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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 @helevos - **Herbs** are usually green plants cultivated and used for use in medicine, cooking or for other purpose... grasslands. A decoction from the berry’s skin is used to heighten senses, and also increases adrenalin ... tern Munatan. It is a quite a potent neurotoxin, used in small doses when mixed with hormonal agents to... duces extreme nervous tension and anxiety, and is used in small doses to counteract melancholia and leth
- Printingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrinting
Printing technology has been known for thousands of years, but until the modern era was restricted to the elites of the more advanced historic civlisations.
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Taigan Bookwheels
In the ancient civilisation of Traithe, important texts were recorded on brass discs, using the flowing continuous OrorrHarthera @helevos - tended for everyday use, but were a status symbol used for displaying political and cultural texts, and ... to have thousands of bookwheels in their vaults, used as an original source from which to transcribe im... as a carved image plate. Block printing has been used for many millennia, but was historically imprecis... an be uneven. [[Ironoke]] block printing has been used for most of the modern era because it gives a sha
- Hornum Calendarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHornum Calendar
The Hornum Calendar (HC), sometimes called the Hexact Calendar, is a calendar used mainly in the Anrel Isles, named after the city of Hornum where it was devised. It is used officially by all the nations of Anrel, but it is gradually being superseded by the Modern Epoch, used in much of the rest of the world. AnrelMEAnrelAnrel @helevos - mes called the [[Hexact]] Calendar, is a calendar used mainly in the [[Anrel Isles]], named after the city of [[Hornum]] where it was devised. It is used officially by all the nations of Anrel, but it is... adually being superseded by the [[Modern Epoch]], used in much of the rest of the world. Year 1 of the... ach month had seven weeks All of the Natorn Isles used this annual calendar, but most numbered their yea
- Formatting Syntaxplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFormatting Syntax
DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing “languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @wiki - e for smileys. And the text to HTML conversion is used for typography replacements, but can be configure... mage Conversions ==== DokuWiki converts commonly used [[wp>emoticon]]s to their graphical equivalents. ... ither indenting them by at least two spaces (like used for the previous examples) or by using the tags '... XML feeds, [[http://simplepie.org/|SimplePie]] is used. All formats understood by SimplePie can be used
- 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 @helevos - ee-Rerrk//] (HM) is a luni-solar [[tag:calendar]] used at least since the time of [[Miyarris]], which me... d the length of each. The calendar was officially used in Miyarris, and thereafter was used by scholars throughout the world. Despite its purported accuracy, ... liable. Today the Moonscale is only officially used in [[Otekahré]], but it remains basis of the most
- Vahltorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVahltor
Vahltor is the capital city of Harthera (also: Vultor, Vuhltore; archaic names: Biyahl, Bahl Dorr, Buldoya). It is one of the grandest, wealthiest and most powerful cities in the world, but its surrounding walls limit the city's expansion, creating cramped streets, oppressive towers, poor housing, poverty, disease and squalor in its poorest quarters. It is colloquially known as BMEBMEHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHarther… @helevos - wed by the hill and the walls beyond. It was once used as a rubbish dump and later as a slurry pit, part... tum was demolished the the Junda, its huge blocks used to construct the earliest fortifications, now swa... District Bueroch. It has an extensive inner quay, used by important hierarchs for transportation by ship... e largest area for public recreation in the city, used for fairs on public holidays, for mass state cele
- Candlenutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCandlenut
Candlenuts are the fruit of a virid shrub, whose oil is used for lighting, a variety of domestic and industrial uses, and refined for human consumption. Candlenut bushes are native to southern Otekahré, Munatan and the virid jungles of southwestern Ororr, where they form part of the staple diet.viridvirid @helevos - ts** are the fruit of a virid shrub, whose oil is used for lighting, a variety of domestic and industria... . ===== Uses ===== Candlenuts were historically used by the [[Gyeil|Gyeil people]] for lighting, since... waxy core burns easily, with the dried leaf tips used as a wick. Though they are still used by some tribes as night lights, this use has been superceded by c
- Ream mossplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReam moss
Ream mosses are a family of green plants and lichens which thrive in the boundary between green and virid ecosystems. The boundary between biomes is called the “burn zone” due to the red and yellow colour of lichens which colonise the area.
Flora
herbs
This is in a series of articles about viridgreengreenviridviridgreenvirid @helevos - and out-compete the mosses. Ream moss spores are used to reclaim virid land and making it suitable for ... l properties. In folk medicine they are commonly used in dressing wounds, applied as a poultice. They are also used as [[viricide|viricidal]] agents, used to treat virid infections like [[veilspor]]. Some varieties of r
- Elementalsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigElementals
Elementals are esoteric beings found throughout Helevos. In various cultures they have been called spirits, daimons, eridai or jinna. In their natural state they are invisible, drawing energy from the natural environment and have limited interaction with the physical world. Millennia ago humans learned to harness elementals and instruct them to perform seemingly miraculous tasks, calling this magicmagicmagic @helevos - words", [[Erida]] being the fundamental language used by thaumaturges to communicate with elementals. ... ciated with them which implies what they are each used for. These emblems also form the four suits in mo... deep underground. Therefore, silfs are commonly used as a conduit to control and instruct the more pow... us// is the innermost shell surrounding the core, used for sensing movement and vibration, enabling them
- Mayápo Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMayápo Language
Mayápo or Mayápon [may-YAPP-poe] was the formal language of the ancient realm of Miyarris, spoken for several thousand years in the Celadon Epoch and after.
Language
language
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Though it been extinct as a spoken language for almost two thousand years, it continued to be used throughout the Eloyounlanguagelanguagelanguagegreengreengreengreengreen @helevos - for almost two thousand years, it continued to be used throughout the [[Beryl Epoch]] by academics and w... without having to keep repeating names. This is used to a great extent in the structured discourses of... dplay can be made by interchanging the declension used. For example, the stem-verb, fahnook, meaning 'to... lex sentence, the tense-appropriate participle is used. (NB In later Mayapon and modern Kahtoyni, this w
- Modern Epoch (ME)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Epoch (ME)
The Modern Calendar is a dating system acknowledged throughout the Civilised World. It numbers years from the Modern Epoch, abbreviated ME and BME (Before Modern Epoch). It is also called the Modern Era.
Calendar
This is in a series of articles about calendars and dating systems.OrorrHartheraHMOrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrHMHartheraHMHartheraOrorr @helevos - y many different [[tag:calendars|calendars]] were used around the [[civilised world]]. The Hirèrk Moon... le was developed in ancient [[Miyarris]], and was used as an international calendar throughout the [[Ber... rs of Ororr and Harthera. Both nations originally used a confusion of independent calendars in their ear... there were several competing systems. The first (used in [[Old Ororr]]) dated from the founding of the
- Thaumaturgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumaturgy
Thaumaturgy Is a style of magic, codified and practiced by the Rasian Academy. Thaumaturgy and magic are terms often used interchangeably.
