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- The Tirennionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Tirennion
The Tirennion is an epic saga which outlines the legendary history and origins of humanity, from the creation of the universe, the mutual destruction of the ancient first gods who created mankind, and the descent of the Godmen to the world, from whom all mankind is descended. The work is most known in the @helevos - descent of the [[Godmen]] to the world, from whom all mankind is descended. The work is most known in t... n** * **VI. The Age of Black Days** * **VII. Fall of Yendim** * **VIII. Fate of Orodien** ===== ... fter a great war in heaven, carrying the seeds of all the clean creatures in its belly after eating the... <blockquote>The King-Father of Eternity, who set all things in motion, and the Queen-Mother of Night,
- Vahltorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVahltor
Vahltor is the capital city of Harthera (also: Vultor, Vuhltore; archaic names: Biyahl, Bahl Dorr, Buldoya). It is one of the grandest, wealthiest and most powerful cities in the world, but its surrounding walls limit the city's expansion, creating cramped streets, oppressive towers, poor housing, poverty, disease and squalor in its poorest quarters. It is colloquially known as BMEBMEHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHarther… @helevos - e spread youmee of the Mother Goddess, from which all life was born"//. The Emanuné royal city lay on t... rround this basin. Beyond this were a series of small towns and villages that were eventually enclosed ... ty. The many towers are fortresses in themselves, all very costly to take. This rationale applies equal... passcards of pasteboard. The wealthiest will have all-access keys to the whole city, finely wrought and
- Mother Church of Ororr (Therism)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)
The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher @helevos - in 52 ME, though the old empire did not entirely fall until 59 ME. Ten years later, the Prophet announc... ho is the physical embodiment of the earth and of all life. <blockquote> - All earth is sacred, the Mother of all: it is She who gives all things life, and to whom we return at the
- Helevos Biology & Natural Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelevos Biology & Natural History
Helevos has two categories of life which are mutually incompatible, the virid, and the green.
Green life includes humans, and all domesticated plants and animals which are nutritious and useful to human exploitation. Green life is considered to be soft, benevolent and useful, an essential part of human settlement and civilisation. greenviridviridgreengreengreenviridgreenviridgreenviridviridgreenviridviridviridviridGreengreengreenAnrelgreengreenAnrelAnrelAn… @helevos - n//. [[Green|Green life]] includes humans, and all domesticated plants and animals which are nutriti... , whereas human friendly life is called “green”. All life is seen by people on Helevos as natural, but... at those who left the early colonies did not have all the same protections. Today there is a mixture o... iding human-edible meat and milk. [[Kits]] are small feline-analogues created in the middle colonial e
- Faunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFauna
All of these creatures are physical beings, but some of them, particularly the Four Beasts of the Apocalypse, are legendary and of course will only appear under the most extreme circumstances.
* Banshee - large terrifying flying creatures with spindly bodies and a very long wingspan, which ride the air currents in remote areas, feeding off small birds, AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - ====== Fauna ====== All of these creatures are physical beings, but some of them, particularly the Fou... e the air currents in remote areas, feeding off small birds, mammals and insects. They are seen mainly... nd often Terror. * * Basilisk - species of small red serpent with a white streak, found in souther... ons and three beautiful daughters in a cavernous hall under the earth. He is a mythic figure, held cap
- The Grand Academy of Rasiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Grand Academy of Rasia
The Grand Academy of Rasia [RAH-see-uh], more commonly known as the Rasian Academy, was once the greatest centre of learning in the Civilised World. It taught a wide variety of disciplines but specialised in thaumaturgical theory and practice.
Rasian Academy
This is in a series of articles about the BMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEMEMEmagicmagicmagic @helevos - Age of the [[Godmen]]. Today the Academy is a small and ruined institution of barely a few hundred in... * 219 ME - [[Long War]] begins * 236 ME - **Fall of Rasia** - Rasia sacked by Anretian army, acade... teric. The various college buildings, along with all the staff and services that supported it, turned ... throughout the city, the city elders decreed that all use of magic was banned within the city walls.
- Hexact Doctrineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHexact Doctrine
The Hexact Doctrine is a philosophy of government developed in Anrel in the early 3rd century ME, with the aim of creating governments that benefited the health, wealth and wellbeing of its citizens. It is the model for many governments throughout the MEAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - d the social, spiritual and physical wellbeing of all people. The doctrine began circulating in lett... a Hexactic assembly made up of representatives of all six. The state is governed by the Hexactic Assembly, so that all elements of society contribute to important decis... f emergency. The Synod meets in the grand Synod Hall in [[Beyän]], the official seat of the Hexact. E
- Dromeismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDromeism
Dromeism is a system of thought originating in Munatan during the Beryl Epoch, around 2000 BME. It encompasses all aspects of thought, from the fundamental nature of reality and the natural sciences, to principles of ethical behaviour and political responsibility. In its ideas about the fundamental nature of the universe, it shares some concepts with the Miyarrain philosophy of the @helevos - ryl Epoch]], around 2000 [[BME]]. It encompasses all aspects of thought, from the fundamental nature o... romeism is the fatalistic entropic principle that all things are driven to turn into their opposite: ni... night turns to day, and death leads to new life. All things contain its opposite, so that there is a b... ndless cycle, the universe would stop turning and all life, all motion would cease. From this basic co
- Church of the Namelessplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of the Nameless
The Church of the Nameless, also called the Cult of the Nameless, is a subversive religious sect in the Anrel Isles. Their God is referred to as 'The Nameless One', because Anrelians believe that saying his true name attracts his evil attention. Anrel @helevos - rue name attracts his evil attention. Cultists call themselves the **Shakrain**, after the true name ... a Patriarch, the most powerful and influential of all the hierarchs. Several hierarchs have extensive... the training provided at Rasia. Their Sources are all enslaved to their God, and the even these powerfu... e special dispensations and boons to supplicants. All disciples must take partake in a feast, consistin
- Formatting Syntaxplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFormatting Syntax
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- Mother of All Aspectsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother of All Aspects
The Mother Of All Aspects was the Supreme Goddess of the religion of the ancient Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It was officially called the Church of the Mother of All Aspects, more often simply called the Imperial Religion.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - ====== Mother of All Aspects ====== The **Mother Of All Aspects** was the Supreme Goddess of the religion of the ancient [... s officially called the **Church of the Mother of All Aspects**, more often simply called the **Imperia... d traditions. The Imperial Religion declared them all to be facets of a single, all-powerful and all-lo
- Imperial Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImperial Church
The Imperial Church was the meta-institution which regulated the diverse and syncretic faiths and practices of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
Belief
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The vast empire had hundreds of religions, cults and local beliefs, and the Imperial Church's official policy was to find links and commonalities between all faiths, with the uniting purpose of showing that ultimately, everyone worshipped the same godhead, just in differe… @helevos - olicy was to find links and commonalities between all faiths, with the uniting purpose of showing that ... same godhead, just in different ways. Officially all EnSanni religion was derived from the [[Mother of all Aspects]], the universal mother goddess with a th... ere hundreds of creation myths these were seen as all being representative of a metacreation philosophy
- Anrelian Pantheonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrelian Pantheon
The Anrel Isles has a rich polytheistic philosophy that sees the world as inhabited by many gods and willful spirits. They view all world religions as valid, but believe gods are tied to certain lands and places. Deities can therefore have separate or even conflicting mythologies, but these are accepted because they are the story of that particular deity. Gods, being non-human, can be capricious and irrational, and their followers adopt a pragmatic attitude to worship. Prayer … @helevos - bited by many gods and willful spirits. They view all world religions as valid, but believe gods are ti... deities according to preference or local culture. All share the common belief that humanity is descende... houghts, deeds and actions in service to a deity. All gods revel in certain types of human behaviour, a... ritual needs; some worshipped solitarily or in small private groups, others in large public ceremonies
- Battle of Four Kingdomsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBattle of Four Kingdoms
The Battle of Four Kingdoms (35 ME), also called The Field of Maiúnla Diëlmes [may-UHN-la dee-EL-mez], was a pivotal military campaign in the history of the island of Besoa, culminating in an all-out battle between its historic Four Kingdoms. Its brutal aftermath led to the fall of the kingdoms of @helevos - ory of the island of [[Besoa]], culminating in an all-out battle between its historic Four Kingdoms. Its brutal aftermath led to the fall of the kingdoms of [[Derailad]] and [[Heronbar]],... they worked for long days with chants and spells, all the while plotting betrayal in their hearts. Fin... Each put forth their hand to touch the stone, and all said with one voice and with glee in their eyes:
- Biology and Ecologyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBiology and Ecology
Helevos has two separate families of life, which compete with each other for resources and space. Various cultures give different names for these two competing families, but in Anrel they are commonly called “the Virid and the Green”, a quotation from the GreenViridgreengreenGreengreenGreengreenviridGreenviridviridviridgreenviridgreengreengreengreenviridviridGreenviridgreenviridgreengreengreenViridgreenviridViridgreenviridviridviridViridgreenviridviridViridgreengreenviridgr… @helevos - biomes.png?350|}} The **Green Kingdom** includes all the red-blooded [[mammals]], humans, and a wide r... s, [[herbs]], trees and other flora. It includes all "red-blooded" creatures, notably humans, all [[mammals]] and [[birds]], a wide diversity of arthropod ... ire a suitable soil structure with a suitable pH. All green plants are angiosperms, producing both flow
- Galkeshplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGalkesh
The modern city of Galkesh [GAL-kesh, g'alkeʃ] is capital of the Gaskanin region of northeastern Ororr, and of Galkesh province. In ancient times it was Gaalkedch [nGAHL-kedge-sh, ɣɑːːɫkeʒʃ], centre of the first Gaal Empire, and later the holy metropolis of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrME @helevos - Church of Hartrahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of Hartrah
The Church of Hartrah is the state religion of Harthera. It faith combines ancestor worship with the principle of the god, Hartrah, who is the spiritual fusion and synthesis of all the righteous ancestors of the nation who have gone before. Upon death, your spirit begins its ascension and merging with the Godhead. During the lifetime of the family, spirits are still present and contactable, so they can provide guidance and support, and intercede with God to provide strength an… @helevos - Bizoan War and Occupationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBizoan War and Occupation
The Bizoan War (1086-1092 ME) was a war of conquest by the Hartheran Union against the islands of Besoa and Antyok. The invasion lasted was followed by a period of Occupation from 1092-1114 ME. Besoa was liberated by nationalist forces led by the Sann'ali Court-in-Exile, who established the HartheranHartheraHartheraHartheranOrorrHartheranAnrelOrorrHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheraHarth… @helevos - Empire of Dor-en-Sannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmpire of Dor-en-Sann
The Empire of Dor-en-Sann, [DOORR-enn-SAHN] also called the EnSanni Empire, was the largest empire in history. It dominated central Anásthias for nearly two thousand years, from 1903 BME, until the conquest of Galkesh in 59 ME. The empire consisted of hundreds of ethnic groups and cultures, its people were collectively called the MEOrorrHMOrorrHMHartheraME @helevos - Chíouplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChíou
Chíou [CHEE-oo], from the Mayápo tsee'oo, is a ball game played with a leather bladder traditionally stuffed with feathers.
Sports
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The game is believed to have been invented in Miyarris, though it may even predate this society. It was spread by Miyarrain diaspora and is now popular @helevos - Ayetuaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAyetua
Ayetua [ay-YEH-too-ah] is a port city on the arid reaches of the Red Wiyel in Ororr, famed as the terminus for galleys travelling upriver on the Shouft or Great Pilgrimage of the Therist faith. Despite its proximity to the holy sites of Foratuna, it is a dry, drab and dusty settlement, used only as a waystation for the unceasing movement of pilgrims. @helevos - Grammarian School of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrammarian School of Thought
The Grammarians were one of the three great Schools of Thought in the golden age of the Rasian Academy. Grammarians believed that words and language were the key effective magic, and sought the purest, most concise and elegant words and structures. Grammarians also studied human languages of all kinds.languagelanguage @helevos - Hogbatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHogbat
Hogbat is a popular ball game in the Natorn Archipelago.
Sports
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It was originally played with farmyard implements in courtyards or orchards with any number of improvised obstacles, such as posts or tree trunks. Players are split into two teams, and using a pole or mallet to strike a ball along the ground, avoiding obstacles along the way. Teams score points by knocking the ball against a target pole at either end of the fiel… @helevos - Welvérplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWelvér
Welvér [WELL-vair], also called the Well of Truth, is an oracle and religious site in the southeastern hills of Besoa, important to the traditional animist religion of the island.
Belief
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The site has been used by successive civilisations for many thousands of years, and is littered with ruins and ancient artefacts. The oracle itself is an underground chamber accessed by a stone shaft, believed to have been constructed by … @helevos - Unfacingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUnfacing
Unfacing is a cultural practice and method of social control prevalent in Kahtoyn. Use of practices such as unfacing, blueface and gift economics distinguish Kahtoyn from the wider Otekahré region of eastern Anásthias.
Unfacing involves consciously ignoring, turning your back on, withholding communication and refusing help, as a form of social punishment. Unfacing begins in childhood as a punishment for children who are isolated for short periods, and extends to adulthood where serio… @helevos - Siltorn Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Republic
The Siltorn Republic was a longstanding historic nation state in the uplands of northwestern Anásthias, enduring from its foundation in 2380 BME to it's absorption into the Mother State of Ororr in 96 ME.
Empire of Dor-en-Sann
This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the MEMEOrorr @helevos - Race and Ethnicityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRace and Ethnicity
The concepts of race and ethnicity in the Civilised World are complex, related to issues of history, geography and culture. Some theories of the origins of humanity claim that all humans are descended from a single group of original ancestors, while others believe mankind is made up of distinct races with separate origins. EloyounHartheraAnrelOrorrOrorrEloyounGodmenEloyounOrorrMunatanEloyounAnásthiasGodmen @helevos - Elementalsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElementals
Elementals are esoteric beings found throughout Helevos. In various cultures they have been called spirits, daimons, eridai or jinna. In their natural state they are invisible, drawing energy from the natural environment and have limited interaction with the physical world. Millennia ago humans learned to harness elementals and instruct them to perform seemingly miraculous tasks, calling this magicmagicmagic @helevos - Magisterplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagister
Magister is a term in the Anrel Isles for a thaumaturges, or full practitioners of magic. More specifically, magisters are thaumaturges of the Rasian Academy with the ability to summon, bind and instruct elementals on their own, with no assistance from others. Sorcerors are practitioners with the skill and knowledge to instruct elementals, but without the ability to summon and bind them.magic @helevos - The Faithless Vultureplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Faithless Vulture
The Faithless Vulture, subtitled “A comedy of tragic ends”, is an opera written by the last Ensanni Emperor, Ollilontan. It is his longest and most controversial work, a thinly veiled parody of the rise of Therion, the Great Prophet of the Therist religion. To modern TheristHartheraTherionMETherist @helevos - Krikaréplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKrikaré
The Krikaré [kree-KAR-ray], also called the Kritarchy or House of Elders, is the legislative body of the church-state of Ororr. It enacts all laws and regulations both spiritual and temporal, regarding the administration of the church and the nation. Members have the courtesy title @helevos - Dragon Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDragon War
The Dragon War (682-678 BME) was the first major conflict to engulf the entire Anrel Isles, in which a league of northern cities united against the city-state of Oracil in the southeast. By the end of the war Oracil had been utterly destroyed, laying a foundation of bitterness that has soured north-south relations ever since, and ultimately led to the magicAnrelgreenHM @helevos - Hartheran Governmentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran Government
The government of the Hartheran Union is an oligarchy centralised in Vahltor, where the wealthy rule through a labyrinthine bureaucracy of committees, boards and assemblies who all jealously guard their powers.
