The Great Span

A magical bridge that allows quick travel to the various areas of Galianda. It has countless access points, and the only Warp Gate of the setting.

Phoenix

Not a continent/plate proper, but rather the sun. It flies around and roosts in unknown areas of Galianda wherever it likes. This results in highly irregular day/night cycles. Time is generally handled by business operation times that were standardized in Ramuh.

Chocobo

Also not a continent/plate, but rather the moon. Chocobo is neutral grounds, where Alexander Academy exists. It only became accessible a few hundred years ago, and was named after the first lifeform every created by gods.

Alexander Academy

The school where students from all continents train to master their Jobs. It is for the rich and the talented, though there are other ways in. If you're attending, you're probably not a nobody. It is strictly neutral grounds, and non-theme people can attend or even teach there.

Shiva, The Unforgiving Glacier

This continent is snow and ice themed, with technological domes built by Ramuh's inhabitants allowing those not accustomed to the cold to live there. Locals tend to live like a mix of vikings and World War 1 Russians, with rudimentary technology. Raiders, ice monsters, warlords and barbarians are frequent problems there, and until the defeat of Harald Wolf-Lord the Shivans were xenophobic. They are now forming a unified government, with Ramuh's help.

Ifrit, The Radiant Sands

The desert continent, a place of sand, heat, lava, more sand, random hellfire out of the ground, and every fire-themed monsters you can think of. The sands of Ramuh hide many ancient ruins and secrets. Here too Ramuh has built domes for the survival of non-locals. The Ifriti are nomads, living in a single, massive wandering tribe known as the Bonfire. They dislike building things, but do not mind using accomodations built by others during their travels.

Titan, The Sky-Breaking Mountain

A gigantic mountain with countless underground tunnels, cities, pathways and chambers. Visible from all other continents. The Titanic are hardy people, either monstrously tall or tiny, with no in-between. Here dwell the countless earth-themed monsters of the setting, giant worms that eat solid rock and creatures that can only exist in total darkness underground.

Leviathan, The Tenebrous Deep

An endless sea, where the Levitani dwell. They live on boats, on the rare small isles, and frequently have to deal with pirates, sea serpents, hostile fishlife and other woes of a fantasy ocean. Cities of glass and crystal are not uncommon here, and beneath the ocean are treacherous mazes of it, something ships can sometimes bump into.

Ramuh, The Thundering Plains

Ramuh is a massive cityscape of magitech and neon lights, powered by an eternal, massive thunderstorm. Lightning and technological beasts sometimes find their ways on the streets, and the sewers are full of nasty creatures. Here money is power. Ramuh is run by the al Cid royal family, its Judge order, and then the countless megacorporations vying for power. But when money is power, even the rule of the al Cids can't be certain. The Ramuha here live much like you do in modern Earth, but with more technology, more organization, and an almost racially-rooted desire for advancement.

The Murasame Zaibatsu

Sector 13 is home of the Murasame Zaibatsu, and Souji Murasame's plans all seem to end in him furthering his reach, fortune and power. It is the largest megacorporation and has the monopoly on many magitech products. It even has an active military force, outfitted with only the best magitech.

The al Cids

The al Cids have ruled Ramuh for a long time, a royal family from ages past. Landon al Cid is the current prince. The Judges act as the ears, eyes and arms of the family, upholding their Law.

Bahamut, The Sky-Given-Form

Flying cities and castles make up this continent, which isn't really a continent so much as a massive group of flying constructions. Bahamut has no natives, save for the dragons; humans who live there do so under their blessing, erecting Aeries, flying cities of magitech. Only those endlessly loyal to the dragons, or vying to be Dragoons, are permitted in Bahamut.

Odin, The Iron Desolation

The final plate is one of metal and death. Here, everything or just about is made of sharp jagged metallic edges, and temperatures oscillate in extremes during day and night. The Odynar must constantly battle these Nightmare Golems to keep control of their patchwork technological cities, and non-natives require an A-rank dungeon license to even wander the dangerous wilds. It's Australia, except everything is made of metal, and personally hates you.

Everything in Galianda is magic. Period. The sun is a divine bird, gravity is really just one massive gravity spell being cast by the world itself, bullets shoot out of guns using fire magic (either raw, or to ignite magical gunpowder), and every atom is held together by magic. The obvious implication here is that anti-magic is a pretty dangerous tool in Galianda, and while it might not explicitly hurt its Elite inhabitants more than anyone else, anti-magic is pretty damn illegal. Magic is typically called Magic/Mana Particles, aka MP. Almost everything that happens in Galianda, from lightning to heat waves to someone building something, can be linked to them somehow.

Following the core principle that everything is magic, technology is really just a way for people to automate magic. A gun that shoots lightning bolts is really just a slab of metal onto which the pattern of a lightning spell has been etched. Input MP, get effect. Powerful spells like Fire-3 generally can't be etched onto magitech like that without extreme resource investment, but Fire-1 swords, spears and guns can be mass produced effortlessly. The levels of technology in the theme vary by plate: Shiva and Ifrit aren't home to great magitech builders, generally, but Ramuh is a massive futuristic cityscape, and Bahamut is home to countless, flying magitech castles and small cities. AIs do not currently exist, and cybernetics are highly experimental. Airships are extremely common, as is modern equipment and power armor, but they by no stretch outclass more traditional technologies like swords. Mognet, aka the Internet, has most of everything and then some you could find in the real world on it, and is accessed through computers, smartphones, tablets or other magitech.

All FF:A:C-1 characters are Humes/humans, but what god they are descended from gives them a slight advantage over others.

• Shivan: Children of the First Frost have cold resistance and detection, and are physically stronger.
• Ifriti: Children of the First Flame have fire resistance and detection, and are physically faster.
• Titanic: Children of the First Earth are both durable and strong, either giant or tiny, and have awareness of tremors.
• Ramuha: Children of the First Storm can sense changes in ambient air pressure, electricity, or the weather.
• Levitani: Children of the First Flood can sense changes in the sea and ocean, in tidal movements, and in rain.
• Odynar: Children of the First Blade are born with chunks of metal in their bodies, serving as natural armor.