Every World is Different

‘Every World is Different’ is a children’s book dating back to the time of Oun and was auctioned off by the Merchant Prince at one of the market gathers in Nexus.  The owner of the book, Alphanom, allowed me (Mattie) to read through it and make notes so that the information it contains might be relased to the public.  I regret that there was not enough time to copy the text verbatim, but I hope what information I have been able to transcribe will be of use.

Please also note that I am refraining from speculation about the text in the body of my notes, though speculation is more than welcome in the area I have left blank for comments.  Everything contained within these notes is taken directly from ‘Every World is Different’.

The first, most interesting, thing to note was that the book was published by the ‘Second Southern Council of World-Striders’.  World-striders, as they are mentioned in the book have been around since the beginning of Oun and their purpose is to travel from world to world, changing those worlds for the better.  Their motto is, “Goodness in every change,” and what they change in other worlds also affects the Forest.

Speaking of the worlds, there are ‘Nine Great Worlds’ listed in the book, which are as follows:

The Blissful Aether, where the Aesir travel among the clouds.

The Arboreal Hall, where the Sidhe can speak to trees.

Cosmopolitus, which is a center of learning filled with opera houses and museums.

The Lair of Giants, whose people alter size when stepping through the doors into the Forest.

Machine Heart, which is filled with great machines and maintained by technicians.

The Mysterious Islands which are all different from one another.

The Pastoral Hills which are filled with satyrs and centuars.

The Plains of Endless Conflict, whose people are constantly warring with one another.

The Transcendent Spheres, which is only mentioned as ‘large’ and ‘important’.

There are also people called ‘Lunatics’ mentioned twice, though they don’t seem to be considered part of the ‘Nine Great Worlds’.  The Lunatics supposedly ‘change from day to day’.

Regarding the subject of worlds, there are the ‘Nine Great Worlds’, but there are also things called ‘splinter worlds’ which are considerably smaller.  The two mentioned by name, the ‘Sea of Madness’ and the ‘Ecstatic Ballroom’ are supposedly only a few miles across and the size of a schoolhouse, respectively.

In relation to worlds, the Forest of Doors (which is referred to by this name, and by ‘Oun’ in the text) is called the ‘Nexus of Worlds’ and is connected to other worlds via the doors.  The further out the world, the less frequently the door opens to that world and the text makes mention that there are some worlds so far out that the doors to them ‘never open’.

In the text the Grey Watch are mentioned more than once as authority figures and it is said that the Forest was a wild place before the Grey Watch came and ‘tamed’ it.

Other than that, the only other thing of note was the mention of ‘household gods’ for the people of Oun.  The book assumed that every child had one and they were something the child could go to for information.