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The '''pagerics''' are the regions of a [[terrestrial world]] with cold and icy [[climate]]s, the opposite of the [[tropics]]. The [[a

...ther way to visualize a devare is to picture a hollow [[sphere|spherical]] world, its surface only a rocky shell around a spacious interior, and then imagin ...r planes and cosmoi as well. Similar words have been coined to refer to a world with three "sides" ([[tribare]]), four sides, ([[kierbare]]), or, generally

...omain of the very wealthy, made valuable by their scarcity. Most of the [[terrestrial]] population of Tegn lives on artificial [[shee]]s made by [[alchemy (Sent) ...he area, but otherwise it seems to have been almost entirely untenanted by terrestrial [[race]]s, the only exception being the island of [[Muru]] where a small po

...apparently world crystals continue to exist beneath the ubiquitous magma. World crystals may even be as common in the depths of [[oceans of Varra|Varra's o ...g chipped away and the crystal from being removed from its resting place. World crystals are large and heavy enough, however, that even detached from the s

...lanet]] in the [[Bundan system]], the [[star system]] best known for the [[terrestrial planet]] of [[Eolo]]. Though, like most [[gas giant]]s, composed primarily ...have temperatures and compositions much closer to the [[terrestrial world|terrestrial]] standard than the planet itself. Although certainly colonization of Alen

...ct of the past. This doesn't mean that Meptus is an entirely harmonious [[world]], however. Open warfare may be rare, but [[espionage]] and skullduggery a ...far as most of its denizens are concerned, Meptus is a relatively peaceful world that just happens to be the site of bases of various [[empire (politics)|em

...ic [[sphere]] covered in long [[spine (Nalw)|spine]]s. The surface of the world is covered with [[water]], only the spines providing dry land to settle on. ...and is afforded by the spines. These spines dot the entire surface of the world in roughly uniform density, spaced on average about four hundred kilometers

...lo)|starship]]s now frequently ply the [[outer space|space]] between the [[world]]s of the system, and that space itself has been colonized through [[space ...that Eolo's geography today is so seemingly reasonless, relative to other terrestrial planets; the shapes and contours of its [[landmass]]es have been formed not

...mong the wealthiest of the capital worlds, rivaled only by [[Numlle]], the World of Civilization. (This does not, of course, necessarily make it the most ' ...nly recently, relative to most of the other capital worlds. It was a lush world before its colonization, replete with and fertile [[forest]]s and [[jungle]

...l world|terrestrial]], others can be decidedly alien and daunting. Of the terrestrial pathnodes, many, particularly the smaller ones, comprise only a single [[te ...er and somehow journeying from the world where one eidopolis is set to the world of another, there is no known way to travel between eidopoles without going

...liquids, called [[halm]]s. Islands in the halms provide a home for Sent's terrestrial life, and if the individual islands are small, they are numerous enough to The world of Sent is much larger than [[Earth]], about fifty billion square kilometer

...s are habitable by [[human]]s and other [[organism]]s, not all habitable [[world]]s are planets. By definition, a planet must be spherical in shape, and mu ...o be much larger than terrestrials—Jupiter is a gas giant; Mercury a terrestrial. Finally, there are planets similar to gas giants, but not quite as large,

...to the extent that Oe has a "surface") are both within [[terrestrial world|terrestrial]] levels, though its [[chemical composition]] is not. The outer layers of ...of Oe are inhabited by [[human (SKE)|human]] and other [[terrestrial world|terrestrial]] races, including [[thubani]], [[fedeline]]s, [[dombar]]s, and [[cyfyc]]s.

...on in an alternate world is said to be an aliter of the person in the base world, but technically the copies on any two worlds can be said to be aliters of ...world refers to a [[mount|planetary world]] of some sort. However, non-[[terrestrial]] [[plane]]s may have alternates as well, as can [[pocket plane]]s and any

...w exerts a sort of psychic influence that penetrates the other side of the world, affecting the people's works and cultures to varying degrees. The usual [[adjective]] to refer to things of the world of Ijian is Ijiane ({{IPA|/ɪdʒiˈɑni/}}).

