Aarð

Aarð
Distance from sun:	0.7834 AU
Year length:	260.0 Aarði days
	(253.263815 earth days)
Sidereal day:	23.404382556 hours
Solar day:	23.3143657 hours
Diameter:	13,072 km
	(8,124 mi)
Surface area:	536,826,505.9 km2
	(207,343,154.8 mi2)
Axial tilt:	19.277382 degrees
Mass:	6021.2 Yg
	(1.007968394 earths)
Gravity:	???g
Number of moons:	2

Aarð is a conworld created by Navidel. The planet is 13072 km (approximately 8124 US miles or 2442.81 great leagues) in diameter. Aarð, whose name comes from an Aasti word meaning Earth, is the second planet from its parent star, a main sequence class G9 with a mass of 0.8501 solar masses. It is technically a binary planet, orbited by a body known as Tiró that is .97 times its mass. A smaller moon known as Cetí orbits around both bodies (technically, the barycenter).

One unnamed continent (the small one on the lower right of the map) was previously home to the Empire of Ðanmar; the kingdoms of Yaþín, Sonyēl, Tlazca, Arþon, Gadón, and Abzar; the Xolcti League; and the culture often called Avarra. Currently, it contains the nation of Budenor, the Turan Khagnate, the Northern States, the Aasti tribes, and Doria.

List of Locales

Northern States

• Tlazca
• Ploktí
• Xolctilán

• Kaspra

• Chiyangza
• Ašti

• Aniku

• Hari

Turan Khagnét

Yaþín (region)

• Kurii (Curi)
• Ðanmar
• Eðên
• Olara
• Ari
• Bolka
• Ceþi
• Arcen
• Þonê

Budenor

Northern Budenor

• Olotan
• Áranel
• Zari
• Ēnor
• Oras
• Ekti

Sonyēl (region)

• Tēri
• Asopan
• Ahil
• Karþ
• Oraþ
• Soren

Doria

• Uralia
• Lamén
• Ocí

History

Ancient Times

When applied to the history of Aarð, Ancient Times is not a general term but a specific one. It refers to a period of time between ÐE -437 and ÐE 0, when the kingdoms of Yaþín, Ðanmar, Tlazca and Sonyēl were at their peaks. The Xolcti League was also active during this period, until it was formally dissolved in ÐE -108, a hundred years after the Last Dynasty of Avarra came to power in the south.

Classical Period

In this period of Aarði history, Ðanmar rose to power, conquering Yaþín in ÐE 0 and Avarra in ÐE 39. The Turan Tribes arrived largely unnoticed from the west around ÐE 230. The Northern States had been in dissaray ever since the Zolcti League was dissolved in -108, and remained so until just before the fall of Ðanmar in 622, which marked the end of the Classical Period.

Dark Age

The name Dark Age for the period between ÐE 622 and 1438 is somewhat of a misnomer. It was coined by Turan historians, who viewed their nation as the only truly civilized one around. Many of the peoples of Budenor, Doria, and the Northern States view this as a positive period in history. Aasti Tribesfolk from the East overran the former Ðanmar empire during this period (about ÐE 630-700), founding the kingdoms of Arþon, Gadón, Doria and Abzar. Politics in the North became somewhat more stable with the return of some of the old alliances (i.e. Aašti-Tlazca, Xolctilán-Hari, and Chiyangza-Ploktí). The period ended with the rise of Turan Khagn Talii I.