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- 12:40, 16 December 2021 diff hist +3,032 N Personal story Created page with "Playing out the twists and turns of your character's personal story is the principal pursuit in Song of Avaria. The world's wider events may touch your character's life in ways both large and small, but it is the experience of their own trials and tribulations, dreams and goals, joys and sorrows that lie at the center of the game. This playing out of the story of your character's life is reflected in Avaria's '''Story''' system. Not only is it a concrete way to chart mea..."
- 00:28, 16 December 2021 diff hist −6 m Yehani
- 00:28, 16 December 2021 diff hist +1,524 N Yehani Created page with "The '''Yehani''' are a learned and enterprising people whose homeland was once a cluster of islands in the middle of the Adelantean Sea, before being destroyed several hundred years ago when the holy Mt. Elemnis erupted violently and drowned it beneath the waves. The Yehani can now be found spread across the known world, generally settling in urban areas and preferring the coasts whenever possible. The Yehani were the first worshipers of the One God, whose favored p..."
- 00:24, 16 December 2021 diff hist +856 N Rovara Created page with "Known to most simply by the pejorative name of gypsies, these wanderers call themselves the '''Rovara''' and do in fact rove across much of Avaria. They are often peddlers, tinkers, and entertainers, as well as mystics. According to their oral traditions, the Rovara are the progenitors of the Ruvans whose great empire has given its name to the continent of Ruvera and left its cultural and linguistic stamp upon many of its present-day countries. However, the Rovara view t..."
- 00:20, 16 December 2021 diff hist +4 m Ravenni current
- 00:20, 16 December 2021 diff hist +13 m Ravenni
- 00:19, 16 December 2021 diff hist +1,440 N Ravenni Created page with "Occupying the heartland of Ruvera and the westernmost extent of the Kalentoi Empire, the pugnacious '''Ravenni''' value strength and valor and are fearsome in battle, with feats of arms and ingenious tactics much glorified. The Ravenni tend to be ruled by petty but proud lords and princes who bend the knee only to the distant emperor in Calentium, while their own lands are fractured into a complicated patchwork of tiny principates perpetually squabbling among on..."
- 22:26, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,038 N Ilexi Created page with "The '''Ilexi''' are the people of far western Ruvera, native to the Kingdom of Ensor and the High Hinterlands. Ilexi tend to be both individualistic and clannish, particularly in the highland regions of north Ensor and in the High Hinterlands themselves. Most other peoples of Ruvera view them as brash, boorish, and generally unsophisticated, if not outright wild. The more cultured Ilexi of the south are continually embarrassed by this reputation, which spurs..." current
- 22:01, 15 December 2021 diff hist +6 m Rusalvi
- 22:00, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,205 N Rusalvi Created page with "The rugged Rusalvi occupy the cool and heavily forested lands of northeastern Ruvera and Far Ruleska. Alternately foes and allies of the Kalentoi Empire, their Ruveran kingdoms are accustomed to bitter warfare often fought guerilla-style, while the eastern archduchy of Kuslovik must be constantly on the defensive against incursions by horse nomads from the Ruleskan steppes. From the combined influence of a harsh climate and the ever-looming threat of violenc..."
- 21:31, 15 December 2021 diff hist +8 m Cateni current
- 21:29, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,138 N Cateni Created page with "The '''Cateni''' are the dominant people of south-central Ruvera and the archduchy of Cadenza, and besides living within independent states of their own can be found intermingled and allied with the Kalentoi Empire. Cateni highly value the arts and sciences, and their lands boast several universities of renown. Overall they tend to appreciate hierarchy and to view people as belonging naturally to certain classes and ranks, though their governing systems run..."
- 17:23, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,369 N Irzali Created page with "The '''Irzali''' are the original inhabitants of the Sirdabi Caliphate's eastern province of Irzal, a land long conquered but with a distinct and highly cultured tradition. In ancient days they possessed a great empire of their own, a distinction they have never forgotten despite having lived the last several hundred years under a succession of different foreign rulers. Science, philosophy, and literature have long flourished here, and some of..."
