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- 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 - mpressive fortress here in what has forever after been called the **Old City**. When the city governmen... rtress, now called the Detatedn. The fortress has been added to over the centuries, and is now a sprawli... series of walled districts. No new districts have been constructed for several centuries, though the city's districts have been internally rebuilt many times. There are sound r
- 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 - e tribal people living on Antyok. The Ko-kway had been displaced from their land, oppressed, persecuted ... the east of Besoa. Centuries ago the Ko-kway had been displaced from their land, oppressed, persecuted ... est in further conquest. The Hartheran ships had been merely helping their blood-brothers, the Ko-Kway,... both of these lies. The old Heronbaht state had been in their possession for centuries, and only the s
- Printingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrinting
Printing technology has been known for thousands of years, but until the modern era was restricted to the elites of the more advanced historic civlisations.
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Taigan Bookwheels
In the ancient civilisation of Traithe, important texts were recorded on brass discs, using the flowing continuous OrorrHarthera @helevos - ====== Printing ====== Printing technology has been known for thousands of years, but until the [[moder... n|Taigan script]]. Ancient bookwheels have mostly been found in ancient tombs, and contain the only firs... s or as a carved image plate. Block printing has been used for many millennia, but was historically imp... int can be uneven. [[Ironoke]] block printing has been used for most of the modern era because it gives
- 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 - the [[Kingdom of Trésard]]. For millennia it has been an important centre for trade, arts, manufacturin... or full atlas view]]</wrap> </WRAP> The site has been occupied since prehistory, and as such it is one ... alls, many of which are natural caves. Homes have been chipped out of the rock over centuries, with shaf... have their own natural features, though all have been considerably expanded and adapted over time. All
- 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 - ntre of which is a black stone tower said to have been the residence of the Prophet himself. It lies on... ing the dry hills, and for thousands of years has been treated with awe and reverence. Visitors scattere... e river, told his story, and forever after it has been a holy site. He became one of the old prophets o... ulous by early travellers. The Marech region was been considered holy for many thousands of years by su
- 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 - separate races. Throughout history the Gyeil have been deemed racially inferior, since fertility between... es of [[Dor-en-Sann]] and [[Harthera]], there has been a degree of racial mixing, with new ethnicities e... homeland of the Natorno-Thalsic people has never been precisely identified. It is thought to have been somewhere in the region of the modern [[Natorn Archipe
- 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 - renowned historical treasure is believed to have been destroyed during the sacking of the city by Harth... north to the right. This copy is reputed to have been sketched by Gastrinimer himself, based on his own... d', is represented as a single land mass. It had been so a thousand years before, but Besoan traders only visited the southern ports, so may have been unaware of the change in coastline. There are so
- 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 - mbers of the faith. In the past the community has been forced to flee several times, being attacked by p... can be part of a community. As such the curse has been used to gain otherwise impossible converts. ====... t three people in the past two hundred years have been sentenced to Malicho. It is not known whether these have yet been released. ===== Initiation into the Church ====
- 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 - ughout [[Helevos]]. In various cultures they have been called **spirits**, **daimons**, **eridai** or **... ication ===== Throughout history elementals have been classified in a variety of ways but this is in a ... tion was the //esserat// were elementals that had been trained and harnessed by practioners for useful p... , such as the [[deitals]] or [[primes]] that have been in contact with a magister for a very long time,
- 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 - atorn Sea, the Eastern Isles and Vulimé, but have been exterminated elsewhere due to their savage and de... ons, but are less timid even than Wights and have been known to attack humans particularly when hungry o... e are not creatures as such, but sylphs that have been traumatised, forcibly imprinted by the mental ech... particularly the Great Urash Ocean. It has never been witnessed whole, having massive writhing tentacle
- 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 - Ororr and Harthera. Vetth's naval technology has been superceded by Harthera during the past century, b... nd coast, sufficiently distant from Ororr to have been politically isolated during the [[modern epoch]].... ly lash the north and west coasts. The island has been inhabited for many thousands of years, so the sou... [[helevos:issid|Issid-ethnic people]]. There has been considerable cultural influence from the mainland
- 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 - elieved to be the centre of the world. There has been no exploration of the far hemisphere, but it is b... their distant shores have resulted in disaster or been utterly lost. In ancient times the [[Miyarrain]]... ntioned in the [[Tirennion]], is believed to have been founded on a peninsula of [[Retzayk]] to the nort... med explorer [[Aego Gastrinimer]] claimed to have been the first navigator, certainly the first in moder
- 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 - t peak is the volcanic [[Mount Arent]], which has been dormant for the last fifteen hundred years, but o... erland. The Plateau is entirely [[green]], having been long since picked clean of [[virid]] life. Rivers... curiously proud, though their kings have at times been despotic. ===== Currency ===== The official cu... ago, and the Wall separating the two nations has been open for nearly two centuries - but antagonism st
- 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 - he [[Jade Epoch]] onwards. Consequently they have been subjected to centuries of oppression and conflict, and have derogatively been called the “Night People” or "Jungle Cats". {{ :r... the majority in southwestern Ororr, and there has been a great deal of racial intermixing. Gyeil are gen... would relocate to the new site once the area had been secured and cleared. There was usually some kind
- 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 - mber reed]], a [[virid]] tropical plant which has been cultivated for millennia in northeast Anásthias. ... ed wine, [[auray]]. Most recently amberglass has been used to create plates for [[printing]], and as di... h. The highest ideal of amberglass farmers has been to produce a totally translucent and colourless resin. This has almost been achieved, but today even the highest quality ambe
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Protected Treasuresplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigProtected Treasures
In Ororr, the Protected Treasures are a number of historic monuments, artefacts and religious sites which have been preserved under a special protective status, despite their pagan or prehistoric origins.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @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
This is in a series of articles about the ancient history of Northeast HM @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 - Blood Honeyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBlood Honey
Blood honey, or tejhosan from the Othei language, is a rich red honey-like food harvested from secretions of virid fire ants.
