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- 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 - res with spindly bodies and a very long wingspan, which ride the air currents in remote areas, feeding of... mitts a noxious carrion smell, close proximity to which can induce infection. The creature is found in t... kin, long poisonous fangs and many powerful legs, which ravaged and eventually destroyed the Kingdom of D... its most dangerous feature is its caustic breath, which will disintegrate flesh, cloth and metal. It is
- 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 - Doctrine was used as a model for the new kingdoms which arose in Anrel after the [[Long War]], and is sti... ed today. It was an foundation for the revolution which created the [[Alsaneth Republic]] on the island o... t how best to create a fair and balanced society, which promoted prosperity and peace, whilst maintaining... fied by the Hexact. A regular bone of contention which seems to occupy most of the time of the Tresardi
- 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 - for a series of accords for mutual co-operation, which was the foundation for the [[Cronoxi Syndicate]], the pan-stellar political institution which now governs the system. ~~TOC~~ ===== Formation... nsed into spherical bodies of roughly equal mass, which eventually settled into a stable orbit about a co... on, giving the worlds an usual day-night cycle in which each day is the also a thirty-four standard-day m
- Gyeil Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGyeil People
The Gyeil [g-YAY-l] are the indigenous inhabitants of Gildot in central Anásthias, with modern populations throughout southwestern Anásthias and Munatan. The Gyeil have a unique culture and language, unrelated to the Thalsic peoples who colonised much of the region from the Jade Epoch onwards. Consequently they have been subjected to centuries of oppression and conflict, and have derogatively been called the “Night People” or viridlanguageOrorrviridviridviridgreenviridviridgreen… @helevos - r body. This is the result of a genetic condition which causes permanent bruise-like pigmentation in delicate skin areas, and in any body part which has suffer injury or contusion. Traditional tribe... let. Gyeil have a number of physical differences which distinguishes them from other races. Their eyes are large with double epicanthic folds which can reduce their eyes to a narrow slit in strong
- 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 - ter a particularly bitter war of assassination in which fires erupted throughout the city, the city elder... ed in building halls, inns and college buildings, which grew over time into a small city in its own right... ree great Schools of Thought; academic approaches which each claimed to offer a complete explanation of t... sassination of several Anretian nobles, the spark which began the [[Long War]]. ==== Fall of Rasia ====
- 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 - Biyahl". Saloyans contracted this to //Buldoya//, which in Hartheran times became Vultor, later Vahltor. ... nto the spread youmee of the Mother Goddess, from which all life was born"//. The Emanuné royal city lay ... by a ring of sparsely inhabited farmland, around which are clusters of dormitory towns and villages, hou... s formed by the two rivers, the Velun and Verais, which join here. In a strictly geographical sense the V
- 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 - ically affected by the world's [[climate cycle]], which causes sea level to rise and fall through fluctua... eople of the middle [[River Wiyel|Wiyel]] valley, which were traded widely and hence make sites from the ... using animals living in coastal [[green]] forests which have since disappeared. <wrap #emeraldepoch }} =... climate change and a slowly rising sea levels, in which societies were in flux and waves of migration spr
- 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 - osite, so that there is a balance in the universe which makes life continue. Without this endless cycle,... /drome// as the fundamental particle of creation, which can be assembled in a multiplicity of ways to for... Algae and micro-organisms were clusters of cells, which divided in two, doubling themselves. Large dromea... drome, he reasoned, was a fundamental particle of which all things are made, hence they must be assembled
- 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 - tied to [[Thalsic]] and [[Aralsic]] folk religion which saw spirits inhabiting rivers and the sea, rock a... ition developed that esserat are the good spirits which aid humanity, whilst the deivat are pernicious be... th or certain magnetic rocks, some in water, some which follow lightning storms, and the rest which circulate freely, elementals were classified by these four "
- 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 - tent narcotic, commonly known as sylin (sie-lin), which in larger doses increases memory but can induce f... related to the modern Kerelian vunndalt, both of which are descended from a common Meronan ancestor. Gr... Natorn Isles and northern Anásthias, the oil from which is a potent restorative used as the base for many... be difficult to derive, but produces a narcotic which slows the mind, in larger doses inducing a dream-
- 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 - h that it splits into numerous individual trunks, which spread out slowly, creating new trees. Virid fore... soil, growing hundreds of thick, fibrous nodules which store water and energy for survival during the co... rmers counteract this by planting virid hedgerows which provide a habitat for predators which feed on plant pests. ===== Processing for food use ===== As a vi
- 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 - ion|Great Prophet]] built his sanctuary tower, in which he formulated the principles of the new religion,... and holy circle or [[chiyaka]], at the centre of which is a black stone tower said to have been the resi... the eastern edge of the [[Maresh Hills]], uplands which surround the vast desert of [[Mangasor]]. The si... and southest, roughly following the line of hills which curve in those directions. The westerly arm was
- Screw-wormsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigScrew-worms
Screw-worms are a class of virid marine creatures who in nature attach themselves to detritus on the sea bed and aid its decomposition. Consequently they also attach themselves to wooden piers and the hulls of sailing vessels. They are particularly active in warm, nutrient-rich waters, where they can burrow into an unprotected ship's hull and cause terrible damage within a few weeks. @helevos - surface they rest on, excreting digestive enzymes which dissolve the surrounding material and allowing th... decomposed wood and from nutrients in the water, which they collect from reddish fernlike fronds which they extend from their body. Sailing ships make an ideal... he simplest and most common being //corking//, in which soft wooden panels are nailed to the outer hull,
- 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 - >DokuWiki]] supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as ... Additionally DokuWiki supports a "poster" image which will be shown before the video has started. That ... ities|pattern file]]. There are three exceptions which do not come from that pattern file: multiplicatio... ou can see, it's the cell separator before a cell which decides about the formatting: | ^
- 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 - d plateau, with numerous river vallyes and basins which are the main areas for human habitation. There ar... s after the [[Battle of Four Kingdoms]], a period which saw the bloody annexation of what remained of the... ity of Helmeth, a city of miners and tradespeople which saw the starting place of the Republican revoluti... gdom of Alsan used a system of [[Years Regnant]], which was replaced by **Years of the Commonwealth** (YH
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Printingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrinting
Printing technology has been known for thousands of years, but until the modern era was restricted to the elites of the more advanced historic civlisations.
Methods
Taigan Bookwheels
In the ancient civilisation of Traithe, important texts were recorded on brass discs, using the flowing continuous OrorrHarthera @helevos - Magisterplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagister
Magister is a term in the Anrel Isles for a thaumaturges, or full practitioners of magic. More specifically, magisters are thaumaturges of the Rasian Academy with the ability to summon, bind and instruct elementals on their own, with no assistance from others. Sorcerors are practitioners with the skill and knowledge to instruct elementals, but without the ability to summon and bind them.magic @helevos - The Tirennionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Tirennion
The Tirennion is an epic saga which outlines the legendary history and origins of humanity, from the creation of the universe, the mutual destruction of the ancient first gods who created mankind, and the descent of the Godmen to the world, from whom all mankind is descended. The work is most known in the @helevos - 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 - The Hexact Ordersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Hexact Orders
The Hexact Orders are institutions which make up four of the six “pillars of the state” in nations using the Hexact philosophy of government. The Hexact Doctrine does not specify the nature or structure of the four institutions, only their goals and the services they provide. In AnrelAnrelAnrel @helevos - 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
This is in a series of articles about Languages and Communication.
Isolated dialects are still spoken in remoter parts of the Junda Isles, but it has largely been replaced by languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguageHartheralanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - Thaumaturgyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumaturgy
Thaumaturgy Is a style of magic, codified and practiced by the Rasian Academy. Thaumaturgy and magic are terms often used interchangeably.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
Thaumaturgy means “work using thaumic energy”, also called Elemental Mastery, Elementalismmagicmagicmagiclanguagemagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagic @helevos - 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 - Tale of the Four Brothersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTale of the Four Brothers
The Tale of the Four Brothers is work of folklore or oral history from the island of Krotolat-ten-Azri, largest of the Azri Isles. It is likely an allegory of actual historical events, when more advanced settlers from the mainland arrived in the Beryl Epoch, though with few written records the real history is unknown. @helevos - Cult of the Hanged Manplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCult of the Hanged Man
The Cult of the Hanged Man, also known as the Menkirians or Hangers, is a faith which flourished in the final decades of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It followed the teachings of the Apostate Menkirafed, who was executed and dismembered by the old Imperial Church.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about @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 - Dragon Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDragon War
The Dragon War (682-678 BME) was the first major conflict to engulf the entire Anrel Isles, in which a league of northern cities united against the city-state of Oracil in the southeast. By the end of the war Oracil had been utterly destroyed, laying a foundation of bitterness that has soured north-south relations ever since, and ultimately led to the magicAnrelgreenHM @helevos - 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 - Emperor-General Ollilontanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmperor-General Ollilontan
Emperor-General Machellen Ollilontan (c.3 BME-58 ME) was an author, artist, and the last Emperor-General of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. He rallied the remaining forces of the empire to briefly rout the Mother Army, after the collapse of the last imperial dynasty. His leadership was the final flowering of EnSanni arts and culture, which ended with his death.TheristMEMEMEMEMEHartheran @helevos - 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 - Hartheran Governmentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran Government
The government of the Hartheran Union is an oligarchy centralised in Vahltor, where the wealthy rule through a labyrinthine bureaucracy of committees, boards and assemblies who all jealously guard their powers.
Governance
This is in a series of articles on HartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheran @helevos - 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 - 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
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“Deital” is a magicAnásthiasmagic @helevos - 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 - 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 - Grammarian School of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrammarian School of Thought
The Grammarians were one of the three great Schools of Thought in the golden age of the Rasian Academy. Grammarians believed that words and language were the key effective magic, and sought the purest, most concise and elegant words and structures. Grammarians also studied human languages of all kinds.languagelanguage @helevos - 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 - 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 - 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 - Rasian Chainwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasian Chainway
The Rasia Chain Carriageway, or simply the Chainway, was a funicular railway which connected the centre of Rasia City with the Rasian Academy in the valley above. The chainway was a quick and efficient means of transporting visitors and students, since the only alternative was the long uphill climb by road. The chainway was a particular matter of pride for the citizens of Rasia, since it was achieved entirely by mechanical means, all use of @helevos - 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 - 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 - Larfordplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLarford
Larford is a settlement on the upper reach of the River Lar in Trésard. Once a prosperous town of agriculture and industry, it declined after the destruction of Rasia during the Long War and was largely abandoned, its fields slowly being reclaimed by virid forest.
The ruins were resettled, but it remains a small, isolated village on a broken, seldom-travelled highway.virid @helevos - Ancient Remelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Remel
Ancient Remel was one of the great powers of the ancient world. The city-state grew rich from controlling trade on River Wiyel, fed by fertile riverlands of the Triminot valley. The city's rich culture, complex religion and multiplicity of gods was a significant influence on the later BME @helevos - Menkirafedplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMenkirafed
Menkirafed (c.110-72 BME) was a political radical, anti-theist and apostate who was executed in the latter days of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. His disciples founded a new sect, the Menkirians - more often called the Cult of the Hanged Man.
People
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History BMEBME @helevos - Realm of the Godmenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRealm of the Godmen
The Realm of the Godmen was semi-mythic ancient civilisation, said to have existed in the Emerald Epoch from roughly 15,000-12,000 BME. It was the home of the mythical Godmen, the said to have been the first human civilisation from which all mankind descends. Godmen @helevos - Besoan Animism (Focáoaa)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoan Animism (Focáoaa)
Besoan Animism, called Focáoaa [fo-COW-waa], is the traditional folklore and spiritual beliefs of the island of Besoa, which forms the core of ceremonial and religious practice. Historically Focáoaa was the single religious practice on the island, but some modern Besoans have embraced religious practices from TheristTheristTherismTherist @helevos - Battle of Four Kingdomsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBattle of Four Kingdoms
The Battle of Four Kingdoms (35 ME), also called The Field of Maiúnla Diëlmes [may-UHN-la dee-EL-mez], was a pivotal military campaign in the history of the island of Besoa, culminating in an all-out battle between its historic Four Kingdoms. Its brutal aftermath led to the fall of the kingdoms of @helevos - Bizoan War and Occupationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBizoan War and Occupation
The Bizoan War (1086-1092 ME) was a war of conquest by the Hartheran Union against the islands of Besoa and Antyok. The invasion lasted was followed by a period of Occupation from 1092-1114 ME. Besoa was liberated by nationalist forces led by the Sann'ali Court-in-Exile, who established the HartheranHartheraHartheraHartheranOrorrHartheranAnrelOrorrHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranHartheraHartheranHartheraHarth… @helevos - History of Anrelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHistory of Anrel
Since the island group was formed at the end of the last Great Ice Age, the main landmass came to be known as Anrasard. It had no single government, but there was a loose league of interrelated, self-governing cities reliant on their agricultural hinterlands. These towns and cities had feuds and disagreements, and occasional skirmishes, but never had the need or resources for full-scale war.HMHM @helevos - Aurayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAuray
Auray is a variety of wine made from guri fruit, fist-sized sweet yellow fruit which flourish in the heat of tropical Anásthias. Classic auray was perfected in ancient Miyarris, but today there are hundreds of styles with differing colour, sweetness and flavour.
Food and Drink
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Death Breathersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDeath Breathers
Death Breathers are the Night-Priests of Veedormim, who use virid narcotics in their rituals. They were contrasted with the Sun-Priests, officials of the state cult.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about religions and beliefs.