...the death of a godworld presumably would not mean the disappearance of the world; its corpse would remain, and presumably still be habitable. The divine co ...orlds of the Sacred Sea), the full form and geography (theography?) of the world won't be known to most, and perhaps not to any, of those dwelling upon it.

...s. The common [[florum|flora]] and [[faunum|fauna]] of most [[terrestrial world]]s consist entirely of organisms; many [[intelligence|intelligent]] [[race] ...sented on both, or (rarely) life may arise twice independently on the same world. Sometimes Biota is classed with the (dubious) universe of [[hathron|Hathr

...atures can last long in Ufmarkt without special protection, however, the [[world]] is not completely desolate. There are some creatures there adapted to wi ...fference in the vegari's makeup; the transition from relatively ordinary [[terrestrial]] terrain (in most cases) to the blazing holocaust of Ufmarkt serves as suf

...nly on the very large scale, and have no perceptible effect on the average world. However, if the curvature of the plane is great enough, at least in local ...exception of terrestrial planes, but it may be simply that cosmoi without terrestrial planes haven't been discovered because they are inimical to normal life).

...aforementioned parks there is hardly a bare spot anywhere on the entire [[world]]. Many of the buildings extend all the way through the devare, rising on ...mpire's foothold was firm, they used their powers to further subjugate the world's natives through [[thelxis]] and other [[enchantment]]s.

...sufficiently well known and well regarded to have bandon over most of the world; these individuals are known as judges, and their word is more or less law. ...have collapsed, and if, as many believe, Ufmarkt was once a [[terrestrial world]] and owes its current state to some long-ago disaster, then it seems unlik

...r, like many worlds, if not all, Earth also exists in numerous [[alternate world|alternate versions]], and some of these [[alternate Earth]]s are described ...djective "Tellurian" is sometimes used, but much more rarely; sometimes "[[terrestrial]]" is used for this purpose, but it has several other meanings it may be be

...is a type of large, [[carnivore|carnivorous]] [[leicute]] native to the [[world]] of [[Jhembaz]]. The gry's most characteristic features are its multiple ...f the forest, but since nearly all of Jhembaz is forested, on their native world that's not an issue. There are, however, a few aquatic species that dwell

...nts of Thorgh have developed their own taphetic techniques. As on other [[world]]s, different [[culture]]s have different [[custom]]s, but there are some c ...ation involves cutting a large incision in a wall or floor of the [[living world]] and placing the body within. Generally the garse is then covered by some

'''Xos''' (pronounced {{IPA|/ʃoʊs/}}) is the [[world]] of the Empire of [[Norg]] that is the center of power for [[Charad]], [[g ...veryone is expected to possess some boicorras of his own. In parts of the world other [[theder]] [[strain]]s, rare elsewhere in Norg, are also battled comp

...|/ˈɑːʃə/}}) is the [[Norg]]an [[capital world]] of [[Ll]], the [[Chalari god]] of nature. Alone among the capital worlds ...[[Riigh]], bears [[terrain]]s similar to those of many other [[terrestrial world]]s, and familiar [[panaster|ic]] [[life form|life]], while the contents of

...g;ology)|universe]] in the [[esture]] of [[Ses]] where [[terrestrial world|terrestrial]] [[organism]]s are believed to have first [[evolution|evolved]], and where ...ich are partly responsible for the name of the esture of Ses, which means "world of dreams", although this also comes from the prevalence of [[dream magic]]

...ess living space), they often can get by with less work, which some of the world's living residents resent. ...ed [[Ter Qadh]] that is the one most people visualize when thinking of the world. Specifically, the usual image of Lnnai's surface is that of a vast cemete

