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  • 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
  • Livestockplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLivestock

    Livestock are domesticated animals used for meat, transportation and labour.
  • Livestockplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLivestock

    Livestock, also called domestic animals, are animals husbanded by humans for their labour, transport, meat, fur, hides and other animal products. Most animals raised for human production are mammals, though virid species are also kept as working animals and for riding or pulling vehicles.

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House of Keysplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Keys

The House of Keys is a legislative body of the Hartheran government. Its members are called Keymen or Clavigers, membership consisting of heads of government boards and committees, as well as representatives from the nation's cities and regions.

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za, linked to the [[Bireilundt]] by Navy Arch. ~~TOC~~ {{tag>vahltor harthera governance organisation
Li-bamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLi-bam

The Li-bam [Lee-Bam] are a major ethnic group of southern Anásthias, the indigenous peoples of the upland regions of Munatan and Taur-dji-oum. They are one of the three distinct branches of the human family, along with the Gyeil and the Thalsic.

Ethnicity

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s representing mountains, which takes their spirit up to the stars. ~~TOC~~ {{tag>munatan ethnicity}}
Pandataplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPandata

A pandata [puhn-DA-TA] or padata is a religious structure in the Mother Church of Ororr, used for private meditation and reflection as well as communal prayers and rituals. As establishments of the church-state, pandata complexes are the hub of the local community, with buildings used for civic administration, education, healthcare, as well as cultural and social activities. Larger towns and cities will have multiple pandatas specialised for particularly uses, while small towns and vill…
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outer courtyard for festivals and larger community events, or in the gardens. ~~TOC~~ {{tag>therism}}
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

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at, sound and all electromagnetic wavelengths. ~~TOC~~ ===== Manufacture ===== The manufacture of ph
Enpoulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEnpoul

Enpoul is a city on the River Sourayn in Kahtoyn.

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e [[River Sourayn]] in [[Kahtoyn]]. {{page>infobox:otekahre}} ~~TOC~~ {{tag>cities kahtoyn otekahre}}
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
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a monopoly on magic. {{page>infobox:conflict}} ~~TOC~~ ===== Political Background ===== At the start
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
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undations of the modern [[Church of Hartrah]]. ~~TOC~~ ===== God-Spirits ===== The Junda had an ext
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

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found the modern Church-State of [[Ororr]]. ~~TOC~~ ===== Name ===== The Prophet's full name is o
Mutualismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMutualism

Mutualism is a cultural philosophy deeply ingrained in the culture of Otekahré, and in particular in the polities of Kahtoyn. Mutualism emphasises the need for people and communities to work together in harmony to fulfil their common objectives, and strong opposition to hierarchy, violence and coercive control. Without a central authority to regulate the economy, non-monetary economies arise.
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olities have central coordinating committees. ~~TOC~~ {{tag>belief otekahre governance philosophies}
Dogplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDog

Dogs are common canid mammals kept as working animals and pets throughout the Civilised World. They are particularly used in hunting, to bring down game or locate animals shot by arrow. They are also to guard homes, and for companionship.

Fauna

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, [[hogs]], [[whales]], and the now extinct [[horsis]]. ~~TOC~~ {{tag>fauna mammals green livestock}}
Rideeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRidee

Ridee is an important city in the Sereou region of Otekahre. Historically it is important as the home of the Blueface philosophy which distinguishes modern Otekahre from its Eloyoun neighbours.

Otekahré

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odern Otekahre from its Eloyoun neighbours. {{page>infobox:otekahre}} ~~TOC~~ {{tag>cities otekahre}}
Oyeezplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOyeez

Oyeez [oy-YEEZ] is a port city in the south of Kahtoyn. It is the most southerly major city in Kahtoyn, noted as a city of eccentrics and a place where people with unusual and non-conformist views would flee.

Otekahré

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r]] to ports in Munatan, as well as upriver to [[Ridee]]. ~~TOC~~ {{tag>port cities kahtoyn otekahre}}
Otekahréplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOtekahré

Otekahré [oh-tek-AH-ray] (also called Anarthis in Harthera), is the southeastern region of Anásthias, lying south of Harthera and east of the Dun Jaen mountains. The region has no central governments, but the cities and polities are joined in a loose cultural and economic league, called HartheraOrorrviridHartheraOrorr
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demics. ===== ===== {{page>infobox:otekahre}} ~~TOC~~ ===== Name ===== Otekahré is derived from an
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
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orran priest-militants. {{page>infobox:ororr}} ~~TOC~~ ===== History ===== Agann was purpose-built
Torthien Crisisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorthien Crisis

The Torthien Crisis (1018-1026 ME) was an international conflict which brought the world closest to total war than at any time in history. It began as a proxy war between the great powers of Ororr and Harthera, who funded and encouraged rebel groups as well as smaller nations to fight on their behalf. The crisis focussed on the mountainous region of HartheraOrorrOrorrHarthera
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r of influence further south into [[Munatan]]. ~~TOC~~ ===== Historic Background ===== Antagonism b
Besoan Animism (Focáoaa)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoan Animism (Focáoaa)

Besoan Animism, called Focáoaa [fo-COW-waa], is the traditional folklore and spiritual beliefs of the island of Besoa, which forms the core of ceremonial and religious practice. Historically Focáoaa was the single religious practice on the island, but some modern Besoans have embraced religious practices from TheristTheristTherismTherist
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Greenfryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreenfry

Greenfry are the tiny offspring of greenfish, which spawn and hatched in shoals for mutual protection. Greenfry are eaten in large numbers by predatory greenfish and whales.

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They are caught by humans at various times of the year. Though too small to be of much use for human nutrient, certain types of greenfry are caught off the coast of northern
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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
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Cadalese languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCadalese language

Cadalese is a Jorothi language, spoken in the Cadal province of northwestern Ororr. Cadalese has numerous dialects due to the many small and isolated settlements on the Cadal Peninsula. Though the basic vocabulary is the same, some accents are so extreme that they are barely intelligible to other speakers.
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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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Hook of Anarrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHook of Anarr

The Hook of Anarr, also called the Horn of Sere, is an isolated and sparsely inhabited peninsula in the southeast of Kahtoyn in Otekahré. Its marks the division between the Redeeming Ocean and the Great Urash Ocean.

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Brass antplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBrass ant

Brass ants are thumb-sized, eight-limbed virid creatures, named for their brass-coloured iridescent exoskeleton.

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Despite the name they are arthropods, not insects. They are scavengers found in warm environments throughout
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Fromchisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFromchis

Fromchis [FRROM-k'hiss], also FRROM-cheess] is the capital city of the Penayso Federation. In the 7th century it became a colonial city of the Eijult Empire, later a protectorate of the Teijhu.

Munatan

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Commensalismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCommensalism

Commensalism (also called Commensarism, from Hespor Cormensjara) is a political philosophy which proposes appropriating existing social and power structures to create a pluralist political and economic system which is beneficial to all. It derives from
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Hartheran Navyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran Navy

The Hartheran Navy is the most powerful military force in the civilised world, the binding force for the Hartheran Union's land and trade empire. It is not only the largest naval force, consisting of over eight hundred fighting vessels and armed merchantmen.

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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
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Bluefernplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBluefern

Bluefern is a virid plant with distinctive blue feathery fronds, found principally in the temperate uplands of Anásthias. Its white tendrilous roots are ground and dried to form a potent narcotic known as sylin.

Flora

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Gikrikplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGikrik

The Gikrik, also called the Frogmen, are mythical race of man, described in the folklore throughout the civilised world.

According to the tales of Anrel Isles recounted in the Tirennion and elsewhere, the ancestors of the Gikrik rebelled against the strictures that confined humankind to the Realm of the Godmen during the mythic
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Anadoulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnadoul

Anadoul, also known as Anadun, is a ceremonial city, the cultural capital of the confederation of Kahtoyn. It is not a capital city in the traditional sense, since Kahtoyn is a confederation of sovereign polities.

The city is primarily the residence of the
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Eloyoun languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEloyoun language

Eloyoun languages are a major language family of eastern Anásthias, spoken throughout Otekahré and southern Harthera.

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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
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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

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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
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Ligationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLigation

Ligation, often simply called binding, is the thaumaturgical discipline of physically binding an elemental to a solid object, so that solid matter becomes a part of the elemental's physical matrix.

Magic

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Elementals in nature will attach themselves to a physical object, particularly when it is near a regular and natural source of
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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.
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Apotropy & Wardcraftplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigApotropy & Wardcraft

Apotropy and Wardcraft are the thaumaturgical disciplines of defence against magical and physical assault.

Magic

magic

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Apotropy is the discipline of protection from magical attack between primes and other elementals. Thaumaturgical duelling involves three methods of attack: attempting to break or override the opponent's
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Quiristryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigQuiristry

Quiristry is the thaumaturgical discipline relating to the creation and replication of all kinds of books, documents and other records. At the Rasian Academy, this was taught and practiced by the College of Quirists.

Magic

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The college considered quiristry an art, encompassing both thaumaturgical processes as well as manual skills. It was unusual in operating facilities not only within the Academy grou…
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Ahngritplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAhngrit

Ahngrit [AHN-grit], or Ancient Ahngrit (also Ahnglic in some sources) is an extinct language of the Godmen, thought to be an ancestor of Old Aralsic and the modern Aralsic languages of the Anrel Isles.

Language

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Little is known about Ahngrit as a languagelanguage
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War of Schismsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWar of Schisms

The War of Schisms (683-701 ME) was a wide-ranging religious, ethnic and civil war which shattered the former Empire of Ennseperans.

Conflict

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At the time, the King-Emperor and an aristocratic class of mainly Dorouns ruled over a multi-ethnic populace consisting of
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Othei Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOthei People

The Othei [oth-AY-ee] (also Outhai, plural Othein) are a Manthi-ethnic people indigenous to the Othei Plains of western Ororr.

Ethnicity

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They were traditionally a nomadic people subsisting on herds of semi-wild aurox, organised into numerous clan groups. After the annexation of their land by
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Scythe fishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigScythe fish

Scythe fish are predatory virid fish found in deep open waters. Their sharp scythe-like appendages are evolved to slice off the limbs of giant virid squid squid, but they will attack and eat any kind of prey, including any humans unlucky enough to fall overboard from ships.
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Vetthi Passageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Passage

The Vetthi Passage is a sea area between the Vetthi Republic and island of Maiyenet, a possession of the nation of Ororr. Foreign vessels trading between the mercantile hub of Toborr to the south, and ports in Harthera and the east, generally favour this route.

The shortest route to Toborr risks the treacherous rocks of Ororr
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Perilth Soundplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerilth Sound

Perilth Sound is a long narrow gulf of the Natorn Sea, in the north of the island of Besoa. It is about 90 km in length from the mouth of the River Palkan.

Besoa

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The narrowest point of the inlet is 6.5 km and surrounded by mountains on both sides. Historically the gulf was a river valley, carved by the Palkan but flooded in more recent
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Isjbelaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIsjbela

Isjbela (or Esjbela) is the capital city of Hesjbagaaia in Munatan, a wealthy port for trade, seat of the kings of Hesjbagaaia and heart of the Heterodox Church.

The city lies on the eastern shore of Isjbela Bay, an inlet of the Limerent Sea with a large natural harbour. The old city was founded on a defensible headland, which still forms the city's heart though it has grown far beyond the original walls.
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Hevúlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHevúl

Hevúl [heh-VOOL] is a religious site in Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is a meeting site for the Hevúl festival which happens in the autumn every three years, celebrating all of the gods.

Anrel

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Origin of Humanity on Helevosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrigin of Humanity on Helevos

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Eijult Empireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijult Empire

The Eijult Empire dominated much of the coastal territory of western Munatan during the 6th and 7th centuries ME. It was forged by the Manthi-ethnic Eijult people, who spread along the coast by land and by sea, seizing control and settling lands once held by the
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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
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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.
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Green Sea Origin Theoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen Sea Origin Theory

The Green Sea Origin is a comparatively recent theory of natural history, proposed to explain why Helevos has two distinct and incompatible kingdoms of life - the virid and the green kingdoms. It was first theorised by Herf Gerlatin of Harlon University, in his 1086 ME book Man from the GreenGreengreenViridViridgreengreenviridgreenviridgreengreenviridviridGreen
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Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa

Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.

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Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME

Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr
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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.
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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
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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…
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Salt Rock Mountainplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSalt Rock Mountain

Salt Rock Mountain is a monolithic peak on the coast of the city of Harlon in Harthera. The rock is unusual being the only outcrop of rock in an otherwise fairly flat estuary terrain. The mountain is composed of quartzite with visible white crystals, said to resemble rock salt.
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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

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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.
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Muthenaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMuthena

Muthena [moo-THEN-ah] is a ruined city in what is now Muthené Marsh in Trésard, in the Anrel Isles.

Anrel

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Muthena was once a prosperous city surrounded by rich farmland, famous for its fruits, grains, and the abundant
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Retthenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRetthen

Retthen is a coastal cordrome of eastern Harthera, comprising what was once eastern Ravorr and the Junda Coast.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1
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River Druimiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Druimi

The Druimi is the major river of eastern Munatan, flowing from the foothills of the Dun Trisan mountains, through the nations of Fanmiyt and Biinmos

Munatan

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Ortheinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrthein

Orthein is a province of the Dunasanin autonomous region of central Ororr. It mainly consists of flat green grasslands and rolling hills, called the Othei Plains. It has few towns and villages, mainly inhabited by ovor herders and nomadic Othei people.

Ororr

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Old Aralsicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOld Aralsic

Old Aralsic is a language which emerged in Anrasard during the Jade Epoch. It is the ancestor of all the modern Aralsic languages spoken in the Natorn Archipelago.

Language

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Old Aralsic is said to have descended from the languages of the Godmen, particularly Atantic or Ahngrit. So little is known about these ancient tongues that it is impossible to be certain.
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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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Manthi Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManthi People

The Manthi are a diverse group of Jorothi-ethnic peoples found in southwestern Anásthias, particularly southwestern Ororr, Veedormim and the Manthi-Lien.

Ethnicity

ethnicity

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History

The early Manthi migrated south along the coast of Anásthias from the Jorothi homelands in what is now northwestern viridvirid
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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…
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United Duchies of Vildonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUnited Duchies of Vildon

The United Duchies of Vildon, later called the Free Duchies, was a historic state in the Gildon region of modern Ororr. Gildon, or Vildon as it was then known, was colonised and annexed by the Kingdom of Deltirot in the 6th century BME and divided into fiefdoms to profit
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Lerítplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLerít

Lerit [leh-RITT] is a city in the Gildon autonomous region of southwestern Ororr, capital of Meral province.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic
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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
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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
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Rodorigo Iplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRodorigo I

Rodorigo I was founder of the Ennseperan Empire and of the dynastic House of Anez which ruled the early empire.

Ennseperans

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Essep peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEssep people

The Essep are a Gyeil-ethnic people, once native to the Gildot region of southwestern Ororr, now found throughout western Munatan. They are one of the key ethnic groups of the nation of Hesjbagaaia.

Ethnicity

ethnicity

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“Essep” derives from a Gyeil word meaning outsiders, or travellers, the tribes who left their original homeland, as opposed to the
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Rodorigo IIIplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRodorigo III

Rodorigo III, known as the “King for a Season” or the “Stormtide King”, was a ruler of the Ennseperan Empire. He was the last direct descendant of Rodorigo I, the founder of the empire.

Ennseperans

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Secra Esjbelaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSecra Esjbela

Secra Esjbela (116-157 ME) was an Ennseperan princess of the royal House of Anez. After dedicating her life to good works and the Heterodox Church, she married at the insistence of her father and subsequently died in childbirth.

Hesjbagaaia

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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

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Hesporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHespor

Hespor is the common language of Hesjbagaaia, an Essep language with considerable influences from Doroun as well as native languages of Munatan.

Language

language

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Due to the power of Hesjbagaaia and the historical influence of the Ennseperan Empire, Hespor is the dominant trade and diplomatic languageMunatan
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Order of Urra Sjalaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrder of Urra Sjala

Order of Urra Sjala is a religious organisation of the Heterodox Church in Hesjbagaaia. It was founded by Secra Urra Sjala, a Heterodox saint, dedicated to good works, health and education, as well as promoting the all-embracing power of heterodoxy as missionaries.

Organisations & Institutions

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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

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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
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Crocodonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCrocodon

Crocodons are semi-aquatic virid predators found in rivers and swampy wetlands throughout tropical Anásthias.

Fauna

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They have long slender bodies, with four pairs of paddle-like limbs allowing them to move with moderate speed over muddy land, but with great speed in the water. They have a long slender snout filled with sharp teeth, with which they capture prey. They spend most of their time in rivers and riverbanks, though they are k…
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Rakesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRakes

Rakes or sea-rakes are carnivorous whales which feed on greenfish as well as other cetacean mammals. They are social hunters, living and hunting in small packs, and are territorial, attacking other groups which enter their range.

Fauna

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Gaskaninplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaskanin

Gaskanin is one of the six regions of Ororr, occupying the northeastern part of the country.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic
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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

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Emindeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEminde

Eminde is a small city in the nation of Narette. It lies on the River Minnd, just below the cataracts and waterfalls which rise up to the Ania Plateau. Consequently, it is the furthest point on the river which can be reach by boat.

Anrel

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Rubáporatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRubáporat

The Rubáporat [roo-BAP-poor-rat] was a historic Manthi civilisation in the southwest of Anásthias, on the coast of the Umber Sea. It flourished in the latter part of the Beryl Epoch, from roughly 700 BME until the second century ME when it was dominated by Ennseperan Empire. Nepor and Clanisjpor were its two greatest cities, which engaged in a long standing cultural and economic rivalry. Other key cities were BMEME
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Jikitagaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJikitaga

Jikitaga is a virid climbing plant with slender spiked leaves and vicious thorns. In nature it often grows around dead or dying virid trees, but it is often used by humans as a boundary plant for its impenetrable thorns and poisonous leaves that cause painful blisters on human skin.virid
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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
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Borersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBorers

Borers are virid arthropods with a set of powerful mandibles that allow them to feel on tough materials. Most consume virid wood and plant material, though some species also consume carrion and can drill their way into bone.

Fauna

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Siphonophoresplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiphonophores

Siphonophores are a class of virid creatures who appear and function as a single organism, but are in fact a colony of individual organisms who join together and co-operate as part of their life cycle.

