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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 7920164" data-attributes="member: 2093">Here is what I've jotted down so far, if anyone is interested: My Flat WorldThis world is a flat,round disc. It is the ONLY thing in its universe. There is no "outside", only what exists as described here. The world is about 2000 miles across. It is about 4 miles thick. The surface area of the world is "normal breathable earthlike terrain". It is ringed by mountains, capped by an impenetrable ceiling which curves slightly up from the mountain-tops (which are all flattened off, neatly), and is apparently impenetrable. The tallest of the mountains, at the edge, are about 2 miles (10,800 feet) high.  The "beneath"of the world is a layer of rock and earth and water. It is also about 2 miles thick. Digging "down" through this results in hitting an impenetrable barrier. In fact, if anyone ever penetrated this barrier, they would find themeselves falling from the sky to the earth below.In the same way, if anyone ever tunnels through  one side of a mountain on the edge of the world, they would find themselves emerging from the mountain on the opposite side of the world. The surface world has a large lake/sea (saltwater) in the center. It is about 5-700 miles across. At the center is a volcano with a small island around it. This volcano is know as the Light of the World. Each morning, it "erupts", shooting a massive blast of hot, steaming water at the sky. Where it hits the sky it creates a wave of light. This light spreads across the sky at an even pace, creating "dawn". The eruption lasts about 9 hours, and then slowly ceases. About three hours after it stops, the light of day fades away, bringing night. It takes about one hour for dawn to spread, and about the same amount of time for night to creep out, or for day to fade away. People in this world don't speak of sunrise or sunset; instead they speak of dawn, or lightspread, and dusk or lightfade. There are two "other" planes of existence. One is the feywild/shadowfell sort of world - it is very similar to the prime world, but wilder and more intense. There is no true lightspread or day here; instead dawn creeps out as a rosy glow, and fades away into purple twilight that never truly darkens completely. The second is an elemental plane, where earth, fire, water and air are far more primal, separated, and alive. This world is incredibly harsh and dangerous to the humanoid races, and few ever go there. Day and Night  are far more pronounced there; daytime is brilliantly hot and bright, while night plunges into blackness, with only the fiery elementals visible. The prime world is dominated by nine draconic rulers. The Light of the World is home to an eight-headed dragon/hydra type being named (). He/she/it is the parent of eight offspring dragons, who have divided the world between them. These eight beings are neither good nor evil, nor are they "color-coded" like traditional dragons. All are extremely  powerful rulers with breath weapons, spell-casting, and other abilities. They do have more "normal" dragon subrulers who are their descendants who are called Dukes/Duchesses, Princes and Princesses and Marcher/Marchesses. Beneath them are the human, elven, dwarven and halfling peoples, who are ruled by the dragons. There are also wilder regions where orcs, hobgoblins, and other creatures still dwell, each ruled by one of the more unruly dragons. No humans quite know why the dragon rulers find it necessary to retain these troublesome groups, but they have learned  that it is always necessary to keep up their defenses, for sooner or later, they will boil over outof  their lands and attempt to swarm the more peacable countries.</blockquote>

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