Magic
magic
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Thaumaturgy means “work using thaumic energy”, also called Elemental Mastery, Elementalismmagicmagicmagiclanguagemagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagic @helevos - Academy]]. Thaumaturgy and magic are terms often used interchangeably. {{page>infobox:magic}} Thaumat... by conventional means. Although the term can be used to describe any [[helevos:magic_styles|formal sty... o recite lines of instruction, and magic was only used for the most complex and serious tasks. Througho... d by [[sequents]], sets of predefined instruction used as tools to achieve a specific outcome, which pra
- Limetaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLimeta
The limeta is a virid tree which grows in the tropical regions, particularly in northern and coastal Anásthias. The fruits are round with dark green leathery skin and distinctive red flesh. They are one of the few virid fruits grown for human consumption, havin a sweet and distinctively acrid taste. virid @helevos - characteristic burning sensation. The juice It is used in many sweets and drinks particularly in northea... fiery [[Gobalay]] spirit, [[kikeht]]. It is also used to make limeta leather - boiled with sugar, sprea... bitter essential oil is distilled from the skins, used in perfumery and as a preservative for wood and f... a wood is resistant to pests and corrosion, so is used for small items like chairs, jewellery and cosmet
- Amberglassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmberglass
Amberglass is the resin of the amber reed, a virid tropical plant which has been cultivated for millennia in northeast Anásthias. The translucent resin can be heated or treated with other chemicals to make it into a liquid, which can be blown or moulded to make bottles, plates, bowls, jewellery, window panes and endless variety of other products. Amberglass production and manufacture is a major industry in @helevos - ses can produce a higher or lower grade of resin, used for a variety of purposes. ===== Applications ===== In ancient times amberglass was primarily used as a lacquer, to strengthen, decorate and preserv... creates spherical vessels. In Harthera these are used as containers for high quality domestic use, most... ne, [[auray]]. Most recently amberglass has been used to create plates for [[printing]], and as discs f
- Mother Church of Ororr (Therism)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Church of Ororr (Therism)
The Mother Church is the state religion of Ororr, which combines both religion and government in one institution. It is based on the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion, who in the early decades of the modern era raised an army that conquered much of northwestern OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrMEMEOrorrMEMEOrorrOrorrHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerHerher @helevos - s widely known as **Therism**. This name is never used within Ororr, where it is considered disrespectfu... d, clothing and shelter. * The surplus must be used to glorify the Mother, to enrich the world with a... eoretical powers of veto although they are rarely used. === The Mesekk === The //Mesekk// are collecti... although in practice these powers are very seldom used. In truth they are theosophists: theo-sorcerors
- Houlmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHoulm
A houlm, also called a thaumaturgical helm or a magister's crown, is a thaumaturgical device that interacts with the human brain, providing knowledge, calculation or perception abilites, or for medical reasons. Houlms were most famously used by the Holisticians of the Rasian Academy, a crucial tool of their work. @helevos - Junda Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Language
Junda, often called Old Junda, is an Iskean language which was once spoken throughout the Junda Isles, Perudd and the Junda Coast.
Language
language
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Isolated dialects are still spoken in remoter parts of the Junda Isles, but it has largely been replaced by languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguageHartheralanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Pandataplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPandata
A pandata [puhn-DA-TA] or padata is a religious structure in the Mother Church of Ororr, used for private meditation and reflection as well as communal prayers and rituals. As establishments of the church-state, pandata complexes are the hub of the local community, with buildings used for civic administration, education, healthcare, as well as cultural and social activities. Larger towns and cities will have multiple pandatas specialised for particularly uses, while small towns and vill… @helevos - Battle-fanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBattle-fan
The eplek (Doroun), called a battle-fan or war fan, is a shield weapon once used by elite members of the EnSanni army in the later Imperial period.
Composition & Use
Epleks are composed of numerous strips of watered steel folded onto a central stem, which can unfurl to form a shield. The shield is mainly used to deflect blows or to protect the user from arrows. The best fans are all steel, with stops so each fan blade remains interlocked with no gaps. Inferior fans were bound with … @helevos - Thuralplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThural
A thural [THOOR-ul] is a tripod incense-burner, used particularly as a focus for private prayer and meditation in the rituals of the Mother Church of Ororr.
Therism
therism
This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of @helevos - Magic stylesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic styles
Throughout history there have been a number of styles of magic, including spoken and gestural languages used to communicate with silfs, and magic scripts used to record those languages, often surrounded by the paraphernalia of costume and ritual with which some societies dressed up otherwise simple thaumaturgy.magicmagicmagicmagicMiyarris @helevos - Evernessenceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEvernessence
Evernessence is the narcotic extract of the evernut, the buds of a perennial virid shrub native to the upland jungles of central southern Anásthias. It was traditionally used by shamans of the Essep people as part of initiation and social rituals. Its use later spreading amongst the @helevos - Kingdom of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Narette
The Kingdom of Narette, or Naret [na-RET, na rɛt] (arch. Anret or Anrette), is a modern nation occupying the southern half of the largest island in the Anrel Isles. Before the Orphans War it was called the Kingdom of Anrette.
Narette
narette
This is in a series of articles about the AnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - Magisteriateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagisteriate
The Magisteriate was the governing body of the Rasian Academy from 50 BME to 236 ME. It replaced the former collegiate system of masters, headed by a Grand Master, following the downfall of the Grand Master Belikast. Its stated aimed was to promote, oversee and control the use of MEmagic @helevos - Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigForatuna
The Sanctuary of Foratuna [Fo-Rah-Too-Nah] is the holiest site of the Mother Church of Ororr: the desert place where the Great Prophet built his sanctuary tower, in which he formulated the principles of the new religion, and laid the foundations for the Ororran state.
The Sanctuary is a complex of religious buildings and housing for the priesthood, including a great hall and holy circle or greenmagicmagic @helevos - Godsboardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodsboard
Godsboard is a gambling dice game, popular in taverns, wine shops and gaming houses in Anrel and throughout the Natorn Archipelago.
Sports
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Game Board
The game is typically played with six-sided dice, on a god-board, a circle divided into eight equal divisions. Each division is assigned to one of the eight principal @helevos - 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. @helevos - The Occidentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Occident
The Occident is the area of the continent of Anásthias west of the Dun Jaen mountains. Historically this meant the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann, as well as the many other nations west of the mountains before the founding of modern Ororr. Contemporary Ensanni writers occasionally used the term to refer to the relatively wild and less inhabited west coast of AnásthiasOrorrOrorr @helevos - Alsaneth Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAlsaneth Republic
The Alsaneth Republic, also called the Alsaneth Commonwealth (official name The Hexactic Commonwealth of Alsan), was a historic nation occupying the southern half of the island of Besoa. The Republic existed from the overthrow of the old MEME @helevos - Seqaalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqaal
Seqaal or Seqaalqun is the foremost surviving language of the Issid language family, spoken primarily in the Sekalkot province of central Ororr.
Language
language
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The language has existed in various forms for at least four thousand years, descending from the early tongues of the languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Calendarsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCalendars
Many different calendars have been used during Helevos' long history. Most societies used individual calendars starting either with their founding, or from some religious or political event. This made comparative history a confusing subject, particularly with the passage of time. @tag - Hieremeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHiereme
A hiereme is a large naval vessel used by the Ororrans as the foremost naval weapon for defending their coast.
Military
This is in a series of articles on Armies, Navies and Military subjects.
Hieremes are essentially naval artillery platforms used to launch attacks against invaders, while smaller ships move in to engage. Most are double-hulled catamarans, with the largest being trimarans, with ballistae and other artillery mounted on their single large deck. Their great size make… @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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… @helevos - Simmonyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSimmony
Simmony [SIM-on-nee] is a bush native to the Eastern Isles, whose stems are a spice valued for its warm, piquant flavour.
Food and Drink
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Cultivation
Simmony bushes are virid plants which flourish on the dry seaward slopes of the island of Sfize. Simmony was one of the first important exports from the islands, hence the word @helevos - Ligationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLigation
Ligation, often simply called binding, is the thaumaturgical discipline of physically binding an elemental to a solid object, so that solid matter becomes a part of the elemental's physical matrix.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
Elementals in nature will attach themselves to a physical object, particularly when it is near a regular and natural source of @helevos - Junda religionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda religion
The ancient Junda had a mixed religion, which developed over thousands of years. It combined ancient tribal belief in shamanic ancestor-worship with a wider nationalist mythology, in a cosmos containing a variety of gods. Latterly the Junda primarily worshipped the Storm Lord, herherherherherherlanguagelanguage @helevos - Astrolodeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAstrolode
An astrolode is a navigational and astronomical instrument used to calculate current latitude and longitude by taking bearings on the Fixed Stars, which hang in fixed points over the equator.
