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 ====== Name ====== ====== Name ======
    
-Horos (Greek for "limit" also sometimes called "Arch" in various languages, since the horizon to the east and west is an arch sweeping upwards. To the north and east, there are great walls of blackness, or the sun, depending on the time of day.+Horos (Greek for "limit"), also sometimes called "Arch" in various languages, since the horizon to the east and west is an arch sweeping upwards. To the north and east, there are great walls of blackness, or the sun, depending on the time of day.
    
 ====== Shape ====== ====== Shape ======
 +{{ :fabula-horos-map.png?600|}}
    
 Horos is a "Bishop ring"--a megastructure of a flat cylinder, like a wheel, which is tilted a bit relative to its orbit around the sun. It lacks any satellite (tides might be generated by precession). Spokes run towards a central Hub (which is always covered by clouds--there are also lower, normal clouds). [Do the spokes run from the edges only or are they more like a bicycle wheel, where spokes alternate angles for more strength?] Horos is a "Bishop ring"--a megastructure of a flat cylinder, like a wheel, which is tilted a bit relative to its orbit around the sun. It lacks any satellite (tides might be generated by precession). Spokes run towards a central Hub (which is always covered by clouds--there are also lower, normal clouds). [Do the spokes run from the edges only or are they more like a bicycle wheel, where spokes alternate angles for more strength?]
    
 +====== Nation-States and Other Powers ======
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 +  * [[Nuvonia]], a powerful, technologically advanced empire, run by a landed Senate, with an Emperor nominally bound by them;
 +  * [[Jasauerab]], a philosophical, free-thinking, small land, arguably a client state to [[Nuvonia]];
 +  * [[Janjagre]], a fractious land of multiple petty kingdoms;
 +  * [[Kastria]], a once-proud nation, prized for its artisans and intellectual sophistication, recently overthrown in a (mostly) bloodless conquest by [[Nuvonia]];
 +  * [[Eastry]], a little-known and mysterious continent;
 +  * [[Sul]], shrouded in much mystery by its isolation, nonetheless known for its snake cult and advanced medical development
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 ====== Historical Events ====== ====== Historical Events ======
    
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 Thousands of years ago, a small population of humans crash-landed here, accidentally (probably) killing the caretaker god Animothros. He fell to the ring's surface, creating an island with his skull. The humans lived and survived there, influenced by his magic-suffused corpse. They soon spread out and, with their great cleverness and ambition, as well as being helped to adapt by the Kin, came to dominate many areas, though they still mostly coexisted peacefully. Thousands of years ago, a small population of humans crash-landed here, accidentally (probably) killing the caretaker god Animothros. He fell to the ring's surface, creating an island with his skull. The humans lived and survived there, influenced by his magic-suffused corpse. They soon spread out and, with their great cleverness and ambition, as well as being helped to adapt by the Kin, came to dominate many areas, though they still mostly coexisted peacefully.
    
-Nuvonia is a different story. It developed military and logistic technology that it used to oppress its neighbours, quickly sweeping most of its continent, and taking over Kastria, along with gaining its previously well-adapted technologies and engineering. Notably, the Kastrian takeover was largely bloodless, as they accomplished a palice coup of Kastria's elites. Kastria's various peoples, especially the Kin, fled in droves, though a client government rules in name, earning its members wealth and privilege.+[[Nuvonia|Nuvonia]] is a different story. It developed military and logistic technology that it used to oppress its neighbours, quickly sweeping most of its continent, and taking over Kastria, along with gaining its previously well-adapted technologies and engineering. Notably, the Kastrian takeover was largely bloodless, as they accomplished a palice coup of Kastria's elites. Kastria's various peoples, especially the Kin, fled in droves, though a client government rules in name, earning its members wealth and privilege.
    
-Enigmas and Mysteries+====== Enigmas and Mysteries ====== 
 The final truth of the Soulstream isn't really known. To some people, souls are dissolved into it as a generic stuff; to others, souls remain more or less intact, so that reincarnation is of the distinctive personality. In general there is a wide variety of attitudes and theories on spirituality and sacredness. The final truth of the Soulstream isn't really known. To some people, souls are dissolved into it as a generic stuff; to others, souls remain more or less intact, so that reincarnation is of the distinctive personality. In general there is a wide variety of attitudes and theories on spirituality and sacredness.
    
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 ====== Threats ====== ====== Threats ======
  
-Nuvonia is pretty shitty to the Kin. This isn't really a threat that could topple a nation now, but it is a growing tension.+[[Nuvonia|Nuvonia]] is pretty shitty to the Kin. This isn't really a threat that could topple a nation now, but it is a growing tension.
    
 Some kind of rot is afflicting the vegetable basis of the world. This is bad, because it could let the air out. Someone should do something about that. Some kind of rot is afflicting the vegetable basis of the world. This is bad, because it could let the air out. Someone should do something about that.
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