Fauna

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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

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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…
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Primusplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrimus

A primus or prime source, vulgarly called a familiar or shadow, is an elemental is imprinted to a magister, being permanently bound with vinculum. The primus is the focal instrument and agent of his magical power. Primus is the official term used by magicians of the Rasian school of magic, though many other terms are used.
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Joraporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJorapor

Jorapor is a port city in Tofá province in the Gildon region off southwestern Ororr. It is situated at the mouth of the Jora River, and is the main trade port for the province.

Ororr

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Melemborplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMelembor

Melem or melembor is a boardgame played with coins or counters on a rectangular board, with the object being to get as many counters as possible into the centre area while knocking away counters of opponents.

Sports

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Sequentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSequent

In thaumaturgy, a sequent is a set of instructions in the Erida language, which when given to an elemental will cause them to perform specific actions or produce a defined outcome. Sequents are magical tools, the building blocks of Rasian thaumaturgy.

Magic

magic

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Rouvawetigplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRouvawetig

Rouvawetig, also called Old Ravorran, is an Eloyoun language spoken by the Rouvawhi people of Ravorr, in central Harthera. Historically the local Eloyoun dialect was heavily influenced by Iskean, particularly the more clipped and gutteral Junda pronunciation, though its vowel inflection is much simplified and its case structure is significantly different.languageEloyounlanguage
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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…
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Green Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen Wiyel

The Green Wiyel is one of the three branches of the River Wiyel in southern Ororr, flowing through the green uplands of Deltirot. In Deltirot it is called the River Tire or Tee in the north or Tro in the southern dialect.

The Green Wiyel is technically the main course of the Great Wiyel, since its source is the most distant, in the
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Taigan Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaigan Magic

Taigan Magic was a highly ritualised style of elemental magic in the High Iskean culture of Traste during the Jade Epoch. Little is known of its formal practice, but its masters were highly praised and awarded rich gifts of cloth and treasures for their services.

Magic

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Gebjon Galrenidhplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGebjon Galrenidh

Gebjon Galrenidh (1973-1903 BME) was a military leader who ruled the Gaal Empire for the final seventeen years of the Gobalay Interregnum, from 1920 BME until his death in 1903.

People

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The period was relatively peaceful after decades of turbulence and violence. He was succeeded by his nephew
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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.
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Dsjeeporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDsjeepor

Dsjeepor or Dushee is a port city in Veedormim, located on Cape Deshee, the westernmost point of Anásthias.

Hesjbagaaia

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* Name: Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia * Government: Timocracy / Constitutional Monarchy * Capital: Isjbela * Foundation: 701 ME * Language: Ororr
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River Tireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Tire

The River Tire is the Deltirot name for the reach of the Green Wiyel, extending from the Catáos Falls to its source in the southern mountains.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr *
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Shamanismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigShamanism

Shamanism is an uncodified form of magic, whereby a practitioner is able to summon and instruct an elemental spirit using their natural human sympathies, rather than through thaumaturgical learning.

Magic

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Shamans use various methods to put themselves in a heightened mental state that enables them to summon and control elements. In
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Kas-fruitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKas-fruit

Kas-fruit is the red or yellow fruit of the kasflower, a perennial flowering plant or bush believed to be native to Anrel.

Flora

herbs

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It is found growing throughout the Mainland, particularly in the wilder regions of viridmagic
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Thaumaturge

In the Rasian Academy style of magic, a thaumaturge (proto-Ahngrit “miracle worker”) is a practicioner of thaumaturgy, vulgarly called as magic. There are many names for magical practitioners, largely dependent on the culture of both the practitioner and the attitude of the speaker.
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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.
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Ralainplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRalain

Ralain was one of the ancient Godmen, a master of knowledge and wisdom. He first harnessed the Erida and was father of magic. He is said to have founded the first city of Rasia.

Godmen

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Ralain does not appear in the
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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
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Gimatriaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGimatria

Gimatria is a style of magic which uses numerical formulae instead of grammar as a means of initiating magical sequents.

Magic

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Gimatria was particularly associated with the Golden Ordinance of Miyarris, and heavily influenced the development of the
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Sefiric Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSefiric Magic

Sefiric Magic, also known as the Free Art, was the mystic magic cult at the heart of the Golden Ordinance in Miyarris.

Magic

magic

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miyarris magic_style
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Besechplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesech

Besech, or Besechai, is god of “fire, the hearth and the dry places” in the Anrelian Pantheon, the god of home and also of death. He is the chief state god of Narette.

Historically he was the patron deity of the great city of Oracil, and subsequently was revered throughout Anrel
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Birdsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBirds

Birds are a largely extinct phylum of winged animals belonging to the green kingdom. Bird species included the extinct domestic animals such as chickens and gobelets, as well as several species of scavengers and predators, notably cawvits and eagles.

Fauna

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Eridaiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEridai

Eridai is the ancient name for the ethereal beings known as elementals, spirits and gods. The name means “of the words”, Erida being the rudimentary language they use to communicate.

Magic

magic

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According to Aralsic legend, the Eridai were once simple creatures living in an ethereal realm beyond the stars. They were taught the Erida language
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Zooidplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZooid

Zooids are a class of virid marine organisms which are a base of the virid food chain in the oceans. Zooids are single-celled, with some classes being free-floating throughout their lifecycle, while others live as colony-organisms for some or all of their life. Colony-organisms range from tiny motile and non-motile viridvirid
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Arnut Gethiferplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArnut Gethifer

Arnut Gethifer (975-1036 ME) was a Hartheran playwright and satirist. He wrote a number of comedic plays mocking contemporary hypocrisies and manners, as well as some less successful historical works. He wrote a monthly column of scurrilous satirical doggerel for
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Mathé Marshesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMathé Marshes

The Mathé Marshes [MATH-ay] are an area of tidal mud flats, salt marshes and wetlands in the estuary of the River Kethel in the Anrel Isles. The marshes form a natural boundary between the Kingdom of Trésard and the Kingdom of Narette. The Muthené Marsh in Trésard is an extension of the Mathé Marshes.

Anrel

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Muthené Marshplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMuthené Marsh

Muthené Marsh is a freshwater wetland in the Kingdom of Trésard in the Anrel Isles. It covers an area of roughly 1500 sq km, criss-crossed with rivers that flow from the Beyal Hills, with hundreds of islands of various sizes. The Muthené Marsh connects with the tidal Mathé Marshes to the south.
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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
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Zinobebplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZinobeb

Zinobeb, from the Essep sjinnobeb, is a virid plant valued for the bittersweet aromatic spice procured from drying and grinding its stems and seed pods.

Food and Drink

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Zinobeb is characteristic of central and west Ororran cuisine, where it is rubbed into meat as a marinade or before slow roasting, but also in the upland cuisine of
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Larcassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLarcass

Simron Larcass was a Narettian poet and essayist of the 6th century ME. He is most famous for his collection of poems Vines of Green, a meditation on life and death, so often quoted that lines are known by most people in Anrel and used as everyday aphorisms.
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Catáosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCatáos

Catáos [cat-AY-oss] is a small but wealthy city in Deltirot, famous for the Cataos Falls, the most impressive waterfalls in Ororr, which form a natural barrier between the autonomous regions of Deltirot and Dunasanin.

Ororr

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Skippersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSkippers

Skippers are small cetacean mammals found in lakes, rivers and around coastlines of the Civilised World. Their playful nature and habit of following alongside ships lends the myth that skippers guide ships safely towards ports.

Fauna

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Sariaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaria

Saria [SAH-ree-uh] (historically Esaria, or Aria) is a prosperous port and market city on the west coast of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is the second city of the kingdom, the hub for trade, industry and agricultural produce in the western provinces. Historically it was a powerful city state, which became part of the unified Kingdom of Sensatard following the
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Helias Helecarnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelias Helecarn

The Helias Helecarn is the greatest work of the 8th century historian and folklorist Mingas.

Culture

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Its twelve volumes are a retelling of history and myth from the most ancient times of the mythic Godmen, combined with the later philosophy of
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Vigil of Deacon Kabeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVigil of Deacon Kabe

The Vigil of Deacon Kabe is a mystery text significant to the animist traditional religion of Besoa. It is a first-person confession of a deacon or decan, one of the traditional ten intendants of the oracle shrine at Welvér, who mysteriously vanishes during an overnight vigil.
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Ivory wine is an alcoholic drink containing the ground horn of whale horns.

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The Hand or Besoan hand is the currency of the United Kingdom of Besoa. It is the inheritor of the Alsaneth alm, the former currency of the Alsaneth Republic, noted for its symbol of the open palm embossed on one side.

Money

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The Hand was adopted as the currency of the new kingdom as a concession to Alsaneth history and culture, given that the prince who reconquered the island after
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Krikaréplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKrikaré

The Krikaré [kree-KAR-ray], also called the Kritarchy or House of Elders, is the legislative body of the church-state of Ororr. It enacts all laws and regulations both spiritual and temporal, regarding the administration of the church and the nation. Members have the courtesy title
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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
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Necromancyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNecromancy

Necromancy is the magical practice of animating human or animal corpses, giving them a crude semblance of life.

Magic

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Magic cannot restore life once a body is truly deceased, other than by resuscitating a person whose heart or breathing have recently stopped. Necromancy therefore treats bodies like puppets. An elemental attaches itself to the skeleton, and moves the bones and joints in a parody of li…
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Heth Aniaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeth Ania

Heth Ania [HETH AH-nee-uh] is the royal capital of the Kingdom of Narette. It is a modern and cosmopolitan city, centre for sea trade between Narette and Trésard.

History

Settlements have existed in the area throughout recorded history, but the first city was built as a colony of the Annéans in the second millenium ME
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Lake Angdroplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Angdro

Lake Angdro is a large freshwater lake in the Perudd region of northeastern Harthera. The lake is approximately 114 km long and an average of 30 km wide, narrow at the northern end. It is stocked with greenfish, an important source of food for the city of Angdrogigin, which sits on a spur of land at the lake's northern end.
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Nos Aniaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNos Ania

Nos Ania [noss AH-nee-uh] is a port city on the Ania Plateau in the Kingdom of Narette. It is the chief port and commercial and agricultural heart of the kingdom, the second largest city in Narette after Belisan.

History

The city of Ania was founded by the Annéan people, perhaps in the 4th millennium
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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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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

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Rasian Chainwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasian Chainway

The Rasia Chain Carriageway, or simply the Chainway, was a funicular railway which connected the centre of Rasia City with the Rasian Academy in the valley above. The chainway was a quick and efficient means of transporting visitors and students, since the only alternative was the long uphill climb by road. The chainway was a particular matter of pride for the citizens of Rasia, since it was achieved entirely by mechanical means, all use of
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River Sitrengplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Sitreng

The Sitreng [SIT-reng] is the longest river in Munatan, flowing from the southern foothills of the Dun Trisan mountains, through the nations of Penayso, Plós and Schai-Dam to the sea. At its mouth is the famed port city of Sjil, greatest port in Munatan, market for the vast diversity of exotic goods shipped downriver and sold to international traders.
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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
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Baskersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBaskers

Baskers are a variety of massive herbivorous whale, who trawl the seas consuming vast quantities of viridspor, zooids, greenfry and green plankton. They are mostly commonly found in temperate latitudes, usually staying far from the shore. They are occasionally hunted by islanders in Anrel
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Mother Church of Ororr (Therism)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)

The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher
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Pinyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPinyel

Pinyel is a market city on Lake Prioythan in the western jungles of Harthera.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1 ME (Traditional) * Religion
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Heterodox Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeterodox Church

The Holy and Heterodoxic Church of the All-Deity, generally called the Heterodox Church, is a syncretic religion which embraces many historic traditions, believing all faiths are at heart the worship of one essential god, and that there are many routes to achieving transcendence.her
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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
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The New Citizen (publication)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe New Citizen (publication)

The New Citizen is a Hartheran publication printed weekly in the capital, Vahltor. It began as a pamphlet for opponents of the old Hartheran Commonwealth, particulary in opposition to The Gallant, but has since become a conservative newspaper, particularly supporting the
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Cheliga-Sujataplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCheliga-Sujata

Cheliga-Sujata [chel-EE-ga soo-JAT-a] is the traditional animist religion of Veedormim. Meaning “Spirit of the Sun, under the Shadow”, the faith is a highly ritualized form of sun worship, with public rituals to the sun performed at dawn and noon, accompanied by private mystery rites at dusk and night at resolve the inner shadow of doubts and fears.
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The Broadsideplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Broadside

The Broadside is a Hartheran populist weekly newspaper, presenting news stories from a nationalist perspective. It is a fierce defender of the Hartheran military and the Navy in particular.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of
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Emmerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmmer

Emmer is a grassy green plant cultivated throughout the Civilised world for its edible grain seeds. Emmerseed is threshed and ground to make a heavy flour, used for bread and a wide variety of other products.

Food and Drink

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Although emmer is tolerant of a variety of climates, it gains the best yields in temperate climes with a moderate amount of rain. The foremost regions for emmer production are the central uplands of
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Perbosasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerbosas

Thesh Perbosas Theylal (686-737 ME)was an Ororran artist famed for murals and frescos depicting religious scenes. He was a master of the Therist art of depicting scenes related to the Prophet Therion, who religious dictat forbids from being shown in art. As such, he mastered the art of implying the Prophet's presence, either by a glimpse of fabric on the edge of the painting, or a shadow, a sandle, or indicated by the gaze of the people in the painting who are viewing someone just out …
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Animismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnimism

Animism is a spiritual belief common to many ancient societies, that certain natural places, rocks, rivers or mountains have a distinct spiritual essence.

Belief

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Animistic religious practices are found throughout
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Ororran cuisineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorran cuisine

Ororran cuisine is the cuisine of the nation of Ororr. Ororr is a vast nation with many different climates, ingredients and cultures, but in general Ororran cuisine is typified by its gentle but pervasive use of spices like tida, and extensive use of vegetables and fruits.Ororr
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Torror Circular (publication)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorror Circular (publication)

The Torror Circular is a weekly national newspaper in Ororr, featuring news and official government announcements. It was established relatively recently in 1087 ME, modelled after Hartheran newspapers, particularly The Register. The Circular is a reference to the Ororr
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Kamasepplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKamasep

Kamasep is a city in the nation of Inkusjezepa in Munatan. During the Ennseperan Empire it was the colonial capital, and still remains the hub for trade, being at the end of only two decent roads in the country. After independence the capital was moved to Koojit.

Munatan

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Chasunplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChasun

Chasun (CHA-suhn, also cha-SOON) is a tea blend common in Ororr, often drunk socially and in communal rituals at the local Therist community temple. Chasun is made from a mixture of dried ground leaves, including some sharp virid leaves which give a mildly stimulant or euphoric effect.
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Tia Amai (Mother's Day Festival)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTia Amai (Mother's Day Festival)

Tia Amai or Tia Ama, Doroun for “Mother's Day”, is the most important festival in Therism and the Mother Church of Ororr. It is a day for celebrating mothers and motherhood, but more importantly celebrating the Great Mother Goddess of the Therist faith.OrorrOrorr
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Therist Theosophyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherist Theosophy

Therist Theosophy is a form of god-magic, or theurgy, practiced by the most senior ranks of the Mother Church at of Ororr. Calling this practice “magic” would be heretical to priests and believers of the Church, since they see it as a form of structured prayer in which they petition the Mother Goddess for practical assistance.
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River Souraynplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Sourayn

The Sourayn is the great river of central Kahtoyn in eastern Anásthias. It connects the cities of Leimoo, Enpoul with the sea port of Desol, irrigating the richest farmlands in Kahtoyn along the way.

Otekahré

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Humbersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHumbers

Humbers are a species of small flying mammal found throughout the civilised world, particularly in areas of green forest and other dense vegetation.

Fauna

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They are one of the most diverse and successful mammal species, with at least two hundred sub-species with a range of appearance and specialisation. Most feed on fruits, nectar of
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Chalcint (rock)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChalcint (rock)

Chalcint is a sedimentary rock made from the carbonate bodies of zooids and other virid marine animals. Chalcint is generally yellow-white in colour and highly porous, so that landscapes with chalcint rock have no surface water and are often dry plains with a thin soil. Chalcint geology also leads to karst landscapes, with potholes, caves and other features.
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Gessea Himrayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGessea Himray

Gessia Himray was a 7th century poet in the Anrel Isles. Her most famous work is the poem cycle, “The Virid and the Green”, a meditation on the ruin and destruction in the aftermath of the Orphans War, where abandoned towns and villages were engulfed by virid forest.

People
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Jé Gamelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJé Gamel

Jé Gamel [JAY gah-MELL] is an important port city in Gorval province in the northeast of Ororr. It is a strategically important naval port, guarding the coast of the Iskean Sea.

Ororr

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Gahskplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahsk

Gahsk (also Gazask) is a city in the Gaskanin region of eastern Ororr. It lies on a hill close to where the Gahsk River flows out of Lake Trazámske, historically a highly defensible location with access to the area's abundant natural resources such as fish, timber and minerals. The city was an ancient centre of civilisation, but its remote and isolated location has kept the city prosperous but still relatively small.Ororr
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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
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Torkan Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorkan Sea

The Torkan Sea is a wide gulf in the southeast of Munatan, adjoining the coasts of Sjil, Go-am-Gam and Biinmos. The city of Veltánro in Biinmos is the most significant port.

Munatan

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Deltirotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeltirot

Deltirot (also arch. Deltiriot) is one of the six self-governing regions of modern Ororr, occupying the southeastern corner of the country. It is bounded by mountains on three sides: the Dun Trisan to the east, the Dun Jaen to the south, and the Vildon Mountains to the west. To the north are the Riverlands of Seqal, the Ororr
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Horsisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHorsis

The horsis is a heraldic beast in the mythology of Anrel, ridden by the mythic Godmen. They are often depicted in illustrations and on battle banners, famed as a fierce battle chargers with iron hooves and vicious teeth.

Fauna

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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
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Hi-Lí-Venplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHi-Lí-Ven

Hi-Lí-Ven is a large island off the coast of Zahkdarret, over 5800 km west of Anásthias across the Sea of Smoke. It is a long narrow island over a thousand km long, but no more than 200km wide.

islands
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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…
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Elaymen peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElaymen people

The Elaymen were an ethnic group living in eastern Anásthias during the Jade Epoch (c.10,000-6000 BME), in an area encompassing modern southeastern Harthera. It is uncertain whether they were an offshoot of the Iskean people, or a mixture of Asokway and Aralsic peoples who migrated from the north. Modern scholars assume they were the ancestors of the language
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Cinnabar Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCinnabar Sea

The Cinnabar Sea is a gulf in the Vesmien Ocean, off the western coast of Ororr. It is named for the reddish rocks of the Cinnabar Coast, in the provinces of Tushal and Milu.