The name was originally pejorative but is now commonly accepted. The Death-Breather cult was at its height in the first century virid @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 - 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 - The Faithless Vultureplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Faithless Vulture
The Faithless Vulture, subtitled “A comedy of tragic ends”, is an opera written by the last Ensanni Emperor, Ollilontan. It is his longest and most controversial work, a thinly veiled parody of the rise of Therion, the Great Prophet of the Therist religion. To modern TheristHartheraTherionMETherist @helevos - Imperial Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImperial Church
The Imperial Church was the meta-institution which regulated the diverse and syncretic faiths and practices of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
Belief
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The vast empire had hundreds of religions, cults and local beliefs, and the Imperial Church's official policy was to find links and commonalities between all faiths, with the uniting purpose of showing that ultimately, everyone worshipped the same godhead, just in differe… @helevos - 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 - War of 813plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWar of 813
The War of 813, known in Ororr as the Second Vetthi War, was a conflict primarily between Ororr, the Vetthi Republic, involving various rebellious coastal groups within Ororr. It was the culmination of centuries of conflict between the two powers, with Ororr attempting to annex the island nation.OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHarthera @helevos - 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 - 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 - Azri Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAzri Isles
The Azri Isles are a group of volcanic islands in the cool southerly seas of the Great Urash Ocean, at a latitude of 54°S, over 3000 km south of Anásthias. By far the largest is Krotolat-ten-azri, followed by Mol-pon-azri, Nai-pan-azri, Sehera-pan-azri and Hal-bar-azriAnásthiasgreenviridgreenviridgreen @helevos - Vetthi Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Republic
The Vetthi Republic is a prosperous island nation which plays a crucial role in trade and international affairs. Its position in the Vetthi Sea north of Ororr makes it a strategic trade hub between Anrel, Harthera and Ororr.
* Name: The Vetthi Republic * Government:OrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrviridviridOrorrOrorrOrorrTheristepochsvirid @helevos - Signtismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSigntism
Signtism is an ancient philosophy and subculture in the Anrel Isles, one of the many Schools of Thought who found a home in the Rasian Academy. The Grand Master Belikast was born into the Signtist community of Larford, and his association with the culture and the city led to its utter destruction during the @helevos - 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 - Hyperdriveplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHyperdrive
Most modern interstellar space travel is achieved using variations on the tachyon transference drive (TTD), variously called the tachyon drive or hyperdrive. This circumvents the laws of mass and energy by “flipping” a vessel travelling at speeds approaching the speed of light into tachyonic particles. These particles have no mass in the convention sense, as they are incapable of interacting with sub-luminal matter. They also travel at the speed of light within their own point of … @1gd - 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 - 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 - Munatanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMunatan
Munatan [Moo-Nah-Tahn] is the southernmost region of Anásthias, south of the Dun Trisan mountains. The name possibly derives from a ancient Thalsic, meaning “Land of One Sun”, since the daystar is not visible in the southern hemisphere. Or it may be a reference to the Manthi people who were once the majority population of western Munatan. The term is an OrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraOrorrOrorrOrorrHartheraHartheraHartheran @helevos - Rakesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRakes
Rakes or sea-rakes are carnivorous whales which feed on greenfish as well as other cetacean mammals. They are social hunters, living and hunting in small packs, and are territorial, attacking other groups which enter their range.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about virid @helevos - Ayetuaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAyetua
Ayetua [ay-YEH-too-ah] is a port city on the arid reaches of the Red Wiyel in Ororr, famed as the terminus for galleys travelling upriver on the Shouft or Great Pilgrimage of the Therist faith. Despite its proximity to the holy sites of Foratuna, it is a dry, drab and dusty settlement, used only as a waystation for the unceasing movement of pilgrims. @helevos - Crisagiss Heltayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCrisagiss Heltay
Crisagiss Heltay [kree-SAAH-giss HELL-tay], also called The Golden Palatine, was the 50th leader of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya. He ruled for thirteen years from 12 BME to his death in 2 ME, a period which is considered the last flowering of the Saloyan state. @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 - 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 - Anrel Aristocracyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrel Aristocracy
The Anrel Isles are governed by a class collectively called the Grafen or Graves, individually given the courtesy title Graf. Leaders of towns, cities, and even nations are drawn from this class. Traditionally, leaders are selected by will of the populace, based on their personal qualities and family merits, according to the traditional honour system of Anrel @helevos - 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 - 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 - Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoa
Besoa [BEH-sso-AH], or Bizoa (Hartraan), is the largest island in the southern reach of the Natorn Archipelago. Today it is synonymous with the United Kingdom of Besoa.
Modern Besoa c.1100 ME | Go to world map
Besoa in the Two Nations period, 38-1092 ME
Besoa in the Four Kingdoms period, c.1200 BME - 35 ME BMEHartheraHartheranHartheranHartheranMEHartheraOrorrOrorr @helevos - Aego Gastrinimerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAego Gastrinimer
Aego Gastrinimer (c. 311-254 BME), was a renowned navigator, explorer, merchantman, privateer and prestigious Cartographer-Royal to the Court of Sann'al. He produced the first great world map of the modern era, based on his supposed circumnavigation of the continent of AnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - Otekahréplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOtekahré
Otekahré [oh-tek-AH-ray] (also called Anarthis in Harthera), is the southeastern region of Anásthias, lying south of Harthera and east of the Dun Jaen mountains. The region has no central governments, but the cities and polities are joined in a loose cultural and economic league, called HartheraOrorrviridHartheraOrorr @helevos - 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 - 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 - 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 - Great Prophet Therionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGreat Prophet Therion
The Great Prophet Therion (c.30 BME - ?62 ME), often simply called the Great Prophet, was the founder of the Mother Church and nation state of Ororr.
Therism
therism
This is in the series of articles related to the Church of the Mother, commonly called Therism, the state religion of TherionTheristTherion @helevos - Kingdom of Sensatardplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Sensatard
The Hexactic Kingdom of Sensatard is an island nation, the northernmost of the Anrel Isles and the northern tip of the Natorn Archipelago. Consequently it is colloquially called Northland, particularly by its inhabitants.
Sensatard
This is in a series of articles about the @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 - House of Sealsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Seals
The House of Seals, commonly called The Seals or The Chamber (to distinguish from the House of Keys, called The House), is an assembly of the Hartheran government. Under the Hartheran Commonwealth it was the preeminent legislative assembly, made up wealthy patricians. After the Vainglorious Revolution of 571 ME, the Seals became merely an advisory chamber with little practical role in government. @helevos - Malefactionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMalefaction
Malefaction is the use of magic to cause harm. Most magical traditions throughout history have had a taboo against using magic for selfish and dangerous purposes, but the Rasian Academy, as the premier institution of thaumaturgy, was the most effective at regulating it.
magicmagicmagic @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
This is in a series of articles about Food and Drink.
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 - 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 - Helevosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelevos
Helevos (also known as Vos, or Veeos) is a temperate terrestrial world, fourth planet of the star Cordes in the Cronox binary star system. The stars Cordes and Arjos are distant binaries, so on Helevos, Arjos is only seen in the northern hemisphere as star, sometimes bright enough to be seen during the day, circling roughly over the viridgreenAnásthiasAnásthiasAnásthiasgreen @helevos - Umber Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUmber Sea
The Umber Sea is a large bay off the southwest coast of Ororr, lying between the Meral Peninsular to the north, and Veedor Point to the south, a distance of some 1730 km. The sea is relatively warm and shallow, with either very quiet seas which becalm passing ships, or violent tropical storms which whirl in from the @helevos - Savantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSavant
The savant is a type of sailing vessel unique to the historic Kingdom of Sann'al, that contributed to the island nation's dominance of merchant shipping during its great age of trade and exploration, and hundred or more years ago.
History
The savant was a development of the Harthera @helevos - 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 - 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 - Binitarian Heresyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBinitarian Heresy
Binitarianism, often called the Binitarian or Dualist Heresy is a belief within the Mother Church of Ororr that the Prophet Therion is also a god, husband to the Mother and equal to her. This belief is denied by the Church and by the writings of the Prophet himself, but it is a persistent folk belief in TherionherOrorrOrorr @helevos - 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 - Crish and Vargplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCrish and Varg
Crish and Varg is an island group over 900 km north of Cape Cadal, the most northwesterly point of Anásthias. It is named for the two largest islands, but the group includes six smaller islands plus rocky islets, many appearing and disappearing with the viridgreenlanguageOrorrTherist @helevos - Global Climate Cycleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGlobal Climate Cycle
The Moonscale in fact accurately predicts the motion of the world and surrounding planets, which causes a succession of Glacials (Ice Ages) and Interglacials, which increase and decrease in intensity. These fluctuations are caused by the predictable flucuations of the planet’s axial tilt and other orbital factors. At various tipping points, decades of harsh winters allows buildup of both land and sea ice at the poles. Reduction in sea level alters sea currents, further a… @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 - 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 - 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 - Holistician School of Thoughtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHolistician School of Thought
The Holisticians were one of principle schools of thought at the Rasian Academy, during the age of the Great Schools.
Rasian Academy
This is in a series of articles about the Rasian Academy
See also:
* Magic * Schools of Thought
Holisticians view the universe as sets of interrelated and interdependent systems. They regard other perspectives as @helevos - Ilunsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIluns
Iluns is an island in Famul Bay, on the east coast of Besoa. It's capital and main port is Iluns Town.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
The island is 52 km east-west, its closest point being 7 km from the mainland.
History @helevos - 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 - Anásthiasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnásthias
Anásthias [a-NAS-thee-ass / ænæsθiːæs], or [an-ass-THEE-as] is an equatorial island continent, heart of the Civilised World. The north straddles the equator and is hot and humid, while most of the equatorial centre is an upland plateau with fertile river valleys, and stretches of arid plains and desert in the shadow of the mountains. The south is temperate but more wild, separated from the civilisations of the north by the almost impassable Harthera @helevos - Clan Warsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigClan Wars
The Clan Wars is a period in Anrel history lasting from approximately 3000 to 2500 BME. Following the collapse of the old urban society of Anrasard during the Celadon Epoch, perhaps eighty percent of the population died in flooding and famine. Old social structures entirely collapsed, and the refugees fled inland and formed clan groups, which fought each other for control of vital resources. Many of the clans were initially nomadic, but others developed settlements, many of which were… @helevos - Harlonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarlon
Harlon is the largest and most prosperous city in the world. Sitting at the mouth of River Velun, it is the greatest city in Harthera, a vast metropolis of docks, shipyards, markets, with a multiplicity of languages and communities which make it the foremost trade and shipping port in the world. Hartheranstorm tidesHarthera @helevos - Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigToborr
Toborr [toe-BORR] is a historic port city at the mouth of the River Wiyel, the most important port in modern Ororr, and arguably the greatest shipping port in the world. Toborr City lies on an island in the river mouth, but now encompasses a conurbation which surrounds the whole estuary bay, including the city of Therion @helevos - Hexactic Almplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHexactic Alm
The Hexactic Alm [ARM] is the official currency of the nations of Anrel, accepted throughout the Natorn Archipelago. An alm is worth six pins, and 24 alms are a crown.
Money
[ ]
This is in a series of articles about money, currencies and finance.
The alm originally a food token given to refugees during the Anrel @helevos - About Helevosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAbout Helevos
I love creating worlds. Helevos is my fantasy world project,
Version 1.0
The first maps I drew of Helevos were related to stories and games I played when I was a child, based around cities and islands. Besoa was in fact the first island I drew, a fantasy kingdom of nobles, monsters and whirlwinds. AnásthiasAnásthias @helevos - 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 - 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 - Factorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFactor
In thaumaturgy, a factor is a spoken word or symbol, which represents a predefined physical action, process or thing. Factors are words which are deliberately meaningless in any human language. In Rasian thaumaturgy, factors are constructed from a standard set of syllables or @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 - Aertistryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAertistry
The Aertists were an avant-garde aesthetic and ideological movement in the Rasian Academy, in first centry BME. At first merely a student movement, many of its members became influential leading to tense confrontation between the Aertists, the Academy establishment, and the @helevos - Catáosplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCatáos
Catáos [cat-AY-oss] is a small but wealthy city in Deltirot, famous for the Cataos Falls, the most impressive waterfalls in Ororr, which form a natural barrier between the autonomous regions of Deltirot and Dunasanin.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - 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 - Heterodox Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeterodox Church
The Holy and Heterodoxic Church of the All-Deity, generally called the Heterodox Church, is a syncretic religion which embraces many historic traditions, believing all faiths are at heart the worship of one essential god, and that there are many routes to achieving transcendence.her @helevos - Begeenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBegeen
Begeen [beg-EEN] is a city in the southeast of Trésard, close to the border with Narette. It was sacked and occupied in 219 ME in the first year of the Long War, and was the subject of five battles during which both sides took and retook the city, leaving it a ruined shell. @helevos - 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 - 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 - Humbersplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHumbers
Humbers are a species of small flying mammal found throughout the civilised world, particularly in areas of green forest and other dense vegetation.
Fauna
This is in a series of articles about Animals.
They are one of the most diverse and successful mammal species, with at least two hundred sub-species with a range of appearance and specialisation. Most feed on fruits, nectar of @helevos - 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 - Duospherical Theoryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDuospherical Theory
Duospherical Theory is a geographical theory that the world of Helevos is a sphere, with two hemispheres which are the physical reverse of each other. It has been the dominant theory for more than a millennium, with world maps showing Anásthias @helevos - 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 - Barrier Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBarrier Isles
The Barrier Isles is a chain of rocky islands, sand bars and sucorolith reefs in the Vesmien Ocean, 2500 km west of the southwestern tip of Anásthias.
The sinuous chain stretches over 1000 km north to south, a hazardous barrier which smashes ships and has prevented exploration into the westerly seas. The warm shallow waters around the island are an important breeding ground for @helevos - Dun Trisanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDun Trisan
The Dun Trisan is a range of mountainous uplands in Anásthias, which divide Ororr to the north from the region of Munatan to the south. The Dun Trisan is the southerly extension of the great arc of mountains which divides Anásthias in two, the northerly section being the virid @helevos - Emindeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEminde
Eminde is a small city in the nation of Narette. It lies on the River Minnd, just below the cataracts and waterfalls which rise up to the Ania Plateau. Consequently, it is the furthest point on the river which can be reach by boat.
Anrel
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This is in a series of articles about the @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 - Rasia Cityplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRasia City
Rasia [RAH-zee-uh]], sometimes called Rasia City to distinguish it from the eponymous Grand Academy of Rasia, is a city on the south coast of Lake Ondrere in the Anrel Isles. Once a vibrant metropolis and a centre of culture, in 236 ME it was burned to the ground by Anretian forces during the MEmagicmagic @helevos - Geologyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGeology
Helevos is approximately 3.8 billion years old, and differs from the planet Earth geologically in a number of ways. Magnetism
Like Earth, Helevos was subject to massive bombardment by planetary-sized objects during its hot early life, but accrued a much larger amount of iron and heavier metals than Earth. Helevos is smaller than Earth, but relatively much denser. @helevos - Marr Sirqueplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMarr Sirque
Marr Sirque [mar SEE-urkh] (Miyarrain: Miyarsouok; Hartheran: Narsik) is a port city in Kahtoyn, the principle trading port in Otekahré.
