Weapons list:

Axes
Battle Axe
Doloire
Francisca
Mattock (improvised)
Halberd

Daggers and knives
Anelace
Baselard
Cinquedea
Dirk
Ear Dagger
Großes Messer
Machete
Mercygiver
Poniard
Rondel
Scramasax
Seax
Stiletto
Sword breaker

Swords
Broadsword
Claymore
Cutlass
Falchion
Flamberge
Foil (fencing)
Longsword
Rapier
Sabre
Spatha
Shortsword
Zweihander
Katana

Blunt weapons
Club
Flail
Mace
Flanged mace
Maul
Morning star
Quarterstaff
War hammer
Bec de Corbin
Horseman's pick
Bludgeon

Spears and other Polearms (axes included)
Bill
Footman's lance
Glaive
Guisarme
Halberd
Lance
Lochaber Axe
Man catcher
Military fork
Partisan
Pike
Plançon a picot
Ranseur
Spetum
Swordstaff
Voulge
War-scythe
war hammer

Ranged
Archery
Bombard (weapon)
Bow
Longbow
English longbow
Short bow
Culverin
Crossbow
Arbalest
Sling
Throwing axe
Francisca
Hurlbat
Javelin
Onager
Petrary


Siege
Battering ram
Ballista
Catapult
Greek fire
Petard
Siege hook
Siege tower
Trebuchet
Couillard
Belfry
Mangnonel
Cannon
Ballista


Fortification/Castle/Home

Fortification/Castle


Battlement
Barbican
Castle
Citadel
City wall
Curtain wall
Drawbridge
Gate
Moat
Motte-and-bailey
Murder-hole
Portcullis

Home
Mire
Cave
House
Treehouse
Manor
Mansion
Underground infrastructure
Hut
Island



Sources: Wikipedia

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Origins


Hakaasha-Temperatures exhibit daily extremes because the atmosphere contains little humidity to block the Sun's rays. Desert surfaces receive a little more than twice the solar radiation received by humid regions and lose almost twice as much heat at night. Many mean annual temperatures range from 20-25° C. The extreme maximum ranges from 43.5-49° C. Minimum temperatures sometimes drop to -18° C.

Rainfall is usually very low and/or concentrated in short bursts between long rainless periods. Evaporation rates regularly exceed rainfall rates. Sometimes rain starts falling and evaporates before reaching the ground. Rainfall is lowest on the Atacama Desert of Chile, where it averages less than 1.5 cm. Some years are even rainless. Inland Sahara also receives less than 1.5 cm a year. Rainfall in American deserts is higher — almost 28 cm a year.

Soils are course-textured, shallow, rocky or gravely with good drainage and have no subsurface water. They are coarse because there is less chemical weathering. The finer dust and sand particles are blown elsewhere, leaving heavier pieces behind.

Canopy in most deserts is very rare. Plants are mainly ground-hugging shrubs and short woody trees. Leaves are "replete" (fully supported with nutrients) with water-conserving characteristics. They tend to be small, thick and covered with a thick cuticle (outer layer). In the cacti, the leaves are much-reduced (to spines) and photosynthetic activity is restricted to the stems. Some plants open their stomata (microscopic openings in the epidermis of leaves that allow for gas exchange) only at night when evaporation rates are lowest. These plants include: yuccas, ocotillo, turpentine bush, prickly pears, false mesquite, sotol, ephedras, agaves and brittlebush.

The animals include small nocturnal (active at night) carnivores. The dominant animals are burrowers and kangaroo rats. There are also insects, arachnids, reptiles and birds. The animals stay inactive in protected hideaways during the hot day and come out to forage at dusk, dawn or at night, when the desert is cooler. Source:The desert biome






Atlantis: Atlantis (in Greek, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "island of Atlas") is the name of a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias.[1]

In Plato's account, Atlantis, lying "beyond the Pillars of Hercules", was a naval power that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9500 BC. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune".

As a story embedded in Plato's dialogues, Atlantis is generally seen as a myth created by Plato to illustrate his political theories. Although the function of the story of Atlantis seems clear to most scholars, they dispute whether and how much Plato's account was inspired by older traditions. Some scholars argue Plato drew upon memories of past events such as the Thera eruption or the Trojan War, while others insist that he took inspiration from contemporary events like the destruction of Helike in 373 BC or the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415–413 BC.

The possible existence of a genuine Atlantis was actively discussed throughout classical antiquity, but it was usually rejected and occasionally parodied by later authors. While little known during the Middle Ages, the story of Atlantis was rediscovered by Humanists in modern times. Plato's description inspired the utopian works of several Renaissance writers, like Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis". Atlantis inspires today's literature, from science fiction to comic books and films, its name having become a byword for any and all supposed prehistoric but advanced (and lost) civilizations
Source: Atlantis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Wilderness (The troll mountains): A troll is a fearsome member of a mythical race from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giants, although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants – similar to the ogres.

The mountains are wintry mountains with pine trees and glades up in the northern part of kel-durok.
Source: Troll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Swamps of Mireton: The Swamps of Mireton are a wetland that features temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, and covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation.[1] The water of a swamp may be fresh water or salt water. A swamp is also generally defined as having no substantial peat deposits.[2]

In North America, swamps are usually regarded as including a large amount of woody vegetation, but elsewhere this may not necessarily apply, such as in African swamps dominated by papyrus. By contrast a marsh in North America is a wetland without woody vegetation, or elsewhere, a wetland without woody vegetation which is shallower and has less open water surface than a swamp. A mire (or quagmire) is a low-lying wetland of deep, soft soil or mud that sinks underfoot. Source:Swamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Kaa Wood: Ecologically, a woodland [Kaa wood] is an area covered in trees, differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely closed canopy – the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade. A woodland, on the other hand, allows sunlight to penetrate between the trees, limiting shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs, herbs, or grasses. Woodlands may form a transition to shrublands under drier conditions.
Source: Woodland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Land:

Cold regions:

Cauldarkia- Very icy, dry cold area
Kyzmekaria: Mountains and rivers and lakes covered in snow
Copakupula: Red berries flourish in these icy, snowy caves
Merikalapuk: A forest of pines covered in snow

Desert Regions:

Dkk'merkia: An arabic style development, many stalls have been established in these hot, dusty caves

Dakaluom: A dry, barren plains, filled with grasses and sunlight
Merkala: Covered in cliffs and rocky outcroppings, goes up to 130 degrees
The sand pits: a dueling arena with vast training areas gouged and carved from the earth.

Forest areas:

OOpaloka: A jungle of lavish goods and strange animals and plants
Seabarren: A forest full of pines, inns, and deer
Laddymagen: A magical dew dripping forest of fairies

Populated city districts:

Battalia: A very militant country of proud, retired men of war
Helmia: A communist country of cobblestone walls and shops
Durak: A very noble and stereotypical "good" freedom city with statues of gods, painted glass, and thousands of people and stores

Hakk: A strange barren settlement of diverse dealers of goods
Mekkia: A desert city of arabic snakes, bars and pubs
Various Inns: various inns amongst the world


Races:
Trolls
Ogres
Humans
Elves
Dark elves
Dwarf
Tree elve
Shadow being
Orcs
Undead
Centaur
Deer people



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