Ororr

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Mainlandplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMainland

Mainland is the largest of the three major Anrel Isles. Politically it is divided between the two nations of Trésard and Anret.

Anrel

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This is in a series of articles about the Anrel Isles, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Sea.

The name Mainland is rarely used, except by the inhabitants of smaller outlying islands, particuarly those living on
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Zetlik Oceanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZetlik Ocean

The Zetlik Ocean is a body of water east of the islands of Tsaykoui, far to the west of Anásthias.

This name was recorded by ancient Miyarrain writers, though no modern explorers are known to have travelled that far and the term only exists in obscure texts.

seas
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Primitivismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrimitivism

Primitivism, or Manthi Primitivism, is a movement in the visual arts which began in Hesjbagaaia in the post-war reconstruction period following the War of Schisms.

Primitivism espoused using strong natural colours, traditional designs, and depictions of the natural environment and traditional way of life and the comforting emotions associated with them.
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Fissplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFiss

Fiss is a city in Tulf Jhaena province in southeastern Ororr. It lies on marshy stretch of the Red Wiyel, and is known as the Reed City, a reference to Taslamac, the much wealthier Red City downriver.

Ororr

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Tulfiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTulfi

Tulfi is capital of the province of Tulf Jhaena, in the autonomous region of Deltirot in Ororr. The city is on the Red Wiyel a city on the Red Wiyel, in the foothills of the Dun Jaen mountains.

Ororr

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* Ororr
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Hesporiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHesporia

Hesporia is the region of southwestern Munatan where Hespor is the majority first language. Today it is often synonymous with the modern Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia, though most of Chosilha and parts of neighbouring nations of Danagunda, border regions of Veedormim, and communities in western Inkusjezepa and north Kasepan are all Hespor-speaking.
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Sarétaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaréta

Saréta [sa-RAY-tuh] is a small city in the central uplands of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles.

[Sarekéa region of central Sensatard in the Anrel Isles]

The city is surrounded by mountains, and is the cultural and religious capital of the ethnic Sarekéa people who inhabit the mountain region. The Kings of Sensatard have long given the city and the region a great deal of autonomy, although the city abides by Northland laws and pays taxes to the
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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
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River Preotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Preot

The Preot [PREE-ot] is a tributary of the Green Wiyel in the Deltirot region of Ororr. It joins the Green Wiyel above the city of Cataos, feeding the considerable water flow of the Cataos Falls.

Ororr

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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.
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River Médelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Médel

The River Médel, also called the Méo, is a small river in the southeast of the island of Besoa. It flows through a fertile steep-sided valley to the sea at Delgeth.

Besoa

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Thalsic Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic People

The Thalsic People are the dominant ethnicity of northern Anásthias. The majority of the diverse peoples of Harthera, Otekahré and Ororr are all thought to descend from a common Thalsic ancestry, as well as the Manthi peoples of western Munatan.

According to mythology, the Thalsic people originated in the land of Harthera
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Jora Riverplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJora River

The Jora River is a major river in Tofá province of southwestern Ororr. It is navigable for a stretch of nearly 800 km, and serves as a major trade route between the port of Jorapor on the coast, and the provincial capital of Agann far inland.

Ororr

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Northern Leagueplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNorthern League

The Northern League was a confederation of regions and city states in Anrasard (the landmass contiguous with the modern Anrel Isles, which united against the southern forces of Anret during the Long War.

Anrel

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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.
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Hemscoomplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHemscoom

Hemscoom is a small village in Trésard, in the hills above the former city of Rasia, a short distance from the main gates of the Rasian Academy. It was completely destroyed during the Long War, but later resettled.

History

Originally an insignificant farming village surrounded by pastures, Hemscoom became prosperous after the proctors of the Academy limited the selling of alcohol within the boundaries of the Academy. Subsequently the local inn received vastly increased patronage, to …
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Rānaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRāna

Rāna [RAH-nuh] is a rugged port city on the northeast coast of Trésard. It is the principal trade link between Sensatard and Trésard, and a major fishing port for boats visiting the eastern sea. Rana is particularly busy in the winter months and the storm tide season, when ships outbound from
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Alteim Mountainsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAlteim Mountains

The Alteim Mountains are a chain of mountains in the southwest of the island of Besoa. The mountains are particularly rich in minerals like iron, copper and silver. Consequently the region has numerous mines, which were fundamental to the wealth of the nations of
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Voshárnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVoshárn

Voshárn [voe-SHAH-n], sometimes called Mordan, is a sparsely populated province of northwestern Ororr, the largest province in the region of Moritarr. For historic regions it is sometimes referred to as Old Ororr.

Ororr

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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
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Sann'ali Court-in-Exileplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSann'ali Court-in-Exile

The Sann'ali Court-in-Exile was a group of aristocrats and former government officials who fled the Kingdom of Sann'al in 1092 ME, during the conquest of the island by the Hartherans in the Bizoan War. The Court is led by the Crown Prince of Royal Sann'al, who resides in Abel Palace, a restored former fortress on a hill above
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Besoan Diasporaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoan Diaspora

The Besoan Diaspora was a wave of mass emigration of people from the Natorn Archipelago island of Besoa, caused by the Hartheran invasion and brutal occupation.

Besoa

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Many Besoans were international traders with connections in port cities around the world. Those who were able to leave were many rich merchants, nobles and their households. They established emigré communities in ports aro…
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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
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New Harlonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNew Harlon

New Harlon is a peninsula in the continent of Retzayk, discovered by the Hartheran Navy in 1112 ME. It lies 1000 km east of the Eastern Isles. An expedition attempted to establish a colony here, since the region is relatively free of virid jungle. However the soils proved thin and dry with no rivers or fresh water, so the colony encampment was abandoned.
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Nesh Gobáplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNesh Gobá

Nesh Gobá [nesh go-BA] is a city in Gorval province in Ororr. Today it is a fairly small market city, but it is the historic cultural capital of the Gobalay people.

Ororr

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Vademplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVadem

Vadem [vah-DAYM], also Wadem Vardem, is a settlement on the island of Besoa, which gives its name to the southwestern region of the island. It was once Uoardéim, the wealthy capital city of the Kingdom of Derailad. The ancient city declined after the Battle of Four Kingdoms in 35 ME, when Derailad was annexed by the
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River Prindalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Prindal

The Prindal is a river in the Galkesh Province of northeastern Ororr. It flows from its source in the uplands above the city of Galkesh, over the Prindal Falls into the valley below, and thence north to the sea.

Ororr

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River Orlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Orl

The Orl is the last major tributary of the River Wiyel, joining it a mere 90km before it reaches the sea. The Orl flows from the eastern uplands in Gaskanin to join the Great Wiyel, but has numerous cataracts making it not easily navigable. Since the founding of
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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
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School of Nightplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSchool of Night

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.
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Waysmeetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWaysmeet

Waysmeet is a small village in the north of the Kingdom of Trésard in the Anrel Isles. Historically it was an important town, the nexus of five roads travelling south to Rasia and beyond, west to Teranen, northwest to Saria, east to Rana and north to Traste.

Anrel

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North Poleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNorth Pole

The North Pole or Boreal region is an area of mountains and permanent ice on the supercontinent of Zahkdarret-Retzayk, extending roughly from 70-90 degrees north. The high mountains store vast amounts of ice, sufficient to reduce Helevos's sea level in cooler viridvirid
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Tushplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTush

Tush [Toosh] is a port city and regional capital of the province of Tushal in western Ororr. The city is small and built of sandstone, next to a brackish creek. [Ororr]

The city has a small trade in locally grown, low-quality spices such as tida, but its main purpose is as an anchorage for merchants travelling further down the coast.
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Tsaykouiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTsaykoui

Tsaykoui is a large island group on the eastern edge on the Redeeming Ocean, 5600 km southeast of the Hook of Anarr and 1600 km south of the southernmost tip of Retzayk. Their latitude extends from 33-43°S, the climate ranging from sub-tropical to temperate. tsaykoui

The landscape is mostly low elevation, and due to their isolation they are all covered in a unique variety of
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Biology and Ecologyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBiology and Ecology

Helevos has two separate families of life, which compete with each other for resources and space. Various cultures give different names for these two competing families, but in Anrel they are commonly called “the Virid and the Green”, a quotation from the GreenViridgreengreenGreengreenGreengreenviridGreenviridviridviridgreenviridgreengreengreengreenviridviridGreenviridgreenviridgreengreengreenViridgreenviridViridgreenviridviridviridViridgreenviridviridViridgreengreenviridgr…
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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
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Deshee Pointplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeshee Point

Deshee Point, also called Cape Deshee, Dusjee or Veedormim Head, is a peninsula in Veedormim, the most westerly point of Anásthias. As such it marks the southern boundary of the Umber Sea, and marks the divide between the Vesmien Ocean and the Great Urash Ocean.

Geography

The headland has a mild subtropical climate, wetter on the west coast and more sheltered to the east. It is covered with
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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.
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Manthi-lienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManthi-lien

The Manthi-lien is an area of southern Munatan once inhabited exclusively by Manthi-ethnic peoples. Traditionally the Manthi-lien was the area of plains stretching from the hills of Chosilha in the west, through what is now southern Hesjbagaaia, Danagunda, Kasepan and Teijhu.

During the
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Viricrustaceansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigViricrustaceans

Viricrustaceans are virid arthropods with an exoskeleton and multiple limbs. Most species are acquatic, but there are many land based species.

virid arthropods fauna
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Yending Meridianplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYending Meridian

The Yending Meridian is the prime meridian for measuring longitude on Helevos. The line is relative to the fixed star, Yendimzar. This star hangs directly above the equator, geosynchronous with a point in eastern Harthera.

In the mythology of Anrel and Miyarris, Yendim was the first and greatest city of the
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Galkesh Provinceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGalkesh Province

Galkesh Province is a province of northwestern Ororr, named its capital, the historic city of Galkesh. The central region is lush green temperate highlands, in ancient times the home of the Gaal people.

Ororr

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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.
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Spicesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSpices

Spices are condiments derived from the fruits, seeds and roots of virid plants. Most have a pungent or acrid flavour, and most are toxic if eaten in large quantities, but a pinch of them can add depth of flavour or piquancy to green foodstuffs. Condiments derived from virid
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Poukalaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPoukala

Poukala [POO-'-ka-la] is a nation in eastern Torthien, on the shores of Lake Beikid. Poukala benefits from abundant flat arable land as well as greenfish from the lake, whilst being politically isolated from the turbulent conflicts of the region.

torthien

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Menarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMenar

The Menar is a salt lake in southern Harthera, about 8 km south of the city of Narillin. The lake is roughly triangular, 15 km across at its widest point. In ancient times it formed the estuary of the Nar and was linked to the sea, but the river long ago shifted its banks leaving the lake isolated.
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La-Err-Rûmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLa-Err-Rûm

La-Err-Rûm [/la-AIR-room/] is an ethnolinguistic region high in the Dun Jaen mountains, sparsely inhabited by isolated villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and
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Ko-kwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKo-kway

The Ko-kway or Karmoken are the indigenous people of the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago, a nation of the wider Asokway ethnicity. Historically they lived in villages throughout the island, mainly as subsistence farmers and fishermen. They were displaced from much of the island by colonists from the more advanced neighbouring island of
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Doroun vocabularyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun vocabulary

English Doroun who ko wip languages
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Imperial Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImperial Church

The Imperial Church was the meta-institution which regulated the diverse and syncretic faiths and practices of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.

Belief

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The vast empire had hundreds of religions, cults and local beliefs, and the Imperial Church's official policy was to find links and commonalities between all faiths, with the uniting purpose of showing that ultimately, everyone worshipped the same godhead, just in differe…
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Besanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesan

The besan [BESS-un] is the currency of Ororr, struck as rounded rectangular coins. In everyday parlance a besan is called a dam.

Money

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One besan is subdivided into eight melea, with one melea divided into eight
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Meúthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMeúth

Meuth [may-OOTH] is a city in the agricultural belt of Trésard, in the Anrel Isles.

Anrel

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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.
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Golobathplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGolobath

Golobath [GOL-oh-bath] is a ruined city on the River Kethel in the Anrel Isles. During the Little Ice Age it was an independent market city that flourished on trade. During the Long War its position on the marches between north and south meant it was regularly occupied by hostile forces, and the site of many conflicts and skirmishes.ME
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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
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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.
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Sequbplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSequb

Sequb is a town in the Kalkot Gorge region of central Ororr. It is one of the traditional Hidden Cities of Kalkot, since many dwellings are cut into the steep walls of the gorge.

It was a prosperous city in antiquity but inability to expand has made it little more than a sleepy backwater today, an overnight stopping point for pilgrim boats on the
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Hidden Citiesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHidden Cities

The Hidden Cities is a historic term for the part-subterranean cities of the Kalkot Gorge, particularly Seqal, Sopeq and Sequb.

The cities were originally built in caves and hollows in the karst rock of the steep-sided river valley, so they were entirely hidden from sight to travellers journeying across the plains above. In modern times the gorge is much more cluttered and the cities far larger, mainly built on the plains above with only the docks areas being next to the river.
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Esiganplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEsigan

Esigan is the largest island in the Junda Isles, roughly 200 km from the Hartheran mainland province of Perudd. It is approximately 125 km north-south and 150 km east-west. Its capital is the port of Jongaven, the largest and most important city in the Isles.

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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
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Tofáplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTofá

Tofá [toe-FAH] is the southern province of the Gildon autonomous region of Ororr, close to the border with Hesjbagaaia. Its capital is the city of Agann.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr
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Herbsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerbs

Herbs are usually green plants cultivated and used for use in medicine, cooking or for other purposes.

Herblore is the traditional practice of making decoctions, extracts, powders and other preparations from the roots, leaves, seeds, bark and fruit of plants found across the world.greengreenAnásthiasAnásthiasgreenMunatangreengreen
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Sea of Smokeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea of Smoke

The Sea of Smoke lies off the west coast of Anásthias, marking the boundary between the Vesmien Ocean and the Great Urash Ocean. The sea's name derives from the high incidence of fog banks, caused by cold southerly currents interacting with tropical warm air. The fog veils the many hidden rocks and reefs of the
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Dragon Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDragon Isles

The Dragon Isles (Orthé Rirba in High Besoaad) are found in the mythology of the Natorn Archipelago, distant lands ruled by dragons and the home of various mythical creatures. “” In the third century BME, the adventurer Aego Gastrinimer claimed to have discovered and visited the islands. In his famous Map of the World, he located them off the southwestern coast of
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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
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Blue Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBlue Wiyel

The Blue Wiyel is the western of the three great tributaries of the Great Wiyel, where it divides below Seqal.

rivers ororr deltirot
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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
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Ifritplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIfrit

Ifrit are malevolent or capricious nature spirits in the culture of Ororr and the historic Occident.

Folklore

This is in a series of articles about oral traditions, tales, folk practices, and folklore.

Ifrit are seen in nature as dust-devils, sudden gusts of wind that blow grit in the eyes, or other unusual natural phenomena. Freak accidents and unlucky incidents are also believed to be the work of ifrit. In modern
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Sann'ali Merchant Fleetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSann'ali Merchant Fleet

The Sann'ali Merchant Fleet is a maritime consortium of merchants and captains loyal to the Sann'ali Court-in-Exile. The fleet itself consists of former ships of the Sannalese Royal Navy, Sannali merchant ships who were at sea or in distant ports at the time of the Hartheran Conquest, as well as newer vessels purchased or constructed since that time.
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Clanisjporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigClanisjpor

Clanisjpor is a port city on the Umber Sea in Hesjbagaaia. It is the second city of the north, 150 km south of Nepor, with a slightly cooler and drier climate. In ancient times it was one of the great cities of the Rubaporat, ruled by the Poet Kings.

Clanisjpor is a compact city, built on a gently sloping hillside with walls to the north and south. The higher slopes are the tower-houses of the aristocracy, famed for their perfumed step gardens, packed with aromatic plants that catc…
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The Obverseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Obverse

The Obverse is the opposite side of the globe to the Civilised World. It is largely unknown to the peoples of the Civilised World, and consequently subject to folklore, myth and speculative theories.

The most prominent of these is the Duospherical theory. It proposes that the Obverse is the physical inverse of the Civilised WorldCivilised Worldvirid
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River Garnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Garn

The River Garn is a river in eastern Ororr, flowing from the hills and mountains of eastern Ororr into the Wiyel and thence to the sea. Though in a strict geographic sense the Garn is a tributary of the River Wiyel, by convention the Garn flows into the much shorter Ororr
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Vetthi Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Sea

The Vetthi Sea lies off the north coast of Ororr, so named because it was traditionally plied and ruled by the Vetthi Republic.

vetth seas
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Red Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRed Wiyel

The Red Wiyel is the eastern of the three southern branches of the River Wiyel. The name refers to the dry, red-toned desert valley through which it flows, as well as it being the traditional source of red jade, an important commodity in prehistory.
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Geraltinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGeraltin

Geraltin is a province in the Moritarr region of northwest Ororr. Its low-lying coast is sparsely inhabited due to sucking sands, treacherous rocks and thick virid swamps of dragora trees, subject to regular devastating inundations by storm tides.

Ororr

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Jongavenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJongaven

Jogaven [jong-GAV-en] is a city on the island of Esigan, the most important port in the Hartheran Junda Isles and its de facto capital.

Set in a large deepwater lagoon, the city is a strategic port for the Hartheran Navy. It is a hub for all trade within the Isles, a centre for shipbuilding, and a frequent stopping point for merchantmen trading between
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Events in World Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEvents in World History

Date (ME) Event -15001 First cities of the Godmen -12001 Primary Glacial ending -11111 N1, Second/Jade Epoch -10401 Orodien established as store of lost knowledge -8901 Traithe civilisation established -8401 Decline of Orodien, island eventually abandoned OrorrHartheraHartheraHarthera
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River Palkanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Palkan

The Palkan is the longest river on the island of Besoa. It flows from the Derailish Highlands in the south to Perilth Bay in the north. The rich green farmlands of the Palkan valley are the most fertile and productive region on the island.

Besoa

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Sea of Veeïnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea of Veeïn

The Sea of Veeïn [VEE-in] is a gulf on the southwest coast of Munatan, between Veedormim and Chosilha.

Munatan

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This is in a series of articles about Munatan, the temperate region of southern Anásthias.

The coast is a notorious area for piracy, with ships from the war-torn land of
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Belisan Freeportplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBelisan Freeport

The city of Belisan [beh-li-SAN], known internationally as Belisan Freeport, is a port city surrounding Belisan Bay, at the mouth of the River Minnd in southeast Anret.

