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The study of symbols or symbology

2020-04-17T07:50:46Z

Azazor:

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'''The study of symbols or symbology''' is a set of works in 3 volumes published in 2607 by [[Azazor]] <ref>OCC: in PDF</ref>. The study deals with the possible links between peoples, biotopes and magic through symbols.

* [[File:Symbology - Volume 1.pdf|Volume 1]]
* [[File:Symbology - Volume 2.pdf|Volume 2]]
* [[File:Symbology - Volume 3.pdf|Volume 3]]

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The Child and the Dragon

2020-04-16T18:47:51Z

Azazor: Created page with "{{Lore Officielle}} {{Trad |DE=Das Kind und der Drache |EN=The Child and the Dragon |ES=El niño y el Dragón |FR=L'enfant et le Dragon }} ''A story told by [[Be'cauer Handan]..."

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''A story told by [[Be'cauer Handan]]''.

The fyros people have always been fascinated by the Great Dragon, a legendary creature of pure destruction. Those who know how to perceive its manifestations and fight them are exceptional beings. The story of one of them was told to me on my first journey to the Burning Desert. I had been kindly welcomed by a small tribe, and in the evening, around a fire, an old toothless Fyros began to tell a tale.
We were brought small bits of meat that had most likely spent too much time under the desert sun; I did not dare touch them and to put a brave face on it, and I listened with all my attention while taking notes.

Lekos Daraan was only a child when he saw the Incendiary for the first time. A wave of drought had fallen on the Burning Desert. One day when his games had lured him out of his parents' surveillance, Lekos sensed the emanation of powerful energy around him. He was at that point east of the Flaming Forest, in a perimeter secured by his tribe. As he sought out what could provoke this sensation, the surrounding bothayas began to glow in a strange way, progressively releasing the Incendiary from its hindrance of bark.

Before the child had had time to understand the threat and take shelter, the first sparks emerged from a bothaya to pursue him. A threatening voracity seemed to animate the nascent brazier which soon grew in intensity while the acrid scent exuding from a fumarole elicited a coughing fit from the young fyros in full rout. In a breath, the Dragon exhaled a dark smoke that obscured the child's vision and finally disoriented him. Around him, the swift burning of the plants seemed to be driven by the will of the Dragon whose footsteps began to boom on the Bark in terrifying crunches. Lekos felt his heart sink when a zerx covered with burn marks knocked him down in its frantic flight. Failing to get up, the child took up a small branch he waved vainly towards the ground, bravely defying the Great Incendiary. The sweat and smoke that stung his eyes blinded him and he thought for a moment that the monster of the myth was there, facing him, preparing to devour him.

Shouts suddenly sounded around him. His tribe was fighting valiantly against the flames. A chain of homins had formed coming from a nearby tank. Buckets of water fell in rhythm all around the fire start, confining the threat in a circle of wet sawdust. Powerful hands seized Lekos and, with a sigh of relief, his father raised him to press him against him. Bringing his son back to their encampment, he then revealed to him: “What you have seen, you must never forget! Remember that your vigilance will always be your best weapon because never will its fire weaken. One day, in your turn, you will be in charge of watching over the sleep of the Dragon but today you have just learned what it is like to be a Watcher.”

Raising my eyes from my parchment, I crossed the mischievous glance of the old Fyros. I was going to question him when we were interrupted by two children who had been sitting ahead of me to enjoy the tale. The first shouted emphatically: “Rooaar! I am the Incendiary! I'll devour you!” provoking the hilarity of his young comrade who replied in the same tone: “Don't scare me! First, I have Watcher's powers!” The two children then simulated an epic combat, mimicking a joust with much detail, while chasing each other around the campfire. As you can imagine, one of them was soon burnt by a small branch that unfortunately jutted out of the hearth. I immediately took out of my bag a first aid kit in order to help him with a bandage. The boy offered me a sly smile while telling me in fyrk: “akep, atalmalos”*. Losing not his mocking air, my friend storyteller stood up taking care to stretch his joints before dispersing his young audience by shouting: "Go, out! Get back to your games now, but don't forget: one does not play with fire!"

Thanks, nunky

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Be'cauer Handan

2020-04-16T07:17:50Z

Azazor: Created page with "{{Trad |DE =Be'cauer Handan |ES =Be'cauer Handan |EN =Be'cauer Handan |FR =Be'cauer Handan |H = |palette=tryker }} '''Be'cauer Handan''' is a tryker storyteller. He is a tir..."

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'''Be'cauer Handan''' is a tryker storyteller. He is a tireless traveler who runs around Atys without stop since he's teenager, not only from town to town, but he also take a look at each village, tribe, working at some little works agaisnt accomodation. Everywhere he spent most of its time hearing and collectind tales from everuwhere. He also listened at real stories, gossips; and has no rival at finding a spot from where he can ear without being spotted.

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The trial by fire

2020-04-16T07:12:47Z

Azazor: Created page with "{{Lore Officielle}} {{Trad |DE=Die Feuertaufe |EN=The trial by fire |ES=La prueba del fuega |FR=L'épreuve du feu }} ''As told by Be'cauer Handan, a tryker storyteller''...."

