Xathbar is a mountainous land long said to be at the (north) eastern edge of the World. It has a beautiful green west and a scenic mountainous east, and is often said to be a holy land in its own right, like the Land of the Temples. It faces the Sanmadin Sea, and has a small string of mountainous isles just off its southern shore (and running parallel to it, not seen in the world map). Like the Land of the Temples, it is renowned for its hot springs and artistic works. Nonetheless, the Land of the Temples is dominated by three major religions (sun worship, Mother Spring polytheism, and Mutualism) and Xathbar is dominated by two other major religions (the Cult of the Gold Conifer (Blossomtreeism) and Earth-Sea goddessism). (Note: Conifers already existed in the Permian world, and while flow