Dangerous Journeys' Mythus: Epic of Aerth

   The world of Aerth is an alternate version of earth that is closely connected and is considered a counterpart to Oerth, Yarth, Nerath, and Uerth. It was a campaign setting developed by Gary Gygax, and it was one that was made after he was forced to leave D&D and TSR.

   Aerth has one moon, and a solar system that is vary much like ours. The Time period is around the early 1600's but things are vastly different. For one thing, magic is in an abundance here. The island of Atlantis never sank. Many of the ancient kingdoms and empires are still standing strong. The Americas were discovered and colonized by the Norse, and there are thriving communities from each of the old worlds nations. The indigenous people were treated with a bit more respect and are treated as a foreign power in their own right. The Age of Discovery still happens, scientific reason is coupled and supported by the ancient traditions of magik. So progress is made with a deep understanding of magik explaining it all. Magik itself varies from culture to culture. The traditions of the Greeks, Aegyptian, Azir, and Aeurope vary....but operate under the simple principles at the core. Many well known spellcasters and scientist are mirrored here, such as Leonardo Da Vinci and even Sir Issac Newton. Merlyn was also active in the Isles of Avalon, but disappeared some decades ago.   

   Aerth is a planet that is also hollow and contains an inner world. The topography of the inner core is a mirror image of the outer surface, but the land to water ratio is reversed. Where the surface land masses should be, there are oceans instead. Likewise where surface ocean should be, there are are land masses instead. More of Inner Aerth will be discussed later.


   Like our world humans are in abundance, yet mythical races do still exist. The world of Pharee contains all manner of elves, dwarves, goblins, gnomes, etc that are known is story and lore. Although many believe Pharee to be a co-existant world, some speculate it may be a place called the Feywild. The world of Pharee can be a very dangerous place, as many of the inhabitants are driven by passions most humans cannot understand.