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''As told by [[Be'cauer Handan]], a tryker storyteller''.

Tonight, I will tell you a journey’s step of Ba’yra Lipy, one of the few trykers to have undertaken the passage of the Old Lands Great Desert. Most of our ancestors hardly dared to distance themselves from the Water Road near the aqueduct linking Trykoth lakes to Fyre, the old imperial capital. The Ba’yra’s travelogue is then a valuable testimony of these arid region hostile nature. It is my responsibility as a storyteller to convey this story, so one day, you will tell it to the next generation in your turn.

We are about to follow our reckless adventurer from an out-post, south from Coriolis plain, where he had a restful night. Provided with valuable indications and a hasty map, he planned to track four young fyros who left the out-post a few days earlier to make their rite of passage into adulthood. The day before, Ba’yra had managed to obtain some vague indications on the area where they were going. He then depleted his reserve of beer, trying to loosen fyros’ tongue to know what the ritual was, but they remained stubbornly silent, ordering him even to put aside his curiosity with daunting reproving grunts - maybe it was only fyrk : our fearless hero had not yet sharp ears to understand all subtleties. Ba’yra then set out, slowed down by the weight of several capryni leather water bags, essential for his expedition. After a half day’s march, he only met some small droves of herbivores turning over sawdust to browse much reduced salvolas. Deep down, Ba’yra congratulated himself on buying the map. Even crude, it allowed him to avoid the area of the varinx and zerx hunting grounds. The heat was challenging enough without running out a starving pack.

A welcome bogota’s shade allowed our hero to satisfy his hunger and remove his boots for a moment. Although they were well made, his reddened toes give him the painful impression of being passed through horncher’s claws. The picture of a fleshy claw made his mouth water and he took off his bag a piece of dried fish that he wolfed down. The horizon seemed to be always so distant. How far could he have traveled? If he trusted his map, he had still another half day’s walking before reaching his destination.

No time for a digestive nap. He had to hurry before the daylight faded. Our tireless traveler put on his shoes and began walking again, picking up the pace. After several hours of this sustained pace, the landscape begun to become a little hilly. As specified by his hosts of one night, this should be where the young fyros had had to go. As sunset transformed horizon, veined by some izam’s flights, Ba’yra sought out shelter that could ensure his security for the night and give him an adequate viewing point on the surroundings. At the top of a beautiful dune with savanahs, he finally located the ideal shelter tree and, after lashing his hammock to robust enough branches, he could enjoy at will the breathtaking scenery unfolding below him before darkness.

Later that night, Ba’yra was awakened by running sounds. A flickering light created a play of shadows in the foliage of the savannahs around. Not knowing what or who could be here, our hero held his breath and leaned over to ovserve. A young fyros homina was standing nearby, holding a white-hot torch and stared at the night as if she was waiting for some event. Her youthful facial features, enlightened by the firebrand, contrasted with the determination emanating from her. The still foggy brain of Ba’yra hardly understood she was one of the young fyros he had followed. He incorrectly believed they were boys, a little too fast forgetting that fyros don’t make any difference between their sons and daughters.

Smiling at his mistake, our hero suddenly realized that the young homina was shaking her firebrand with force. Searching what could motivate this behavior, Ba’yra noticed a distant flying spark, seemingly on site dancing. As he was trying to elucidate this mystery, this spark moved closer in the night like a firefly. Watching it, dumbfounded, as it assaulted a ridge, Ba’yra abruptly noticed another one shooting across the dunes. A third one soon appeared further south, running downhill. Overcome with doubt, seeing all the lights converging toward him, Ba’yra felt a nasty shudder run through his spine, but the young homina’s self-balance was enough to reassure him. Sparing no effort, she was now blowing at the top of her lungs in a bodoc’s horn with a off-putting tone. Ba’yra inferred that she was indicating her position to her young fellows.

As they were coming closer, Ba’yra suspicions became clearer. He was now able to discern without any problem figures holding torch. The young homina and the newcomers congratulated each other and spokefor a moment in fyrk, but our hero only heard some approving grunts. Their torches allowed then the confection of a little dry wood blaze and Ba’yra was fascinated by the children’s dexterity.

They took out of their bag some very fresh piece of clopper of which the delicious smell cruelly woke up our hero’s stomach and even led him to salivate. But his reluctance brutally ruined his appetite when he saw the young homins put these delicacies on the fire! Why fyros have so little consideration for food? Why do they eat food after flames irremediably alter it? It is with disgust that our friend observed the children’s meal.
And suddenly, without warning, the young girl hurled and jumped through the fire. Ba’yra could not keep from screaming but it was covered by the excited yells of the young fyros who rapidly emulated their sidekick. An invisible witness of this hazardous exercise, our brave explorer had to take it upon him not to interfere with the rite.