It combines an astrolabe (used to calculate the height of a star) and a lodestone, or magnetic compass. Longitude can be calculated from the elevation of the star: the lower the angle, the further north you are. Latitude is calculated from the angle between the nearest fixed star, and magnetic n… @helevos - About this websiteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAbout this website
Robworld is a project I've been working on most of my life, a private universe of my own imagination of advanced interstellar civilisations and backwards fantasy worlds.
As a kid I was always a big fan of books with maps of fantastical places. From the age of ten I started drawing my own maps of magical islands, mysterious castles and sorceror's towers, first creating maps for - Ovorsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOvors
Ovors [OH-vor] (also ovorr, plural ovorn) are common domestic herd animals found throughout the Civilised World, used for their meat, skins and wool. They are agile creatures with a thick matted fur and small conical horns for defence, though many herdsmen blunt these. viridAnásthias @helevos - 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 @helevos - Ergothaumicsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigErgothaumics
Ergothaumics is the discipline of using thaumic energy to directly power mechanisms and devices, without needing an elemental. Ergothaumics was developed of the indjineers of Rasia.
Magic
magic
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Ergothaumics has many advantages over thaumaturgy, since it doesn't require the complexities of magic @helevos - Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic
In common terms, magic is the art of producing a desired outcome through occult means. Various arts are described as magical, from common street illusionists, village herbalists, and rituals for the intercession of deities. However, true magic is the art and science of elemental mastery, harnessing elemental creatures and instructing them to perform simple or complex tasks. @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - Meseriond crystalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMeseriond crystal
Meseriond is a synthetic crystal with almost total internal refraction, used to store information. They are particularly used to transport highly sensitive information which must not be intercepted.
During final processing of the crystal, a stream of data is injected, whilst simulataneously finalising the properties of the crystal so that it infinitely refracts within the crystal structure. The data is held within the crystal as a static stream. The data can only be retrieved… @1gd - Gamiriplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGamiri
The Gamiri, sometimes called the Nonarchy or The Nine (Takita), are the nine executive leaders of the Ororran church-state. Each leader or Gamiro is responsible for a department of government, and may only hold that role for one year. Individuals can therefore stay in power for up to nine years by occupying all seats. Ororr @helevos - Magic Stylesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagic Styles
Throughout history there have been a number of styles of magic, including spoken and gestural languages used to communicate with silfs, and magic scripts used to record those languages, often surrounded by the paraphernalia of costume and ritual with which some societies dressed up otherwise simple thaumaturgy.magic @tag - Theurgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTheurgy
Theurgy, also called Theosophy, Theosophical magic or holy magic, is a style of magic that instead of using the power of an ordinary elemental, invokes the power of a deital or god-spirit. Theurgy requires no understanding or even awareness of thaumaturgy or other styles of formal magic. Instead, practitioners follow a specific ritual format depending on the action required, usually involving ritual prayer, sacrifice and other activities which induce a heightened level of consciousness.… @helevos - Fixed starsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFixed stars
The Fixed Stars are the bright stars, more properly small moons, in the sky of Helevos. They are so called because they hold a fixed point in the night sky relative to the ground. There are thought to be four fixed stars, circling the heavens at the four quarters of the globe. Only three are visible in the skies of the @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - Alimentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAliment
Aliment is a somewhat archaic term for the natural magnetic force in the unusually strong magnetosphere of Helevos, which is the natural source of sustenance for elementals. Aliment is consumed and stored in the ethereal bodies of elementals, and can be used to power @helevos - Empire of Dor-en-Sannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmpire of Dor-en-Sann
The Empire of Dor-en-Sann, [DOORR-enn-SAHN] also called the EnSanni Empire, was the largest empire in history. It dominated central Anásthias for nearly two thousand years, from 1903 BME, until the conquest of Galkesh in 59 ME. The empire consisted of hundreds of ethnic groups and cultures, its people were collectively called the MEOrorrHMOrorrHMHartheraME @helevos - 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. @helevos - 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 @helevos - Pirpounkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPirpounk
The pirpounk is a variety of virid bush native to dry or semi-arid habitats, particularly in the desert plains of central and eastern Anásthias.
Flora
herbs
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It is related to the balbal with a similarly bulbous root and a long tapering trunk, with an abundance of long, fur-like fronds growing from the top which sway in the breeze. These fronds serve several purposes. Firstly they trap insects and other small animals, which a… @helevos - Ironokeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIronoke
Ironoke is a large variety of virid tree found and cultivated throughout Anásthias. They grow slowly but to an enormous size, with a large canopy and characteristic dark brown bole.
Flora
herbs
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Ironoke produce the hardest known wood, which evolved to be resistant to fire and virid @helevos - Vetthi naming conventionsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi naming conventions
Vetthi names are a fiendishly complicated social hurdle for all visitors to the island, and can represent a challenge even to the most socially adept Vetthi hierarch. Vetthi names can be lengthy, since they describe not only family connections, but a history of honours and distinctions both personal and inherited. The longer a person's name, the greater the prestige of the family, and those wishing to curry favour are obliged to remember the entire name of a new associ… @helevos - Imbleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImble
Imble is a virid plant native to tropical swamplands, where it flourishes due to its strength, flexibility, and tolerance to salt. The tree-like trunk is bulbous with a thick grey skin. Its core is a mass of fleshy strands which given the plant strength and function to regulate its internal salinity.virid @helevos - Galkeshplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGalkesh
The modern city of Galkesh [GAL-kesh, g'alkeʃ] is capital of the Gaskanin region of northeastern Ororr, and of Galkesh province. In ancient times it was Gaalkedch [nGAHL-kedge-sh, ɣɑːːɫkeʒʃ], centre of the first Gaal Empire, and later the holy metropolis of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrME @helevos - Torroramâiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorroramâi
Torroramâi (also Tororr, T'amai, [tɔ-ROR-ah-MAH-ee, or simply “The Capital”) is the administrative and religious capital of the modern nation-state of Ororr.
Torroramai
This is in a series of articles about Torroramai, capital city of the nation of Ororr.viridviridOrorrOrorrviridviridgreenvirid @helevos - 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
herbs
This is in a series of articles about virid @helevos - Raintreeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRaintree
The raintree is a variety of virid tree adapted to arid regions, found mainly in the tropical deserts and plains of Anásthias.
Flora
herbs
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Raintrees have a scaly white or dun-coloured skin, with numerous up-pointing limbs. They cope with arid conditions by growing fine, hair-like air roots from their branches. These normally lay flat, giving the limbs a hairy appearance. In the cool hours before dawn they become erect, catch… @helevos - Beyänplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBeyän
Beyän [bay-AHN] (arch. Bé'an, Ben Akir) is a city in central plains of the Kingdom of Trésard. For millennia it has been an important centre for trade, arts, manufacturing and governance. Uniquely Beyän is vertical city, its markets and long galleries constructed from natural caves in the plug of an extinct volcano. @helevos - Edge Landsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEdge Lands
The Edge Lands are the mytho-geographic lands, said to lie beyond the four oceans surrounding the Civilised World.
They were named by the ancient Miyarrain. Zahkdarret lies to the west of Anásthias, and Retzayk to the east. The cold north is called the Icerealm, the south being the Icehorns.
These names are used in official maps and academic works, but little used in everyday speech. @helevos - Unfacingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUnfacing
Unfacing is a cultural practice and method of social control prevalent in Kahtoyn. Use of practices such as unfacing, blueface and gift economics distinguish Kahtoyn from the wider Otekahré region of eastern Anásthias.
