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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 7908156" data-attributes="member: 2093"><p>Oooh! I like the lid idea. That could also explain stars - the stars are tiny flaws in the crystal dome over the world; maybe there could even be mythology about "things from outside" attacking the world's dome/lid. I imagine a fairly shallow curve, like a lens, sitting on the top edge of the mountains. There could even be some sort of ridges directing the water to run down to specific places where the rivers are.</p><p></p><p>As far as the sun providing heat and evaporation, I could see maybe having a "hot spot" at the center of the sky. And it could slide around a bit to provide uneven warming to create currents. </p><p></p><p>I'm not at all worried about the answer being "magic" or "the gods" - it is a fantasy world after all! But I would like to have SOME form answers for big questions. </p><p></p><p>I don't see this world as being enormously large - maybe only a thousand miles across, or a couple thousand at most. That's big enough to have some good areas of diverse geography, like a desert and a large swamp, but small enough to be manageable in other ways. </p><p></p><p>I wonder if the "sun spot" could also vary in overall heat intensity over the course of a "year" - warmer in summer, cooler in winter obviously - that would help create seasons, right?</p><p></p><p>Or seasons could simply be a religious matter - perhaps each "season" is a particular god's purview, and they rotate power over the course of a year, allowing each season to occur as a signal that the particular god is dominant at that time. </p><p></p><p>This is fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 7908156, member: 2093"] Oooh! I like the lid idea. That could also explain stars - the stars are tiny flaws in the crystal dome over the world; maybe there could even be mythology about "things from outside" attacking the world's dome/lid. I imagine a fairly shallow curve, like a lens, sitting on the top edge of the mountains. There could even be some sort of ridges directing the water to run down to specific places where the rivers are. As far as the sun providing heat and evaporation, I could see maybe having a "hot spot" at the center of the sky. And it could slide around a bit to provide uneven warming to create currents. I'm not at all worried about the answer being "magic" or "the gods" - it is a fantasy world after all! But I would like to have SOME form answers for big questions. I don't see this world as being enormously large - maybe only a thousand miles across, or a couple thousand at most. That's big enough to have some good areas of diverse geography, like a desert and a large swamp, but small enough to be manageable in other ways. I wonder if the "sun spot" could also vary in overall heat intensity over the course of a "year" - warmer in summer, cooler in winter obviously - that would help create seasons, right? Or seasons could simply be a religious matter - perhaps each "season" is a particular god's purview, and they rotate power over the course of a year, allowing each season to occur as a signal that the particular god is dominant at that time. This is fun! [/QUOTE]
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