Food and Drink
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Fire ants are viricrustaceans native to the equatorial regions and plains of Anásthias, particularly the dry plains of western central @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
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
Thaumaturgy means “work using thaumic energy”, also called Elemental Mastery, Elementalismmagicmagicmagiclanguagemagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagic @helevos - Atanticplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAtantic
Atantic is believed to be one of the languages of the ancient Godmen, or a family of languages, said to have been spoken in the Emerald Epoch, fifteen thousand years ago. Its relationship to Ahngrit, Linika and other ancient languages is unclear.
No complete texts survive from these ancient times, but the GodmenGodmen @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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Realm of the Godmenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRealm of the Godmen
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - About this websiteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAbout this website
Robworld is a project I've been working on most of my life, a private universe of my own imagination of advanced interstellar civilisations and backwards fantasy worlds.
As a kid I was always a big fan of books with maps of fantastical places. From the age of ten I started drawing my own maps of magical islands, mysterious castles and sorceror's towers, first creating maps for - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Snapfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSnapfish
Snapfish are predatory greenfish found in lakes, ponds and slower-flowing rivers, often living in shallows and shaded waters. They are aggressively territorial so cultivated by humans to prevent virid infestation in ponds, water troughs and rivers.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about viridgreen @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 - Phelorixplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPhelorix
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
This is in a series of articles about the @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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Emperor-General Ollilontanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmperor-General Ollilontan
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 - 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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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 - Deital (God)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeital (God)
A deital [DAY-it-ul], also called a deivat or god-spirit or god, is an elemental which has achieved a great power and a degree of consciousness from being the focus of human worship.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
“Deital” is a magicAnásthiasmagic @helevos - Mount Aréntplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Arént
Mount Arént [a-RENT] is a volcanic mountain in the Laharkin Range, in the north of Narette. It is the highest mountain and the largest volcano in the Natorn Archipelago. anret
The volcano has been dormant for most of human history, though there are fumaroles and occasional earth tremors in the region. There have been some serious earthquakes, most famously the earthquake of 678 @helevos - Remelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRemel
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 - 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 - Plate Theoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPlate Theory
Plate Theory is a modern theory of geology, proposing that continental land masses are composed of mobile “plates” floating on a sea of liquid rock. The theory was divised by geologists at the Harlon University in Harthera. It explains the formation of the Harthera @helevos - Lampfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLampfish
Lampfish are a species of bioluminescent virid fish, found particularly in the Redeeming Ocean, in tropical waters off the east coast of Anásthias. Throughout history they have been captured and used as a source of light.
Fauna
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Biology @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 - Mezainplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMezain
Mezain is the capital city of the Vetthi Republic, one of the key merchant ports in international trade. It is the home port of the wealthy Vetthi Merchant Fleet, as well as centre of the Vetthi government.
Name
Mezain means “mouth of the river Zuin”.
Geography
The city is situated on a slightly elevated plateau on the banks of the River Zuin, high enough to be protected from flooding. It lies approximately 6 km from the open sea. The Zuin estuary is unusually deep and navigable eve… @helevos - Binitarian Heresyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBinitarian Heresy
Binitarianism, often called the Binitarian or Dualist Heresy is a belief within the Mother Church of Ororr that the Prophet Therion is also a god, husband to the Mother and equal to her. This belief is denied by the Church and by the writings of the Prophet himself, but it is a persistent folk belief in TherionherOrorrOrorr @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 - 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 - 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.magicmagicmagicmagicMiyarris @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 - Piracyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPiracy
Piracy has always been a danger for shipping around the world. Throughout history merchants have been preyed upon by desperate or greedy fishermen, by rogue naval ships acting as privateers, as well as organised fleets dedicated to larceny.