Unfacing involves consciously ignoring, turning your back on, withholding communication and refusing help, as a form of social punishment. Unfacing begins in childhood as a punishment for children who are isolated for short periods, and extends to adulthood where serio… @helevos - Hexact Doctrineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHexact Doctrine
The Hexact Doctrine is a philosophy of government developed in Anrel in the early 3rd century ME, with the aim of creating governments that benefited the health, wealth and wellbeing of its citizens. It is the model for many governments throughout the MEAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - Tutumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTutum
Tutum is a green bush with glossy leaves, found throughout the Civilised World but particularly in Anrel. It is a successionary plant which grows in the burn zone between virid and green biomes, though it is only able to flourish in the presence of ream moss. One of its principle survival mechanisms is producing greenviridviridviridviridviridvirid @helevos - Delánplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDelán
Delán (de-LAN, from Daltirich Dalítlan, dal-IT-lan) is the capital of Deltirot, one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr. It is the largest and most prosperous city in the region, a centre for trade, industry and Daltirich culture. The city lies on the Green Wiyel, the central tributary of @helevos - Thornbrushplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThornbrush
Thornbrush is a virid shrub found in the drier parts of Anásthias. Its leaves grow vicious hand-length thorns preventing grazing by animals. The plant is commonly used to mark boundaries and to provide fencing for animals. Unusual for a virid plant, it is more toxic to viridviridvirid @helevos - Mekanismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMekanism
Mekanism was a School of Thought at the Rasian Academy. It viewed the universe as a single integrated machine, made up of intricate interlocking parts, from the smallest particles of matter to the great wheels of the heavens.
Rasian Academy
This is in a series of articles about the @helevos - 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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The Bizoan War (1086-1092 ME) was a war of conquest by the Hartheran Union against the islands of Besoa and Antyok. The invasion lasted was followed by a period of Occupation from 1092-1114 ME. Besoa was liberated by nationalist forces led by the Sann'ali Court-in-Exile, who established the HartheranHartheraHartheraHartheranOrorrHartheranAnrelOrorrHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheraHarth… @helevos - Ameliplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmeli
The ameli [ah-MELL-ee] is a spiny green plant with long thin yellow-green leaves, found in open temperate plains and grasslands. They bear small berries, usually black or very dark red. They can be poisonous is eaten, but a decoction of them is used to heighten senses, and also increases adrenalin production. Ameli is therefore an important medicinal @helevos - Garronplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGarron
Garrons are domestic mammals found principally in Anrel and other northern islands, used for riding and to pull carts and carriages. They are cousins of the horsis, the fierce fighting beast now only found in the heraldry of the Anrel kingdoms.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about Anrel @helevos - Giftdarkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGiftdark
The Giftdark is an archeological civilisation in what is now the Anrel Isles, which flourished during the Celadon Epoch, approximately 3000-4000 BME. The civilisation is named for its elaborate underground temples with tactile features, suggesting they were used in darkness. It is unclear whether the Giftdark culture was a widespread belief or part of elite spiritual practice. Little is known other than the remains of its distinctive temple architecture, which uses alternating spaces o… @helevos - Blood Honeyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBlood Honey
Blood honey, or tejhosan from the Othei language, is a rich red honey-like food harvested from secretions of virid fire ants.
Food and Drink
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Fire ants are viricrustaceans native to the equatorial regions and plains of Anásthias, particularly the dry plains of western central @helevos - 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
This is in a series of articles about religions and beliefs.
The site has been used by successive civilisations for many thousands of years, and is littered with ruins and ancient artefacts. The oracle itself is an underground chamber accessed by a stone shaft, believed to have been constructed by … @helevos - National Pandata (Torroramai )plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNational Pandata (Torroramai )
The National Pandata, also called the Golden Tree Pandata or the “Gold Lilly Pandata” is one of the most important religious buildings in the city of Torroramai, capital city of Ororr. It was constructed in the 5th century, and is one of the largest religous buildings in the world.OrorrOrorr @helevos - Dor'Ann Imperial Calendarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDor'Ann Imperial Calendar
The Dor'Ann Imperial Calendar or Old Imperial Reckoning, more often called the Imperial Calendar or IC, was the official religious and bureaucratic calendar of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. The Gaal Empire which preceded it had used a calendar dated from the legendary founding of @helevos - 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. @helevos - Doroun languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoroun language
Doroun [doh-ROON, dɒ'ruːn] is the common language of Ororr, the principle language of law, trade, government and the Mother Church.
Language
language
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Doroun is spoken as a first language in the regions of Dunasanin and Gaskanin, and as a second language in other regions. It developed from the languagelanguagelanguageOrorrlanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage… @helevos - Boat-cloakplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBoat-cloak
A boat-cloak is a large garment of skin or waxed fabric, which wraps around the wearer to protect them from harsh weather. The outer edges of the cloak have a series of inflatable pockets, so that when the cloak is laid flat and inflated, it forms a small boat or raft. @helevos - Efelaxplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEfelax
Efelax or efelahk are a virid species found in various parts of the world. They are commonly thought of as carnivorous plants, having the appearance of leaves and being rooted in place, though in fact they are sessile animals. Efelax are highly poisonous, with the toxins having medicinal uses. @helevos - Arms of Foratunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArms of Foratuna
The Arms of Foratuna are the priesthood of the Mother Church of Ororr, based at the holy citadel of Foratuna. Typically this means the Meisinn and Messek, the supreme spiritual arms of the church said to be in direct communication with the Mother. They do not play an active role in governance, but their opinion on spiritual matters is decisive and they effectively have the ability to veto any policy considered OrorrOrorr @helevos - Eye of the Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEye of the World
The Eye of the World is an archaic term for Anásthias or what is now called the Civilised World, used particularly in the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It derives from an ancient theory that the globe of the world was a sphere of water like an eye, with only one continent, Anásthias, being the iris or pupil. This idea was been superceded by the @helevos - Faunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFauna
All of these creatures are physical beings, but some of them, particularly the Four Beasts of the Apocalypse, are legendary and of course will only appear under the most extreme circumstances.
* Banshee - large terrifying flying creatures with spindly bodies and a very long wingspan, which ride the air currents in remote areas, feeding off small birds, AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - Tidaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTida
Tida [TEE-da], sometimes called tida-pepper, is a spice common in Ororran cuisine and used as a condiment throughout Anásthias.
Food and Drink
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Tida is the seed kernel of the tida fern, a virid plant which flourishes in humid, shady areas. The ferns produce fruiting pods which grow tightly wound and unfurl as they mature, opening and releasing their airborne @helevos - Years Regnantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYears Regnant
Years Regnant is a dating system used by many nations, numbering years from the accession of each ruler, rather than from an epoch or other significant event.
Calendar
This is in a series of articles about calendars and dating systems.
The system was particularly used in small, independent or isolated kingdoms with a strong monarchy, particularly the islands of the @helevos - Years Foundingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYears Founding
Years Founding (YF) is an archaic reckoning of years associated with the Godmen. It began with the legendary founding of the city of Yendim, first city in the Realm of the Godmen, traditionally about 16 millennia ago. It is used in the ancient historic texts of Anrel, most notably the @helevos - Helevos Biology & Natural Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelevos Biology & Natural History
Helevos has two categories of life which are mutually incompatible, the virid, and the green.
Green life includes humans, and all domesticated plants and animals which are nutritious and useful to human exploitation. Green life is considered to be soft, benevolent and useful, an essential part of human settlement and civilisation. greenviridviridgreengreengreenviridgreenviridgreenviridviridgreenviridviridviridviridGreengreengreenAnrelgreengreenAnrelAnrelAn… @helevos - 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. @helevos - Arithmometerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArithmometer
The arithmometer is a mechanical device using rotational logic to perform calculations. The first modern production model was invented by Salsifer Pentane in 1042 ME, though this claim is controversial since the ancients almost certainly had comparable devices. @helevos - Viricideplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigViricide
A viricide is any compound or agent which kills plants or animals in the Virid Kingdom. In common usage, a viricide is usually a chemical preparation used by farmers and householders to eradicate encroaching virid vegetation, or to poison virid pests. Viricides are generally harmless to members of the virid @helevos - Kililiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKilili
Kilili is a sign language originating in the province of Gorval, where congenital deafness was once common in isolated communities. Today it is still used by deaf minorities throughout Ororr.
