Caldish Highlands

Mór Ealadha is Caldia's highest point.

The Highlands (Ghaillish: Tailtarda) are a historic and geographical region of Caldia. The region became culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands following the establishment of the Church of Caldia by Queen Ellen I. Despite the Protestant Reformation's arrival in the country, the Highlands remained predominately Solarian Catholic. This led to centuries of tensions between the Catholics in the Highlands and the Protestants in the Lowlands, cultivating in events such as the Iohnibite Wars and the Flight of the Lairds.

The area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the Caldish Isles, Mór Ealadha (Great Elatha). Before the 19th century the Highlands was home to a much larger population, but due to a combination of factors including the outlawing of the traditional Highland way of life following a series of Catholic uprisings during the mid-18th century, the infamous Highland Clearances, a series of famines, and mass migration to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution, the area is now one of the most sparsely populated in Euclea.

There are four contaetha in the Highlands: Sackmannan, Taois, Ballina, Liathróidí. The region's largest population center is Benbaun, which is also the administrative centre for Taois. The city is home to 38,670 and is affectionately known as the capital of the Highlands.

Like the region of Sudreadharr and the northern portions of the Lowlands, the Highlands is home to a Taiga biome and features concentrated populations of Caldish pine.

Geology

Points of interest

• Ghleann an Sióga
• Gleann Pasdorcha
• Loch Leane
• Lú Banbha
• Lú Cethlenn
• Lú Eochu Bres
• Lú Ethniu
• Mór Balar
• Mór Buarainech
• Mór Ealadha
• Mór Fachen
• Mór Fódla
• Mór Tethra
• Rannoch Moor