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Well, this is my approximation of what's in my head when envisioning Dawn of Light.
I'll probably fancy this up later, right now this is a barebones sketch.

WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILER POSSIBILITIES.

In order:
1 - The Settlement
2 - Dragon Temple Septimar
3 - Mount Elamrof
4 - Warfang
5 - Tall Plains
6 - Mt Boyzytbig
7 - Avalar
8 - Ancient Grove (?) with the Silver River cutting through
9 - Dante's Freezer
10 - Oceanic Isles (Rivyera's home)
11 - Concurrent Skies
12 - Sky Kingdom (abandoned home of Wind Dragons)
13 - Toasty's Lair + primary Natural Portals
14-19 - The "Outer Realms": Artisans, Peacekeepers, Magiccrafters, Beastmakers, Dreamweavers, and the little erratic one in the corner is Gnasty's trash heap isle
20 is not really on the map anywhere, just pictured for reference. This is the White Isle, where the Chronicler dwells.

The Outer Realms lie on a parallel plane immediately beside the Inner Realms. Recent scientific research has found evidence that the individual outerworlds "orbit" the main Inner world. Each Outer Realm world is a contained bubble of reality housing massive land chunks and orbiting conglomerates of islands, all interconnected by Refined Portals. "Refined Portals" are pieces of technology that gather the strain of Spirit Crystal energy responsible for causing natural doorways between the Realms. "Natural Portals" are nexes of this energy occurring naturally, the biggest and most reliable dwelling in Toasty's Lair. Refined Portals are used extensively in the Outer Realms, primarily for inter-subworld travel. Outer Realm portals, because of the Realm's natural hostility towards Dragon Crystal growth, are often fixed and cannot be redirected. Inner Realm Portals can be reprogrammed at will to offer transport to (almost) any existing portal in either realm.

Concurrent Skies and Sky Kingdom rest upon a "lost shard" of the Outer Realms, a piece of outerwordly energy that gathers clouds to itself while giving a solid base for construction. Sky Kingdom, the lower half, still exists in its previous splendor, while Concurrent Skies, the corrupted upper half, is slowly transfigured by dark power. The "lost shard" slowly circles the planet, forever bearing stormclouds. Oftentimes, the intense water activity of the Oceanic Isles fuels the storms with the moisture it casts into the air, causing the clouds to bring plentiful rain to Tall Plains. Air currents in the region slow the shard's progress, causing the storms to dump almost their whole load on the Plains before moving on.

The area immediately north of the Elamrof mountain chain is the Burned Lands, which lies above the same magma vein network fueling Mount Boyzytbig.

The primary Dragon Temple of "Dawn of Light" is actually the seventh main Temple, but due to previous wars and the general decay of time it has become the last major Temple still in existence. There are other lesser Temples, but with the general peace between Malefor and the current age, many have been gradually abandoned. As explained in the story, the Dragon Temple rests on a large island housing one of the biggest collections of Guardian Spirit Crystal. This island is also home to the Mushroom Forest and several swamps. There is also a small Mushroom Forest at the mouth of the Silver River, but in recent years it has been dying off.

The colored barrier is Convexity, a blanket plane lying between the Inner and Outer Realms, but also doubling back on itself to guard the entire chain of reality from the other darker planes beyond. By its very nature of existing within itself and wrapping both planes, Convexity is a realm of sheer power and chaos. In ancient times it was said that "whoever could wield Convexity could control all of this verse's creation"; it was (and still is, in some circles) a predominant idea that Convexity is a mixture of all the cardinal and lesser elemental energies, and that it is from Convexity which Dragons gain their elemental attack powers. The sheer power level and pure chaos of the plane, though, prevents any direct passage. Any being not possessing the appropriate power level will have their matter torn apart in an instant, atom from atom. Malefor was one several beings able to pass through the plane. There are native creatures that somehow were able to live and evolve in Convexity, the most common being enormous jellyfish and gigantic squids forever swimming through the primordial soup of elemental power. Deep within Convexity lies a Prison Portal locked by the Four Primary Cardinal elements of ice, fire, earth and electricity. This portal was constructed in ancient times to trap and hold dragons or other creatures who had mastered powers preventing them from being subdued in the normal worlds. There were three doorways to this Prison Portal; however, for the final battle against Malefor, two were put out of commission, leaving the final one up in Concurrent Skies. It is here that the Dark Master met his end; after his defeat at the paws of the last Guardian of Light and his subsequent locking behind the Concurrent Skies doorway, in his weakened state Malefor was sucked into the Prison and subsequently lost his material form, his existence trapped in limbo between the Prison and the Well of Souls he had constructed.
It is theorized that Ripto came from a Beyond Realm thanks to Spirit Crystal energy and his own immense magic power acting as a repellent to Convexity's chaos. Where exactly he came from is a mystery, but the fact that no one else seems to have followed him suggests he escaped a planar destruction.
EDIT:
Forgot a bit from the story.
Portals often utilize Convexity as a means of travel from point A to B, since Convexity is so close to both realms. There are natural "folds" in the reality of Convexity, where Convexity can merge with the Inner or Outer Realms, or even where the Inner and Outer Realm realities connect directly. This is a sort of "overlap" of energy that can be safely traveled through.
Spirit Crystal energy can force "folds" in Convexity, enabling willful connection between different portals.
These "folds" and "pathways" are somewhat like having a tube of the world's atmosphere running through the physical realm of Convexity.

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Elamrof, Settlement, Oceanic Isles, Sky Kingdom, general layout idea © IceFlame1019
All other canon game locations and characters © respective owners

Description
Made with deviantART muro

Well, this is my approximation of what's in my head when envisioning Dawn of Light.
I'll probably fancy this up later, right now this is a barebones sketch.

WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILER POSSIBILITIES.

In order:
1 - The Settlement
2 - Dragon Temple Septimar
3 - Mount Elamrof
4 - Warfang
5 - Tall Plains
6 - Mt Boyzytbig
7 - Avalar
8 - Ancient Grove (?) with the Silver River cutting through
9 - Dante's Freezer
10 - Oceanic Isles (Rivyera's home)
11 - Concurrent Skies
12 - Sky Kingdom (abandoned home of Wind Dragons)
13 - Toasty's Lair + primary Natural Portals
14-19 - The "Outer Realms": Artisans, Peacekeepers, Magiccrafters, Beastmakers, Dreamweavers, and the little erratic one in the corner is Gnasty's trash heap isle
20 is not really on the map anywhere, just pictured for reference. This is the White Isle, where the Chronicler dwells.

The Outer Realms lie on a parallel plane immediately beside the Inner Realms. Recent scientific research has found evidence that the individual outerworlds "orbit" the main Inner world. Each Outer Realm world is a contained bubble of reality housing massive land chunks and orbiting conglomerates of islands, all interconnected by Refined Portals. "Refined Portals" are pieces of technology that gather the strain of Spirit Crystal energy responsible for causing natural doorways between the Realms. "Natural Portals" are nexes of this energy occurring naturally, the biggest and most reliable dwelling in Toasty's Lair. Refined Portals are used extensively in the Outer Realms, primarily for inter-subworld travel. Outer Realm portals, because of the Realm's natural hostility towards Dragon Crystal growth, are often fixed and cannot be redirected. Inner Realm Portals can be reprogrammed at will to offer transport to (almost) any existing portal in either realm.

Concurrent Skies and Sky Kingdom rest upon a "lost shard" of the Outer Realms, a piece of outerwordly energy that gathers clouds to itself while giving a solid base for construction. Sky Kingdom, the lower half, still exists in its previous splendor, while Concurrent Skies, the corrupted upper half, is slowly transfigured by dark power. The "lost shard" slowly circles the planet, forever bearing stormclouds. Oftentimes, the intense water activity of the Oceanic Isles fuels the storms with the moisture it casts into the air, causing the clouds to bring plentiful rain to Tall Plains. Air currents in the region slow the shard's progress, causing the storms to dump almost their whole load on the Plains before moving on.

The area immediately north of the Elamrof mountain chain is the Burned Lands, which lies above the same magma vein network fueling Mount Boyzytbig.

The primary Dragon Temple of "Dawn of Light" is actually the seventh main Temple, but due to previous wars and the general decay of time it has become the last major Temple still in existence. There are other lesser Temples, but with the general peace between Malefor and the current age, many have been gradually abandoned. As explained in the story, the Dragon Temple rests on a large island housing one of the biggest collections of Guardian Spirit Crystal. This island is also home to the Mushroom Forest and several swamps. There is also a small Mushroom Forest at the mouth of the Silver River, but in recent years it has been dying off.

The colored barrier is Convexity, a blanket plane lying between the Inner and Outer Realms, but also doubling back on itself to guard the entire chain of reality from the other darker planes beyond. By its very nature of existing within itself and wrapping both planes, Convexity is a realm of sheer power and chaos. In ancient times it was said that "whoever could wield Convexity could control all of this verse's creation"; it was (and still is, in some circles) a predominant idea that Convexity is a mixture of all the cardinal and lesser elemental energies, and that it is from Convexity which Dragons gain their elemental attack powers. The sheer power level and pure chaos of the plane, though, prevents any direct passage. Any being not possessing the appropriate power level will have their matter torn apart in an instant, atom from atom. Malefor was one several beings able to pass through the plane. There are native creatures that somehow were able to live and evolve in Convexity, the most common being enormous jellyfish and gigantic squids forever swimming through the primordial soup of elemental power. Deep within Convexity lies a Prison Portal locked by the Four Primary Cardinal elements of ice, fire, earth and electricity. This portal was constructed in ancient times to trap and hold dragons or other creatures who had mastered powers preventing them from being subdued in the normal worlds. There were three doorways to this Prison Portal; however, for the final battle against Malefor, two were put out of commission, leaving the final one up in Concurrent Skies. It is here that the Dark Master met his end; after his defeat at the paws of the last Guardian of Light and his subsequent locking behind the Concurrent Skies doorway, in his weakened state Malefor was sucked into the Prison and subsequently lost his material form, his existence trapped in limbo between the Prison and the Well of Souls he had constructed.
It is theorized that Ripto came from a Beyond Realm thanks to Spirit Crystal energy and his own immense magic power acting as a repellent to Convexity's chaos. Where exactly he came from is a mystery, but the fact that no one else seems to have followed him suggests he escaped a planar destruction.
EDIT:
Forgot a bit from the story.
Portals often utilize Convexity as a means of travel from point A to B, since Convexity is so close to both realms. There are natural "folds" in the reality of Convexity, where Convexity can merge with the Inner or Outer Realms, or even where the Inner and Outer Realm realities connect directly. This is a sort of "overlap" of energy that can be safely traveled through.
Spirit Crystal energy can force "folds" in Convexity, enabling willful connection between different portals.
These "folds" and "pathways" are somewhat like having a tube of the world's atmosphere running through the physical realm of Convexity.

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Elamrof, Settlement, Oceanic Isles, Sky Kingdom, general layout idea © IceFlame1019
All other canon game locations and characters © respective owners