HartheranOrorrHarthera @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
This is in a series of articles about Languages and Communication.
Heronbaht was once thought to be a language isolate, unrelated to the two major languages families in the region, Asokway and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Savantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSavant
The savant is a type of sailing vessel unique to the historic Kingdom of Sann'al, that contributed to the island nation's dominance of merchant shipping during its great age of trade and exploration, and hundred or more years ago.
History
The savant was a development of the Harthera @helevos - Garronplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGarron
Garrons are domestic mammals found principally in Anrel and other northern islands, used for riding and to pull carts and carriages. They are cousins of the horsis, the fierce fighting beast now only found in the heraldry of the Anrel kingdoms.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about Anrel @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 - 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 - Lake Initererplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Initerer
Lake Initerer [i-ni-TEH-reh] is a large body of freshwater in the Siltorn highlands of northwestern Ororr, the largest lake in Ororr and the second largest in the Civilised World, after Lake Beikid.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr.
Ororr @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 - Barrier Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBarrier Isles
The Barrier Isles is a chain of rocky islands, sand bars and sucorolith reefs in the Vesmien Ocean, 2500 km west of the southwestern tip of Anásthias.
The sinuous chain stretches over 1000 km north to south, a hazardous barrier which smashes ships and has prevented exploration into the westerly seas. The warm shallow waters around the island are an important breeding ground for @helevos - Moritarrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMoritarr
Moritarr is one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr, in the northwest of the country. It is sometimes referred to as Old Ororr since the conquests of the Great Prophet's Mother Army began in this region, though strictly this was limited to the provinces of Narlorn and Vosharn.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororrviridviridgreen @helevos - The Beast and the Lilliesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Beast and the Lillies
The Beast and the Lillies, also called Therion and the Changer, is an Occidental folk tale. Though an ancient tale it was used by opponents of the Mother Church in Ororr to satirise the Great Prophet of Ororr. As such the tale has at times been considered blasphemous.herTherionOrorr @helevos - Cavankeenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCavankeen
Cavankeen [CAV-an-keen] is a port city in Ororr, in the province of Cavann. Due to its relative closeness to the border with Harthera, the city has a significant Iskean-ethnic population, and has been the subject of revolts and attacks by Hartheran nationalists.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Old Man of Niseqplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOld Man of Niseq
The Old Man of Niseq, sometimes called the Old Man of Seqal, is a distinctive natural rock formation in the Kalkot Gorge, at the confluence of the Red and Green branches of the River Wiyel, near the town of Niseq, 60 km south of the city of Seqal.
Weathering of the rock face has created what appears to be the sleeping face of an old man, with a downturned mouth, beard and closed eyes. The effect is enhanced by scrubby @helevos - Chiamai Universityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChiamai University
Chiamai University in the city of Torroramai, is the pre-eminent centre of research, learning and higher education in Ororr. It was established in 531 ME to provide a wider range of subjects than that provided by Church Schools and the Central Priests-Militant College. Chiamai University is viewed with suspicion by civil conservatives as a hotbed of dangerous new ideas, but has been accepted as necessary to the future of the nation. @helevos - 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
This is in a series of articles about religions and beliefs.
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 - 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 - Widows' Dayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWidows' Day
Widows' Day is a festival of remembrance held throughout Harthera two weeks after the end of the storm tide season. Since storm tides appear every 1.3 years the date of the festival advances throughout the year over time, rather than being a fixed date. According to folk tradition, the festival dates back to the ancient @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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
People
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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 - 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 - Comeemaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigComeema
Comeema [coh-ME-ma] (also Veldor) is the capital city of the nation of Veedormim in western Munatan. Comeema sits in a sheltered valley in the central highlands surrounded by rich arable land, at an elevation of 560 m above sea level.
Munatan
Hover mouse to see more detail | @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.
Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map
Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME
Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr @helevos - Harlonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarlon
Harlon is the largest and most prosperous city in the world. Sitting at the mouth of River Velun, it is the greatest city in Harthera, a vast metropolis of docks, shipyards, markets, with a multiplicity of languages and communities which make it the foremost trade and shipping port in the world. Hartheranstorm tidesHarthera @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 - 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 - Zetahburookplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZetahburook
Zetahburook [zeh-TAH-boo-rook] is a large island continent to the west of Zahkdarret, approximately 9000 km east-west and 8500 km north-south. It forms part of the Zahkdarret-Retzayk supercontinent.