Otekahré
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This is in a series of articles about the region of Otekahré in eastern Anásthias.
Historically it was an outlying river city of Hartheran @helevos - Zooidplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigZooid
Zooids are a class of virid marine organisms which are a base of the virid food chain in the oceans. Zooids are single-celled, with some classes being free-floating throughout their lifecycle, while others live as colony-organisms for some or all of their life. Colony-organisms range from tiny motile and non-motile viridvirid @helevos - Indigenous Nativesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIndigenous Natives
The indigenous native inhabitants of Helevos, collectively called jinnies, are lemur-like virid creatures indigenous to virid forests and jungles throughout the world. Many are considered intelligent, though they are widely thought of as animals and vermin, and have largely been eradicated from areas of human habitation.viridvirid @helevos - Lake Angdroplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Angdro
Lake Angdro is a large freshwater lake in the Perudd region of northeastern Harthera. The lake is approximately 114 km long and an average of 30 km wide, narrow at the northern end. It is stocked with greenfish, an important source of food for the city of Angdrogigin, which sits on a spur of land at the lake's northern end. @helevos - La-Err-Rûmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLa-Err-Rûm
La-Err-Rûm [/la-AIR-room/] is an ethnolinguistic region high in the Dun Jaen mountains, sparsely inhabited by isolated villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and @helevos - 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 - Guree Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGuree Isles
The Guree Isles are a group of islands off the coast of the Gebay Pensinsula in northern Ororr.
The closest is only 4 km from the mainland. These rocky isles have a small population but are a rich source of greenfish, which are dried and salted before being shipped inland. There is a Gebaylan tradition for labourers from the mainland to travel to the islands to help with the fish harvest, in the months before the @helevos - Step Quayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStep Quay
A step quay is a harbour structure found in many port cities, enabling ships to be unloaded at all times of the year, whilst protecting the dockside district from flooding by storm tides. Step quays contain three elements: a sea-level wharf which ships come alongside, a high sea wall (usually at least 3 metres), with the two levels being connected by steps. The steps often have a slide section or chute allowing cargo to be lowered down them, or to be raised with ropes. @helevos - 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 - Vademplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVadem
Vadem [vah-DAYM], also Wadem Vardem, is a settlement on the island of Besoa, which gives its name to the southwestern region of the island. It was once Uoardéim, the wealthy capital city of the Kingdom of Derailad. The ancient city declined after the Battle of Four Kingdoms in 35 ME, when Derailad was annexed by the @helevos - Hornum Calendarplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHornum Calendar
The Hornum Calendar (HC), sometimes called the Hexact Calendar, is a calendar used mainly in the Anrel Isles, named after the city of Hornum where it was devised. It is used officially by all the nations of Anrel, but it is gradually being superseded by the Modern Epoch, used in much of the rest of the world. AnrelMEAnrelAnrel @helevos - Dun Jaënplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDun Jaën
The Dun Jaën [doon jay-ENN] is a mountain range in eastern Anásthias, the northern section of the great arc of mountains which, together with the southerly Dun Trisan, separates Ororr from the remainder of the continent.
The Dun Jaen consists of rugged mountains, including the tallest peaks in the @helevos - Protected Treasuresplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigProtected Treasures
In Ororr, the Protected Treasures are a number of historic monuments, artefacts and religious sites which have been preserved under a special protective status, despite their pagan or prehistoric origins.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr @helevos - Strait of Armetsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStrait of Armets
The Strait of Armets or Armess, is a sea channel in the Anrel Isles, between the northerly island of Sensatard and the coast of Trésard. It is an economically important shipping link between the two capital cities of Traste and Por Muel. The strait is approximately 80 km in length and 5 km across at its narrowest point, though this narrows dramatically during @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 - New Hartrahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNew Hartrah
New Hartrah is a territory of the eastern continent of Retzayk, claimed as a colonial possession of the Hartheran Union. It is the first successful settlement on the continent in modern history. It was discovered in 1112 ME, with virid jungle being cleared in 1116 in the hopes of creating large HartheranHartheraviridviridviridgreen @helevos - Perilthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerilth
Perilth (Besoaad), or Beridt (Hartraan), is a port city in Besoa, once renowned as the wealthiest city in the Natorn Archipelago. In former times it was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Sann'al, known as The Silver City both for its wealth, for the blue and silver banners of the Sann'alese kings, and for the sparkling waters of its many fountains.HartheranHartheranHartheran @helevos - Kingdom of Hesjbagaaiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Hesjbagaaia
The Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia [hesdge-ba-GUY-ah] (also Hesporia or Hespagoria) is a nation in western Munatan. It is the successor to the Ennseperan Empire which dominated the region for much of the first millennium ME but collapsed during the War of Schisms.
Hesjbagaaia
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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 - 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 - 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 - Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera
The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - Remelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRemel
Remel [rem-ELL] is a major city on the River Wiyel in Ororr, situated between the Triminot Lakes. The region is wealthy and one of the most densely populated regions of the civilised world, being a major centre for agriculture, trade and manufacturing. Historically it was the capital of the powerful city-state of her @helevos - Oracilplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOracil
Oracil was a historic city-state in the east of modern Narette in the Anrel Isles, in the foothills of the Laharkin Mountains. Oracil is thought to have been founded by an Iskean-ethnic tribe around 1100 BME. The city grew rich on the fertile soils surrounding Mount Oracil, as well as mines burrowed deep into the mountains of the @helevos - Irredental Republicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIrredental Republic
The Irredental Republic of Ennseperans is a nation which claims territory in the region of Chosilha in Munatan. The Republic is a vestige of various republican and commensalist military factions in the War of Schisms, which fought to turn the Ennseperan Empire into a republic with Commonwealth principles. @helevos - Cynostaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCynosta
Cynosta or Cheenosta [sin/kin/cheen-OSS-ta] is a city in Cavann province in northeastern Ororr. Like much of the province, which borders Harthera to the east, it has a significant Iskean-ethnic population. Historically it was an ancient Iskean city-state and petty kingdom under the Ororr @helevos - Gaskaninplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaskanin
Gaskanin is one of the six regions of Ororr, occupying the northeastern part of the country.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororr.
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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic @helevos - Gobalay Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGobalay People
The Gobalay are an Issid-ethnic people who inhabit the Gorval Peninsula of modern Ororr.
Lowland Gobalay people in the south of the peninsula are mixed with Gaal, Doroun and other ethnic groups of Ororr, but Insular Gobalay, the people of the far northern and upland regions still have a significantly pure Gobalay population. All speak local variants of Ororr @helevos - War of Schismsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWar of Schisms
The War of Schisms (683-701 ME) was a wide-ranging religious, ethnic and civil war which shattered the former Empire of Ennseperans.
Conflict
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At the time, the King-Emperor and an aristocratic class of mainly Dorouns ruled over a multi-ethnic populace consisting of @helevos - Plósplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPlós
Plós [pl-OH-s, pl'əʊ̯s] is a nation in central Munatan, centred around Lake Plós. It is bordered by Inkusjezepa and Schai-dam.
Munatan
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This is in a series of articles about Munatan, the temperate region of southern Anásthias.
In the Beryl Epoch Plós was an ancient philosopher-oligarchy which once exercised great influence on the region, both culturally and politically, despite never having great military strength. Instead its lea… @helevos - Krikaréplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKrikaré
The Krikaré [kree-KAR-ray], also called the Kritarchy or House of Elders, is the legislative body of the church-state of Ororr. It enacts all laws and regulations both spiritual and temporal, regarding the administration of the church and the nation. Members have the courtesy title @helevos - 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 - Sariaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaria
Saria [SAH-ree-uh] (historically Esaria, or Aria) is a prosperous port and market city on the west coast of Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is the second city of the kingdom, the hub for trade, industry and agricultural produce in the western provinces. Historically it was a powerful city state, which became part of the unified Kingdom of Sensatard following the @helevos - Lake Plósplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Plós
Lake Plós is a large, kidney-shaped body of fresh water in Munatan, which gives its name to the nation of Plós. It is 150 km at its longest axis, northwest to southeast.
Munatan
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This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Bandar (non-humanoid species)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBandar (non-humanoid species)
The bandar are a highly advanced non-humanoid civilisation native to the heavy gravity world, Bantmitual. Though gregarious amongst their own kind and having advanced technological abilities, few bandar leave their world of birth, and no bandar has ever left their home system. They give their name to the @1gd - Mûulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMûul
Mûul [MOO-ul] is an island in the Kingdom of Trésard, about 40km west of the Mainland of the Anrel Isles. It is separated from the Mainland by the Res Channel.
Geography
Mûul is 150 km north-south, the southern and western half being hilly and windswept, sheltering the lower-lying east coast, which supports livestock and subsistence farming. The island is entirely greenGodmenGodmengreenGodmen @helevos - Grand Palatinate of Saloyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrand Palatinate of Saloya
The Grand Palatinate of Saloya, sometimes poetically referred to as the Rose Empire, was a historic Eloyoun nation in northeast Anásthias. It was home to the Saloyan people and the Saloyan language. The Palatinate was a complex oligarchy, highly civilised and cultured. Until the start of the BMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEBMEMEMEMEME @helevos - 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 - Kahtoynplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKahtoyn
Kahtoyn (called Bhourdan in Hartraan), also called the Confederation of Kahtoyn, is a political entity in the region of Otekahré. It is unique in the world that it is not a nation in the true sense, since it has no formal governmental structures, no kings or governors, no military or police, no codified laws, prisons or justice system. Instead it is made up of thousands of self-governing polities who follow a common ideology of good behaviour, common standards, and (mostly) friendly com… @helevos - Shouftplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigShouft
The Shouft, also called the Path of the Prophet or the Great Pilgrimage, is a religious journey to the holy shrine of Foratuna in Ororr. It is a key element of Therist religious practice, a spiritual journey visiting sites of religious significance.
The devout wishing spiritual enrichment, or sinners or criminals wishing to make restitution, follow the route the Ororrgreengreen @helevos - Torthien Crisisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTorthien Crisis
The Torthien Crisis (1018-1026 ME) was an international conflict which brought the world closest to total war than at any time in history. It began as a proxy war between the great powers of Ororr and Harthera, who funded and encouraged rebel groups as well as smaller nations to fight on their behalf. The crisis focussed on the mountainous region of HartheraOrorrOrorrHarthera @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 - Theaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThea
Thea, or Theeya, is the larger of the two moons of Helevos, the smaller moon being Themsa.
Thea is a spheroid approximately 1582 km in diameter. I's surface is covered with an ochre iron-silicate dust with mountain ranges of lighter grey rock. In the night sky it appears as a disc less than half the size of Earth's moon, and much less bright. It's surface gives Thea a pinkish light in the night sky. @helevos - Paguelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPaguel
Paguel [pa-GOO-el] is a city at the southern end of Lake Anlutu in the Triminot region of central Ororr, about 200km south of Remel. Due to its position on marshy ground where the River Wiyel flows into the lake, the city has been flooded and even destroyed many times in its history. @helevos - 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 - 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 - Sakunutplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSakunut
Sakunut ([SAK-oo-noot], also called Moromo in Doroun) is a city on the River Wiyel in central Ororr. The surrounding region is noted for its agricultural produce, particularly fruits and grains which are vital for feeding the nation's capital, Torroramai.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of Ororrgreen @helevos - Issid Block Statesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIssid Block States
The Issid Block States refers to the ancient polities of the Issid-ethnic inhabitants of the lower River Wiyel and its delta, during the Celadon Epoch, c.10,000-7000 BME. They were part of the Issid Block Culture, so named for its characteristic architecture, pottery, and stone carvings. @helevos - 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 - Baronies of Ravorr (Rouvawa)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBaronies of Ravorr (Rouvawa)
The Baronies of Ravorr (or Ivawg Rouvawhi in Rouvawetig, Chieftains of Rouvawa) was a confederation of feudal states in Northeast Anasthias, which existed from 573 BME to 288 ME. It first formed as an alliance against the expansionist ambitions of its Saloyan neighbours to the north and powefful BMEAnásthiasBMEEloyounHarthera @helevos - Dragoraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDragora
The dragora is a virid tree found in swamps and coastal salt marshes. The trunks are have characteristic scales that give them a repitilian appeareance, with glossy, spiny leaves and limbs. The trunk's fleshy inner core holds a reserve of water and nutrients, enabling them to survive both during droughts or low @helevos - Farsightplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFarsight
Farsight is a thaumaturgical discipline enabling magical practitioners to see and sometimes hear people and places distant from their present location.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about magic, thaumaturgy and esotericism.
Farsight requires the mastery of many other disciplines, since it requires controlling at least two @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 - Vetthi Governmentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Government
The Vetthi Republic is ruled by an elected republican government, selected from traditional noble families as well as prominent landowners and business interests.
Governance
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The government is an assembly of forty-three @helevos - Treaty of Begeenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTreaty of Begeen
The Treaty of Begeen was an armistice which officially ended the Orphans' War in the Anrel Isles. By this point in the conflict both sides were so decimated and fought to exhaustion that no actual fighting had occurred for six months. The meeting was arranged in the ruins of the border city of @helevos - Anrelian Pantheonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnrelian Pantheon
The Anrel Isles has a rich polytheistic philosophy that sees the world as inhabited by many gods and willful spirits. They view all world religions as valid, but believe gods are tied to certain lands and places. Deities can therefore have separate or even conflicting mythologies, but these are accepted because they are the story of that particular deity. Gods, being non-human, can be capricious and irrational, and their followers adopt a pragmatic attitude to worship. Prayer … @helevos - 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 - Ghost shipplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGhost ship
Ghost ships (teergavves [TEE-err-gah-vez in Vetthi]) is a seamen's term for trading vessels of the Vetthi Merchant Fleet. Vetthi ships are grey in colour and relatively low profile in the water, making them difficult to spot at sea, so they seem to slip into port like ghosts. @helevos - 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 - 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 - Siltorn Codexplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Codex
The Siltorn Codex is a collection of stories and oral histories relating to the life and early history of the Prophet Therion. The Codex is essentially a compendium of all texts relating to the Prophet which are unsanctioned, ahistoric, or clearly untrue. As such they are at best apocryphal, at worst heretical to the @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 - Metamagiciansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMetamagicians
The Metamagicians were one of principle schools of thought at the Rasian Academy, during the age of the Great Schools.
