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Helevos

Helevos (also known as Vos, or Veeos) is a temperate terrestrial world, fourth planet of the star Cordes in the viridgreenAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasgreen
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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 is a fantasy world of 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. and science, divided by two incompatible biologies: the Green Kingdomplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen

The Green Kingdom of flora and fauna includes humans, mammals, birds, whales, greenfish, and most green plants and crops cultivated by humankind. of humans, trees, grasses, cropsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFlora

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topics sci1 and red-blooded animalsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMammals

List of red-blooded mammals, members of the Green Kingdom closely related to humans.

Fauna

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topics faun1, and the Virid Kingdomplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid

Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. of toxic jungles, poisonous plants, terrifying creatures and airborne infectionsplugin-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.

Over thousands of years humans have forged the hundred nationsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Nations

The Civilised World has many nations, from small island republics to vast continental empires, which over the millennia have carved homelands out of the once hostile virid landscape. The two great opposing world powers of today are the holy nation of Ororr and the maritime empire of of the Civilised Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCivilised World

The Civilised World refers to the known regions of human civilisation, notably the continent of Anásthias, the Natorn Archipelago and surrounding islands.

Gastrinimer's 3rd century BME Map of the World, showing Anásthias and the Natorn Isles. Note: old maps place north to the right.AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias on the island continent of 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, dominated by the two Great Powersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Powers

Great Powers are the most powerful nations in the world, the greatest modern powers being Ororr and Harthera.: the magicalplugin-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. theocracyplugin-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 of 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, and the steam-powered naval might of 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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Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life.

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Vetthi 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.

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The Vetthi Republic

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Rasia [RAH-zee-uh]], sometimes called Rasia City to distinguish it from the eponymous Grand Academy of Rasia, is a city on the south coast of Lake Ondrere in the Anrel Isles. Once a vibrant metropolis and a centre of culture, in 236 ME it was burned to the ground by Anretian forces during the MEmagicmagic
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Anásthias

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. Th…
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Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera

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Besoa

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 MEMEBMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr
United Kingdom of Besóa

Northeast Anasthias

Northeast Anasthias is a historic term referring to the region contiguous with the modern nation of 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, but before its founding in the 1st century MEplugin-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

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Sump Gas

Sump gas, or sumpgas, is methane gas produced from decomposition. It was originally the name for gas bubbling up from marshland, but is also manufactured as a fuel for city lighting.

Historically many cities in Anrelplugin-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 had sump gas systems, by which solid human and animal waste, as well as domestic and farm refuse was fed into fermentation tanks filled with sumpwort, a mix of specially bred digestive organisms. The resultant gas was siphoned off, stored and pressurised for distribution by metal piping, primarily to power civic lighting, while the effluent was useful as a fertiliser and soil conditioner.

The only surviving system is the cave-city of Beyánplugin-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.. Sumpgas is bred in massive tanks in the lowest caves of the city, pressurised using wind-powered turbines and used to light the network of public tunnels and public spaces, as well as some homes.

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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 such as Trasteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTraste

Traste is the capital city of the Kingdom of Sensatard, also called Northland, being the most northerly of the Anrel Isles.

Anrel

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stubs cities sensatard anrel ports capitals and Ranaplugin-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 had sumpgas lighting, but disabled their gas systems during the 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, after the horrifying gas explosion and fire which destroyed the city of Teran Muelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTeran Muel

Teran Muel, more often called Teranen [teh-RAH-nen], was a historic metropolis on the south bank of the mouth of the River Lar in modern Trésard.

Anrel

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This is in a series of articles about the Anrel Isles, a significant archipelago in the during an assault by Narettien forces. So complete and devastating was the fire that other cities feared a similar destruction, and so removed or disabled their pipes and fermentation systems.