Belisan is actually two cities divided by the river. Belisan City lies on the west of the river, with its Royal Docks subject to normal customs tariffs. East of the river is the
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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.

Methods

Taigan Bookwheels

In the ancient civilisation of Traithe, important texts were recorded on brass discs, using the flowing continuous OrorrHarthera
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Ania Bayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnia Bay

Ania Bay is a gulf in the west coast of the Anrel Isles. It is bounded by the coasts of Trésard to the northwest and Narette to the east. It has numerous small rocky islands which pose a hazard to shipping.

Anrel

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Hirèrk Moonscaleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHirèrk Moonscale

The Hirèrk Moonscale [Hee-Rerrk] (HM) is a luni-solar calendar used at least since the time of Miyarris, which measures cycles based on the moons, solar years as well as the millennia-long cycles of global climate change. Today years HM are only seen in historic works and not considered accurate in historical accounts.epochHMHMBMEepochsepochsepochepochepochepochepochHMepochsMEME
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Mount Orodienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Orodien

Mount Orodien is a large volcanic mountain on the Orodien peninsula, on the continent of Retzayk. The mountain sits on a magma hotspot which creates earthquakes, geysers and hot springs all of the peninsula.

The terrain north of the mountain is an ancient caldera 180 km across with a caldera lake at its centre, evidence of an ancient supervolcano.
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Apple Blossom Pandataplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigApple Blossom Pandata

The Apple Blossom Pandata is a grand Therist temple or pandata in Delán, the capital city of the autonomous region of Deltirot in southeastern Ororr. Its roof is enamelled in blue with panels of white and pink, representing apple blossoms, since it is set in a garden of ornamental apple trees which flourish in the temperate climate.Ororr
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Trobrailatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTrobrailat

Trobrailat is a prosperous city in the Deltirot region of southern Ororr, famous for its fine ceramics, particularly decorated tiles and tea-ware, which are exported throughout the Civilised World. It is also renowned for cosmetics, also using the fine local clay, as well as perfumes.Ororr
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Dalautplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDalaut

Dalaut [dal-AH-oot] is a city in the autonomous region of Deltirot in southern Ororr. It is a prosperous trading port on the Green Wiyel, surrounded by agricultural plains and a vibrant hub of food exports. The city's hinterland is famous for its herds of livestock, producing meat, leather, and cheese. Historically the city had a rough frontier reputation, but in the last century wealthy merchants vied to build parks and monuments as a legacy to their families. Ororr
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Tulf Jhaenaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTulf Jhaena

Tulf Jhaena is a remote province of Deltirot, the southernmost region of Ororr. Geographically it comprises the drainage basin of the Red Wiyel, the eastern tributary of the great River Wiyel.

Ororr

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Jikitorrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJikitorr

Jikitorr is a prosperous trading city near the junction of the River Wiyel and the River Dor in central Ororr. It is commonly called the Flower City due to its streets of scented flowering trees, and the abundance of its market gardens. Jikitorr is famed for its annual flower festival in early summer. Jikitorr is a centre of Doroun culture, arts and literature.OrorrOrorr
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Gahsk Riverplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahsk River

The Gahsk River flows from Lake Trazamske in eastern Ororr, a majority tributary of the River Garn. The Gahsk is fast flowing and not easily navigable.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr
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Gres Rockplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGres Rock

Gres Rock is a rocky island in the Natorn Sea, in a strategic location southwest of Anrel, near the coast of Trésard and Narette. It is 4.5 km on its longest axis, consisting of precipitous rocks and cliffs with no natural harbour and little soil or vegetation.

Anrel

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Eijult peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijult people

The Eijult are a Manthi-ethnic people living in central southern Munatan, particularly in the modern nations of Danagunda, Kasepan and Teij. Coastal parts of these nations once comprised the Eijult Empire, which flourished in the 7th century ME.

munatan eijult
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Bireilundt (Palace)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBireilundt (Palace)

The Bireilundt or Bireilundt Palace is a vast government building in the Eilunn district of the Hartheran capital, Vahltor. It is the heart of the Hartheran justice system, housing the vast judicial bureaucracy of the Courts.

Its architecture is a clash of styles from the grandiose to the brutalist. By a quirk of history the south end of the building it is also official headquarters of the Admiralty of the
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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

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Gaskanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaskan

Gaskan is the southernmost province in the region of Gaskanin in Ororr. The province is reliant on trade via the River Dor which is the main route of communication.

Ororr

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* Ororr
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Gorval Peninsulaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGorval Peninsula

Gorval Peninsula is a large peninsula in Gorval province in northeastern Ororr. It is roughly 250 km wide and 350 km north-south, with a rugged coastline and an interior of hills and uplands. Its traditional inhabitants are the Gobalay. The area's largest city is the port of Ororr
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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
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Harlon Universityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarlon University

Harlon University is one of the world's leading academic institutions, teaching law, medicine, humanities and natural sciences. It is based in the city of Harlon, Harthera. It is the third most prestigious academic institution in the nation after the
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Capo & Windlassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCapo & Windlass

Capo & Windlass is a publishing company based in Harlon, Harthera, noted for printing academic textbooks, military manuals, histories and literary romances, and more recently its series of popular travel guides. Its famous symbol depicts the head of a lute and a naval windlass, denoting both the name and their involvement with both high arts and commercial sciences.
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Metrosandendt (Palace)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMetrosandendt (Palace)

The Metrosandendt or Metrosandendt Palace [MET-ro-SAN-dent], often simply called the Metros or Metros Hill, is a huge government building in the heart of the Hartheran capital of Vahltor.

Vahltor

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Chouda peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChouda people

The Chouda [chow-OO-da] were an Iskean ethnic group who emerged in the Celadon Epoch following the fall of Traithe. They inhabited the Chouda Peninsula and land which is now the Junda Isles. They were the ancestors of the Junda, Chelidt and many peoples of northern Harthera.

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Cynostaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCynosta

Cynosta or Cheenosta [sin/kin/cheen-OSS-ta] is a city in Cavann province in northeastern Ororr. Like much of the province, which borders Harthera to the east, it has a significant Iskean-ethnic population. Historically it was an ancient Iskean city-state and petty kingdom under the Ororr
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Fá Cadalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFá Cadal

Fá Cadal [fah-ka-DAL], or Ivfá in the local language, is a port city in the province of Cadal, in the northwestern tip of Ororr. It is the only significant city in the province and therefore the principle centre of Ororran authority and religion. Though small and isolated, the city is an important trans-shipping port for trade between the western port cities and Ororr
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Cadálplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCadál

Cadál [ka-DAL] is the most northwesterly province of Ororr, part of the autonomous region of Moritarr. The province is contiguous with Cadál Peninsula, a body of land surrounded by water. Cape Cadál is the very northern tip of the peninsula. In practice the three names are often used interchangeably. The province is extremely isolated, notorious for piracy, poverty, and sinister religious practices.Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage
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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
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Keeyagplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKeeyag

Keeyag was an island in the Iskean Sea from c.6000-3200 BME. During the Celadon Epoch it was home to a civilisation that is mainly remembered for slavery and its brutal raids on the mainland coast.

It is now merely a sea reef between the coasts of modern Harthera and Besoa. magic
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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
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Jade Flower Templeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJade Flower Temple

The Jade Flower Temple is a Therist pandata at the city of Seqal in Ororr. It sits on the rocky promontory above the famous Eidolons of Seqal, a landmark well known to travellers and pilgrims along the River Wiyel. At night it is lit with brasiers so its green glow is visible from a great distance.greenTherist
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Eidolons of Seqalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEidolons of Seqal

The Eidolons of the Goddess, commonly called the Eidolons of Seqal, are a triptych of ancient statues carved into the rocky riverside at the city of Seqal in Ororr. The figures are a renowned symbol of the city, being the first thing seen by visitors travelling upriver to the city. green
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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…
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Eirrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEirr

Eirr [AIRR] is an island in the Vetthi Republic, 30 km east of the island of Vetth. Eirr is heavily forested, with plantations of green and virid plants used in the island's major industries: timber production and ship-building.

The island is about 26 km on its longest axis north-south. The northern third of the island is mountainous and wild, but the remaining majority of the island is rolling hills of managed plantations of both
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Battle-fanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBattle-fan

The eplek (Doroun), called a battle-fan or war fan, is a shield weapon once used by elite members of the EnSanni army in the later Imperial period.

Composition & Use

Epleks are composed of numerous strips of watered steel folded onto a central stem, which can unfurl to form a shield. The shield is mainly used to deflect blows or to protect the user from arrows. The best fans are all steel, with stops so each fan blade remains interlocked with no gaps. Inferior fans were bound with …
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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…
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Iskean Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean Sea

The Iskean Sea lies between the southern end of the Natorn Archipelago and the mainland of Anásthias, stretching as far west as the Gorval Peninsula.

Much of the sea bed is relatively shallow, and in previous epochs when sea level was lower, the sea bed was exposed as islands and land.
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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

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Ancient Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Toborr

Ancient Toborr was one of the powers of the ancient world, a city-state and maritime empire centred on the island city of Toborr. Despite losing its empire to more aggressive neighbours, Toborr survived as a self-governing entity for an incredibly long period of history, from it's foundation circa 2900 BMEBMEBME
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Cavannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCavann

Cavann [ka-VAN] is a border province of northeastern Ororr, much of it consisting of green forest and virid jungle, in the foothills of the Dun Jaen mountains. During the modern epoch parts of the coast and outlying islands were settled by Iskean peoples including Junda, leading to border disputes and naval encounters with Ororr
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Jadeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJade

Jade is a mineral rock most famous for its green colour. Historically it was mined in deposits throughout the Kalkot Gorge in modern Ororr.

Jade or jadeite rocks were particularly valued in antiquity as tools as well as for decorative purposes. The importance trade in jadeite was particularly important around the tenth millennium green
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Cape Narlornplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCape Narlorn

Cape Narlorn is a peninsula in the Narlorn province of northwestern Ororr. The terrain is rugged and rocky with thin soils, exposed to winds and storms from the Vesmien Ocean. Consequently it has little habitation.

Ororr

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Daystarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDaystar

The daystar, also called the Son, is a bright star visible in both the day and night skies of northern Helevos, depending on latitude and time of year. The star appears to hang in the night sky near the north pole, so that on the equator it is only sometimes visible, and becomes completely invisible further south.
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Lasfasepplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLasfasep

Lasfasep is a port city in Tofá province in southwestern Ororr, a strategically important city 50 km from the border with Hesjbagaaia, and important for local trade. It is famed for being the most distant Ororran city from the capital Torroramai, 3800 km.

Ororr

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United Kingdom of Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUnited Kingdom of Besoa

The United Kingdom of Besoa is a nation on the island of Besoa in the Natorn Archipelago. The kingdom was founded in 1114 ME, after a brief war of liberation from Harthera.

* Name: The United Kingdom of Besoa * Government: Commonwealth Monarchy * Capital
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Hamdreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHamdre

Hamdre [HAM-derr] is an administrative region, or cordrome, of the state of Harthera. It encompasses the entire southwest of the country, a mostly wild region of mountains and virid jungle. Civilisation proliferates along the valley of the River Nar.

Harthera

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Coralstoneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCoralstone

Coralstone is a rock-like material built up over time by from sucorolith reefs. It is chemically similar to limestone, being made from the compacted shell-like structures of virid sucoroliths.

Coralstone makes an excellent building material, since it is strong but incredibly light, being a honeycomb of strong tube-like structures. In the
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Sea of Griefplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea of Grief

Sea of Grief lies alongside the region of Moritarr in northwestern Ororr, between Cape Cadal and Cape Narlorn.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic
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Sakunutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSakunut

Sakunut ([SAK-oo-noot], also called Moromo in Doroun) is a city on the River Wiyel in central Ororr. The surrounding region is noted for its agricultural produce, particularly fruits and grains which are vital for feeding the nation's capital, Torroramai.

Ororr

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Ra and Ratérplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRa and Ratér

Ra (RAH) and Ratér (rah-TAIR) are mutually-orbiting binary planets in the Cronox System. The two are both marginal for human life but were settled many millennia ago. Rivalry and conflict between the two throughout their history laid the foundation for a series of accords for mutual co-operation, which was the foundation for the
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Sea of Windsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea of Winds

The Sea of Winds is a roughly triangular area of water off the western coast of Anrel, between the islands of Sensatard, Mûul and Mainland.

Anrel

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This is in a series of articles about the Anrel Isles, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Sea.

The area is notorious for prevailing winds from the
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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

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Thalseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalse

Thalse is a land mentioned in several mythological accounts, said to have existed in northeastern Anásthias during the Emerald and Jade Epochs. Thalse was the original homeland of the Thalsic peoples, the ancestors of most of the population of modern Anásthias.

Thalse is mentioned in the Helevosien, the mythic history of the world written in the Anásthias
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Aullerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAuller

An auller [AW-ler] is a local official in Anrel, either the chief of a village, or member of a council for a town or city. Aullers traditionally emerge by primenture, though wards in the larger cities have public ballots to elect their representative.

anrel governance
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Delgethplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDelgeth

Delgeth is an ancient fortified port city on the south coast of Besoa, gateway to the fertile farmlands upriver. Historically it was the capital of the old Kingdom of Alsan, and thereafter the second city of the Alsaneth Republic.

Besoa

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Garsundtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGarsundt

Garsundt is a cordrome or military governorate of Harthera. It is the most northerly region of the country, including the sparsely inhabited Chouda Peninsula and the more densely populated hinterland of the city of Garsun.

Harthera

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Penithelarnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPenithelarn

Penithelarn [PEN-ee-THEL-ahn] is a major port city in western Ororr, chief trading port of the autonomous region of Moritarr. It is located on the estuary of the River Nurallons, where it flows into the Sea of Grief. It trades particularly in bulk produce like grain and other foodstuffs produced in the fertile Nurallons valley.Ororr
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Mount Oracilplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Oracil

Mount Oracil is a volcanic mountain in the southern reach of the Laharkin Range, in eastern Narette in the Anrel Isles.

It is considerably smaller than the neighbouring Mount Arent, but more active, with occasional smoke from its peak and earth tremors. A minor eruption and earthquake in 678
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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
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Umber Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUmber Sea

The Umber Sea is a large bay off the southwest coast of Ororr, lying between the Meral Peninsular to the north, and Veedor Point to the south, a distance of some 1730 km. The sea is relatively warm and shallow, with either very quiet seas which becalm passing ships, or violent tropical storms which whirl in from the
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Lake Tioplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Tio

Lake Tio [TEEE-yoh] is a large body of freshwater in Tekon province in Ororr. It is 178 km in length, and forms a flooded section of the Blue Wiyel river.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr
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The Crimson Progressplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Crimson Progress

The Crimson Progress is a manual of war written in the 6th century ME. It is a collection of essays and treatises on army training and manoeuvres, and essential tactics.

literature occident
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Siltorn Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Republic

The Siltorn Republic was a longstanding historic nation state in the uplands of northwestern Anásthias, enduring from its foundation in 2380 BME to it's absorption into the Mother State of Ororr in 96 ME.

Empire of Dor-en-Sann

This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the MEMEOrorr
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Saneinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSanein

Sanein is the capital city of Cavann province of northeastern Ororr. In ancient times it was the most easterly city of the Gaal Empire, and an important trade hub with the eastern provinces.

Ororr

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OrorrOrorr
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Pinyedtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPinyedt

Pinyedt is a large, wild region or cordrome of western Harthera. It is remote and isolated, with impassables mountain and virid jungles to the west, the only habitable regions being around the eastern shores of the virid-infested Lake Prioythan.

Harthera

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Seaharplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeahar

A seahar, also called a viridmist or sporfog, is a sea fog with large water droplets containing the spores of virid microorganisms. When inhaled these virid spores can cause a number of illnesses, from a cough, rash, fever and delirium, to fatal acute pneumoniosis.virid
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Perilthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerilth

Perilth (Besoaad), or Beridt (Hartraan), is a port city in Besoa, once renowned as the wealthiest city in the Natorn Archipelago. In former times it was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Sann'al, known as The Silver City both for its wealth, for the blue and silver banners of the Sann'alese kings, and for the sparkling waters of its many fountains.HartheranHartheranHartheran
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Rett Bayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRett Bay

Rett Bay, also called Peritt Bay, is a gulf in eastern Harthera between the Perudd peninsula and the province of Retthen. Much of the bay's coast is low-lying, consisting of long sandy beaches, mud flats and salt marshes, subject to inundation by storm tides. Consequently much of the region is sparsely populated, though it was settled by migrant
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Déorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDéor

Déor [DAY-or] is a prosperous city on the River Nurallons in western Ororr, capital of the region of Moritarr. It was the first major city to be conquered by the Mother Army in 33 ME and formed the first capital of the new church and state, hence the region sometimes being known as Ororr
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River Kethelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Kethel

The Kethel is a river in the Anrel Isles. It flows from the central plains, through the Mathé Marshes to the sea.

Anrel

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In previous epochs the Kathel Valley was some of the richest farmland in the isles, home to many towns and cities. In the
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Strait of Armetsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStrait of Armets

The Strait of Armets or Armess, is a sea channel in the Anrel Isles, between the northerly island of Sensatard and the coast of Trésard. It is an economically important shipping link between the two capital cities of Traste and Por Muel. The strait is approximately 80 km in length and 5 km across at its narrowest point, though this narrows dramatically during
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Tradescriptplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTradescript

Tradescript is a writing system originally developed by the Doroun traders of the River Wiyel, used for drawing up trade deals and simple contracts. It is an ideographic script, with a limited set of symbols for trade goods, numbers, dates and practical concepts. language
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Belikast's Follyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBelikast's Folly

Belikast's Folly, also called Belikast's Tower or, more commonly, the Old Lighthouse, is the ruins of a tower on the northwest coast of the island of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles.

Buildings

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It was built around the turn of the first century
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Sereouplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSereou

Sereou is the drier, more temperate southern region of Otekahré.

Otekahré

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otekahre regions
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Manthi Leagueplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManthi League

The Manthi League is a loose alliance and cultural association of mainly Manthi-ethnic nations in Munatan. In particular it is an alliance of nations who once formed parts of the Eijult Empire, in opposition to the former Ennseperan Empire.

Munatan

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Sea silkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea silk

Sea silk is a fine, opalescent fabric produced by the virid bisiavir clam. These grow in clear tropical waters and can grow to a large size.

Clothing

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They excrete fine filaments which anchor it to rocks. Bisiavir clams require a certain depth of clean water and a firm bedrock to thrive, making cultivation of them difficult.
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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
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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.
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Mecalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMecal

Mecal is one of the Godmen in the mythology of Anrel. He had a genius with metalworking and fabrication, creating fabulous devices and artifacts. In his most famous legend he created one of the four Beasts of the Apocalypse, the Black Wyrm.

