Adradis World Overview

Adradis Rising and related works are series set on Adradis. Adradis is a world in a plane of existence parallel to Earth. The three worlds are interconnected via veils that can either be natural, or elfin made. The third world is Morka.

Adradis World—Continent of Kal’brath

Adradis

Adradis houses the elves of the first plane. On all planes, the continents are similarly placed to those on Earth. The continent of Kal'brath corresponds to that of North America on Earth. Below, you can see a map mockup showing the difference in continent shape, and where the four realms are in relation to each other. Please note that while the author tried to make the map to scale, placement may change based on story necessity, and she definitely is not a skilled cartographer.

Another thing to note: On the lower left of the map, that space would roughly correspond with California or thereabouts. The top right of the map would roughly correspond with Maine and the beginnings of Canada. The equitorial line is purposely in the wrong place, as the elves divide their world differently than humans in regards to latitude and logitude. Their equatorial line does not indicate where the world is “cut in half” horizontally. There are actually two equatorial lines (north and south) that create an “Equatorial Belt”. The Dividing Line indicates the division between the light half of the world, and the half of the world that is in perpetual Twilight.

Morka

Morka houses the Bashkai, a primitive and savage race. Morka is so overpopulated that they have great battles for sport, and the winners receive all property and lands of their dead opponents. Due to this overpopulation, the elves have closed all veils leading from Morka to Earth and Adradis to keep their war-like savagery from spilling over and clogging the other worlds.

Earth

As most of you are from Earth, this should be simple. It houses humans, and around the year 3540, catastrophe hits and rearranges the continents. This drives humans into near extinction, and spearheads the second book Healing Wounds.

Passage of Time

Basically, the races on Adradis are generally long-lived, even for those races who aren't immortal. Since time means relatively little to them, they have a whole different view on how time passes and how they choose to show it. These are more like working notes than an official system, since time isn't really discussed at length in the series.

If I ever set a book on Morka, I will add in their time system. However, since I don't think that will happen, here you go! Earth vs. Adradis in the Passage of Time.

Here are the basics.

Earth	Adradis
Second Relative, they do not mark the passing of time in short moments, unless remarking on an event.	Short Moment
Minute	Long Moment Relative
Hour	Space Relative. Multiple hours are also considered a space.
Day	Revolutions 364 days per year. Every four years, there is an extra day of respite for celebrations in Return of Passion (January). Every 31st day is called “Mother's Peace.” Day of Ambition Day of Frugality Day of Compassion Day of Humility Day of Courage Day of Curiosity Day of Generosity Day of Tolerance Day of Enlightenment Day of Transcendence >
Week	Span 36 spans in a year, each span consists of 10 days.
Season	Seasons New Year is Springs first snowmelt Spring (6.6 spans) Summer (7 spans) Autumn (6.4 spans) Winter (6 spans) >
Months	Returns 12 months per year. Every month is named like Earth's, and rotate every decade. Return of Passion Return of Devotion Return of Growth Return of Vitality Return of Laughter Return of Beauty Return of Brilliance Return of Creation Return of Joy Return of Harmony Return of Love Return of Tranquility >
Year	Cycle
Century	Epoch 10 decades. These are only named when speaking of a child's formative years. Time of Suckling Time of Innocence Time of Understanding Time of Discovery Time of Curiosity Time of Scholarship Time of Rebellion Time of Desire Time of Confirmation Time of Independence >
Millennium	Era 10 centuries. Eras are counted in number, much like Earth's years.
100 Millennia	Annum
1000 Annums	Megaannum 1 million years—Elves' first recorded history is about 3 Megaannums old.
1000 Megaannums	Aeon 1 billion years.

The Calendar

Adradis Leap Year Calendar

Timeline of Events

4,001,298 BC First “known” written record of elves' history

• 3,000,609 BC “First Generation” are “born” (Desolace/Arquelon, Threysal, Yorin, Va'asdrian, Casersis, and a few others are “born”)

• 16706 BC Solvaris is born (Devani's dad)

• 6976 BC Morough is born

• 4973 BC Sol'kyr is born

• 8192 BC Kennan is born (Casersis' son)

• 3013 BC Li'nov is born

• 0852 BC Morough kills Syr'del

• 1033 AD Velithor is born

• 1681 AD Devani is born

• 1803 AD The Scourge of Narin begin

• 2013 AD Kaiden is born

• 2033 AD Adradis Rising series begins (King's Heart)

• 2036 AD Elan is born (Kennan's Son)

• 2038 AD Tovran II is born (Kaiden and Morough's son)

• 2199 AD The Elven King's Captive begins

• 2232 AD The Wolvan King's Elf begins

• 3540 AD Elven Born begins (Elan is 1504 years old)

• 3547 AD Elven Blood begins

• 5128 AD Eldrake begins, Eldrakar begins

• 5131 AD The Lost World (title may change) begins

Age List

For my own use, but you may find it nifty. This is an equivalency chart to show how elves grow in relation to humans. Based on these numbers (and a human's normal ~40 week pregnancy), an elf's gestational period SHOULD be 2500 weeks ~ 625 months ~ 52 years. FIFTY TWO YEARS. I'm giving the poor elves a break, and making it 5 years. Because I can. And, because I refuse to put that much hate on my beloved elves. :P

Note: Elves stop physically aging at around 1600 years old. They retain their 25-human-year-old appearance until they're killed.

Human Years	Elf and Mer Equivalent
1	63
2	125
3	188
4	250
5	313
6	375
7	438
8	500
9	563
10	625
11	688
12	750
13	813
14	875
15	938
16	1000
17	1063
18	1125
19	1188
20	1250
21	1313
22	1375
23	1438
24	1500
25	1563
26	1625
27	1688
28	1750
29	1813
30	1875
31	1938
32	2000
33	2063
34	2125
35	2188
36	2250
37	2313
38	2375
39	2348
40	2500