Governance
This is in a series of articles on HartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheran @helevos - Shouftplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigShouft
The Shouft, also called the Path of the Prophet or the Great Pilgrimage, is a religious journey to the holy shrine of Foratuna in Ororr. It is a key element of Therist religious practice, a spiritual journey visiting sites of religious significance.
The devout wishing spiritual enrichment, or sinners or criminals wishing to make restitution, follow the route the Ororrgreengreen @helevos - Gamiriplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGamiri
The Gamiri, sometimes called the Nonarchy or The Nine (Takita), are the nine executive leaders of the Ororran church-state. Each leader or Gamiro is responsible for a department of government, and may only hold that role for one year. Individuals can therefore stay in power for up to nine years by occupying all seats. Ororr @helevos - Chelidd Statesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChelidd States
The Chelidd States, also called Chelidt, was a historic nation on the northeastern coast of modern Harthera, known for their strong martial tradition.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias
This is in a series of articles about the ancient history of Northeast @helevos - Mangasorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMangasor
Mangasor, [mang-GAS-orr, maŋga'sɔ̝ːɾ)] (arch. Mangasuor) also called the Mangasor Desert, is a Special Autonomous Region in central Ororr. It is a mainly arid region with no permanent surface water, a landscape of rocky plains, dusty dunes and dry lake beds. At the heart of the desert is the holy site of @helevos - Fane of all Facesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFane of all Faces
The Fane of all Faces was a large church-temple building in the heart of the city of Galkesh, capital of the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann. The fane was central to the imperial religion, which embraced all gods and deities as a single family, who were in turn all aspects of a single divine super-entity called the @helevos - History of Anrelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHistory of Anrel
Since the island group was formed at the end of the last Great Ice Age, the main landmass came to be known as Anrasard. It had no single government, but there was a loose league of interrelated, self-governing cities reliant on their agricultural hinterlands. These towns and cities had feuds and disagreements, and occasional skirmishes, but never had the need or resources for full-scale war.HMHM @helevos - Anrel Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles
Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of Trésard and Narette. The island @helevos - Vetthi Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Republic
The Vetthi Republic is a prosperous island nation which plays a crucial role in trade and international affairs. Its position in the Vetthi Sea north of Ororr makes it a strategic trade hub between Anrel, Harthera and Ororr.
* Name: The Vetthi Republic * Government:OrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrviridviridOrorrOrorrOrorrTheristepochsvirid @helevos - Heterodox Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeterodox Church
The Holy and Heterodoxic Church of the All-Deity, generally called the Heterodox Church, is a syncretic religion which embraces many historic traditions, believing all faiths are at heart the worship of one essential god, and that there are many routes to achieving transcendence.her @helevos - Azri Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAzri Isles
The Azri Isles are a group of volcanic islands in the cool southerly seas of the Great Urash Ocean, at a latitude of 54°S, over 3000 km south of Anásthias. By far the largest is Krotolat-ten-azri, followed by Mol-pon-azri, Nai-pan-azri, Sehera-pan-azri and Hal-bar-azriAnásthiasgreenviridgreenviridgreen @helevos - The Spinesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Spines
The Spines is an island chain in the Natorn Archipelago, linking the Anrel Isles in the north with Besoa in the south. The islands are the “backbone” of the archipelago. With their geology of grey and white basalt rock, many of the islands are said to resemble gnarled bones, rising out of the sea. Local AnrelAnrelHartheran @helevos - Schools of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSchools of Thought
A school of thought is system of belief, or a methodological approach within an academic or philosophical system. The term was formally used for the various Schools of Thought within the Rasian Academy, with different approaches to the practice and application of @helevos - The Hexact Ordersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Hexact Orders
The Hexact Orders are institutions which make up four of the six “pillars of the state” in nations using the Hexact philosophy of government. The Hexact Doctrine does not specify the nature or structure of the four institutions, only their goals and the services they provide. In AnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - Kingdom of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Narette
The Kingdom of Narette, or Naret [na-RET, na rɛt] (arch. Anret or Anrette), is a modern nation occupying the southern half of the largest island in the Anrel Isles. Before the Orphans War it was called the Kingdom of Anrette.
Narette
narette
This is in a series of articles about the AnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - Hornum Calendarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHornum Calendar
The Hornum Calendar (HC), sometimes called the Hexact Calendar, is a calendar used mainly in the Anrel Isles, named after the city of Hornum where it was devised. It is used officially by all the nations of Anrel, but it is gradually being superseded by the Modern Epoch, used in much of the rest of the world. AnrelMEAnrelAnrel @helevos - Anrel Aristocracyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Aristocracy
The Anrel Isles are governed by a class collectively called the Grafen or Graves, individually given the courtesy title Graf. Leaders of towns, cities, and even nations are drawn from this class. Traditionally, leaders are selected by will of the populace, based on their personal qualities and family merits, according to the traditional honour system of Anrel @helevos - Marr Sirqueplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMarr Sirque
Marr Sirque [mar SEE-urkh] (Miyarrain: Miyarsouok; Hartheran: Narsik) is a port city in Kahtoyn, the principle trading port in Otekahré.
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This is in a series of articles about the region of Otekahré in eastern Anásthias.
Historically it was an outlying river city of Hartheran @helevos - World Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWorld History
Helevos has eight thousand years of recorded history, with archeology, artefacts and myth stretching back much further. There are two dominant views of human history: the theological view that the whole world and humanity were created some thousands of years ago in one instant of creation; the second, that all humanity descends from a race of fallen demigods called the viridEmerald EpochBMEgreenBMEAnásthiasAnásthiasBMEAnásthiasfolkloreMiyarrisGodmenBMEMEOrorrHartheraMEviridAnásthi… @helevos - Signtismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSigntism
Signtism is an ancient philosophy and subculture in the Anrel Isles, one of the many Schools of Thought who found a home in the Rasian Academy. The Grand Master Belikast was born into the Signtist community of Larford, and his association with the culture and the city led to its utter destruction during the @helevos - Kingdom of Sensatardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Sensatard
The Hexactic Kingdom of Sensatard is an island nation, the northernmost of the Anrel Isles and the northern tip of the Natorn Archipelago. Consequently it is colloquially called Northland, particularly by its inhabitants.
It is separated from Mainland by the narrow @helevos - Pandataplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPandata
A pandata [puhn-DA-TA] or padata is a religious structure in the Mother Church of Ororr, used for private meditation and reflection as well as communal prayers and rituals. As establishments of the church-state, pandata complexes are the hub of the local community, with buildings used for civic administration, education, healthcare, as well as cultural and social activities. Larger towns and cities will have multiple pandatas specialised for particularly uses, while small towns and vill… @helevos - Catáosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCatáos
Catáos [cat-AY-oss] is a small but wealthy city in Deltirot, famous for the Cataos Falls, the most impressive waterfalls in Ororr, which form a natural barrier between the autonomous regions of Deltirot and Dunasanin.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigForatuna
The Sanctuary of Foratuna [Fo-Rah-Too-Nah] is the holiest site of the Mother Church of Ororr: the desert place where the Great Prophet built his sanctuary tower, in which he formulated the principles of the new religion, and laid the foundations for the Ororran state.
The Sanctuary is a complex of religious buildings and housing for the priesthood, including a great hall and holy circle or greenmagicmagic @helevos - Helevosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelevos
Helevos (also known as Vos, or Veeos) is a temperate terrestrial world, fourth planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox binary star system. The stars Cordes and Arjos are distant binaries, so on Helevos, Arjos is only seen in the northern hemisphere as star, sometimes bright enough to be seen during the day, circling roughly over the viridgreenAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasgreen @helevos - Beasts of the Apocalypseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBeasts of the Apocalypse
The Beasts of the Apocalypse are four supremely powerful monsters said to guard the world from the chaos of the outer darkness. They feature in the ancient legends of Anrel and Miyarris, most particularly in the saga, the Tirennion.
According to myth, in the early days of the @helevos - National Pandata (Torroramai )plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNational Pandata (Torroramai )
The National Pandata, also called the Golden Tree Pandata or the “Gold Lilly Pandata” is one of the most important religious buildings in the city of Torroramai, capital city of Ororr. It was constructed in the 5th century, and is one of the largest religous buildings in the world.OrorrOrorr @helevos - Godsboardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodsboard
Godsboard is a gambling dice game, popular in taverns, wine shops and gaming houses in Anrel and throughout the Natorn Archipelago.
Sports
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Game Board
The game is typically played with six-sided dice, on a god-board, a circle divided into eight equal divisions. Each division is assigned to one of the eight principal @helevos - Herbsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerbs
Herbs are usually green plants cultivated and used for use in medicine, cooking or for other purposes.
Herblore is the traditional practice of making decoctions, extracts, powders and other preparations from the roots, leaves, seeds, bark and fruit of plants found across the world.greengreenAnásthiasAnásthiasgreenMunatangreengreen @helevos - Eastern Isles (New Perech)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEastern Isles (New Perech)
The Eastern Isles, also called New Perech or the Spice Islands, are a tropical island group in the Redeeming Ocean at 13ºS, 3300 km from the mainland of Harthera, 4125 km from the port of Narillin. The islands have a highly diverse population of virid plant species, several of which are prized as flavourings or HartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheran @helevos - Ghost shipplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGhost ship
Ghost ships (teergavves [TEE-err-gah-vez in Vetthi]) is a seamen's term for trading vessels of the Vetthi Merchant Fleet. Vetthi ships are grey in colour and relatively low profile in the water, making them difficult to spot at sea, so they seem to slip into port like ghosts. @helevos - Godmenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodmen
The Godmen were the mythical inhabitants of a landmass contiguous with the modern Natorn Archipelago, said to be the ancestors of all the Thalsic peoples of the northern Civilised World. In the Emerald Epoch they created the first great civilisation, referred to as the Realm of the Godmen. The Godmen are said to be mytho-historic, memories of an ancestor race shrouded by millennia of HartheraAnrelAnrelherherAnrelAnrel @helevos - Oughtismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOughtism
Oughtism is a moral and philosophical system, claiming an ancient inheritance from the moral codes of the Godmen. It continues to be influential throughout the Anrel Isles, and it's guiding principles have been the foundation of legal and religious codes throughout the @helevos - Mayápo Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMayápo Language
Mayápo or Mayápon [may-YAPP-poe] was the formal language of the ancient realm of Miyarris, spoken for several thousand years in the Celadon Epoch and after.
Language
language
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Though it been extinct as a spoken language for almost two thousand years, it continued to be used throughout the Eloyounlanguagelanguagelanguagegreengreengreengreengreen @helevos - Vetthi Governmentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Government
The Vetthi Republic is ruled by an elected republican government, selected from traditional noble families as well as prominent landowners and business interests.
Governance
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The government is an assembly of forty-three @helevos - Sopeqplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSopeq
Sopeq is a prosperous city on the River Wiyel in Ororr, about 100 km north of Seqal. Sopeq was founded as one of the northernmost colonies of the Kingdom of Seqal, but has long eclipsed its ancient progenitor. Though Sopeq is much larger, for historic reasons Seqal remains the official capital of the province. In the Ororr @helevos - Golden Ordinanceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGolden Ordinance
The Golden Ordinance is a natural philosophy which was a key element of Miyarrain culture in the latter centuries of the Celadon Epoch. The “ordinance” was thought to be a set of rules or mathematical which were intrinsic to the universe and observed in nature. Its legacy was important to many later movements, from governance to military conflict and aesthetics. @helevos - Imprintingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImprinting
Imprinting is the thaumaturgical discipline of capturing the attention of an elemental, and giving it set of formal instructions. Magicians with the ability to summon and imprint an elemental are magisters.
Magic
magic
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The most basic method of imprinting is verbal, reciting sequents aloud to a bound elemental in the human equivalent of the languagelanguage @helevos - Grace Islandsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrace Islands
The Grace Islands (Isjlas Grasja) are a chain of islands in the Sea of Grace, off the coast of southwest Anásthias, part of the Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia. The four largest islands are inhabited, from west to east being: Ayell, Agueda, Ameda and Arguila.
The islands were settled by the Anásthiaslanguage @helevos - Siltorn Canalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Canal
The Siltorn Canal in Ororr is a pioneering system of canals and locks which links the heartlands of the Wiyel Basin with the northwestern provinces, which are otherwise isolated by the Siltorn Highlands. The key link in the network is a series of canal tunnels running through the mountains, raising barges and lowering them to the far side. The Siltorn Canal is a critical link in OrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - Little Ice Ageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLittle Ice Age
The Little Ice Age is a historical epoch within Helevos's climate cycle, a roughly 700-year period of global cooling from 50 BME to 650 ME. A series of cooler summers caused a net fall in global temperatures, with a consequent lowering of sea level of up to three metres. This not only had a big impact on low-lying coastal areas but caused climate change sufficient to upset the balance of power of global economies, contributing to the fall of the @helevos - Ilunsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIluns
Iluns is an island in Famul Bay, on the east coast of Besoa. It's capital and main port is Iluns Town.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
The island is 52 km east-west, its closest point being 7 km from the mainland.
History @helevos - Antyokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAntyok
Antyok or Antyoq [ant-YOK, uhn-CHOK] is an island in the Natorn Archipelago, due east of Besoa. It was formerly an independent nation, the Principality of Antyok, but since 1086 ME, following the Bizoan War, it is now under Hartheran dominion.
Antyok
This is in a series of articles about Antyok, an island nation in the HartheranHartheranHartheran @helevos - Boat-cloakplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBoat-cloak
A boat-cloak is a large garment of skin or waxed fabric, which wraps around the wearer to protect them from harsh weather. The outer edges of the cloak have a series of inflatable pockets, so that when the cloak is laid flat and inflated, it forms a small boat or raft. @helevos - Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigToborr
Toborr [toe-BORR] is a historic port city at the mouth of the River Wiyel, the most important port in modern Ororr, and arguably the greatest shipping port in the world. Toborr City lies on an island in the river mouth, but now encompasses a conurbation which surrounds the whole estuary bay, including the city of Therion @helevos - Soulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSoul
Cultures throughout the Civilised World hold different ideas about the nature of the human soul, the animus that gives living beings life, thought and will.
Belief
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The ancient Doroun had a syncretic concept of the soul being made up of seven distinct parts, including all the physical, spiritual and psychological parts that make up a whole human being. These had been assembled from a variety of Thalsic tribal and early religi… @helevos - Bloodstonesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBloodstones
Bloodstones are a type of virid rockfish found in coastal waters throughout Helevos. Mature bloodstones sit in clusters on the sea bed and look very much like small rocks, though when cracked open, they have a vibrant red flesh inside which exudes a quantity of red liquid very much like virid @helevos - Bireilundt (Palace)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBireilundt (Palace)
The Bireilundt or Bireilundt Palace is a vast government building in the Eilunn district of the Hartheran capital, Vahltor. It is the heart of the Hartheran justice system, housing the vast judicial bureaucracy of the Courts.
