Category: Sweetland Novels

Main category for Sweetland.

The Memories

An ancient, organic, quantum-DNA technology, also known as The Great Forest on Sweetland An ancient organic technology that ‘absorbs’ the worlds it connects, changing and improving the DNA of their inhabitants. It is like a rhizome, producing ‘copulas’ which are gateways between the planets. Few have the skill to navigate the ‘copulas’. The Memories connect the worlds of The Convergence. Type: Who: Where: When: What:

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

The Temple of New Life

About The Temple of New Life The Temple of New Life is the Temple of the Eight Roots as manifested on Earth. Precepts of the Temple Mythology In New Life mythology Granddaddy Chaos guards the gate between the realms of Chaos and Information. The Creation Myth In the first instant, nothing existed, only the Mist. And from the Mist was born Mother Chaos, and Mother Chaos spoke, and so was created the Word.  But the Word was yet an illusion, without substance.  Then, in the infinite void, where Time did not yet exist, Mother Chaos slept and she dreamed. And she dreamed all things, and she put them in order, and this order she called the Grid. And the Grid was still but a dream. So upon awakening, Mother Chaos recalled the dream, and she pulled a thread from her gown. And one end of this celestial string she tied…

The Temple of New Life

The Temple of New Life has its origins on Earth as an RPG. It was concieved and designed by The Temple Of The Eight Roots, a religious group allied with the Mutualist Tendency in The Convergence. Its rites, rituals, and hierarchy mirror that of its Convergence creators. History The Temple was created to guide immigrants to Sweetland. It rapidly transformed into a gnostic-like hierarchy with orders of Brothers and Sisters and Acolytes, although it claims social equality for all. Origin story This religion began on Earth as an RPG, but quickly spread to Torzucan (Sweetland). Beliefs & Teachings: A religion of Science, consisting of a conglomeration of Myths from multiple Earth religions as interpreted through gnosticism. Truth will be revealed when the veil of ignorance and denial is lifted, and humanity will be elevated to the stars. Places of worship In Temples, both in the real world and the cyber…

The Travelers Guild

The Travelers Guild is the official organization for the Travelers. Certified Travelers and Guides are trusted and sought after. While no one must be certified to use the copulas without being accompanied by a Guild Member, they do so at risk. There are also informal, independent travelers organizations outside of the Guild system. Certifications of Travelers Guild Affiliated Groups

The Unities

Connected by the organic technology known as the Memories, the Unities are believed by scientists to be bubble universes within the multiverse. They have garnered a complex religious mythology, as well. Mythology of the Unities According to myth, the ancient race of the Ertfiil are responsible for the creation of the Memories. Technology of the Memories Created by an ancient, forgotten civilization, the Memories are a bio-engineered rhizomatic organism with roots capable of spreading to alternate dimensions, called Unities. There are eight known Unities, seven of which have been seeded with the mutual descendants of the genus, homo. Peoples of the Eight Unities: homosapiens ysali homosapiens anjahri homosapiens qrei homosapiens tongrari homosapiens skiili homosapiens omi homosapiens humanis The Eight Unities Root People/Culture Inner Planets Outer Planets Unity 1 (Mother Root) Ertfill / Uninhabited Unknown Unknown Unity 2 (2nd Root) Ysal / Ysali Moornal, Yaanaan Vizucan, Kip Unity 3 (3rd Root)…