Zetahburook is mostly hot, wet and low-lying, covered in virid jungle and swamp, dotted with hundreds of lakes and several huge inland seas. The three largest bodies of fresh water in the world are found on this continent. @helevos - Calendarsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCalendars
Many different calendars have been used during Helevos' long history. Most societies used individual calendars starting either with their founding, or from some religious or political event. This made comparative history a confusing subject, particularly with the passage of time. @tag - Kingdom of Sann'alplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Sann'al
The Kingdom of Sann'al [SAN-AL sæn'æl] (from arch. Senna'al), also called Royal Sann'al or simply Sannal, was a historic nation in the northern half of the island of Besoa that existed from its founding c.1500 BME, to 1092 ME when it was annexed by BME @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 - Areliaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArelia
Arelia was once a large island in what is now the Natorn Archipelago, contiguous with the the modern islands of Besoa, Antyok and southern parts of The Spines. In earlier epochs sea levels were much lower, the modern islands being the uplands of a larger landmass. The islands of Besoa and Antyoq are sometimes figuratively referred to as Arelia. @helevos - Kingdom of Trésardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Trésard
The Hexactic Kingdom of Trésard [tray-SSARD] is a nation in the Anrel Isles, occupying the northern half of the Mainland and the island of Mûul. The kingdom was forged in 238 ME as an alliance of city-states during the Long War, a unification of the states of the former @helevos - Grand Palatinate of Saloyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrand Palatinate of Saloya
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 - Himéathplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHiméath
Himéath [HIM-ay-ath, hɪm aɪ ath] is a historic fortified city in the centre of the Ania Plateau. Until the 8th century ME it was the capital of the old Kingdom of Narette.
Today it a prosperous but provincial city, its growth restricted by its walls so that it is now only the fourth biggest city in Narette. @helevos - Tilplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTil
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
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - 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 - Delánplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDelán
Delán (de-LAN, from Daltirich Dalítlan, dal-IT-lan) is the capital of Deltirot, one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr. It is the largest and most prosperous city in the region, a centre for trade, industry and Daltirich culture. The city lies on the Green Wiyel, the central tributary of @helevos - Detatednplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDetatedn
The Detatedn [deh-tat-AYD-n], or Detatedn Palace, is a labyrinthine fortress in the city of Vahltor, capital of the Hartheran Union. The palace is the traditional centre of power of the Overlords of Harthera, though today most of the practical running of the nation is devolved to other buildings in the city. @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 - 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
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororrgreen @helevos - Humansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHumans
Humans are sentient mammalian bipeds of the genus homo.
On Helevos, humans are the apex species of the green kingdom, largely limited to the continent of Anásthias. The human population of Anásthias has a diversity of skin tone, colour and texture, and degree of hair or hairlessness. These variants have traditionally been divided into @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 - Taslamacplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaslamac
Taslamac [tass-LAM-ack], colloquially called the Red City, is a city in in southern Ororr, on the north bank of the Red Wiyel. It is in the Mangasor Special Autonomous Region, benefiting from relatively low regional taxes and regulation.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrOrorr @helevos - Bandar (non-humanoid species)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBandar (non-humanoid species)
The bandar are a highly advanced non-humanoid civilisation native to the heavy gravity world, Bantmitual. Though gregarious amongst their own kind and having advanced technological abilities, few bandar leave their world of birth, and no bandar has ever left their home system. They give their name to the @1gd - Everflameplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEverflame
Everflame is a possibly mythical material said to burn brightly without heat or flame, which lit the cities of the ancient Godmen. Various explanations posit magic, some kind of lost chemical property, or a material capable of storing sunlight.
Schemes involving the @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 - Abel Palaceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAbel Palace
Abel Palace is a royal residence in the city of Belisan Freeport in the Kingdom of Narette, sitting atop Abel Hill on the eastern edge of the city. It was originally a fortress constructed during the Long War for defence of the eastern approaches to the city. It was laid seige to by @helevos - 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 - 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 - Theaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThea
Thea, or Theeya, is the larger of the two moons of Helevos, the smaller moon being Themsa.
Thea is a spheroid approximately 1582 km in diameter. I's surface is covered with an ochre iron-silicate dust with mountain ranges of lighter grey rock. In the night sky it appears as a disc less than half the size of Earth's moon, and much less bright. It's surface gives Thea a pinkish light in the night sky. @helevos - Bandar Systemplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBandar System
The Bandar system is an isolated solar system in the midst of the Bandar Gulf, an empty region of space approximately 40 LY across. Its single star is an orange subgiant.
Astrography of the Gamma Delta Quadrant
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The Dor'Ann Imperial Calendar or Old Imperial Reckoning, more often called the Imperial Calendar or IC, was the official religious and bureaucratic calendar of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. The Gaal Empire which preceded it had used a calendar dated from the legendary founding of @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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Ania Plateauplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnia Plateau
The Ania Plateau [AH-nee-uh, 'ɑːniə] is an upland plateau in the southwest of Narette, in the Anrel Isles. The land is fertile and well-drained, home to the majority of Narette's population and agriculture.