Its architecture is a clash of styles from the grandiose to the brutalist. By a quirk of history the south end of the building it is also official headquarters of the Admiralty of the @helevos - Analect of Just Worksplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnalect of Just Works
The Analect of Just Works is a compendium of Occidental folk tales and philosophic treatises dating from before the founding of Ororr, judged to be compatible with the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion. The tales all contain a universal moral or instructive lesson. @helevos - Ra and Ratérplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRa and Ratér
Ra (RAH) and Ratér (rah-TAIR) are mutually-orbiting binary planets in the Cronox System. The two are both marginal for human life but were settled many millennia ago. Rivalry and conflict between the two throughout their history laid the foundation for a series of accords for mutual co-operation, which was the foundation for the @1gd - Moonsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMoons
Helevos has two moons: Thea, a pink-white disc which passes through phases in the night sky, and Themsa, a bright discus-like moon that spins quickly through the night sky.
Thea
Thea is the larger moon, a disc about half the size of Earth's moon, and much less bright. It's surface coloration varies from grey to red ochre, giving Thea a pinkish light in the night sky. @helevos - Sailing vesselsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSailing vessels
In a world that is two thirds ocean, ships and naval technology is extremely important for war and trade. The maritime island nations are often the most advanced, whereas the large continental nations tend to rely more on inland and river trade, being relatively backward. @helevos - Bantmitual (planet)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBantmitual (planet)
Bantmitual, also called Bandar Prime, is the principle inhabited planet of the Bandar System. It is the homeworld of the bandar, a highly advanced yet retiring tetrapodal species who are spacefaring, but have never ventured much beyond their home system. @1gd - Taur-Dji-Oumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaur-Dji-Oum
Taur-Dji-Oum [Tower-shjee-ohm], known as Torthien in much of the Civilised World, also called the Vale of Tortanis in Ororr, is an upland area of southeastern Anásthias. It is a politically complex and unstable region, consisting of twenty-three major ethnic nations, territorially sub-divided into smaller kingdoms, chiefdoms, fiefdoms and clan holdings, with a shifting pattern of allegiances and alliances. @helevos - Beyänplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBeyän
Beyän [bay-AHN] (arch. Bé'an, Ben Akir) is a city in central plains of the Kingdom of Trésard. For millennia it has been an important centre for trade, arts, manufacturing and governance. Uniquely Beyän is vertical city, its markets and long galleries constructed from natural caves in the plug of an extinct volcano. @helevos - Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera
The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - Commensalismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCommensalism
Commensalism (also called Commensarism, from Hespor Cormensjara) is a political philosophy which proposes appropriating existing social and power structures to create a pluralist political and economic system which is beneficial to all. It derives from @helevos - Aego Gastrinimerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAego Gastrinimer
Aego Gastrinimer (c. 311-254 BME), was a renowned navigator, explorer, merchantman, privateer and prestigious Cartographer-Royal to the Court of Sann'al. He produced the first great world map of the modern era, based on his supposed circumnavigation of the continent of AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - Maiyenetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMaiyenet
Maiyenet is an island 120 km from the north coast of Ororr, halfway between the mainland and Vetth, and 100 km northwest of the Guree Isles.
It is claimed by Ororr, but its small population has little contact with the mainland and has closer economic ties to the OrorrOrorr @helevos - Quiristryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigQuiristry
Quiristry is the thaumaturgical discipline relating to the creation and replication of all kinds of books, documents and other records. At the Rasian Academy, this was taught and practiced by the College of Quirists.
Magic
magic
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The college considered quiristry an art, encompassing both thaumaturgical processes as well as manual skills. It was unusual in operating facilities not only within the Academy grou… @helevos - Secra Urra Sjalaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSecra Urra Sjala
Urra Sjala [OO-rra ZJAH-lah] is one of the chief secra or saints of the Western Heterodox Church.
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Urra Sjala was a priestess or wise women living in the town of Souto in Ennseperans, now in modern Ororr. According to legend she challenged troops of the herHerherherherherherMEherherherherherOrorrME @helevos - Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr
Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - House of Keysplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Keys
The House of Keys is a legislative body of the Hartheran government. Its members are called Keymen or Clavigers, membership consisting of heads of government boards and committees, as well as representatives from the nation's cities and regions.
Governance
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Phelorix, also called smokestone, is an extremely hard, glass-like material, said to have been used by the Godmen for constructing towers and cities.
Technology
This is in a series of articles on machinery, artefacts, manufacturing, craftsmanship, raw materials and other @helevos - Junda religionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda religion
The ancient Junda had a mixed religion, which developed over thousands of years. It combined ancient tribal belief in shamanic ancestor-worship with a wider nationalist mythology, in a cosmos containing a variety of gods. Latterly the Junda primarily worshipped the Storm Lord, herherherherherherlanguagelanguage @helevos - La-Err-Rûmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLa-Err-Rûm
La-Err-Rûm [/la-AIR-room/] is an ethnolinguistic region high in the Dun Jaen mountains, sparsely inhabited by isolated villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and @helevos - Green Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen Man
The Green Man is the personification of the vital force of all green life, including humans and all domestic crops, plants and animals. He is particularly a part of the Anrelian pantheon, where he is represented as a green-skinned man, garlanded with flowers, with antler-like branches growing out of his head. GreengreenGreenGreen @helevos - Ancient Remelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Remel
Ancient Remel was one of the great powers of the ancient world. The city-state grew rich from controlling trade on River Wiyel, fed by fertile riverlands of the Triminot valley. The city's rich culture, complex religion and multiplicity of gods was a significant influence on the later BME @helevos - La-Err-Rûmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLa-Err-Rûm
La-Err-Rûm is a nation and ethnolinguistic region in the Dun Jaen mountains, consisting of numerous isolated tribal settlements, villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and viridvirid @helevos - Namerismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNamerism
Namerism, or Etemuabal, was the state religion of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya, and of many Eloyoun peoples. The faith stemmed from ancient Miyarrain philosophy: that a single entity was the instigator of all life and the entire fabric of the universe. This instigator was Etemua, The Namer. @helevos - Decileplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDecile
In Harthera, deciles are a social and political structure, nominally a family or tribe of which all Hartherans are a member. Deciles were formalised in the Hartheran Commonwealth period as a method of managing elections.
Governance
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Before the Commonwealth, the early nation had hundreds of ethnic clans, families and noble houses. Many small family groups were wealthy, powerful and owned much of the land, while other tribes w… @helevos - Thaumaturgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumaturgy
Thaumaturgy Is a style of magic, codified and practiced by the Rasian Academy. Thaumaturgy and magic are terms often used interchangeably.
Magic
magic
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Thaumaturgy means “work using thaumic energy”, also called Elemental Mastery, Elementalismmagicmagicmagiclanguagemagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagic @helevos - DokuWikiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDokuWiki
wiki:dokuwiki DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database. It is loved by users for its clean and readable syntax. The ease of maintenance, backup and integration makes it an administrator's favorite. Built in @wiki - Step Quayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStep Quay
A step quay is a harbour structure found in many port cities, enabling ships to be unloaded at all times of the year, whilst protecting the dockside district from flooding by storm tides. Step quays contain three elements: a sea-level wharf which ships come alongside, a high sea wall (usually at least 3 metres), with the two levels being connected by steps. The steps often have a slide section or chute allowing cargo to be lowered down them, or to be raised with ropes. @helevos - Arms of Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArms of Foratuna
The Arms of Foratuna are the priesthood of the Mother Church of Ororr, based at the holy citadel of Foratuna. Typically this means the Meisinn and Messek, the supreme spiritual arms of the church said to be in direct communication with the Mother. They do not play an active role in governance, but their opinion on spiritual matters is decisive and they effectively have the ability to veto any policy considered OrorrOrorr @helevos - Junda Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Language
Junda, often called Old Junda, is an Iskean language which was once spoken throughout the Junda Isles, Perudd and the Junda Coast.
Language
language
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Isolated dialects are still spoken in remoter parts of the Junda Isles, but it has largely been replaced by languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguageHartheralanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Menkirafedplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMenkirafed
Menkirafed (c.110-72 BME) was a political radical, anti-theist and apostate who was executed in the latter days of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. His disciples founded a new sect, the Menkirians - more often called the Cult of the Hanged Man.
People
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History BMEBME @helevos - Civilised Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCivilised World
The Civilised World refers to the known regions of human civilisation, notably the continent of Anásthias, the Natorn Archipelago and surrounding islands.
Gastrinimer's 3rd century BME Map of the World, showing Anásthias and the Natorn Isles. Note: old maps place north to the right.AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - Pelchekplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPelchek
Pelchek (also pelseq) is a virid plant which yields a sharp citric spice particularly favoured in Hartheran cuisine.
Food and Drink
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Pelchek is a parasitic plant found in stands of older virid jungle. Its seed pods are small, multi-lobed and a purple-red colour. When eaten by foraging animals, the pod is digested, while the small hard seeds are passed out as dung which helps the seedlings germinate and grow. virid @helevos - Callplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCall
A Call is a magickal summoning, particularly calling elementals as sources.
Magic
magic
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“The Call” is a magister's first summoning of his Primus, the prime source of his power that he will use throughout his life @helevos - Faunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFauna
List of animals of all kinds, both red-blooded and virid, domesticated and wild.
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The Metrosandendt or Metrosandendt Palace [MET-ro-SAN-dent], often simply called the Metros or Metros Hill, is a huge government building in the heart of the Hartheran capital of Vahltor.
Vahltor
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Throughout history there have been a number of styles of magic, including spoken and gestural languages used to communicate with silfs, and magic scripts used to record those languages, often surrounded by the paraphernalia of costume and ritual with which some societies dressed up otherwise simple thaumaturgy.magicmagicmagicmagicMiyarris @helevos - Perilthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerilth
Perilth (Besoaad), or Beridt (Hartraan), is a port city in Besoa, once renowned as the wealthiest city in the Natorn Archipelago. In former times it was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Sann'al, known as The Silver City both for its wealth, for the blue and silver banners of the Sann'alese kings, and for the sparkling waters of its many fountains.HartheranHartheranHartheran @helevos - Tale of the Four Brothersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTale of the Four Brothers
The Tale of the Four Brothers is work of folklore or oral history from the island of Krotolat-ten-Azri, largest of the Azri Isles. It is likely an allegory of actual historical events, when more advanced settlers from the mainland arrived in the Beryl Epoch, though with few written records the real history is unknown. @helevos - Kitroy Hall (opera house)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKitroy Hall (opera house)
Kitroy Hall is an opera house and concert venue on Eilunn Boulevard, in the Eilunn district of the city of Vahltor, the capital of Harthera. It is the premier concert venue in Harthera, and the most famous opera house in the world. It was named after its sponsors, the noble @helevos - Biinmosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBiinmos
Biinmos is a large, militarised state in eastern Munatan. It is sometimes known as Dendrost, a Hartheran version of its name. This is an anachronism and in modern diplomacy only the official name is used.
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Tush [Toosh] is a port city and regional capital of the province of Tushal in western Ororr. The city is small and built of sandstone, next to a brackish creek. [Ororr]
The city has a small trade in locally grown, low-quality spices such as tida, but its main purpose is as an anchorage for merchants travelling further down the coast. @helevos - Waysmeetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWaysmeet
Waysmeet is a small village in the north of the Kingdom of Trésard in the Anrel Isles. Historically it was an important town, the nexus of five roads travelling south to Rasia and beyond, west to Teranen, northwest to Saria, east to Rana and north to Traste.
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The syncretic faith of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, officially called the Church of the Mother of All Aspects. @helevos - History of Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHistory of Harthera
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Date (ME) Event -15001 First cities of the Godmen -12001 Primary Glacial ending -11111 N1, Second/Jade Epoch -10401 Orodien established as store of lost knowledge -8901 Traithe civilisation established -8401 Decline of Orodien, island eventually abandoned OrorrHartheraHartheraHarthera @helevos - River Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Wiyel
The River Wiyel or Weil [WILE, WAH-yil] in Ororr is the longest river in the Civilised World. The Wiyel Basin drains two thirds of modern Ororr, running over 5000 km from its source in the southern Dun Trisan mountains, flowing northwards to the sea.
Names
As the river is so long it has been known by many names by different civilisations throughout history. 'Wiel' is the name used during the time of the GreenOrorr @helevos - Bansheeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBanshee
Banshee are virid gliding creatures with thin bodies and a very long wingspan. They are not capable of true flight, instead being gliding animals, launching themselves from tall trees or precipices and riding updrafts.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about virid @helevos - Hyperdriveplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHyperdrive
Most modern interstellar space travel is achieved using variations on the tachyon transference drive (TTD), variously called the tachyon drive or hyperdrive. This circumvents the laws of mass and energy by “flipping” a vessel travelling at speeds approaching the speed of light into tachyonic particles. These particles have no mass in the convention sense, as they are incapable of interacting with sub-luminal matter. They also travel at the speed of light within their own point of … @1gd - Lake Prioythanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Prioythan
Lake Prioythan [pree-OY-than] is the largest freshwater lake in Harthera, in the western province of Pinyedt. It is 280 km north-south, and approximately 150 km wide. It is encircled by hills except to the east, forming the headwaters of the Harthera's longest river, the Hartheravirid @helevos - Mainlandplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMainland
Mainland is the largest of the three major Anrel Isles. Politically it is divided between the two nations of Trésard and Anret.
Anrel
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This is in a series of articles about the Anrel Isles, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Sea.
The name Mainland is rarely used, except by the inhabitants of smaller outlying islands, particuarly those living on @helevos - Cronox Systemplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCronox System
Planets of the Cronox-Cordes system
Terrestrial planets of Cordes, to scale
Position of Cronox in Syndicate space
Cronox [CRON-ox] is a S-type detached-binary star system consisting of the stars 1GD.Pa-Cordes and 1GD.Pb-Arjos. The two orbit a common barycenter at a sufficient distance for each to have its own independent planetary system. The two stars' orbital planes are at 83 degree angle from each other, which suggests that the two stars originally formed independently o… @1gd - Seqalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqal
Seqal is a historic city in Ororr, at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Wiyel. The ancient city was cut into the rock between the two rivers, making it one of the “Hidden Cities” that were mainly underground. Today the majority of the population live in New Seqal, built on the river bank a little downriver from the Old City.Ororr @helevos - Manokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManok
Manok (arch. Menioq) is a small island 1100 km west of mainland Anrel. It is a regular stopping port for the trade between Anrel, Vetth and Ororr, particularly for hardy traders willing to risk heavy open seas rather than risking the coast of Harthera.
Trade routes
Manok is part of a direct trade route between the AnrellanguagegreengreengreengreengreenAnrel @helevos - Hemanusplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHemanus
Hemanus was a fabled city said to have existed during the age of the Godmen, perhaps in the 12th millennium BME. It was part of the Realm of the Godmen, though on a large island far west of Anrasard, contiguous with modern small island of Manok.
Godmen
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Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera @helevos - Gnatfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGnatfish
Gnatfish are small virid fish particularly found in warm tropical waters. They have a bony exoskeleton and are predatory, hunting in packs. They are able to feed on blood, often swarming around larger animals and embedding themselves into the flesh. They are fast swimmers, capable of launching themselves out of the water to escape enemies. @helevos - Tibooyo Cascadesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTibooyo Cascades
The Tibooyo Cascades are a series of dramatic cataracts on the lower reaches of River Wiyel, where the river drops over 200m. The cascades are not a single waterfall, but a long stretch of white water running downhill through rocks and pools. Ororr @helevos - Thalsic Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic People
The Thalsic People are the dominant ethnicity of northern Anásthias. The majority of the diverse peoples of Harthera, Otekahré and Ororr are all thought to descend from a common Thalsic ancestry, as well as the Manthi peoples of western Munatan.
