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Elandra/World History Timeline

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The history of the world is an ongoing project by the scholars of Elandra. The magic of the Fading has erased so much of what was once known, and much of what has remained is because they are ingrained in the very stories of the nations - the fireside tales, the annual festivals, the art on the walls of the cities... What is known, or at least suspected, is collected here. More can be gleaned from the last 350 or so years, before that there is only guesswork; a patchwork of songs, stories and fragments of art.

== '''The Age of Myth''' ==

Stories of old - far beyond memory and books but still spoken of as fact in the oral traditions of Urdrevan and beyond.

* Unknown - The founding of Kairos. The earliest Kairosians spread throughout Southern Elandra, extending their influence into what is now Morvalis.
* Unknown - The Urdrevan People begin rangings through Elandra, from the land that is now the nine nations, to areas of the world that are no longer remembered.
* Unknown - A Precursor Crownlands Empire is formed from warring groups in the regions which are now Valdraeth, Avereaux and the Wonder.

== '''The Age of Legend''' ==

A time of known heroes of the Realms whose adventures shaped nations and influenced traditions. 
Information about the Age of Legends is limited and much has been lost but great stories are still passed down and can be found in nations across the world.

* 0YG - the Year of the Gods - the Gods revealed themselves to Mortals and create Menhir
* Some time in the 1st Century - Precursor Crownlands Empire schisms into Valdraeth and Avereaux.
* Some time in the 5th-6th Century - Morvalis Founded.
* Some time in the 6th Century - Evidence of a Avereaux-Valdraeth war.
* Some time in the 7th Century - First stories of The Wonder.
* Some time in the 7th Century - The Hammerplatz-Zweiburg Civil War
* 683 - The Changing Tide; Portavas declares independence from Hammerplatz & Zweiburg.
* 684 - Charterwright Day - Civil War ends. Hammerstadt is formed as a united state.
* 712 - Syradonia officially founded on the surface.
* Some time in the 8th Century - Evidence of a Portavas-Kairos cold war.
* 798 - Sphere Theory coined by Morvalin-Valdraeth scholars at Vellichor university.
* 831 - Avereaux succession war.
* 835 - The Crownlands Realm formed in the aftermath of Avereaux war to prevent further instability in that region.
* 889 - The Commonweath Realm founded between Portavas, Urdrevan and Hammerstadt to formalise trade agreements
* 900 - The Corruption begins undetected (assumed).
* 943 - The Läbelaicha House of Dusk are overthrown and replaced by the Lacrimosa Family
* 944 - The Sanctuaries Realm founded as a formal alliance after internal power struggles in Morvalis created need for stability externally
* 972 - Big Corrupted attack on Avereaux - Last King of Avereaux killed, Lambert the Bold.

== '''Age of Calamity''' ==

* 973 - Official start of the Age of Calamity - simultaneous invasions of multiple nations.
* 989 - The Pact of Nine is first signed, with 5 year delegations to review the agreement.
* 991 - The Fading. Information and history is lost across the known world.
* 1022 - The Corrupted attack Naxara, the capital of Kairos, and are beaten back by the hundreds of Kolossi present in the Gallery.
* 1024 - The Corrupted capture Mystikos, preventing Kairos from properly repairing or creating more Kolossi.
* 1024 - The Pact of Nine remade between the Nine Nations, followed by an attack by the Corrupted that killed all of the Nine nations leaders.
* 1024 - The Threads (Nation Support) are created by an unknown weaving.
* 1024 - The Gods disappear. There is widespread panic as religious ceremonies cease to work and prayers go unanswered.

== '''The Age of Hope''' ==

* 1025 - The Gods return and create Haven. The present day.

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Elandra/The Pact of the Nine

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The Pact of the Nine is a magically bound contract agreed by all the nations. Its is enforced by powerful weavings of magic and empowered by the Gods. Those who agreed to the terms of the Pact are magically compelled towards not breaking them.

==== We, the undersigned do pledge on behalf of, and with the authority of, our nations and the representatives of the guilds to act for the survival of our people. As the days grow darker and the light of hope fades we come together for this, our last hope. With the aid of the gods and each other we can overcome the blight that has all but destroyed our way of life. ====

==== The pact has been the only means of our continued survival. Since the enemy has come, only by standing together have we lasted this long. Some have called for each of our nations’ last stands to be made individually but this we all agree would be only to accelerate our defeat. ====

==== As our predecessors did before, we agree to the following tenets, to be enforced by us and upon us by our peers. ====

== Opportunity for All ==

==== All will be given the opportunity to thrive, for only in growth can they aid our cause. None shall prevent those with reasonable interest their chance to contribute. ====