- 17:12, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1 m Elukoi current
- 17:12, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,497 N Elukoi Created page with "The '''Elukoi'' are founding people of the Kalentoi Empire, who still form the core of that realm's populace. With origins in the rugged island and coastal country of the transitional zone between Ruvera and Ruleska, the Elukoi have always spanned the gap between East and West and partaken of the cultures of both. The Elukoi have a deep philosophical and artistic tradition with roots that stretch well back into pagan times, and are a profoundly spiritual peo..."
- 16:07, 15 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Xhalantu
- 16:06, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,423 N Xhalantu Created page with "The '''Xhalantu''' are a widespread and diverse people occupying much of the vast grassland and savannah regions of southern and eastern Idiri. They are primarily known as cattle-herding pastoralists, but from this basic subsistence and trade with the other peoples of Idiri a variety of complex societies have come into being. Xhalantu have a reputation for being fierce and skilled in both combat and hunting, but as among other Idiri societies much of their warfare i..."
- 15:30, 15 December 2021 diff hist +969 N Tessouare Created page with "The '''Tessouare''' comprise a widespread group of peoples residing in northern Idiri and throughout the Great Hazari Desert. Influenced by their extensive contact with the Sirdabi, Tessouare culture nevertheless retains deep Idiri roots. Along with individuals of Bissenke heritage, they make up a large part of the population of the Emirate of Koumbasi, but they display a variety of lifestyles and are just as likely to be found wandering the desert in nom..."
- 15:24, 15 December 2021 diff hist +8 m Salawi
- 15:24, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,041 N Salawi Created page with "The '''Salawi''' are coastal peoples from northeastern Idiri, their society comprising a mix of Xhalantu and Sirdabi heritage and culture but having nevertheless developed a distinct identity since the days of the early caliphate. The prosperity of the Salawi derives chiefly from maritime trade with southwest Riendu and the demicontinent of Jalanjhur, and many of them live in bustling commercial cities built directly on the coast. Further into the interior,..."
- 15:02, 15 December 2021 diff hist +58 m Razmani
- 15:02, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,287 N Razmani Created page with "The '''Razmani''' are a hardy and ingenious people of Idiri whose permanent dwellings are carved into cliffsides and built on ledges. While enclaves of Razmani may be found in the great cities of the Sirdabi Caliphate, they more usually make their homes in the interior of the central and eastern Hazari Desert, in places where rivers have cut deep paths through canyons and crops can be grown along the banks. Many of their settlements serve as trade entrepots along..."
- 14:58, 15 December 2021 diff hist +537 N Ruvera Created page with "'''Ruvera''' is the continent lying on the north side of the Adelantean Sea. It consists of a mix of fertile plains, extensive temperate forests, and many mountains, and much of it is fairly rugged and difficult to navigate by land. It is home to many relatively small countries, in addition to the western portions of the Kalentoi Empire. It is named for the Ruveran Empire of classical times, which once spread across much of the continent and to which the Kalentoi..."
- 14:51, 15 December 2021 diff hist +603 N Idiri Created page with "'''Idiri''' is the vast southern continent of Avaria, bordered on the north by the Adelantean Sea, on the west by the Great Stormy Sea, and on the east by the Gulf of Adwa and Sea of Salaah. It consists of a variety of different land types, ranging from the Great Hazari Desert in the north, through tropical highlands and rainforest at the center, to vast swathes of savannah and grassland in the south and east. It is home to a great diversity of peoples an..."
- 13:03, 15 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Sirdabi
- 13:02, 15 December 2021 diff hist +4 m Milombo current
- 13:01, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,088 N Milombo Created page with "The '''Milombo''' are the settled residents of the tropical Izendi Highlands of Idiri, whose lands converge upon Nirzali's Mirror. They are generally organized into intricately shifting alliances of tribes, but the Kingdom of Kunduz is ruled over by a single divine king much as the Bissenke are far to the west. The Milombo are consummate artists, producing beautiful sculptures, masks, musical instruments, and other objects worked in a variety of tropical hardwoods...."
