryest part of the domain is the western part of its northern shore, where the wind mostly blows from the mountains and the air has already left most of its moisture on their southern slopes.  Also somewhat siccaneous is the southern tip of the domain, sometimes known as the [[Ocshire]], where the slope down to the Gloaming Sea is made up largely of arid hills and karrenfeld, dotted with the occasional wood.  The few rivers that run through this badland carve out elaborate [[canyon]]s, the largest of which, near the edge of the domain, is the [[Singing Canyon]], so called for the eerie "[[music]]" created by strong winds blowing through its channels.

==Nations==
Despite the domain's straitness, no single [[sovereign state|nation]] of Telifog spans the entire veigur: a number of nations of Telifog lie along the Mirror Sea, and a number along the Gloaming, but none reach to both.  At least one nation, [[Iamo]], did formerly reach both seas, and claimed distant places besides at the peak of its [[empire (politics)|imperial]] age.  Postimperially, though, its size drastically diminished, and now, while still the largest nation lying wholly within Telifog, it is only a fraction of what it once was, and has lost its land along the Gloaming Sea.  It still has a considerable coastline along the Mirror Sea, however, but does most of its [[trade]] overland, having carved out for itself a lucrative position as the principal intermediary for commerce between the Mirror Sea and the Gloaming.
	
Other Telifar nations bordering the Mirror Sea include [[Jjamajj]], [[Kaxusek]], and [[Ylfane]].  Jjamajj is a nation covered almost entirely by swamp that nevertheless manages to make a good income from rich mines in its few mountains as well as from paludal resources.  Kaxusek is a naturally droughty nation that counterchecks this condition by an extensive system of canals.  Ylfane also makes extensive use of canals, but for very different reasons; it makes such extensive use of mariculture that it sees benefit in creating extra area for it... besides which, Ylfane also has much dealings with [[mepquep]]s, many of whom actually live in the canals among the nation's terrestrial citizens.

On the southwest, the Telifar nation with the longest coastline along the Gloaming Sea is [[Kek]], which has taken advantage of its position to trade with distant lands, sailing through the veigur of [[Cha'a'e]] all the way to the Gloaming's ferren shores.  Another nation on the Gloaming is [[Maicon]], one of only two countries on Vlastach to be populated mostly by [[casami]].  [[Satce]], a former part of the [[Iamese Empire]] that reacted to independence by seeking to do things as differently as possible from its former masters, has a small outlet to the Gloaming between Kek and Maicon.  And, of course, [[Kahmari]], while it lies mostly in the domain of Jacca, extends partly into Telifog as well, making it the only nation on Vlastach to have continuous territory in two solar domains.

Telifog also contains a few landlocked nations that border neither sea.  The sun-baked nation of [[Scigritti]] lies high in the Hartok Mountains, surrounding Mount Radjala itself.  In the jungles of western Telifog, [[Gaharum]] struggles to utilize its natural resources to escape the poverty that has long afflicted it.  On the opposite side of the mountains, [[Kilchech]] is a tiny nation founded by [[Blotesian Empire|Blotesian]] refugees from Kaxusek when that nation rebelled against the empire that claimed it. 

==Life==
Telifog teems with life in its well-watered western wilds.  The swamps are home to [[kehru]] and their more [[intelligence|intelligent]] cousins, [[iako]], as well as to [[tsilikin]]s, crocodiles, and [[frostbird]]s.  [[Invertebrate]]s of the swamps include [[liver slug]]s, giant crabs, [[niceworm]]s, and the many species of [[paradise slug]].  The swamps contain many unusual [[flora]] as well, not just useful [[plant]]s like the [[oil tree]], or strange but harmless species like [[jewel moss]] and [[screamlily|screamlilies]], but some, like the [[lady's hand]], that can cause painful rashes or other ill effects, and some, such as the [[butcher vine]], the [[clapper tree]], and the [[uardego]], that are actively dangerous (as well as some, like the [[demon's goblet]], that are useful, strange, ''and'' dangerous all at once).  A few notable swamp creatures are technically neither [[animal]] nor vegetable, such as [[ghostweed]], [[waterpom]]s, and [[chaochol]]e.

In the jungle canopies dwell [[carpet sloth]]s, [[monkey shark]]s, [[aabat]]s, and [[piewock]]s. The forest floor is roamed by [[gherigen]]s, [[psashi]]s, [[glass cat]]s, and many types of [[shannarac]].  The jungle trees include such exotic varieties as [[spiltree]]s, [[dirgebell]]s, and [[zvabra tree]]s, while other flora include [[eyevine]]s, [[bladderbush]]es, and [[scuttleweed]].

While not as densely populated, the drier eastern part of the domain is certainly not lifeless.  The stony barrens are home to such creatures as [[tapal]]s, [[chicker]]s, and [[yanino]]s.  [[Witherthorn]], [[glory cactus]], and [[spiritberry|spiritberry shrubs]] grow among the karstland's sparse vegetation.  And of course the mushroom forests have their own [[faunum|fauna]], including [[chattersquid]] and [[mushroom hawk]]s.

==Stars==
The two most famous [[fixed constellation]]s of Telifog are [[Chiai]], the Seal; and [[Dyasarala]], the Jewel of Dyasa.  The former was created just after the [[Second Demon War]], and is purposed to close off a [[crepature]] through which [[demon]]s were entering the [[world]].  The latter is notable because it was formerly a [[wandering constellation]] which was sickered in place by a powerful [[sorcerer (Dverelei)|sorcerer]].  Other fixed and [[bound constellation|bound]] constellations in the domain are [[Rohai]] the Climber, [[Issiri]] the Hornbill, [[Maro]] the Delver, [[Ors]] the Helmet, and [[Seneres]] the [[Theelian]].

Another notable [[constellation (Lothenmydhe)|constellation]] of Telifog is [[Oaldi]], a [[peregrine constellation|peregrine]] [[gyrant constellation]] most of the path of which lies over Cha'a'e but which passes over Telifog about once every eight [[year (Vlastach)|year]]s.  A unique [[arcanum]] accompanies Oaldi's travels, and a strange group of viadants called [[Rounder]]s follow it to stay always below the constellation and within its zone of influence.[[Category:Solar domains of Vlastach]]