Published by the Congregation of Academia, Luxor Citadel
Luciradis is the name of the world that we inhabit. Its name roughly translates to “shining root”, which dates back to the creation of this world.
Etymology
Luciradis roughly translates to “shining root” in ancient tongues, which references back to the creation of this world.
System of Time
All beings of Luciradis currently follow a system of time concocted by the joint efforts of the respective first Ascendants of the Empyrean Concepts: the Convergence and the Matrix.
Dates are written as such: N-th Day of the Concept, from the Year X (BSC/ASC), where N represents the numbered day within the Concept’s month, and X represents the specified year. BSC is the shorthand for “Before Scarring”, and ASC is the shorthand for “After Scarring”.
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Since the Cicatri emigration, the world’s population have moved to a simpler version of the previous dating system:Concept’s N-th, XXXX (BSC/ASC)
This denomination greatly reduced the wordiness of the previous denomination, while fully retaining the information of the original. Dates using the original wording are likely from before the rapid development of Nova Ciel.
System of Magic
All conventional magic draw power from the foundations of Luciradis, which we refer to as roots. There are many such roots, but there are only X roots that all magic originates from:
Root of Earth
Root of Water
Root of Fire
Root of Wind
Geography
Cicatri Ciel
Cicatri Ciel describes the group of landmasses located in the northern hemisphere of Luciradis. Said to be the birthplace of Luciradis, Cicatri Ciel is home to various unique biomes, all which foster different kinds of life.
Etymology
Cicatri Ciel roughly translates to “Scarred Sky” in ancient tongues. This name was conceived after the catastrophic event known as The Scarring, where a war between god-like beings have sundered the once-whole landmass apart.
History
Nova Ciel
Nova Ciel is the name of the group of landmasses in the southern hemisphere.
Etymology
Nova Ciel roughly translates to “New Sky”. While it is not conceived from ancient tongues, the people opted to follow the naming convention that our ancestors of Cicatri Ciel used, in which it describes the skies above the land following the sentiments of its peoples. The early pioneers of Cicatri Ciel fled from the war-torn lands, and arrived on Nova Ciel with the intent of starting anew.
The landmass itself did not have a formal name before the arrival of the Cicatri emigrants.