Yurashia (Pre-Super Genesis Wave)

Yurashia is a location that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. It is a continent in the eastern hemisphere of Mobius.

History
Yurashia is where the Dragon Kingdom is located and dominates the majority of the continent. Legend says that it was the original birthplace of the dragons, and that its unique geographic came from their epic battles. They dragons eventually saw the folly of their warring and left the region, leaving behind a prophecy stating that if the land again fell into turmoil, it would be saved by the Golden Lotus King. The Dragon Kingdom used to be the mainly under the control the Iron Dominion while it was endorsed by the Eggman Empire.

Areas

 * Haunted Lake
 * Iron Fortress
 * Mount Stormtop
 * Lethal Radioactive Zone

Settlements

 * Kar Leung (destroyed)
 * Chun-Nan
 * Leung Kar/Kar Lau
 * Stormtop Village
 * Gossamer Clan Sanctum
 * Shinobi Clan Sanctuary

Trivia

 * Yurashia is based off the real-life continent of Asia, with the name derived from Eurasia.
 * Coincidently, in the comics' storyline, Yurashia may have been Asia before the Xorda Attack on Earth.
 * Yurashia's name was introduced in an entry on the Sonic the Hedgehog comic blog detailing E-102 Gamma's mission to locate and "liberate" the remaining E-100 Series robots of the Eggman Empire.