Rasian Academy
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See also:
* Magic * Schools of Thought
Where the grammarians seek to explain the living world in the languagelanguage @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 - South Poleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSouth Pole
The South Pole region consists of a permanent cap of ice covering sea, numerous islands and one large island continent, mostly concealed within a pack of sea ice which encompasses latitudes from roughly 75°C to the pole. The ice also encompasses the southern tip of the continent of @helevos - 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 - Lake Ondrereplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Ondrere
Lake Ondrere [on-DRAIR] in Tresard is the largest freshwater lake in the Natorn Archipelago, 170km long and 47km across at its widest point. tresard
The lake valley was formed by a glacier, which melted and retreated, leaving the waters dammed at the western end by a natural dyke, formed from rubble pushed ahead by the glacier. 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 - 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 - Grandmaster Ferokianplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGrandmaster Ferokian
Ferokian (721-620 BME) was Grandmaster of the Rasian Academy from 672 to 620 BME.
People
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He is famous for his exploits during the so-called Dragon War, in which he created terrifying illusions of fiery flying creatures, and according to legend destroyed the slaver city @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 - Silkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSilk
Silk is a fine, light, opalescent fabric which can be made from several different source materials.
Clothing
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Greensilk
Greensilk is made from the milk of the malacea worm, a creature which feeds on lichens and virid fungus. Greensilk is the finest of the silks, being soft, shiny, takes vibrant dyes, yet also extremely strong and resistant to wear.virid @helevos - Webrinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWebrin
The Webrin is a criminal sect which has operated for centuries in Anrel, Harthera and the major port cities of the world. It is thought to have originated in the Anrel Isles, where it operates as a criminal guild, enforcing paid membership on any criminal gang. It also has aspects of a mystery religion, with members initiated into secret rituals said to give them magical powers over their subordinates. This serves the Webrin heirarchy, since more senior members are respected and feared.A… @helevos - Tilleul Zinnoberplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTilleul Zinnober
Tilleul Zinnober (c.650-581 BME) [zin-OH-berr] was a historian and philosopher in the late period of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, most noted for his elegiac history of the empire, and his idiosyncratic system for naming the historic epochs after green gemstones.
People
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The Tsaarmodites were a religious sect who once lived in the Mangasor desert during the time of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann.
Belief
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They followed an animist philosophy called Tsaarmody, a descendant of traditional Thalsic animism. In particular they believed that certain rocks and rock formations contained an essential spiritual essence. These natural formations were representative of the spirit world beyond our own w… @helevos - Kingdom of Gahskahtplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Gahskaht
The Kingdom of Gahskaht was ancient kingdom, which later became a constituent nation of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. Its capital was the city of Gahsk. The modern region of Gaskanin in Ororr takes its name from the ancient kingdom.
Empire of Dor-en-Sann
This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the BMEBME @helevos - Veilsporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVeilspor
Veilspor is a type of virid decompositional mould which covers dead and dying organisms in a cobweb-like veil. It is often seen in virid forests surrounding fallen trees, dead branches and sickly vegetation. It is sometimes found in poorly maintained human dwellings, particularly in basements and dark abandoned rooms. If left untreated it slowly engulfs whole buildings.virid @helevos - Unfacing Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUnfacing War
The Unfacing War, also called the Blueface War or The Great Unfacing, was a civil conflict in the region of Otekahré in the 8th century ME. It was ostensibly about a trade imbalance in Otekahré's complex gift economy, exacerbated by a complex variety of personal, political and philosophical differences which saw families, towns, cities and entire districts @helevos - Polmaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPolma
The polma is a traditional Thalsic garment made from a single length of cloth, which today is particularly associated with the Shouft, the Great Pilgrimage of the Therist religion. Polma's are traditionally made of linen, but can be made of wool or other fabrics. @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 - 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 - 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 - 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 virid @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 - Retzaykplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRetzayk
Retzayk is a long, narrow continent approximately 4500 km east of Anásthias, separated from it by the Redeeming Ocean. It extends from the North Pole, crossing the equator and deep into the southern hemisphere.
retzayk
Eastern continent of Retzayk
According to contemporary geography, Retzayk is believed to be one of the Anásthiasviridviridvirid @helevos - Terabplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTerab
Terab, also called by its Iskean name Teraq, is the capital city and main port of the island of Antyok. It is officially a Protectorate of the Hartheran Navy, who claim to administer the island on behalf of the native Ko-kway people. In practice the city and the island are essentially under MEHartheran @helevos - 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 - Snapfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSnapfish
Snapfish are predatory greenfish found in lakes, ponds and slower-flowing rivers, often living in shallows and shaded waters. They are aggressively territorial so cultivated by humans to prevent virid infestation in ponds, water troughs and rivers.
Fauna
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La-Err-Rûm is a nation and ethnolinguistic region in the Dun Jaen mountains, consisting of numerous isolated tribal settlements, villages and a few market towns. The region is not a nation-state in that there is no central government, though the people share a common culture, religion and viridvirid @helevos - Ennseperan Empireplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEnnseperan Empire
The Holy Empire of EnSann and Essep, commonly called the Ennseperan Empire or simply Ennseperans, was a historic state in the southwest of Anásthias, existing from 101-683 ME.
Ennseperans
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It encompassed the modern nation of OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - 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 - 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 - Namerismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNamerism
Namerism, or Etemuabal, was the state religion of the Grand Palatinate of Saloya, and of many Eloyoun peoples. The faith stemmed from ancient Miyarrain philosophy: that a single entity was the instigator of all life and the entire fabric of the universe. This instigator was Etemua, The Namer. @helevos - Hartheran Commonwealthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHartheran Commonwealth
The Hartheran Commonwealth was a constitutional monarchy which ruled Harthera for 164 years, from 407-571 ME. The Commonwealth period marked a shift in the balance of power in the region back to the old Saloyan elites who were still wealthy landowners, particularly in the old @helevos - Modern Epoch (ME)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Epoch (ME)
The Modern Calendar is a dating system acknowledged throughout the Civilised World. It numbers years from the Modern Epoch, abbreviated ME and BME (Before Modern Epoch). It is also called the Modern Era.
Calendar
This is in a series of articles about calendars and dating systems.OrorrHartheraHMOrorrHartheraOrorrOrorrHMHartheraHMHartheraOrorr @helevos - Bloodstonesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBloodstones
Bloodstones are a type of virid rockfish found in coastal waters throughout Helevos. Mature bloodstones sit in clusters on the sea bed and look very much like small rocks, though when cracked open, they have a vibrant red flesh inside which exudes a quantity of red liquid very much like virid @helevos - Bantmitual (planet)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBantmitual (planet)
Bantmitual, also called Bandar Prime, is the principle inhabited planet of the Bandar System. It is the homeworld of the bandar, a highly advanced yet retiring tetrapodal species who are spacefaring, but have never ventured much beyond their home system. @1gd - Déorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDéor
Déor [DAY-or] is a prosperous city on the River Nurallons in western Ororr, capital of the region of Moritarr. It was the first major city to be conquered by the Mother Army in 33 ME and formed the first capital of the new church and state, hence the region sometimes being known as Ororr @helevos - Soumismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSoumism
Soumism is a schismatic doctrine in the Mother Church of Ororr, which historically led to violent rebellion in parts of the nation. Soumism is the belief that only priests who lead a pure blameless life can commune with the Goddess, or have any true claim to authority in the church state. Any policy decisions made by impure church leaders are therefore invalid. This goes against existing church doctrine that all officials of the church are part of the priesthood, from soliders to nation… @helevos - Maresh Hillsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMaresh Hills
The Maresh Hills are an upland region on the western edge of the Mangasor Basin in central Ororr, most famous for being the site of the holy shrine of Foratuna.
Geologically the hills are a karst escarpment of sedimentary and igneous rock, pocked with caves. Any rainfall immediately sinks through the porous rock, making the hills dry and almost devoid of vegetation other than hardy @helevos - Mingasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMingas
Tela Mingas was an eighth century historian and writer, best know for his Mythology of Ancient Anrel, and the Helias Helecarn, a compilation and retelling of ancient histories, myths and philosophy.
People
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He was born to a Trésardi merchant family in the city of @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 - 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 - The Icerealmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Icerealm
The Icerealm is the traditional name for the frozen lands to the north of the Civilised World, one of the Edge Lands that surrounds the known world. The arctic region is in fact part of the continent of Zahkdarret.
In Anrel, “The Ice Realm” is also a name for the mythic land of @helevos - Oughtismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOughtism
Oughtism is a moral and philosophical system, claiming an ancient inheritance from the moral codes of the Godmen. It continues to be influential throughout the Anrel Isles, and it's guiding principles have been the foundation of legal and religious codes throughout the @helevos - Polassirn Oceanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPolassirn Ocean
The Polassirn Ocean is the most northerly of the four oceans surrounding the Civilised World. The ocean is deep and cold, with occasional sea ice on the far northern shores.
It is rich with virid sea life. The shallow waters around the Natorn Archipelago are full of green fish and pelagic flora, as well as @helevos - Thalseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalse
Thalse is a land mentioned in several mythological accounts, said to have existed in northeastern Anásthias during the Emerald and Jade Epochs. Thalse was the original homeland of the Thalsic peoples, the ancestors of most of the population of modern Anásthias.
Thalse is mentioned in the Helevosien, the mythic history of the world written in the Anásthias @helevos - Siltornplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn
Siltorn is a region of Ororr, contiguous with the historic Siltorn Republic. Its capital is Initerer.
Siltorn is a temperate upland region of rolling hills, surrounded by mountains. In ancient times the region was cleared of virid jungle and settled to create a rich green landscape of farms and woodland. Many small city states and polities arose, forming the Siltorn Republic in 2080 @helevos - Junda Islesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Isles
The Junda Isles [JUN-der] are an island group off the northeast coast of Harthera, traditionally inhabited by the Junda people, and now part of the Hartheran cordrome of Perudd and the Isles.
The group consists of six large islands and dozens of smaller ones, each with their own dialect and cultural variations.HartheranHartheran @helevos - River Veraisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Verais
The Verais is a river in Harthera, which flows from the Saloyan Highlands in the east, meeting the River Velun at the city of Vahltor.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy @helevos - Lake Beikidplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLake Beikid
Lake Beikid (Hartraan) or Békiplaum (local) is a lake in the region of Torthien in Anásthias, the largest body of fresh water in the Civilised World. It is 350 km from north to south, an average of 80 km wide.
The lake has little human habitation since its shores are surrounded by virid @helevos - Iskean Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIskean Sea
The Iskean Sea lies between the southern end of the Natorn Archipelago and the mainland of Anásthias, stretching as far west as the Gorval Peninsula.
Much of the sea bed is relatively shallow, and in previous epochs when sea level was lower, the sea bed was exposed as islands and land. @helevos - Por Muelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPor Muel
Por Muel [poor-MOO-el] is the capital city of the Kingdom of Trésard. It is a relatively new city, built in former marshland drained by a series of canals. Its construction beginning c.250 ME after the total destruction of Teran Muel during the Long War.
The city is relatively low-lying but defended from the sea and @helevos - Sea of Graceplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSea of Grace
The Sea of Grace (Pelasj Grasja in Hespor) lies off the southern coast of Munatan. The sea is relatively shallow continental, shelf surrounded by the Great Urash Ocean. It is rich in greenfish and seagreens, making it an important food resource for the coastal populations of Hesjbagaaia, Chosilha and Veedormim. It is unusually warm for its latitude, benefiting from equatorial currents which sweep around the southwest coast of @helevos - Ancient Toborrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Toborr
Ancient Toborr was one of the powers of the ancient world, a city-state and maritime empire centred on the island city of Toborr. Despite losing its empire to more aggressive neighbours, Toborr survived as a self-governing entity for an incredibly long period of history, from it's foundation circa 2900 BMEBMEBME @helevos - Tekonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTekon
Tekon is a province of the Deltirot region of southern Ororr, centred around the valley of the Blue Wiyel. Tekon is a wet and sparsely inhabited land of lakes, swamps rivers, forests and mountains. [Ororr]
History
The Tekonet or Tekon civilisation was an ancient stone age culture centred around @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 - Vesmien Oceanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVesmien Ocean
The Vesmien Ocean is one of the four oceans surrounding the Civilised World, to the west of Anásthias. It extends as far north as Cape Cadal, and as far as Deshee Point in Veedormim in the south.
The Vesmien is shallower than other oceans, a notable feature being the many reefs and shifting sand bars which present a hazard to shipping. Principle amongst these are the @helevos - Junda Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda People
The Junda are an Iskean-ethnic people found throughout the Junda Isles and the northeast coast of Anásthias, whose conquest of the mainland led to the foundation of the modern state of Harthera.
Historically they were notable for their shamanic religion and unique calendar, the Junda stormscale.
Junda peoples commonly raided the coasts for food and goods, having little of worth to trade on their home islands. They were accidentally instrumental in the downfall of the @helevos - Cronoxi Syndicateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCronoxi Syndicate
The Cronoxi Syndicate is political and trade alliance of various worlds and polities in the Gamma Delta quadrant. Worlds within the syndicate are sovereign and self-governing, but agree to standards of peace and liberty, open trade and mutual defence. @1gd - Synopsic Gospelsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSynopsic Gospels
The Synopsic Gospels are the collected religious writings of the Heterodox Church. They include instructional tales, lives of saints and prophets and crucially, a collection of creation myths from various historic traditions. The numerous creation myths are an essential feature of the church, which seeks to find the universal truth behind sometimes conflicting texts. @helevos - Kingdom of Deltirotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Deltirot
The Kingdom of Deltirot was a historic nation in central Anásthias, occupying much of what is now the region of Deltirot in Ororr.
Empire of Dor-en-Sann
This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, which existed from c.1900 BME-60 Ororr @helevos - Chíouplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChíou
Chíou [CHEE-oo], from the Mayápo tsee'oo, is a ball game played with a leather bladder traditionally stuffed with feathers.