...of [[city|cities]] connected to each other but jointly spanning multiple [[world]]s and [[cosmos|cosmoi]], each city, or [[eidopolis]], apparently represent Though each of the eidopoles may be located on a different world, and indeed in an entirely different cosmos, nevertheless it's relatively e

...anthis''' (pronounced {{IPA|/ˈræn.θᵻs/}}) is a [[world]] in the [[layer (Oocada)|layer]] of [[Tutun]] in the [[cosmos]] of [[Oocad ...despite the name, is as much [[brown]] or [[yellow]] as it is [[green]]. Terrestrial varieties of these reets collectively called [[drywrack]] even spread over

...imply defined as some fixed but arbitrary [[number]] of days. On [[geotic world]]s, a year is typically about seven or eight [[order of magnitude|orders of ...anges regularly in magnitude or in effect. Sometimes the inhabitants of a world of a dynamic [[chorade]] may base the length of their years on cycles in th

...[species]]. Most of Thorgh's inhabitants live deep in the interior of the world, safe from the [[cosmic radiation]] of [[outer space|space]], but a few har ...te of travel it would have taken far longer to make the journey than the [[world]] has been in existence. Some scientists try to get around this by supposi

..., it is perhaps the [[Great Empire|empire]]'s main [[industry|industrial]] world, the entire devare covered on both sides with factories and machinery. ...e sole exception of the continent of [[Cyeron]] on the other side of the [[world]].

...ually considered flora. Other types of flora, of course, exist on other [[world]]s. ...unced {{IPA0|/ˈflɔːrü/}}), and there are many [[world]]s where neither back formation has caught on, and only the plural "flora"

...in the [[veigur]] of [[Ufmarkt]]. One of the top [[predator]]s of their [[world]], azagogs are widely feared even by the veigur's [[undead]] inhabitants, t ...f lower temperatures, and can survive perfectly well in more [[terrestrial world]]s. Persuading the azagog to stay in place and to do what its new master w

...[[mepquep]]s, many of whom actually live in the canals among the nation's terrestrial citizens. ...to close off a [[crepature]] through which [[demon]]s were entering the [[world]]. The latter is notable because it was formerly a [[wandering constellati

...ant (Nuclearth)|mutant]]s, believing them to represent the future of the [[world]] and desiring to learn how to control and spread mutations to produce the ...cognizes that something about the mutations that have occurred since the [[World War III (Nuclearth)|war]] doesn't jibe with what she knows about it, and th

While Khalan has no trade with other [[world]]s, however, it does have an ''internal'' economy, of sorts. The prisoners ...d mountainous, covered with some scraggly vegetation imported from other [[terrestrial]] planets. The seas have never been fully explored, though there are facil

...ic]], and frequently compose the primary [[florum|flora]] of [[terrestrial world]]s, including [[Earth]]. More than a third of a million [[species]] of pla ...closely related to [[animal]]s than they are to plants. Still, on some [[world]]s [[magic]]al effects geared toward plants affect fungi as well, though th

...nergy]] source, so marine cukes tend to be sluggish in comparison to their terrestrial cousins. Cukes are particularly common within the tunnels that honeycomb t ...red more than simple [[beast]]s they are not permitted to be taken off the world against their will either. Nevertheless, a few rare cukes have made their

...(pronounced {{IPA|/ˈdædəwɑːr/}}) is a [[world]] of [[Qabede]] where [[tyranny|tyrannical]] [[dictatorship|dictators]] tap ...]] 22,244 [[meter|kilometer]]s in [[diameter]]. About three fifths of the world is covered with [[water]]; the dry land is mostly found in five [[continent

...V. Gordon Childe]] coined the term the [[Urban Revolution]]. On [[magical world]]s, where food may be produced by [[spell]]s and [[enchantment]]s, agricult ...which is sometimes said to be the oldest continuously occupied city in the world (though this, too, is not without controversy). Some later settlements of