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Elona the continent?
From the PvP creation screen, the choices now are "Tyria", "Cantha", and "Elona". I think it is more than reasonable to conjecture that Elona is actually the name of the C3 continent, as opposed to just one of the three nations on teh continent (I say "three" because that's how many nations there are on the other continents). Thoughts? - 18:46, 27 July 2006 (CDT)


 * Also, do you guys think it is more likily that "the nation of Elonia" is a typo for "the nation of Elona" (in which case, like Cantha, we have one name for two entities), or is the name of the nation simply Elonia? In the Prophecies Campaign "Elona" is never referred to as a nation, only "Elonia" is. - 18:48, 27 July 2006 (CDT)


 * Why ELONA Reach then? And they mentioned an outcast god on gw.com... Maybe Dhuum is coming back? - 88.156.37.157 09:20, 1 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Considering the name of the great river is "Elon", indeed WHY "Elona Reach"? Why Washington Road, at a place nowhere near Washington D.C. or Washington the state? - 12:13, 1 August 2006 (CDT)


 * It's possible that Istan, Kourna and Vabbi were independant nations in Turai Ossa's time, and Vabbi may have been a series of allied but independant city-states, which would be consistent with "the nation of Elona was no more". It's also possible that the contenent didn't acquire its modern name until the rise of the empire. It's also possible that in Turai Ossa's time the continent was referred to exclusively as the Land of the Golden Sun, while the empire was probably being called the Empire of the Golden Sun or the Empire, with the name Elona not catching on until recently. -- Gordon Ecker 03:14, 2 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Folks, the explanation is simple, and obvious: At the time Prophecies was released ANet hadn't started working on Nightfall. At that time it was uncertain whether ANet's business model would be successful, and if there would ever be enough sales to support further expansions. Most likely at that time they didn't even have a clear picture how campaign two would look like, let alone three or four. Now they try to link C4 with the story of C1, which is nice, but they have to work around some minor inconsistencies that cannot be undone.
 * There are obviously two Elonas: 1) Elona, the continent and 2) Elona, the colony in Tryia. Elona the colony was obviously founded by Elonians from Elona the Continent. When Turai Ossa says that "the nation of Elona was no more", he speaks about the part of the nation that's living in the colony, not the continent. There are numerous towns in the USA called "London", and probably most of them were founded by settlers who came from London, UK, and named their new home after their old, left-behind hometown. Imagine one of these small settlements being wiped out (by a war attack, force of nature, disease or whatever). The only survivor who escaped might very well say: "The people of London are no more." Off course that doesn't mean that the whole city of London, UK, has been erased. --[[Image:TurningL sml.gif|Tetris L]] 03:52, 2 August 2006 (CDT)

Regions
It's interesting that neither the Churranu Island Arena and Sunspear Arena correspond (in name) with the three provinces of Istan, Kourna, and Vabbi. But then with the Factions campaign, the Brawler's Pit and Petrified Arena don't immediately provide a connection with Kaineng City and the Echovald Forest either (prior to us knowing the Echovald Forest is a petrified forest). I wonder if the tutorial area is considered a part of one of the three provinces (Shing Jea Island isn't part of Kaineng City, but is at least during direct rule of Cantha Empire), or if we are going to have a Prophecies-like tutorial, except instead of "Two years later..." we get "Two hundred years later..." (ie tutorial is before Turai Ossa took off for Ascension, maybe the tutorial will end with the Battle of Jahai! Then you get sealed in some kind of magical cryogenic mummy that preserves you for 200 years). - 02:29, 2 August 2006 (CDT)


 * Istan may be an archipelago. As for Sunspear Arena, it's next to a port city, which I'm assuming is home to the headquarters of the Order of the Sunspears, although it may not be named after them. I think the most likely candidates for starting areas are Istan or one of its islands and the Order of the Sunspears' academy and the surrounding lands. -- Gordon Ecker 03:33, 2 August 2006 (CDT)