Sports
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The game is believed to have been invented in Miyarris, though it may even predate this society. It was spread by Miyarrain diaspora and is now popular @helevos - Femanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFeman
Feman [feh-MANN] is an inland province in the Gildon region of southwestern Ororr. The land is relatively arid with thin soil, so the region is sparsely populated. It was once entirely virid scrubland which was cleared, but proved unsuitable for agriculture, leaving it a patchwork of Ororr @helevos - Chargeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCharge
A charge is a single-word command issued to a primus, which are to be carried out immediately. Charges usually include the key-word for one or more sequents.
magic_terms @helevos - Binding (disambiguation)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBinding (disambiguation)
In thaumaturgy, binding can refer either to:
* Vinculum, the bond of authority between an elemental and a thaumaturge which makes the elemental carry out instructions, or * Ligation the thaumaturgical discipline of physically binding an elemental to a solid object, in order create a magical device or @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 - Priests-militantplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPriests-militant
Priests-militants (Doroun ondobowiz [ON-doh-bweez], war-priest) are the rank and file priesthood of Ororr's theocratic government, the Mother Church. Anyone wanting a career in any branch of the church is trained as a priest-militant, an education which is equal parts theology, governance and military training. They then go on to specialise in one of the arms of the church, joining one of many career paths in government, civic administration, military, or pastoral care. @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 - Spicesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSpices
Spices are condiments derived from the fruits, seeds and roots of virid plants. Most have a pungent or acrid flavour, and most are toxic if eaten in large quantities, but a pinch of them can add depth of flavour or piquancy to green foodstuffs. Condiments derived from @helevos - The Greymenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Greymen
The Greymen were a religious movement in eastern Munatan, an offshoot of, or reaction to the Dromeist philosophy of change. They became infamous in Biinmos in the 10th century, where a fundamentalist cult caused the Greymen Holocaust.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Mount Orodienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Orodien
Mount Orodien is a large volcanic mountain on the Orodien peninsula, on the continent of Retzayk. The mountain sits on a magma hotspot which creates earthquakes, geysers and hot springs all of the peninsula.
The terrain north of the mountain is an ancient caldera 180 km across with a caldera lake at its centre, evidence of an ancient supervolcano. @helevos - 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 - Trokaidplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTrokaid
Trokaid is a city in the Deltirot region of southeastern Ororr. It is the most southerly city on the Green Wiyel accessible by boat, though given its elevation of 2100 m, boats have to pass through numerous locks. The city is located in a valley in the foothills of the Ororr @helevos - Trobrailatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTrobrailat
Trobrailat is a prosperous city in the Deltirot region of southern Ororr, famous for its fine ceramics, particularly decorated tiles and tea-ware, which are exported throughout the Civilised World. It is also renowned for cosmetics, also using the fine local clay, as well as perfumes.Ororr @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 - House of Keysplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Keys
The House of Keys is a legislative body of the Hartheran government. Its members are called Keymen or Clavigers, membership consisting of heads of government boards and committees, as well as representatives from the nation's cities and regions.
Governance
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The Basilica of Holy Hart in the city of Vahltor is the holiest building in the Church of Hartrah, an important site for all national rituals and celebrations. It also contains thousands of memorials and remains of important national figures and the scions of wealthy families. @helevos - Peruddplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerudd
Perudd is a peninsular region of northeastern Harthera, which marks the boundary between the Iskean Sea and the Redeeming Ocean. Politically it is part of the cordrome of Perudd and the Isles, meaning the Junda Isles, since the coast of Perudd was traditionally a territory of the Junda people.
Harthera
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - Eijult peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijult people
The Eijult are a Manthi-ethnic people living in central southern Munatan, particularly in the modern nations of Danagunda, Kasepan and Teij. Coastal parts of these nations once comprised the Eijult Empire, which flourished in the 7th century ME.
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The Vóshan [VO-shan] are a Jorothi-ethnic group native to the Voshárn [vo-SHAHN] province of western Ororr. The Vóshan were traditionally many clans of nomadic hunters and warriors, surviving in the thin soils of their homeland by shifting cultivation, herding, and raiding the towns and cities of the valley. Ororr @helevos - Delgethplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDelgeth
Delgeth is an ancient fortified port city on the south coast of Besoa, gateway to the fertile farmlands upriver. Historically it was the capital of the old Kingdom of Alsan, and thereafter the second city of the Alsaneth Republic.
Besoa
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Penithelarn [PEN-ee-THEL-ahn] is a major port city in western Ororr, chief trading port of the autonomous region of Moritarr. It is located on the estuary of the River Nurallons, where it flows into the Sea of Grief. It trades particularly in bulk produce like grain and other foodstuffs produced in the fertile Nurallons valley.Ororr @helevos - Mount Aréntplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMount Arént
Mount Arént [a-RENT] is a volcanic mountain in the Laharkin Range, in the north of Narette. It is the highest mountain and the largest volcano in the Natorn Archipelago. anret
The volcano has been dormant for most of human history, though there are fumaroles and occasional earth tremors in the region. There have been some serious earthquakes, most famously the earthquake of 678 @helevos - Gadokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGadok
The Cordrome of Gadok is an administrative region of northwestern Harthera.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1 ME (Traditional) * MEMEHartheravirid @helevos - Mother Armyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother Army
The Mother Army was the unstoppable zealot army forged by the Great Prophet Therion, which swept across northwest Anásthias, toppling the Empire of Dor-en-Sann to found the modern nation 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 - 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 - 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 - Kwato'orplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKwato'or
Kwato’or (KWAT-oh-oor) is the six planet of Cordes in the Cronox System.
It is a gas supergiant, violent and beautiful, with titanic eternal storm systems coloured white and all shades from pale lilac to deep purple. It is a true giant, approximately 2.4 Jovian masses, so big that it causes the @1gd - Hiraouokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHiraouok
Hiraouok [hee-RA-oo-uk], or Hirerk, was one of the four great cities of ancient Miyarris. As a port city it was one of the most famous, and the hub for trade with the outside world. It is remembered as the White City for its grand public buildings and colonnades of white marble. It was also a great centre for arts and sciences. @helevos - Mother of All Aspectsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMother of All Aspects
The Mother Of All Aspects was the Supreme Goddess of the religion of the ancient Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It was officially called the Church of the Mother of All Aspects, more often simply called the Imperial Religion.
Belief
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - 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 - Seqotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqot
Seqot is a city in Sekalkot province the Dunasanin autonomous region of central Ororr. The city lies in a curve of the River Wiyel called the Seqotri Bend, 100 km southeast of the city of Seqal. It sits on alluvial plains and is surrounded by farmland, irrigated by canals and traditionally an important source of agricultural produce for the region. The city is connected to the Ororr @helevos - The Sarshawsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Sarshaws
The Sarshaws are a group of small islands in the Redeeming Ocean, consisting of two larger islands, Greater Sarshaw and Lesser Sarshaw, and many smaller islets and reefs called the Lesser Sarshaws.
For centuries they were a way point for Anrelian and Besoan merchantmen travelling between the HartheranHartheranHartheran @helevos - Extinctplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigExtinct
List of plants, animals or languages which once existed, but are now extinct.
topics @tag - Vetthi Churchplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVetthi Church
The Vetthi Church, also called the Mother Church of Vetth, is a denomination of the Therist Mother Church of Ororr.
Belief
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The Vetthi Church is doctrinally very similar to mainstream Therism, but uses the Vetthi language. It also focuses more on collective worship in church temples. Ororr @helevos - Primitivismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPrimitivism
Primitivism, or Manthi Primitivism, is a movement in the visual arts which began in Hesjbagaaia in the post-war reconstruction period following the War of Schisms.
Primitivism espoused using strong natural colours, traditional designs, and depictions of the natural environment and traditional way of life and the comforting emotions associated with them. @helevos - Limerent Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLimerent Sea
The Limerent Sea or Plasj Limerens (in Hespor) is a large enclosed gulf in the southwest coast of Anásthias, in the nation of Hesjbagaaia.
Hesjbagaaia
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* Name: Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia * Government: Timocracy / Constitutional Monarchy * Capital: @helevos - Hemanusplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHemanus
Hemanus was a fabled city said to have existed during the age of the Godmen, perhaps in the 12th millennium BME. It was part of the Realm of the Godmen, though on a large island far west of Anrasard, contiguous with modern small island of Manok.
Godmen
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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 - Stubsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStubs
List of short articles which need expanding.
topics @tag - WIPplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWIP
Articles under development, which are “work in progress”.
topics @tag - Manokplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigManok
Manok (arch. Menioq) is a small island 1100 km west of mainland Anrel. It is a regular stopping port for the trade between Anrel, Vetth and Ororr, particularly for hardy traders willing to risk heavy open seas rather than risking the coast of Harthera.
Trade routes
Manok is part of a direct trade route between the AnrellanguagegreengreengreengreengreenAnrel @helevos - dorensannplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmpire of Dor-en-Sann
This is in a series of articles about the historic multi-ethnic state, the Empire of Dor-en-Sann, which existed from c.1900 BME-60 ME. @infobox - Orodienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrodien
Orodien [o-ROD-ee-en] was the mythical second realm of the Godmen, founded during the Jade Epoch after the destruction of the first realm of Yendim. The Orodien Peninsula in the north of the continent of Retzayk is named for the mythic realm, though whether this was the actual location, or even if the mythical Orodien existed, is uncertain.viridGodmen @helevos - 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 - Thalsic Peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThalsic People
The Thalsic People are the dominant ethnicity of northern Anásthias. The majority of the diverse peoples of Harthera, Otekahré and Ororr are all thought to descend from a common Thalsic ancestry, as well as the Manthi peoples of western Munatan.
According to mythology, the Thalsic people originated in the land of Harthera @helevos - Waysmeetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWaysmeet
Waysmeet is a small village in the north of the Kingdom of Trésard in the Anrel Isles. Historically it was an important town, the nexus of five roads travelling south to Rasia and beyond, west to Teranen, northwest to Saria, east to Rana and north to Traste.
Anrel
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The Gulf of Wiyel is an arm of the Polassirn Ocean in the north of Anásthias.
Ororr
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* Name: Holy Motherland of Ororr * Government: Theocratic Republic * Capital: Torroramai * @helevos - Randplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRand
Rand is a fortified hill city in the central plains of Narette. It was the only major settlement in the plains not destroyed during the Long War, despite multiple assaults and seiges. It owes its survival to its position on a hill with unusually strong walls. During the war the outer city was sacked many times, the surviving inhabitants rebuilding their lives within the safety of the citadel. @helevos - Traitheplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTraithe
The Dominion of Traithe or Empire of Traithe [TRAY-th] (also Trathe, Vraithe) was an ancient civilisation that flourished during the Jade Epoch, roughly from 8900 to 6500 BME. Its heartland was a peninsula in the far northeast of Anásthias, in an area which is now the @helevos - River Dorplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Dor
The River Dor is a tributary of the River Wiyel, with a catchment area encompassing much of eastern Ororr. Throughout history it has been an important route for trade and communication, allowing the passage of people and merchandise between the Wiyel Basin and the eastern provinces of @helevos - Laqhasplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLaqhas
Laqhas or Larqhas [LAR-kas] is a small city in Narette in the Anrel Isles. It is in the north of the Ania Plateau, set in a picturesque steep-sided valley surrounded by hills of green forest. The city is most known for its royal palace, a secluded hunting lodge set in the hills, which has long been a quiet retreat for the kings of Narette. @helevos - The Spinesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Spines
The Spines is an island chain in the Natorn Archipelago, linking the Anrel Isles in the north with Besoa in the south. The islands are the “backbone” of the archipelago. With their geology of grey and white basalt rock, many of the islands are said to resemble gnarled bones, rising out of the sea. Local AnrelAnrelHartheran @helevos - 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 - Needs Imageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNeeds Image
List of pages which need a map or other image attached.
topics @tag - Kat-i-Vauplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKat-i-Vau
Kat-i-Vau is the highest mountain in the Civilised World, a peak in the Dun Trisan mountains 8100 metres above sea level.
[ ] Kat-i-Vau, viewed from the west, northern ridge to the left
The mountain is greatly revered by the people of Li-Vam-Aur and Taur-Dji-Oum as the connection between earth and the heavens, the means by which spirits of the dead ascend to the sky. @helevos - Queen Shoyvahplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigQueen Shoyvah
Queen Shoyvah (427-498 ME) was a Hartheran queen-regnant during the Hartheran Commonwealth period. She was the youngest daughter of King Cliran II and sister of his successor King Cliran III. Her reign was seen as a time of peace and prosperity, and began the true flowering of arts and culture for which the Commonwealth is know known. She is known by the epithet The Mother, since unlike her @helevos - Besanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesan
The besan [BESS-un] is the currency of Ororr, struck as rounded rectangular coins. In everyday parlance a besan is called a dam.
Money
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One besan is subdivided into eight melea, with one melea divided into eight @helevos - Natorn Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNatorn Sea
The Natorn Sea is a region of oceanic ridge, separating the Polassirn Ocean and the Redeeming Ocean. Islands in the ridge form the Natorn Archipelago.
Etymology
The name may be derived from ancient Ahngrit, meaning “near/of our birth”, referring to the legend of the Godmen in which humanity is said to have originated in region now lost beneath the sea. It also relates to the god @helevos - Fane of all Facesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFane of all Faces
The Fane of all Faces was a large church-temple building in the heart of the city of Galkesh, capital of the old Empire of Dor-en-Sann. The fane was central to the imperial religion, which embraced all gods and deities as a single family, who were in turn all aspects of a single divine super-entity called the @helevos - Whackplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWhack
Whack is a street drug found particularly in port cities in Harthera such as Harlon and Narillin. It is sold in powdered form and either snorted or smoked. Nutjuice is its liquid form, a cheaper variant which can be quickly drunk. Both forms are preparations of pure HartheraHarthera @helevos - Mezainplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMezain
Mezain is the capital city of the Vetthi Republic, one of the key merchant ports in international trade. It is the home port of the wealthy Vetthi Merchant Fleet, as well as centre of the Vetthi government.
Name
Mezain means “mouth of the river Zuin”.