The easiest route up to the Plateau is via Binid in the south, where the escarpment is much lower, and a succession of low slopes make vehicle traffic much easier to traverse. @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 - Eye of the Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEye of the World
The Eye of the World is an archaic term for Anásthias or what is now called the Civilised World, used particularly in the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It derives from an ancient theory that the globe of the world was a sphere of water like an eye, with only one continent, Anásthias, being the iris or pupil. This idea was been superceded by the @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 - 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 - Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias
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 - Peruddplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerudd
Perudd is a peninsular region of northeastern Harthera, which marks the boundary between the Iskean Sea and the Redeeming Ocean. Politically it is part of the cordrome of Perudd and the Isles, meaning the Junda Isles, since the coast of Perudd was traditionally a territory of the Junda people.
Harthera
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The School of Night was a private establishment related to the Rasian Academy in Trésard. It was principally a club house for academics, top students and prominent non-academics sharing an interest in the liberal arts. As well as libraries, galleries and gaming rooms, it was famous for its parties held throughout the year. @helevos - Teran Muelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTeran Muel
Teran Muel, more often called Teranen [teh-RAH-nen], was a historic metropolis on the south bank of the mouth of the River Lar in modern Trésard.
Anrel
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The amber reed is a virid plant found in tropical wetlands, particularly in northwestern Anásthias.
It has been cultivated for millennia for its resin, amberglass, which hardens to a glass-like material used for numerous applications. Selective breeding has created many varieties of amber reed, which yield resins of differing colour, strength and viscosity. @helevos - Junda Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Isles
The Junda Isles [JUN-der] are an island group off the northeast coast of Harthera, traditionally inhabited by the Junda people, and now part of the Hartheran cordrome of Perudd and the Isles.
The group consists of six large islands and dozens of smaller ones, each with their own dialect and cultural variations.HartheranHartheran @helevos - Vailinnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVailinn
Vailinn is a port city at the mouth of the River Wiyel in Ororr. It lies on the east bank of the river, forming a conurbation with the great international port of Toborr, on an island in the main channel.
Vailinn was founded in the 8th century BME as an Ensanni imperial city attempting to rival Toborr, but it's shallower harbour, greater regulation and generally more law-abiding and stuffy imperial bureaucracy meant that it has always been eclipsed by its more famous island neighbour… @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 - Dreikmenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDreikmen
Dreikmen are creatures of legendary horror, animated corpses driven by unnatural powers. In tales they are often men killed in unjust wars, their souls bound to their decaying bodies for eternity as punishment for their crimes. They particularly feature in the folk tales of the @helevos - Douthai Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDouthai People
The Douthai are a Manthi ethnic group in what is now Chosilha and parts of central Hesjbagaaia. The Douthai have mainly been subsumed by the general mixing of ethnicities within the old Ennseperan Empire.
Munatan
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Gerod of Ben Akir is the credited author of the eponymous Mysteries of Gerod, a series of accounts of mystical encounters with gods and spirits, revelations and prophecies. It is considered a holy codex by many who follow the Anrelian pantheon, since it describes the relationship of prayer and ritual which can be performed to attract the good graces of certain deities. @helevos - The Journey of the Prophetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Journey of the Prophet
The Journey of the Prophet is one of the key works of spirituality in the Church of the Mother.
Therism
therism
This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of Ororr.
The “Journey” takes them form of a journal written by the Prophet @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
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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 - 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 - Flitterplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFlitter
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 - Webrinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWebrin
The Webrin is a criminal sect which has operated for centuries in Anrel, Harthera and the major port cities of the world. It is thought to have originated in the Anrel Isles, where it operates as a criminal guild, enforcing paid membership on any criminal gang. It also has aspects of a mystery religion, with members initiated into secret rituals said to give them magical powers over their subordinates. This serves the Webrin heirarchy, since more senior members are respected and feared.A… @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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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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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.
People
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The Kalkot Gorge is a reach of the River Wiyel in Sekalkot province in central Ororr. Over millions of year the river has carved a deep channel into the surrounding karst rock, creating a high-sided gorge stretching hundreds of kilometres through an otherwise arid landscape. @helevos - Oilseedplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOilseed
Oilseed is the seed of the oilbush. It is cultivated to produce seed oil, which can be consumed as food, but is mainly refined as a fuel for lamps and machinery.
Flora
herbs
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The oilbush is a hardy green plant that flourishes in tropical and equatorial parts of AnásthiasHarthera @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 - Rocksuckerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRocksucker
Rocksuckers are of migratory virid fish found in coasts and rivers around Anásthias, and even in inland waterways as far as the upper reaches of the River Wiyel below the Great Cataract of Deltirot. Rocksuckers have a distinctive oval plate on their lower jaw which, though primarily for feeding, allows them to cling on to and climb nearly vertical surfaces, making them one of few virid @helevos - Veltánroplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVeltánro
Veltánro [vel-TAN-ro] (also Biil-tam-ro [bee-il-TAM-ro) is a port city in the nation of Biinmos in eastern Munatan.