Godmen

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Issid languagesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssid languages

Issid languages originated in the Issid Block States of what is now northern Ororr, and now include most of the modern languages of northern and central Ororr including Doroun, Seqaal, Gobalay, Cavannese and Vetthi.

Language

language

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In the written language, it places more emphasis on consonants than vowels, seeing consonants as the scaffolding of the languagelanguage
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Merelqplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMerelq

Merelq is a city in the Trenya region of southwestern Trésard, in the Anrel Isles. It is an important market hub for the abundant agriculture of Trenya, and is also its political capital, being home to the Margrave of Trenya.

Anrel

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Gallivatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGallivat

Gallivats are relatively small ships used around the coast of Ororr, for coastal defence and transportation. They have both sails and oars, usually with three sails. Gallivats are an evolution of common small fishing vessels.

Technology

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Pesajoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPesajo

Pesajo [pes-SAH-jo, the final o in Besoaad is nasal] is the sense of homesickness, displacement, nostalgia and longing felt by Besoan exiles, most acutely during the Hartheran occupation of the island of Besoa. It is an important concept in contemporary Besoaad culture, found particularly in music in poetry as well as other arts.
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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…
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Caravelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCaravel

The caravel is sailing vessel seen throughout the Civilised World, the backbone of trade particularly in the Natorn Archipelago and by small traders around the coast of Anásthias.

Technology

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Malacea Wormplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMalacea Worm

The malacea worm is a green invertebrate which feeds on decaying plant material. It exudes a fibre-rich milk which is used to create greensilk.

Fauna

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green fauna
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Priests-militantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPriests-militant

Priests-militants (Doroun ondobowiz [ON-doh-bweez], war-priest) are the rank and file priesthood of Ororr's theocratic government, the Mother Church. Anyone wanting a career in any branch of the church is trained as a priest-militant, an education which is equal parts theology, governance and military training. They then go on to specialise in one of the arms of the church, joining one of many career paths in government, civic administration, military, or pastoral care.
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Dirroumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDirroum

The dirroum was the historic currency unit of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. Various attempts were made to reform or rename the currency, but the name has remained due to practicality.

Money

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Binding (disambiguation)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBinding (disambiguation)

In thaumaturgy, binding can refer either to:

* Vinculum, the bond of authority between an elemental and a thaumaturge which makes the elemental carry out instructions, or * Ligation the thaumaturgical discipline of physically binding an elemental to a solid object, in order create a magical device or
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River Déluwplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Déluw

The Déluw [DEL-oow] is the longest river in Harthera, flowing from its source in the Dun Jaen mountains to the west, through southern Harthera to the Gulf of Narill in the east.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government:
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Clan Warsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigClan Wars

The Clan Wars is a period in Anrel history lasting from approximately 3000 to 2500 BME. Following the collapse of the old urban society of Anrasard during the Celadon Epoch, perhaps eighty percent of the population died in flooding and famine. Old social structures entirely collapsed, and the refugees fled inland and formed clan groups, which fought each other for control of vital resources. Many of the clans were initially nomadic, but others developed settlements, many of which were…
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Junda Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Sea

Junda Sea is a part of the Iskean Sea, lying between the Junda Isles and the northeastern coast of Harthera. It is notorious for its hot humid equatorial climate, and frequent clouds, rain and storms.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of
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Mayápo Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMayápo Language

Mayápo or Mayápon [may-YAPP-poe] was the formal language of the ancient realm of Miyarris, spoken for several thousand years in the Celadon Epoch and after.

Language

language

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Though it been extinct as a spoken language for almost two thousand years, it continued to be used throughout the Eloyounlanguagelanguagelanguagegreengreengreengreengreen
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Umber Sea Fleetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUmber Sea Fleet

The Umber Sea Fleet is the division of the navy of Hesjbagaaia, which protects the coastline of the Umber Sea and its vital trade links.

Military

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Dromeismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDromeism

Dromeism is a system of thought originating in Munatan during the Beryl Epoch, around 2000 BME. It encompasses all aspects of thought, from the fundamental nature of reality and the natural sciences, to principles of ethical behaviour and political responsibility. In its ideas about the fundamental nature of the universe, it shares some concepts with the Miyarrain philosophy of the
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Onutasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOnutas

Trers Onutas is renowned as one of the greatest composers of late Ensanni classical music, particularly noted for his operas, such as “The Tears of Lilire” and “Gelle”.

Culture

This is a category of articles on Arts, Music, Literature & Culture.

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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
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Es Terinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEs Terin

Es Terin is a city in Kahtoyn, about 100 km south of the Hartheran frontier. It is the the most northerly city in Kahtoyn, and nominally a trade outpost for Hartheran merchants. The Hartheran military have made numerous attempts to conquer and annex the city, usually finding the locals uncomprehending and non-compliant, or the town's population simply vanishes overnight.
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Twelve Pathsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTwelve Paths

The Twelve Paths is the religion and philosophy of the nation of Go-ám-gam in Munatan.

Belief

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All of the paths are a system for achieving self-control, enlightenment, knowledge, and balance with the spirits of the land and ancestors. Each path has a different emphasis on what is most important, with differing regimes prayer, meditation, study or physical practices. Different communities and even families are devoted …
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Virid sicknessplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid sickness

Virid sickness is a general term for various kinds of poisoning caused by consuming virid plant or animal life. Virid sickness is particularly found amongst traditional peoples who consume virid-based foods due to lack of green plant life, notably in southwestern viridviridviridviridvirid
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Imperial Academy of Artsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImperial Academy of Arts

The Imperial Academy of Arts was the most respected institution of arts and learning in the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann, in the imperial capital of Gaalkedch

Organisations & Institutions

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institutions dor-en-sann
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The Corantoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Coranto

The Coranto is an anti-establishment newsletter available particularly in port cities. Its stories typically reveal scandals about governments and government officials, as well as news otherwise not covered by other publications. It particularly targets the
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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
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Galepplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGalep

Galep is a salty condiment powder used in Thalsic cuisine, particularly in Harthera.

Food and Drink

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It mainly consists of dried fish or greenfry, ground to a powder with salt. Some recipes also add herbs and spices. It is used as a seasoning in soups and stews, particularly in the traditional
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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
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Tidaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTida

Tida [TEE-da], sometimes called tida-pepper, is a spice common in Ororran cuisine and used as a condiment throughout Anásthias.

Food and Drink

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Tida is the seed kernel of the tida fern, a virid plant which flourishes in humid, shady areas. The ferns produce fruiting pods which grow tightly wound and unfurl as they mature, opening and releasing their airborne
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War of the Junda Coastplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWar of the Junda Coast

The First Ravorran War, more commonly called the War of the Junda Coast (121 ME) was the first war between the newly founded nation of Harthera, and the Baronies of Ravorr, over control of Junda settlements along the coast of Rett Bay.

Conflict

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Mingasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMingas

Tela Mingas was an eighth century historian and writer, best know for his Mythology of Ancient Anrel, and the Helias Helecarn, a compilation and retelling of ancient histories, myths and philosophy.

People

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He was born to a Trésardi merchant family in the city of
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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
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Nestaiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNestaia

Nestaia is a god of the Anrelian Pantheon, the Shield Bearer and twin brother of the goddess Minasaia. Statues, particularly old ones, often shown Nestaia and Minasaia standing back to back.

Belief

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Nestaia is invoked particularly for protection in battle, and is also the god of good order. His insignia appears in the royal coats of arms of
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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

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The “Journey” takes them form of a journal written by the Prophet
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Dragoraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDragora

The dragora is a virid tree found in swamps and coastal salt marshes. The trunks are have characteristic scales that give them a repitilian appeareance, with glossy, spiny leaves and limbs. The trunk's fleshy inner core holds a reserve of water and nutrients, enabling them to survive both during droughts or low
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Arms of Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArms of Foratuna

The Arms of Foratuna are the priesthood of the Mother Church of Ororr, based at the holy citadel of Foratuna. Typically this means the Meisinn and Messek, the supreme spiritual arms of the church said to be in direct communication with the Mother. They do not play an active role in governance, but their opinion on spiritual matters is decisive and they effectively have the ability to veto any policy considered OrorrOrorr
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Sekalkotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSekalkot

Sekaltot [se-KAL-tot] is a province in central Ororr in the central region of Dunasanin. Its capital city is Seqot.

Ororr

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic
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Lake Trazamskeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Trazamske

Lake Trazámske [tra-ZAM-skay] is a very long, cold freshwater lake in the highlands of eastern Ororr. The lake lies at an elevation of 2200m, and is 220 km long from end to end. The lake is a flooded glacial river family, blocked at its lower end by the rocky detritus ploughed up by an enormous ancient glacier. The lake is formed of three lobes, separated by relatively narrow channels a few kilometres wide.Ororr
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Firewineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFirewine

Firewine (Othei tejhomedu) is a potent honey wine with mildly narcotic effects, distilled from the honey of Ororran fire ants. It was traditionally made by the Othei people as their most valued trade good, traded to Seqal and the Issid cities of the River Wiyel, where it was consumed in temple rituals.
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Sea mushroomplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea mushroom

Sea mushrooms are virid marine creatures with a mushroom-like shape. Most of them are toxic, but are harvested and fermented for human consumption.

Fauna

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virid fauna food
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Three Holy Citiesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThree Holy Cities

The Three Holy Cities are three cities in Ororr: Toborr, Remel and Seqal. They were three major cities of the ancient Empire of Dor-en-Sann, personally conquered by the Prophet Therion by use of holy miracles, or the magic of the Mother Goddess. Today the cities are visited by thousands of pilgrims taking part in the Ororr
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The National Pandata, also called the Golden Tree Pandata or the “Gold Lilly Pandata” is one of the most important religious buildings in the city of Torroramai, capital city of Ororr. It was constructed in the 5th century, and is one of the largest religous buildings in the world.OrorrOrorr
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Jorothiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJorothi

The Jorothi are a Thalsic ethnic group native to northwestern Anásthias. The ancestors of the Jorothi spread westward along the coast of modern Ororr in the 10th century BME during the Jade Epoch. A second wave followed the fall of the Issid Block States in the 7th century BME.

Ethnicity

ethnicity

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Polmaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPolma

The polma is a traditional Thalsic garment made from a single length of cloth, which today is particularly associated with the Shouft, the Great Pilgrimage of the Therist religion. Polma's are traditionally made of linen, but can be made of wool or other fabrics.
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Auroxplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAurox

The aurox is a semi-domesticated herd mammal native to the tropical grasslands of Anásthias, where they are essential to the livelihood of nomadic tribesmen in the Othei Plains of western Ororr and the grasslands of Otekahré.

Fauna

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Aurox are very large quadrupeds with short glossy yellow-brown fur and sharp forward-thrusting horns, mounted on a large head with powerful shoulders. Herds have a dominant matriarch and a number of dominant…
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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
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Tushalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTushal

Tushal is a province in the Moritarr region of western Ororr. It is dry and sparsely populated, with a largely Jorothi-ethnic population. The city of Tush is the only significant settlement.

Ororr

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The Faithless Vultureplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Faithless Vulture

The Faithless Vulture, subtitled “A comedy of tragic ends”, is an opera written by the last Ensanni Emperor, Ollilontan. It is his longest and most controversial work, a thinly veiled parody of the rise of Therion, the Great Prophet of the Therist religion. To modern TheristHartheraTherionMETherist
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Vainglorious Revolutionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVainglorious Revolution

The Vainglorious Revolution of 571 ME was a military coup which overthrew the Hartheran Commonwealth. It ended the effective oligarchy of the kingship and the old Saloyan aristocracy, with the intent of putting power into the hands of the common people. In practice this meant the wealthy merchant classes, and the military domination of the
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Heronbaht Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeronbaht Language

Heronbaht, also called Tekeheron, is the historic language of the Principality of Antyok and the former Kingdom of Heronbar.

Language

language

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Heronbaht was once thought to be a language isolate, unrelated to the two major languages families in the region, Asokway and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage
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Nashandtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNashandt

Nashandt is a major province of north central Harthera. It is roughly contiguous with the old nation of Saloya, with its capital being the city of Pishan.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy
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Ravorran Warsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRavorran Wars

The Ravorran Wars were a series of conflicts and wars of aggression between the Union of Harthera and the Baronies of Ravorr.

Conflict

This is in a series of articles on Wars, Battles and Conflicts. Date ME Conflict 241 First Ravorran War, the Short War 248-249 Second Ravorran War 283-289
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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

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Leimooplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLeimoo

Leimoo [LEH-ee-moo] is a major city on the River Sourayn in Kahtoyn. It is a market hub for local agriculture and manufacturing, noted for its fine pottery and textiles.

Otekahré

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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
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Puottiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPuotti

Puotti [poo-UH-tee] is a dish made from fine doughberry flour, mixed with water and stretched until it becomes elastic and almost rubbery. Puotti is a staple of Jorothi cuisine, eaten particularly in the arid parts of central and western Ororr, where it is not only eaten as a starch, but used as a utensil to pick up roast meat in particular from a communal plate.
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Gerod of Ben Akirplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGerod of Ben Akir

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.
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Hartheran cuisineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran cuisine

The cuisine of Harthera is similar to Thalsic cuisine, but replaces many coastal ingredients such a greenfish and seagreens with arable crops like coles and meat from livestock. Hartheran cuisine is diverse with different regions having many different specialities.

Food and Drink

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Dolphinsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDolphins

Dolphins are aquatic mammals found in rivers and coasts throughout the Civilised World.

Fauna

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Dolphins are rare in comparison with whales, due to hunting for meat by islanders in the Natorn Archipelago and along the equatorial and tropical coasts of Anásthias
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Pruncoty Brandyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPruncoty Brandy

Pruncotiésh [proon-KOT-ee-yesh], or Pruncoty Brandy, is a spirit made from a secret mixture of fresh and dried vine fruits and flavourings on the island of Pruncoty, in The Spines. Pruncotiesh is made in small batches and highly prized, once enjoyed exclusively by the royal houses of
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King Daacquen Terayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Daacquen Teray

King Daacquen Teray (b.1071 ME) is the current king of the Hexactic Kingdom of Trésard.

People

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stubs anrel tresard living people men
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Sand liceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSand lice

Sand lice are small virid arthropoids commonly found in aid and dusty areas. Growing up to finger length their strong mandibles can inflict a painful bite, and can be dangerous in large numbers when their nest is threatened.

Fauna

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Iskean Languagesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean Languages

Iskean is a branch of the Thalsic language family encompassing many tongues of northern and northeastern Anásthias, particularly Junda, Besoaad, and modern Hartraan. Ancient Gaal was also an Iskean language.

Language

language

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It is notable that the words Gaal, Dal (as in
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Silkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSilk

Silk is a fine, light, opalescent fabric which can be made from several different source materials.

Clothing

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Greensilk

Greensilk is made from the milk of the malacea worm, a creature which feeds on lichens and virid fungus. Greensilk is the finest of the silks, being soft, shiny, takes vibrant dyes, yet also extremely strong and resistant to wear.virid
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Blood saltplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBlood salt

Blood salt is a mineral found in the mountains of Li-Vam-Aur and other parts of the Dun Trisan mountains, widely used in cooking. In folklore veins of rock salt are said to be the dried blood of ancient monsters that fell from the heavens and were buried deep in the earth.
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Virid tabooplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid taboo

Virid taboo is a social prohibition against foodstuffs or any kind of products derived from virid plants and animals.

Belief

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Historically this was a natural survival strategy, since virid material is often toxic, and contains insufficient nutrients to sustain human life and health.viridviridVirid
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Seagreensplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeagreens

Seagreens is a culinary term referring to a variety of marine green plants, harvested for their edible leaves, roots and fruiting bodies.

Food and Drink

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Seagreens are a rich source of nutrients and amino acids necessary for
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Ameliplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmeli

The ameli [ah-MELL-ee] is a spiny green plant with long thin yellow-green leaves, found in open temperate plains and grasslands. They bear small berries, usually black or very dark red. They can be poisonous is eaten, but a decoction of them is used to heighten senses, and also increases adrenalin production. Ameli is therefore an important medicinal
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Tsaarmoditesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTsaarmodites

The Tsaarmodites were a religious sect who once lived in the Mangasor desert during the time of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.

Belief

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They followed an animist philosophy called Tsaarmody, a descendant of traditional Thalsic animism. In particular they believed that certain rocks and rock formations contained an essential spiritual essence. These natural formations were representative of the spirit world beyond our own w…
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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
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Jo-van-koplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJo-van-ko

Jo-van-ko is the central inhabited region of Li-Vam-Aur in the mountainous uplands of the Dun Trisan.

Munatan

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munatan
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Liníkaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLiníka

Liníka is a little-known language of the ancient Godmen. It is mentioned in only a handful of ancient sources and no texts survive. Many words in Ahngrit and Atantic are said to have had roots in Liníka, particularly technical, scientific and magical terms. Modern terms such as
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Godsboardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodsboard

Godsboard is a gambling dice game, popular in taverns, wine shops and gaming houses in Anrel and throughout the Natorn Archipelago.

Sports

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Game Board

The game is typically played with six-sided dice, on a god-board, a circle divided into eight equal divisions. Each division is assigned to one of the eight principal
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Cornelenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCornelen

Cornelen [cor-NEL-len] is a major deity in the Anrelian Pantheon, goddess of the harvest, the green lands and “all the good fruits of nature”. She represents the cycle of birth, life and death, so she is also the reaper of a good death at the end of life.

She is worshipped in rural seasonal festivals, and invoked in village communities for blessings, marriages, and fertility rites. Cornelen is an ancient natural
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Seqotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqot

Seqot is a city in Sekalkot province the Dunasanin autonomous region of central Ororr. The city lies in a curve of the River Wiyel called the Seqotri Bend, 100 km southeast of the city of Seqal. It sits on alluvial plains and is surrounded by farmland, irrigated by canals and traditionally an important source of agricultural produce for the region. The city is connected to the Ororr
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Kalkot Gorgeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKalkot Gorge

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.
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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
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Dowaitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDowait

Dowait [doe-WAIT] is a low mesa in the Mangasor desert, renowned as a site of prehistoric mystic significance.

Ororr

This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr.