Geography
The city is situated on a slightly elevated plateau on the banks of the River Zuin, high enough to be protected from flooding. It lies approximately 6 km from the open sea. The Zuin estuary is unusually deep and navigable eve… @helevos - Historic Regionsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHistoric Regions
List of former regions of historical significance, particularly defunct provinces of former_nations, or geographic areas which no longer exist or have significantly changed.
topics hist1 geog1 @tag - Humansplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHumans
Humans are sentient mammalian bipeds of the genus homo.
On Helevos, humans are the apex species of the green kingdom, largely limited to the continent of Anásthias. The human population of Anásthias has a diversity of skin tone, colour and texture, and degree of hair or hairlessness. These variants have traditionally been divided into @helevos - Jiaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJia
Jia is a herbal infusion made from the jia vine, consumed throughout the Civilised World. Jia is almost always served hot as a stimulant drink, said to have a cool, refreshing tingling sensation on the tongue.
Food and Drink
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Cultivation viridOrorrviridgreengreen @helevos - Seqalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSeqal
Seqal is a historic city in Ororr, at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Wiyel. The ancient city was cut into the rock between the two rivers, making it one of the “Hidden Cities” that were mainly underground. Today the majority of the population live in New Seqal, built on the river bank a little downriver from the Old City.Ororr @helevos - Modern Nationsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigModern Nations
The Civilised World has many nations, from small island republics to vast continental empires, which over the millennia have carved homelands out of the once hostile virid landscape. The two great opposing world powers of today are the holy nation of Ororr and the maritime empire of @tag - Taslamacplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaslamac
Taslamac [tass-LAM-ack], colloquially called the Red City, is a city in in southern Ororr, on the north bank of the Red Wiyel. It is in the Mangasor Special Autonomous Region, benefiting from relatively low regional taxes and regulation.
Ororr
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Sopeq is a prosperous city on the River Wiyel in Ororr, about 100 km north of Seqal. Sopeq was founded as one of the northernmost colonies of the Kingdom of Seqal, but has long eclipsed its ancient progenitor. Though Sopeq is much larger, for historic reasons Seqal remains the official capital of the province. In the Ororr @helevos - The Obverseplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Obverse
The Obverse is the opposite side of the globe to the Civilised World. It is largely unknown to the peoples of the Civilised World, and consequently subject to folklore, myth and speculative theories.
The most prominent of these is the Duospherical theory. It proposes that the Obverse is the physical inverse of the Civilised WorldCivilised Worldvirid @helevos - 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 - Derailadplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDerailad
Derailad is the southwestern region of the island of Besoa, now part of the United Kingdom of Besoa. During the Hartheran Occupation of Besoa it was called Direlvarr.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
In ancient times it was the independent @helevos - Northern Leagueplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNorthern League
The Northern League was a confederation of regions and city states in Anrasard (the landmass contiguous with the modern Anrel Isles, which united against the southern forces of Anret during the Long War.
Anrel
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This is in a series of articles about the @helevos - Moonsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMoons
Helevos has two moons: Thea, a pink-white disc which passes through phases in the night sky, and Themsa, a bright discus-like moon that spins quickly through the night sky.
Thea
Thea is the larger moon, a disc about half the size of Earth's moon, and much less bright. It's surface coloration varies from grey to red ochre, giving Thea a pinkish light in the night sky. @helevos - Siltorn Hillsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSiltorn Hills
The Siltorn Hills, or Siltorn Mountains, are a range of uplands in northwestern Ororr. The highest peaks lie to the west of Siltorn and the central inhabited area surrounding Lake Initerer, but the hills are often considered to be a crescent of uplands which surround this region.Ororr @helevos - Dunasaninplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDunasanin
Dunasanin [doo-nah-SAH-neen] is one of the six autonomous regions of Ororr. It is the central and most heavily populated region. Geographically it encompasses the enormous drainage basin of the River Wiyel, from the deserts of Sekalkot in the south, the Siltorn Hills in the west, down to the sea at OrorrOrorr @helevos - Alteim Mountainsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAlteim Mountains
The Alteim Mountains are a chain of mountains in the southwest of the island of Besoa. The mountains are particularly rich in minerals like iron, copper and silver. Consequently the region has numerous mines, which were fundamental to the wealth of the nations of @helevos - Silver Treeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSilver Tree
Silver Tree was a militant guerilla movement on the island of Besoa, which violently opposed the Hartheran Occupation of the islands from 1090-1114 ME.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
After the defeat of Alsaneth and Sannalese forces and their surrender to the occupiers in 1090, many armed fighters refused to submit, and formed multiple guerilla bands. The greatest opposition was initially led by the surviving counc… @helevos - Voshárnplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVoshárn
Voshárn [voe-SHAH-n], sometimes called Mordan, is a sparsely populated province of northwestern Ororr, the largest province in the region of Moritarr. For historic regions it is sometimes referred to as Old Ororr.
Ororr
This is in a series of articles on the modern nation-station of OrorrOrorr @helevos - Thaumaturgical Disciplinesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThaumaturgical Disciplines
The modern practice of thaumaturgy divides study of magical theory and practice into numerous fields called the thaumaturgical disciplines.
Historically each discipline was the remit of an individual college of the Rasian Academy, though this distinction blurred with time. @tag - Yendimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigYendim
In the mythology of the Helevosien, Yendim was the first great city-state of the Godmen, which was destroyed at the end of the First Epoch. It was a city of wonders, the place where the Godmen created all the green plants and red-blooded companion animals of man.
The Godmen set the first of the Godmen @helevos - Doughberryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDoughberry
Doughberry is a green cereal plant cultivated for its seeds, which grow in clusters of spherical grains about 8mm in diameter. Freshly picked doughberries can be eaten raw, but more commonly are dried in the sun and rehydrated in hot water as a nutritious accompaniment to meals, where they have a soft, slightly chewy texture.Ororr @helevos - Foundering Seaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFoundering Sea
The Foundering Sea lies off the east coast of Anásthias, between the Gulf of Narill and the Horn of Sere, the southeast tip of the continent.
Otekahré
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This is in a series of articles about the region of Otekahré in eastern Anásthias.
It is named both for the lands of @helevos - Red Wiyelplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRed Wiyel
The Red Wiyel is the eastern of the three southern branches of the River Wiyel. The name refers to the dry, red-toned desert valley through which it flows, as well as it being the traditional source of red jade, an important commodity in prehistory. @helevos - Kokwayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKokway
The Kokway are an Iskean people native to the island of Antyok in the Natorn Archipelago. They are a tribe of the wide Asokway ethnic group, found throughout the archipelago.
Ethnicity
ethnicity
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The Kokway were once nomadic pastoral people who moved around the island. Settlers from the @helevos - House of Ehuthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Ehuth
The House of Ehuth [eh-HOOTH] is a royal and political dynasty which has ruled the Kingdom of Narette for the past three centuries. Narette is not officially a hereditary monarchy, but the Ehuths have effectively held control of the monarchy throughout this period by controlling all the electors who select the next ruler. @helevos - Everflameplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEverflame
Everflame is a possibly mythical material said to burn brightly without heat or flame, which lit the cities of the ancient Godmen. Various explanations posit magic, some kind of lost chemical property, or a material capable of storing sunlight.
Schemes involving the @helevos - Besoan Diasporaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBesoan Diaspora
The Besoan Diaspora was a wave of mass emigration of people from the Natorn Archipelago island of Besoa, caused by the Hartheran invasion and brutal occupation.
Besoa
This is in a series of articles about Besoa, a major island in the Natorn Archipelago.
Many Besoans were international traders with connections in port cities around the world. Those who were able to leave were many rich merchants, nobles and their households. They established emigré communities in ports aro… @helevos - 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 - Storm tidesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigStorm tides
Storm tides are particularly high tides, often accompanied by storm surges and dangerous flooding, which occur on Helevos every 1.3 solar years when Helevos comes into conjunction with the giant planet Kwato'or. Storm tides are at their peak within a two week period, and at their most severe when accompanied by natural storms. @helevos - King Ralam of Besoaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Ralam of Besoa
Ralam Kenor Berill (1075- ME) is the first king of the newly forged United Kingdom of Besoa, declared in 1115 ME after a combined patriot exile force reclaimd the island from Hartheran occupation. For most of his life he was Crown Prince of the Sann'ali court-in-exile.
People
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Deltirot (also arch. Deltiriot) is one of the six self-governing regions of modern Ororr, occupying the southeastern corner of the country. It is bounded by mountains on three sides: the Dun Trisan to the east, the Dun Jaen to the south, and the Vildon Mountains to the west. To the north are the Riverlands of Seqal, the Ororr @helevos - Horsisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHorsis
The horsis is a heraldic beast in the mythology of Anrel, ridden by the mythic Godmen. They are often depicted in illustrations and on battle banners, famed as a fierce battle chargers with iron hooves and vicious teeth.
Fauna
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Desol is a major port city in Kahtoyn, on the coast of the Foundering Sea in eastern Anásthias. It lies at the mouth of the River Sourayn, which flows through the richest green farmland in the region. Consequently Desol is a major trade hub for agricultural products such as food, textiles and green lumber. @helevos - Gaskanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGaskan
Gaskan is the southernmost province in the region of Gaskanin in Ororr. The province is reliant on trade via the River Dor which is the main route of communication.
Ororr
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Ania Bay is a gulf in the west coast of the Anrel Isles. It is bounded by the coasts of Trésard to the northwest and Narette to the east. It has numerous small rocky islands which pose a hazard to shipping.
Anrel
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Historical term referring to the Occident, the western parts of the continent of Anásthias which today form the nation of Ororr. @helevos - Hogplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHog
Hogs are common domestic animals found throughout the Civilised World, except in central Ororr, where the climate is too hot and dry for them to thrive.
Fauna
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The common wild hog has short tusks which they use to dig roots and grubs from the soil. Wild hogs have a certain degree of virid @helevos - Kundimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKundim
Kundim is a board game believed to have originated in Gobal in the early days of the Gaal Empire. It is played with a bag of cuboid and pyramidal blocks of various shapes and sizes, and a kundim board, which is normally either five or seven blocks wide.
Sports @helevos - Miyarris (Category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMiyarris (Category)
Articles related to the Realm of Miyarris, one of the greatest civilisations in world history which flourished during the Celadon Epoch.
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Piesjim [pee-ehz-SHIM] is a city in central Hesjbagaaia. The city is particularly noted for the manufacture of glassware, and in particular stained glass which adorns Heterodox churches through western Munatan. Its famous cathedral is richly decorated with windows depicting the Heterodox saints. @helevos - Sequentplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSequent
In thaumaturgy, a sequent is a set of instructions in the Erida language, which when given to an elemental will cause them to perform specific actions or produce a defined outcome. Sequents are magical tools, the building blocks of Rasian thaumaturgy.
Magic
magic
This is in a series of articles about @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 - Soulplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSoul
Cultures throughout the Civilised World hold different ideas about the nature of the human soul, the animus that gives living beings life, thought and will.
Belief
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The ancient Doroun had a syncretic concept of the soul being made up of seven distinct parts, including all the physical, spiritual and psychological parts that make up a whole human being. These had been assembled from a variety of Thalsic tribal and early religi… @helevos - Taigan Magicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaigan Magic
Taigan Magic was a highly ritualised style of elemental magic in the High Iskean culture of Traste during the Jade Epoch. Little is known of its formal practice, but its masters were highly praised and awarded rich gifts of cloth and treasures for their services.
Magic
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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 - Gobalay Interregnumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGobalay Interregnum
The Gobalay Interregnum (1965-1903 BME) was a historic period in which the crumbling Gaal Empire was ruled by military overlords from the Gobalay Guard, who had seized power in a coup and deposed the traditional Gaal matriarchy.
Conflict
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The Seborim, occasionally called the Church of Seborisand despite its areligious nature, is a secret society with a small, scattered but influential following amongst the upper echelons of many nations. The organisation promotes a secular philosophy of peaceful enlightenment through gradual social reform, and places great emphasis on the appreciation of aesthetics, and the promotion of beauty and art. Its overarching aim is to improve society through the spiritual and aesthetic enlight… @helevos - Eijskipplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijskip
Eijskip is the capital city of the nation of Teijhu in Munatan. The city was formerly the capital of the Eijult Empire, which controlled much of central Munatan in the 6th and 7th centuries ME.
Munatan
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This is in a series of articles about Munatan, the temperate region of southern @helevos - Chosilhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChosilha
Chosilha [cho-SEAL-ya] is a territory in western Munatan, where the civil war war that tore apart the old Ennseperan Empire continues to grind on, long after the empire fell. The territory is controlled by warlords, inheritors of the old imperial Loyalist and Republican factions, Republican warlords holding the north, Imperials in the south. @helevos - Ton-lobenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTon-loben
Ton-loben, meaning “blood of the stones”, is the animistic spiritualism practiced by the people of La-Err-Rûm in the Dun Jaen mountains. The people believe the mountains are god-spirits, and that rocks are fragments of that spirit which can form a link between the spiritual and human world. Certain rocks and natural formation are revered by the native people and are integral to their ritual practices. @helevos - Therist Theosophyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherist Theosophy
Therist Theosophy is a form of god-magic, or theurgy, practiced by the most senior ranks of the Mother Church at of Ororr. Calling this practice “magic” would be heretical to priests and believers of the Church, since they see it as a form of structured prayer in which they petition the Mother Goddess for practical assistance. @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 - Heth Aniaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHeth Ania
Heth Ania [HETH AH-nee-uh] is the royal capital of the Kingdom of Narette. It is a modern and cosmopolitan city, centre for sea trade between Narette and Trésard.
History
Settlements have existed in the area throughout recorded history, but the first city was built as a colony of the Annéans in the second millenium ME @helevos - Spicesplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSpices
Spices are condiments derived from the fruits, seeds and roots of virid plants. Most have a pungent or acrid flavour, and most are toxic if eaten in large quantities, but a pinch of them can add depth of flavour or piquancy to green foodstuffs. Condiments derived from @tag - Kingdom of Alsánplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Alsán
The Kingdom of Alsán [al-SAN] (also Al'San) was a former nation in the southern half of the isle of Besoa, which existed from c.1200 BME to 38 ME. It was one of the Four Kingdoms of Besoa, originally occupying the southeastern corner of the island before its annexation of the southwestern BME @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 - 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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Obanam is a city in the Kingdom of Narette in the Anrel Isles. Though small, it has long been strategically and economically important for its position in a sloping valley which allows easy passage from the plains of central Narette, to the highlands of the Ania Plateau.