== Not for Conquest ==

==== No land nor resource shall be taken in the name of conquest, any and all land recovered shall be returned to the nation that held it before. We fight not for petty self interest but for the future. ====

== For Justice and Fairness ==

==== Disputes will be settled through legal means. No person shall be above the laws we uphold. Neither the Law nor any other persons shall degrade another through the use of harm of any kind to extract knowledge. ====

== Unity is Strength ==

==== No nation or realm shall turn upon another, for fighting ourselves will only lead to our destruction. We must stand together, for divided we will fall. We shall guard against all dangers whether from within or beyond. We stand as shields for one another. ====

== The Guilds ==

==== We ask and empower the Guilds to aid us and our people in pursuing any goal that may aid us. We ask these chosen by the gods to go forth and seek adventure, riches and justice. ====

== Prosperity with Integrity ==

==== We give our whole economic strength to The Banking Guild so that experts may guide us in where we can spend what little we have. No others shall make currency in our names nor shall any accept false coin. ====

== Strength through Resolve ==

==== Each nation, guild, and individual must strive to achieve on their own skill, preparing for hardships rather than relying on the charity of others. Aid may be freely given, but it is not owed nor can it be compelled. ====

== Preservation of Knowledge ==

==== We shall protect our wisdom, teach and protect our young, and record our deeds, so that any future generations may learn from us. ====

== Respect for the Divine ==

==== We honour the gods as the forces that shape our world, neither seeking to defy them nor falling into reckless folly of false gods. ====

== Commitment of Solidarity ==

==== We stand as one. To betray this pact is to sever oneself from the nations and the Gods. We will see them punished by the Law and in betrayal of the pact be put to just punishment. ====

==== We hope that through this declaration we will find the light which will guide us to a future. We commit all forces and aid to this pact and request and require all who follow us to be bound by it. ====

==== We make this declaration witnessed by the gods. We make this new affirmation of our agreement with the enemy at the gate. We know we will not see its promise come to pass, so we ask and hope the next of our people chosen by fate to not let us pass our last hours in vain. ====

== May we save ourselves as no one else will. ==

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Elandra/The Fading

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== The Design of the Fading ==

The Fading is a game element affecting the world of Elandra. People’s knowledge and memory of the world are magically affected by the Fading in a variety of odd ways. The Fading affects both people and documents of all types. There isn’t a specific list of things affected by the Fading but it can be used for why people are unable to remember elements of the world they live in, after all we only play these characters a few times a year. People can relearn things and won't be unable to interact with a concept that's been forgotten (or that the player may not have known about in the first place). 
As the Fading is a game element in a game where discovery and exploration are intended to be themes it may be possible to investigate it and recovering lost knowledge due to the Fading is something characters can try to do! Information lost to the Fading is 
Lands that have been taken by the Corrupted are also affected. Between the years-long war and the Fading information on lands the nations formerly held is rare and in some cases conflicting. Some characters may remember details one way and others may have different opinions. Some may have no knowledge entirely on a subject.

Its possible to play characters with a variety of knowledge levels at Menhirs Fate. We are aware there is a huge amount of potential knowledge to consume and we’re keen to see where people take their characters within the world. The Fading is designed to represent an opportunity to rediscover lost knowledge but also allow people to jump into the world without need to know every single thing about it and we encourage people to not look down on characters because they may not have read as much of the wiki as another person.

The below info is available on most nations recent history pages with some tweaks on how it may have specifically affected a given nation

== The History of the Fading ==

Immediately following the Pact, the event known as the Fading has further prevented new progress in the nations; this was some sort of unknown magical calamity which affected and continues to affect the spread of information and its retention - both on written and in the minds of all people across Elandra.

Land beyond the boundaries of the Corruption is no longer remembered as it should be; it is as if the memory of it has been washed away, and the records of such are blank or missing too. Information from before the Pact is similarly difficult to find, and impossible to recall for those who lived through it.

Other information is similarly missing from recall by all the remaining powers of Elandra, though some snippets of the past are found in oral traditions, festivals and the echo of memory on culture of each nation.

The study of history has been devastated by this calamity, as it is no longer possible to be certain of fact with so many relied-upon sources being unavailable. The record-keepers and historians of every nation have tried to maintain some form of order, but there is a lot beyond mortal knowledge that was once known to all, and it is an ongoing exercise to share what little remains.

Scholars generally blame the Corrupted for having caused this - severing connection to whatever is beyond their borders using foul magic of some kind, but the search to recover what has been lost is a massive international effort. 
 

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Elandra

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The world in which the players live is called Elandra. Populated by the Nine [[:Category:Nations|Nations]] much of Elandra is currently surrounded by the twisted magic of the Fading which produces a corrupting fog and steals their memories. Elandra has existed for many centuries before the current crisis but due to the severe pressure they have been put under they have agreed to an international treaty of cooperation called the Pact of the Nine.

