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Crystania (クリスタニア, kurisutania) is the continent on which the Crystania series of novels, and the movie and OVA based on them, is set. It is the land where Ashram arrives with Pirotess, Hobb, and Maar in search of new land for his people, who have been exiled from Marmo following the conclusion of the War of the Destroyer's Resurrection.
The land is ruled by so-called animal gods, mostly neutral gods who survived the War of the Gods by fleeing to Crystania and fusing their souls with the bodies of animals, thereby hiding themselves. Ever since, the animal gods have tried to make Crystania the perfect world, and in order to achieve that they have set a "cycle", basically a loose fate for Crystania and its inhabitants spread over several years that resets after its completion.
The people on Crystania are called the "People of the Animal Gods" (神獣の民, kami kemono no min). They are divided in tribes who each follow their own animal god. Besides the People of the Animal Gods there are also people who follow the ancient gods, who all died during the War of the Gods. These people are called the "People of the Ancients" (古の民, inishie no min). Besides those, there are also two groups of people whose origins lay outside Crystania; the "People of the Dark" (暗黒の民, ankoku no min), who are followers of Phalaris, the god of darkness. And the New People (新しき民, atarashiki min) residing in Da’nan.
Crystania is divided in a northern part, where all of the novels take place, and a southern area which is the focus of one of the RPG replays. They are referred to as North Crystania and South Crystania. They are connected via an isthmus, which is occupied by the Rabradal region.