According to mythology, the Thalsic people originated in the land of Harthera @helevos - Issid Block Statesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssid Block States
The Issid Block States refers to the ancient polities of the Issid-ethnic inhabitants of the lower River Wiyel and its delta, during the Celadon Epoch, c.10,000-7000 BME. They were part of the Issid Block Culture, so named for its characteristic architecture, pottery, and stone carvings. @helevos - Dromondplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDromond
Dromonds are heavy war galleys, principally used for by the Ororran military for coastal defence. They were the pre-eminent warships of earlier times, but today are considered unwieldly and archaic.
Dromonds have small sails but are primarily powered by oarsmen. As such they can be fast and manoeuvrable, and can be armed both with formidable @helevos - Amberglassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmberglass
Amberglass is the resin of the amber reed, a virid tropical plant which has been cultivated for millennia in northeast Anásthias. The translucent resin can be heated or treated with other chemicals to make it into a liquid, which can be blown or moulded to make bottles, plates, bowls, jewellery, window panes and endless variety of other products. Amberglass production and manufacture is a major industry in @helevos - Principality of Antyokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrincipality of Antyok
The Principality of Antyok was a former nation state on the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. Historically the Principality was the only remaining independent part of the Kingdom of Heronbar, after it was conquered by the Kingdom of Sann'al. The Principality was conquered by Harthera in 1086 @helevos - Baronies of Ravorr (Rouvawa)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBaronies of Ravorr (Rouvawa)
The Baronies of Ravorr (or Ivawg Rouvawhi in Rouvawetig, Chieftains of Rouvawa) was a confederation of feudal states in Northeast Anasthias, which existed from 573 BME to 288 ME. It first formed as an alliance against the expansionist ambitions of its Saloyan neighbours to the north and powefful BMEAnásthiasBMEEloyounHarthera @helevos - Limetaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLimeta
The limeta is a virid tree which grows in the tropical regions, particularly in northern and coastal Anásthias. The fruits are round with dark green leathery skin and distinctive red flesh. They are one of the few virid fruits grown for human consumption, havin a sweet and distinctively acrid taste. virid @helevos - Kwato'orplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKwato'or
Kwato’or (KWAT-oh-oor) is the six planet of Cordes in the Cronox System.
It is a gas supergiant, violent and beautiful, with titanic eternal storm systems coloured white and all shades from pale lilac to deep purple. It is a true giant, approximately 2.4 Jovian masses, so big that it causes the @1gd - Sakunutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSakunut
Sakunut ([SAK-oo-noot], also called Moromo in Doroun) is a city on the River Wiyel in central Ororr. The surrounding region is noted for its agricultural produce, particularly fruits and grains which are vital for feeding the nation's capital, Torroramai.
Ororr
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Til, also called Tilpéorr or Delbior, is a city on the River Vildon in Gyeiladde province in southwestern Ororr. For centuries it has been the administrative capital of surrounding region, first as a colonial city of the Kingdom of Deltirot, then the United Duchies of Vildon, and now as modern Ororr.
Ororr
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The Ecumenical Bank, often called the Shouft Bank, is the official church-state bank of Ororr. It acts as a central bank for all state finances, holding funds for governmental spending and regional disbursements, as well as holding funds and credit for businesses and private citizens. It had its origins in providing money services for travellers on the great Ororr @helevos - Gallivatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGallivat
Gallivats are relatively small ships used around the coast of Ororr, for coastal defence and transportation. They have both sails and oars, usually with three sails. Gallivats are an evolution of common small fishing vessels.
Technology
This is in a series of articles on machinery, artefacts, manufacturing, craftsmanship, raw materials and other @helevos - Drortplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDrort
Drort are domestic animals found throughout Anásthias, seen pulling wagons and every type of commercial and domestic conveyance. Unusually for domestic livestock they are virid creatures, omnivorous and unusually tolerant to green grazing, nibbling virid weeds and pests common in roadsides and hedgerows. They are rarely seen in virid @helevos - Pruncoty Brandyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPruncoty Brandy
Pruncotiésh [proon-KOT-ee-yesh], or Pruncoty Brandy, is a spirit made from a secret mixture of fresh and dried vine fruits and flavourings on the island of Pruncoty, in The Spines. Pruncotiesh is made in small batches and highly prized, once enjoyed exclusively by the royal houses of folklore @helevos - Pirpounkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPirpounk
The pirpounk is a variety of virid bush native to dry or semi-arid habitats, particularly in the desert plains of central and eastern Anásthias.
Flora
herbs
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It is related to the balbal with a similarly bulbous root and a long tapering trunk, with an abundance of long, fur-like fronds growing from the top which sway in the breeze. These fronds serve several purposes. Firstly they trap insects and other small animals, which a… @helevos - About Helevosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAbout Helevos
I love creating worlds. Helevos is my fantasy world project,
Version 1.0
The first maps I drew of Helevos were related to stories and games I played when I was a child, based around cities and islands. Besoa was in fact the first island I drew, a fantasy kingdom of nobles, monsters and whirlwinds. AnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - Pulletplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPullet
Pullets are small flightless birds kept domestically for their eggs and meat. They are omnivores, feeding on grains and seeds, and also scratch the ground for worms and insects. They are not highly virid tolerant, but will attack and kill small virid pests that come too close. @helevos - Old Aralsicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOld Aralsic
Old Aralsic is a language which emerged in Anrasard during the Jade Epoch. It is the ancestor of all the modern Aralsic languages spoken in the Natorn Archipelago.
Language
language
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Old Aralsic is said to have descended from the languages of the Godmen, particularly Atantic or Ahngrit. So little is known about these ancient tongues that it is impossible to be certain. @helevos - River Veraisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Verais
The Verais is a river in Harthera, which flows from the Saloyan Highlands in the east, meeting the River Velun at the city of Vahltor.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy @helevos - Asheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAshera
Ashera is the ancient Gaal mother goddess, who under the Empire of Dor-en-Sann became chief of the many faces of the Mother of All Aspects. Ashera remained the figurehead of the Imperial Cult within the ancient church, her devotees being called Asherites. Since the founding of Ororr there have been repeated scares of shadowy figures in the @helevos - Beliefsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBeliefs
A list of religions, beliefs and philosophies.
World religions
List of major religions in the modern Civilised World.
Deities
List of gods and deities, ancient and modern.
All beliefs
All other belief topics.
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The Gnosticians were a minor school within the Rasian Academy who studied gods, the god-magic of theurgy, rituals and theologies.
Rasian Academy
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See also:
* Magic * Schools of Thought
The Gnosticians were originally founded to study the origins of god-elementals, or 'magicmagic @helevos - Humbersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHumbers
Humbers are a species of small flying mammal found throughout the civilised world, particularly in areas of green forest and other dense vegetation.
Fauna
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They are one of the most diverse and successful mammal species, with at least two hundred sub-species with a range of appearance and specialisation. Most feed on fruits, nectar of @helevos - Roaring Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRoaring Man
The “Roaring Man” was the traditional protector-god of Toborr, from the Beryl Epoch until the Siege of Toborr. Originally he was fire god of the Issid tribe who settled here, protector of home and hearth. In a marshy estuary environment where every day was a struggle against water, a fire god was in opposition to the aquatic element, provider of warmth, dryness, light, food and defence. In the @helevos - Basilica of Holy Hartplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBasilica of Holy Hart
The Basilica of Holy Hart in the city of Vahltor is the holiest building in the Church of Hartrah, an important site for all national rituals and celebrations. It also contains thousands of memorials and remains of important national figures and the scions of wealthy families. @helevos - Cawvitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCawvit
The cawvit is one of the few surviving species of birds in the Green Kingdom, who flourish in cities and areas of green farmland.
Fauna
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Cawvits are large black birds who scavenge on human detritus both in towns and farmyards. They are also tolerant to virid @helevos - Gahanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahan
Gahan is a Manthi term for war-leader. Gahans were the temporary battle leaders of tribes in ancient times, but in the settled regions of the Manthi-Lien, they were warlords and leaders of their people, kings in all but name.
Governance
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The Blue Sun are a mercenary and privateer fleet operating largely in the Great Urash Ocean and the south coast of Munatan. They are considered pirates by the Hesjbagaaian Navy and sometimes a menace to merchant shipping in the area, but are generally used as a mercenary force in the rivalries between the @helevos - Aertistryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAertistry
The Aertists were an avant-garde aesthetic and ideological movement in the Rasian Academy, in first centry BME. At first merely a student movement, many of its members became influential leading to tense confrontation between the Aertists, the Academy establishment, and the @helevos - Hieremeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHiereme
A hiereme is a large naval vessel used by the Ororrans as the foremost naval weapon for defending their coast.
Military
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Hieremes are essentially naval artillery platforms used to launch attacks against invaders, while smaller ships move in to engage. Most are double-hulled catamarans, with the largest being trimarans, with ballistae and other artillery mounted on their single large deck. Their great size make… @helevos - Magisteriateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagisteriate
The Magisteriate was the governing body of the Rasian Academy from 50 BME to 236 ME. It replaced the former collegiate system of masters, headed by a Grand Master, following the downfall of the Grand Master Belikast. Its stated aimed was to promote, oversee and control the use of MEmagic @helevos - The Oneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe One
The One is the hermaphrodite progenitor deity in the Anrelian Pantheon, who gave birth to the Godmen and their human descendants, domestic livestock, and all the green plants and red-blooded animals of Helevos.
Belief
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Some believe The One represents the natural cycles of life, birth and death. The force for all life comes from the One, and returns to the One in death. Most believe the One is not a deity who is conscious o… @helevos - Saloyan Civil Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaloyan Civil War
The Saloyan Civil War was a protracted conflict between bitterly opposing forces in the Grand Palatinate of Saloya, in northwest Anásthias. Historians sometimes divide it into three conflicts, the First, Second and Third Civil War.
Conflict
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Seqaalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqaal
Seqaal or Seqaalqun is the foremost surviving language of the Issid language family, spoken primarily in the Sekalkot province of central Ororr.
Language
language
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The language has existed in various forms for at least four thousand years, descending from the early tongues of the languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Soumismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSoumism
Soumism is a schismatic doctrine in the Mother Church of Ororr, which historically led to violent rebellion in parts of the nation. Soumism is the belief that only priests who lead a pure blameless life can commune with the Goddess, or have any true claim to authority in the church state. Any policy decisions made by impure church leaders are therefore invalid. This goes against existing church doctrine that all officials of the church are part of the priesthood, from soliders to nation… @helevos - Mekanismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMekanism
Mekanism was a School of Thought at the Rasian Academy. It viewed the universe as a single integrated machine, made up of intricate interlocking parts, from the smallest particles of matter to the great wheels of the heavens.
Rasian Academy
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The Siltorn Codex is a collection of stories and oral histories relating to the life and early history of the Prophet Therion. The Codex is essentially a compendium of all texts relating to the Prophet which are unsanctioned, ahistoric, or clearly untrue. As such they are at best apocryphal, at worst heretical to the @helevos - Haulmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHaulm
A haulm or holm is a thaumaturgical indjinn or lamenary, capable of interacting directly with the human brain using neuromancy.
Magic
magic
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The word is a portmanteau of thaumic helm. Since they must be in direct contact with the skull, they are produced in the form of a metal crown or helmet, often elaborately decorated with symbols indicating their function and ownership. They were perfected by the @helevos - Kas-fruitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKas-fruit
Kas-fruit is the red or yellow fruit of the kasflower, a perennial flowering plant or bush believed to be native to Anrel.
Flora
herbs
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It is found growing throughout the Mainland, particularly in the wilder regions of viridmagic @helevos - Besechplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesech
Besech, or Besechai, is god of “fire, the hearth and the dry places” in the Anrelian Pantheon, the god of home and also of death. He is the chief state god of Narette.
Anrelian Pantheon
This is in a series of articles about the Anrelian Pantheon, the gods, beliefs, myths, religious practice and Anrel @helevos - Modern Epoch (ME)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Epoch (ME)
The Modern Calendar is a dating system acknowledged throughout the Civilised World. It numbers years from the Modern Epoch, abbreviated ME and BME (Before Modern Epoch). It is also called the Modern Era.
Calendar
This is in a series of articles about calendars and dating systems.OrorrHartheraHMOrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrHMHartheraHMHartheraOrorr @helevos - Famúlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFamúl
Famúl [fa-MOOL] is a city on the island of Besoa. Since the declaration of the United Kingdom of Besoa in 1114 ME, it has been the island's provisional capital.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
History
The city was founded around 1700 @helevos - Kingdom of Emánunéplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Emánuné
Emánuné [eh-MAN-oo-nay, imæn'uːeɪ] was an ancient kingdom occupying the fertile valley of the River Velun, in what is now modern Harthera.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias
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Handfruit are carpel-like growths of the handfruit bush, a virid plant native to virid jungles in the southwest of Anásthias.
Flora
herbs
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They produce a composite body with multiple “fingers”, often fused together with the outer ones curled and the central fingers erect. They were adopted as a symbol of the viridTheristvirid @helevos - River Narplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Nar
The River Nar, also called the Tsiyenar (Rouvawetig) or the Iyé (Eloyoun), is a major river in the south of modern Harthera.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital @helevos - Heronbaht Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeronbaht Language
Heronbaht, also called Tekeheron, is the historic language of the Principality of Antyok and the former Kingdom of Heronbar.
Language
language
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Heronbaht was once thought to be a language isolate, unrelated to the two major languages families in the region, Asokway and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Gaal Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaal People
The Gaal people are an ethnic group whose original homeland was in the uplands of what is now northeastern Ororr. The Gaal Empire grew to encompass much of the region, and was the progenitor of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. Consequently the Gaal people, their language, culture and influence, formed the foundation of modern Ororran society. @helevos - Cult of the Hanged Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCult of the Hanged Man
The Cult of the Hanged Man, also known as the Menkirians or Hangers, is a faith which flourished in the final decades of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It followed the teachings of the Apostate Menkirafed, who was executed and dismembered by the old Imperial Church.
Belief
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Flitters are a class of birds including sparrs, yellowtails, blackjaws pippinjacks and many others. They are a morphologically disparate group though all share a common ancestry.
Fauna
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Though birds they are edible, and at various times have been considered either a delicacy for the rich, because of the difficulty of catching them, or the food of the poor, being desperate enoough to catch such small prey. @helevos - Aralsic Languagesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAralsic Languages
The Aralsic language family is one of the major world language groups. They are all descended from dialects of Old Aralsic, spoken in the Second Epoch in the region now encompassed by the Natorn Archipelago.
Language
language
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Modern languages in the group include language @helevos - Helegraphplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelegraph
The helegraph is a method of long distance communication using flashes of light, developed in Harthera. Helegraphy has become a hugely important tool of government, military and commerce, with a national network enabling everything from news and stock reports to personal correspondence being sent up and down the country within a reasonably short period. @helevos - Ligationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLigation
Ligation, often simply called binding, is the thaumaturgical discipline of physically binding an elemental to a solid object, so that solid matter becomes a part of the elemental's physical matrix.