Language
language
This is in a series of articles about Languages and Communication.
History
The sign language originated in isolated villages of the Gorval Highlands, who had a high incidence of congenital deafness, the result of cultural inbreeding. Both non-hearing and hearing villagers … @helevos - Drortplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDrort
Drort are domestic animals found throughout Anásthias, seen pulling wagons and every type of commercial and domestic conveyance. Unusually for domestic livestock they are virid creatures, omnivorous and unusually tolerant to green grazing, nibbling virid weeds and pests common in roadsides and hedgerows. They are rarely seen in virid @helevos - Thaumatropeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumatrope
A thaumatrope, also called an imagoricle or moon lantern, is a device for displaying images by thaumaturgical means.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
The simplest thaumatropes are a box with a single open side, into which the image is projected creating the illusion of reality. The most complex devices have a glass panel covering a layer of coloured sand or beads, which are manipulated by the source to form an image. The sim… @helevos - Phelorixplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPhelorix
Phelorix, also called smokestone, is an extremely hard, glass-like material, said to have been used by the Godmen for constructing towers and cities.
Technology
This is in a series of articles on machinery, artefacts, manufacturing, craftsmanship, raw materials and other @helevos - Gaal Empireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaal Empire
The Gaal Empire (c.2400-2055 BME) was the cultural and military hegemony of the Gaal people, whose capital was Gaalkedch in what is now northern Ororr. The Gaal Empire lasted five centuries, steadily accumulating territory and wealth, until it was taken over in a military coup by BME @helevos - Biology and Ecologyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBiology and Ecology
Helevos has two separate families of life, which compete with each other for resources and space. Various cultures give different names for these two competing families, but in Anrel they are commonly called “the Virid and the Green”, a quotation from the GreenViridgreengreenGreengreenGreengreenviridGreenviridviridviridgreenviridgreengreengreengreenviridviridGreenviridgreenviridgreengreengreenViridgreenviridViridgreenviridviridviridViridgreenviridviridViridgreengreenviridgr… @helevos - Brumal Deepplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBrumal Deep
The Brumal Deep is an oceanic basin in the Polassirn Ocean, east of the Natorn Sea. The basin is a roughly circular area, which at nearly 9000 m is the deepest sea in the Civilised World. It has no greenfish so is not visited by fishermen or whales. It is considered a treacherous area for shipping, with mountainous waves particularly during the @helevos - Civilised Worldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCivilised World
The Civilised World refers to the known regions of human civilisation, notably the continent of Anásthias, the Natorn Archipelago and surrounding islands.
Gastrinimer's 3rd century BME Map of the World, showing Anásthias and the Natorn Isles. Note: old maps place north to the right.AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - River Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Wiyel
The River Wiyel or Weil [WILE, WAH-yil] in Ororr is the longest river in the Civilised World. The Wiyel Basin drains two thirds of modern Ororr, running over 5000 km from its source in the southern Dun Trisan mountains, flowing northwards to the sea.
Names
As the river is so long it has been known by many names by different civilisations throughout history. 'Wiel' is the name used during the time of the GreenOrorr @helevos - Beasts of the Apocalypseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBeasts of the Apocalypse
The Beasts of the Apocalypse are four supremely powerful monsters said to guard the world from the chaos of the outer darkness. They feature in the ancient legends of Anrel and Miyarris, most particularly in the saga, the Tirennion.
According to myth, in the early days of the @helevos - Belief Systemsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBelief Systems
Helevos has a wide variety of belief systems. The following are categorisations used by the Rasian Academy to classify different types of faith:
* Binitarianism - belief in two equal gods. (See the Binitarian Heresy, which relates to Therism) * Deism - there is one supreme creator who is now remote from the universe. @helevos - Plate Theoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPlate Theory
Plate Theory is a modern theory of geology, proposing that continental land masses are composed of mobile “plates” floating on a sea of liquid rock. The theory was divised by geologists at the Harlon University in Harthera. It explains the formation of the Harthera @helevos - Miyarrain Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarrain People
The Miyarrain were the inhabitants of ancient Miyarris, famed as the most advanced civilisation of the Celadon Epoch. The Miyarrain were the progenitors of all modern Eloyoun peoples throughout eastern Anásthias.
Ancient Miyarris
This is in a series of articles about the ancient civilisation of @helevos - World Historyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWorld History
Helevos has eight thousand years of recorded history, with archeology, artefacts and myth stretching back much further. There are two dominant views of human history: the theological view that the whole world and humanity were created some thousands of years ago in one instant of creation; the second, that all humanity descends from a race of fallen demigods called the viridEmerald EpochBMEgreenBMEAnásthiasAnásthiasBMEAnásthiasfolkloreMiyarrisGodmenBMEMEOrorrHartheraMEviridAnásthi… @helevos - 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 @helevos - Livestockplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLivestock
Livestock are domesticated animals used for meat, transportation and labour. @helevos - Areliaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArelia
Arelia was once a large island in what is now the Natorn Archipelago, contiguous with the the modern islands of Besoa, Antyok and southern parts of The Spines. In earlier epochs sea levels were much lower, the modern islands being the uplands of a larger landmass. The islands of Besoa and Antyoq are sometimes figuratively referred to as Arelia. @helevos - 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. @helevos - Sacrifice of Ibrimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSacrifice of Ibrim
The Sacrifice of Ibrim is an ancient folk tale, one of the canon of instructional tales used by the church of the Mother Of All Aspects in the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
In the tale, Ibrim has two sons, and is asked to murder one of his children to prove the love for his god. At the last minute a @helevos - Sump Gasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSump 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 Anrel 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 … @helevos - Biinmosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBiinmos
Biinmos is a large, militarised state in eastern Munatan. It is sometimes known as Dendrost, a Hartheran version of its name. This is an anachronism and in modern diplomacy only the official name is used.
Munatan
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This is in a series of articles about HartheranBMEMEME @helevos - Primentureplugin-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. @helevos - Writingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWriting
List of scripts and writing systems used for modern and historic languages.
topics @tag - BME (Before Modern Epoch)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBME (Before Modern Epoch)
Used to date years Before the Modern Epoch. @helevos - 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.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about Animals.
They are caught by humans at various times of the year. Though too small to be of much use for human nutrient, certain types of greenfry are caught off the coast of northern @helevos - Ra and Ratérplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRa and Ratér
Ra (RAH) and Ratér (rah-TAIR) are mutually-orbiting binary planets in the Cronox System. The two are both marginal for human life but were settled many millennia ago. Rivalry and conflict between the two throughout their history laid the foundation for a series of accords for mutual co-operation, which was the foundation for the @1gd - 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 @helevos - The Beast and the Lilliesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Beast and the Lillies
The Beast and the Lillies, also called Therion and the Changer, is an Occidental folk tale. Though an ancient tale it was used by opponents of the Mother Church in Ororr to satirise the Great Prophet of Ororr. As such the tale has at times been considered blasphemous.herTherionOrorr @helevos - 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 @helevos - Eastern Isles (New Perech)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEastern Isles (New Perech)
The Eastern Isles, also called New Perech or the Spice Islands, are a tropical island group in the Redeeming Ocean at 13ºS, 3300 km from the mainland of Harthera, 4125 km from the port of Narillin. The islands have a highly diverse population of virid plant species, several of which are prized as flavourings or HartheranHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheran @helevos - Siltorn Canalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Canal
The Siltorn Canal in Ororr is a pioneering system of canals and locks which links the heartlands of the Wiyel Basin with the northwestern provinces, which are otherwise isolated by the Siltorn Highlands. The key link in the network is a series of canal tunnels running through the mountains, raising barges and lowering them to the far side. The Siltorn Canal is a critical link in OrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - Hirèrkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHirèrk
Hirèrk [hee-R-ERR-k hi'røk] is the northernmost region of Kahtoyn. Its foremost city is Marr Sirque, the principle trade port of Kahtoyn and gateway to the region.