* [[Elandra/The Fading|The Fading]]
* [[Elandra/The Pact of the Nine|The Pact of the Nine]]
* [[Elandra/World History Timeline]]

=== A Closed World ===
A Closed World Setting is a fictional setting in a game or other medium where the boundaries of the world are set and can’t be expanded upon except through engaging with the game and plot. There is an established canon of history and events, and players cannot change these.

The design reason for this is because it gives a strong foundation for the whole game to be built upon - there is a common understanding of the world for all participants to be able to shape their backstory and their sphere of knowledge within the game.

Exploration is a key part of the game design. Elandra is a world that has lost a significant amount in the last century of the game, and rediscovering the lost history of the Nations and what lies beyond the current national boundaries makes up a significant amount of the long term direction of the game.

=== Character Creation within a Closed World ===
This means that you can create a character that fits into this world freely, but you cannot play a character from another fictional setting. Characters taken wholesale from another LARP setting, or from another fictional world do not make sense in the setting of Menhirs Fate.

Equally characters who claim to be from beyond the currently known boundaries of Elandra outside the nine nations do not make sense in the setting. The effects of the “Fading” have stripped knowledge of everywhere beyond the current maps. Any people or creatures beyond there can be investigated through the game levers, but are intentionally a mystery until those areas can be uncorrupted and investigated.

Though we have taken inspiration from a wide variety of eras in our look and feel guides for the nations, this is also a fantasy world, not a historical one. There are no historical gender roles or historical attitudes to sexuality and gender identity, and using such as an excuse to push the boundaries of the conduct policy is not acceptable.

As a minimum, characters in the setting need to be from one of the nine nations, follow the costume guides for the nation, have a name that suits that nation under the recommended naming conventions. This ensures that the world remains cohesive, and creativity can span from a solid foundation of the world of Elandra.

[[:Category:Nations|The Nations]]

[[Look and Feel|The Look and Feel Guides]]

=== The Abstraction Layer ===
The setting being a closed world does not mean we do not want people to develop their backstories and their character’s story, just that we expect and require all characters to exist within the world we have set out.

Every nation’s geography and groups pages lay out the standard makeup of what smaller settlements or households look like. These are quite diverse, from village-style “Cantrefs” and “Courts” in Valdraeth to the city-state business households of each “Coterie” in Hammerstadt, “Vassal Families” in Morvalis and co-living “Domus” in Syradonia.

As long as these fit the setting of the nation, there is a lot of free reign to write your group and individual character’s backstory and what your character’s life looks like between events.

In LARP, this level of canon controlled by the game and individual contribution to the world is sometimes described as the “Abstraction Layer”. Beyond a certain point, the game is not defined or micromanaged by the game writing team.

=== Playable Races ===
Humans are the only playable race in the world of Menhirs Fate.

Some humans are affected by the magical spheres, in a way that alters their physical appearance and encourages certain emotions and behaviours to come to the fore. These roleplay effects are designed with storytelling in mind, putting emphasis on a character’s stubbornness or creative spirit, among others. These are opt-in, and the Weavemarks only last as long as the player wearing them wants to keep them. People with Weavemarks are still human.

[[Weavemarks Overview|More can be found on Weavemarks here.]]

=== Magic ===
The world of Elandra is inherently magical, with rifts to the spheres occurring randomly in some regions, and magical creatures making temporary homes in areas in every nation. People in the world have innate magical ability - in the same way that anyone could learn martial skills through time and energy, any person in the world can learn magic. There is no genetic or selective reason for magical ability, though like any skill, some have a natural aptitude to it.

=== Faith and Religion ===
There are twelve Gods in the world, who manifest sometimes to the mortals of the world in the form of Aspects; versions of themself distilled into a human form. These are sometimes described as being like one facet of a crystal - only one face of a greater whole. Different aspects of the same God can appear at the same time, and sometimes have differing opinions, though some prefer to remain undetected to view their followers on a mortal level.

The Four Corrupted Gods are also worshipped as deities in the setting, but following them is a crime in the world, with severe penalties.

Gods from other fictional or historical settings are not part of this game - Thor or Athena are not alternative Gods to follow, nor are Glorificus or Cthulu! There are ways to investigate theology in the game, but including Gods from outside the setting will never be allowed under the Closed World rules.

= Technology in Elandra =
At Menhirs Fate, Elandra is a world that’s been designed to be inspired by medieval fantasy, but also drawing from some European Enlightenment-era cultures. This section offers some guidance on what is and what isn’t a part of the technology of the world, to avoid doubt.

We have actively designed Menhirs Fate to avoid technology from more modern eras; tech-trees and rapid development are not themes of the game.

