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...dopoles. A [[Upper Port|second port]] extends into the Hhep, whence ships travel up and down the river to other cities it passes through. ...s. The [[Domestic Council]] is a more recent creation, dating back from a time when the city was run by a handful of noble [[house (Aeol)|house]]s. Thoug

...tell Galaxy remains something of a mystery; at its current fastest rate of travel it would have taken far longer to make the journey than the [[world]] has b ...worlds, and picked up many new inhabitants. The living world continues to travel erratically, staying for years near a particular [[star]] and then suddenly

Pack monkeys are creatures of the jungle, and spend most of their time in the trees when they aren't actively attacking prey on the ground. Fortu As their name implies, pack monkeys live and travel in large packs, which are almost always found together. Within the pack, t

...nd that the traditional account of their formation has been distorted over time, or is even a product of intentional misinformation. ...ledge for the presence of all inhabitants of the land. It still took some time after that for the group to really earn the trust of the other fraternities

...abilities making it able to build roads and take other means to facilitate travel. The plentiful springs and lakes in the mountains mean water isn't a conce ...o the monarchs' death, without the monarch having learned of the matter in time to select a new heir. In this rare circumstance, the Investure Council is

...have previously possessed, and has led to many people being convinced that time as the fourth dimension is a scientific fact. ...nts to number the dimensions, it's just as valid (albeit unusual) to count time as the ''first'' dimension, and length, width, and depth are the second, th

...people from other places with a thirst for adventure or a drive to do good travel to Djarvin specifically to join them. Today one of the most diverse nation ...il, who, after hearing from the Illuminator and perhaps setting aside some time for debate and deliberation, hold a [[vote]] to decide whether to admit the

...may be virtually omnipotent, limited only by what spells they know and the time it takes to cast them. This is seldom the case, however; even if the only ...ire different casting conditions, and therefore cannot be cast at the same time. Frequently, however, it's just an optional maneuver when the full spellca

...on is based on the real world. For example, if one actually [[interplanar travel|traveled]] to a version of Earth where [[Wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock ...d that resembles the base world at some past (or, rarely, future) point in time. The resemblance need not be exact, and in fact an exact resemblance would

...th dire consequences both for whoever and whatever may be on the shee at a time, and also for the contents of the ground it falls onto. ...even smaller than that on an island, at leats after a comparable amount of time to develop, life is still likely to find a foothold there.

...mmunities abstain from violence, even so mild as a poke or a slap; or from travel, spending their whole lives in the same small region; or from [[alcohol]]; ...d one artificial. There are also enough tunnels through Chee that one can travel from one side to another even far from the conasters, though it may be a lo

...was thirty Meldrake was a wealthy man. He took advantage of his wealth to travel around the world for several years, experiencing many foreign nations and c ...of defiance for those who opposed the cressarchs and their reign. By the time the cressarchs realized this and decided to wipe him out, some of Gallerra'

..., though any materials that are fully opaque are impenetrable to it. They travel through clear water as easily as through air, and are almost as likely to b ...be able to extract their needed nutrients from some solids, but this is a time-consuming and difficult process for them, and one they generally undertake

...y, the best estimates have it that the population of North America in that time was perhaps half a percent of the total much-decreased population of the wo ...even they are sometimes attacked by bandits. Perhaps the safest means of travel, at least unless one has a fear of heights, is by [[zeppelin (Nuclearth)|ze

...ern [[Burcady]]. In the eight [[year (Dadauar)|year]]s she's been in full-time operation, she has already developed a reputation as one of the best people ...m to her advantage. Where she must dock openly at a port—because of time limitations or because there is no other suitable berthage—she learns

...es only occupy perhaps ten or fifteen [[percent]] of his time; most of his time he spends on Neorne itself. One thing that Csscun does relish is travel; he enjoys seeing new places and experiencing new cultures and environments

Perhaps due to its having been a part of the Alliance so long, giving time for resentment to develop, or perhaps because of dissatisfaction with the d ...rom one side to the other than one might suppose, though still tedious and time-consuming.

...course, leaves a barren scar where the land came from, though one that in time is likely to fill in, and over a long enough period may become indistinguis ...of course, the creators of an artificial wolk may seed it with life at the time of its creation.

...ssible to break a geis in only a minor way and get reduced penalties. Any time a geiseach fails to follow the geis's strictures, the full power of its pen ...amulet after eating, and then later the amulet is destroyed, then the next time he eats (and doesn't rub the now nonexistent amulet) the geis is broken. F

...ash;which bears the additional advantage of making them want to spend more time dreaming, thereby giving the onirarchs more power. In contrast, the waking ...r that keeps them alive to dream. Because they spend most of their waking time working anyway, people have few luxuries in the waking world; the typical c