Tilleul Zinnober

Tilleul Zinnober (c.650-581 BMEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBME (Before Modern Epoch)

Used to date years Before the Modern Epoch.) [zin-OH-berr] was a historian and philosopher in the late period of the 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, most noted for his elegiac history of the empire, and his idiosyncratic system for naming the historic epochsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHM

Abbreviation of Hirerk Moonscale, a historic dating system used before the Modern Era calendar. after greenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreen

The Green Kingdom of flora and fauna includes humans, mammals, birds, whales, greenfish, and most green plants and crops cultivated by humankind. gemstones.

Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNotable People in History

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Articles on governance and politics.

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He was born in the city of 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 in 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 to an educated merchant family of modest means. His name implies he was descended from spice merchants (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 being a highly prized condiment in imperial times), who may have been Iskeans from the eastern part of the empier (modern 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). As an adventurous youth he travelled to the capital, Gaalkedchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaalkedch

Historic name for the modern city of Galkesh., to take up a position as amanuensis to a distant relative who was a prelate in the Imperial Church. His skills in composition of letters and speeches enabled his master to rise to a powerful position, so that the young Zinnober acquired status and access to the imperial and religious archives of the city.

In his spare time over a number of years, he composed The Glories of the En-Sanni Peoples, from Inception to Ascension, better known as his History of the Empire. It was first circulated amongst powerful friends of his master, and eventually published to enormous acclaim. The work, which gloried the empire's unity as its greatest strength, became a masterwork of his age, disseminated throughout the empire and gifted to allies and enemies in gloriously bound volumes.

His success won him fame, wealth and a position at the imperial courts as historian and scribe. Many of his letters survive into the modern era, showing his whimsical and slightly satyrical view of life at court, and the imperial church bureaucracy.

He wrote many other histories, most of them obsequious yet slyly ironic biographies glorify ancestors of prominent people, written for money, but his greatest work is his History of All. Though relying on some fanciful and fantastical accounts of previous ages, in it he outlines the entire span of human history based on oral histories, written records and, perhaps for the first time in a major scholastic work, archeological evidence. However, it is his naming of the epochsplugin-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… for which he is most remembered.

Emerald Epoch

The Emerald Epoch is the oldest era recorded human history, circa 16,000-11,000 BME. In mythohistory it is synonymous with the Age of the 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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Helevos

Helevos (also known as Vos, or Veeos) is a temperate terrestrial world, fourth planet of the star Cordes in the viridgreenAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasgreen

Academy Schools

Academy schools, not to be confused with the Schools of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSchools of Thought

A school of thought is system of belief, or a methodological approach within an academic or philosophical system. The term was formally used for the various Schools of Thought within the Rasian Academy, with different approaches to the practice and application of, were elite educational establishments for children found throughout Anrelplugin-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. They taught a curriculum approved by the Rasian Academyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasian Academy

The Rasian Academy is the common name for the Grand Academy of Rasia, the greatest institution of magic and learning in the Anrel Isles., 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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Topics related to the Grand Academy of Rasia.

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The Rasian Academy is the common name for the Grand Academy of Rasia, the greatest institution of magic and learning in the Anrel Isles.

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  • Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic

    Magic, also called thaumaturgy is the art and science of harnessing elementals, and instructing them to carry out simple or complex tasks.

    Invoking more powerful spirits or gods is a related but much more dangerous art, called theurgy.

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  • Schools of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSchools of Thought (Category)

    The Rasian Schools of Thought were various different approaches to academic philosophy and thaumaturgical practice which flourished during the golden age of the Grand Academy of Rasia. Of these various schools, only Magistry survives today, so that

They were created as feeder schools for the Rasian Academy, giving students a thorough grounding in the skills and educational background necessary to become Academy members. Students were assessed annually, so that those showing the necessary aptitude to attend the Academy were given more specific education necessary for a later career in thaumaturgy, while others were given a broader education equipping them for general life.