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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government:
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Whackplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWhack

Whack is a street drug found particularly in port cities in Harthera such as Harlon and Narillin. It is sold in powdered form and either snorted or smoked. Nutjuice is its liquid form, a cheaper variant which can be quickly drunk. Both forms are preparations of pure HartheraHarthera
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Greenwingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreenwing

Greenwing, known as vunndalt [voon-dalt] in Anásthias from the Daltirich name, is a virid climbing plant valued for its medicinal purposes. It is native to warm virid jungles and even some green forests, growing on dead greenwood or climbing rocky outcrops. It is relatively rare, found in upland and mountainous regions.green
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Bisiavir clamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBisiavir clam

The bisiavir clam is a virid mollusc filter-feeder with a soft shell, found particularly in shallow tropical coastal shelves in northern Anásthias.

Fauna

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The clams are harvested for sea silk, a thin tough flexible fibre excreted by the creatures to secure themselves to rocks.
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The Just Realmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Just Realm

The Just Realm is a philosophical and political work written by the Prophet Therion. It outlines a moral and judicial framework for a fair and equitable nation state, with principles of rule of law, equity, and the importance of balancing strong national government with local accountability.
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Fane of all Facesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFane of all Faces

The Fane of all Faces was a large church-temple building in the heart of the city of Galkesh, capital of the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann. The fane was central to the imperial religion, which embraced all gods and deities as a single family, who were in turn all aspects of a single divine super-entity called the
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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
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Global Climate Cycleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGlobal Climate Cycle

The Moonscale in fact accurately predicts the motion of the world and surrounding planets, which causes a succession of Glacials (Ice Ages) and Interglacials, which increase and decrease in intensity. These fluctuations are caused by the predictable flucuations of the planet’s axial tilt and other orbital factors. At various tipping points, decades of harsh winters allows buildup of both land and sea ice at the poles. Reduction in sea level alters sea currents, further a…
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Mangasorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMangasor

Mangasor, [mang-GAS-orr, maŋga'sɔ̝ːɾ)] (arch. Mangasuor) also called the Mangasor Desert, is a Special Autonomous Region in central Ororr. It is a mainly arid region with no permanent surface water, a landscape of rocky plains, dusty dunes and dry lake beds. At the heart of the desert is the holy site of
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Chouda Peninsulaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChouda Peninsula

The Chouda Peninsula is the most northerly region of mainland Harthera, roughly contiguous with the the province of Garsundt.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy
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Temple of the God-Mountainplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTemple of the God-Mountain

The Temple of the God-Mountain is a religious site and oracle on a hill east of Mount Karmoque, overlooking a volcanic lake and the mountain. The shrine is the most important site on the island for the native Kokway, who worship the mountain as a god. The voice of the shrine is said to be the voice of the God-Mountain itself.
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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
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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
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Elliole Academyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElliole Academy

Elliole Academy [ELL-ee-ohl] is the foremost institution of education in the Kingdom of Narette. It is situated in grand buildings set in gardens, in the capital city of Heth Ania.

Organisations & Institutions

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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
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Dromondplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDromond

Dromonds are heavy war galleys, principally used for by the Ororran military for coastal defence. They were the pre-eminent warships of earlier times, but today are considered unwieldly and archaic.

Dromonds have small sails but are primarily powered by oarsmen. As such they can be fast and manoeuvrable, and can be armed both with formidable
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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
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Ambertypeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmbertype

Ambertype is a photographic method, one of the first modern technologies able to capture realistic images of the real world without magical means.

Ambertype was developed from the ambertype printing process. Photosensitive chemicals are laid on a sheet of
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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
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Doroun languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun language

Doroun [doh-ROON, dɒ'ruːn] is the common language of Ororr, the principle language of law, trade, government and the Mother Church.

Language

language

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Doroun is spoken as a first language in the regions of Dunasanin and Gaskanin, and as a second language in other regions. It developed from the languagelanguagelanguageOrorrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage…
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Chaterna Teabushplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChaterna Teabush

Chaterna or teabush is a green flowering plant with glossy leaves. The leaves are cultivated to make green tea, drunk throughout the civlised world. Other varieties are grown for their beautiful flowers, and teabushes are a popular feature of gardens.
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Basilica of Holy Hartplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBasilica of Holy Hart

The Basilica of Holy Hart in the city of Vahltor is the holiest building in the Church of Hartrah, an important site for all national rituals and celebrations. It also contains thousands of memorials and remains of important national figures and the scions of wealthy families.
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Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage
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La-Err-Rûmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLa-Err-Rûm

La-Err-Rûm is a nation and ethnolinguistic region in the Dun Jaen mountains, consisting of numerous isolated tribal settlements, villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and viridvirid
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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…
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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
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Melejplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMelej

Melej [MEL-ej, mel-ESJ] is a major city on the River Sargil in the jungles of Gyeiladde province in southwestern Ororr. It was constructed in the 6th century ME as a colonial outpost of the Kingdom of Deltirot, and later became a stronghold of the United Duchies of Vildon during its period of independence from Deltirot.Ororr
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Hexact Doctrineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHexact Doctrine

The Hexact Doctrine is a philosophy of government developed in Anrel in the early 3rd century ME, with the aim of creating governments that benefited the health, wealth and wellbeing of its citizens. It is the model for many governments throughout the MEAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrel
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Green teaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen tea

Green tea is a hot infusion made from tea leaves from a wide range of plants of the Green Kingdom. Chaterna leaves are often the base, but various other herbs and flavourings are added. Different blends are drunk around the world, with green tea being particularly popular in the
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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
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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
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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
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Episcinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEpiscin

Episcin [EP-is-sin] is a mainly ruined settlement on the east coast of Anrel, on what is now the border between Tresard and Narette. In the 1st century ME it became a retreat for wealthy nobles as well as scholars from the city of Rasia, who wished a private retreat far from the austerity and observance of the
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Queen Shoyvahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigQueen Shoyvah

Queen Shoyvah (427-498 ME) was a Hartheran queen-regnant during the Hartheran Commonwealth period. She was the youngest daughter of King Cliran II and sister of his successor King Cliran III. Her reign was seen as a time of peace and prosperity, and began the true flowering of arts and culture for which the Commonwealth is know known. She is known by the epithet The Mother, since unlike her
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Benakrian Cantoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBenakrian Canto

Benakrian Canto, or simply Canto, is a magical style using patterns of vocal chanting, rhyme and rhythm. These methods make chants easier to remember and recite, with the rhyme and metre helping to ensure that parts of the chant aren't missed or mispronounced. It was named after the city of Ben Akir, contiguous with modern
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Chelkamanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChelkaman

Chelkaman [chel-KAM-an], also called Jo-kaman is a port city in northeastern Harthera, in Keaman Bay. It is considered a fair-weather port, closed during the storm tide season. Historically Chelkaman was the eastermost of the Chelidd States, later conquered by the Junda.

Harthera

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Keaman Bayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKeaman Bay

Keaman Bay is semi-circular gulf in the Iskean Sea, in Harthera. Its principle port is the city of Chelkaman.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation
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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
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Doroun peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun people

The Doroun people today refers to the inhabitants of central Ororr, who speak Doroun as their first language. The Doroun people today are a panethnicity, composed of many historic ethnic groups united by a common language and the religion of the Mother Church. The Doroun heartland is the region of language
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Sopeqplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSopeq

Sopeq is a prosperous city on the River Wiyel in Ororr, about 100 km north of Seqal. Sopeq was founded as one of the northernmost colonies of the Kingdom of Seqal, but has long eclipsed its ancient progenitor. Though Sopeq is much larger, for historic reasons Seqal remains the official capital of the province. In the Ororr
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Neuromancyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNeuromancy

Neuromancy is the thaumaturgical discipline involving electromagnetic manipulation of structures within the human brain. It is now both a lost art and a forbidden art, considered to be malefaction.

Magic

magic

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Historically it was the highest art of the
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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
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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 …
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The Namelessplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Nameless

The Nameless, or the Nameless One, is a supernatural being in the Anrelian Pantheon the personification of chaos and destruction, in opposition to the forces of nature.

The Nameless is therefore opposite to The One, who represents both creation and the natural cycle of birth, life and death. The Nameless is considered to be a malign and corrupting force that sows chaos and breaks the natural cycles of the world. He is therefore associated with war, destruction, plague, famine and …
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River Nurallonsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Nurallons

The Nurallons, (also called the Narl), is the principle river of the Moritarr autonomous region of northwestern Ororr. Its valley drains the western watershed of the Siltorn Hills, flowing westwards through Narlorn province into the Sea of Grief. The city of Penithelarn is the principle port at the river mouth.Ororr
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Doughberryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoughberry

Doughberry is a green cereal plant cultivated for its seeds, which grow in clusters of spherical grains about 8mm in diameter. Freshly picked doughberries can be eaten raw, but more commonly are dried in the sun and rehydrated in hot water as a nutritious accompaniment to meals, where they have a soft, slightly chewy texture.Ororr
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Rouvawhi peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRouvawhi people

The Rouvawhi people [roo-VAH-wee], also called Ravorrans are an ethno-linguistic group in central Harthera.

Ethnicity

ethnicity

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The Rouvawhi are a mainly Eloyoun people. In history their language and culture was strongly influence by languageHartheralanguageHartheraHarthera
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Thalsic musicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic music

Thalsic music is the musical traditions of the Thalsic peoples, the predominant human population of the northern and eastern Civilised World. Thalsic music has many styles, but common factors included use of polyphony and diatonic scales. Classic Thalsic music is played on a combination of stringed and wind instruments, with percussion made from shells and shallow skin drums.
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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 …
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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
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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
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Gnatfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGnatfish

Gnatfish are small virid fish particularly found in warm tropical waters. They have a bony exoskeleton and are predatory, hunting in packs. They are able to feed on blood, often swarming around larger animals and embedding themselves into the flesh. They are fast swimmers, capable of launching themselves out of the water to escape enemies.
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Dunasaninplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDunasanin

Dunasanin [doo-nah-SAH-neen] is one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr. It is the central and most heavily populated region. Geographically it encompasses the enormous drainage basin of the River Wiyel, from the deserts of Sekalkot in the south, the Siltorn Hills in the west, down to the sea at OrorrOrorr
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Ancient Remelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Remel

Ancient Remel was one of the great powers of the ancient world. The city-state grew rich from controlling trade on River Wiyel, fed by fertile riverlands of the Triminot valley. The city's rich culture, complex religion and multiplicity of gods was a significant influence on the later BME
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Lake Niqarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Niqar

Lake Niqar is a lake in southern central Ororr. Its waters are shallow and marshy with shifting mud flats rich with virid life, making it a treacherous hazard to boats. Historically its maze of mud banks made it a barrier, and it still marks the boundary between the Ororr
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Siege of Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiege of Toborr

The ancient port city of Toborr was laid siege to many times throughout its history, but the Siege of Toborr generally refers to the only successful siege and conquest of the city, led by the Great Prophet Therion.

History

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Siltorn Hillsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Hills

The Siltorn Hills, or Siltorn Mountains, are a range of uplands in northwestern Ororr. The highest peaks lie to the west of Siltorn and the central inhabited area surrounding Lake Initerer, but the hills are often considered to be a crescent of uplands which surround this region.Ororr
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Kokwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKokway

The Kokway are an Iskean people native to the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. They are a tribe of the wide Asokway ethnic group, found throughout the archipelago.

Ethnicity

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The Kokway were once nomadic pastoral people who moved around the island. Settlers from the
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House of Ehuthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Ehuth

The House of Ehuth [eh-HOOTH] is a royal and political dynasty which has ruled the Kingdom of Narette for the past three centuries. Narette is not officially a hereditary monarchy, but the Ehuths have effectively held control of the monarchy throughout this period by controlling all the electors who select the next ruler.
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Othei Plainsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOthei Plains

The Othei Plains [oth-AY-ee] (also Outhai Plains) is a wide region of green grassland with patches of virid scrubland lying between the Blue Wiyel and the southern Siltorn Hills. The region is named for the nomadic Othei people who were and remain the principle inhabitants of the region.Ororr
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Hartheran Naval Academyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran Naval Academy

The Hartheran Naval Academy is the principle officer training academy for the Hartheran Navy, based in the city of Harlon.

Organisations & Institutions

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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
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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.
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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.

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Oracle of Rieveplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOracle of Rieve

The Oracle of Rieve, also called the Chresimoy Oracle, is a mystic religious and archeological site on a hill about the town of Rieve, capital and principle port of the island of Manok.

The site of the shrine is a semi-circle of ancient grey stones, half buried in the hillside and half open to the sky. Like other oracles there is a central well, covered in a carved pergola of precious greenwood believed to be from
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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
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Hemanusplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHemanus

Hemanus was a fabled city said to have existed during the age of the Godmen, perhaps in the 12th millennium BME. It was part of the Realm of the Godmen, though on a large island far west of Anrasard, contiguous with modern small island of Manok.

Godmen

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Vetthi Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Church

The Vetthi Church, also called the Mother Church of Vetth, is a denomination of the Therist Mother Church of Ororr.

Belief

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The Vetthi Church is doctrinally very similar to mainstream Therism, but uses the Vetthi language. It also focuses more on collective worship in church temples. Ororr
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Cheemunplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCheemun

Cheemun is a bitter-sweet alcoholic drink produced in Cavann province in Ororr. It is made with a secret blend of herbs and virid plant roots, giving a slightly fiery bitter flavour. Its virid chemistry is said to give the drink extra euphoric effects. It is particularly associated with the drinking and dancing culture of the city of
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Queen Illieten of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigQueen Illieten of Narette

Illieten of Narette (1081 ME-) is Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Narette and Queen Consort of the United Kingdom of Besoa, by marriage to her husband, King Ralam of Besoa.

People

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Biography

She was born in the city of Heth Ania, daughter to Ehamet IX of Narette and his first wife Alsia. On the death of herherherherherherher
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Saloyan peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaloyan people

The Saloyan people, also called the Saloya, are or were an Eloyoun ethnic group originating in the uplands of northwestern modern Harthera.

Ethnicity

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Academy Schoolsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAcademy Schools

Academy schools, not to be confused with the Schools of Thought, were elite educational establishments for children found throughout Anrel. They taught a curriculum approved by the Rasian Academy, consisting of the Three Pillars: Grammar (including reading, languages and literature), Logic (including mathematics, reasoning and critical thought) and Holistics (including natural sciences, human behaviour and biology, anatomy, history and governance).
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Pirrinistsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPirrinists

Pirrinists are a political faction in the Kingdom of Narette. Originally they were a coterie of young nobles, friends and allies of Prince Pirrin, later King of Narette. After the deposition and death of Pirrin, they remain a dangerous political force of nobles and wealthy merchants who oppose the policies of
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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
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Ghost shipplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGhost ship

Ghost ships (teergavves [TEE-err-gah-vez in Vetthi]) is a seamen's term for trading vessels of the Vetthi Merchant Fleet. Vetthi ships are grey in colour and relatively low profile in the water, making them difficult to spot at sea, so they seem to slip into port like ghosts.
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Vetthi Merchant Fleetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Merchant Fleet

The Vetthi Merchant Fleet of the Vetthi Merchant Company is the most prestigious merchant navy in the world, with trade concessions and trading rights in virtually every port throughout the Civilised World. Its influence, wealth and prestige is the pride of the
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King Ralam of Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Ralam of Besoa

Ralam Kenor Berill (1075- ME) is the first king of the newly forged United Kingdom of Besoa, declared in 1115 ME after a combined patriot exile force reclaimd the island from Hartheran occupation. For most of his life he was Crown Prince of the Sann'ali court-in-exile.

People

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Miyarrain Patrician Godsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarrain Patrician Gods

The people of Miyarris were pragmatic in terms of religion, and worshipped Patrician Gods, also called Guardian Spirits. These were powerful deitals or demi-gods, charged with protecting the lands of Miyarris from storms and sneak attacks by enemies.

Belief

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Aubracplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAubrac

The aubrac is a domesticated horned mammal kept for milk and meat throughout the civilised world.

Fauna

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The aubrac is the result of hundreds of years of breeding from the semi-wild aurox, but aubracs generally have smaller horns, are less massive, and far less aggressive. Many breeds of aubrac exist and they are kept throughout the civilised world
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Chelgrigenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChelgrigen

Chelgrigen is an important port and capital city of the cordrome of Perudd in northeastern Harthera. It is the third most important port of the Hartheran Navy.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy
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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
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Kourvayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKourvay

The Kourvay is a philosophy of healthy eating, movement and exercise practised by the Mother Church of Ororr.

Therism

therism

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It is based on a pre-Therionic tradition that was adopted and widened in the light of the Prophet’s encouragement of personal discipline, health and fitness amongst his followers.  The system classifies foods into four categories, se…
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Thaumaturgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumaturgy

Thaumaturgy Is a style of magic, codified and practiced by the Rasian Academy. Thaumaturgy and magic are terms often used interchangeably.

Magic

magic

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Thaumaturgy means “work using thaumic energy”, also called Elemental Mastery, Elementalismmagicmagicmagiclanguagemagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagic
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Essep languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEssep language

The Essep language is the spoken language of the Essep people, a major ethnic group throughout southwestern Ororr and Hesjbagaaia. Essep has hundreds of dialects and sublanguages, but its greatest contribution is to the modern language of Hespor, the official language of Hesjbagaaia.

Language

language

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River Gungoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Gungo

The Gungo is the most important river in the Kingdom of Danagunda. At its mouth it about 11 km wide, making it one of the broadest rivers in the world.

Munatan

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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

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Koojitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKoojit

Koojit is the political capital of the nation of Inkusjezepa in Munatan.

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Kamasep, the colonial capital when the region was part of the Ennseperan Empire, remains the centre of trade and what little industry the nation possesses, but Koojit is the political and spiritual heart of the
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Fire antsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFire ants

Fire ants are a colonial species of virid crustacean, native to the hot and dry equatorial regions, particulary in central Ororr and western Otekahré. They are considered a pest due to their habit of swarming over anything considered a threat to the nest or a food source, inflicting a mass of painful bites with their powerful jaws. Though the ants have no venom, crushing the ants by rolling on the ground or trying to brush them off releases a caustic fluid which is a painful irritant …
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Helmethplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelmeth

Helmeth [HEL-meth] is an industrial city on the south coast of the island of Besoa, whose wealth was traditionally based on logging of greenwood and production of iron, steel and other minerals extracted from mines in the nearby hills.

Besoa

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Sindjeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSindje

Sindje is the capital city of the nation of Kasepan in central Munatan.

