09 October 2020: A Brief History of Aviation
Invented by John Dane of the Edoran Kingdom in the early 900s, the hot-air balloon was the first aircraft to dominate the skies. The layout of a hot-air balloon was simple: a basket held by a lift chamber made of cloth, which relied on a heat source for the production of hot air. There was no method of steerage or propulsion, so hot air balloons depended on the wind for both. With these vessels used primarily on the battlefield, the crew for a hot-air balloon typically consisted of a Captain, Navigator, and a Gunman or Bombdropper...Read More
09 October 2020: Early Republic Economics and Politics
After the formation of the Early Republic (Federal Estates of Retun), the enactment of its Constitution, and the election of James Black in 1248 as its first Prime Minister, the political theatre leading up to the 1260 election consisted of a major divide between the progressive National Labor Party and the conservative National Foundation Party. Initially, during the war of the 1240s, the Council of the Early Republic had been united in solidarity against the Chartered State of Combria, the country from which they were gaining independence...Read More
16 October 2020: Monassa
Existing as the world's largest island and the world's largest island-nation, Monassa boasts unique geography consisting of a low-lying coastline around its base and a large plateau accompanied by mountain ranges in its interior. In its Southern region lies a desert lacking of plants but crawling with a variety of native snakes, serpents, and scorpions. The Northern region is slightly more temperate, with an alternating wet and dry season. Here, there are sparse trees and grasslands as well as Monassan Antelopes, Monassan Falcons...Read More
19 October 2020: National Institute of Research and Development
The National Institute of Research and Development was founded in 1383 on the property of the former North Kempton William Solomon Airfield, located in the former municipality of North Kempton, now renamed Maxima, in the province of Nintel. The purpose of the Institute has since been to provide a democratic, objective, and all-inclusive foundation of education for the Independent Commonwealth State of Retun...Read More
22 October 2020: Spellfire-Crafting
Commonly referred to by its abbreviation, the CSSC, the Circlarian School of Spellfire-Crafting is not an actual organization but an international set of standards governing the safe and consistent practice of both spellcrafting and stonecrafting. Numerous schools and Craft Masters all over the Circlarian Realm train people to these standards...Read More
28 October 2020: Combria
Founded by William Jeson in 1086, Combria was initially its own nation, over which the House of Masons governed, serving as both the incumbent-appointed presidential council of the nation and the leadership of the hubstone industry. Throughout history, leadership within the ranks of the House of Masons would be volleyed over by two rival families: the Leons and the Kontacets...Read More
06 November 2020: Krylandia
Straddling the North Pole, the landmass of Hobland consists of three regions: East Hobland, West Hobland, and the Arctic Steppes. East Hobland has towering mountain ranges in its North and plains in its South, and is known for its short summers and cold winters. West Hobland has two sets of lesser mountain ranges that run North-to-South between which lies a long, narrow plain. A set of lower coastal plains lies near its Southern tip. The Arctic Steppes region consists of high plateaus and glaciers, and is cold year-round...Read More
12 November 2020: Scrall
First played in Wannonia during ancient times, the game of "scrall" initially involved mock armies and spellfire-induced fake weapons, such as archery, of that era. In 1002, scrall tournaments began adapting technological advances such as hot-air balloons. However, leading figures of scrall have since aimed to preserve past traditions of ancient mock-warfare...Read More
16 November 2020: Inland Sea Cyclones
Extending as a shallow body of water into the heart of Remikra, South of Ereautea and North of the Chemko/Zyrtin region, the Inland Sea delivers a warm, temperate climate, with its waters warming up quickly during the springtime and summer, and cooling off quickly in the winter. It has provided an important trade route during ancient times and serves a variety of commercial purposes for Middle Remikra today...Read More
10 December 2020: A Meeting in the Basin