The province is known internationally for the Hirèrk Moonscale, the famous calendar of Miyarris, which was used and misused by scholars for millennia after. @helevos - Maiyenetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMaiyenet
Maiyenet is an island 120 km from the north coast of Ororr, halfway between the mainland and Vetth, and 100 km northwest of the Guree Isles.
It is claimed by Ororr, but its small population has little contact with the mainland and has closer economic ties to the OrorrOrorr @helevos - V1&V2 Old Hand-drawn Mapsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigV1&V2 Old Hand-drawn Maps
Version 1
These are a few of the very oldest maps I first drew around the age of ten! I used them in stories and ad-hoc roleplaying games, the islands originally just being the location of numerous “dungeons”.
Version 2 @gallery - Narillinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNarillin
Narillin [NAR-ill-EE-in] (Eloyoun Marille, historically Mariyë, also known as the Plaster City) is one of the great port cities of the world and the third largest city of Harthera.
It was an ancient Eloyoun city state, said to have been founded by refugees from Miyarris. For much of the EloyounHarthera @helevos - Amber reedplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmber reed
The amber reed is a virid plant found in tropical wetlands, particularly in northwestern Anásthias.
It has been cultivated for millennia for its resin, amberglass, which hardens to a glass-like material used for numerous applications. Selective breeding has created many varieties of amber reed, which yield resins of differing colour, strength and viscosity. @helevos - Abel Palaceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAbel Palace
Abel Palace is a royal residence in the city of Belisan Freeport in the Kingdom of Narette, sitting atop Abel Hill on the eastern edge of the city. It was originally a fortress constructed during the Long War for defence of the eastern approaches to the city. It was laid seige to by @helevos - Siltorn Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Republic
The Siltorn Republic was a longstanding historic nation state in the uplands of northwestern Anásthias, enduring from its foundation in 2380 BME to it's absorption into the Mother State of Ororr in 96 ME.
Empire of Dor-en-Sann
This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the MEMEOrorr @helevos - Grace Islandsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrace Islands
The Grace Islands (Isjlas Grasja) are a chain of islands in the Sea of Grace, off the coast of southwest Anásthias, part of the Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia. The four largest islands are inhabited, from west to east being: Ayell, Agueda, Ameda and Arguila.
The islands were settled by the Anásthiaslanguage @helevos - Junda Stormscaleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Stormscale
The Junda Stormscale is a historic calendar used by the inhabitants of the Junda Isles from around 3000 BME until the third century ME.
Calendar
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The Junda were considered a simple tribal people living on a remote group of islands, yet despite their seeming lack of sophistication they developed a complex mathematical system. Their annual calendar was based on the @helevos - 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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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 @helevos - Mainlandplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMainland
Mainland is the largest of the three major Anrel Isles. Politically it is divided between the two nations of Trésard and Anret.
Anrel
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This is in a series of articles about the Anrel Isles, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Sea.
The name Mainland is rarely used, except by the inhabitants of smaller outlying islands, particuarly those living on @helevos - Anrasardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrasard
Anrasard was a landmass contiguous with the modern Anrel Isles. In earlier epochs the sea level was much lower, so the isles formed single large island.
Anrasard was at its greatest extent during the Emerald Epoch some 14,000 years ago, in the mythic age of the Godmen. In subsequent @helevos - Moritarrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMoritarr
Moritarr is one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr, in the northwest of the country. It is sometimes referred to as Old Ororr since the conquests of the Great Prophet's Mother Army began in this region, though strictly this was limited to the provinces of Narlorn and Vosharn.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororrviridviridgreen @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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. @helevos - 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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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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - Little Ice Ageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLittle Ice Age
The Little Ice Age is a historical epoch within Helevos's climate cycle, a roughly 700-year period of global cooling from 50 BME to 650 ME. A series of cooler summers caused a net fall in global temperatures, with a consequent lowering of sea level of up to three metres. This not only had a big impact on low-lying coastal areas but caused climate change sufficient to upset the balance of power of global economies, contributing to the fall of the @helevos - Kingdom of Trésardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Trésard
The Hexactic Kingdom of Trésard [tray-SSARD] is a nation in the Anrel Isles, occupying the northern half of the Mainland and the island of Mûul. The kingdom was forged in 238 ME as an alliance of city-states during the Long War, a unification of the states of the former @helevos - Pishahnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPishahn
Pishahn is a historic spelling of the modern city of Pishan, used particularly to signify it as the capital of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya. @helevos - Principality of Antyokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrincipality of Antyok
The Principality of Antyok was a former nation state on the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. Historically the Principality was the only remaining independent part of the Kingdom of Heronbar, after it was conquered by the Kingdom of Sann'al. The Principality was conquered by Harthera in 1086 @helevos - Lake Otaranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Otaran
Lake Otaran [oh-TA-ran], known locally as The Otaran (arch. Otarah), is a brackish lake or inland sea in the island of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is connected to the sea by the Otaran Sound, a flooded former river valley.
The lake is economically important as a rich source of @helevos - Kingdom of Heronbarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Heronbar
The Kingdom of Heronbar (c.1700 BME - 36 ME) was one of the historic Four Kingdoms of Besoa. At its height it controlled more than one quarter of the island of Besoa, as well as the islands of Iluns, Antyok and southern parts of The Spines. It later declined, and was annexed by @helevos - 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. @helevos - Herbsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerbs
A list of green plants used in herblore for their culinary, medicinal, psychotropic or physical properties.
Herbs
herbs
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topics flora1 @tag - Ayetuaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAyetua
Ayetua [ay-YEH-too-ah] is a port city on the arid reaches of the Red Wiyel in Ororr, famed as the terminus for galleys travelling upriver on the Shouft or Great Pilgrimage of the Therist faith. Despite its proximity to the holy sites of Foratuna, it is a dry, drab and dusty settlement, used only as a waystation for the unceasing movement of pilgrims. @helevos - Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr
Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Neporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNepor
Nepor is a historic port city on the western coast of the nation of Hesjbagaaia in Munatan. It is a vital centre for trade, with goods from throughout the region flowing through its docks. Its wharves are well defended, being home to the prestigious Umber Sea Fleet of the Hesjbagaaian Navy. @helevos - Gaal Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaal People
The Gaal people are an ethnic group whose original homeland was in the uplands of what is now northeastern Ororr. The Gaal Empire grew to encompass much of the region, and was the progenitor of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. Consequently the Gaal people, their language, culture and influence, formed the foundation of modern Ororran society. @helevos - Ambertoneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAmbertone
The Ambertone Phonautogram is a sound reproduction machine made by the Ambertone Talking Machine Company of Harthera. The technology was first developed for government and business, particularly allowing ministers to dictate correspondence to copyists. More recently, Ambertone machines were used for important news and speeches, allowing people in distant parts of the Union to hear the voices of their leaders for the first time. @helevos - Pruncoty Brandyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPruncoty Brandy
Pruncotiésh [proon-KOT-ee-yesh], or Pruncoty Brandy, is a spirit made from a secret mixture of fresh and dried vine fruits and flavourings on the island of Pruncoty, in The Spines. Pruncotiesh is made in small batches and highly prized, once enjoyed exclusively by the royal houses of @helevos - 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 @helevos - Puottiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPuotti
Puotti [poo-UH-tee] is a dish made from fine doughberry flour, mixed with water and stretched until it becomes elastic and almost rubbery. Puotti is a staple of Jorothi cuisine, eaten particularly in the arid parts of central and western Ororr, where it is not only eaten as a starch, but used as a utensil to pick up roast meat in particular from a communal plate. @helevos - 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. @helevos - Heronbaht Languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeronbaht Language
Heronbaht, also called Tekeheron, is the historic language of the Principality of Antyok and the former Kingdom of Heronbar.
