Southern Continent (None So Blind)

The southern continent was located to the south of the Empire of Mussalmi, and inhabited by blond natives, many of whom were very short. The Empire saw the southern continent as being ripe for exploitation and colonization, and sent expeditions to that purpose.

One of the odder Mussalmian expeditions was the one headed by Baron Toivo, with the scientific mission of documenting new examples of wildlife, preferably the legendary dragons which were such a controversial subject among savants. The Toivo expedition bagged a prize but overlooked the bigger picture.

Literary comment
The southern continent is based on Africa, which was known to 19th-century Europeans as the "Dark Continent." The article name "blond continent" appears nowhere in the story, and is used here for convenience. The story does not reveal any specifics about the continent, beyond what the Toivo group encountered.

The language of the blonds includes terms from several Eastern European languages, including Hungarian and Lithuanian.