Anrel
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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
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History
The city was founded around 1700 @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 - Ves Jaen Warsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVes Jaen Wars
The Ves Jaen Wars was a protracted period of conflict in the Wiyel Basin during the Celadon Epoch, c.3900-3700 BME, the result of refugees feeling coastal civilisations due to rising sea levels.
Conflict
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In a time of cataclysm, with floods and storms laying waste to the coastal @helevos - Analect of Just Worksplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAnalect of Just Works
The Analect of Just Works is a compendium of Occidental folk tales and philosophic treatises dating from before the founding of Ororr, judged to be compatible with the teachings of the Great Prophet Therion. The tales all contain a universal moral or instructive lesson. @helevos - Helevosienplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHelevosien
The Helevosien is a work of mythic history of Anrel, from the Fall of the Godmen to the Long War. It is said to have been compiled by the 6th century ME authoress and poet Henner Goult from a historic texts, though how much is source material and how much Goult's original writing is unclear. The text has evolved throughout its history, successive generations adding historic events including the @helevos - Vermiformplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVermiform
Vermiforms are a family of worm-shaped virid creatures, including the tunnel-worms, some of which can grow to a very large size.
Fauna
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The Chelidd States, also called Chelidt, was a historic nation on the northeastern coast of modern Harthera, known for their strong martial tradition.
Ancient Northeast Anasthias
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Angdrogigin is a city on Lake Angdro, in the Perudd cordrome of northeastern Harthera.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital: Vahltor * Foundation: 1 ME (Traditional) * Religion @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.
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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 - 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 - 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.
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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 - Crocodonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigCrocodon
Crocodons are semi-aquatic virid predators found in rivers and swampy wetlands throughout tropical Anásthias.
Fauna
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They have long slender bodies, with four pairs of paddle-like limbs allowing them to move with moderate speed over muddy land, but with great speed in the water. They have a long slender snout filled with sharp teeth, with which they capture prey. They spend most of their time in rivers and riverbanks, though they are k… @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 - Gahanate of Sijheeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahanate of Sijhee
The Gahanate of Sijhee was a former nation in the Manthi-Lien, which became the centre of Eijult Empire. Sijhee were a migratory people, but controlled a territory contiguous with modern central Kasepan. The modern city of Sindje later became the de facto capital of the empire. @helevos - Daltirichplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDaltirich
Daltirich [dal-TEE-rich] (also Daaltirich) is a language spoken in Deltirot, the southeastern region of Ororr. The modern language reflects the region's mix of people over time, being at heart a Li-Bam language with strong Issid influence. It has large vocabularly of Mayápo words for cultural concepts and languagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguagelanguage @helevos - House of Bettoplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHouse of Betto
The House of Betto were a noble family which ruled the Kingdom of Sann'al in the final centuries of the Beryl Epoch. They were succeeded by the House of Kenoa.
People
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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 - Reidan Cuisineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReidan Cuisine
Reidan or Aralsic Cuisine refers to the traditional cuisines of the Natorn Archipelago, and to Anrel in particular. One of the key features of Reidan cuisine is the virid taboo common to the region, so that dishes are made only from fruits, vegetables and animal produce from the virid @helevos - Decileplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDecile
In Harthera, deciles are a social and political structure, nominally a family or tribe of which all Hartherans are a member. Deciles were formalised in the Hartheran Commonwealth period as a method of managing elections.
Governance
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Before the Commonwealth, the early nation had hundreds of ethnic clans, families and noble houses. Many small family groups were wealthy, powerful and owned much of the land, while other tribes w… @helevos - Belikastplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBelikast
Belikast (Nikolo Drorkin, or Nikolo Signfound) was an infamous historic Grand Master of the Rasian Academy (86 - 32? BME), who was expurgated and forever renamed as “Belikast the Black”.
People
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He is often called the “Last Grand Master @helevos - Magisteriateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMagisteriate
The Magisteriate was the governing body of the Rasian Academy from 50 BME to 236 ME. It replaced the former collegiate system of masters, headed by a Grand Master, following the downfall of the Grand Master Belikast. Its stated aimed was to promote, oversee and control the use of MEmagic @helevos - Kitroy Hall (opera house)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKitroy Hall (opera house)
Kitroy Hall is an opera house and concert venue on Eilunn Boulevard, in the Eilunn district of the city of Vahltor, the capital of Harthera. It is the premier concert venue in Harthera, and the most famous opera house in the world. It was named after its sponsors, the noble @helevos - Garsunplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGarsun
Garsun [gar-SUN], historically Carsoyin or Karsooin, is a major port city in northern Harthera, capital of Garsundt province. The city is heavily industrial, producing salt, salted greenfish, and the condiment galep. It is also a hub for shipping ores and other industrial resources. @helevos - 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 - Chelgrigenplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChelgrigen
Chelgrigen is an important port and capital city of the cordrome of Perudd in northeastern Harthera. It is the third most important port of the Hartheran Navy.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy @helevos - Imprintingplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigImprinting
Imprinting is the thaumaturgical discipline of capturing the attention of an elemental, and giving it set of formal instructions. Magicians with the ability to summon and imprint an elemental are magisters.
Magic
magic
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The most basic method of imprinting is verbal, reciting sequents aloud to a bound elemental in the human equivalent of the languagelanguage @helevos - Kourvayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKourvay
The Kourvay is a philosophy of healthy eating, movement and exercise practised by the Mother Church of Ororr.
Therism
therism
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It is based on a pre-Therionic tradition that was adopted and widened in the light of the Prophet’s encouragement of personal discipline, health and fitness amongst his followers. The system classifies foods into four categories, se… @helevos - Hornumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHornum
Hornum is a town on the north coast of Sensatard. Though small, it is the largest settlement in the north of the country. Historically it was the city of Harnam, which became an affluent city-state known for its industry and culture. In the period of civil war following the end of the @helevos - Rubáporatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRubáporat
The Rubáporat [roo-BAP-poor-rat] was a historic Manthi civilisation in the southwest of Anásthias, on the coast of the Umber Sea. It flourished in the latter part of the Beryl Epoch, from roughly 700 BME until the second century ME when it was dominated by Ennseperan Empire. Nepor and Clanisjpor were its two greatest cities, which engaged in a long standing cultural and economic rivalry. Other key cities were BMEME @helevos - 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 - Ulaporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUlapor
Ulapor [ULL-a-poor] is a port city in Merál province of southwestern Ororr, the busiest port on the Ororran coast of the Umber Sea. It is 46 km from the sea on the River Vildon, which links the city with river ports far into the interior. Consequently it is the region's principal trading port, the hub for trade in Gildon's valuable commodities such as fine lumber, minerals, Ororr @helevos - Perianplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPerian
Perian trees are a variety of slender flowering virid tree, found throughout the tropics.
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Perian wood is light and flexible, yet strong, and is therefore valued as a building material, perian canes being particularly useful as scaffolding. The trees however are unusually invasive in greenwood areas. @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 - Dsjeeporplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigDsjeepor
Dsjeepor or Dushee is a port city in Veedormim, located on Cape Deshee, the westernmost point of Anásthias.
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* Name: Kingdom of Hesjbagaaia * Government: Timocracy / Constitutional Monarchy * Capital: Isjbela * Foundation: 701 ME * Language: Ororr @helevos - Go-Ám-Gamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGo-Ám-Gam
Go-ám-gam [go-AM-gam] is a sparsely-inhabited nation in southeastern Munatan, consisting mostly of temperate upland hills and rugged coast with temperate virid forests and no navigable rivers. Its only principle city is Go-ím-ri, situated some miles inland from the sea. @helevos - The Dialogues (Therism)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigThe Dialogues (Therism)
The Dialogues are a compilation of first and second hand accounts of conversations and speeches by the Great Prophet Therion, the founder of the Therist Church of Ororr. The Dialogues also includes collected sayings, opinions and aphorisms attributed to the Prophet. @helevos - Hesjbagaaian Navyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHesjbagaaian Navy
The Hesjbagaaian Navy is greatest maritime military force in the region of Munatan. Its main task is to defend the nation of Hesjbagaaia from naval incursions by its powerful neighbour Ororr, and to defend merchant shipping against pirates and privateers. Its growing naval prowess has within a century made it second only in power to its ally, @helevos - Kas-fruitplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKas-fruit
Kas-fruit is the red or yellow fruit of the kasflower, a perennial flowering plant or bush believed to be native to Anrel.
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herbs
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It is found growing throughout the Mainland, particularly in the wilder regions of viridmagic @helevos - River Narplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRiver Nar
The River Nar, also called the Tsiyenar (Rouvawetig) or the Iyé (Eloyoun), is a major river in the south of modern Harthera.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * Government: Military-Mercantile Oligarchy * Capital @helevos - Gimatriaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGimatria
Gimatria is a style of magic which uses numerical formulae instead of grammar as a means of initiating magical sequents.
Magic
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Gimatria was particularly associated with the Golden Ordinance of Miyarris, and heavily influenced the development of the @helevos - Limetaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLimeta
The limeta is a virid tree which grows in the tropical regions, particularly in northern and coastal Anásthias. The fruits are round with dark green leathery skin and distinctive red flesh. They are one of the few virid fruits grown for human consumption, havin a sweet and distinctively acrid taste. virid @helevos - 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 - Sorcererplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSorcerer
A Sorcerer is a thaumaturge, or magical practitioner, who lacks the ability to summon an elemental themself. Sorcerers may be skilled in Erida, the magical language of the elementals, but relies either on using elementals who have been assigned to them by a magister, or by using lamenaries, magickal objects which have an elemental physically bound to them. @helevos - 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 - Scythe fishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigScythe fish
Scythe fish are predatory virid fish found in deep open waters. Their sharp scythe-like appendages are evolved to slice off the limbs of giant virid squid squid, but they will attack and eat any kind of prey, including any humans unlucky enough to fall overboard from ships. @helevos - Brass antplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBrass ant
Brass ants are thumb-sized, eight-limbed virid creatures, named for their brass-coloured iridescent exoskeleton.
Fauna
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Despite the name they are arthropods, not insects. They are scavengers found in warm environments throughout @helevos - Umber Sea Fleetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUmber Sea Fleet
The Umber Sea Fleet is the division of the navy of Hesjbagaaia, which protects the coastline of the Umber Sea and its vital trade links.
Military
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The Green Sea Origin is a comparatively recent theory of natural history, proposed to explain why Helevos has two distinct and incompatible kingdoms of life - the virid and the green kingdoms. It was first theorised by Herf Gerlatin of Harlon University, in his 1086 ME book Man from the GreenGreengreenViridViridgreengreenviridgreenviridgreengreenviridviridGreen @helevos - Rocksuckerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRocksucker
Rocksuckers are of migratory virid fish found in coasts and rivers around Anásthias, and even in inland waterways as far as the upper reaches of the River Wiyel below the Great Cataract of Deltirot. Rocksuckers have a distinctive oval plate on their lower jaw which, though primarily for feeding, allows them to cling on to and climb nearly vertical surfaces, making them one of few virid @helevos - Garronplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGarron
Garrons are domestic mammals found principally in Anrel and other northern islands, used for riding and to pull carts and carriages. They are cousins of the horsis, the fierce fighting beast now only found in the heraldry of the Anrel kingdoms.
Fauna
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Topics related to the 1GD.Pb Cronox System, a binary system which is home to the political alliance of the Cronoxi Syndicate.
Planets
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Planets of the Cronox-Cordes system
Terrestrial planets of Cordes, to scale
Position of Cronox in Syndicate space
Cronox [CRON-ox] is a S-type detached-binary star system consisting of the stars 1GD.Pa-Cordes and 1GD.Pb-Arjos. The two orbit a common barycenter at a sufficient distance for each to have its own independent planetary system. The two stars' orbital planes are at 83 degree angle from each other, which suggests that the two stars originally formed independently o… @1gd - Nomezplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigNomez
Nomez [NOM-ez] is a heavy, dense planet orbiting closest to the sun Cordes, in the Cronox System.
Its surface is molten and constantly active, almost half of its surface being a sea of liquid sulphur and mineral salts. It has a toxic atmosphere of gaseous chlorine, bromine, sulphur, and phosphorus belched from the ever-active volcanoes, with clouds of light metals like lead and arsenic. This atmosphere is constantly eroded away by solar wind, leaving a glowing, flare-like trail in … @1gd - Isjbelaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigIsjbela
Isjbela (or Esjbela) is the capital city of Hesjbagaaia in Munatan, a wealthy port for trade, seat of the kings of Hesjbagaaia and heart of the Heterodox Church.
The city lies on the eastern shore of Isjbela Bay, an inlet of the Limerent Sea with a large natural harbour. The old city was founded on a defensible headland, which still forms the city's heart though it has grown far beyond the original walls. @helevos - Vainglorious Revolutionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVainglorious Revolution
The Vainglorious Revolution of 571 ME was a military coup which overthrew the Hartheran Commonwealth. It ended the effective oligarchy of the kingship and the old Saloyan aristocracy, with the intent of putting power into the hands of the common people. In practice this meant the wealthy merchant classes, and the military domination of the @helevos - Kingdom of Sann'alplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKingdom of Sann'al
The Kingdom of Sann'al [SAN-AL sæn'æl] (from arch. Senna'al), also called Royal Sann'al or simply Sannal, was a historic nation in the northern half of the island of Besoa that existed from its founding c.1500 BME, to 1092 ME when it was annexed by BME @helevos - Eijult Empire (category)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEijult Empire (category)
Articles related to the former Eijult Empire in Munatan, which flourished in the 6th and 7th centuries ME.
topics fornat1 @tag - Hevúlplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHevúl
Hevúl [heh-VOOL] is a religious site in Sensatard in the Anrel Isles. It is a meeting site for the Hevúl festival which happens in the autumn every three years, celebrating all of the gods.