Language
language
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Heronbaht was once thought to be a language isolate, unrelated to the two major languages families in the region, Asokway and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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. @helevos - Golden Ordinanceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGolden Ordinance
The Golden Ordinance is a natural philosophy which was a key element of Miyarrain culture in the latter centuries of the Celadon Epoch. The “ordinance” was thought to be a set of rules or mathematical which were intrinsic to the universe and observed in nature. Its legacy was important to many later movements, from governance to military conflict and aesthetics. @helevos - Sjiganplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSjigan
Sjigan is a traditional food of the Essep people, made from fermented meat. It is consumed particularly in rural and mountainous parts of Gildot and Hesjbagaaia.
Food and Drink
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Various kinds of meats can be fermented, but it is particularly used to process virid @helevos - 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. @helevos - Kingdom of Oonarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Oonar
Oonar was a historic nation in eastern Anásthias existing from c.1800 BME to c.500 ME, with a largely Eloyoun-ethnic population. Around the turn of the first century ME, Oonar was the foremost of the Eloyoun kingdoms in the region, second only to Saloya.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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. @helevos - Church of the Namelessplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChurch of the Nameless
The Church of the Nameless, also called the Cult of the Nameless, is a subversive religious sect in the Anrel Isles. Their God is referred to as 'The Nameless One', because Anrelians believe that saying his true name attracts his evil attention. Anrel @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - Gallivatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGallivat
Gallivats are relatively small ships used around the coast of Ororr, for coastal defence and transportation. They have both sails and oars, usually with three sails. Gallivats are an evolution of common small fishing vessels.
Technology
This is in a series of articles on machinery, artefacts, manufacturing, craftsmanship, raw materials and other @helevos - Pelchekplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPelchek
Pelchek (also pelseq) is a virid plant which yields a sharp citric spice particularly favoured in Hartheran cuisine.
Food and Drink
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Pelchek is a parasitic plant found in stands of older virid jungle. Its seed pods are small, multi-lobed and a purple-red colour. When eaten by foraging animals, the pod is digested, while the small hard seeds are passed out as dung which helps the seedlings germinate and grow. virid @helevos - Dromondplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDromond
Dromonds are heavy war galleys, principally used for by the Ororran military for coastal defence. They were the pre-eminent warships of earlier times, but today are considered unwieldly and archaic.
Dromonds have small sails but are primarily powered by oarsmen. As such they can be fast and manoeuvrable, and can be armed both with formidable @helevos - Anrel Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Isles
Anrel [ANN-rel], or the Anrel Isles, is the most northerly island group in the Natorn Archipelago. It consists of three major islands and numerous smaller ones. The largest, colloquially if infrequently called Mainland, is divided between the kingdoms of Trésard and Narette. The island @helevos - Carrow grassplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCarrow grass
Carrow is a variety of tough green grass common in marginal regions. Carrow grass has tall, broad, sharp-edged blades, coloured various shades from green to yellow to variegated, depending partly upon variety, but mostly due to soil conditions. It pollinates by wind, producing an abundance of fluffy airborne seed pods which can travel long distances.greengreengreen @helevos - Cantripplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCantrip
In the Chantry Style of magic, a cantrip or tript is a word or short phrase used to trigger an elemental to perform a sequent, a pre-learned set of instructions. Cantrips consist of the name of the command, and any additional instructions that relate to it.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Haulmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHaulm
A haulm or holm is a thaumaturgical indjinn or lamenary, capable of interacting directly with the human brain using neuromancy.
Magic
magic
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The word is a portmanteau of thaumic helm. Since they must be in direct contact with the skull, they are produced in the form of a metal crown or helmet, often elaborately decorated with symbols indicating their function and ownership. They were perfected by the @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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
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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: @helevos - Mangasorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMangasor
Mangasor, [mang-GAS-orr, maŋga'sɔ̝ːɾ)] (arch. Mangasuor) also called the Mangasor Desert, is a Special Autonomous Region in central Ororr. It is a mainly arid region with no permanent surface water, a landscape of rocky plains, dusty dunes and dry lake beds. At the heart of the desert is the holy site of @helevos - Teréreplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerére
Terére [teh-RAY-RAY] (also téte) is a stimulating drink brewed from the terere bush, popularly consumed in Taur-dji-oum and throughout eastern Munatan.
Food and Drink
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Terere bushes were originally climbing plants found in lowland forests, but have been bred to flourish in upland hills. The picked leaves are chopped and fermented then dried, used to make a strong herbal infusion rich with stimulant chemicals including caffeine.… @helevos - Sailing vesselsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSailing vessels
In a world that is two thirds ocean, ships and naval technology is extremely important for war and trade. The maritime island nations are often the most advanced, whereas the large continental nations tend to rely more on inland and river trade, being relatively backward. @helevos - Taigan Scriptplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaigan Script
Taigan is a distinctive flowing cursive script used in ancient civilisation of Traithe to record their triglyphic language. It is name after the nation's capital city, Taigálu.
Magic
magic
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The languages of Traste are long since forgotten and books long rotted, but records still exist written in the Taigan script on brass alloy discs. @helevos - Ororran Calendarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorran Calendar
The Ororran Calendar or Years of the Mother (MY) was for two centuries the official calendar of the church-state of Ororr, until it was replaced by the Modern Epoch. The Ororran Calendar was a revised form of the old EnSanni Imperial Calendar, except that it began a new count of years dating from the official founding of the Ororran state by the MEMEME @helevos - Antyokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAntyok
Antyok or Antyoq [ant-YOK, uhn-CHOK] is an island in the Natorn Archipelago, due east of Besoa. It was formerly an independent nation, the Principality of Antyok, but since 1086 ME, following the Bizoan War, it is now under Hartheran dominion.
Antyok
This is in a series of articles about Antyok, an island nation in the HartheranHartheranHartheran @helevos - Lake Initererplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Initerer
Lake Initerer [i-ni-TEH-reh] is a large body of freshwater in the Siltorn highlands of northwestern Ororr, the largest lake in Ororr and the second largest in the Civilised World, after Lake Beikid.
Ororr
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Ororr @helevos - Luminateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLuminate
Luminates are individuals with the rare ability to form a mental connection with an elemental. This can happen unconsciously and without training, making such connections potentially dangerous if the elemental carries out the violent subconscious desires of a child, rather than the conscious will of a trained @helevos - Dromeismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDromeism
Dromeism is a system of thought originating in Munatan during the Beryl Epoch, around 2000 BME. It encompasses all aspects of thought, from the fundamental nature of reality and the natural sciences, to principles of ethical behaviour and political responsibility. In its ideas about the fundamental nature of the universe, it shares some concepts with the Miyarrain philosophy of the @helevos - Godmenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGodmen
The Godmen were the mythical inhabitants of a landmass contiguous with the modern Natorn Archipelago, said to be the ancestors of all the Thalsic peoples of the northern Civilised World. In the Emerald Epoch they created the first great civilisation, referred to as the Realm of the Godmen. The Godmen are said to be mytho-historic, memories of an ancestor race shrouded by millennia of HartheraAnrelAnrelherherAnrelAnrel @helevos - Race and Ethnicityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRace and Ethnicity
The concepts of race and ethnicity in the Civilised World are complex, related to issues of history, geography and culture. Some theories of the origins of humanity claim that all humans are descended from a single group of original ancestors, while others believe mankind is made up of distinct races with separate origins. EloyounHartheraAnrelOrorrOrorrEloyounGodmenEloyounOrorrMunatanEloyounAnásthiasGodmen @helevos - 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
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - 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. @helevos - 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. @helevos - 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
This is in a series of articles about Civilised WorldMunatan @helevos - Blue Sunplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBlue Sun
The Blue Sun are a mercenary and privateer fleet operating largely in the Great Urash Ocean and the south coast of Munatan. They are considered pirates by the Hesjbagaaian Navy and sometimes a menace to merchant shipping in the area, but are generally used as a mercenary force in the rivalries between the @helevos - Vaneneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVanene
Vanene is a medicine derived from the carnivorous efelax vanene plant. It slows the heart, so is used to treat heart conditions and arrythmia, as well as to treat anxiety and other nervous conditions.
