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Post by North Star on Jan 26, 2005 11:35:35 GMT
Well Magnamund is named that and it means "great earth". I think it's a reference to a single continent and it *is* an interesting departure from the normal.
NS.
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Post by BenKenobi on Jan 26, 2005 19:12:12 GMT
Well Magnamund is named that and it means "great earth". I think it's a reference to a single continent and it *is* an interesting departure from the normal. NS. Well, it is named Magnamund, but you can't make it a proof ! It can be just a cool name...
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deiseach
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Post by deiseach on Jan 26, 2005 20:03:07 GMT
Fans of the classic (much abused word, but very true in this case) computer game Ultima VII: The Black Gate have observed that Britannia, the world the protaganist is constantly saving, is shaped like a doughnut (or 'donut', if you prefer).
Since travelling past the northernmost portion of the map brings you up in the south of the world, the north and south poles must touch *figuratively rolls map in the shape of a cylinder*. But since the same is true in an east-west direction, the furthest points east-west must touch also *rolls cylinder along east-west axis so they touch forming . .. a doughnut*
The point behind these meanderings is that I don't think Origin Systems thought it through. It looked good on paper (literally) so they went with it, just like Joe did with Magnamund. The talk of voids sounds like after-the-fact attempts to impose a coherent geography when pesky fans started asking pesky questions.
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Post by Sol on Jan 26, 2005 20:52:32 GMT
Interestingly while reading through Prisoners of Time last night, I was reminded that Magnamund is the planet... not just the name for a continent. So says Serocca.
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Post by Peregrine on Jan 26, 2005 21:09:57 GMT
The talk of voids sounds like after-the-fact attempts to impose a coherent geography when pesky fans started asking pesky questions. Maybe, but on the other hand, the place of the island voids in the history of Magnamund (several of the continental peoples, not least our dear Sommlending, migrated from the Void) suggests it was a bit earlier than any significant fan base. To me it seems more likely to point to slackness than a retcon. (Or maybe he just wanted to avoid the possibility of the cliché "new land over the seas" plot bunny... so he filled it in with void.)
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Post by North Star on Jan 27, 2005 11:51:21 GMT
Well it could be that being as there is only one continent, there is no need for a name. Therefore only the world is named, and the landmass is unnamed.
NS.
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Post by BenKenobi on Jan 27, 2005 19:24:05 GMT
Eh, inhabitants of Magnamund can travel through dimensions with the Shadowgates, and don't know a thing of what exists outside their continent...... It sounds so Medieval to me !!! It contributes to the atmosphere of fantasy-middle ages setting. There are far, exotic countries, and the border of the map is unknown... everything could be standing besides it. In one word, I like it !!! ;D
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