Eluajas

Eluajas is a fictional region and culture created for a speculative universe used in literature, role-playing games, and related media. It is described as a coastal archipelago located in a temperate sea, consisting of numerous islands linked by ferries, sea lanes, and overland causeways. The geography fosters a maritime economy and diverse island communities.

The name Eluajas is used within the universe by multiple linguistic traditions, while the principal language is Eluaji, an agglutinative language with a SVO order and a syllabary script known as Lira. The culture emphasizes seamanship, craftsmanship, and inter-island exchange.

In its lore, Eluajas has a long prehistory of seafaring settlement and territorial competition among island polities. A series of coastal leagues culminated in a loose confederation known as the Council of Straits, which later encountered distant traders and, in some contexts, colonial influences from a maritime republic.

Society centers on guilds and maritime clans, with elder councils guiding dispute resolution and education. Religion is diverse, with many communities honoring sea spirits and ancestral remains; ceremonies often mark harvests, voyages, and ship launches.

The economy hinges on fishing, shipbuilding, pottery, and cross-island trade of salt, timber, metals, and spices. Urban centers exhibit arcaded markets, wind towers, and harbor-front warehouses; literacy and scribal schools support administration and craft guilds. The modern portrayal typically presents Eluajas as a federated network of island communities under a representative council, using a currency called solari.

See also: Eluaji language; Elua archipelago.