Grauwelt

"This new World was in between, not wholly good, nor wholly evil. It "



"was both as dark as men’s hearts and as bright as their spirits. "

"—The Death-Linked Bridge"

The Grauwelt, also known as the "Gray World," was a place between Ærth and Hel. This world was the ancestral home of the Löwa species and their creator, the Great Hund. The Grauwelt serves as the principal setting for the Grauwelt book series, after which (quite naturally) it is named.

History
The origins and history of the Grauwelt before the time of Dietrich's final battle with the Great Hund are unknown.

Since that time, the Löwa have come to dominate much of this world and have spread their Hundish Realm's rule to nearly every known corner of it.

Environment
The Grauwelt has a somewhat similar topography to Europe in the real world. It is filled with mountains, forests, fields, swamps, and is flanked by a large sea (the Weit ).

The entire Grauwelt is swathed in a thick fog called the Nebel.

Native species

 * Aschuld
 * Boar
 * Crow
 * Deer
 * Edelweiss
 * Eschar
 * Löwa
 * Otter
 * Plöch
 * Raven
 * Sinder
 * Taaken
 * Wolf

Non-native species

 * Ælv
 * Drage
 * Mann

Grauwelt vs. the Grauwelt
The world Grauwelt refers to the Grauwelt book series and related media and products, or the setting as a whole (e.g. the Grauwelt universe).

The term the Grauwelt refers to the physical place itself within this fictional universe. Many other place names also have "the" as part of their names to distinguish them as locations (e.g. the Daland, the Dreckland, the Kaltmark, etc.).