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When Moongloom and Elric reach the castle (Kaneloon?) where Myshella is sleeping a magic sleep, they both are marvelled to find such an ancient castle in what was called the Rim of the World. In The Vanishing Tower it is also implied that, once, Lormyr was the Rim of the World, although the Rim is not a fixed boundary: servants of Chaos may come from outside the Rim. Klant Province in Lormyr, who fought at the Rim of the World and conquered new lands

In The Vanishing Tower we found reference to the story of Aubec of Malador, from the This is implied in The Vanishing Tower but says nothing on the flatness. The world is bounded or limited somehow by a region of Chaos.

I hope I'll be able to add more detail to it in the future. I'm looking for help tracing what of these facts on the Young Kingdoms back to canonical sources. Richard Watts, in his introduction to the volume published in 1994, says that they based as much as possible of the geography on Moorcock's canon, but filling the gaps for added value to those playing their RPG. Terrible place of rushing waters and empty void which only few people Of world is real, and not the product of superstition. Because it was created byĬhaos, the influence of which remains strong to this day, the earthĭoes not always conform to natural laws. The Plane of the Young Kingdoms is essentially a flat, oval disk,Ībout 15,000 miles north to south. In Atlas of the Young Kingdoms (published by Chaosium, ISBN 1-56882-021-6), on page 7, it is said: The map is, of course, not a complete depiction of the world and not a planisphere at all. published a map ( here a courtesy link for reference) which they admit is a rendition of what the Young Kingdoms may look like, although they changed in depiction through the works of Moorcock.

The Geography of the Young Kingdoms described by Moorcock is somewhat vague, reading the works of Elric.Ĭhaosium inc.