Anrel
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The Eijult Empire dominated much of the coastal territory of western Munatan during the 6th and 7th centuries ME. It was forged by the Manthi-ethnic Eijult people, who spread along the coast by land and by sea, seizing control and settling lands once held by the @helevos - Empiresplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEmpires
List of political entities which meet the broad definition of an empire: multi-ethnic polities usually ruled by a central power.
Modern imperial states
Historic empires
topics nati1 @tag - 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 - Laharkin Mountainsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLaharkin Mountains
The Laharkin Mountains, also called the Laharkin Range, extend along the eastern coast of Mainland, in the Anrel Isles.
Anrel
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This is in a series of articles about the Anrel Isles, a significant archipelago in the Natorn Sea.
The mountains form a significant geographical barrier, making the eastern shore of viridAnrel @helevos - Taur-Dji-Oumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTaur-Dji-Oum
Taur-Dji-Oum [Tower-shjee-ohm], known as Torthien in much of the Civilised World, also called the Vale of Tortanis in Ororr, is an upland area of southeastern Anásthias. It is a politically complex and unstable region, consisting of twenty-three major ethnic nations, territorially sub-divided into smaller kingdoms, chiefdoms, fiefdoms and clan holdings, with a shifting pattern of allegiances and alliances. @helevos - Rodorigo Iplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRodorigo I
Rodorigo I was founder of the Ennseperan Empire and of the dynastic House of Anez which ruled the early empire.
Ennseperans
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people men leaders ennseperans @helevos - Old Man of Niseqplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOld Man of Niseq
The Old Man of Niseq, sometimes called the Old Man of Seqal, is a distinctive natural rock formation in the Kalkot Gorge, at the confluence of the Red and Green branches of the River Wiyel, near the town of Niseq, 60 km south of the city of Seqal.
Weathering of the rock face has created what appears to be the sleeping face of an old man, with a downturned mouth, beard and closed eyes. The effect is enhanced by scrubby @helevos - Eidolons of Seqalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEidolons of Seqal
The Eidolons of the Goddess, commonly called the Eidolons of Seqal, are a triptych of ancient statues carved into the rocky riverside at the city of Seqal in Ororr. The figures are a renowned symbol of the city, being the first thing seen by visitors travelling upriver to the city. green @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 - Gerod of Ben Akirplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGerod of Ben Akir
Gerod of Ben Akir is the credited author of the eponymous Mysteries of Gerod, a series of accounts of mystical encounters with gods and spirits, revelations and prophecies. It is considered a holy codex by many who follow the Anrelian pantheon, since it describes the relationship of prayer and ritual which can be performed to attract the good graces of certain deities. @helevos - Fá Cadalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFá Cadal
Fá Cadal [fah-ka-DAL], or Ivfá in the local language, is a port city in the province of Cadal, in the northwestern tip of Ororr. It is the only significant city in the province and therefore the principle centre of Ororran authority and religion. Though small and isolated, the city is an important trans-shipping port for trade between the western port cities and Ororr @helevos - Chouda peopleplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChouda people
The Chouda [chow-OO-da] were an Iskean ethnic group who emerged in the Celadon Epoch following the fall of Traithe. They inhabited the Chouda Peninsula and land which is now the Junda Isles. They were the ancestors of the Junda, Chelidt and many peoples of northern Harthera.
ethnicity harthera @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 - Gorvalplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGorval
Gorval, also called Gobal, is the most northerly province of the region of Gaskanin in northeastern Ororr, occupying the Gorval Peninsula and its hinterland. Its people are traditionally called the Gobalay. The province consists of rugged coastline with hundreds of rocky islands, and uplands with an ancient Ororr @helevos - Oilseedplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOilseed
Oilseed is the seed of the oilbush. It is cultivated to produce seed oil, which can be consumed as food, but is mainly refined as a fuel for lamps and machinery.
Flora
herbs
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The oilbush is a hardy green plant that flourishes in tropical and equatorial parts of AnásthiasHarthera @helevos - 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 - Ehamet IX of Naretteplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEhamet IX of Narette
Ehamet IX (1047-1110 ME) was monarch of the Kingdom of Narette for four decades, from the age of 23 until his death in 1110. He was considered a strong and irascible king, little loved but made the kingdom powerful and strong. He was succeeded by his son @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 - Senasiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSenasi
The Senasi are an organisation dedicated to health and healing in the Anrel Isles. They are one of the Hexact Orders, advocating for health in national politics. Senasi order members are healers and physicians, tending to the sick and providing health advice throughout the islands. They wear white, and their healing houses are found in all major towns and cities. @helevos - Triminotplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTriminot
The Triminot [TREE-mee-nott] is a province in the Wiyel Valley in central Ororr, surrounding the city of Remel. Most of the region is tropical wetland surrounded by hills, dominated by lakes and swamps. The central region was greened, drained and turned into arable farmland many centuries ago, becoming an ancient centre of human civilisation. It has been a major exporter of food and grain for thousands of years. In recent centuries Remel has become an important industrial hub for a var… @helevos - Widows' Dayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigWidows' Day
Widows' Day is a festival of remembrance held throughout Harthera two weeks after the end of the storm tide season. Since storm tides appear every 1.3 years the date of the festival advances throughout the year over time, rather than being a fixed date. According to folk tradition, the festival dates back to the ancient @helevos - Expurgationplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigExpurgation
Expurgation was the ultimate punishment meted out by the Rasian Academy for the crime of malefaction: the use of thaumaturgy for evil and harmful ends.
Magic
magic
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Process
Expurgation involves four steps. Firstly, the criminal's familiar (or 'prime source'), the elemental which is the source of his power, is cut away and destroyed. @helevos - Skundplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSkund
Skund or scundai is a cheap alcoholic spirit, popular with Hartheran sailors and common in the ports of the Civilised World. It was traditionally made in Oonar from the leftover pulp from making fine auray. The resulting liquor being distilled to a pure, yellow-tinted alcohol which was diluted to water and popular in the port city of @helevos - Fromchisplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigFromchis
Fromchis [FRROM-k'hiss], also FRROM-cheess] is the capital city of the Penayso Federation. In the 7th century it became a colonial city of the Eijult Empire, later a protectorate of the Teijhu.
Munatan
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The Grestaian Chase [gress-STAY-an] is a famous annual drort race held in Grestaian Park in the city of Vahltor, with teams of riders competing to complete an ovoid circular course.
Sports
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Though formerly a single annual event, the popularity of the Chase has spawned a series of racing events which take place in the park, including shorter races, obstacle courses, and novelty races with @helevos - Rockfishplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRockfish
Rockfish describes a diverse variety of virid fish who absorb rock fragments or gravel into their skin for both camouflage and armour. Since both predatory and herbivorous species use this strategy it is a loose term. It is sometimes misapplied to viridvirid @helevos - 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 - Veedormimplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVeedormim
The Mutual Protectoracy of Veedormim is a nation in Munatan, occupying the far southwest corner of Anásthias.
Munatan
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* Name: Mutual Protectoracy of VeedormimME @helevos - Rock butterplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRock butter
Rock butter is made from animal fats and rock salt, a traditional food among cultures of the Dun Trisan mountains in Munatan. It is very high in calories, a necessity for people living at high altitude, with the rock salt acting as a preservative as well as providing many essential minerals. @helevos - Awmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAwm
Awm is a grain crop farmed in cooler and upland climates throughout the Civilised World, particularly the highlands of central Anásthias. It is the staple food of Torthien and upland parts of Munatan.
Food and Drink
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Awm is a grassy green plant which yields clusters of ovoid seeds roughly 0.8mm in length, ranging in colour from off-white to red or occasionally black, with a thick husk and a chewy innard. Red awm is colloquially cal… @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 - Vinculumplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVinculum
Vinculum is the bond or connection between a human thaumaturge and their prime elemental. This bonds gives a human mastery over the elemental and means that it will accept instructions only from that person. Vinculum generally grows stronger over time, with experienced thaumaturges able to easily command their primus. @helevos - Eloyoun languageplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigEloyoun language
Eloyoun languages are a major language family of eastern Anásthias, spoken throughout Otekahré and southern Harthera.
Language
language
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Derived from Mayápo, the language of ancient Miyarris, Eloyoun languages spread and diversified northwards into what is now Harthera. With the rise of Eloyoun @helevos - 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 - Soayplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSoay
The soay [SO-ay] is a breed of domestic animal, bred for its meat, skin and fur. Soay were bred in Miyarris, along with the boretray, and are now common across Anásthias with a myriad of local breeds of distinctive size, colour and shape.
Fauna
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Kokant is a city in the northern highlands of Taur-dji-oum, just 80 km from the border with Ororr. It has long been the main trade link with Ororr, but is also a key city for Ororran missionaries trying to spread the Therist faith to the region.
Taur-Dji-Oum
torthien
This is in a series of articles about the mountainous upland region of OrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - 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 - Ancient Hartheraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigAncient Harthera
List of articles related to the ancient history of the region of northeastern Anásthias which is now the modern nation of 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 @tag - Junda Coastplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigJunda Coast
The Junda Coast is a historic term for the east coast of Harthera, particularly in Retthen province, which were settled by migrants from the Junda Isles in 2nd-4th centuries ME.
Harthera
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* Name: Hartheran Union, Union of Harthera, Uhartrah * @helevos - Purismplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigPurism
Purism is a movement in the Church of Hartrah which advocates simplicity and strict adherence to discipline and moral codes. It is often called Chelidt Purism for its origins amongst the Chelidd people of northeastern Harthera. It arose in the 5th century ME, in response to the perceived liberalism and idolatry of the @helevos - Reidanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigReidan
Reidan is an Aralsic language spoken in the Anrel Isles, particularly throughout Trésard and Sensatard.
Language
language
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The Lar Vale dialect of northern Trésard is considered Standard Reidan, and is generally intelligible throughout Anrel. The Northland dialects of Sensatard are distinct, with the Eastern dialect being close to standard Reidan, and the Western being more obscure. The north coast language @helevos - Herf Gerlatinplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerf Gerlatin
Herf Gerlatin is a Professor of Human Sciences at Harlon University. He was generally considered to be a fringe scholar and theorist until the publication of his hugely successful book Man from the Green Sea Deep, in which he proposed what is now called the Green Sea Theory, that all mammals and green plants evolved separately from @helevos - Gahanplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGahan
Gahan is a Manthi term for war-leader. Gahans were the temporary battle leaders of tribes in ancient times, but in the settled regions of the Manthi-Lien, they were warlords and leaders of their people, kings in all but name.
Governance
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Old Aralsicplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOld Aralsic
Old Aralsic is a language which emerged in Anrasard during the Jade Epoch. It is the ancestor of all the modern Aralsic languages spoken in the Natorn Archipelago.
Language
language
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Old Aralsic is said to have descended from the languages of the Godmen, particularly Atantic or Ahngrit. So little is known about these ancient tongues that it is impossible to be certain. @helevos - Goldmaneplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigGoldmane
Goldmane is an epiphytic virid plant often found growing in the nexial branches of virid, and sometimes green, trees. Goldmane is so named for it's golden hair-like fronds which are the plant's fruiting body, dispersing spor into the air.
Flora
herbs
This is in a series of articles about @helevos - United Duchies of Vildonplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigUnited Duchies of Vildon
The United Duchies of Vildon, later called the Free Duchies, was a historic state in the Gildon region of modern Ororr. Gildon, or Vildon as it was then known, was colonised and annexed by the Kingdom of Deltirot in the 6th century BME and divided into fiefdoms to profit @helevos - Melismaticsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigMelismatics
The Melismatics were a sect of Therist mystics in the 2nd century ME who sought spiritual enlightenment through the musical recitation of holy texts. Though their beliefs were not heretical, their desire to live apart and achieve direct communication with the Mother Goddess was seen as schismatic by the Church-State. TheristTheristME @helevos - Othei Protectorateplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOthei Protectorate
The Othei Protectorate was a territory of western Anasthias in the first to third centuries ME, nominally sovereign but under the military protection of Ororr.
Ororr
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Hover to magnify | OrorrOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr @helevos - 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
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They are caught by humans at various times of the year. Though too small to be of much use for human nutrient, certain types of greenfry are caught off the coast of northern @helevos - King Ehamet Ehuthplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigKing Ehamet Ehuth
King Ehamet Ehuth, or Ehamet I of Narette, was the king of Anret/Narette towards the end of the Long War between the Kingdom of Narette and the Northern League. He was founder of the Ehuth Dynasty, which has ruled Narette for nearly 400 years.
People
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Broken Landsplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBroken Lands
The Broken Lands is a fractured region of sharp fissures, clefts and gullies, which forms a natural boundary between Harthera and Otekahré.
Otekahré
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This is in a series of articles about the region of Otekahré in eastern Anásthias.
The region is an active fault line, where earthquakes have created sharp rifts in the rock, further excavated and eroded by winds and flash flooding. With little soil and little surface water, the Broken Lands are un… @helevos - Saloyan Civil Warplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigSaloyan Civil War
The Saloyan Civil War was a protracted conflict between bitterly opposing forces in the Grand Palatinate of Saloya, in northwest Anásthias. Historians sometimes divide it into three conflicts, the First, Second and Third Civil War.
Conflict
This is in a series of articles on @helevos - Rideeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigRidee
Ridee is an important city in the Sereou region of Otekahre. Historically it is important as the home of the Blueface philosophy which distinguishes modern Otekahre from its Eloyoun neighbours.
Otekahré
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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 - Li-bamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLi-bam
The Li-bam [Lee-Bam] are a major ethnic group of southern Anásthias, the indigenous peoples of the upland regions of Munatan and Taur-dji-oum. They are one of the three distinct branches of the human family, along with the Gyeil and the Thalsic.
Ethnicity
ethnicity
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Li-bam are referred to pejoratively as @helevos - Architecture in Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigArchitecture in Ororr
Architecture in Ororr has been an important cultural force in the theocratic nation of Ororr. It was particularly so in the early days of the nation, when the disciples of the Great Prophet were establishing new church-state institutions in opposition to the imperial bureaucracy and diverse religions. @helevos - Chasunplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigChasun
Chasun (CHA-suhn, also cha-SOON) is a tea blend common in Ororr, often drunk socially and in communal rituals at the local Therist community temple. Chasun is made from a mixture of dried ground leaves, including some sharp virid leaves which give a mildly stimulant or euphoric effect. @helevos