Ran I did, with feet of lead
Toward that mighty tolling
The holy man, he hung his head
And so he cursed the holdings
Of my brothers and ilk
My daughters and deeds
The blood I spilled for naught
The fissure yawned
As it grinned at me
Mine ended with a thought
-- Unknown Author, Akarian Poems Vol III
The Split Lands, once known as the continent of Afynia, are a set of islands divided by the Fissure, an unfathomably deep chasm created by a catastrophe many years ago. Ever since its appearance, much smaller fissures have appeared across the various lands, changing their surroundings , coloquially referred to as Wyrdfissures.