Finally, one young fyros lit a firebrand and went to sat down with his peers. They encouraged their friend while she did some additional jumps through the fire. Although not clearly understanding what she wanted to do, Ba’yra believed he could feel some apprehension, or even fear, in the young homina’s behavior. This one had undressed and was now turning around the fire slowly. She sometimes leaned to the ground to collect a handful of what we now known as liketim. She was taking it to her mouth, and after having consciously chewed the leaves, spiting in her hands and rubbing her body. The scene that unfolded under the astonished eyes of our valiant tryker, nearly flopped him out the hammock: the young homina howled a terrible roar and threw herself on the fire by an amazing dive, like a varinx on its prey. Ba’yra’s muffled scream got lost in the darkness only pierced by the light of one torch. The fire was extinguished. The roar had silenced. Ba’yra leaned over to see better. The children were standing before the extinguished fire. The torch light didn’t allow to discern their face but the moment seemed to be grave and sacred. And suddenly their joy rang out and the amused cries of the young fyros tore a small tear from our big hearted hero, for whom alone the flame of childhood would always be worth the trouble of being maintained.

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The study of symbols or symbology

2020-04-15T20:19:42Z

Azazor:

{{Trad|EN=The study of symbols or symbology|FR=L'étude des symboles ou la symbologie}}
'''The study of symbols or symbology''' is a set of works in 3 volumes published in 2607 by [[Azazor]]. The study deals with the possible links between peoples, biotopes and magic through symbols.

[[File:Symbology - Volume 1.pdf]]
[[File:Symbology - Volume 2.pdf]]
[[File:Symbology - Volume 3.pdf]]

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The study of symbols or symbology

2020-04-15T20:19:21Z

Azazor:

'''The study of symbols or symbology''' is a set of works in 3 volumes published in 2607 by [[Azazor]]. The study deals with the possible links between peoples, biotopes and magic through symbols.

[[File:Symbology - Volume 1.pdf]]
[[File:Symbology - Volume 2.pdf]]
[[File:Symbology - Volume 3.pdf]]

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The study of symbols or symbology

2020-04-15T20:18:41Z

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Atys

2020-03-28T10:02:16Z

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Atys is the planet on which the game of Ryzom takes place.

Atys is a living planet that is growing all the time. It is composed of multiple layers: the crust being the ground level, and beneath that are the twisting passages of the [[Prime Roots]] that stretch below the surface, and below that are the core levels. Above the surface is a network of huge branches, the canopy that extends towards the sky gradually forming another layer that will eventually become the new surface of Atys.

The lands that are explored by [[homin races|homins]] are only a small portion of the surface of Atys, and a small portion of the Upper Prime Roots. No homin has ever set foot in the deeper levels of the Prime Roots, in the Core, or on the Canopies.

Nevertheless the known regions of the world have widely varying ecosystems already.

==History==
:''Main article: [[History]]''

:''See also: [[The Chronicles of Atys]]''

There are many legends about the origin of Atys and nobody is quite sure what the true story is. The [[Kami]] and the [[Karavan]] both have their own stories about how Atys came to be.

==Astronomy==
The sun shining over the surface of Atys remains stationary in the sky, becoming brighter by day and dimmer by night. Much speculation exists over what causes this behavior.

Two moons can be seen moving in the sky over Atys. One of them has a visible ring of debris, suggesting that in fact Atys is a moon of this planet, rather than the other way around.

[[Image:Sfx_sky_astremoon01.png|200px|The smaller moon.]]
[[Image:Sfx_sky_astremoon02.png|200px|The ringed moon.]]

A nebula can also be seen moving across the Atysian sky. See [[Atystrology]] for the signs of the Atysian Zodiac.

==The Ecosystem==

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Atys is a living planet that is growing all the time. It is composed of three layers: the Prime Roots that stretch across the surface, the crust being the ground level and a network of huge branches, the canopy that extends towards the sky forming another layer that is the new surface of Atys.

Each level has a different ecosystem that is unique to it.

===Continents===
*'''[[Aeden Aqueous]]''', home of the [[Tryker]]
*'''[[Burning Desert]]''', home of the [[Fyros]]
*'''[[Verdant Heights]]''', home of the [[Matis]]
*'''[[Witherings|The Witherings]]''', home of the [[Zoraï]]
*[[Nexus Minor]]
*[[Prime Roots|The Prime Roots]]
Together with [[Silan]], these continents make up the area of Atys known as the '''[[New Lands]]'''.

===Inhabitants===
Since everything in the game takes place on Atys, it's far too much for one single article and most pieces of Atys have their own articles.

* '''[[Races of Atys]]'''<br>   [[Races of Atys#Homin Races|Homin Races]] • [[Races of Atys#Primitive Races|Primitive Races]]
* '''[[Tribes of Atys|Tribes]] • [[Bandit Groups of Atys|Bandits]]'''
* '''Fauna'''<br>   [[Animals of Atys|Animals]] • [[Kitin]]
* '''[[Flora of Atys|Flora]]'''<br>   [[Intelligent Plants]]

==Known World==
The current known world, also known as the [[New Lands]], is only a small part of the entire planet Atys. The [[Old Lands]] from which the Homins fled during the [[Great Swarming]] are mainly mentioned in lore and only a few regions are accessible today. What the rest of the planet is like is anyone's guess.

*''click a region''
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==See Also==
* [[New Lands]]
* [[Old Lands]]
* [[Silan]]
* [[Prime Roots]]
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