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The Known World

A summary of worldly knowledge, collected by the Universitas Omnicia, published in the 1168th Year of Enlightenment, Month of Hooks, 43rd day

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"...and let there be no further division among Peoples, creeds or tongues! This Empire of Aaron shall prosper by its variance, by its acceptance and yea by its support of all pursuits industrial and scientific! No longer shall Men and Orcs take up blades against one another! No longer need the dwarves to hide in their underground castles! No longer must the elves secret their moonlit dances, for we will join them in their nocturnal revelry! This is the Aaronic Empire, and for the sake of our children, none shall be exiled!"   - excerpt from the Emperor's farewell, cried from the balcony of the Zenith Spire on the Day of His Sacrifice  


  "Knowledge. Knowledge is the light which banishes the dark of ignorance. You all know this. But today, we become that light. Today, we cease to be a part of this world, and yet we will become the very soul of it. For knowledge of this world will sustain us. Knowledge of this world will protect us. Knowledge of this world may allow us to steward it, and to vouchsafe the life of this world against the darkness which we wrought on Ur. As the Great Dome is settled and sealed, breathe your last breaths of this world's unaltered air, and know that your sacrifice will herald the Enlightenment of all beings."   - Senior Archivist Rifenberg, during his final address to the collected Scholars of the Universitas Omniscia before the sealing of the Great Dome  
  "...a mildly interesting plane of existence. Not totally mundane - orcs and elves, curses and kings, you know - but the elf's name would be "John", and he would have a job as a banker."   - Zi-Drau-Cortiliax the Observer, describing the Known World to his peers from the Astral Realm.