- 12:58, 15 December 2021 diff hist +862 N Kiliku Created page with "The '''Kiliku''' are a people following a hunting and foraging lifestyle, spread sparsely from the central jungles of Idiri through the Desert of Fallen Stars. Highly mobile and possessing little in the way of material possessions, they generally organize themselves by tribes and clans in which there is little in the way of hierarchy. They tend to avoid all but the most casual contact with settled peoples, and are almost never found in villages or cities even as vis..."
- 12:56, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,393 N Bissenke Created page with "The '''Bissenke''' are the peoples of the coastal rainforests of western Idiri, as well as the Gilded Plain and portions of the Hazari Desert along the Tajeddi River. The Bissenke are known for their weaving and production of textiles, and their lands are also a major source of the gold which flows from Idiri to the rest of the world via the trans-Hazari caravans. Bissenke peoples are often ruled over by kings who are considered divine but are elected by the members..."
- 12:53, 15 December 2021 diff hist −1 m Sirdabi
- 12:53, 15 December 2021 diff hist −1 m Sirdabi
- 12:52, 15 December 2021 diff hist +59 m Sirdabi
- 12:52, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,244 N Sirdabi Created page with "The '''Sirdabi''' are the dominant ethnic group of the Sirdabi Caliphate, descended from nomadic desert tribesmen of Near Ruleska. Many have roots in the home province of Rahoum as well as the immediately adjacent regions, but the bloodline is well dispersed across the caliphate. The religion of Azadi originated among the the Sirdabi from the teachings of the prophet al-Azad, and while they are generally tolerant of those with different beliefs who live with..."
- 12:32, 15 December 2021 diff hist +1,224 N Amunati Created page with "The '''Amunati''' are the people of the lower Tamarat River in northern Idiri, descendants of one of the greatest kingdoms of the ancient world which is now just another province of the Sirdabi Caliphate. They are a very proud people with a strong sense of exclusive identity, and many among them consider themselves culturally superior to their Sirdabi conquerors. Despite this they are largely uninterested in the idea of independence from the caliphate, pr..."
- 12:30, 15 December 2021 diff hist +32 N Heritage Aleph moved page Heritage to Category:Heritage current Tag: New redirect
- 12:30, 15 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Category:Heritage Aleph moved page Heritage to Category:Heritage
- 12:29, 15 December 2021 diff hist +4,211 N Category:Heritage Created page with "'''Heritage''' represents a character's ethnicity and to some extent their cultural background. Heritage is something that would be reflected in an individual's general appearance, so that anyone looking at a character would be able to make a fair guess at their heritage. People who have a common heritage will share some basic physical characteristics as well as a root language. Although there is much diversity in lifestyle and dialects within each heritage group, membe..."
- 12:26, 15 December 2021 diff hist +30 N Skills Aleph moved page Skills to Category:Skills current Tag: New redirect
- 12:26, 15 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Category:Skills & Abilities Aleph moved page Skills to Category:Skills
- 13:06, 14 December 2021 diff hist −18 m Category:Character Information
- 13:05, 14 December 2021 diff hist +22 m Category:Character Information
- 12:39, 14 December 2021 diff hist +9 m MediaWiki:Sidebar
- 12:39, 13 December 2021 diff hist +36 m Presence
- 12:27, 13 December 2021 diff hist +4 m Category:Character Information
- 12:26, 13 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Presence
- 12:26, 13 December 2021 diff hist +7 m Presence
- 12:25, 13 December 2021 diff hist +36 m Presence
- 12:24, 13 December 2021 diff hist +19 m Presence
- 12:23, 13 December 2021 diff hist 0 m Presence
- 12:23, 13 December 2021 diff hist +1,810 N Presence Created page with "Presence is a somewhat ineffable attribute, functioning somewhere between willpower and renown, that allows people to 'get stuff done'. Most literally it reflects a character's actual presence in the world, but it carries the word's additional sense of possessing a certain notability. ==Earning Presence== Presence is earned in several ways: *Logging into a character, once per day. *Making roleplay forum posts. *Engaging in roleplay with other players in-game, once per..."