Thera

Connections

• Apollo himself gave Jhala the title "Exalted Lion" after she led the armies of all Thera to victory against Ehzot, the Zombie Lord (Azoth)
• Sidra and her monster crew ruled the Seas of Thera from the ice floes of Ikrusk to the Atlantean Gate

Context

For a while, I thought Thera was the name of a world separate from Earth. Everything originating in Thera (Elyria, Dragonport, Orc Pass) seemed to be part of a fantasy world. Also, "Thera" is an anagram of "Earth" (uses the same letters, rearranged).

Then I dug a little deeper in my research. Turns out, just like Elyria, Thera is of Greek origin. It is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, southeast of Greece, and is now known as Santorini. It was the location of the catastrophic Minoan eruption (or Thera eruption), which devastated the Minoan empire, disrupting the political landscape of the ancient world. Furthermore, there are even attempts to connect this eruption with many historical and mythological events, including the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt in the Old Testament of the Bible and the sinking of Atlantis.

On another note, Thera is also the capital city of the fictional Theran Empire in the tabletop role playing game, Earthdawn.

Since Elyria is speculated to be based on the western region of the Balkan Peninsula, and seems to be referred to only as a nation (as opposed to "all of Thera"), my theory is that Thera was the name used to describe the entire Aegean Sea area, or even most of the Mediterranean Sea area, which was once considered "the entire world," or at least, the entire "ancient world."

However, after all of that, one of the missions for Brawlhalla's Battle Pass Season 2 (Synthwave) explained exactly what Thera is: Earth before the fall of Atlantis. That is the official answer in Brawlhalla lore.