ENCYCLOPAEDIA ORBICA:
The Encyclopedia
of the World of Orbivm
Compiled by the scholars of the great and ancient city of Lavinium in the 1000th year of the Age of the Knight, this Encyclopedia is comprised of a History of the realms of Orbivm, a catalogue of the Races of Orbivm, an explanation of the Historical Persons, Beasts, Maps, and Artifacts of Orbivm, and a view of the Supernatural as it manifests itself in Orbivm.
The Histories
Histories of time before Man began to record history are, at best, conjecture. None of what is said here is necessarily true. But the people of Orbivm, for the most part, believe it to be so.
The first recorded age in the history of Orbivm, the Age of the Spear, began sometime after the Dwarves arrived, but before the Elves did. It is so called because of the spears which were so prevalent at the time, when the art of metalforging was in its infancy.
Airiya, Dvergken, Dardanoi, Keltoi, Laviniani, Nemidians, Orcish Horde
The second age of Orbivm, the Age of the Empire, began with the arrival of the Elves from across the northern ice floes. It was so called because of the Lavinian Empire, which ruled most of the known world during this time span.
Arendians, Cavernei, Frost Elves, Lavinian Legion, Marauders, Orcei Gladiatores, Sidhe Elves
The third age of Orbivm, the Age of the Knight, began with the fall of the Lavinian Empire and the crumbling of the northern alliance between the Frost Elves and the Marauders. It was so called because in it, the old imperial system decayed, and a new one, that of the knight, took its place.
Aragwaithi, Clockwork Dwarves, Feudals, Droch Fae, High Elves, Kedari, Ainsarii, Khaganate
The Races
The Elves were the last race to arrive on Orbivm, and the only one to arrive after history began.
Frost Elves, Sidhe Elves, Droch Fae, High Elves
The Dwarves live underground, for the most part, but interact occasionally with the overworld.
Dvergken, Cavernei, Clockwork Dwarves
Men are the dominant race in the central regions of the continent.
Airiya, Dardanoi, Keltoi, Laviniani, Nemidians, Arendians, Lavinian Legion, Marauders, Aragwaithi, Feudals, Kedari, Ainsarii
The Orcs are despised by all other races, and do not appear to have any redeeming qualities.
Orcish Horde, Orcei Gladiatores, Khaganate
People, Places and Things
Many elves, men, dwarves and orcs have had a direct influence on the history of Orbivm. Their lives have been recorded here.
In addition to the people of Orbivm, there are the various creatures who live on the continent. Here we catalogue their numbers.
The Map of Evrosia - The peoples of Orbivm live on the continent of Evrosia, whose geography is described here.
Political Maps of Evrosia - The different ages brought many changes in the political geography of Evrosia.
The peoples of Orbivm have produced many great works.
The Supernatural
The various races of Orbivm have different views of the nature of the world they inhabit.
The world of Orbivm is composed on three planes - the rational, the physical, and the fey.
The force of magic is not completely understood by the people of Orbivm, but some is known.
Links
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Comments (11)
Anonymous said
at 9:02 am on Nov 25, 2006
Flametrooper's edits of the [Keltoi] page look awesome. They should be used as a model for all of the other pages... have !!Description, !!History, and !!Religion. Anything else needed?
Anonymous said
at 8:43 am on Nov 26, 2006
I added Steppe Orcs to the list of factions. However, I'm still not completely happy with that idea.. if we do it, we should IMHO also have an Orces-Gentorum-related faction. It's OK to have 2 orcish factions in one era.
Anonymous said
at 5:38 pm on Dec 19, 2006
I think that as done with the Marauders, that Details on the groups/tribes/clans within the faction. For Example, the Marauder Houses, Arendian Clans, Orc Tribes.
I myself think that the Steppe Orcs would come in at the end of the Imperial Age, and completely blitzkrieg the Orces Genotorum, who, have nothing left to raid to get thre weapons and armor. And are therefore easily killed and overtaken.
Anonymous said
at 11:40 am on Dec 20, 2006
Agreed. Go for it. Your specialty is the Sidhe; why don't you start by editing the Sidhe page and adding that sort of information?
Anonymous said
at 5:09 pm on Dec 21, 2006
Problem I see with the Sidhe, is that they don't have clans just an established government, with 12 provinces under the rule of a Thunderblade. Since, we all know Thunderblades seem to die so easy, I'll have to disucuss the basic government make up, and 'The way of the Thunderblade'
Anonymous said
at 5:16 pm on Dec 21, 2006
Discuss the basic government, the way of the thunderblade, and where the 12 provinces are (at least general area).
Anonymous said
at 4:45 pm on Mar 23, 2007
Since Turin and I agreed to have the Airiya only in the Ancient Era, I deleted mention of them from the Imperial Era.
Anonymous said
at 7:53 pm on Jul 8, 2007
NEW POLICY ON IMAGES - Instead of constructing the unit trees by uploading the unit images here and linking to them, it seems a better idea to link to the images in SVN. So do that from now on. I've already updated the Lavinian Legion page, so you can see the correct method there.
Anonymous said
at 12:36 pm on Aug 10, 2007
I've noticed that we seem to be skipping about in tenses quite freely - the Orcish rabble page, for example, is in the present, while the Aragwaithi are in the past. We should use one tense and stick with it.
Anonymous said
at 4:34 pm on Aug 25, 2007
All pages should be in the past tense. The encyclopaedia is, after all, written from the perspective of scholars who live after all the stated events.
Anonymous said
at 11:45 pm on Nov 28, 2007
MOVING TO USE MEDIAWIKI... at least, I think we should. I've set up a new site; it has all of the data currently here, plus some. So don't add info here, add it there!
If you disagree with this decision, email me. Unfortunately the forums are down so I can't announce this there.
http://orbivm.wiki-site.com/index.php/Main_Page
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