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* Its climate tends to be dryer in the center. This tends to be true for most supercontinents. In fact, the very center of the Continent is occupied by the desert [[Ouna]], which is almost uninhabitable, with the average summer temperatures shooting over 45 degrees Celsius and average winter temperatures falling below -25 C. And there's very little precipitation. | * Its climate tends to be dryer in the center. This tends to be true for most supercontinents. In fact, the very center of the Continent is occupied by the desert [[Ouna]], which is almost uninhabitable, with the average summer temperatures shooting over 45 degrees Celsius and average winter temperatures falling below -25 C. And there's very little precipitation. | ||
* The natural thing would be to assume that the equator divides the Continent horizontally. But, in fact, the equator is vertical. This means that its colder in the far east and far west, while central parts of northern and southern Continent are warm. This might be a little disorienting at first, but you do get used to it very quickly. | * The natural thing would be to assume that the equator divides the Continent horizontally. But, in fact, the equator is vertical. This means that its colder in the far east and far west, while central parts of northern and southern Continent are warm. This might be a little disorienting at first, but you do get used to it very quickly. | ||
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| + | The most commonly used calendar on the Continent is the [[dantrian calendar]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:03, 18 April 2022
Unlike most works of fiction, The Continent Chronicles is not a book. Instead, it's an online encyclopedia.
This page was created in order to help new readers orient themselves in this unusual medium. It will provide you with enough basic information about the Continent, its inhabitants and the Chronicles so that you can begin exploring on your own.
Enjoy!
The Continent
Currently, the Earth has many continents. But as tectonic plates move, eventually the configuration of the continents will change and they will eventually bump into each other and form what is known in geology as a supercontinent. Then the movement of tectonic plates will separate them once more, in a different configuration.
The world that the Chronicles explore is a supercontinent.
There are a couple of things you need to know about the Continent:
- Its climate tends to be dryer in the center. This tends to be true for most supercontinents. In fact, the very center of the Continent is occupied by the desert Ouna, which is almost uninhabitable, with the average summer temperatures shooting over 45 degrees Celsius and average winter temperatures falling below -25 C. And there's very little precipitation.
- The natural thing would be to assume that the equator divides the Continent horizontally. But, in fact, the equator is vertical. This means that its colder in the far east and far west, while central parts of northern and southern Continent are warm. This might be a little disorienting at first, but you do get used to it very quickly.
The dantrian calendar
The most commonly used calendar on the Continent is the dantrian calendar.