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The port has been expanded in the modern 11th century with significant investment from @helevos - Teijhuplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTeijhu
Teijhu (also Teij or Teij) is a Manthi-ethnic nation in central southern Munatan. In the 5th-7th centuries ME it was the heartland of the former Eijult Empire.
Munatan
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Pao Sjelomer [POW shJEL-oh-merr] was an artist, painter and key figure in the the Ennseperan Modernist artistic movement.
People
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He is most famous for his disturbing depictions of warfare, violence, and the martyrdom of saints of the @helevos - Kokantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKokant
Kokant is a city in the northern highlands of Taur-dji-oum, just 80 km from the border with Ororr. It has long been the main trade link with Ororr, but is also a key city for Ororran missionaries trying to spread the Therist faith to the region.
Taur-Dji-Oum
torthien
This is in a series of articles about the mountainous upland region of OrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - Houlmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHoulm
A houlm, also called a thaumaturgical helm or a magister's crown, is a thaumaturgical device that interacts with the human brain, providing knowledge, calculation or perception abilites, or for medical reasons. Houlms were most famously used by the Holisticians of the Rasian Academy, a crucial tool of their work. @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 - Meseriond crystalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMeseriond crystal
Meseriond is a synthetic crystal with almost total internal refraction, used to store information. They are particularly used to transport highly sensitive information which must not be intercepted.
During final processing of the crystal, a stream of data is injected, whilst simulataneously finalising the properties of the crystal so that it infinitely refracts within the crystal structure. The data is held within the crystal as a static stream. The data can only be retrieved… @1gd - Zahlou Swampplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZahlou Swamp
Zahlou Swamp is a region of tropical salt marshes and virid swamps in northeastern Kahtoyn. An ancient and broken-down Miyarrain road passes through the swamps, but it is notorious for being a dangerous and supposedly haunted by spirits of the Miyarrain dead, drowned beneath the @helevos - South Poleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSouth Pole
The South Pole region consists of a permanent cap of ice covering sea, numerous islands and one large island continent, mostly concealed within a pack of sea ice which encompasses latitudes from roughly 75°C to the pole. The ice also encompasses the southern tip of the continent of @helevos - 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 - Ennseperan Empireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEnnseperan Empire
The Holy Empire of EnSann and Essep, commonly called the Ennseperan Empire or simply Ennseperans, was a historic state in the southwest of Anásthias, existing from 101-683 ME.
Ennseperans
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It encompassed the modern nation of OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr @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 - National University of Divinity (Vahtlor University)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNational University of Divinity (Vahtlor University)
The National University of Divinity in the city of Vahltor, more commonly known as Vahltor University, is the most prestigious educational institution in the Hartheran Union. Its schools of governance, law and theology are pre-eminent in the nation, its students forming the elite rulership of the nation. @helevos - Carrow grassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCarrow grass
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 - 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
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
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 - Gundaporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGundapor
Gundapor [GUN-de-poorr] is the capital city of the Kingdom of Danagunda in Munatan. It is a port city on the River Gungo, 14 km from the sea.
Munatan
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History
The city is thought to have been founded around 1200 ME @helevos - Retzaykplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRetzayk
Retzayk is a long, narrow continent approximately 4500 km east of Anásthias, separated from it by the Redeeming Ocean. It extends from the North Pole, crossing the equator and deep into the southern hemisphere.
retzayk
Eastern continent of Retzayk
According to contemporary geography, Retzayk is believed to be one of the Anásthiasviridviridvirid @helevos - Crish and Vargplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCrish and Varg
Crish and Varg is an island group over 900 km north of Cape Cadal, the most northwesterly point of Anásthias. It is named for the two largest islands, but the group includes six smaller islands plus rocky islets, many appearing and disappearing with the viridgreenlanguageOrorrTherist @helevos - Jiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJia
Jia is a herbal infusion made from the jia vine, consumed throughout the Civilised World. Jia is almost always served hot as a stimulant drink, said to have a cool, refreshing tingling sensation on the tongue.
Food and Drink
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Cultivation viridOrorrviridgreengreen @helevos - Teréreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerére
Terére [teh-RAY-RAY] (also téte) is a stimulating drink brewed from the terere bush, popularly consumed in Taur-dji-oum and throughout eastern Munatan.