John Richards looked down upon the Isle of Opportunity from the vast window of the Airship Cornerstone, which was due to land in 30 minutes. To the Eastern end of the Isle stood the Torch representing Liberty, to the South the Torch of Justice, and to the North the Torch of Equality. John was no nationalist but he had to admit, for a moment, that the scenery with the three Torches flanked by the circle of Retunian flags, with both the flags and flames waving majestically in the wind, gave him a slight feeling of pride. This was his home...Read More
30 December 2020: Julina
The small unnamed airship drifted toward the lit towers of Bridgetown. But nobody could see the vessel from down below, for it was unlit against the black and overcast night sky with no beacons or strobes to mark its location. That was the intent. Looking out the window of this ghostly aircraft was Clarissa, who was carrying a small backpack. She was ready for the assignment...Read More
16 April 2021: Bridgetown
Bridgetown is located over the St. Eschel River, straddling the border between the provinces of Combria and Ereautea and serving as a midpoint between the cities of Jestopole and Hasphitat. The Bridge, itself, consists of two Towers, with the North Tower being on the Combria side and serving as the Bridgetown Center of Commerce, and the South Tower being on the Ereautean side and serving as Bridgetown College...Read More
28 April 2021: Library of Circlaria (Named Organization Within the Circlarian Realm)
In short, "Library of Circlaria," or "the Library of Circlaria" ("LOC" or "the LOC" for short), is an established organization headquartered in the city of Maxima in the ICSR province of Nintel. This organization consists of a network of dymensional plane servers administered by Members attempting to re-create the existing world around them. The ultimate agenda is to do such a deed in the hopes of preserving the human race in the event of any apocalypse occurring in the existing world...Read More
23 July 2021: Invasion and Occupation of Locin
The Great Northern Regiondom of Linbrae had benefitted economically from the old nation of Mikant, which had complied with economic agreements to surrender partial ownerships of assets and economic profits to the Linbraean Royal Trust. The new nation of Locin, however, voted to repeal such measures, earning contempt from the Linbraeans. Over the course of a century, the Linbraeans would launch various measures to regain economic leverage with Southern Remikra...Read More
30 July 2021: The Red Desert Bomb
During the First Continental War (Canticula, 1221-26), the nation of Prove developed a blueprint for a bomb whose most active ingredients of detonation were derived from the sands of the Red Desert. Named the Red Desert Bomb, this device was tested numerous times in the Red Desert Federation in a remote location during this time period, but was never be used until much later...Read More
07 August 2021: The Meaugolyth
The Meaugolyth (mo-go-lith) was constructed by the Spellfire-Crafting Guild outside the Wannonian city of Aron (present-day Maryk) in the year 917. Made of a unique metal composite by the Spellcrafters, this structure stood at a height of 1000 feet, being the tallest structure of the pre-Industrial Age. Its purpose was shrouded from the public and the Wannonian government, as the Meaugolyth was protected by a moat lined on either side by a wall of the same material standing 100 feet tall...Read More
29 August 2021: Nogliespe
Until the twelfth century, the region in East Hobland encompassing present-day Nogliespe (Nully-es-pah) was comprised of freely-migrating clans led by warlords. Beginning in the 1000s, many of these clans took root in permanent settlements and began establishing city-states. And in the late 1090s, three commanding warlords merged and formed the city-state of Nogliespe, the largest city state, and governed over it as a triumvirate..Read More
31 August 2021: Agridbea
Grandchancellor Tiernonomous settled the lands of Agridbea around 2100 BCE with the intent to establish a pure society dedicated to the task of promoting universal peace and discovering the key to immortality. Not long after, Tiernonomous died and, in his will, left the land to be governed mutually by his five Arch-Chancellors: Ccroyea, Nevidsa, Ocaam, Eveabor, and Lewelloph...Read More
01 December 2021: Ancondria
Dominating the Southern Hemsiphere and extending from the tropical belt South of the Equator through the South Pole, Ancondria is divided into seven regions: the Great Ancondrian Peninsula, the Great Basin of Edom, the Mountains of the West, the Great Northern Escarpments, the Great Ancondrian River Basin, the Great Southern Escarpments, and the Great Ancondrian Arctic Plateau...Read More