Alistarr as a world is nearly 24,000 miles around its equator, with only the Northern Hemisphere being explored and known to be inhabited. The World has seven primary landmasses, which are: 1)Thorvas & Dragon Tooth Glacier 2)Korados 3)Cyimallas )Pronounced Kai-mall-us) 4)Sava 5)Armath 6)Shontar 7)Farlanth There are 2 major island chains 8)Katuras 9)Dragon Atoll Alistarr has 3 moons 1)Red Moon - Thought to be home to the Red Goddess 2)Black Moon - The Chaos Eye 3)Silver Moon - Dragons Eye There are a vast variety of occupations on Alistarr, but there are seven principal Castes. CASTES 1)Warriors (Guards, Squires, Archers & Assassins are all Sub-Caste of Warriors) 2)Healers 3)Merchants 4)Mages 5)Builders 6)Priests 7)Scribes/Scholars Each major city on Alistarr has a Council of Castes that acts as judge for any complaints that need a court hearing to settle. In the city of Armath is the High Council of Castes, and they are the supreme body for decisions that concern the castes. They can overrule lower council decisions. The calendar of Alistarr is based off of the Armath calendar. Each week has seven days and there are five weeks to every month. There are four seasons, each of which is three months in length. So the Alistarr year has twelve months, made up of sixty weeks, for four hundred and twenty days in the year, Days of the Week Priests Day – (Sunday) A day usually reserved for rest and prayer Lymanday - (Monday) Preenday - (Tuesday) Sojinarday - (Wednesday) Currtassday – (Thursday) FeastDay - (Friday) Sovereign day – (Saturday) The 12 months are: Lords Month – The beginning of the year, usually a time for reconfirming allegiances to a lord or king. Fall crops are harvested. First month of Winter Mooruth - This month is the beginning of the winter planting season Zenar - Last month of Winter Lathsmurth - This is when winter crops are harvested and is the First month of Spring Tamaran - Spring crops are planted Dankkanar - Last month of Spring Gaimon - First month of summer, month when Spring Crops are harvested Kalispiel - Summer crops are planted Quiinom - Last month of summer Yohoppa - First month of Fall, month when Summer crops are harvested Ferrigo - Month when Fall crops are planted Salistan - Last month of Fall Magic is very common on Alistarr, the most basic form of magic is called Spirit Magic and can do things like make a fire or mend clothes. It can also be used for combat and healing. The more powerful magics are Sorcerery, Elemental Sorcerery and Druidic Magic. Sorcerery is a powerful magic, but is slow to cast and requires great amounts of personal power, and it requires years of study. Elemental sorcerery is also very powerful, but deals solely with Earth, Air, Water, Fire, Light & Dark. It also requires great amounts of personal power and many years of intense study. Druidic magic is both a blessing and a curse to those that can perform it. For those that can perform it are at the beck and call of the gods. A Druid could be sent to a village to bless it with good crops because a god chose to favor the village. Or the Druid could be sent to destroy the village and kill all that reside there because they have angered a god. It also takes years of study, but there are no schools for it, it is handed down from master to student. LEY LINES Alistarr is criscrossed with Ley Lines, most of the major cities of the world are built on a crossing point of multiple lines. The teleportation matricies that are maintained by the Sorcerery Guild use the Ley Lines to teleport people and items from one place to another. Sorcerers are able to use the power flowing from these lines to greatly improve the power of their spells. There are also Dark Lines, that channel a negative energy back and forth across the planet as well. Where Ley Lines intersect with Dark Lines are called Chaos Points, and sorcerers that try and cast their spells near these places sometimes find it very difficult. Sometimes casting near a Chaos Point will result in the spell simply failing, as the sorcerers power is sucked into the Chaos point. Other times the spell may have a different outcome than was intended, and there are times where the spell works properly but it many times more powerful than was intended. Major Chaos points are often the site of a large temple dedicated to some deity, mostly those of a Chaotic nature.