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Glossary
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The Small Glossary Category gathers simple words present on Atys, everyday words, words to understand so as not to appear under Shooki's Liquor.
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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 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.
A nebula can also be seen moving across the Atysian sky. See Atystrology for the signs of the Atysian Zodiac.
The Ecosystem
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.
From homins point of view the planet is divided into two separate parts. Old Lands, where homins used to live before the Great Swarming and New Lands, where homins found their new home.
New Lands
This is the part of the planet where most of the game is placed. It is separated into five continents of four ecosystems, with Prime Roots under all of them. It is sure that there exists other locations of New Lands, however those are not known to homins yet.
Surface continents
- Aeden Aqueous, lakes ecosystem, home of the Tryker
- Burning Desert, desert ecosystem, home of the Fyros
- Verdant Heights, forest ecosystem, home of the Matis
- The Witherings, jungle ecosystem, home of the Zoraï
- Nexus Minor, forest ecosystem, heart of New Lands
Prime Roots
Old Lands
Known surface and Prime Roots continents that are located in part of the planet where homins used to live in the past. Controlled Lands, aka Silan is a region on edge of New and Old Lands, technically belongs to New Lands because it was newly inhabited by homins, but for its location it is usually counted between Old Lands. It is sure that there were other locations in the Old Lands, however most of this part of thep lanet is not accessible these days and many information were lost because of Great Swarming. There also might be new not yet known lands.
Known surface areas
- Silan, mixed ecosystem with strong forest element, a place to where new refugees (player characters) comming
- Oflovak's Road, jungle and desert ecosystems, areas connecting Old Lands and Silan
- Almati Wood, forest ecosystem, pillaged by Kitins
- Aelius Dunes, desert ecosystem
- Olkern Lake, lake ecosystem
- Matia, forest ecosystem named after its capital, earlier lands of the Matis nation
- Trykoth, lake ecosystem named after its capital, earlier lands of the Tryker nation located south to Matia
- Zoran, jungle ecosystem named after its capital, earlier lands of the Zoraï nation located south of the river Ti-aïn
- Great Desert, earlier lands of the Fyros nation located north to Matia
Known areas of Prime Roots
- Kitins' Lair, one of the most dangerous regions
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
Homin Races • Primitive Races - Tribes • Bandits
- Fauna
Animals • Kitin - Flora
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.
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See Also
Ryzom: The Lore • The Game OOC
Atys: Atys world • Flora • Fauna
Nations: Fyros • Matis • Tryker • Zoraï
Factions: Kami • Karavan • Marauders • Rangers • Trytonists
Encyclopedia: Atys Chronicles • The Great Library • Mysteries OOC
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Notes
The first episode of the Ryzom Saga takes place on the living planet Atys, on the borders of the universe, where four civilizations try to heal the wounds of an apocalyptic tragedy.
Three generations ago, the great civilizations of Atys perished during the Great Swarming under the attack of the hordes of kitins, sweeping the underground galleries and marking the beginning of war and then genocide. Much knowledge was lost during this leak, but now is the time to appropriate your inheritance again !
Join the forces with thousands of other homins, masters of art of magic, war, craft and digging to build your people's destiny again!
To do
“The richness of Ryzom lies in what the players and those who love it can contribute. Therefore, we must give them the means and the opportunities.”
This sentence sums up by itself the essence of the project : to expand the Power to the Players beyond the Roleplaying Game and to finally give the means to act in the game itself to the Ryzom community.
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Ryzom is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by the independent French studio Nevrax. The game launched in September 2004 under the name The Saga of Ryzom and received little attention at the time. In August 2006, the name was simplified to Ryzom for marketing purposes. Ryzom is labeled as Science-Fantasy by the creators due to storyline elements that are typically found in both science fiction and fantasy genres. The game's engine, NeL, was created by Nevrax and licensed under the GPL. NeL is currently open source and allows anyone to add to it.
The game earned the Best Story award at MMORPG.COM's 2005 Reader's Choice Awards. Allowing players complete control over everything they do is something not many Online games can quote. Players are not trapped in the "one class only" situation that most MMO's nowadays place them in. Ryzom gives the player the option to learn every single skill in the game, or concentrate on whichever they prefer, for as long as you want; or indeed to what depth you prefer.
Recently Which Gate, the current owners, made a Feedback feedback site. The feedback site is proving incredibly useful, giving players the power to choose what they like and dislike and what should get higher priority in being implemented. Winch Gate is showing that with a little time and focus, much can be achieved. Indeed since the departure of Game Forge France, the game has gone from strength to strength, utilising the feedback from players, and the consistant help from the CS Departments.
Now, you can join us!