Food and Drink
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Terere bushes were originally climbing plants found in lowland forests, but have been bred to flourish in upland hills. The picked leaves are chopped and fermented then dried, used to make a strong herbal infusion rich with stimulant chemicals including caffeine.… @helevos - River Dorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Dor
The River Dor is a tributary of the River Wiyel, with a catchment area encompassing much of eastern Ororr. Throughout history it has been an important route for trade and communication, allowing the passage of people and merchandise between the Wiyel Basin and the eastern provinces of @helevos - War of the Flags (First Vetthi War)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWar of the Flags (First Vetthi War)
The War of the Flags (792-796 ME), also called the First Vetthi War in Ororr, was a conflict between Ororr and the Vetthi Republic over control of the Vetthi Passage.
The 8th century saw a deterioration of relations between Ororr and Harthera, with trade relations tense and ships often barred and turned away from each other's ports. Consequently, ships of the OrorrOrorr @helevos - Taigáluplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaigálu
Taigálu [tay-GAL-oo] was the capital city of the ancient empire of Traithe. The city's precise location is uncertain, since the region was lost beneath rising seas millennia ago. However it is thought to have been somewhere north of what is now the @helevos - 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 - My-Li-Vengplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMy-Li-Veng
My-Li-Veng, also called the Silver Mountain Temple, is the most revered religious site in Li-Vam-Aur. It is also an oracle, the only true oracle on mainland Anasthias, famous for having been consulted by leaders and philosophers throughout history.
Buildings @helevos - War of 813plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWar of 813
The War of 813, known in Ororr as the Second Vetthi War, was a conflict primarily between Ororr, the Vetthi Republic, involving various rebellious coastal groups within Ororr. It was the culmination of centuries of conflict between the two powers, with Ororr attempting to annex the island nation.OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHarthera @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 - Mushour Vihratplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMushour Vihrat
Mushour Vihrat (c.3050-3010 BME) was a writer of epic poetry who lived in the declining years of Miyarris, when the once great civilisation had been reduced to a loose confederation of city states struggling to survive rising sea levels and catastrophic climate change at the ending of the @helevos - Taneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTane
The Tane was the traditional currency unit of the Kingdom of Heronbar and its colonies, including the Principality of Antyok. In shape it was a flattened or squared rod with a hook on the end, hence it's more common name, the Hook.
Money
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In modern Antyok, the tane has been replaced by the @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 - Othei Protectorateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOthei Protectorate
The Othei Protectorate was a territory of western Anasthias in the first to third centuries ME, nominally sovereign but under the military protection of Ororr.
Ororr
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Hover to magnify | OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr @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 - 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 - 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 - Ream mossplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReam moss
Ream mosses are a family of green plants and lichens which thrive in the boundary between green and virid ecosystems. The boundary between biomes is called the “burn zone” due to the red and yellow colour of lichens which colonise the area.
Flora
herbs
This is in a series of articles about viridgreengreenviridviridgreenvirid @helevos - Duospherical Theoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDuospherical Theory
Duospherical Theory is a geographical theory that the world of Helevos is a sphere, with two hemispheres which are the physical reverse of each other. It has been the dominant theory for more than a millennium, with world maps showing Anásthias @helevos - Helevosienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelevosien
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 - 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 - 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 - Evernessenceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEvernessence
Evernessence is the narcotic extract of the evernut, the buds of a perennial virid shrub native to the upland jungles of central southern Anásthias. It was traditionally used by shamans of the Essep people as part of initiation and social rituals. Its use later spreading amongst the @helevos - Tiérnas Bayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTiérnas Bay
Tiérnas Bay [tee-AIR-nas] is a gulf of the the Great Urash Ocean in the far southeast of Anásthias. It is bounded by the Hook of Anarr to the east, and the mouth of the River Roul to the west, a distance of some 400 km. Much of the bay is shallow mud and sand banks, with a coastline of @helevos - Raintreeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRaintree
The raintree is a variety of virid tree adapted to arid regions, found mainly in the tropical deserts and plains of Anásthias.
Flora
herbs
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Raintrees have a scaly white or dun-coloured skin, with numerous up-pointing limbs. They cope with arid conditions by growing fine, hair-like air roots from their branches. These normally lay flat, giving the limbs a hairy appearance. In the cool hours before dawn they become erect, catch… @helevos - Torroramâiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorroramâi
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
This is in a series of articles about Torroramai, capital city of the nation of Ororr.viridviridOrorrOrorrviridviridgreenvirid @helevos - Vinculumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVinculum
Vinculum is the bond or connection between a human thaumaturge and their prime elemental. This bonds gives a human mastery over the elemental and means that it will accept instructions only from that person. Vinculum generally grows stronger over time, with experienced thaumaturges able to easily command their primus. @helevos - Eloyoun languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEloyoun language
Eloyoun languages are a major language family of eastern Anásthias, spoken throughout Otekahré and southern Harthera.
