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(Created page with "The World of the White Rat is a fantasy setting the author describes as "faux early Renaissance”<ref>https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1490764404211826692</ref> with multiple nations and city-states where several gods are worshipped, including the White Rat. Books set in the World of the White Rat include the Clocktaur War duology, Swordheart (eventually to become a trilogy), and the Saint of Steel series. == Society == At the present time, the societies of the...") |
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The people of the World of the White Rat worship a variety of gods, major and minor, who tend to make their presence known in the world in concrete, verifiable ways; there is little to no atheism because the gods demonstrably exist. | The people of the World of the White Rat worship a variety of gods, major and minor, who tend to make their presence known in the world in concrete, verifiable ways; there is little to no atheism because the gods demonstrably exist. | ||
The cult of the White Rat is widespread; the Dreaming God, whose religious fight demons, is also widely | The cult of the White Rat is widespread; the Dreaming God, whose religious fight demons, is also widely worshiped, demon-hunting being a necessary societal task. In the Archenhold area, other regionally worshiped gods include the Forge God, the Four-Faced God, the Many-Armed God, and the Lady of Grass. The Saint of Steel’s god-touched paladins specialized in killing those who needed killing, until the god’s death. | ||
Saint Ursa holds a status somewhere between saint and minor deity, with an order of nuns in the north. The Hanged Mother is a minor deity | Saint Ursa holds a status somewhere between saint and minor deity, with an order of nuns in the north. The Hanged Mother is a minor deity worshiped in Archenhold; the current Archon favors her and allows wide latitude to her followers. | ||
== Technology == | == Technology == | ||
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== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
[[File:Official-map.jpg|1000px|A map of the World of the White Rat, showing inland Charlock in the northwest, and Morstone in the northeast on the sea, north of Arral Territory. The Dowager's City is in the southwest, in a mountain valley through which flows the Falsefall River. The Vagrant Hills ("Probably") are farther east, and Archenhold is north of the Vagrant Hills. Rutger's Howe is westernmost in Archenhold, with Amalcross to its east, and Archon's Glory farther to the east, on the Elkinslough River. Across the Elkinslough and further south is Anuket City, with the East Falsefall River flowing through it from its source in unnamed mountains to its northeast to join the Elkinslough at Anuket City. Moldoban is well south of the Vagrant Hills, on the sea. South of Charlock and north of the Dowager's City are (in order from northeast to southwest) The Court of Smoke, Ghaston, and the Hundred Houses. West of these three locations is a mountain range, which curves around to the southeast until it ends in the mountain valley that is home to the Dowager's City. At the top of the map is a pointer to the northeast, reading "To Baiir."]] | |||
Places mentioned in the books include | |||
* Anuket City, a major city-state | * Anuket City, a major city-state | ||
* Archenhold, a nation near Anuket City | * Archenhold, a nation near Anuket City | ||
* Archon’s Glory, the capital of Archenhold (sometimes written as Archen’s Glory) | * Archon’s Glory, the capital of Archenhold (sometimes written as Archen’s Glory) | ||
* Rutger’s Howe, a small town of 400 people, five days’ walk | * Rutger’s Howe, a small town of 400 people, five days’ walk west of Archon’s Glory | ||
* Amalcross, a town between Rutger’s Howe and Anuket City | * Amalcross, a town between Rutger’s Howe and Anuket City | ||
* The Dowager’s | * The Dowager’s City, several days’ travel west of Anuket City, in the Falsefall River valley<ref>Clockwork Boys, chapter 6</ref> | ||
* Ghaston (has a monastery of the Many-Armed God)<ref>Clockwork Boys, chapter 6</ref> | * Ghaston (has a monastery of the Many-Armed God)<ref>Clockwork Boys, chapter 6</ref> | ||
* Charlock, a kingdom | * [[Charlock]], a kingdom far north of Archenhold, with a drier climate<ref>Paladin’s Grace, chapter 23</ref> | ||
* Vagrant Hills are (or at least should be) south of Rutger’s Howe | * The Vagrant Hills are (or at least should be) south of Rutger’s Howe | ||
* Morstone, | * Morstone, well northeast of Archenhold, on the sea | ||
* Baiir (formerly known as the Weeping Lands), far to the north | * Baiir (formerly known as the Weeping Lands), far to the north<ref>Swordheart, chapter 23</ref> and also distant from Charlock, famous for their weaving<ref>Paladin’s Grace, chapter 23</ref> | ||
* Devilspine Islands (supplies cloves to Archenhold)<ref>Swordheart, chapter 60</ref> | * Devilspine Islands (supplies cloves to Archenhold)<ref>Swordheart, chapter 60</ref> | ||
* Moldoban (has a wonder engine, nothing more known)<ref>Paladin’s Hope, chapter 11</ref> | * Moldoban (has a wonder engine, nothing more known)<ref>Paladin’s Hope, chapter 11</ref> | ||
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== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
The books are set in the mid-1300s; Swordheart begins in the year 1346<ref>Swordheart, chapter 3</ref> | The books are set in the mid-1300s; [[Swordheart]] begins in the year 1346<ref>Swordheart, chapter 3</ref>. The dates below are calculated relative to 1346. | ||
; ~550 (1346−800): cult of the White Rat emerges amid plague, in cities of the old empire, in the west<ref>Swordheart, chapter 26</ref> | ; ~550 (1346−800): cult of the White Rat emerges amid plague, in cities of the old empire, in the west<ref>Swordheart, chapter 26</ref> | ||
; ~900 (1346−450): Sarkis enters the sword<ref>Swordheart, chapter 23</ref> | ; ~900 (1346−450): Sarkis enters the sword<ref>Swordheart, chapter 23</ref> | ||
; 1341: end of the Clocktaur War<ref>Swordheart, chapter 16</ref> | ; 1341: end of the Clocktaur War<ref>Swordheart, chapter 16</ref> | ||
; 1346: Halla first draws the Sword<ref>Swordheart, chapter 3</ref> | ; 1346: [[Halla]] first draws the Sword<ref>Swordheart, chapter 3</ref> | ||
; 1349: death of the Saint of Steel<ref>https://twitter.com/mlkharrington/status/1486856862754656256</ref> | ; 1349: death of the Saint of Steel<ref>https://twitter.com/mlkharrington/status/1486856862754656256</ref> | ||
; 1352: Stephen meets Grace<ref>https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1486819132385501191/photo/1</ref> | ; 1352: [[Stephen]] meets Grace<ref>https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1486819132385501191/photo/1</ref> | ||
; 1353: Istvhan travels north with Galen<ref>https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1486819132385501191/photo/1</ref> | ; 1353: [[Istvhan]] travels north with Galen<ref>https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1486819132385501191/photo/1</ref> | ||
; 1354: Galen meets Piper<ref>https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1486819132385501191/photo/1</ref> | ; 1354: Galen meets Piper<ref>https://twitter.com/UrsulaV/status/1486819132385501191/photo/1</ref> | ||