¶ History
For a full timeline of prehistorical and historical events, see Timeline of Shorne.
¶ Geology
Much of Shorne is covered by water. The main seas are the Chiropteric ocean, so named after the polar batfolk which once inhabited the world to the north, and the Alkic ocean, named after the great alks.
¶ Cosmology
The world of Shorne is a torus, positioned in space between a sun and a black hole, which the people of Shorne call The Vastness.
The sun appears powder-blue in the sky. No stars shine at night, just nebula spiralling towards the Vastness.
Astrologers believe that the sun is a great millstone, grinding up magic from the vastness and using this magic to shine its light.
A pair of moons orbits Shorne, known as The Matron and The Child.
¶ Time
The day/night cycle consists of four periods of six hours:
- Glaring hour, when the sun can be seen in the sky, and is larger than the Vastness.
- Waxing night, when the sun is hidden, the Vastness increases in size, and the sky is dark.
- Witching hour, when the Vastness appears to obscure most of the sky, and magic is at its strongest.
- Waning night, when the Vastness decreases in size, and the sun starts to shine again.