Munatan

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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.
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Kitroy familyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKitroy family

The Kitroys are a wealthy family in Harthera, descended from old Saloyan aristocracy. The Kitroys were a moderately prominent family under the Hartheran Commonwealth, but were one of the few nobles to back the military coup of the Teraths during the Vainglorious Revolution of 571. This enabled them to prosper in the years following the revolution, allowing them to become one of the richest of the new mercantile-aristocratic clans.
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Kitroy Hall (opera house)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKitroy Hall (opera house)

Kitroy Hall is an opera house and concert venue on Eilunn Boulevard, in the Eilunn district of the city of Vahltor, the capital of Harthera. It is the premier concert venue in Harthera, and the most famous opera house in the world. It was named after its sponsors, the noble
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Namerismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNamerism

Namerism, or Etemuabal, was the state religion of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya, and of many Eloyoun peoples. The faith stemmed from ancient Miyarrain philosophy: that a single entity was the instigator of all life and the entire fabric of the universe. This instigator was Etemua, The Namer.
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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

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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
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Ketrorlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKetrorl

Ketrorl, or Ketrawul, is a god worshipped in the pantheon of Anrel, and to a lesser extent throughout the Natorn Archipelago.

Belief

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The Eagle-Headed Lord of Honourable Accord, he represents the principles of truth, courage, honour and justice. He is one of the gods of state, particularly in
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Menkirafedplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMenkirafed

Menkirafed (c.110-72 BME) was a political radical, anti-theist and apostate who was executed in the latter days of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. His disciples founded a new sect, the Menkirians - more often called the Cult of the Hanged Man.

People

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History BMEBME
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Hesjbagaaian Navyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHesjbagaaian Navy

The Hesjbagaaian Navy is greatest maritime military force in the region of Munatan. Its main task is to defend the nation of Hesjbagaaia from naval incursions by its powerful neighbour Ororr, and to defend merchant shipping against pirates and privateers. Its growing naval prowess has within a century made it second only in power to its ally,
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Reidan Cuisineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReidan Cuisine

Reidan or Aralsic Cuisine refers to the traditional cuisines of the Natorn Archipelago, and to Anrel in particular. One of the key features of Reidan cuisine is the virid taboo common to the region, so that dishes are made only from fruits, vegetables and animal produce from the virid
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Urgil peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUrgil people

The Urgil or Urgeil are a Gyeil-ethnic people living mainly in the Gildon province of southwest Ororr.

Ethnicity

ethnicity

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The Urgil consider themselves the “original” Gyeil people, distinct from the Essep “outsiders” or wanderers who left their homeland long ago.
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Desert breadplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDesert bread

Desert bread is a type of flatbread consumed in Mangasor and surrounding arid provinces of central Ororr.

Food and Drink

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Traditionally it is made from a mixture of doughberry flour and powdered balbal root, mixed either with water or balbal milk and left to leaven with wild yeasts. The bread is cooked on a hot flat rock taken from a camp fire. Desert bread for travelling was baked once, then twice more in hot coals to dry …
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Piesjimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPiesjim

Piesjim [pee-ehz-SHIM] is a city in central Hesjbagaaia. The city is particularly noted for the manufacture of glassware, and in particular stained glass which adorns Heterodox churches through western Munatan. Its famous cathedral is richly decorated with windows depicting the Heterodox saints.
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Gebjon Vequidchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGebjon Vequidch

Gebjon Vequidch (reigned 1903-c.1860 BME) was the first emperor of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann and founder of the Gebjon dynasty. He was of Gobalay descent, and rose to power to take over the ailing Gaal Empire to form a new empire after the chaos of the Gobalay Interregnum.

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Champlugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCham

Cham is a starchy virid root used to make cham-meal (cham-cham) and cham-cake (kout-cham), staple foods in Munatan.

Food and Drink

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Cham-tree

Cham trees (kamsjiva or kamchiva) are bushy virid plants found in temperate climates throughout viridviridviridviridMunatan
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Sucorolithplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSucorolith

Sucoroliths are marine reefs created by colonies of virid zooid organisms called sucoaros. These zooid colonies create tube-like filter feeding structures, extracting nutrients from water and excreting particles of rock and debris around themselves for protection. Over time these create extensive rocky structures that can extend to just below or even above the waterline.Anásthias
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Fanmiytplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFanmiyt

Fanmiyt is a nation in eastern Munatan. It is mostly virid forest with only a small population.

Munatan

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Natrawulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNatrawul

In the pantheon of Anrel, Natrawul is the capricious god of the sea, prayed to by sailors, travellers and fishermen in hopes of safety and good weather.

Belief

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He has many shrines in coastal towns and fishing ports, one of the largest being the sea-temple in the city of
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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…
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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.
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Langerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLanger

Langers are a variety of green mollusc common in coastal regions. They valued by humans as seafood and commonly deemed greenfish, despite not being fish.

Food and Drink

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They are tolerant to freshwater, and often spawn in river estuaries. There are a number of species, the most prized being the larger, darker variety which grows in the cooler waters around
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Seqaalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqaal

Seqaal or Seqaalqun is the foremost surviving language of the Issid language family, spoken primarily in the Sekalkot province of central Ororr.

Language

language

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The language has existed in various forms for at least four thousand years, descending from the early tongues of the languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage
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Oylokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOylok

Oylok is a wealthy and historic city on the River Verais in central Harthera.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1 ME (Traditional) * Religion
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Balbalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBalbal

Balbal are virid trees native to the arid central regions of Anásthias, with a distinctive pear-shaped trunk.

Their roots are squeezed by desert dwellers as a nutritious, if unappetising milk, as well as other food uses. They are a particular feature of the Anásthiasviridvirid
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Fermented foodplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFermented food

Many types of food around the Civilised World are fermented, either to preserve them, or to improve their flavour or nutrition. Fermentation of virid vegetable matter was invented by the Essep people, and gave them the unique ability to eat virid plant matter without suffering virid
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Pirrin of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPirrin of Narette

Pirrin of Narette (1090-1115 ME) was King of Narette from 1110-1113 ME. He was the son of King Ehamet IX of Narette of the House of Ehuth, born to the king's third wife relatively late in his reign. Pirrin succeeded to his father's throne in 1110 ME at the age of 20. His short reign was tumultuous and unstable.herherher
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Gebayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGebay

Gebay is a northern province of Ororr, occupying the Gebay Peninsula.

The region is hot and moist with scraps of virid coastline and jungle, with a low population density and no major cities. Its only importance is strategic, given it is the nearest point of the mainland to the
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Godsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGods

Gods are ethereal beings who are worshipped by human communities and populations, and will often intercede to provide help to adherents or punishment to enemies. Many gods of Helevos are in fact deitals, elemental spirits who have received the focus of human attention and grown powerful from it.
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Gahanate of Sijheeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahanate of Sijhee

The Gahanate of Sijhee was a former nation in the Manthi-Lien, which became the centre of Eijult Empire. Sijhee were a migratory people, but controlled a territory contiguous with modern central Kasepan. The modern city of Sindje later became the de facto capital of the empire.
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Sooinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSooin

Sooin are a species of large greenfish, found particularly in estuaries, lakes and coastal shelves. They are carnivorous, consuming fry and small fish. Their scaly skin varies in colour from brown to blue-grey. They have a large flat head with a characteristic wide mouth filled with sharp teeth, giving a fearsome appearance. They are aggressive, fiercely defending their territory against other predators and
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Theamancyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTheamancy

Theamancy is a form of astrological divination or folk magic using observation and the cycles of the moons, Thea and Themsa, as well as the Fixed Stars.

Thea changes not only with its monthly phases, but its surface seems to change according to dust storms on the surface, and it also appears closer or further away due to orbital position and atmospheric affects.
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Death Breathersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeath Breathers

Death Breathers are the Night-Priests of Veedormim, who use virid narcotics in their rituals. They were contrasted with the Sun-Priests, officials of the state cult.

Belief

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The name was originally pejorative but is now commonly accepted. The Death-Breather cult was at its height in the first century virid
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Decileplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDecile

In Harthera, deciles are a social and political structure, nominally a family or tribe of which all Hartherans are a member. Deciles were formalised in the Hartheran Commonwealth period as a method of managing elections.

Governance

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Before the Commonwealth, the early nation had hundreds of ethnic clans, families and noble houses. Many small family groups were wealthy, powerful and owned much of the land, while other tribes w…
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Miyarrisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarris

Miyarris [mee-YA-riss], (also Miarris, from Mayápo Mayarous) was a hugely influential ancient civilisation located which flourished during the Celadon Epoch, from 4000-3000 BME. It is considered the first great civilisation in history since the the mythic Godmen.

Ancient Miyarris

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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
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Shaddockplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigShaddock

The shaddock (also shaduq, sjaduk) is a large fleshy, juicy fruit, yellow or red in colour, eaten whole or squeezed for its juice. Shaduq are intensively grown in the region of Remel and other parts of central Ororr.

Food and Drink

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Rasian Collegiumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasian Collegium

The Rasian Collegium was originally a political body combining leaders from the Rasian Academy and Rasia City. The term became synonymous with Rasia as a city-state, leader of a confederation of allied cities and territories during the Little Ice Age period in the Anrel Isles. The Collegium grew from a loose alliance of neutral cities and duchies in the fifth century
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Folk magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFolk magic

Folk magic is the traditional practice of usually rural peoples, involving herblore for healing, as well as various minor rituals supposed to bring good luck, wealth or fertility.

Folklore

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Sporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSpor

Spor are the single-celled reproductive units of virid plants, distinct from seeds or spores found in the green kingdom. Most spor are airborne, release from spor-pods, the fruiting bodies of virid plants. Many spor are motile with rudimentary flagella, either fertilising mature plants, or randomly bonding with the spor of other plants and settling to make a new plant seedling.viridviridvirid
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Boretrayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBoretray

Boretray [BOH-reh-tray], along with soay, are the commonest domestic livestock in Anásthias and throughout the Civilised World.

Fauna

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fauna mammals green livestock
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River Himnatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Himnat

The River Himnat a river in Hesjbagaaia. It is the longest river in central Munatan, flowing from the Dun Trisan mountains, through virid forest and plains to the Limerent Sea.

Munatan

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King Pilab of Sann'alplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Pilab of Sann'al

Pilab Kenor Berill (1038-1093? ME) was the final ruler of the Kingdom of Sann'al before the Hartheran conquest of the island in 1092 ME. As king he was widely loved and respected by his people, though initiated no particular reforms or innovations. He had three children, two elder daughters who married into Sannalese nobility, and a younger son, Hartheran
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Green Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen Man

The Green Man is the personification of the vital force of all green life, including humans and all domestic crops, plants and animals. He is particularly a part of the Anrelian pantheon, where he is represented as a green-skinned man, garlanded with flowers, with antler-like branches growing out of his head. GreengreenGreenGreen
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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
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Kingdom of Karsooinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Karsooin

The Kingdom of Karsooin was an Iskean nation in what is now northern Harthera, it's capital being what is now the modern city of Garsun.

Ancient Northeast Anasthias

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Garsunplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGarsun

Garsun [gar-SUN], historically Carsoyin or Karsooin, is a major port city in northern Harthera, capital of Garsundt province. The city is heavily industrial, producing salt, salted greenfish, and the condiment galep. It is also a hub for shipping ores and other industrial resources.
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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
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Pulletplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPullet

Pullets are small flightless birds kept domestically for their eggs and meat. They are omnivores, feeding on grains and seeds, and also scratch the ground for worms and insects. They are not highly virid tolerant, but will attack and kill small virid pests that come too close.
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Buckleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBuckle

Buckle, or boukul, is the seed of the bucklebush, a green plant which grows in temperate parts of the Civilised world. Bucklebushes fruit annually, producing thumb-length red-black seed pods, containing numerous millimetre-sized ovoid seeds. Mature pods are left to dry on the bush, then harvested for the seeds. Young pods are edible whole, though tender and do not travel well. In Ororr
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Ehamet IX of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEhamet IX of Narette

Ehamet IX (1047-1110 ME) was monarch of the Kingdom of Narette for four decades, from the age of 23 until his death in 1110. He was considered a strong and irascible king, little loved but made the kingdom powerful and strong. He was succeeded by his son
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Daltirichplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDaltirich

Daltirich [dal-TEE-rich] (also Daaltirich) is a language spoken in Deltirot, the southeastern region of Ororr. The modern language reflects the region's mix of people over time, being at heart a Li-Bam language with strong Issid influence. It has large vocabularly of Mayápo words for cultural concepts and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage
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Onomasticsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOnomastics

Onomastics is a thaumaturgical discipline related to the study of magical languages and naming. At the Rasian Academy it was particularly associated with the Grammarian school of thought.

Magic

magic

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disciplines
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Praxisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPraxis

Praxis is the application of thaumaturgy to achieve physical ends, as opposed to theoretical thaumaturgy.

Magic

magic

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magic
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The Oneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe One

The One is the hermaphrodite progenitor deity in the Anrelian Pantheon, who gave birth to the Godmen and their human descendants, domestic livestock, and all the green plants and red-blooded animals of Helevos.

Belief

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Some believe The One represents the natural cycles of life, birth and death. The force for all life comes from the One, and returns to the One in death. Most believe the One is not a deity who is conscious o…
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Desolplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDesol

Desol is a major port city in Kahtoyn, on the coast of the Foundering Sea in eastern Anásthias. It lies at the mouth of the River Sourayn, which flows through the richest green farmland in the region. Consequently Desol is a major trade hub for agricultural products such as food, textiles and green lumber.
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Ta-ker-rimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTa-ker-rim

Ta-ker-rim or Takérrim [tack-AIR-rim] is a small market city, the principle trade hub for La-Err-Rum in the Dun Jaen mountains. It is considered to be the capital as it is the central meeting point for the nation's leaders, though since La-Err-Rum is not a nation state, it has no centralised government or institutions.
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Kingdom of Emánunéplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Emánuné

Emánuné [eh-MAN-oo-nay, imæn'uːeɪ] was an ancient kingdom occupying the fertile valley of the River Velun, in what is now modern Harthera.

Ancient Northeast Anasthias

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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
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Cawvitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCawvit

The cawvit is one of the few surviving species of birds in the Green Kingdom, who flourish in cities and areas of green farmland.

Fauna

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Cawvits are large black birds who scavenge on human detritus both in towns and farmyards. They are also tolerant to virid
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Butternutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigButternut

Butternuts are the edible seeds of the butternut tree, a green tree cultivated mostly in tropical Anásthias.

Food and Drink

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Butternuts grow in a hard gourd. When mature, the gourds fall and split to reveal the hard nuts inside. The nuts are surrounded by a thick, oil gel, which gives the fruit its name. The gel is sweet and nutritious, while the nuts are hard, but contain a rich, oily and mellow-sweet meat.
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Katredplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKatred

Katred the Storm Lord was the chief god of the Junda religion. His worship gradually evolved into the modern Church of Hartrah.

Belief

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The worship of Katred shares some similarities with Ketrorl, a god in the Anrelian pantheon. Both may derive from an earlier common ancestor.
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House of Bettoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Betto

The House of Betto were a noble family which ruled the Kingdom of Sann'al in the final centuries of the Beryl Epoch. They were succeeded by the House of Kenoa.

People

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people besoa clans sannal
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House of Anezplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Anez

The House of Anez or Anesj was a royal dynasty of the Ennseperan Empire, from its founding by Rodorigo I in 101 ME to the nation's first regnant Queen, Ezabella, in 287.

People

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people clans ennseperans
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Vodroy Familyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVodroy Family

The Vodroy were once a wealthy Saloyan-Hartheran noble family, who numbered three of the nine kings under the Hartheran Commonwealth. They are most remembered for the Vodrodim Palace and the Vodrod Bridge in the capital city of Vahltor.

People

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Sonoré Calvattiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSonoré Calvatti

Sonore Calvatti was a 9th century singer, musician and composer. She created a huge number of musical works, particularly choral music such as oratorios setting secular poetry to music, as well as liturgical works for the Heterodox Church.

Culture

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Operaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOpera

Opera is a art form combining theatre with music sung by the actors as means of conveying emotion and continuing the narrative. Many archaic historic societies combined music with drama, but the modern opera tradition has its origins in the final century of the
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Burn zoneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBurn zone

The burn zone refers to the boundary area between green and virid biomes. Most plants are unable to flourish in the presence of roots, soil fungus and other organisms from the opposite kingdom, so the boundary between green and virid areas resembles scorched earth, with stunted, decaying plant matter and partially bare soil.
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Hornber Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHornber Sea

The Hornber Sea [HORN-ber]] (formerly Heronbar Sea) lies in the Natorn Archipelago between the isles of Besoa and Antyok.

The sea consists of mid-range continental shelf and is relatively shallow. It is rich in green marine life, and is subsequently an important food resource for local islanders.
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Gobalay Interregnumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGobalay Interregnum

The Gobalay Interregnum (1965-1903 BME) was a historic period in which the crumbling Gaal Empire was ruled by military overlords from the Gobalay Guard, who had seized power in a coup and deposed the traditional Gaal matriarchy.

Conflict

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Whalesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWhales

Whales are aquatic mammals inhabiting waters surrounding the Civilised World. They are most numerous in the Natorn Archipelago, as well as the temperate waters of southern Anásthias.

Fauna

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Whales fill several ecological niches from placid herbivores to cunning predators. Anásthias
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Grestaian Chaseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrestaian Chase

The Grestaian Chase [gress-STAY-an] is a famous annual drort race held in Grestaian Park in the city of Vahltor, with teams of riders competing to complete an ovoid circular course.

Sports

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Though formerly a single annual event, the popularity of the Chase has spawned a series of racing events which take place in the park, including shorter races, obstacle courses, and novelty races with
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Hartheran calendarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran calendar

The Hartheran calendar largely follows the standard Modern Epoch calendar, with a 414 day year made up of 16 months, with 69 6-day weeks in a year.

Calendar

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Historically Harthera used both the Junda Stormscale and the Saloyan solar calendar, based on the Hartheran
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Thaumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaum

The thaum is a unit of measurement of thaumaturgical capacity; essentially a measure of magical energy.

Magic

magic

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One thaum is the standard energy potential contained in a single shell of an elemental. In energy terms this varies between elementals and even between shells, since outer shells tend to be weaker than inner shells. One thaum is colloquially said to be
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The Gallantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Gallant

The Gallant is one of Harthera's oldest news journals, published weekly in Vahltor. It was first produced in 443 ME, in the middle period of the Hartheran Commonwealth, in which it was a staunch supporter of king and the old Saloyan aristocracy, reporting particularly on court news and fashion.
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Behtoïeeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBehtoïee

Behtoïee [BEH-toe-i-ee] is the fortified hilltop capital of Biinmos in eastern Munatan. It was an ancient hillfort with walls constructed of tall monoliths, while today the stones only remain as ceremonial gates.

