: Also in the ToC, "Sites To See & Sack: Forest
: Heart: Secrets of the Arbors...". I know arbor
: means having to do with trees, but what(/who) are
: "the arbors"?
An "arbor" (in English) is a lawn or garden, usually walled in and shaded with trees. (Interestingly, it actually doesn't derive from the Latin "arbor"; it's a corruption of "herbier", from the Latin "herba" meaning plant.) I would suspect the arbors to be the secret lairs of the Forest Giants.
: Apparently Rhi'Anon is part of Avernus. So was Avernus a
: Trow kingdom?
Avernus is a lake near Naples, which traditionally was supposed to lead to the underworld. And we know the area around Rhi'anon is underwater; probably it was flooded during the declining years of the Trow empire. Perhaps it became known as Avernus at this time?
: Would someone please translated "The Acit El
: Calendar"?
I don't think it's any language I ever heard of. Certainly not Greek, Latin or one of their daughter languages.
: The ages listed are Axe/Golden (when the Free Cities were
: settles, and the Trow rose to glory), the Age of
: Reason (when Trow civilization declined, and Tireces
: reigned), the Wind Age (when Connacht reigned and the
: Trow fought the Oghres), the Age of Light (when Balor
: plotted), and the New Age (with the Great War, 60
: years of peace ensued, until Soulblighter attacked).
: So, this sorta throws our current thoughts on the ages
: into whack.
I think you mean "out of whack." :)
: I would think that the Axe/Golden Age (obviously a light
: age) was followed by an unnamed age of horrible
: darkness, then was the Age of Reason (another light
: age), then another unnamed age of horrible darkness
: (when the Krids reigned), then the Wind Age, then the
: Age of Light thing messes things up a bit - it seems
: like it would be the Wolf Age by its placement, but
: Connacht is said to have presided over the Age of
: Light (TFL Manual), and Balor was plotting during the
: Age of Light according to GURPS. Whatever the deal
: with that is, the New Age is the Sword Age. So, aside
: from the Age Of Light confusion, things make a little
: sense again. :)
The Golden/Axe Age may actually be two ages considered together (hence the "/"); the Golden being the Light part and the Axe being the dark part. I think the average Myth folks are a little sloppier about what they call an "Age" than us academic types. ;) I'd equate the Age of Light with the Wolf Age; the TFL manual's mention is perhaps explained by the Myth citizens believing (at least until Balor slaughtered them) that Connacht, even while absent, was watching over them from afar. Prior to Balor's advent, the Wolf Age was probably the best period for citizens of the West and the Cath Bruig; although the Wind Age was an official "Light Age," it was marred by the Watcher's attack and by the need to retake the Dark-ruled lands. The end of the Wind Age would have been when the Light possessed the most power, and the time immediately following, when Balor was still out of sight, might have been remembered by the common people as an "Age of Light."
: Would someone please translate "Magus Oblige"?
: I would think it means "obligatory mages".
If it's Latin, it literally means, "Magus, bind!" (a command). A magus is literally a "wise man of the Persians," though it later became used as "mage;" the wise men who came to see the infant Jesus were "magi." I don't think it is Latin, though; I think it's a pun. You've heard the term "noblesse oblige?" Meaning the moral obligations of a privileged aristocrat (to be honorable, and protect the peasants, and so forth)? I think "Magus Oblige" is the term for similar obligations for a sorcerer or Avatara. Like Spiderman says, with great powers come great responsibility. The civilized countries probably go to great lengths to make sure any magically gifted citizens are trained to use their powers for good.
: What does "Eldritch" mean?
Bad Forrest! Read Lovecraft! It means "weird and unnatural and hideous."
: "Dreams" are the Dreams of Wyrd. Apparently,
: Mythworlders cast spells by channeling the dreams of
: the gods into reality. "Platonic dualism",
: Ares called it.
W'rkncacnter! W'rkncacnter! W'rkncacnter!
--SiliconDream