Magic
magic
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Elementals in nature will attach themselves to a physical object, particularly when it is near a regular and natural source of @helevos - Long Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLong War
The Long War (219-263 ME) was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the Anrel Isles, between the allied city-states of the Northern League (now the kingdoms of Trésard and Sensatard), and the Kingdom of Narette. It is often bitterly called the Orphans' War, since it went on so long it was fought by two generations of people whose own parents had been killed in the war.viridAnrelmagicAnrelAnrel @helevos - Efelaxplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEfelax
Efelax or efelahk are a virid species found in various parts of the world. They are commonly thought of as carnivorous plants, having the appearance of leaves and being rooted in place, though in fact they are sessile animals. Efelax are highly poisonous, with the toxins having medicinal uses. @helevos - Sooinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSooin
Sooin are a species of large greenfish, found particularly in estuaries, lakes and coastal shelves. They are carnivorous, consuming fry and small fish. Their scaly skin varies in colour from brown to blue-grey. They have a large flat head with a characteristic wide mouth filled with sharp teeth, giving a fearsome appearance. They are aggressive, fiercely defending their territory against other predators and @helevos - Otekahréplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOtekahré
Otekahré [oh-tek-AH-ray] (also called Anarthis in Harthera), is the southeastern region of Anásthias, lying south of Harthera and east of the Dun Jaen mountains. The region has no central governments, but the cities and polities are joined in a loose cultural and economic league, called HartheraOrorrviridHartheraOrorr @helevos - Es Terinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEs Terin
Es Terin is a city in Kahtoyn, about 100 km south of the Hartheran frontier. It is the the most northerly city in Kahtoyn, and nominally a trade outpost for Hartheran merchants. The Hartheran military have made numerous attempts to conquer and annex the city, usually finding the locals uncomprehending and non-compliant, or the town's population simply vanishes overnight. @helevos - Guri bushplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGuri bush
The guri bush is a green flowering bush with variegated glossy leaves. The plant is valued for its bittersweet fruit, leathery pods with gelatinous insides. The fruit can be eaten raw, but is more famously used to produce the sweet liqueur wine, @helevos - House of Sealsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Seals
The House of Seals, commonly called The Seals or The Chamber (to distinguish from the House of Keys, called The House), is an assembly of the Hartheran government. Under the Hartheran Commonwealth it was the preeminent legislative assembly, made up wealthy patricians. After the Vainglorious Revolution of 571 ME, the Seals became merely an advisory chamber with little practical role in government. @helevos - The Greymenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Greymen
The Greymen were a religious movement in eastern Munatan, an offshoot of, or reaction to the Dromeist philosophy of change. They became infamous in Biinmos in the 10th century, where a fundamentalist cult caused the Greymen Holocaust.
Belief
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Emperor-General Machellen Ollilontan (c.3 BME-58 ME) was an author, artist, and the last Emperor-General of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. He rallied the remaining forces of the empire to briefly rout the Mother Army, after the collapse of the last imperial dynasty. His leadership was the final flowering of EnSanni arts and culture, which ended with his death.TheristMEMEMEMEMEHartheran @helevos - Orodienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrodien
Orodien [o-ROD-ee-en] was the mythical second realm of the Godmen, founded during the Jade Epoch after the destruction of the first realm of Yendim. The Orodien Peninsula in the north of the continent of Retzayk is named for the mythic realm, though whether this was the actual location, or even if the mythical Orodien existed, is uncertain.viridGodmen @helevos - Fixed starsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFixed stars
The Fixed Stars are the bright stars, more properly small moons, in the sky of Helevos. They are so called because they hold a fixed point in the night sky relative to the ground. There are thought to be four fixed stars, circling the heavens at the four quarters of the globe. Only three are visible in the skies of the @helevos - Cobineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCobine
Cobine [co-BEEN] is a powerful sedative and anaesthetic derived from the carnivorous efelax cobine plant. It is particularly effective for surgery, since it is effective in small doses, easily administered, and induces a light coma while not suppressing breathing or other organs. @helevos - Magic Stylesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic Styles
Throughout history there have been a number of styles of magic, including spoken and gestural languages used to communicate with silfs, and magic scripts used to record those languages, often surrounded by the paraphernalia of costume and ritual with which some societies dressed up otherwise simple thaumaturgy.magic @tag - Hook of Anarrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHook of Anarr
The Hook of Anarr, also called the Horn of Sere, is an isolated and sparsely inhabited peninsula in the southeast of Kahtoyn in Otekahré. Its marks the division between the Redeeming Ocean and the Great Urash Ocean.
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Eminde is a small city in the nation of Narette. It lies on the River Minnd, just below the cataracts and waterfalls which rise up to the Ania Plateau. Consequently, it is the furthest point on the river which can be reach by boat.
Anrel
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The Seborim, occasionally called the Church of Seborisand despite its areligious nature, is a secret society with a small, scattered but influential following amongst the upper echelons of many nations. The organisation promotes a secular philosophy of peaceful enlightenment through gradual social reform, and places great emphasis on the appreciation of aesthetics, and the promotion of beauty and art. Its overarching aim is to improve society through the spiritual and aesthetic enlight… @helevos - Sariaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaria
Saria [SAH-ree-uh] (historically Esaria, or Aria) is a prosperous port and market city on the west coast of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is the second city of the kingdom, the hub for trade, industry and agricultural produce in the western provinces. Historically it was a powerful city state, which became part of the unified Kingdom of Sensatard following the @helevos - Obanamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigObanam
Obanam is a city in the Kingdom of Narette in the Anrel Isles. Though small, it has long been strategically and economically important for its position in a sloping valley which allows easy passage from the plains of central Narette, to the highlands of the Ania Plateau.
Anrel
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Fromchis [FRROM-k'hiss], also FRROM-cheess] is the capital city of the Penayso Federation. In the 7th century it became a colonial city of the Eijult Empire, later a protectorate of the Teijhu.
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Skippers are small cetacean mammals found in lakes, rivers and around coastlines of the Civilised World. Their playful nature and habit of following alongside ships lends the myth that skippers guide ships safely towards ports.
Fauna
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Rakes or sea-rakes are carnivorous whales which feed on greenfish as well as other cetacean mammals. They are social hunters, living and hunting in small packs, and are territorial, attacking other groups which enter their range.
Fauna
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Primenture is a social structure found particularly in the Natorn Archipelago, used to determine social rank and leadership. Primenture means leadership by those who are perceived to have the most social capital, and therefore usually, though not always, the most able. @helevos - Sarekéaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSarekéa
The Sarekéa [sa-ray-KAY-ah] are the “hill people” of the central uplands of Sensatard, the most northerly island of Anrel in the Natorn Archipelago. The Sarekéa are distinct from other Northlanders, with a distinct language and rich culture.
Sensatard
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Ovors [OH-vor] (also ovorr, plural ovorn) are common domestic herd animals found throughout the Civilised World, used for their meat, skins and wool. They are agile creatures with a thick matted fur and small conical horns for defence, though many herdsmen blunt these. viridAnásthias @helevos - Sand liceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSand lice
Sand lice are small virid arthropoids commonly found in aid and dusty areas. Growing up to finger length their strong mandibles can inflict a painful bite, and can be dangerous in large numbers when their nest is threatened.
Fauna
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Torroramâi (also Tororr, T'amai, [tɔ-ROR-ah-MAH-ee, or simply “The Capital”) is the administrative and religious capital of the modern nation-state of Ororr.
Torroramai
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The Manthi League is a loose alliance and cultural association of mainly Manthi-ethnic nations in Munatan. In particular it is an alliance of nations who once formed parts of the Eijult Empire, in opposition to the former Ennseperan Empire.
Munatan
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The Central Priests-Militant College is an academic institution and regulatory body for all priests-militant of the Church-State or Ororr. It occupies an ornate and imposing building in the Holy City in the city of Torroramai, the capital of Ororr.
Organisations & Institutions Ororr @helevos - Giftdarkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGiftdark
The Giftdark is an archeological civilisation in what is now the Anrel Isles, which flourished during the Celadon Epoch, approximately 3000-4000 BME. The civilisation is named for its elaborate underground temples with tactile features, suggesting they were used in darkness. It is unclear whether the Giftdark culture was a widespread belief or part of elite spiritual practice. Little is known other than the remains of its distinctive temple architecture, which uses alternating spaces o… @helevos - Twelve Pathsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTwelve Paths
The Twelve Paths is the religion and philosophy of the nation of Go-ám-gam in Munatan.
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All of the paths are a system for achieving self-control, enlightenment, knowledge, and balance with the spirits of the land and ancestors. Each path has a different emphasis on what is most important, with differing regimes prayer, meditation, study or physical practices. Different communities and even families are devoted … @helevos - Manok (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManok (Category)
Articles related to the small island of Manok, to the west of the Anrel Isles.
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The House of Ehuth [eh-HOOTH] is a royal and political dynasty which has ruled the Kingdom of Narette for the past three centuries. Narette is not officially a hereditary monarchy, but the Ehuths have effectively held control of the monarchy throughout this period by controlling all the electors who select the next ruler. @helevos - Vetthi Merchant Fleetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Merchant Fleet
The Vetthi Merchant Fleet of the Vetthi Merchant Company is the most prestigious merchant navy in the world, with trade concessions and trading rights in virtually every port throughout the Civilised World. Its influence, wealth and prestige is the pride of the @helevos - Tidaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTida
Tida [TEE-da], sometimes called tida-pepper, is a spice common in Ororran cuisine and used as a condiment throughout Anásthias.
Food and Drink
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Tida is the seed kernel of the tida fern, a virid plant which flourishes in humid, shady areas. The ferns produce fruiting pods which grow tightly wound and unfurl as they mature, opening and releasing their airborne @helevos - Caravelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCaravel
The caravel is sailing vessel seen throughout the Civilised World, the backbone of trade particularly in the Natorn Archipelago and by small traders around the coast of Anásthias.
Technology
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Go-ím-ri [go-IM-ree] is the capital city of the nation of Gó-Am-Gam in southeastern Munatan. It is a relatively small city, capital of a sparsely populated nation.
Munatan
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This is in a series of articles about Munatan, the temperate region of southern @helevos - Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic
In common terms, magic is the art of producing a desired outcome through occult means. Various arts are described as magical, from common street illusionists, village herbalists, and rituals for the intercession of deities. However, true magic is the art and science of elemental mastery, harnessing elemental creatures and instructing them to perform simple or complex tasks. @helevos - Ameliplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmeli
The ameli [ah-MELL-ee] is a spiny green plant with long thin yellow-green leaves, found in open temperate plains and grasslands. They bear small berries, usually black or very dark red. They can be poisonous is eaten, but a decoction of them is used to heighten senses, and also increases adrenalin production. Ameli is therefore an important medicinal @helevos - Hornumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHornum
Hornum is a town on the north coast of Sensatard. Though small, it is the largest settlement in the north of the country. Historically it was the city of Harnam, which became an affluent city-state known for its industry and culture. In the period of civil war following the end of the @helevos - Puottiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPuotti
Puotti [poo-UH-tee] is a dish made from fine doughberry flour, mixed with water and stretched until it becomes elastic and almost rubbery. Puotti is a staple of Jorothi cuisine, eaten particularly in the arid parts of central and western Ororr, where it is not only eaten as a starch, but used as a utensil to pick up roast meat in particular from a communal plate. @helevos - Soayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSoay
The soay [SO-ay] is a breed of domestic animal, bred for its meat, skin and fur. Soay were bred in Miyarris, along with the boretray, and are now common across Anásthias with a myriad of local breeds of distinctive size, colour and shape.
Fauna
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Tunnel-worms are virid vermiform creatures found in caves and burrows throughout the Civilised World. They were once more common but are now mainly found in remote cave systems in mountains and isolated regions, particularly in the Dun Trisan mountains.
Tunnel-worms are dun-coloured omnivores, hunters and scavengers consuming anything from carrion and decaying plant matter to small living prey. They can grow to a prodigious size limited only by the size of the tunnel system they l… @helevos - Merrowplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMerrow
The merrow is a fruit found in temperate regions of human habitation throughout the civilised world. Merrow trees are part of the green kingdom, and are a diverse family with hundreds of varieties from small semi-wild varieties to large black, red or orange fruit.
Food and Drink
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Vireels are a family of virid acquatic vermiforms. They are usually dark in colour with an eel-like or snake-like limbless body.
Fauna
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Most are predatory, using their saw-like mouths to burrow into the flesh of prey. They also commonly feed on carrion. Vireels are relatively slow moving compared to most @helevos - Fanmiytplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFanmiyt
Fanmiyt is a nation in eastern Munatan. It is mostly virid forest with only a small population.
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The Realm of the Godmen was semi-mythic ancient civilisation, said to have existed in the Emerald Epoch from roughly 15,000-12,000 BME. It was the home of the mythical Godmen, the said to have been the first human civilisation from which all mankind descends. Godmen @helevos - Antyok (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAntyok (Category)
Articles about the small island nation of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago.
Antyok
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nati1 topics @tag - Ororran Calendarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorran Calendar
The Ororran Calendar or Years of the Mother (MY) was for two centuries the official calendar of the church-state of Ororr, until it was replaced by the Modern Epoch. The Ororran Calendar was a revised form of the old EnSanni Imperial Calendar, except that it began a new count of years dating from the official founding of the Ororran state by the MEMEME @helevos - Ta-ker-rimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTa-ker-rim
Ta-ker-rim or Takérrim [tack-AIR-rim] is a small market city, the principle trade hub for La-Err-Rum in the Dun Jaen mountains. It is considered to be the capital as it is the central meeting point for the nation's leaders, though since La-Err-Rum is not a nation state, it has no centralised government or institutions. @helevos - Vinesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVines
Vines commonly refers to prune vines, a family of green climbing fruits bearing sweet fruits that turn from green through red, purple and black as they ripen.
Food and Drink
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Prune vines grow best in temperate sunny climates with well draining soil. They are often cultivated on sharp or stony soils where other crops cannot grow. @helevos - Doroun languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun language
Doroun [doh-ROON, dɒ'ruːn] is the common language of Ororr, the principle language of law, trade, government and the Mother Church.
Language
language
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Doroun is spoken as a first language in the regions of Dunasanin and Gaskanin, and as a second language in other regions. It developed from the languagelanguagelanguageOrorrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage… @helevos - Cadalese languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCadalese language
Cadalese is a Jorothi language, spoken in the Cadal province of northwestern Ororr. Cadalese has numerous dialects due to the many small and isolated settlements on the Cadal Peninsula. Though the basic vocabulary is the same, some accents are so extreme that they are barely intelligible to other speakers. @helevos - Ania Bayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnia Bay
Ania Bay is a gulf in the west coast of the Anrel Isles. It is bounded by the coasts of Trésard to the northwest and Narette to the east. It has numerous small rocky islands which pose a hazard to shipping.
Anrel
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Greenfry are the tiny offspring of greenfish, which spawn and hatched in shoals for mutual protection. Greenfry are eaten in large numbers by predatory greenfish and whales.
Fauna
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They are caught by humans at various times of the year. Though too small to be of much use for human nutrient, certain types of greenfry are caught off the coast of northern @helevos - Great Prophet Therionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Prophet Therion
The Great Prophet Therion (c.30 BME - ?62 ME), often simply called the Great Prophet, was the founder of the Mother Church and nation state of Ororr.