The main reason for this is magic!

In a world where magic forms the basis of many daily functions of the nine societies who interact under the Pact, some real world “progress” cannot and will not work.

The world is broadly set around the time of the real-world 17th century enlightenment, which is also the most modern influence on the Look and Feel*

== Included as part of the world: ==

=== The Printing Press ===
In game there are thriving printing companies around the known world, especially in Hammerstadt, but also throughout the other nations. When replicating hand-printed written documents, try to choose fonts that imitate pre-20th century typefaces - it can be immersion-breaking to read a poster in Ariel or Verdana, not just Comic Sans! Some fonts that can look good on documents in-field are Garamond, IM Fell, Playfair and Copperplate or Gothic style fonts.

Alternatively, handwriting fonts are good for substituting actual hand-written documents, but attempts should be made to ensure they’re legible for as many people as possible to be able to read; some handwriting fonts can be tricky for those participants with dyslexia.

=== Gender Affirming Care ===
This is a trans-inclusive world, and so in-world the properties of hormone replacement therapy were distilled from plants to create the effects of modern estrogen and testosterone in simple potions and salves, often known as “Aqua Nostos” - “Water of Homecoming”.

If you are transgender in real life, you are welcome to play a character who is trans in the game or not - this setting element is simply for inclusion and to offer that choice to our trans and non-binary players while fitting into the fantasy world.

Medicine and surgery is more advanced in Elandra than in the real world in many ways, due to the proliferation of magical healing. Gender-affirming surgeries are part of the world, done by scar-smiths, bloomtenders and other physicians throughout the lands.

=== Clockwork ===
Mechanical clocks, watches and other basic clockwork machinery is commonly used for timekeeping devices. Larger-scale clockwork pieces are rarer, and usually powered in some part by Forge Magic. They are not common or used for martial means, due to the sheer number of delicate moving parts that could easily be damaged.

Digital watches should be subtle, and covered up or kept in a pocket if unable to easily blend with clothing.

=== Mobility devices ===
Mobility devices are always considered acceptably in-character, regardless of material, colour and power needs. Wheelchair users are free to roleplay that these are powered by Forge Magic, clockwork or any other in-character power source for flavour if they wish.

=== Lighting ===
In the world of Elandra there are many light sources that can be physically represented (phys-repped) by 3D printing, resin, LED lighting, glow-in-the-dark materials, LED candles and other creative sources.

* Glowstones, naturally glowing crystals, are mined from Syradonia and shipped throughout the land.
* Phosphorescent mushrooms are common throughout the Crownlands.
* Some Hammerstadt forges swear by lamps made with Fire Magic, which burn more steadily and for longer. Candles are made throughout the world from many sources (LED candles are safer than real candles in many applications and fires should not be left unattended).
* Some Valdrae keep wisps in lanterns for a time, though they have a tendency to disappear when other things take their fancy.
* Some Syradonians keep phosphorescent jellyfish known as Chasmfish as pets, which give off a soft glow of light that many find soothing.

=== Glasses and Spyglasses ===
Although a mobility aid so counted above, it should be explicitly stated that glasses are perfectly valid as IC items. Some people in the hobby like to use glasses with more historic or vintage styles, but there is no need to do this, it is entirely on the wearer to decide their personal preferences.

Spyglasses/telescopes are also a valid part of the world, as a 17th century invention.

In-game, many Portavans use them on a daily basis for navigation and practicality.

=== Compasses and Navigational Tools ===
Though many Portavans and Urdrevani prefer to use the stars to navigate by, compasses are also available in the world to aid in determining the cardinal directions.

== NOT included as part of the world: ==

=== Steam Power ===
Steam power has not been invented in Elandra, and industrial revolution themes stemming from it are not part of the themes of the game.

Similarly “Steampunk” style clothing and accessories are discouraged, they are thoroughly Victorian in inspiration.

=== Sustained Flight ===
Planes do not exist in this world - air travel is not developed as a mode of transport. Airships are said to exist in the Air Sphere, however sustained flight outside of the potent magical atmosphere of the spheres has never succeeded, and any past attempts at such are lost to the Fading. This includes planes, hot air balloons and zeppelins.

=== Artificial Intelligence ===
We discourage any use of AI at Menhirs Fate. There is no in-world analogue for it, and AI should not be used for IC documents or images.

=== Gunpowder ===
There are no guns or artillery at Menhirs Fate and we will not be pursuing any plot that creates them, by magical or mundane means. The only forms of artillery are catapults, trebuchet and other pre-gunpowder siege machinery.

<nowiki>*</nowiki>with some exceptions for 18th Century style stays in Avereaux, Neo-Classical dresses in Kairos and Soviet-kitsch jumpsuits in Syradonia.

The World

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