The first schools were founded in Rasia and paid for jointly by the Great Schools, but later institutions were paid for privately, or by communities. Many survived on generous donations from noblesplugin-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 wishing to gain social statusplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrimenture

Primenture is a social structure found particularly in the Natorn Archipelago, used to determine social rank and leadership. Primenture means leadership by those who are perceived to have the most social capital, and therefore usually, though not always, the most able..

A selection of academy schools were mainly boarding schools, taking promising students from smaller communities wishing an academy education for their children, while those in larger cities were primarily day schools.

The first academy schools were established in the 9th century BMEplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBME (Before Modern Epoch)

Used to date years Before the Modern Epoch., but they declined during the Magisteriate. Many schools were subsumed into the Academy system, training children in a thaumaturgical programme from a young age. The surviving academy schools kept their name but were essentially independent, no longer having their curriculum regulated by Rasia.

During the 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 many schools were abandoned for a generation, fell into ruin or were converted to other use. After the Hexactplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHexact

Form of government defined by the Hexact Doctrine. Revolution, many surviving school buildings were taken over by the Clóadiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCloadi

Cloadi are one of the Hexact Orders, dedicated to learning and education., and re-opened as Hexactplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHexact

Form of government defined by the Hexact Doctrine. schools.

Oracle

Oracles are sources of secret knowledge from the ancient world, believed to be the echoes of the 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 of the first days.

There are a several examples of authentic surviving oracles:

  • 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.

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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 …     on Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa

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

    Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map

    Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME

    Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr
  • The 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.     on Mount Karmoqué, 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
  • The Library of Orodienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrodien

    Orodien [o-ROD-ee-en] was the mythical second realm of the Godmen, founded during the Jade Epoch after the destruction of the first realm of Yendim. The Orodien Peninsula in the north of the continent of Retzayk is named for the mythic realm, though whether this was the actual location, or even if the mythical Orodien existed, is uncertain.viridGodmen
  • 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    , on the isle of 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
  • Li-Vam-Aurplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLi-Vam-Aur

    Li-Vam-Aur [lee-vbam-our], often known by its Ororran name Levandor, is an upland nation in the Dun Trisan mountains of Anásthias. It is remote and sparsely populated.

    Munatan

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

Quiristry

Quiristry is the thaumaturgical discipline relating to the creation and replication of all kinds of books, documents and other records. At the Rasian Academyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasian Academy

The Rasian Academy is the common name for the Grand Academy of Rasia, the greatest institution of magic and learning in the Anrel Isles., this was taught and practiced by the College of Quirists.

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Magic, also called thaumaturgy is the art and science of harnessing elementals, and instructing them to carry out simple or complex tasks.

Invoking more powerful spirits or gods is a related but much more dangerous art, called theurgy.

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Magic, also called thaumaturgy is the art and science of harnessing elementals, and instructing them to carry out simple or complex tasks.

Invoking more powerful spirits or gods is a related but much more dangerous art, called theurgy.

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Magic, also called thaumaturgy is the art and science of harnessing elementals, and instructing them to carry out simple or complex tasks.

Invoking more powerful spirits or gods is a related but much more dangerous art, called theurgy.

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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 grounds, but in the city itself. Paper-making, binding, ink manufacture, book selling, and all the other industries necessary for an academic city were intimately linked to the College of Quirists. They worked closely with the College of Archivists in producing rare records stored only in thaumaturgical form, as well as producing the day to day textbooks necessary for the operation of the whole Academy.

Throughout history, while books were mainly copied by hand or later using crude printing techniques, the College's master-quirists could exactly replicate any kind of book in exquisite detail, in a fraction of the time. Their resources were limited and the skill required was very high, so that the College concentrated on thaumaturgical works and important historic documents. Consequently quirist books were very rare outside Rasia.

Over time the commercial aspects of the college were superceded by private enterprises in the city, particularly in the manufacture of paper and ink, booking binding, and book selling. However the quirists retained an important status within the life of the Academy up until its fall.

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