Language
language
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Derived from Mayápo, the language of ancient Miyarris, Eloyoun languages spread and diversified northwards into what is now Harthera. With the rise of Eloyoun @helevos - Candlenutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCandlenut
Candlenuts are the fruit of a virid shrub, whose oil is used for lighting, a variety of domestic and industrial uses, and refined for human consumption. Candlenut bushes are native to southern Otekahré, Munatan and the virid jungles of southwestern Ororr, where they form part of the staple diet.viridvirid @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 - Architecture in Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArchitecture in Ororr
Architecture in Ororr has been an important cultural force in the theocratic nation of Ororr. It was particularly so in the early days of the nation, when the disciples of the Great Prophet were establishing new church-state institutions in opposition to the imperial bureaucracy and diverse religions. @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 - Agannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAgann
Agann [a-GAN] is the capital city of of Tofá province in southwestern Ororr, as well as capital of the Gildon autonomous region. Historically it was the city of Gannalesj or New Galkesh, the capital of the Ennseperan Empire. As such it has seen revolts and rebellions many times, and is the focus of heavy presence by Ororran priest-militants.Ororr @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.
Munatan
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This is in a series of articles about HartheranBMEMEME @helevos - 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 - Sea dragonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea dragon
The sea dragon is a large marine virid creature inhabiting the pelagic zone in deeper waters off the oceanic shelf. They are predatory, living on a diet of fish and carrion. In the Civilised World they are most common in the temperate waters around Munatan, southern virid @helevos - Gnosticiansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGnosticians
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 - Barleyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBarley
Barley is a type of green grass, cultivated for its grain in temperate and upland areas throughout the Civilised World. It has been uses being ground to make bread, brewed to make beer and other beverages, as well as consumed whole in a variety of dishes.
Food and Drink
This is in a series of articles about @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.
Food and Drink
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Cultivation
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 - The Dialogues (Therism)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Dialogues (Therism)
The Dialogues are a compilation of first and second hand accounts of conversations and speeches by the Great Prophet Therion, the founder of the Therist Church of Ororr. The Dialogues also includes collected sayings, opinions and aphorisms attributed to the Prophet. @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 - Lamenaryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLamenary
A lamenary is a thaumaturgical device, designed to perform a specific function, in response to a trigger action. Lamenaries are often created to perform simple or repetitive tasks, such as thaumaturgical lamps or shields for personal protection.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Ovorn cheeseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOvorn cheese
Ovorn cheese is made from the milk of ovors, livestock mammals found throughout the Civilised World. Cheese from their milk is produced in temperate regions where ovors flourish, and is a staple food particularly of the Natorn Archipelago.
Food and Drink
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The finest varieties of strong hard cheese come from Anrel @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 - Handfruitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHandfruit
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 - 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 - Derailadplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDerailad
The nation of Derailad, often called the Kingdom of Derailad despite having no king, was one one of the “Four Kingdoms” of ancient Besoa. Derailad was the smallest of the four with the poorest farmland, but was relatively wealthy and technologically advanced. It was annexed by the @helevos - Neporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNepor
Nepor is a historic port city on the western coast of the nation of Hesjbagaaia in Munatan. It is a vital centre for trade, with goods from throughout the region flowing through its docks. Its wharves are well defended, being home to the prestigious Umber Sea Fleet of the Hesjbagaaian Navy. @helevos - Belikastplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBelikast
Belikast (Nikolo Drorkin, or Nikolo Signfound) was an infamous historic Grand Master of the Rasian Academy (86 - 32? BME), who was expurgated and forever renamed as “Belikast the Black”.
People
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He is often called the “Last Grand Master @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 - 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 - Sorcererplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSorcerer
A Sorcerer is a thaumaturge, or magical practitioner, who lacks the ability to summon an elemental themself. Sorcerers may be skilled in Erida, the magical language of the elementals, but relies either on using elementals who have been assigned to them by a magister, or by using lamenaries, magickal objects which have an elemental physically bound to them. @helevos - Bremahkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBremahk
Bremahk is a minor god in the Anrelian Pantheon, Lord of the Hunt and the Wild Places. He is invoked by those needing acute senses, good luck, and endurance.
Belief
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He is particularly revered in Sensatard, and by hunters, woodsmen and, unusually, thieves. He has been embraced throughout @helevos - Imbleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImble
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 - Eridaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigErida
Erida, literally meaning “Words” in the extinct ancient language Ahngrit, is the instinctual core language of the Eridai, or elementals, Eridai meaning “of the words”. The art of thaumaturgy can therefore be described as the structural use of Erida to perform physical outputs.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about languagelanguagelanguagelanguage @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 - Go-Ám-Gamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGo-Ám-Gam
Go-ám-gam [go-AM-gam] is a sparsely-inhabited nation in southeastern Munatan, consisting mostly of temperate upland hills and rugged coast with temperate virid forests and no navigable rivers. Its only principle city is Go-ím-ri, situated some miles inland from the sea. @helevos - 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