Medicine
This is in a series of articles about drugs, medicines and medical treatments.
medicine @helevos - Cobineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCobine
Cobine [co-BEEN] is a powerful sedative and anaesthetic derived from the carnivorous efelax cobine plant. It is particularly effective for surgery, since it is effective in small doses, easily administered, and induces a light coma while not suppressing breathing or other organs. @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - The Grand Academy of Rasiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Grand Academy of Rasia
The Grand Academy of Rasia [RAH-see-uh], more commonly known as the Rasian Academy, was once the greatest centre of learning in the Civilised World. It taught a wide variety of disciplines but specialised in thaumaturgical theory and practice.
Rasian Academy
This is in a series of articles about the BMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEMEMEmagicmagicmagic @helevos - Magisterplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagister
Magister is a term in the Anrel Isles for a thaumaturges, or full practitioners of magic. More specifically, magisters are thaumaturges of the Rasian Academy with the ability to summon, bind and instruct elementals on their own, with no assistance from others. Sorcerors are practitioners with the skill and knowledge to instruct elementals, but without the ability to summon and bind them.magic @helevos - Hogbatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHogbat
Hogbat is a popular ball game in the Natorn Archipelago.
Sports
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It was originally played with farmyard implements in courtyards or orchards with any number of improvised obstacles, such as posts or tree trunks. Players are split into two teams, and using a pole or mallet to strike a ball along the ground, avoiding obstacles along the way. Teams score points by knocking the ball against a target pole at either end of the fiel… @helevos - Schools of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSchools of Thought
A school of thought is system of belief, or a methodological approach within an academic or philosophical system. The term was formally used for the various Schools of Thought within the Rasian Academy, with different approaches to the practice and application of @helevos - 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. @helevos - Deital (God)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeital (God)
A deital [DAY-it-ul], also called a deivat or god-spirit or god, is an elemental which has achieved a great power and a degree of consciousness from being the focus of human worship.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
“Deital” is a magicAnásthiasmagic @helevos - Webroksharplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWebrokshar
Webrokshar is a much-fearer punishment for treachery in Harthera, traditionally used for traitors against family, Church and State. It is so feared because according to Hartheran belief and the Church of Hartrah, it condemns the victim to eternal torment.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Helias Helecarnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelias Helecarn
The Helias Helecarn is the greatest work of the 8th century historian and folklorist Mingas.
Culture
This is a category of articles on Arts, Music, Literature & Culture.
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 @helevos - 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
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
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… @helevos - Famúlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFamúl
Famúl [fa-MOOL] is a city on the island of Besoa. Since the declaration of the United Kingdom of Besoa in 1114 ME, it has been the island's provisional capital.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
History
The city was founded around 1700 @helevos - Naynplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNayn
Nayn was a historic Iskean nation in northeast Anásthias, now part of modern Harthera.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias
This is in a series of articles about the ancient history of Northeast Anásthias, before the founding of the modern nation of Harthera.
Nayn was a minor power, a largely agrarian nation often allied with @helevos - Commensalismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCommensalism
Commensalism (also called Commensarism, from Hespor Cormensjara) is a political philosophy which proposes appropriating existing social and power structures to create a pluralist political and economic system which is beneficial to all. It derives from @helevos - Apotropy & Wardcraftplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigApotropy & Wardcraft
Apotropy and Wardcraft are the thaumaturgical disciplines of defence against magical and physical assault.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
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 @helevos - Orikalkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrikalk
The orikalk, or oryk, is a horned quadruped mammal, distantly related to the ovor. They are primarily found in the southern Natorn Isles, and live green woodland and scrubland in the northern and eastern peninsulas of Anásthias.
Fauna
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They are most numerous in dry grassland such as found in western @helevos - Eridaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigErida
Erida, literally meaning “Words” in the extinct ancient language Ahngrit, is the instinctual core language of the Eridai, or elementals, Eridai meaning “of the words”. The art of thaumaturgy can therefore be described as the structural use of Erida to perform physical outputs.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about languagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Terms for Practitioners of Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerms for Practitioners of Magic
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. @helevos - Lampfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLampfish
Lampfish are a species of bioluminescent virid fish, found particularly in the Redeeming Ocean, in tropical waters off the east coast of Anásthias. Throughout history they have been captured and used as a source of light.
Fauna
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Biology @helevos - Balbalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBalbal
Balbal are virid trees native to the arid central regions of Anásthias, with a distinctive pear-shaped trunk.
Their roots are squeezed by desert dwellers as a nutritious, if unappetising milk, as well as other food uses. They are a particular feature of the Anásthiasviridvirid @helevos - Cable fruitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCable fruit
Cable fruit are the fruit of the cable tree, a virid plant which flourishes near water, both fresh and salt. They bear a large ball-like fruit with a tough leathery skin. Cable fruit are buoyant, and therefore allow the plant to spread across large distances. @helevos - Gnosticiansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGnosticians
The Gnosticians were a minor school within the Rasian Academy who studied gods, the god-magic of theurgy, rituals and theologies.
Rasian Academy
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See also:
* Magic * Schools of Thought
The Gnosticians were originally founded to study the origins of god-elementals, or 'magicmagic @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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. @helevos - Therist Wheelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherist Wheel
The Therist Wheel, also called the World Tree, is an emblem of the church-state of Ororr.
Therism
therism
This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of Ororr.
The wheel is a common religious symbol in cultures throughout TheristTherist @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - 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 @helevos - Belikast's Follyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBelikast's Folly
Belikast's Folly, also called Belikast's Tower or, more commonly, the Old Lighthouse, is the ruins of a tower on the northwest coast of the island of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles.
Buildings
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It was built around the turn of the first century @helevos - Helegraphplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelegraph
The helegraph is a method of long distance communication using flashes of light, developed in Harthera. Helegraphy has become a hugely important tool of government, military and commerce, with a national network enabling everything from news and stock reports to personal correspondence being sent up and down the country within a reasonably short period. @helevos - Schools of Thought (Category)plugin-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 @tag - 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 … @helevos - Guri bushplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGuri bush
The guri bush is a green flowering bush with variegated glossy leaves. The plant is valued for its bittersweet fruit, leathery pods with gelatinous insides. The fruit can be eaten raw, but is more famously used to produce the sweet liqueur wine, @helevos - Kingdom of Emánunéplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Emánuné
Emánuné [eh-MAN-oo-nay, imæn'uːeɪ] was an ancient kingdom occupying the fertile valley of the River Velun, in what is now modern Harthera.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias
This is in a series of articles about the ancient history of Northeast HM @helevos - Roaring Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRoaring Man
The “Roaring Man” was the traditional protector-god of Toborr, from the Beryl Epoch until the Siege of Toborr. Originally he was fire god of the Issid tribe who settled here, protector of home and hearth. In a marshy estuary environment where every day was a struggle against water, a fire god was in opposition to the aquatic element, provider of warmth, dryness, light, food and defence. In the @helevos - 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
BMElanguagelanguagelanguageAnásthiasEloyounlanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - 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. @helevos - 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 @helevos - Official Naming Conventionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOfficial Naming Convention
Official Naming Conventions are common interstellar agreements about the naming of stars, systems and planets. Planetary names in particular can be highly politicised, because long-established worlds may have a variety of local names used by different groups or nations, names applied to them by other planets in the same system, and yet other names applied by cultures in distant systems or by colonial powers. @1gd