Munatan

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Salsifer Pentaneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSalsifer Pentane

Salsifer Pentane (1011-1064 ME) was a Hartheran scholar, engineer and inventor, most known for his invention of the mechanical calculating device, the arithmometer.

People

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Pentane was a graduate of naval engineering from the
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Rés Channelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRés Channel

The Rés Channel is a body of water in the Polassirn Ocean, separating the island of Mûul from the Mainland of the Anrel Isles. It is a busy shipping route serving the port of Por Muel, the royal capital of Trésard.

The northern end of the channel is hazardous, with rocky islands to the west, and shallow shelving coast to the east, leaving a narrow navigable corridor 20 km wide.
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King Ehamet Ehuthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Ehamet Ehuth

King Ehamet Ehuth, or Ehamet I of Narette, was the king of Anret/Narette towards the end of the Long War between the Kingdom of Narette and the Northern League. He was founder of the Ehuth Dynasty, which has ruled Narette for nearly 400 years.

People

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Zetlanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZetlan

Zetlans are equine mammals related to the garron and the horsis, with a robust frame and a striped hide. They were bred by the Miyarrain to be more tolerant to virid poisoning, and were used for riding and as draught animals. However, their aggressive nature makes them difficult to domesticate and they largely live in the wild.
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Soutoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSouto

Souto is a market town in central Hesjbagaaia, notable only for being the birthplace of the saint of the Heterodox Church, Urra Sjala.

Hesjbagaaia

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* Name: Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia * Government: Timocracy / Constitutional Monarchy * Capital: Isjbela * Foundation: 701
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Elóin Oceanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElóin Ocean

The Elóin Ocean [ell-OWE-in], also called the Muor Darat (Mayápo) or Sea of Tears, is an alleged body of water in the Obverse lying to the far west of Anásthias, west of the isles of Hi-Li-Ven. Since few sailors have made it past the Barrier Isles, the existence of the ocean is highly speculative and considered to be a legend mentioned only by ancient Anásthias
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Gebjon Dynasty (Dor-en-Sann)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGebjon Dynasty (Dor-en-Sann)

The Gebjon Dynasty was a line of related rulers of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, from its founding in 1903 BME to 1645 BME. Early rulers of the dynasty were sons or nephews of the ruling emperor, but as time progressed inheritors of the title were increasingly by marriage or adoption. Some emperors even forcibly adopted themselves into the line.
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Ristesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRistes

Ristes [ri-STESS] was an Iskean kingdom in northeastern Anasthias in the 1st millennium BME. The region is agrarian with extensive green forests, and though never wealthy, survived as an independent power for several centuries until it was annexed by Harthera in the 1st century
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Junda Coastplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Coast

The Junda Coast is a historic term for the east coast of Harthera, particularly in Retthen province, which were settled by migrants from the Junda Isles in 2nd-4th centuries ME.

Harthera

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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah *
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Pictesis Soumayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPictesis Soumay

Pictesis Soumay (29 BME - 23 ME) was an statesman and warlord during the period of the Saloyan Civil War. After the murder of the 50th Palatine Crisagiss Heltay, he became one of the pre-eminent warlords of the Rightist faction, who fought to become the next leader of the ME
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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
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Paddleshipplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPaddleship

Paddleships are vessels driven by a paddle-wheel, powered by either a capstan or treadmill. The motive force is provided by manpower or by animals. They were invented in southern Ororr but are increasingly seen plying the River Wiyel.

technology
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Wormskinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWormskin

Wormskin is a fine, strong, translucent leather-like fabric made from the hide of virid tunnel-worms. It is particularly used in costly leather goods and clothing produced in Ororr and Munatan.

Clothing

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Wormskin is usually prepared from recently-shed skin, harvested from tunnels. This yields the thinnest and finest skin, though the quality is variable and relies on the skill of hunters to identify the time and place where w…
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Ewetoy familyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEwetoy family

The Ewetoy family are a Hartheran family with distinguished history in the Hartheran Navy. Though not ancient nobility, they have had many prominent generals, politicians and military leaders.

Their most renowned modern member is Captain-General Yamis Ewetoy, who led the expedition to found the colony of
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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
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Goldmaneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGoldmane

Goldmane is an epiphytic virid plant often found growing in the nexial branches of virid, and sometimes green, trees. Goldmane is so named for it's golden hair-like fronds which are the plant's fruiting body, dispersing spor into the air.

Flora

herbs

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Shalarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigShalar

The shalar is a traditional Doroun garment, a tailcoat consisting of a form-fitting jacket with wide shoulders, and a square-cut tail or skirt that falls to the floor, partially enclosing the legs. The traditional shalar is closed with loop and stud buttons up the front, with a square-cut collar.
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Orrisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrris

Orris is a grassy green plant with characteristic green-gold leaves and seeds. Orris is common grain food, eaten throughout Anásthias.

Food and Drink

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Orris grows in well in a variety of soils, from well-drained temperate to marshy areas, the amount of available moisture determining the size of the crop. It is moderately tolerant to salt, so is often a staple of peoples living in coastal areas subject to
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Saloyan Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaloyan Language

Saloyan is an Eloyoun language, the principle language of the former Grand Palatinate of Saloya in northeastern Anásthias. A great many dialects existed, several of whom are still spoken in the Salyoan highlands. The majority of people in the region now have Hartraan as their first language.

Language

language

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Dam-bui-danplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDam-bui-dan

Dam-bui-dan is a region of Munatan consisting of hills, swamps and impenetrable virid forest. It is largely unsettled and unexplored, having no roads or navigable rivers. It has some human population in the lowlands, mainly bandit communities made up of criminals and political exiles from surrounding regions.
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Gahanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahan

Gahan is a Manthi term for war-leader. Gahans were the temporary battle leaders of tribes in ancient times, but in the settled regions of the Manthi-Lien, they were warlords and leaders of their people, kings in all but name.

Governance

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Minasaiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMinasaia

Minasaia is the mother goddess of the Anrelian Pantheon. She is Lady of Serenity and Healing, both physically and spirituality. She is said to appears in various manifestations, most famously as a hairless beautiful woman. There are legends that she sometimes appears as a mother or an old woman, to test the hearts of men.her
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Mutabaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMutaba

The Mutaba were an Iskean tribal nation in what is now northern Harthera. The Mutaba were considered fierce fighters, and repelled incursion by the Empire of Dor-en-Sann and Saloya, only being conquered by the later Hartherans.

Ancient Northeast Anasthias

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Tollers Emporiumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTollers Emporium

Tollers Emporium is a prestigious department store in the city of Vahltor, catering to the city's wealthy and aristocratic classes. Tollers sells a wide range of luxury goods, particularly jewellery, personal accessories, homewares and textiles.
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Hartheran naval architectureplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran naval architecture

Hartheran naval architecture is a style of construction used particularly for fortifications, ports and military administration buildings throughout the Hartheran Union. It is notable for its use of unornamented geometric shapes such as arches, squares and hexagons, with construction in stone, brick and concrete. It derives from
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Melismaticsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMelismatics

The Melismatics were a sect of Therist mystics in the 2nd century ME who sought spiritual enlightenment through the musical recitation of holy texts. Though their beliefs were not heretical, their desire to live apart and achieve direct communication with the Mother Goddess was seen as schismatic by the Church-State. TheristTheristME
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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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Yamis Ewetoyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYamis Ewetoy

Captain-General Yamis Ewetoy [EH-wet-oy] (1069-) is a renowed explorer and captain of the Hartheran Navy. He is most famous for leading the 1110 ME expedition to explore the coast of the mysterious eastern continent of Retzayk, and for founding the first successful colony at
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Hartheran Talentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran Talent

The talent or talen is the currency of Harthera. It began as a token system for paying indentured workers and militiamen under the Chelidt Overlordship, after the old Saloyan currency had utterly collapsed. The principle was that an unskilled labourer would earn one talent per day of labour, whilst more skilled workers would be paid proportionately more depending on the amount of time (and talents) invested in their training.
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Malefactionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMalefaction

Malefaction is the use of magic to cause harm. Most magical traditions throughout history have had a taboo against using magic for selfish and dangerous purposes, but the Rasian Academy, as the premier institution of thaumaturgy, was the most effective at regulating it.

magicmagicmagic
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Virs Preisjistosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirs Preisjistos

Virs Preisjistos [VEERS pray-ee-JSHEEZ-toes] (986-1049 ME) was a Hesjbagaaian artist and painter, renowned for inspiring the artistic school of Primitivism with his vibrant landscapes depicting the island of Agueda in the Sea of Grace.

People

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Herf Gerlatinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerf Gerlatin

Herf Gerlatin is a Professor of Human Sciences at Harlon University. He was generally considered to be a fringe scholar and theorist until the publication of his hugely successful book Man from the Green Sea Deep, in which he proposed what is now called the Green Sea Theory, that all mammals and green plants evolved separately from
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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
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Beyal Hillsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBeyal Hills

The Beyal Hills [BAY-ul] are uplands in Trésard in the Anrel Isles. They form a barrier between the rich agricultural lowlands of Trenya, and the drier upland plains surrounding Beyan.

Anrel

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Crealplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCreal

The creal bush is a virid shrub native to the Manthi-lien. It is pyriscent, releasing its seeds during brush fires, which clear the undergrowth allowing seedlings to germinate.

Flora

herbs

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Mature bushes have leaves and trunk impregnated with a flammable aromatic resin, which is distilled into an essential oil valued for its earthy fragrance. In virid
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Secraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSecra

Secra are saints of the Heterodox Church, people respected for the power of their religious faith. Many secras are said to have performed holy miracles, channelling the power of the divine.

beliefs heterodoxy hesjbagaaia
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Sarekéaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSarekéa

The Sarekéa [sa-ray-KAY-ah] are the “hill people” of the central uplands of Sensatard, the most northerly island of Anrel in the Natorn Archipelago. The Sarekéa are distinct from other Northlanders, with a distinct language and rich culture.

Sensatard

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Vermiformplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVermiform

Vermiforms are a family of worm-shaped virid creatures, including the tunnel-worms, some of which can grow to a very large size.

Fauna

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virid fauna
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Mammalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMammal

Mammals are the dominant order of animals within the green kingdom, found throughout the civilised world.

Fauna

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Mammals are endothermic, red-blooded, raise live young and have varying degrees of fur covering, contrary to most
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Herbloreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerblore

Herblore is the art and science of using plants as medicine. Though herbs are generally thought of as green planets, in practice herblore involves the use of a wide range of virid and green plants and spices, distillations of essential oils, and even products derived from the secretions and cadavers of animals.
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Virid scrublandplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid scrubland

Virid scrubland is a region where low-growing virid vegetation is the predominant life. Scrubland is often the result of thin poor soils and low rainfall. It can also be an intermediate landscape in areas destroyed by fire.

Flora

herbs

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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
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Sjatusousj-datoosoujplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSjatusousj-datoosouj

Sjatusousj-datoosouj [SZAT-oo-sooj DAT-oo-sooj], or sjatuj for short, is a type of word play relying on puns, reversion and double meaning to comic and satirical ends. It was popularised in the culture of the Ennseperan Empire, but derives from similar wordplay found in the
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Misjafplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMisjaf

Misjaf [MEE-shav], is a hard, high-fat ovorn cheese originally from the cool upland areas of the Essep homelands of Vildon, now found throughout Hesjbagaaia and southwestern Ororr. Misjaf means “mountain food”, since it was the staple food of upland people for surviving the winter months.
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Farsightplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFarsight

Farsight is a thaumaturgical discipline enabling magical practitioners to see and sometimes hear people and places distant from their present location.

Magic

magic

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Farsight requires the mastery of many other disciplines, since it requires controlling at least two
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Siltorn Codexplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Codex

The Siltorn Codex is a collection of stories and oral histories relating to the life and early history of the Prophet Therion. The Codex is essentially a compendium of all texts relating to the Prophet which are unsanctioned, ahistoric, or clearly untrue. As such they are at best apocryphal, at worst heretical to the
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Esjtepanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEsjtepan

Esjtepan is a wealthy industrial and port city on the Limerent Sea in Hesjbagaaia. Its hinterland is rich farmland producing food, peupra dye and raw textiles, so the city is an industrial powerhouse producing packaged dye for export, dyed fine cloth and clothing.
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Kingdom of Erannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Erann

Erann was a nation in the southern Anrel Isles in the second millennium BME. Its capital was the city of Rand, and at its height it controlled most of the central plains and hills of what is now Narette, including the cities of Eminde, Binid and Obanam.

Anrel

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Kikehtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKikeht

Kikeht [kee-KEHt is a traditional spirit from Gorval, brewed then distilled from the juice of limeta fruit.

Food and Drink

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Kikeht has a sharp bitter flavour and is traditionally drunk neat, though in the cities of the River Wiyel it is more often diluted in iced sugar-water where it forms a cloudy pink drink. Kikeht is one of the most profitable exports of Gorval province.
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Hevuoldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHevuold

Hevuold is a historic settlement on the island of Besoa. It was formerly Hebol, the royal capital of the ancient Kingdom of Heronbar, but is now primarily a market town for the surrounding farmlands. It is noted for its textile weaving, particularly for ovorn wool and linen.
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Issid Stone Godsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssid Stone Gods

The ancient Issid people had an animist faith, believing that spirits resided in the air and in certain rocks and holy places. They particularly revered certain shaped stones and rocks, leaving offerings and performing rituals.

Belief

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Eijskipplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijskip

Eijskip is the capital city of the nation of Teijhu in Munatan. The city was formerly the capital of the Eijult Empire, which controlled much of central Munatan in the 6th and 7th centuries ME.

Munatan

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Chiyakaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChiyaka

A chiyaka is the holy circle in a pandata or Therist temple. The chiyaka is a quiet place for prayer and contempation.

Therism

therism

This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of Ororr.

therism
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Beerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBeer

Beer is brewed from a variety of grains throughout the Civilised World, particularly emmer and awm.

Food and Drink

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stubs drinks
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Treaty of Begeenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTreaty of Begeen

The Treaty of Begeen was an armistice which officially ended the Orphans' War in the Anrel Isles. By this point in the conflict both sides were so decimated and fought to exhaustion that no actual fighting had occurred for six months. The meeting was arranged in the ruins of the border city of
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Rockfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRockfish

Rockfish describes a diverse variety of virid fish who absorb rock fragments or gravel into their skin for both camouflage and armour. Since both predatory and herbivorous species use this strategy it is a loose term. It is sometimes misapplied to viridvirid
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Wyvernplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWyvern

Wyverns are bipedal virid predators generally found in virid jungles and virid grasslands that provide plenty of cover. At full size they are roughly the size of a large man, with powerful hind legs for running, a long toothed snout, and smaller forelimbs for grabbing prey. Wyverns secrete a venom which is highly toxic to virid
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Awmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAwm

Awm is a grain crop farmed in cooler and upland climates throughout the Civilised World, particularly the highlands of central Anásthias. It is the staple food of Torthien and upland parts of Munatan.

Food and Drink

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Awm is a grassy green plant which yields clusters of ovoid seeds roughly 0.8mm in length, ranging in colour from off-white to red or occasionally black, with a thick husk and a chewy innard. Red awm is colloquially cal…
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Rock butterplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRock butter

Rock butter is made from animal fats and rock salt, a traditional food among cultures of the Dun Trisan mountains in Munatan. It is very high in calories, a necessity for people living at high altitude, with the rock salt acting as a preservative as well as providing many essential minerals.
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Butterfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigButterfish

Butterfish are virid fish found in cold waters far from the south coast of Anásthias, and in the Polassirn Ocean north of Anrel. Butterfish are carnivorous, feeding from a diversity of smaller sea creatures. Some varieties like the gurnjaw also consume cold water crustaceans and filter feeders.
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King Mikoth of Northlandplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Mikoth of Northland

King Mikoth (1056 ME - present) is the current ruler of the Kingdom of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles, commonly called Northland.

People

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He was elected ruler at the age of 52, in 1108 ME. He is considered to be a fair minded, if dour and irascible king.
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Appleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigApple

Apples are the spheroid fruit of the apple tree, a green plant found throughout the Civilised World. In mythology apples were said to be the favoured fruit of the Godmen, brought by them from the heavens.

Food and Drink

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There are hundreds of varieties of apple throughout the world, including many wild varieties.
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Peupraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPeupra

Peupra [peh-ERR-pra] is a deep purple-blue dye, obtained from the marsh peurpra, a virid plant native to marshy areas of western Munatan. Historically it grew in abundance in the swamps surrounding the city of Nepor, and was a famous export of that city.

Flora
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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.
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Virispurgeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirispurge

Virispurges are a family of virid plants found in hot and dry climates through Helevos. They have adaptations similar to green kingdom euphorbias, and are often called cacti though they are entirely unrelated to similar green plants.

Flora

herbs

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Pelchekplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPelchek

Pelchek (also pelseq) is a virid plant which yields a sharp citric spice particularly favoured in Hartheran cuisine.

Food and Drink

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Pelchek is a parasitic plant found in stands of older virid jungle. Its seed pods are small, multi-lobed and a purple-red colour. When eaten by foraging animals, the pod is digested, while the small hard seeds are passed out as dung which helps the seedlings germinate and grow. virid
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Colewortplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigColewort

The coleworts are a family of edible green plants found throughout the Civilised World. There are many varieties, but most have large green leaves with white ribbing, though varieties range from light green to almost black, with some decorative varieties having a floral appearance with variegated leaves and red or purple ribbing.
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Tunnel-wormsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTunnel-worms

Tunnel-worms are virid vermiform creatures found in caves and burrows throughout the Civilised World. They were once more common but are now mainly found in remote cave systems in mountains and isolated regions, particularly in the Dun Trisan mountains.

Tunnel-worms are dun-coloured omnivores, hunters and scavengers consuming anything from carrion and decaying plant matter to small living prey. They can grow to a prodigious size limited only by the size of the tunnel system they l…
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Viridisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigViridis

In the folklore of Anrel, Viridis (or Viridus) is the personification of all virid life, particularly its invasive, deceptive and threatening nature. His antithesis is the Green Man.

Folklore

This is in a series of articles about oral traditions, tales, folk practices, and folklore. folklorefolkloreAnrel
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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
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Godkillersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodkillers

The Godkillers were an unofficial paramilitary group associated with the Grand Academy of Rasia, tasked with rooting out newly-formed god-elementals, and the potentially dangerous religious cults associated with them. The group was active during the High Period of Rasia, from 500
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Merrowplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMerrow

The merrow is a fruit found in temperate regions of human habitation throughout the civilised world. Merrow trees are part of the green kingdom, and are a diverse family with hundreds of varieties from small semi-wild varieties to large black, red or orange fruit.

Food and Drink

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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
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