Therism
therism
This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of TherionTheristTherion @helevos - Indigenous Nativesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIndigenous Natives
The indigenous native inhabitants of Helevos, collectively called jinnies, are lemur-like virid creatures indigenous to virid forests and jungles throughout the world. Many are considered intelligent, though they are widely thought of as animals and vermin, and have largely been eradicated from areas of human habitation.viridvirid @helevos - Manthi-lienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManthi-lien
The Manthi-lien is an area of southern Munatan once inhabited exclusively by Manthi-ethnic peoples. Traditionally the Manthi-lien was the area of plains stretching from the hills of Chosilha in the west, through what is now southern Hesjbagaaia, Danagunda, Kasepan and Teijhu.
During the @helevos - Modern Nationsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Nations
The Civilised World has many nations, from small island republics to vast continental empires, which over the millennia have carved homelands out of the once hostile virid landscape. The two great opposing world powers of today are the holy nation of Ororr and the maritime empire of @tag - Guree Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGuree Isles
The Guree Isles are a group of islands off the coast of the Gebay Pensinsula in northern Ororr.
The closest is only 4 km from the mainland. These rocky isles have a small population but are a rich source of greenfish, which are dried and salted before being shipped inland. There is a Gebaylan tradition for labourers from the mainland to travel to the islands to help with the fish harvest, in the months before the @helevos - notesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigaeroplankton spiders flying using spun webs as parachutes superlarge scavenger species, skim-feeding of fish, plucking small creatures from the ground
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Themsa is the second and smaller of Helevos's two moons, the larger being Thea. Themsa is a small, silvery, potato-shaped body that spins through the sky on it's long axis, so that one rotation is the basis of an hour in the Hirèrk Moonscale.
Themsa was almost certainly a large, elipsoid asteroid that narrowly avoided striking the surface, and instead was captured in orbit. Themsa is roughly potato-shaped with a large crater visible at one end, the result of an impact that set the moo… @helevos - The Sarshawsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Sarshaws
The Sarshaws are a group of small islands in the Redeeming Ocean, consisting of two larger islands, Greater Sarshaw and Lesser Sarshaw, and many smaller islets and reefs called the Lesser Sarshaws.
For centuries they were a way point for Anrelian and Besoan merchantmen travelling between the HartheranHartheran @helevos - Redeeming Oceanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRedeeming Ocean
The Redeeming Ocean, historically known by it's Miyarrain name, the Poomué, separates the Civilised World from the eastern continent of Retzayk. It is 4500km across at its narrowest point. It has a number of small islands, the Eastern Isles being the only sizeable group. @helevos - Ma'agahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMa'agah
Ma'agah (1GD.Pa9) is the ninth, outermost planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox System. It is a small, cold, dark world of rock and ice with an elliptical orbit, with the planet being pulled towards the binary star Arjos. At aphelion it is twice as far from the sun as at perihelion. @1gd - Do'ahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDo'ah
Do’ah (DOE-ah) is a small, lilac-white gas giant, the eighth planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox System. It is much smaller than its huge and tempestuous brother Kwato'or (0.26 Jovian-masses).
Do'ah is most likely the only survivor of a number of medium-sized gas world that once circled Cordes, the others having been sucked into the hungry maw of Kwato’or. The planet has storm belts, but since Do'ah is relatively cool, they are simple convection storms coloured blue, red and purple… @1gd - Ahtreyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAhtrey
Ahtrey is a small terrestrial world, second planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox System.
The surface is mottled green-brown, pocked with crater lakes and shallow, mineral-rich seas thick with mats of simple protozoa. The seas are transient, depending on season and seismic activity. @1gd - Episcinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEpiscin
Episcin [EP-is-sin] is a mainly ruined settlement on the east coast of Anrel, on what is now the border between Tresard and Narette. In the 1st century ME it became a retreat for wealthy nobles as well as scholars from the city of Rasia, who wished a private retreat far from the austerity and observance of the @helevos - Salixplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSalix
Salix, sometimes called salix salts or efelax salts, is a chemical compound derived from the efelax salix, a carnivorous virid plant.
Medicine
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In small does, salix is an effective painkiller, numbing pain without causing drowsiness or other side effects. In even moderately higher doses salix causes paralysis, eventually paralysing the lungs causing asphyxiation and death. @helevos - Traitheplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTraithe
The Dominion of Traithe or Empire of Traithe [TRAY-th] (also Trathe, Vraithe) was an ancient civilisation that flourished during the Jade Epoch, roughly from 8900 to 6500 BME. Its heartland was a peninsula in the far northeast of Anásthias, in an area which is now the @helevos - Vainglorious Revolutionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVainglorious Revolution
The Vainglorious Revolution of 571 ME was a military coup which overthrew the Hartheran Commonwealth. It ended the effective oligarchy of the kingship and the old Saloyan aristocracy, with the intent of putting power into the hands of the common people. In practice this meant the wealthy merchant classes, and the military domination of the @helevos - Hevuoldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHevuold
Hevuold is a historic settlement on the island of Besoa. It was formerly Hebol, the royal capital of the ancient Kingdom of Heronbar, but is now primarily a market town for the surrounding farmlands. It is noted for its textile weaving, particularly for ovorn wool and linen. @helevos - Oracilplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOracil
Oracil was a historic city-state in the east of modern Narette in the Anrel Isles, in the foothills of the Laharkin Mountains. Oracil is thought to have been founded by an Iskean-ethnic tribe around 1100 BME. The city grew rich on the fertile soils surrounding Mount Oracil, as well as mines burrowed deep into the mountains of the @helevos - Iskean Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean People
The Iskean are an East Thalsic people primarily inhabiting the northeastern coastal regions of Anásthias. Today they are one of the major ethnic groups of Harthera, with Iskean populations also found in the eastern coastal provinces of Ororr, as well as islands in the @helevos - Junda Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda People
The Junda are an Iskean-ethnic people found throughout the Junda Isles and the northeast coast of Anásthias, whose conquest of the mainland led to the foundation of the modern state of Harthera.
Historically they were notable for their shamanic religion and unique calendar, the Junda stormscale.
Junda peoples commonly raided the coasts for food and goods, having little of worth to trade on their home islands. They were accidentally instrumental in the downfall of the @helevos - Paguelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPaguel
Paguel [pa-GOO-el] is a city at the southern end of Lake Anlutu in the Triminot region of central Ororr, about 200km south of Remel. Due to its position on marshy ground where the River Wiyel flows into the lake, the city has been flooded and even destroyed many times in its history. @helevos - Virid scrublandplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid scrubland
Virid scrubland is a region where low-growing virid vegetation is the predominant life. Scrubland is often the result of thin poor soils and low rainfall. It can also be an intermediate landscape in areas destroyed by fire.
Flora
herbs
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Alsaneth Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAlsaneth Republic
The Alsaneth Republic, also called the Alsaneth Commonwealth (official name The Hexactic Commonwealth of Alsan), was a historic nation occupying the southern half of the island of Besoa. The Republic existed from the overthrow of the old MEME @helevos - Maresh Hillsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMaresh Hills
The Maresh Hills are an upland region on the western edge of the Mangasor Basin in central Ororr, most famous for being the site of the holy shrine of Foratuna.
Geologically the hills are a karst escarpment of sedimentary and igneous rock, pocked with caves. Any rainfall immediately sinks through the porous rock, making the hills dry and almost devoid of vegetation other than hardy @helevos - Narillinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNarillin
Narillin [NAR-ill-EE-in] (Eloyoun Marille, historically Mariyë, also known as the Plaster City) is one of the great port cities of the world and the third largest city of Harthera.
It was an ancient Eloyoun city state, said to have been founded by refugees from Miyarris. For much of the EloyounHarthera @helevos - National Convocation of Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNational Convocation of Ororr
The National Convocation is the supreme legislative body of the church-state of Ororr, composed of all three branches of governance: the Krikaré or Elders, the Gamiri or Nine Leaders, and the Meisinn, the Twelve chief priests.
Governance
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* Pages: * Besoa celebrates three years since liberation * Earthquake hits southern Ororr, trade along the Trokaid Road interrupted by landslides
List test
The current year is
of the Modern Epoch.
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* One @test - New Hartrahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNew Hartrah
New Hartrah is a territory of the eastern continent of Retzayk, claimed as a colonial possession of the Hartheran Union. It is the first successful settlement on the continent in modern history. It was discovered in 1112 ME, with virid jungle being cleared in 1116 in the hopes of creating large HartheranHartheraviridviridviridgreen @helevos - Holistician School of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHolistician School of Thought
The Holisticians were one of principle schools of thought at the Rasian Academy, during the age of the Great Schools.
Rasian Academy
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See also:
* Magic * Schools of Thought
Holisticians view the universe as sets of interrelated and interdependent systems. They regard other perspectives as @helevos - The Spines (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Spines (Category)
Articles related to The Spines, a chain of small islands in the Natorn Archipelago.
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The Metamagicians were one of principle schools of thought at the Rasian Academy, during the age of the Great Schools.
Rasian Academy
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* Magic * Schools of Thought
Where the grammarians seek to explain the living world in the languagelanguage @helevos - Gahskplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahsk
Gahsk (also Gazask) is a city in the Gaskanin region of eastern Ororr. It lies on a hill close to where the Gahsk River flows out of Lake Trazámske, historically a highly defensible location with access to the area's abundant natural resources such as fish, timber and minerals. The city was an ancient centre of civilisation, but its remote and isolated location has kept the city prosperous but still relatively small.Ororr @helevos - Fá Cadalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFá Cadal
Fá Cadal [fah-ka-DAL], or Ivfá in the local language, is a port city in the province of Cadal, in the northwestern tip of Ororr. It is the only significant city in the province and therefore the principle centre of Ororran authority and religion. Though small and isolated, the city is an important trans-shipping port for trade between the western port cities and Ororr @helevos - Iskean Languagesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean Languages
Iskean is a branch of the Thalsic language family encompassing many tongues of northern and northeastern Anásthias, particularly Junda, Besoaad, and modern Hartraan. Ancient Gaal was also an Iskean language.
Language
language
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It is notable that the words Gaal, Dal (as in @helevos - Geraltinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGeraltin
Geraltin is a province in the Moritarr region of northwest Ororr. Its low-lying coast is sparsely inhabited due to sucking sands, treacherous rocks and thick virid swamps of dragora trees, subject to regular devastating inundations by storm tides.
Ororr
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Tulf Jhaena is a remote province of Deltirot, the southernmost region of Ororr. Geographically it comprises the drainage basin of the Red Wiyel, the eastern tributary of the great River Wiyel.
Ororr
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The Hexactic Alm [ARM] is the official currency of the nations of Anrel, accepted throughout the Natorn Archipelago. An alm is worth six pins, and 24 alms are a crown.
Money
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The alm originally a food token given to refugees during the Anrel @helevos - Tiómeletplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTiómelet
Tiómelet [tee-OH-meh-lett] is a city on Lake Tio, in Tekon province of Deltirot, in southern Ororr.
Ororr
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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic * @helevos - Siltornplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn
Siltorn is a region of Ororr, contiguous with the historic Siltorn Republic. Its capital is Initerer.
Siltorn is a temperate upland region of rolling hills, surrounded by mountains. In ancient times the region was cleared of virid jungle and settled to create a rich green landscape of farms and woodland. Many small city states and polities arose, forming the Siltorn Republic in 2080 @helevos - The Obverseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Obverse
The Obverse is the opposite side of the globe to the Civilised World. It is largely unknown to the peoples of the Civilised World, and consequently subject to folklore, myth and speculative theories.
The most prominent of these is the Duospherical theory. It proposes that the Obverse is the physical inverse of the Civilised WorldCivilised Worldvirid @helevos - Hemscoomplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHemscoom
Hemscoom is a small village in Trésard, in the hills above the former city of Rasia, a short distance from the main gates of the Rasian Academy. It was completely destroyed during the Long War, but later resettled.
History
Originally an insignificant farming village surrounded by pastures, Hemscoom became prosperous after the proctors of the Academy limited the selling of alcohol within the boundaries of the Academy. Subsequently the local inn received vastly increased patronage, to … @helevos - Larfordplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLarford
Larford is a settlement on the upper reach of the River Lar in Trésard. Once a prosperous town of agriculture and industry, it declined after the destruction of Rasia during the Long War and was largely abandoned, its fields slowly being reclaimed by virid forest.
The ruins were resettled, but it remains a small, isolated village on a broken, seldom-travelled highway.virid @helevos - Cronoxi Syndicateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCronoxi Syndicate
The Cronoxi Syndicate is political and trade alliance of various worlds and polities in the Gamma Delta quadrant. Worlds within the syndicate are sovereign and self-governing, but agree to standards of peace and liberty, open trade and mutual defence. @1gd - Sjatranjplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSjatranj
Sjatranj is a Hesjbagaaian game commonly called Fours or the Game of Fours in many other languages. It is played by 2 to 4 players on a board with four square sections. Similar games were known to have been played in ancient times, but fell out of favour due to their complexity, only being played in parts of @helevos - Nesh Gobáplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNesh Gobá
Nesh Gobá [nesh go-BA] is a city in Gorval province in Ororr. Today it is a fairly small market city, but it is the historic cultural capital of the Gobalay people.
Ororr
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Vadem [vah-DAYM], also Wadem Vardem, is a settlement on the island of Besoa, which gives its name to the southwestern region of the island. It was once Uoardéim, the wealthy capital city of the Kingdom of Derailad. The ancient city declined after the Battle of Four Kingdoms in 35 ME, when Derailad was annexed by the @helevos - Mûulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMûul
Mûul [MOO-ul] is an island in the Kingdom of Trésard, about 40km west of the Mainland of the Anrel Isles. It is separated from the Mainland by the Res Channel.
Geography
Mûul is 150 km north-south, the southern and western half being hilly and windswept, sheltering the lower-lying east coast, which supports livestock and subsistence farming. The island is entirely GodmenGodmengreenGodmen @helevos - River Médelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Médel
The River Médel, also called the Méo, is a small river in the southeast of the island of Besoa. It flows through a fertile steep-sided valley to the sea at Delgeth.
Besoa
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rivers besoa @helevos - Deltirotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeltirot
Deltirot (also arch. Deltiriot) is one of the six self-governing regions of modern Ororr, occupying the southeastern corner of the country. It is bounded by mountains on three sides: the Dun Trisan to the east, the Dun Jaen to the south, and the Vildon Mountains to the west. To the north are the Riverlands of Seqal, the Ororr @helevos - Years Regnantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYears Regnant
Years Regnant is a dating system used by many nations, numbering years from the accession of each ruler, rather than from an epoch or other significant event.
Calendar
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The system was particularly used in small, independent or isolated kingdoms with a strong monarchy, particularly the islands of the @helevos - Sarétaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaréta
Saréta [sa-RAY-tuh] is a small city in the central uplands of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles.
