Category: History

Historical events in Sweetland and the Convergence.

Congress of Unity

After the Time of Forgetting, the Congress of Unity forged The Convergence of a Thousand Worlds. Parties Involved: What Happened: Back to Index

Enfants des Lunes

Encyclopedia of the Convergence Enfants des Lunes Children of the Moons, has two related meanings. Musical Group It is the name of a band from the Communities, formed by Violette “Vi” Aubrac and other young Borns. They traveled to the various festival to perform. Rebel Group The name of a rebel group fighting for the freedom of the Communities, also led by the same young Borns.

First Continental War

The First Continental War began with an act of sabotage, called the Rupture, in early November, 2038 and lasted for 3 years, until March 2041. It is the precipitating event for the immigration to Sweetland. The two continental wars in North America reconfigured the nations of the continent between 2038 and 2046. See map, North America, 2055.

Flora and Fauna of Sweetland

Initial Observations of Flora and Fauna on Sweetland in Meadow Springs and Surroundings (Lower Forest Biome) Y8-10 Note: This is a very preliminary report based on observations by Jessie Larivee, Ecologist at Meadow Springs for the College of the Upper Settlements, Echota. These are not meant to be definitive categories, just organizational. “Taxons” may be possible clades, but I will leave the categorization to better-trained minds.  Flora * Habitat Taxons: meadow; riparian; forest; understory. aquatic. Clade Taxons: flowering; tree-like; shrub-like; grass-like; succulent; fungi-like. Epiderm Taxons: spongy-epiderm; woody-epiderm; fibrous-epiderm; bulbous. Reproduction: rhizome; fruit-bearing; spore-bearing.  *Please keep in mind: these taxons are all based on categories from Earth. How relevant are they? Needs much refinement. Common Name Taxons Notes Creepy Karen forest, understory, rhizome, fibrous, carnivorous?? not edible, ground-cover, grows rapidly overnight and seems to breakdown decaying matter, inc dead. Sweet Mystol  forest, tree-like, fruit-bearing, woody-epiderm edible – fruit. Mushroom Tree forest,…

Second Continental War

The Second Continental War began in late 2044, when tensions exploded between the newly formed entities created after the first war. It lasted for 2 years, until December 2046, when a truce was negotiated by mediator Joe Larivee of the Republic of Free Cascadia. The talks took place in the neutral, independent Free City, newly formed in what was Greater Saint Louis. The two continental wars in North America reconfigured the nations of the continent between 2038 and 2046. See map, North America, 2055.

Sisters of Light

Sisters of Light (SOL) are a very conservative order within The Temple, which politically aligns itself with The Guardians of the Path. It is also known to contain members of the Chaosians and the fanatical Children of Ertfiil. Return to Index

The 2nd Rupture

A second historical rupture engineered to bring down the artificial Gates between Earth and Torzucan (the Convergence) in 2055, in order to protect Torzucan. Back to Index

The Rupture

An historical rupture engineered by bringing down the Grid in 2038. The Grid undergirded the worldwide infrastructure of society, bringing down the capitalist economies and causing an abrupt and massive political change. Back to Index

Travelers of Eckhau

Order of The Temple to which many Travelers belong. Politically, it is aligned with Mutualists and Autonomists, and contains many Travelers from the Outer Planets, and the Travelers Guilds. Return to Index