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==People and Society== | |||
See [[Eldritch]], [[Eldren]], [[Customs]] | |||
===Education=== | |||
*Sediryl had suffered less exacting preceptressess (than [[Auniira Qodii Podeqai|Auniira]]) in her youth, laboring through her deportment classes. <ref name="apl">''[[In the Court of Dragons (Fiction) |In the Court of Dragons]]'', "All Paths Lead"</ref> | |||
*Eldritch schools met every other day. Teaching methods varied throughout the populace: there were apprenticeships, and small, informal lessons, and tutors, and in the city, the only schools. The schools in the capital taught both Universal and Eldren. After the reading and writing lessons there was recess. The school was a small building in a row of larger buildings, but it had a respectable yard with several trees for climbing, and shady spots for gatherings on blankets, and flowers and shrubs to attract wildlife. The afternoon lesson was in figuring. <ref name="apl" /> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:57, 29 December 2020
The homeworld of the Eldritch and the capital of their Empire.
Vital Statistics (At a Glance)
Pronounced ehs KOO chuhn. Possessive is Escutcheon's. Demonym is Eldritch.
- Major Populations: Eldritch
- Type: Homeworld
- Population: [an approximate number]
- Gravity: low (lower, in fact, than the Chatcaavan throneworld's, though "not by much") [1]
- Native Language: Eldren
- Current Allegiances: Alliance Ally
History
Geography
The river's name north of the lake is the Winewent.
Cities
Landmarks
- Ontine, the imperial palace
- whatever I named Corel's bier
- some convents scattered across the inhabited lands
Flora and Fauna
Fauna
Native
- ice deer
- northern mist bears
- thicket boars (hunted by Lisinthir with a spear) [2]
- the butterfly things Sediryl mentions at the beginning of Girl on Fire ('crystalwings'?)
- white and gray seabirds mentioned at Laisrathera
- colorful blue birds and smaller brown ones at Laisrathera
- chimefrogs (sing at night)
- chimera: represented by Imthereli’s first crest, looked like four-footed serpents and had been known for their aura of paralyzing terror; they were the size of large dogs, and hunted in packs of ten or more. [3]
- basilisks: Basilisks are twice their size, and mesmerized with their minds. [3]
- Jahir says to Lisinthir: "Their powers were not exaggerated. The chimera project terror and helplessness and despair. The basilisks can pin bodies in place, and it is not solely petrification of the mind... it has hallmarks similar to your talents, cousin." [4]
Imported
Flora
- I think I named at least one kind of tree and one climbing vine.
Native
Imported
People and Society
Education
- Sediryl had suffered less exacting preceptressess (than Auniira) in her youth, laboring through her deportment classes. [5]
- Eldritch schools met every other day. Teaching methods varied throughout the populace: there were apprenticeships, and small, informal lessons, and tutors, and in the city, the only schools. The schools in the capital taught both Universal and Eldren. After the reading and writing lessons there was recess. The school was a small building in a row of larger buildings, but it had a respectable yard with several trees for climbing, and shady spots for gatherings on blankets, and flowers and shrubs to attract wildlife. The afternoon lesson was in figuring. [5]
References
- ↑ Healer's Wedding, Chapter 16
- ↑ Amulet Rampant, Chapter 4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Farmer's Crown, Chapter 9
- ↑ Farmer's Crown, Chapter 11
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 In the Court of Dragons, "All Paths Lead"