[Sarekéa region of central Sensatard in the Anrel Isles]
The city is surrounded by mountains, and is the cultural and religious capital of the ethnic Sarekéa people who inhabit the mountain region. The Kings of Sensatard have long given the city and the region a great deal of autonomy, although the city abides by Northland laws and pays taxes to the @helevos - Begeenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBegeen
Begeen [beg-EEN] is a city in the southeast of Trésard, close to the border with Narette. It was sacked and occupied in 219 ME in the first year of the Long War, and was the subject of five battles during which both sides took and retook the city, leaving it a ruined shell. @helevos - Laqhasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLaqhas
Laqhas or Larqhas [LAR-kas] is a small city in Narette in the Anrel Isles. It is in the north of the Ania Plateau, set in a picturesque steep-sided valley surrounded by hills of green forest. The city is most known for its royal palace, a secluded hunting lodge set in the hills, which has long been a quiet retreat for the kings of Narette. @helevos - Tofáplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTofá
Tofá [toe-FAH] is the southern province of the Gildon autonomous region of Ororr, close to the border with Hesjbagaaia. Its capital is the city of Agann.
Ororr
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The Kitroys are a wealthy family in Harthera, descended from old Saloyan aristocracy. The Kitroys were a moderately prominent family under the Hartheran Commonwealth, but were one of the few nobles to back the military coup of the Teraths during the Vainglorious Revolution of 571. This enabled them to prosper in the years following the revolution, allowing them to become one of the richest of the new mercantile-aristocratic clans. @helevos - Catsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCats
Cats are felid mammals found throughout the Civilised World. Domestic cats are commonly kept as companion animals, but more importantly for their ability to kill pests of all kinds.
Fauna
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As well as domestic cats, some regions of Anasthias have populations of wild cats, living both in @helevos - Cable fruitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCable fruit
Cable fruit are the fruit of the cable tree, a virid plant which flourishes near water, both fresh and salt. They bear a large ball-like fruit with a tough leathery skin. Cable fruit are buoyant, and therefore allow the plant to spread across large distances. @helevos - Iskean Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean Sea
The Iskean Sea lies between the southern end of the Natorn Archipelago and the mainland of Anásthias, stretching as far west as the Gorval Peninsula.
Much of the sea bed is relatively shallow, and in previous epochs when sea level was lower, the sea bed was exposed as islands and land. @helevos - Penithelarnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPenithelarn
Penithelarn [PEN-ee-THEL-ahn] is a major port city in western Ororr, chief trading port of the autonomous region of Moritarr. It is located on the estuary of the River Nurallons, where it flows into the Sea of Grief. It trades particularly in bulk produce like grain and other foodstuffs produced in the fertile Nurallons valley.Ororr @helevos - Gadokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGadok
The Cordrome of Gadok is an administrative region of northwestern Harthera.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1 ME (Traditional) * MEMEHartheravirid @helevos - Melemborplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMelembor
Melem or melembor is a boardgame played with coins or counters on a rectangular board, with the object being to get as many counters as possible into the centre area while knocking away counters of opponents.
Sports
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Hogs are common domestic animals found throughout the Civilised World, except in central Ororr, where the climate is too hot and dry for them to thrive.
Fauna
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The common wild hog has short tusks which they use to dig roots and grubs from the soil. Wild hogs have a certain degree of virid @helevos - Rubáporatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRubáporat
The Rubáporat [roo-BAP-poor-rat] was a historic Manthi civilisation in the southwest of Anásthias, on the coast of the Umber Sea. It flourished in the latter part of the Beryl Epoch, from roughly 700 BME until the second century ME when it was dominated by Ennseperan Empire. Nepor and Clanisjpor were its two greatest cities, which engaged in a long standing cultural and economic rivalry. Other key cities were BMEME @helevos - River Velunplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Velun
The River Velun is the greatest river of northern Harthera, flowing from the foothills of the Dun Jaen mountains in the far west of the country, through the great virid forests, plains and farmlands of central Harthera to the sea. It joins with the Verais at the city of Vahltor, capital of HartheraHarthera @helevos - River Kethelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Kethel
The Kethel is a river in the Anrel Isles. It flows from the central plains, through the Mathé Marshes to the sea.
Anrel
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This is in a series of articles about the Anrel Isles, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Sea.
In previous epochs the Kathel Valley was some of the richest farmland in the isles, home to many towns and cities. In the @helevos - Cordromeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCordrome
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1 ME (Traditional) * Religion: Church of Hartrah * Language: Hartraan (official), also Saloyan, Rouvawetig, Junda
A cordrome is an administrative unit of the @helevos - Spicesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSpices
Spices are condiments derived from the fruits, seeds and roots of virid plants. Most have a pungent or acrid flavour, and most are toxic if eaten in large quantities, but a pinch of them can add depth of flavour or piquancy to green foodstuffs. Condiments derived from virid @helevos - Thalseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalse
Thalse is a land mentioned in several mythological accounts, said to have existed in northeastern Anásthias during the Emerald and Jade Epochs. Thalse was the original homeland of the Thalsic peoples, the ancestors of most of the population of modern Anásthias.
Thalse is mentioned in the Helevosien, the mythic history of the world written in the Anásthias @helevos - List of Atlas pagesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigList of Atlas pages
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Remel [rem-ELL] is a major city on the River Wiyel in Ororr, situated between the Triminot Lakes. The region is wealthy and one of the most densely populated regions of the civilised world, being a major centre for agriculture, trade and manufacturing. Historically it was the capital of the powerful city-state of her @helevos - Muthené Marshplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMuthené Marsh
Muthené Marsh is a freshwater wetland in the Kingdom of Trésard in the Anrel Isles. It covers an area of roughly 1500 sq km, criss-crossed with rivers that flow from the Beyal Hills, with hundreds of islands of various sizes. The Muthené Marsh connects with the tidal Mathé Marshes to the south. @helevos - Zooidplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZooid
Zooids are a class of virid marine organisms which are a base of the virid food chain in the oceans. Zooids are single-celled, with some classes being free-floating throughout their lifecycle, while others live as colony-organisms for some or all of their life. Colony-organisms range from tiny motile and non-motile viridvirid @helevos - Lake Otaranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Otaran
Lake Otaran [oh-TA-ran], known locally as The Otaran (arch. Otarah), is a brackish lake or inland sea in the island of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is connected to the sea by the Otaran Sound, a flooded former river valley.
The lake is economically important as a rich source of @helevos - Battle-fanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBattle-fan
The eplek (Doroun), called a battle-fan or war fan, is a shield weapon once used by elite members of the EnSanni army in the later Imperial period.
Composition & Use
Epleks are composed of numerous strips of watered steel folded onto a central stem, which can unfurl to form a shield. The shield is mainly used to deflect blows or to protect the user from arrows. The best fans are all steel, with stops so each fan blade remains interlocked with no gaps. Inferior fans were bound with … @helevos - North Poleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNorth Pole
The North Pole or Boreal region is an area of mountains and permanent ice on the supercontinent of Zahkdarret-Retzayk, extending roughly from 70-90 degrees north. The high mountains store vast amounts of ice, sufficient to reduce Helevos's sea level in cooler viridvirid @helevos - Alonorrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAlonorr
Alonorr was the easternmost province of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, named for its capital, a port city in the vicinity of modern Harlon. From the city, the empire controlled much of the lower River Velun and all lands west of the river, between Alonorr and the neighbouring province of @helevos - Munatanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMunatan
Munatan [Moo-Nah-Tahn] is the southernmost region of Anásthias, south of the Dun Trisan mountains. The name possibly derives from a ancient Thalsic, meaning “Land of One Sun”, since the daystar is not visible in the southern hemisphere. Or it may be a reference to the Manthi people who were once the majority population of western Munatan. The term is an OrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraOrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraHartheran @helevos - Besoan Diasporaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoan Diaspora
The Besoan Diaspora was a wave of mass emigration of people from the Natorn Archipelago island of Besoa, caused by the Hartheran invasion and brutal occupation.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
Many Besoans were international traders with connections in port cities around the world. Those who were able to leave were many rich merchants, nobles and their households. They established emigré communities in ports aro… @helevos - Great Urash Oceanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Urash Ocean
The Great Urash Ocean is one of the four oceans surrounding the Civilised World. It's name derives from the Manthi word meaning southern.
It extends south from Anásthias to the Icehorns of the south pole, and from Vulime in the east to Zahkdarret in the west. Its boundaries are somewhat vague, as its seas are not often travelled by ships from the Anásthias @helevos - Rasia Cityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasia City
Rasia [RAH-zee-uh]], sometimes called Rasia City to distinguish it from the eponymous Grand Academy of Rasia, is a city on the south coast of Lake Ondrere in the Anrel Isles. Once a vibrant metropolis and a centre of culture, in 236 ME it was burned to the ground by Anretian forces during the MEmagicmagic @helevos - Gyeil Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGyeil People
The Gyeil [g-YAY-l] are the indigenous inhabitants of Gildot in central Anásthias, with modern populations throughout southwestern Anásthias and Munatan. The Gyeil have a unique culture and language, unrelated to the Thalsic peoples who colonised much of the region from the Jade Epoch onwards. Consequently they have been subjected to centuries of oppression and conflict, and have derogatively been called the “Night People” or viridlanguageOrorrviridviridviridgreenviridviridgreen… @helevos - Vetthi naming conventionsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi naming conventions
Vetthi names are a fiendishly complicated social hurdle for all visitors to the island, and can represent a challenge even to the most socially adept Vetthi hierarch. Vetthi names can be lengthy, since they describe not only family connections, but a history of honours and distinctions both personal and inherited. The longer a person's name, the greater the prestige of the family, and those wishing to curry favour are obliged to remember the entire name of a new associ… @helevos - Mount Orodienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Orodien
Mount Orodien is a large volcanic mountain on the Orodien peninsula, on the continent of Retzayk. The mountain sits on a magma hotspot which creates earthquakes, geysers and hot springs all of the peninsula.
The terrain north of the mountain is an ancient caldera 180 km across with a caldera lake at its centre, evidence of an ancient supervolcano. @helevos - Hesporiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHesporia
Hesporia is the region of southwestern Munatan where Hespor is the majority first language. Today it is often synonymous with the modern Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia, though most of Chosilha and parts of neighbouring nations of Danagunda, border regions of Veedormim, and communities in western Inkusjezepa and north Kasepan are all Hespor-speaking. @helevos - Tire-Ohnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTire-Ohn
Tire-Ohn is a mythic warrior hero, known to many ancient Thalsic cultures. He was the first offspring of the Godmen to be born on the soil of Helevos. His saga is recorded in the Tirennion, the greatest and most respected work of mythic literature in the Anrel Isles.
Folklore
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The Miyarrain were the inhabitants of ancient Miyarris, famed as the most advanced civilisation of the Celadon Epoch. The Miyarrain were the progenitors of all modern Eloyoun peoples throughout eastern Anásthias.
Ancient Miyarris
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Language
language
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The Aralsic language family is one of the major world language groups. They are all descended from dialects of Old Aralsic, spoken in Natorn Archipelago and outlying islands.
The main modern languages in the group are Reidan and Rettien, spoken in the @tag - Hartraanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartraan
Hartraan is the official state language of Harthera. All Hartheran citizens are expected to speak Hartraan for official and public use, but in practice most rural people in central and southern Harthera speak local languages as their first language, have only limited exposure to the languagelanguagelanguageHartheralanguage @helevos - Order of Urra Sjalaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrder of Urra Sjala
Order of Urra Sjala is a religious organisation of the Heterodox Church in Hesjbagaaia. It was founded by Secra Urra Sjala, a Heterodox saint, dedicated to good works, health and education, as well as promoting the all-embracing power of heterodoxy as missionaries.
Organisations & Institutions
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Helevos is a fantasy world of magic and science, divided by two incompatible biologies: the Green Kingdom of humans, trees, grasses, crops and red-blooded animals, and the Virid Kingdom of toxic jungles, poisonous plants, terrifying creatures and airborne infections.
Over thousands of years humans have forged the hundred Ororrgreenvirid - Kinesisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKinesis
Kinesis is one of the three key thaumaturgical disciplines, involving movement and interaction with physical objects.
Magic
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Mastery of kinesis is fundamental to the all physical disciplines, from barriers and protection, to medical intervention or weatherworking. @helevos - Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa
Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.
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Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME
Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr @helevos - Veedormimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVeedormim
The Mutual Protectoracy of Veedormim is a nation in Munatan, occupying the far southwest corner of Anásthias.
Munatan
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* Name: Mutual Protectoracy of VeedormimME @helevos - Hevúlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHevúl
Hevúl [heh-VOOL] is a religious site in Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is a meeting site for the Hevúl festival which happens in the autumn every three years, celebrating all of the gods.
Anrel
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The Gaal Empire (c.2400-2055 BME) was the cultural and military hegemony of the Gaal people, whose capital was Gaalkedch in what is now northern Ororr. The Gaal Empire lasted five centuries, steadily accumulating territory and wealth, until it was taken over in a military coup by BME @helevos - Brass antplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBrass ant
Brass ants are thumb-sized, eight-limbed virid creatures, named for their brass-coloured iridescent exoskeleton.
Fauna
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Despite the name they are arthropods, not insects. They are scavengers found in warm environments throughout @helevos - Baskersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBaskers
Baskers are a variety of massive herbivorous whale, who trawl the seas consuming vast quantities of viridspor, zooids, greenfry and green plankton. They are mostly commonly found in temperate latitudes, usually staying far from the shore. They are occasionally hunted by islanders in Anrel @helevos - Jongavenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJongaven
Jogaven [jong-GAV-en] is a city on the island of Esigan, the most important port in the Hartheran Junda Isles and its de facto capital.
Set in a large deepwater lagoon, the city is a strategic port for the Hartheran Navy. It is a hub for all trade within the Isles, a centre for shipbuilding, and a frequent stopping point for merchantmen trading between @helevos - Green Sea Origin Theoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen Sea Origin Theory
The Green Sea Origin is a comparatively recent theory of natural history, proposed to explain why Helevos has two distinct and incompatible kingdoms of life - the virid and the green kingdoms. It was first theorised by Herf Gerlatin of Harlon University, in his 1086 ME book Man from the GreenGreengreenViridViridgreengreenviridgreenviridgreengreenviridviridGreen @helevos - Triminotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTriminot
The Triminot [TREE-mee-nott] is a province in the Wiyel Valley in central Ororr, surrounding the city of Remel. Most of the region is tropical wetland surrounded by hills, dominated by lakes and swamps. The central region was greened, drained and turned into arable farmland many centuries ago, becoming an ancient centre of human civilisation. It has been a major exporter of food and grain for thousands of years. In recent centuries Remel has become an important industrial hub for a var… @helevos - Senasiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSenasi
The Senasi are an organisation dedicated to health and healing in the Anrel Isles. They are one of the Hexact Orders, advocating for health in national politics. Senasi order members are healers and physicians, tending to the sick and providing health advice throughout the islands. They wear white, and their healing houses are found in all major towns and cities. @helevos - Rasian Chainwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasian Chainway
The Rasia Chain Carriageway, or simply the Chainway, was a funicular railway which connected the centre of Rasia City with the Rasian Academy in the valley above. The chainway was a quick and efficient means of transporting visitors and students, since the only alternative was the long uphill climb by road. The chainway was a particular matter of pride for the citizens of Rasia, since it was achieved entirely by mechanical means, all use of @helevos - Gildonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGildon
Gildon [GIL-don] is one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr encompassing the southwest of the country. Its capital is the fortified city of Agann, roughly 500 km from the modern border with Hesjbagaaia. Historically the region was called Vildon.
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The Gobalay are an Issid-ethnic people who inhabit the Gorval Peninsula of modern Ororr.
Lowland Gobalay people in the south of the peninsula are mixed with Gaal, Doroun and other ethnic groups of Ororr, but Insular Gobalay, the people of the far northern and upland regions still have a significantly pure Gobalay population. All speak local variants of Ororr @helevos - Narette (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNarette (Category)
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The Grand Palatinate of Saloya, sometimes poetically referred to as the Rose Empire, was a historic Eloyoun nation in northeast Anásthias. It was home to the Saloyan people and the Saloyan language. The Palatinate was a complex oligarchy, highly civilised and cultured. Until the start of the BMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEMEMEMEME @helevos - Therism (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherism (Category)
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topics beliefs ororr @tag - The New Citizen (publication)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe New Citizen (publication)
The New Citizen is a Hartheran publication printed weekly in the capital, Vahltor. It began as a pamphlet for opponents of the old Hartheran Commonwealth, particulary in opposition to The Gallant, but has since become a conservative newspaper, particularly supporting the @helevos - The Occidentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Occident
The Occident is the area of the continent of Anásthias west of the Dun Jaen mountains. Historically this meant the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann, as well as the many other nations west of the mountains before the founding of modern Ororr. Contemporary Ensanni writers occasionally used the term to refer to the relatively wild and less inhabited west coast of AnásthiasOrorrOrorr @helevos - Elaymen peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElaymen people
The Elaymen were an ethnic group living in eastern Anásthias during the Jade Epoch (c.10,000-6000 BME), in an area encompassing modern southeastern Harthera. It is uncertain whether they were an offshoot of the Iskean people, or a mixture of Asokway and Aralsic peoples who migrated from the north. Modern scholars assume they were the ancestors of the language @helevos - Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHistory
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Tilleul Zinnober (c.650-581 BME) [zin-OH-berr] was a historian and philosopher in the late period of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, most noted for his elegiac history of the empire, and his idiosyncratic system for naming the historic epochs after green gemstones.
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The Jorothi are a Thalsic ethnic group native to northwestern Anásthias. The ancestors of the Jorothi spread westward along the coast of modern Ororr in the 10th century BME during the Jade Epoch. A second wave followed the fall of the Issid Block States in the 7th century BME.
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Imble is a virid plant native to tropical swamplands, where it flourishes due to its strength, flexibility, and tolerance to salt. The tree-like trunk is bulbous with a thick grey skin. Its core is a mass of fleshy strands which given the plant strength and function to regulate its internal salinity.virid @helevos - Herf Gerlatinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerf Gerlatin
Herf Gerlatin is a Professor of Human Sciences at Harlon University. He was generally considered to be a fringe scholar and theorist until the publication of his hugely successful book Man from the Green Sea Deep, in which he proposed what is now called the Green Sea Theory, that all mammals and green plants evolved separately from virid @helevos - Malefactionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMalefaction
Malefaction is the use of magic to cause harm. Most magical traditions throughout history have had a taboo against using magic for selfish and dangerous purposes, but the Rasian Academy, as the premier institution of thaumaturgy, was the most effective at regulating it.
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The shalar is a traditional Doroun garment, a tailcoat consisting of a form-fitting jacket with wide shoulders, and a square-cut tail or skirt that falls to the floor, partially enclosing the legs. The traditional shalar is closed with loop and stud buttons up the front, with a square-cut collar. @helevos - Mount Karmoquéplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Karmoqué
Mount Karmoqué is an active volcanic mountain on the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. The native Asokway people call it the 'God Mountain', and it is central to their animist spiritual beliefs.
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Ketrorl, or Ketrawul, is a god worshipped in the pantheon of Anrel, and to a lesser extent throughout the Natorn Archipelago.
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The Eagle-Headed Lord of Honourable Accord, he represents the principles of truth, courage, honour and justice. He is one of the gods of state, particularly in @helevos - Chosilhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChosilha
Chosilha [cho-SEAL-ya] is a territory in western Munatan, where the civil war war that tore apart the old Ennseperan Empire continues to grind on, long after the empire fell. The territory is controlled by warlords, inheritors of the old imperial Loyalist and Republican factions, Republican warlords holding the north, Imperials in the south. @helevos - Kingdom of Oonarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Oonar
Oonar was a historic nation in eastern Anásthias existing from c.1800 BME to c.500 ME, with a largely Eloyoun-ethnic population. Around the turn of the first century ME, Oonar was the foremost of the Eloyoun kingdoms in the region, second only to Saloya.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias @helevos - Voshárnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVoshárn
Voshárn [voe-SHAH-n], sometimes called Mordan, is a sparsely populated province of northwestern Ororr, the largest province in the region of Moritarr. For historic regions it is sometimes referred to as Old Ororr.
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Expurgation was the ultimate punishment meted out by the Rasian Academy for the crime of malefaction: the use of thaumaturgy for evil and harmful ends.
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Expurgation involves four steps. Firstly, the criminal's familiar (or 'prime source'), the elemental which is the source of his power, is cut away and destroyed. @helevos - Besoan Animism (Focáoaa)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoan Animism (Focáoaa)
Besoan Animism, called Focáoaa [fo-COW-waa], is the traditional folklore and spiritual beliefs of the island of Besoa, which forms the core of ceremonial and religious practice. Historically Focáoaa was the single religious practice on the island, but some modern Besoans have embraced religious practices from TheristTheristTherismTherist @helevos - Godkillersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodkillers
The Godkillers were an unofficial paramilitary group associated with the Grand Academy of Rasia, tasked with rooting out newly-formed god-elementals, and the potentially dangerous religious cults associated with them. The group was active during the High Period of Rasia, from 500 @helevos - Terabplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerab
Terab, also called by its Iskean name Teraq, is the capital city and main port of the island of Antyok. It is officially a Protectorate of the Hartheran Navy, who claim to administer the island on behalf of the native Ko-kway people. In practice the city and the island are essentially under MEHartheran @helevos - Simmonyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSimmony
Simmony [SIM-on-nee] is a bush native to the Eastern Isles, whose stems are a spice valued for its warm, piquant flavour.
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Simmony bushes are virid plants which flourish on the dry seaward slopes of the island of Sfize. Simmony was one of the first important exports from the islands, hence the word @helevos - Butternutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigButternut
Butternuts are the edible seeds of the butternut tree, a green tree cultivated mostly in tropical Anásthias.
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Butternuts grow in a hard gourd. When mature, the gourds fall and split to reveal the hard nuts inside. The nuts are surrounded by a thick, oil gel, which gives the fruit its name. The gel is sweet and nutritious, while the nuts are hard, but contain a rich, oily and mellow-sweet meat. @helevos - Belikast's Follyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBelikast's Folly
Belikast's Folly, also called Belikast's Tower or, more commonly, the Old Lighthouse, is the ruins of a tower on the northwest coast of the island of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles.
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It was built around the turn of the first century @helevos - Dsjeeporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDsjeepor
Dsjeepor or Dushee is a port city in Veedormim, located on Cape Deshee, the westernmost point of Anásthias.
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The Helevosien is a work of mythic history of Anrel, from the Fall of the Godmen to the Long War. It is said to have been compiled by the 6th century ME authoress and poet Henner Goult from a historic texts, though how much is source material and how much Goult's original writing is unclear. The text has evolved throughout its history, successive generations adding historic events including the @helevos - Nos Aniaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNos Ania
Nos Ania [noss AH-nee-uh] is a port city on the Ania Plateau in the Kingdom of Narette. It is the chief port and commercial and agricultural heart of the kingdom, the second largest city in Narette after Belisan.
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The city of Ania was founded by the Annéan people, perhaps in the 4th millennium @helevos - Scythe fishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigScythe fish
Scythe fish are predatory virid fish found in deep open waters. Their sharp scythe-like appendages are evolved to slice off the limbs of giant virid squid squid, but they will attack and eat any kind of prey, including any humans unlucky enough to fall overboard from ships. @helevos - Chouda peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChouda people
The Chouda [chow-OO-da] were an Iskean ethnic group who emerged in the Celadon Epoch following the fall of Traithe. They inhabited the Chouda Peninsula and land which is now the Junda Isles. They were the ancestors of the Junda, Chelidt and many peoples of northern Harthera.
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Tekon is a province of the Deltirot region of southern Ororr, centred around the valley of the Blue Wiyel. Tekon is a wet and sparsely inhabited land of lakes, swamps rivers, forests and mountains. [Ororr]
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The Tekonet or Tekon civilisation was an ancient stone age culture centred around @helevos - Three Holy Citiesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThree Holy Cities
The Three Holy Cities are three cities in Ororr: Toborr, Remel and Seqal. They were three major cities of the ancient Empire of Dor-en-Sann, personally conquered by the Prophet Therion by use of holy miracles, or the magic of the Mother Goddess. Today the cities are visited by thousands of pilgrims taking part in the Ororr @helevos - Cornelenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCornelen
Cornelen [cor-NEL-len] is a major deity in the Anrelian Pantheon, goddess of the harvest, the green lands and “all the good fruits of nature”. She represents the cycle of birth, life and death, so she is also the reaper of a good death at the end of life. @helevos - Broken Landsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBroken Lands
The Broken Lands is a fractured region of sharp fissures, clefts and gullies, which forms a natural boundary between Harthera and Otekahré.
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The region is an active fault line, where earthquakes have created sharp rifts in the rock, further excavated and eroded by winds and flash flooding. With little soil and little surface water, the Broken Lands are un… @helevos - Thaumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaum
The thaum is a unit of measurement of thaumaturgical capacity; essentially a measure of magical energy.
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One thaum is the standard energy potential contained in a single shell of an elemental. In energy terms this varies between elementals and even between shells, since outer shells tend to be weaker than inner shells. One thaum is colloquially said to be @helevos - Categoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCategory
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The Ves Jaen Wars was a protracted period of conflict in the Wiyel Basin during the Celadon Epoch, c.3900-3700 BME, the result of refugees feeling coastal civilisations due to rising sea levels.
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In a time of cataclysm, with floods and storms laying waste to the coastal @helevos - Tsaykouiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTsaykoui
Tsaykoui is a large island group on the eastern edge on the Redeeming Ocean, 5600 km southeast of the Hook of Anarr and 1600 km south of the southernmost tip of Retzayk. Their latitude extends from 33-43°S, the climate ranging from sub-tropical to temperate. tsaykoui
The landscape is mostly low elevation, and due to their isolation they are all covered in a unique variety of @helevos - Chusutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChusut
Chusut is the largest city in Taur-dji-oum, often erroneously considered the capital of this fractious region. Chusut is a port on Lake Mamoluim, a hub for trade, diplomacy and intrigue. It has been fought over many times by the clans and burned to the ground many times throughout history. @helevos - Infoboxplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigInfobox
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Cham is a starchy virid root used to make cham-meal (cham-cham) and cham-cake (kout-cham), staple foods in Munatan.
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Cham-tree
Cham trees (kamsjiva or kamchiva) are bushy virid plants found in temperate climates throughout viridviridviridviridMunatan @helevos - Floraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFlora
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topics sci1 @tag - The Final Friendplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Final Friend
The Final Friend is a personification of death in classical Issid culture, a being who brings comfort and relief to injured soldiers or the sick and elderly.
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The idea predates the Therist religion, and despite attempts to crush all rival beliefs the Final Friend is still spoken about as a metaphor for death in modern @helevos - Yendimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYendim
In the mythology of the Helevosien, Yendim was the first great city-state of the Godmen, which was destroyed at the end of the First Epoch. It was a city of wonders, the place where the Godmen created all the green plants and red-blooded companion animals of man.
The Godmen set the first of the Godmen @helevos - Sacrifice of Ibrimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSacrifice of Ibrim
The Sacrifice of Ibrim is an ancient folk tale, one of the canon of instructional tales used by the church of the Mother Of All Aspects in the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
In the tale, Ibrim has two sons, and is asked to murder one of his children to prove the love for his god. At the last minute a @helevos - Kililiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKilili
Kilili is a sign language originating in the province of Gorval, where congenital deafness was once common in isolated communities. Today it is still used by deaf minorities throughout Ororr.
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The sign language originated in isolated villages of the Gorval Highlands, who had a high incidence of congenital deafness, the result of cultural inbreeding. Both non-hearing and hearing villagers … @helevos - Greenfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreenfish
Term including all red-blooded fish edible to humans and other mammals. @helevos - Green kingdomplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen kingdom
The Green kingdom includes green plants and all the animals who depend on them for nutrition, including humans and other mammals. @helevos - Geologyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGeology
Helevos is approximately 3.8 billion years old, and differs from the planet Earth geologically in a number of ways. Magnetism
Like Earth, Helevos was subject to massive bombardment by planetary-sized objects during its hot early life, but accrued a much larger amount of iron and heavier metals than Earth. Helevos is smaller than Earth, but relatively much denser. @helevos - Tritaviplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTritavi
The Tritavi are the eldest and most advanced human races in the sector, having retained much ancient technology from historic times. The Tritavi worlds are renowned for their reclusiveness and general refusal to take part in interplanetary affairs. @1gd - Viridisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigViridis
In the folklore of Anrel, Viridis (or Viridus) is the personification of all virid life, particularly its invasive, deceptive and threatening nature. His antithesis is the Green Man.
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Carrow is a variety of tough green grass common in marginal regions. Carrow grass has tall, broad, sharp-edged blades, coloured various shades from green to yellow to variegated, depending partly upon variety, but mostly due to soil conditions. It pollinates by wind, producing an abundance of fluffy airborne seed pods which can travel long distances.greengreengreen @helevos - Behtoïeeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBehtoïee
Behtoïee [BEH-toe-i-ee] is the fortified hilltop capital of Biinmos in eastern Munatan. It was an ancient hillfort with walls constructed of tall monoliths, while today the stones only remain as ceremonial gates.
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Spices are condiments derived from the fruits, seeds and roots of virid plants. Most have a pungent or acrid flavour, and most are toxic if eaten in large quantities, but a pinch of them can add depth of flavour or piquancy to green foodstuffs. Condiments derived from @tag - Balbalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBalbal
Balbal are virid trees native to the arid central regions of Anásthias, with a distinctive pear-shaped trunk.
Their roots are squeezed by desert dwellers as a nutritious, if unappetising milk, as well as other food uses. They are a particular feature of the Anásthiasviridvirid @helevos - Screw-wormsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigScrew-worms
Screw-worms are a class of virid marine creatures who in nature attach themselves to detritus on the sea bed and aid its decomposition. Consequently they also attach themselves to wooden piers and the hulls of sailing vessels. They are particularly active in warm, nutrient-rich waters, where they can burrow into an unprotected ship's hull and cause terrible damage within a few weeks. @helevos - Rockfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRockfish
Rockfish describes a diverse variety of virid fish who absorb rock fragments or gravel into their skin for both camouflage and armour. Since both predatory and herbivorous species use this strategy it is a loose term. It is sometimes misapplied to viridvirid @helevos - Stone (music)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStone (music)
Stone, also called Litho, is a form of percussive popular dance music originating in the city of Beyan in the Anrel Isles.
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It originally involved banging implements or instruments against the stone walls and pillars of dancehall caves in the Underton district in the depths of the city, with the acoustic echoes creating complex layered rhythms. Litho is particularly associated with youth culture, and… @helevos